The time went back to 3 p.m. on the 27th.

The water of the Yao River was surging, and Li Qing stretched his head out of the water, grabbed the weeds on the shore with both hands, and gasped for breath.

Looking around, the danger was temporarily ruled out. With a little peace of mind in his heart, Li Qing breathed a big breath again, and then dived underwater again, more than ten meters below the surface of the water, and dragged Qin Wuchao out of the pipe embedded under the river bank with Deng Shi.

After that, Zhong Ruoxi dragged out Shi Yinghui, Yang Xun, Wen Yang and Gu Yue followed closely behind, and a few people swam to the water.

"Can't stay here for long. Li Qing carried Qin Wuchao ashore, "The Xilong army knows where the exit is, and will send someone soon." ”

"Qin Wu Dynasty! Qin Wu Dynasty!" Deng Shi patted Qin Wu Chao's cheek, "Can you still hold on!"

Qin Wuchao opened his eyes in a daze and grinned: "Broken a hand, what is it." Captain, put me down, I can go on my own. ”

"Too much blood loss. Deng Shi stared at Qin Wuchao's pale cheeks, his gaze condensed slightly, and then he turned around abruptly and shouted, "How is Brigade Commander Shi?"

"I've passed out. Zhong Ruoxi replied coldly.

Li Qing said in a deep voice: "There's no time to delay, pick him up and keep walking." ”

Yang Xun's face turned blue for a while: "We are now on the west bank of the Yao River, and we must cross the river in order to meet Ji Wenbin." ”

"Crossing the river now?" Deng Shi's face changed, "No, this will kill Qin Wuchao and Brigade Commander Shi." ”

Li Qing frowned: "Master Deng, do you know our specific location?"

After hesitating for a moment, Master Deng shook his head: "I don't know, but our current position should be upstream of the Chain Bridge." ”

Zhong Ruoxi checked Shi Yinghui's injuries, turned his head and said, "Send one person to cross the river to contact Ji Wenbin, and the rest continue to walk upstream along the Yao River." ”

"Yes. Master Deng nodded hurriedly, "The Yao River is a tributary of the Gu Scoop River, so we will make more detours, but it is definitely the safest way to go." ”

Li Qing nodded and ordered: "Wen Yang, you go to find Ji Wenbin, take him and Lao Feng to go upstream along the riverbank, and then meet after we cross the river, be careful all the way." ”

"Understood. ”

Wen Yang responded, temporarily separated from the action team, and swam across the Yao River alone to find Ji Wenbin. Others, with the wounded, walked all the way upstream along the banks of the Yao River.

The sky is still raining, and the Yao River is in the flood season, and the banks of the river are muddy, and many places even need to wade through. All the members of the squad had gone through a lot of fighting in the hall, and their bodies had reached their limits, and at this time, they were rushing for their lives in extremely harsh conditions, and every step was quite difficult.

In the evening, Master Deng caught up with Li Qing from behind, raised his hand and touched Qin Wuchao's forehead: "Captain, both of them have a fever, we must stop, otherwise they won't last long." ”

Li Qing asked, "Take a walk forward, pay attention to it, and see if there is a place that can be used to shelter from the rain." ”

At around six o'clock that night, the team found a mud hole on the cliff on the bank of the river, Yang Xun broke a branch and poked into it to pound it, and a large group of bats were frightened and rushed out of the mud hole.

The mud hole is shallow, and adults have to bend down to get into it, and there is only room for three or four people to take shelter from the wind and rain.

Yang Xun probed in, and a pungent smell came to his face, making him who was already close to prostration, and couldn't help retching: "It stinks..."

"Anyway, it's a place to stay. Li Qing said softly, "Carry Qin Wuchao and Shi Yinghui in, let them rest for the night, and we will leave tomorrow morning." ”

Originally, I planned to risk a fire, but the weather was so bad that it was so wet everywhere that I couldn't find even the slightest thing that started the fire, so I had to give up.

Li Qing asked Master Deng to go into the cave to take care of Qin Wuchao and Shi Yinghui, and the rest of the people stayed outside the cave. Anyway, my body was already soaked, and I didn't care about being drenched in the wind and rain for another night.

"Come in, someone!" Deng Shi suddenly pulled his head out of the hole and shouted.

Li Qing said to Zhong Ruoxi: "You go, Brigade Commander Shi is very seriously injured, I estimate... If he wakes up, let him explain. ”

"Hmm. Nodding slightly, Zhong Ruoxi also lowered his head and climbed into the mud hole.

There were bat droppings and the carcasses of small animals and insects everywhere, and there was a strong fishy smell. Zhong Ruoxi endured the nausea that surged up from her stomach and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation?"

Deng Shi lit the lighter, and his voice was a little difficult: "Come and see for yourself." ”

Through the dim light, Zhong Ruoxi looked at the two wounded people in the mud cave at this moment, and her pupils couldn't help but shrink fiercely.

Deng Shi had already unbuttoned the shirts of the two men, exposing their injuries. Shi Yinghui was still unconscious, his abdomen was densely covered with knife cuts, and half of his sternum had completely collapsed. Qin Wuchao broke a right hand, and he also had severe blunt force contusions on his body. Deng Shi raised his hand and pressed it on his chest, and he had already pinched a broken rib.

Patting Qin Wuchao's cheek, Master Deng said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say that you only broke one hand, what's the matter with the injuries on your body?"

"It's out of the way, out of the way. Qin Wuchao said with a smile, looking light and light.

Zhong Ruoxi stared at Shi Yinghui, pursed her lips and asked, "He... What to do?"

"You knowingly asked. Master Deng replied lightly, "I just stuffed back the intestines leaked out of Brigade Commander Shi, but fortunately he injured his right sternum, if it was a collapse of his left chest and pressed on the heart, he would have died on the spot." ”

"Can it still be saved?"

Deng Shi glanced at Zhong Ruoxi and did not answer.

Zhong Ruoxi didn't need to know the answer at all.

The light suddenly disappeared, and by the time the lighter was shining again, Master Deng had already taken off his wet coat.

Rolling up the clothes, Deng Shi handed it to Qin Wuchao: "Bite it." ”

Qin Wuchao took Master Deng's clothes with his left hand, put them under his nose and sniffed them, and immediately frowned: "Damn! Master Deng, what does your clothes smell like? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, bite. Deng Shi glared, "If you don't accept it, I still have a shoe." ”

"Hurry up. Qin Wuchao tugged at the corners of his mouth, took the dress in his mouth, and nodded at Master Deng with a frown.

Carefully unwrapping the strip of cloth that was wrapped around Qin Wuchao's arm, Deng Shi stared at the broken wound that was soaked in rain, and ruthlessly moved the lighter over and burned it.

In the mud cave, there was a fishy smell, mixed with a hint of burnt flesh. Qin Wuchao snorted, his eyes widened, his eyes were about to split, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.

After a while, Qin Wuchao's body went weak and passed out.

Master Deng burned the wound, then lowered his hand, clutched the hot lighter tightly, and felt the burning pain rise from the palm of his hand, and tears flowed silently in the darkness.

"You can accompany Brigadier Shi. Deng Shi's voice was dry, and after saying this, he groped in the dark and stuffed the lighter into Zhong Ruoxi's hand, and then crawled out of the hole on his knees.

In the second half of the night, Shi Yinghui finally woke up.

Zhong Ruoxi turned on the lighter, leaned over and put his ear to Shi Yinghui's mouth: "Brigade Commander Shi, what did you say?"

Shi Yinghui's lips squirmed, but he didn't make a sound.

"Brigadier Shi, I can't hear you..."

Shi Yinghui moved his lips again, this time Zhong Ruoxi heard clearly, Shi Yinghui was asking if he could be saved.

Zhong Ruoxi was silent for a while, Shi Yinghui's eyes blinked slowly, and he already understood in his heart.

"I... I want to see... See Li Qing..."

Zhong Ruoxi hurriedly shouted outside the cave: "Li Qing!

Li Qing shrank under a big tree, holding Gu Yue, who was trembling, and when he heard Zhong Ruoxi calling his name, he suddenly got up and climbed into the mud cave.

"Brigadier Shi wants to talk to you. Zhong Ruoxi bit her bloodless lip and said softly.

"Brigadier Shi, I'm here. Li Qing came to Shi Yinghui's side, "If there is anything you don't worry about, you can say it." ”

"Lee... Li Qing. Shi Yinghui suddenly grabbed Li Qing's hand tightly, and raised his head with difficulty, "I have received a military order, I must bring Hall Chief Zhong back to Longxi safely, you... You're going to help me..."

Li Qing nodded: "Don't worry, I will guarantee Ruoxi's safety." ”

Shi Yinghui nodded, panting heavily, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I thought it was just a finger I lost, but I didn't expect to drop the whole person..."

In the dim light of the lighter, Shi Yinghui's eyes widened, as if he was staring at something, he maintained such a state, and there was no more sound.

Zhong Ruoxi trembled and stretched out her jade hand to close Shi Yinghui's eyes. She extinguished the ignition, and the sound of teeth chattering could be heard in the darkness.

"We... Did we do it wrong, Li Qing, did we do it wrong?"

Li Qing knew that Zhong Ruoxi at this time needed someone to hold her in her arms, and then firmly told her that there was nothing wrong with this action. Although the action team paid a heavy price, the losses of the Shillong army were even heavier. They stuck a knife in the heart of the enemy, they ended the Sixth Longxi War, they saved the two countries from war, they saved the lives of countless soldiers and civilians, they exchanged their pain and blood for a lasting peace.

Li Qing knew what he should do, but Li Qing couldn't do it. He was an ordinary man, not only ordinary, but also selfish. He has neither the ambition of worrying about the country and the people, nor the heroic spirit of righteousness. At this time, he was already unable to protect himself, and he was even less able to give Zhong Ruoxi the slightest comfort.

"I don't know. Li Qing said softly, his cheeks stiff without the slightest expression. He crawled on his knees and exited the entrance of the cave, like a lost dog fleeing in a hurry, leaving Zhong Ruoxi alone and throwing him into the boundless darkness, facing the unconscious Qin Wuchao and a corpse that was getting colder and colder.