Indiana Jones

Chapter 339 035: Adventure in the Barren Mountains (04)

The feeling of trekking in the mountains is not good. Although they have many such experiences, some hardships cannot be avoided. After two and a half days of trekking successfully, they finally arrived at that place. They did see more than Most of the ruins of an ancient village have been turned into ruins. The vegetation in the northern mountains is difficult to distinguish. The woodcutter said that some of the ruins of the buildings can indeed show some Tang style. If Da Kui hadn’t been here, they would have It is impossible to find these relics.

It can be said that this is a good place surrounded by mountains and rivers, with mountains, woods, rivers, and beaches, but what they saw was the blood stains and bullet casings that had turned purple and black on the ground. It was in this deep mountain and old forest a few days ago. The people of Li Juntong fought an unknown fierce battle with the Japanese army. As a result, all the people of Juntong were wiped out, but the Japanese were nowhere to be found.

"A good place with mountains and water has become a battlefield for killing." Li Siming said while observing the terrain, "According to the time, we are at least seven days late. If the Japanese move smoothly, they may have found what they want to do." I found it."

"The Japanese troops who supported in the later period may have arrived earlier. We are about two days behind the Japanese troops who supported us. We just don't know if they have joined together." Si Xuanyi said.

"They went upstream along the river, and a large number of traces can be found here." Ye Feng came back from the front, "From the traces, there are probably more than 30 people. That is to say, the supporting Japanese army should not be going here. Maybe they already have a new destination. If calculated according to time, they should arrive here before us, but we did not find their traces. Maybe they have a new destination. Direction, go another way.”

"It's possible. After all, there are no roads in the mountains. There are many ways to get to a place, and you can choose different routes. I have been thinking about a question, whether the Japanese have guides, and if there are no guides, how did they get on this mountain? By feeling? Or did they know how to walk in advance.” The woodcutter said on the side.

"It's meaningless to speculate! Following the traces left by the Japanese, I want to see what they found?" Si Xuanyi dropped the cigarette in his hand and stomped it out fiercely, then said to Lin Feng, "This kind of tracking You are the best at things, and you will lead the way."

"After so many days, can we still catch up?" Zhao Chenggong said a question that everyone was thinking, but no one said it.

"Some things don't need to be considered, you have to do it to know." Li Siming put his equipment back on his back again, "Let's go, the only thing we can be sure of now is that the road is still long."

No matter whether they can find the Japanese, they will not be too easy. If they find the Japanese, they will face a fierce battle. It is their dereliction of duty. No matter how you look at them, the pressure on them is not small. Protecting cultural relics and historic sites is not as simple as saying, especially in this war-torn era.

Although this is a good place with green mountains, green waters and the fragrance of birds and flowers, they don't feel how beautiful it is when they are in it. The hardships of the road under their feet have exhausted their appreciation of the beautiful scenery. In front of the Qinling Mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, they are really even ants Not to mention, everyone was exhausted under the wind, food and shelter, and walked forward for a day and a half. Da Kui could no longer distinguish the situation in front of him. He could only roughly judge that the mountain was an extension of Longwei Peak. Reaching the deepest place, he has never been there, but as a local, his familiarity with the mountains can still provide some help, at least he can find the way back, but soon they found that these Japanese seemed to be circling Son, wandering around in a large area, I don't know why they are going this way, could it be that they lost their way?Although it is said that there is no turning back, it is reflected in many places that these guys have gone a lot of wrong ways. Maybe this is because there is no guide?Si Xuanyi and the others had no other choice but to continue to follow these traces, following in the footsteps of the Japanese and going the wrong way. There were as many as seven dead bodies.

The blood vessels on the side of the neck of these corpses were bitten off, the blood was sucked dry, and the flesh on their bodies was torn to pieces by wild animals. They were distributed within a range of about [-] square meters, under trees, by the water in the forest, and on hillsides. From the traces, they were all dug out by wild beasts from a pit. Obviously, those Japanese soldiers buried the corpses of their companions, but the wild beasts did not want to let the meat go. It is impossible to judge how many people died at that time. Yes, who knows if it has been dragged further.

"Judging from the wounds, it shouldn't be a large beast." Ye Feng checked the necks of these corpses. "The blood should have been sucked dry. As for the wounds on the body, they were completely torn by wild beasts after death."

"What is so small, but it can suck up all the blood?" Zhao Chenggong felt strange. If the thing is small, it is impossible to suck all the blood. If the thing is big, the wound cannot be so small. It is a contradiction.

"What is this?" Ye Feng picked out a leech-shaped thing from the wound of the corpse with a branch, but it was much bigger.

"Shouldn't it be this thing? Even if this thing is ten times bigger, it won't be able to suck a person's blood." Zhao Chenggong looked at it for a long time but didn't recognize what it was.

"It's still alive." Ye Feng threw the bug-like thing on the ground, and it was still wriggling slowly, looking very disgusting.

"This thing seems to be... blood hydatid." Da Kui fiddled with a branch for a long time before saying, "Not sure, but it is very similar to the blood hydatid that the old man said, this thing is a bit like a leech, it can live It can also be used in wet soil. The old hunters said that when they were hunting in the early years, they would encounter some prey that were killed by something. At first, the hunters thought that they would take the corpses of those animals back because they were cheap, but When they were peeling the skin, they found many large blood tumors under the skin. When they cut it open, they were full of thick red blood worms. The prey's breastbone was full of such things, which entangled the heart to death. Some blood worms crawled out of the skinned beast carcass and burrowed into the ground, and the carcass became shriveled. Since then, no one has dared to pick up such prey and come back. I'm not sure if it is, but I think Kind of like that, unless you cut this guy open."

"Why is there everything in this mountain?" Zhao Chenggong was terrified, "But how did this thing get in?"

"Look, it has teeth." Ye Feng held down one end of the thing with a branch, and it really revealed a small mouth full of sharp broken teeth.

"There's nothing to study about this thing." Si Xuanyi stood up and looked at the corpses that had just been dragged back, "Their things have been taken away, and there are no traces left after the battle around here, those little Japanese They must know roughly what happened and not be attacked, otherwise they would not be able to bury these people and take their things."

"There are footprints left by them in the bushes over there, going to the middle of the two mountains." Lin Feng said, pointing to the two mountains in the distance.

"Da Kui, do you know that direction?" Li Siming asked.

"I don't know, I've never been here before, but the direction I look at should be along Longwei Mountain. According to what Panlong said back then, Longwei Peak and Longshou Peak are actually not far away. It’s just that from their walking route, it seems that they are walking along the entire Panlong.”

"If I were the person who chose the location of the temple back then, I would definitely choose the location of the dragon's eye. I don't know whether this dragon faces south or north. Although it is a coiled dragon, the direction of the dragon's head can only be known after it arrives, but..." Said The woodcutter paused for a while, "The normal orientation of temples should be facing south and facing north, so if the dragon's head faces south, the temple must be on the longan. If it is not facing south... then it's hard to say."

"If it is the head of the dragon head north, isn't it the same for the longan now?" Zhao Chenggong didn't understand this at all.

"If the temple gate on the north side of the dragon's head faces south, what direction do you think he is facing?" The woodcutter gave him a look of resentment.

"North...South..." Zhao Chenggong gestured with his hands, but still couldn't grasp the essentials.

"Why are you so stupid? Doesn't that mean that the temple is built on a hillside, with the door facing the mountain?" Ye Feng shook his head and felt that this guy is really stupid.

"Hmm..." Zhao Chenggong turned around, facing the north, then made a gesture with his hand, and then muttered about facing south and backing north. Then he realized that if the temple gate is facing north, it means that the gate is directly blocked by a mountain. , He then understood what was going on.

"In other words... such things as building temples must be optimistic about the pattern. If the Japanese understand this, they should start from the tail of the dragon along the body of the dragon and finally to the head of the dragon. Only in this way can the position of the longan be finally determined. So they Walk around here." Lin Feng finally figured out this problem.

Si Xuanyi pondered for a long time, and finally understood what he meant: "If you say that, please look at it, there is no way for us to continue looking for it like this. It is very likely that they will finish everything when we get there."

"Then what if we ignore these and follow the traces left by the devil?" Zhao Chenggong asked.

"Why don't we take a gamble?" Li Siming looked at the mountains in the distance, "Let's find the nearest road to Longshou Peak. The Japanese may have taken so many wrong roads for insurance, maybe they don't know Longshou Peak Where is the peak, we can only find it along the dragon's tail, but we are different, we have Da Kui, he just knows how to find Longshou Peak in this way, instead of detours."

"Uh..." Dakui was stunned for a moment, he didn't quite understand what these people were saying, but he understood the last sentence, "I do know, because we came around from the side and Longshou Peak is on the road we're walking In the middle of the semicircle."

"Let me take a look." Li Siming took out the map, on which he marked the detailed marching route, and then he drew a few more lines on it, and finally circled a place, "Do you think it is here?"

"I really don't understand this, I don't know how to read pictures, um... If you go there, I can lead the way, but I don't know how to get there from our current location, after all, I have never been here before, but I can determine the direction , the premise is to find a place for me to see the terrain."

"Then go to the top of that mountain to see." Si Xuanyi pointed to a mountain not far away, "We can determine the direction now, but you can help us correct the direction and take the shortest, most direct, and most time-saving path. If all goes well we can regain some lost time."

"But have you ever thought about it? If we make a mistake, we may lose the trace of the Japanese. We are gambling." Li Siming reminded him at the right time, "The premise of this method is that we inferred Everything is right, if any one of them goes wrong, then we..."

"If we continue to follow like this, it is very likely that there will be no time for anything, and it will be a waste of time. There are about five to six days' journey between us and these Japanese." Si Xuanyi said, "We can at most ambush them all the way. , the premise is that the Japanese return the same way, and the premise of letting them circle now is that they are chasing this crouching dragon from the back to the front. If they find what they want, they can't go back in this circle. , that would be a waste of time, they are likely to go directly back from Longshou Peak, in that case, it is impossible for us to catch up."

"When things got to this point, we can only take a gamble, otherwise we would have made this trip in vain." The woodcutter agreed with this choice.

"Then let's try. I don't think everyone is willing to follow these little Japanese around?" Si Xuanyi said while looking at his house.

"You are the leader, you have the final say, don't ask us for such brain-intensive things, you talk, we do the work, you lead the way, we follow, it's that simple." Zhao Chenggong's words this time are from a certain angle He fully agreed with Si Xuanyi's decision.

"I also think I can give it a try." Lin Feng rarely expressed his opinion.

"Okay then, let's go this way." Si Xuanyi patted Da Kui, "Let's go up and have a look and determine how we should go. The primary purpose is to save time and reach Longshou Peak in the shortest possible time. After finishing the terrain, you can calculate a time for me, so that I can know it in my heart."

"Well." Dakui nodded, "Don't worry about that, I'm not sure about going in, but if I'm wandering around Wolong, I'm a little confident."

(End of this chapter)