421 Helping the attack on the Beiwan Bridge (1/2)

Not including Qing Zhen and Luo Lan, the officers Ren Xiaosu was most familiar with in the Qing Consortium were Tang Zhou and Xu Man.

Tang Zhou was Luo Lan's trusted aide, and Ren Xiaosu had saved his life before. Meanwhile, Xu Man, as Qing Zhen's trusted aide, was the one who had been put in charge of consolidating the northern bandit groups.

When Ren Xiaosu saw Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou waved cheerfully at him. He also signaled to the other Razor Sharp Company soldiers to show that he was not armed.

Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”You're really quite bold to come over here without any weapons.”

”What's the point of carrying a weapon?” Tang Zhou also smiled and replied, ”There are so many people here, and with you around, I'd still end up dead even if I had a weapon on me.”

Zhang Xiaoman and the others watched quietly from the sidelines. They realized that Ren Xiaosu seemed to be very familiar with this person from the Qing Consortium. Moreover, the way this Qing officer spoke also suggested he understood Ren Xiaosu very well and knew how fearsome he was.

”Isn't your Qing Consortium fighting a war in the South? Why have you suddenly come up here to the North?” Ren Xiaosu asked. The soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company perked their ears up and listened. This was what they were most concerned about as well.

Tang Zhou said, ”Boss Luo has received intel from his spy in the Zong Consortium. He knows you just won a battle against the Zong Consortium in the mountain range, so he sent me here to look for you.”

”How does Fatty Luo know that I'm in the Razor Sharp Company?” Ren Xiaosu asked in turn.

Tang Zhou smiled but did not say anything. Ren Xiaosu immediately understood it to mean that the Qing Consortium also had spies in Fortress 178.

It looked like Qing Zhen and Luo Lan had done quite a bit of prep work.

Just comparing the intelligence gathering alone, Fortress 178's efforts were not as good as the Qing Consortium's.

Getting back to the topic, Ren Xiaosu asked again, ”So what are y'all doing here?”

”Mr. Qing Zhen believes you guys are here because you want to blow up the Beiwan Bridge. However, he said that there's more garrison troops stationed here than you think. He was worried that something would happen to you, so he sent us here to help,” Tang Zhou said.

Zhang Xiaoman felt a tingling sensation. When Ren Xiaosu went to war, he could even get outside support?!

What was the relationship between Ren Xiaosu and the Qing Consortium? The Qing Consortium was already engaged in a very tough war with the Yang Consortium in the South, but they were still willing to send some of their troops to support Ren Xiaosu?

Importantly, it was the Qing Consortium's mechanized infantry that had come this time. They were a force that would come in handy if they were placed on the other front.

Tang Zhou added, ”Boss Luo mentioned he wanted to send you a nice present to congratulate you on moving to your new home once you settled down at Mt. Kushui. However, he didn't expect that things would turn out this way.”

When Ren Xiaosu heard this, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He took a deep breath and said, ”And?”

”Boss Luo wanted me to ask you something on his behalf.” Tang Zhou took a look at Ren Xiaosu's face and asked, ”If he says that he didn't know anything about Zong Cheng's attack on you, would you believe him? The Qing Consortium did not have anyone inside Mt. Guan. We only had spies planted at Mt. Dingyuan.”

This had been troubling Ren Xiaosu ever since he discovered the Qing Consortium spy at Mt. Dingyuan. He would have liked to know if Luo Lan had known about this matter at that time, but there was no way to ask him that.

Even if Luo Lan had known about it, he had no obligation to inform him. So Ren Xiaosu could not possibly seek an answer from him. Although he did not ask, Luo Lan took the initiative and had Tang Zhou bring this up with him. Luo Lan was hoping to eliminate any bad feelings on Ren Xiaosu's part by trying to be upfront about it.

Ren Xiaosu said calmly, ”I'd believe him.” Since Luo Lan was so honest about it, there was no need for him to make things difficult.

Tang Zhou continued, ”Boss Luo said that you and him had scrapes of death together, and you also helped the Qing Consortium on more than one occasion. After our war with the Yang Consortium ends, he'll send someone to help you find your friends downstream. If Fortress 178 can't wipe out the Zong Consortium by then, he'll also come to the North to assist you.”