We finally crossed the river safely, but everyone in Tangcheng, including Old Man Han, knew nothing about this side of the river. Fortunately, it was getting light now, so it was easy to find a local to inquire about the situation.
. Tangcheng also thought that it would be easy to find a local to inquire about things, but the development of things was somewhat beyond his expectation. Everyone walked far inland along the river bank, but not a single person came closer.
Some of the crop fields along the river bank are almost abandoned.
"Something's wrong." Lao Dongbei, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and immediately put the rifle on his shoulder in his hand. Tang Cheng didn't say anything, but just asked the Han family and his son who were holding the horse to slow down.
Seeing Old Dongbei striding forward, Tangcheng once again regretted that he should have lost his telescope. If he had a telescope in hand, there would be no need for Old Dongbei to come close for reconnaissance. He could just find a high point and use the telescope to observe.
Can know the situation of the road ahead.
The place where Tangcheng and the others landed was the landing point that Ma Dapeng and others used to ship smuggled goods. However, there were no roads here, only deserted wilderness, so Tangcheng and the others could not find a place to hide their figures for a while.
Lao Dongbei walked quickly, heading westward along an abandoned field until he crossed a stream that was about to dry up. Lao Dongbei found the source of the danger he had foreseen.
Lying down in the sparse weeds by the stream, Lao Dongbei didn't dare to move. Only about 20 meters away from him, several Japanese soldiers in khaki military uniforms were sitting around eating. The distance of more than 20 meters was not suitable for him.
It's nothing to Old Northeast. If it were normal times, he might have shot these Japanese soldiers immediately, but Old Northeast didn't dare to do that now. He was afraid that there would be other Japanese soldiers sitting around.
There is a ridge behind the Japanese soldiers who are together, which is why they dare to stay here to eat openly. People in the distance can only see the ridge but not them behind the ridge.
Old Dongbei lay motionless like a stone. He was still observing and waiting. He waited until Tang Cheng, who was carrying a shell gun, came over. Then Old Dongbei moved his body slightly and retreated into the stream. "There were 6 Japanese soldiers and 2
It's a machine gun. I'm wondering if there are other Japanese soldiers nearby. The Japs usually don't come out in a few people." Lao Dongbei lowered his voice and reported in a low voice to Tang Cheng, who also followed Lao Dongbei.
I lay down in the grass by the stream and looked out for a while.
After confirming that the situation was the same as what Lao Dongbei said, Tang Cheng looked around subconsciously. He wanted to find a suitable place to go around and do some reconnaissance. After looking around for a while, Tang Cheng couldn't find a suitable place.
We came from a different place, but it is not a problem to wait here all the time. If these Japanese soldiers find Liu Shitou and others who are far behind, what will greet them is no longer waiting but tragedy. Tangcheng is preparing to start again from
Looking up from the weeds, he was grabbed by Lao Dongbei beside him. The Japanese soldiers under the ridge seemed to be full, and two of them had already stood up and walked towards the machine guns behind the ridge.
About half an hour later, Tang Cheng, who was already sore, reached out to brush away the flying insects from his face and continued to look forward. There were still 6 Japanese soldiers under the ridge, but now they all had their backs to Tang Cheng and they were lying on the ridge.
Next, his eyes were following the muzzle of the machine gun pointing at the front of the ridge. Tangcheng could not guess what these Japanese soldiers were hiding here and wanted to do. Facts have proved that no matter what kind of puzzle, one day it will be solved. In Tangcheng
When he and Lao Dongbei were struggling, a steel helmet suddenly appeared on the other side of the ridge, and then a circle of steel helmets was revealed one after another. Dozens of Japanese soldiers with live ammunition rolled over from the other side of the ridge.
"There is a small group of Japanese soldiers." Tang Cheng silently mouthed what he wanted to say to Old Northeast. The two of them quietly followed the path they came from and retreated into the stream. If there were only a few Japanese soldiers here, wouldn't it be wrong?
It doesn't matter, but now there is a small team of Japanese soldiers 20 meters away. Even if Tangcheng and Old Northeast can fight, they are no match for the Japanese army. The plan for now is to leave this dangerous place immediately.
Tangcheng and Laodongbei walked a hundred meters downstream along the stream, then went ashore and ran in the direction of Liu Shitou and the others. "Let's go, we can't go any further, there are Japanese soldiers." They found them hiding in the weeds.
Liu Shitou and others behind the bushes, Tang Cheng was busy urging Han Shanhu and his son to turn their horses and head south. Tang Cheng didn't know that since the Japanese army moved north along the Yangtze River, small groups of Japanese troops had appeared on both sides of the Yangtze River.
Fortunately they did not stop at Bijiazhou last night, otherwise they would have been captured by the Japanese army.
When the Japanese army captured Bahe Town, the Japanese army dispatched more than a dozen infiltration troops to the other side of the river and to Xishui County. The group of plain-clothed Japanese soldiers that Tang Cheng and the others encountered after leaving Xishui County was one of the infiltration troops.
, the Japanese squad that was just discovered in Shuixi was also the Japanese infiltration force. Hearing that there were Japanese soldiers in front of them, the Han family and his son also panicked, and immediately turned their horses and followed Tang Cheng's instructions to follow the river bank southward.
The children and sundries were all on horseback, and the adults could only accompany them on foot. Fortunately, except for Tang Cheng and the three of them, the three adults of the Han family were all walking empty-handed, without the burden of large bags on their bodies, so everyone was marching smoothly.
The speed was a bit faster. The group of people walked south along the river bank for about a few miles. Liu Shitou, who was walking at the front, suddenly squatted down, and Lao Dongbei once again ran forward with his own hand.
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"What's wrong?" Tang Cheng squatted down next to Liu Shitou and drew his gun on guard. The Han family and his son couldn't help but tighten the reins of the mules and horses. The woman with the same nervous look even made her son and daughter shut up.
Don't make a sound. Liu Shitou just whispered to Tang Cheng that there was someone in front of him, and stopped talking. He just leveled the rifle and pointed the muzzle forward. However, Tang Cheng looked forward with enough eyes and did not find the figure Liu Shitou mentioned.
Three to five minutes later, Old Dongbei came back, carrying a thin little boy in his hand. "This boy was cutting grass in front. He said there was a village not far ahead." The little boy brought back by Old Dongbei stared at him.
Looking angrily at Tang Cheng and the other three, Lao Dongbei approached Tang Cheng and lowered his voice and said, "This guy said he lives in the village in front. I asked him about other things, but he didn't tell me. You come and ask him."
Old Dongbei couldn't ask why, Tangcheng was the same, but Liu Shitou was able to chat with the little guy, and after going back and forth, he asked some things about the village. It turned out that the place they were in now belonged to Yangye Town.
The village where the little guy lives is called Lijiapu, and the nearest village to Lijiapu is Baisha Village. As long as Tangcheng and the others go all the way south and bypass Shenjiawan, they can enter the boundary of Huahu Town and continue southward along Huahu Town.
It's Yellowstone.
"Goudan, can you take us to your Li's house to have a rest? These two little brothers and sisters are hungry. We have dry food with us, and we just want to go to your village to ask for hot water."
After getting to know the little boy named Goudan, Liu Shitou followed Tang Cheng's hint and began to persuade Goudan to take them to Li's house for a rest. Goudan, who had been successfully bribed by Liu Shitou with two hard candies, immediately nodded and Li Shitou came down.
After giving him a hard candy, in Goudan's young mind, Liu Shitou was obviously not a bad person.
Picking up the bundle of grass cut by Goudan and throwing it on his shoulder, Liu Shitou and Goudan walked in front and led the way, talking and laughing. Following Liu Shitou were the five members of the Han family, while Tangcheng and Laodongbei walked at the end.
The Japanese squad discovered in Shuixi has been weighing heavily on Tangcheng’s mind. It was a squad of Japanese soldiers. If there were no regular national army garrison in Yangye Town, and only the local armed forces in Yangye Town,
Even three to five hundred people may not be able to stop that Japanese squad.
To be honest, when Tang Cheng was lying on the edge of the stream observing the Japanese soldiers, he coveted the machine guns and mortars equipped by the Japanese squad. The telescope worn by the Japanese squad leader also made Tang Cheng
He was envious. If he hadn't been short of manpower and had been hiding in Shuixi for a while, Tangcheng might have made a sneak attack on the Japanese soldiers. Li's shop is not very far away from the place where he met Goudan. It can be about 2 miles away.
Tangcheng saw a village in the distance. Goudan pointed at the village and told Liu Shitou that it was Lijia Pu.
"Stop, who are you?" As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, two men holding big knives and spears blocked Tang Cheng's way. Goudan wanted to say that Liu Shitou and the others were not bad people, but one of the men reached out and grabbed him.
He was picked up by the neck. "Who are you? Where are you from? Where did you get the guns on you?" The two men on the other side simply ignored the rifles on the shoulders of Lao Dongbei and Liu Shitou, and just kept talking.
Fortunately, there were two children of the Han family on the horse. The other party only asked questions but did not do anything drastic.
They had already changed into common people's clothes in Tangcheng, and risking crossing the river was an act of desertion, so Liu Shitou just said that he and his group crossed the river from Xishui County to rebel, but did not clarify that he was a member of the national army. Liu Shitou's
The answer obviously did not make the other party let down their guard. They promised to provide hot water to Tangcheng and the others, but did not allow them to enter the village and only asked them to wait at the entrance of the village.
Tang Cheng wanted to remind the two men blocking the road about the Japanese soldiers crossing the river, but they obviously didn't believe him. After thinking about it for a while, Tang Cheng swallowed back the words that were on his lips. "Then it's at the entrance of the village.
Let's take a rest, we have to go south soon anyway." Tang Cheng, who didn't want to cause trouble, secretly winked at Lao Dongbei, reached out and took Xiaolian off the horse, and found a stone to sit on at the entrance of the village.
Come down. The hot water promised by the two men came quickly. Tang Cheng and the others ate pancakes and pickles while enjoying the hot water.