400 Urban warfare

The commanders of the various fighting forces in the command post tent were passing around the jointly signed petition and going through it. The contents of the petition roughly described that during the battle to take control of Mt. Dingyuan, Ren Xiaosu had climbed the back of Mt. Dingyuan barehanded to launch a surprise attack on the bandits there. As the credit was his, everyone at the Razor Sharp Company felt ashamed to be awarded the third-class unit citation for it.

Moreover, because Commander Zhang did not award the third-class decoration to Ren Xiaosu as well, this was seen as really unfair.

As Zhou Yinglong read the petition, he stole a glance at Zhang Jinglin's expression. However, he realized Zhang Jinglin did not seem unhappy. He softly probed, "I didn't expect those bastards would come here to chide the commander for acting unfairly. Should I punish them when I return to the barracks?"