Indiana Jones

Chapter 381 Re-entering the Mountains (01)

In order to prevent surprise attacks by bandits, Lin Feng and Ye Feng went several miles to scout out the enemy's situation. Si Xuanyi felt at ease with the two of them. These two guys had sharp eyes and ears, and they were able to anticipate the enemy from far away. Even so, everyone walked very carefully. , They know very well that once they encounter a surprise attack in this kind of place, it is not enough to lose one or two people.

In addition to defending against bandits, they also had to defend against wild beasts. The trees and forests were rampant, and they had to defend. At the same time, they had to hurry up and hurry. After crossing Pingshan Mountain, they were able to drive out the scheduled journey, which made them relieved. At least there was no accident in the past day, and everything went well. They chose a sheltered place to camp, set up tents, and built a camp. Naturally, there is no need to mention it in detail.

"Seeing that you've been restless, what's the matter?" Li Siming noticed that Si Xuanyi's state seemed not quite right.

"It's nothing." Si Xuanyi turned around, "I'm just a little tired."

"With your physical condition, you shouldn't have come here." Li Siming said, "You still need to rest, but it is impossible to persuade you to go back now. I just hope that you don't work too hard. Sleeping in the open is good for you. The recovery from the injury is not helping."

"Go back? It's better to go all out outside than to be wronged over there." Si Xuanyi said, "At least I can end up with nothing to see, nothing to worry about, and freedom. Let them intrigue, alas..."

"I'm afraid this is the time we have brought the most people out, right?" Li Siming said, "But it is also the time with the least number of hands."

"Conditions are limited, too many people died in battle, and those left behind are naturally few. The big waves wash away the sand, and all that is left is gold." Si Xuanyi looked at the deep night and said, "Pack up, go to bed early, and leave tomorrow at dawn."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements tonight, you can rest assured." Li Siming said.

Si Xuanyi didn't say anything, and it took a long time before he nodded and turned back to the tent. He also knew that his condition was not good, and he had been reluctantly holding on. Now is not the time to continue to show off, anyway, Li Siming is here, He is also trustworthy enough, it is better to take a good rest before the battle, even if the injury cannot be fully recovered, he can recover for a while.

"You said there are a lot of bandits here, so why don't you walk a long way to rob?" Someone murmured, this place is indeed close to deep mountains and old forests, and it is dozens of miles away from the nearest village.

In fact, most people know this question, but no one cares about him. The reason why the bandits are in such a remote place is to avoid the suppression. No matter who wants to eliminate these bandits, they have to go over mountains and rivers, If the bandits waited for work, they could smash the extermination operations to the maximum extent no matter which side they came from. In addition, there are many mountains and hills here. Although there is no cooperation between the bandits, they can also rely on each other. Although they don't have much ability to fight against foreign troops Now, if the strength of these armies can be consumed to the maximum extent, at least they can sit back and protect themselves.

There are so many people here this time, so don't worry about the vigil, let alone the need for Si Xuanyi to take the lead, Li Siming has already arranged everything.

The mountains at night didn’t stop, there were all kinds of sounds like howling ghosts and wolves. It seems that there were no wild beasts in the mountains, but they didn’t see them. Fortunately, there were many people and guns, so there was nothing to worry about. The group slept soundly. In the middle of the night, it became even more lively. In addition to the screams of wild animals, there were also gunshots. Although they were scattered, they were not too far away. According to the distance calculation, it should not be more than ten miles. I don’t know what those bandits are doing, but listen. The intensity of the gunfire did not seem to be in a rush.

"Could it be that there are devils?" Si Xuanyi couldn't figure out the reason.

"There's nothing to guess, it's time to sleep, sleep, and strengthen your guard." Li Siming wouldn't be too concerned about these, after all, the gunshots were still far away, so it wouldn't be a night of sleepless nights.

Si Xuanyi shook his head, and fell asleep after returning home, thinking too much and wasting his brain. He was already in poor health, so there was no need to follow suit. With Li Siming around, there was nothing to worry about.

It was a peaceful night, and the next morning it was dark so everyone got up, simply ate something and then got on the horse and continued to move forward.

This day is not as smooth as before. One is that the terrain has become more complicated and difficult to walk. The other is that bandits come out from time to time in this area, and they must be careful to avoid them.

"Are these bandits wandering around?" Si Xuanyi was annoyed.

"These guys also have their own territory, and they also have to patrol." Tan Lin said, "They are also afraid of being annexed and wiped out, so they patrol very frequently, which leads to constant friction between them, because many bandit territories are are overlapping."

"Actually, it's like a tiger in the mountains peeing and drawing a circle." Li Siming said with a chuckle, "It's a pity that these people just want to be bandits and harm one party, but they don't know how to defend their home and country."

"In fact, half of these bandits are good enough to have guns, and the remaining half are not only big knives, spears, axes, and sickles, but they also bully and bully the common people." They were all wiped out."

"Heroes come out of troubled times, and tyrants come out of troubled times, but why haven't I seen any of them? Those bastards who bully the common people are the ones who have the most money." The fisherman rubbed his brows and said a little tiredly, "These days, can you Surviving in the world is also a kind of skill.”

"Live in the world..." Si Xuanyi said with emotion, "In fact, there are still many people who don't care about world affairs, don't understand the cruelty of the Japanese invaders, and are so innocent that they died tragically at the hands of the Japanese invaders."

He once saw a child who escaped from a village that was wiped out and told what happened. The village was small, with less than a dozen households and less than fifty people, but it was counted by seven ghosts who went astray. Killing, if it weren't for the child's cleverness to drill into the kang hole and not be discovered by the devils, it would be impossible to escape. Except for him, none of the villagers escaped or resisted. The devils used bayonets to save bullets... Although there are less than 50 people, they are still There are several times as many devils, even if they don't resist and escape, they can't all be killed. If everyone resists together, the chances of winning may be greater. If they escape, they should be able to escape more than half of them with a rate of fire of [-] Gaels.

"You can go..." Li Siming saw the signal from Ye Feng in the distance.

The crowd immediately got on their horses and came out from the hiding place, rushed to the place where Ye Feng was hiding as fast as possible, followed the traces left by Lin Feng all the way and pushed forward quickly. After five miles, they arrived at the woods, where Lin Feng was waiting for them.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that Lin Feng didn't leave, Si Xuanyi sensed that the situation seemed to be not good.

"Follow me." Lin Feng turned around and left, and everyone could only follow. After entering the forest, they found that there were more than a dozen people lying on the ground. , the pungent smell of blood in the air, and a few wolves wandering not far away.

"Those people just left, they went west, and they looked like bandits." Lin Feng said, "There are people in their thirties, most of them are armed with long guns, and they speak with a local accent. These people seem to be the prisoners they fought last night. They should also be bandits. .”

"There are a lot of bandits here, and this kind of thing is commonplace." Tan Lin said without surprise.

"I checked and found that these people had thick calluses on their jaws and index fingers. They seemed to have held guns for a long time, but their identities could not be discerned. I'm not sure if it was a fight between bandits." Lin Feng said.

"It doesn't matter, let's go, we don't need to provoke these people, let's go." Si Xuanyi waved his hand, "It's a time of chaos, and there are too many things we can't manage, so let's do our part; from Ziyue Valley How far is it?"

"Our progress is quite fast. If there are no accidents, we can pass through Ziyue Valley tonight." Tan Lin said. "It's been a smooth journey, nothing happened. After passing Ziyue Valley, you will find the real deep mountains and old forests, and there are no bandits."

Si Xuanyi nodded: "Very good! We must strive to avoid firing a single bullet and injuring no one before we reach our destination."

In fact, everyone knows what he thinks. It is to preserve the strength to the maximum extent before going to war with the Japanese army. After all, they have far fewer manpower than the Japanese army, so they have no advantage. If non-combat casualties are caused on the road, then they will be in a more disadvantageous situation.

Purple Moon Valley is a long and narrow valley. It is named for the large smoke and dust accumulated by the rotting leaves all the year round, and the moon seen through the smoke and dust is purple. It is also because many wild animals inhabit here because they are sheltered from the wind and the sun. The bottom of the valley, the cliffs, and the tops , there are many beasts, such as tigers, bears, leopards, wolves, and many snakes. The reason why they choose to go this way is because in many cases, people are far more terrifying than wild animals.

"This is the most difficult part of this operation." Tan Lin said, "The last time I came here was to collect medicine with my grandfather eight years ago. At that time, there were not so many bandits in the mountains."

"Fortunately, you have been here." Si Xuanyi looked at the smoky valley in the distance, and then said, "It's too demonic."

"It would be nice to have monsters, so you don't have to worry about walking so much, grab them and play with them." Ye Feng is not afraid of anything.

If calculated according to the simple distance, it will take up to four hours to pass through this canyon. They still have relatively plenty of time. It is just after noon, and it should be no problem to walk through this canyon before dark, but Tan Lin also said , How dangerous this place is, who knows what will happen in these four hours.

"Load the gun, draw the knife out of its sheath, keep your eyes open, and move forward carefully." Si Xuanyi said while urging the horse to go like a valley.

In fact, it is not difficult to walk in the valley. There are thick fallen leaves everywhere, and the horseshoes will not sink even if they step on them.

The valley was silent, filled with smoke and dust, and there was a strong smell of rotting leaves in the air. Although it wasn't pungent, it didn't smell good either.

There is a lot of smoke and dust, and the vision is naturally bad, and being in the valley, the range of what you can see is very limited. Lin Feng and Ye Feng lead the way in front, haunting the smoke from time to time, this feeling of not being able to see the situation in the distance is true Not so good that they all unknowingly lowered their voices, for fear of disturbing something nearby.

"Speed ​​up and pass this place in the shortest possible time." Si Xuanyi became restless as soon as he entered this place.

"Can there be wild beasts in this kind of place?" I don't know who murmured.

At this moment, there was a whine of the wind passing through the valley above his head, which sounded like the whimper of a wild beast, which made people feel creepy.

"Why does this bird place look like a ghost gate?" someone muttered behind.

"Have you been to the gate of hell?" Another person cursed.

"Bah, bah, bah!" The man scolded him very taboo, "Nonsense, there is no taboo."

It can be seen that everyone is tight, Li Siming got off the horse and led the rein and walked forward. In this place, the horse can't run, it's better to walk fast.

The atmosphere was a bit tense, and the feeling of time was slower, but there was no movement in this place except for the howling of the wind, so that the atmosphere became even more depressing.

"Are you sure the smoke is not poisonous?" Si Xuanyi asked Tan Lin.

Tan Lin shook her head: "No, when we mountain people collect medicine, we always go in and out without any measures."

"It smells a bit strange." Si Xuanyi was still not at ease.

"This is the smell of rotting leaves, some animal corpses and damp decay." Tan Lin said, "This valley is rich in Ganoderma lucidum, and it has been a must for medicinal people of all ages, but this place is dangerous, and only experienced The old Yaonong dared to come, and most of them would not be able to return safely without the guidance of the elders, this is the rumor in the past, nothing happened when I came with my grandfather last time, so I dared to choose this path."

Si Xuanyi nodded and said, "I hope everything goes well as you said."

In this way, they walked forward for more than an hour, and the canyon suddenly opened up. This is the most troublesome section. Because of the poor vision, they may get lost and turn back. However, with Lin Feng and Ye Feng, two perverts, this should not happen. However, it was the first time I came to this kind of place, and I felt uneasy. Si Xuanyi and Li Siming had such experiences, so they wouldn't be afraid of anything. After all, Savage Mountain is ten thousand times more dangerous than this place.

Just as they were walking towards the sound of water flowing ahead, a group of people followed the sound and found a small stream, more than three meters wide, but the stream was not clear but as black as ink, exuding a foul smell.

"This is the stagnant water in the rotten leaves, and it gathers here." Qin Lin whispered, "You can walk along the stream, and finally reach the black water pool, and then go out along the cliff."

"Black Water Pond? How big is it?" Li Siming knew it was not a good place just by hearing the name.

"It's actually a pool, not big." Tan Lin said, "The mountain wall beside the pool is covered with ganoderma, and most of the ganoderma harvested by the Yaomin comes from this place."

"Have you been here?" Si Xuanyi asked again, he didn't quite believe Tan Lin's words.

"This place has not changed much from the last time we came here. The stream is wider, but the width may be different in each place. When we find that pool, we will find out which direction to go."

Si Xuanyi nodded: "Okay, then let's go and try to get out of this place as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)