252 An old friend, Tang Zhou! (1/2)

The Qing Consortium's troops advanced in a tactical formation. However, Ren Xiaosu still did not come out from behind the large tree as he was waiting.

Although the campsite was about 500 meters to his rear, Ren Xiaosu didn't want to go back to call for reinforcements. After all, there was no one there he could count on other than Chen Wudi.

Jiang Wu's students would definitely be more than willing to help him, but the key thing was that the eight of them were intellectuals and they might not even know how to hold a rifle.

As for a group like the private troops, how could he possibly count on those incompetent people?

But what Ren Xiaosu was waiting for was for the Qing Consortium's troops to come a little closer!

When the Qing Consortium's combat troops stepped into the range of the Brambles, Ren Xiaosu was not in a hurry to make the vines attack. Instead, he waited quietly for this entire platoon to get into range.

Other than the spot Ren Xiaosu had dug up for the seed to sprout, the rest of the vines were concealed under the thick snow.

Just as the Qing Consortium's troops entered the attack radius, someone realized something was wrong. ”Hang on, it feels like we're stepping on something.”

Someone crouched down and cleared away the snow to reveal the brambles on the ground. ”These crimson brambles look a little strange. I've never seen a plant like it before.”

”Strange plants like this one are increasing by the day, so nothing is surprising about them. Don't tell me they can even attack people?” a soldier said as he cast a glance at it before resuming his watch on the surroundings.

However, the platoon commander frowned. ”There's something odd about this. Don't move any further. We're withdrawing!”

Ren Xiaosu was surprised while hiding behind a tree that was a few dozen meters away. He did not expect the Qing Consortium troops to be so careful. Weren't they being overly cautious? Weren't they just some plants found in the wilderness? 'What are y'all so afraid of!'

Ren Xiaosu found it a little pitiful. The enemies had presented themselves to him, yet he did not even manage to kill a single one of them.

But what Ren Xiaosu didn't know was that these were the elite troops sent by Qing Yun to intercept the Divine Arms Battalion and that they were also very well-known throughout the entire Qing Consortium. These were just the scouting party, while the main force behind them were currently reorganizing.

How could a fighting force confident enough to inflict heavy damage upon the Divine Arms' nanosoldiers fall for a trap so easily?

If he had not incapcitated the Potato Shooter, he could have tested its capabilities.

The commander of the platoon suddenly said, ”Friend, are you part of the Li Consortium's troops?”

When Ren Xiaosu heard this voice, he was stunned. ”Tang Zhou?!”

The platoon commander was stunned as well. ”Ren Xiaosu?!”

If there had been no interaction, then so be it. But now that the enemy had said something, it turned out to be someone he knew?

Previously, Tang Zhou had sent Qing Zhen and Luo Lan back to Stronghold 111 with the off-road vehicle. As soon as they got back there, Qing Zhen and Luo Lan were placed under house arrest by the Board. Meanwhile, Tang Zhou was deployed to the frontline troops where he reported directly to the forward operating base at Mt. Daping.

After he was reassigned to work under Qing Yun's troops, Qing Yun knew he still remained loyal to Luo Lan. So Qing Yun demoted him from the rank of captain to platoon commander and sent him to this elite force as a scout.

Many of the soldiers in this force used to be under Qing Zhen's command. Qing Yun had sent them here on the pretext of ”intercepting” the Divine Arms Battalion, but how were they supposed to retreat from this place after successfully intercepting the Divine Arms Battalion?

Importantly, the Li Consortium had stationed their combat troops at the front lines of Mt. Fengyi, Mt. Shuanglong, and Mt. Tantou. Once the Divine Arms Battalion got involved in a battle there, the entire Li Consortium would launch an unbridled counterattack on these troops of the Qing Consortium.