Chapter 50: The Seductress of Nanchang (Part 1)
Word Number:196
Author:丹枫书生
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Release Time:2025-09-12
After withdrawing from Hukou City with General Guo Rudong, Zhou Tong, Dong Yaoting, Zhang Facai, and Zhang Hanzhi bid farewell to the general and set out for Nanchang. They took secure routes guarded by Nationalist troops—unlike Dong Sanshao and Qiu Lili, who faced constant risk of encountering Japanese reconnaissance units on their winding path. This was the first time Dong Yaoting and Sanshao had been separated since leaving the Dong family estate to join the army. Throughout the journey, Yaoting worried deeply about Sanshao. “Officer Zhou,” he asked quietly, “do you think Sanshao will make it safely to Nanchang?” Zhou Tong had been anxious too. Sanshao had hunted enemy snipers at Longtan Hill and survived poison gas attacks—whether he could cheat death again was beyond prediction. She had no answer for Yaoting. Zhang Facai would sometimes mutter as if wrestling with his own mind: “If only Sanshao were here.” Then he’d add with rough sincerity, “Damn it, I should’ve stayed with him! Leaving him behind—it weighs on me, I tell you!” Even Zhou Tong was moved by his raw emotion. Since being scolded by Dong Sanshao earlier, Zhang Hanzhi had nursed