Indiana Jones

Chapter 384 Re-entering the Mountains (04)

I don’t know if it’s because God favored their tiredness, the night was considered calm, they didn’t even hear the howling of wild animals, and the occasional night bird chirping didn’t disturb their sleep, everyone got up before dawn, packed their bags and prepared to go, Yu Xiaozhong He passed away in everyone's sleep, quietly and without disturbing anyone. Dong Biao and Ma Dian, who had been friends with him, buried him nearby. It is impossible to take him around while marching. Prepared to be buried deep in the mountains.

Fortunately, Lu Guozhang's injury was not serious, and he could still ride forward. After a while, everyone packed up, and it was still Lin Feng Ma Dian who opened the way, and Ye Feng postponed and continued on the road.

"Six brothers were lost yesterday afternoon, everyone cheer up, the road is extremely dangerous, so don't be careless." Si Xuanyi said to the crowd, "Keep your eyes open and your ears pricked up."

"There is still a day's journey, we have to hurry up and try to reach the scheduled location before nightfall." Tan Lin said.

"When will we arrive at Baoyu River?" Si Xuanyi asked him.

"According to the old people, if you don't stop on your way, you should arrive at noon, you can reach Tongtianling before sunset, and if you go well, you can definitely reach your destination before dark." Tan Lin said.

"We haven't gone through the road ahead, including you, it is very likely that we will take detours and waste time, so the prediction is not necessarily accurate. We can only speed up the progress and play by ear." Si Xuanyi is still quite clear-headed.

"Before we reach the Baoyu River... Forget it." Li Siming took back the rest of his words. He originally planned to ask if there would be any danger or difficult places to pass before this, but when he thought of Tan Lin has never been here before, so she just gave up.

"We can only rely on ourselves for the rest of the road. No matter what we have, we have to go. Fortunately, there are still horses to ride, so we don't have to be too tired." Si Xuanyi was very optimistic, after all, as the leader of the entire team , he can't be too decadent, that will affect the morale of the entire team.

After experiencing the incident by the black water pool, everyone's state has been adjusted, and they all understand that if they are too casual in this kind of place, they will really die, so everyone has become more energetic, and their eyes are consciously staring at the surroundings any situation.

"Although you haven't been here before, at least you know something about this mountainous area. Is there anything that needs to be guarded against?" Si Xuanyi asked Tan Lin.

"There should be nothing to fear in this mountain except wild beasts, but there are so many of us that wild beasts don't dare to get close easily." Tan Lin said, "If you say that they can threaten us...except for tigers, they are wolves. In comparison, I am more afraid of wolves, they are very difficult to deal with."

"Are there many tigers in the mountains?" Li Siming asked.

"In the past few years, there were many tigers. They would enter the village in the middle of the night to steal livestock. These days, they have gone to the deep mountains and seldom go outside." Tan Lin said. They were all beaten and eaten by those bandits, so everyone who should run should run away."

"The war affects not only the common people, but also the wild beasts..." the fisherman sighed, "This is the real loss of life."

"It's not just ordinary people who are suffering?" Si Xuanyi sighed, "When will the days of war be the last?"

The Baoyu River really meanders through the mountains like a jade belt. They didn’t realize that it was indeed a river, and it was not a small river until they entered. rice.

"Is this the Daxi you mentioned?" Si Xuanyi questioned Tan Lin who was also dumbfounded.

"This..." Tan Lin didn't know what to do for a while.

"Go and have a look and talk. If you can't, just tie a raft. It's not difficult to find some wood here." Si Xuanyi knew that now was not the time to blame Tan Lin.

The river is rich in water and grass, and there is no danger. After discussing the upstream and downstream, they found that the narrowest place here is less than 20 meters, and the shallowest place seems to be less than two meters. It is not impossible to wade through. However, the underwater situation is unknown, so you can pass through with peace of mind after investigating first.

"I'll do this first." Lin Feng volunteered. In fact, he has always played the role of vanguard in this team, and most of these things are done by him.

"Well, be careful." Si Xuanyi nodded, he was relatively at ease with Lin Feng.

"Pack lightly, the situation in the river is unknown, so there is no need to bring so many things." Ye Feng reminded him.

Lin Feng only brought a sidearm and led a horse down the river. The river was very cold, and he could not step on the bottom of the river after walking a few steps. He could only swim slowly, but soon found that the bottom of the river was mostly uneven. , Many places are not deep, and he can often step on the bottom of the river.

Crossing the river was easier than they expected. It didn't take long for Lin Feng to reach the opposite side. He pulled up the rope and tied it to a tree as a handrail for everyone to cross the river.

"It doesn't seem like a big deal, let's cross the river." Si Xuanyi couldn't help being overjoyed to see him pass it safely.

"Rearrange your equipment and fix it properly so that it won't be washed away by the river..." Si Xuanyi told everyone loudly, "Cross the river quickly and don't waste time."

"Try to take care of your own things. Don't let everything get wet. If you have nothing to wear, you can only be naked. Even if everyone doesn't care, no one will look at your whole body." Si Xuanyi packed his things Said, his elicited bursts of laughter.

In fact, crossing the river was very fast, and it took half an hour for them to cross the river one by one. When they reached the opposite side, Lin Feng had already lit several bonfires. The cold air on the body, the river water was indeed bitingly cold, and everyone was shivering from the cold.

"This water...is so cold, it's going to blow my bones...to pieces." Dong Biao shivered and changed his wet clothes.

"Drink hot water, it will warm up quickly..." Lin Feng had already boiled the water, and he had to recover his strength as soon as possible, otherwise they would not be able to go on their way.

Si Xuanyi looked at the time, and then at the state of the people: "It's almost noon, eat to warm up, and then we'll set off."

"Oh, that's great." Ma Dian breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took out the dry food and roasted it by the fire.

Everyone also packed up and sat around the fire. Everyone knew that this might be the last time they lit the fire before they started fighting with the Japanese army. The closer they were to the Japanese army's control area, the more cautious they were. The bonfire was easily exposed.

"Try your clothes as dry as possible. We won't have a chance to start a fire later. Unless the battle is over, we don't know when it will happen." Li Siming wrung out his clothes and put them on branches to lean against the fire. I'm full, and I'm afraid I don't have anything hot to eat, so I can only chew dry food."

"Maybe we can take advantage of the fire from the little devil to get something to eat." Dong Biao was more optimistic.

"The little devil's food is not necessarily better than ours. You can tell that they are full when you look at their canned food. As for the taste, I think it is not as good as our current dry food." Ma Dian said while chewing the jerky.

"You can rest assured that the little devil will definitely hunt and barbecue, and they will definitely grab good things in the village to eat, so the taste of our stuttering at his place will not be too bad." Dong Biao has his own plan.

"Is it so easy to snatch it from the little devil? Besides, we don't kill the little devil for one bite." Si Xuanyi said, "The little devil and the fighting power are not weak. Don't just think about eating. If you want to get their Things have to kill them first."

"That is, we went to kill those little devils this time, saving these grandchildren from hanging out in the mountains all day, and we had to go out to eat and sleep in the open." Ma Dian said.

"Come, come...see if there are no tigers there," someone shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction the man pointed and saw a tiger drinking water by the river. The tiger didn't seem to be afraid of him.

"Really?" Si Xuanyi said looking at the tiger going away.

"Of course there is!" Tan Lin also looked over there, "It's not too big, but thanks to the large number of us, it doesn't dare to provoke it."

"Don't watch the excitement, hurry up and eat, and leave after eating." Li Siming greeted them from behind.

Roasting the fire and eating, the body warmed up quickly, but the clothes didn't dry so fast, so they had to put them away and hurry up, as long as they didn't reach the destination, they really didn't dare to waste too much time, Who knows if the Japanese have already got what they want and evacuated, although it is unlikely based on the previous time calculation, after all, the legendary tomb is large in scale and buried deep, even if it is found. It will take quite a long time to excavate the location, but they still have to rush to that place as soon as possible to prevent the little devil from destroying the tomb. Of course, it would be better if the little devil didn't find it. It is their duty and mission.

"We have already crossed Baoyu River, how far is Tongtian Ridge?" Si Xuanyi was the most anxious of all.

"The old man said it's a three-hour journey. According to our current schedule, we should arrive at around five o'clock in the afternoon." Tan Lin said, "But none of us have been here before, and we can't rule out the possibility of going the wrong way, so there is no way to know the time." Guarantee, you can only play by ear, and you can count where you go, and if you can’t, then correct the direction.”

"We don't have time to mess around." Si Xuanyi said, "You are the only guide here, so I suggest that you can clarify the direction for me, and let us take the wrong path. If it delays the record, I will definitely smash your head .”

"Uh...yes." Tan Lin also knew what Si Xuanyi meant. He chose this path and he should also bear corresponding responsibilities. If he led the team in the wrong direction, then he would indeed have to pay the corresponding price.

The biggest difference between this operation and the previous ones is that they did not consume too much physical strength during the journey, and they could ride on horseback along the way. The situation was much better than expected, and the distance was shorter than expected, which was similar to the previous missions. Much easier than it really is.

Tongtian Ridge is between the two big mountains. They could already see it when they turned over the fourth mountain. The huge mountain reaches straight into the sky, like a ladder between the two big mountains. Tan Lin didn't think he was a pine until he saw this scene. With a sigh of relief, they finally don't have to worry about going the wrong way anymore. Although they haven't arrived yet, at least they have a clear goal.

"Your luck is good, this time the bet is very right." Li Siming said to him, "It's also fortunate for you, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to find this road to heaven."

"Luck? Hehe... I really had no choice but to make such a bad decision. The bet is indeed luck." Qin Lin said with a wry smile.

"Let's talk about it when we have something to say, and hurry up." Si Xuanyi felt more at ease, at least they didn't get lost. When Tan Lin said that he had never been to such a deep place before, he was worried that he would get lost inside, but never From the current situation, it seems that there is no need to worry.

"We still need two to three hours to get there." Tan Lin said, "Since we don't know whether there are enemy activities in that section, we must be more careful."

"That's right..." Si Xuanyi nodded, "From now on, keep your mouth shut, don't talk if there is no need, cheer up, pick up the guy, and be ready to fight at any time, let the little devil understand that we are not so easy to mess with .”

"Now? Isn't it a little early?" Li Siming felt that his order was a bit strange.

"We don't know these people well, and we don't know whether to manage them or not. It's true that we ordered them early, at least let them shut up first. I have been trying to touch their tempers along the way, but there are too many people. I can't figure it out." Si Xuanyi said, "Before contacting the enemy, it's good to hurry up and get acquainted."

"Okay..." Li Siming finally understood his intentions. It's not easy to be a leader, especially it is even more difficult to be the leader of this kind of big miscellaneous army. Most of them are newcomers, and they understand these in a short time Of course, people's temperament is not so easy, but it also involves the subsequent combat arrangements and deployments. It is not so easy to order such a group of unfamiliar people. In addition, they have no advantages themselves, and only eight or nine people come from Chongqing. Individuals, and the combined number of people from the local military command and the treasure protection team exceeded 20 people, which was more than they expected before they set off. The local military command station dropped another group of people in order to please Si Xuanyi, so there was such a situation. With a large number of people, if these people don't listen to orders or retreat before the battle, it will definitely be very troublesome. It can be said that the pressure on Si Xuanyi in this battle is quite high, and the difficulties he faces are more than those faced in all previous missions. The sum of the problems, plus the number of troops mobilized by the Japanese army this time far exceeds them, so before the war, there is a huge problem in front of him, how to use such a small number of miscellaneous troops to compete with the elite Japanese army ...

(End of this chapter)