"You go first, cross the river and go west, someone in Xiaowangzhuang will answer you, and those people will tell you what to do next." Captain Zhao, who was not very kind to Zhuo Fei before, stayed in place with his team members, several of these people were asked by the head of the base area to escort them, and now they encountered the enemy, as a guard, they should block the enemy, so that these few people who were escorted have a chance to escape from danger.

Zhuo Fei, who had already run to the river, sighed very depressedly, now that he can't turn back, he can only move forward, Zhuo Fei is just depressed that he hasn't figured out the situation yet, and he is going to be forced to cross the river twice in a row. Fortunately, the river water is slightly cool, and Zhuo Fei can only regard his current behavior as a game to strengthen his body and relieve heat and heat.

Suddenly, the gunfire rang out again, but this time the gunfire was much denser than before, and several people who had already gone up to the river bank immediately lowered their bodies and looked at the flickering gunfire on the other side of the river. In the flickering of the gun's flames, Zhuo Fei was surprised to find that the pursuers who exchanged fire with those guards did not seem to have good marksmanship. This is Zhuo Fei's opinion as an expert, but the other people who were lying on the river with Zhuo Fei didn't see it that way, and a man with glasses suddenly got up from the ground and ran deep into the riverbank.

"Hurry up, when they chase after the river, none of us will be able to leave." The man with glasses turned around while running to encourage others, Chinese like to follow the crowd, even if Zhuo Fei was unwilling, he could only helplessly follow the middle-aged woman who was holding his arm tightly to get up and run. Stumbled and ran all the way, and when he stopped, Zhuo Fei realized that they were following the river all the way to the west, but fortunately, none of them were left behind.

The few people who fled in a panic didn't pay attention to how far they ran, until someone ran and didn't have the strength to stop, and then someone suggested that they stop first and wait for Captain Zhao to escort them. Everyone stopped to rest in the grass on the shore for a while, and Zhuo Fei finally had time to stand by the river and take a look by the moonlight, with black eyebrows and foreskin eyes, but the skin was smooth and delicate, and his face was full of youth and childishness. Zhuo Fei, who was ecstatic in his heart, finally sighed secretly, if he "crossed" to others, it would be awkward enough.

Zhuo Fei, who had eliminated the biggest worry, took a good look at the other people at this time, except for the middle-aged woman who dragged her all the way, more than a dozen of these people who were confused all the way to the west were young people in their twenties. These people had an unconcealed bookish look on their faces, and several of them were wearing glasses, and it seemed that they were college students who were going to the base areas behind enemy lines. Zhuo Fei also roughly judged his age in the reflection of the river just now, he should be a few years younger than these students, at this time Zhuo Fei's mood has calmed down, it is already like this, and he accepts the fact of crossing.

Except for those young students, the other middle-aged people were obviously also literate people, Zhuo Fei secretly looked at all the people, and finally came to a conclusion that this group of people who were protected to escape at night should be teachers and students of a certain school in Beiping City. Looking at the cardigan he was wearing and the cloth shoes that had exposed his toes, Zhuo Fei knew that he should definitely not be one of them, maybe he was just a passerby that these people met halfway.

With this question, Zhuo Fei and the middle-aged woman who pulled him all the way chatted sentence by sentence, and after a cup of tea, Zhuo Fei knew that they did not meet by chance. Originally, there were more than one people who left Beiping City to run back, because everyone's goal was to escape from the war, so these teachers and students would go with the doubtful people, but in fact, Zhuo Fei was not a student with them all the way. The lame man who had been falling at the end of the line and the middle-aged woman who was pulling Zhuo Fei were two people, they used to be teachers in a school in Beiping, and this trip to the west was only because Beiping had been occupied by the Japanese army.

Finally figured out the reason for the incident, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but secretly praise Captain Zhao for being a little clever, blending in with the refugees with a target that needed to be escorted, even if they encountered the pursuit of the Japanese soldiers halfway, they could use the refugees to divert the attention of the Japanese soldiers. But now it seems that Captain Zhao's skills are not good, otherwise they would not have been chased by the Japanese soldiers, and they had to flee in embarrassment.

Looking at the position of the moon, it is already the second half of the night, tossing for most of the night, and the water has flowed back and forth twice, and everyone's physical exertion is very great. Just when Zhuo Fei was trying his best to endure hunger, the middle-aged woman surnamed Bai took out a flatbread from a tight bag wrapped in oilcloth and stuffed it into his hand. Zhuo Fei was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the woman in surprise, the woman just smiled, "Eat quickly, are you hungry?" ”

Zhuo Fei suddenly felt warm in his heart, he was really hungry, said thank you, and grabbed the flatbread and devoured it. After eating flatbread, I went to the river and drank a few sips of river water, not to mention, at this time, this place has not been developed, there is no pollution, and the river water is sweet and clear. Lying on the grass, looking up at the starry night sky, Zhuo Fei's thoughts slowly drifted away, and finally fell into a dream......

When I woke up again, the sky had already appeared white, and the weather in July was warm and cold, and it had been a cloud of lead for several days, as if it was like the cloud of war that had been pressing on people's hearts for a long time. The wind that got up early today was not too strong, and the long-lost sunshine finally struggled to break through the clouds, venting all the way down, and dispelling the chill of early spring in an instant. Even the surging river seems to feel the blessing of the sun at this moment, and the water surface reflects bits and pieces of light and shadow happily.

Zhuo Fei saw that the others hadn't woken up yet, so he went to the river alone to wash his face. After washing his face with the cool river water, Zhuo Fei finally recovered, the muddy state of yesterday has disappeared, and Zhuo Fei has finally returned to the state when he lived alone with his grandfather in the mountains and forests when he was young. Captain Zhao, who was in charge of blocking the pursuers last night, had returned, but Zhuo Fei could see Captain Zhao's sadness and anger at the moment, and only glanced at Captain Zhao's bloodstained right arm, Zhuo Fei could already guess that Captain Zhao and his gang must have suffered a loss last night.

Zhuo Fei looked at Captain Zhao and the other guards again, among them, except for Captain Zhao, who looked to be in his thirties, the others were all about twenty-seven or eighteen years old. Captain Zhao is tall and strong, with a beard and beard that looks very majestic, although he has a long face, but his eyebrows are all simple, and Zhuo Fei feels that Captain Zhao looks like a farmer. Captain Zhao and his guards sat together, and Zhuo Fei also saw one of Captain Zhao's subordinates secretly crying. Zhuo Fei didn't want to come over and inquire, but just looking at Captain Zhao's embarrassed appearance and his subordinates' actions of wiping away tears, Zhuo Fei had already guessed that last night's resistance was very bad.

After whispering a few words to his teammates, Captain Zhao woke up the others in a low voice and beckoned everyone to get ready to go. The students looked nervous and excited, and they carried their bags and luggage, and a few stronger boys followed closely behind Captain Zhao. Everyone has their own luggage, only Zhuo Fei is empty-handed, looking left and right, Zhuo Fei stretched out his hand to help the middle-aged woman take the luggage, but the other party picked it up by himself, and said with a smile: "Okay, my luggage is light, you can take it yourself." Let's see if others need help. Zhuo Fei, who was rejected, had no choice but to retract his hand and follow the back of the team.

Captain Zhao's injured arm had been simply bandaged, but the wound had not healed after all, and the blood oozing from the wound had turned the strip of cloth that wrapped Captain Zhao's wound red. But Captain Zhao, who had a gloomy face, ignored his wounds, and only urged the students who were dragging their feet to speed up, and several of his team members were also scattered by Captain Zhao and arranged in front and back of the team, it seems that Captain Zhao still has lingering feelings about last night's encounter.

The group followed the river all the way to the west, and they didn't know how far they went, until the spies in front of the team arranged by Captain Zhao returned, and Captain Zhao ordered the exhausted team to stop and rest. Let his team members take everyone to the small forest not far from Xiaowangzhuang to rest, Captain Zhao took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and waited for about half an hour before whispering to one of his subordinates: "It's time, send a signal." ”

The guards who received the order did not go out of the woods, but stopped at the edge of the woodland, and then reached out to their mouths to make a rhythmic birdsong. Zhuo Fei, who had been secretly paying attention, couldn't help but secretly marvel at himself, and said that there were really a lot of guerrilla methods, although this method of using birdsong as a signal was not refined, but it was not a trick that anyone could think of.

The sound of birdsong was still echoing in the air, and a dozen or so figures were already eager to flash out of the ridge on the side of the village, and soon they rushed from the other side of the village, and soon approached the woods. When they were about to reach the woods, Captain Di Zhao and his gang at the edge of the forest quietly raised their pistols, pointed their guns at them, and whispered, "Return me to the rivers and mountains." ”

The figure who came over immediately replied in a low voice: "Resist the war to the end!" ”。 Hearing the other party's reply, Captain Zhao and several of them whispered a little excitedly: "Comrade! The figures entered the woods, and Zhuo Fei saw their appearance clearly. Like Captain Zhao and the others, the people who came were all dressed in homespun clothes, dressed as peasants, but carrying spears and ammunition bags diagonally. The man at the head was fine, carrying a half-new "Hanyang-made" rifle, but the two people behind him were carrying only a "four-year-style" rifle (a copy of the German Mauser Model 1907 rifle). Zhuo Fei couldn't help but pouted secretly, it seems that these are the small guerrilla units that came to respond, and the equipment is really simple!