Chapter 25: Encountering Bandits

This is a very wonderful feeling for Zhuo Fei, his soul and consciousness are floating in the air like a trade wind, and Zhuo Fei has never used this kind of exhilarating feeling. Just in the blink of an eye, Zhuo Fei's consciousness that was flying freely fell into an extremely dark and gloomy place, as if he had entered a labyrinth that could never be escaped.

Stretching out his hand and not seeing his five fingers, the black one is not visible, and Zhuo Fei's consciousness rushes left and right but can't find a way out. Just as Zhuo Fei was secretly hesitating, a voice faintly floated in the distance, some familiar and unfamiliar, like a ghost's voice echoing around. Zhuo Fei couldn't hear what it was, but it gave him a feeling that he might never be able to escape this place.

From childhood to adulthood, Zhuo Fei was not a person who liked to swallow his anger, and the injustice of fate made Zhuo Fei learn to fight early, because only by working hard to fight, maybe he could fight for a way out for himself. Zhuo Fei, who had calmed down, began to listen patiently, and slowly, the voice became clearer and clearer, until he could almost distinguish the voice, and a dazzling light suddenly appeared in the darkness above his head, and Zhuo Fei's consciousness trapped in the darkness involuntarily rushed towards the light......

"Huh" slowly exhaled the turbidity in his chest, and Zhuo Fei, who opened his eyes, couldn't help but smile secretly, it turned out that this was still a dream. The sky was already white, and the thin blanket wrapped around his body was covered by Zhuo Yan, who was curled up by the ashes of the bonfire, and Zhuo Fei, who got up and stood up, walked towards the mountain bag behind him. The wind blew briskly across Zhuo Fei's cheeks, standing on the hill and looking into the distance, his eyes were full of greenery, but Zhuo Fei sighed secretly in his heart, once the Japanese army gathered heavy troops and went south, all this in front of him might be turned into ashes.

"Brother Zhuo is so interested" A voice came from behind him, but Zhuo Fei didn't look back, he had already identified from the voice that it was Zhao Baotian, the head of the Zhao family, who spoke. "Master Zhao, you are also so interested, it is rare for the old man to have such physical strength as you." When Zhao Baotian, who was holding a civilized stick, walked to his side, Zhuo Fei turned slightly sideways and smiled to say hello to the other party.

Zhuo Fei and Zhang Baotian are not acquaintances, and the reason why they will stay on the side of the road with the Zhao family's caravan is because Zhuo Fei is now a dart guard guarding this caravan. It is no longer news that the Japanese army took Beiping and Tianjin, and there are market heroes like Zhang Bao in Cangzhou City, and naturally there will be people who are willing to leave their hometowns and flee Cangzhou, and Zhao Baotian's family of 46 is one of the many local families who fled Cangzhou.

The Zhao family is not a big family in Cangzhou, but the Zhao family has no shortage of people with vision, and seeing that Tianjin has been occupied by the Japanese army, the Zhao family, which is in chaos, is ready to leave Cangzhou early. Zhuo Fei, who was shy in his pocket, also took Zhuo Yan to leave Cangzhou, and had a conflict with the guards hired by the Zhao family on the way, but Zhuo Fei, who didn't want to look at the thin body, knocked over more than a dozen guards of the Zhao family in one go.

Zhuo Fei is not a good man and a woman in his bones, just when he was shy in his pocket, there was a land and finance supervisor who should give money to spend, of course Zhuo Fei immediately agreed. Calculating the time, the battle in Songhu has already begun, according to the progress of the war, the Japanese army will have to wait until at least about December, and now it is only the beginning of September, Zhuo Fei is not worried that he will encounter Japanese troops along the way.

The sky gradually brightened, and the people of the Zhao family also woke up, and after a simple breakfast, after cleaning up, a team composed of more than 30 carts slowly hit the road. The Zhao family moved very thoroughly this time, and there were 46 men, women, and children in the family, plus those servants and guards, these more than 30 carts carried almost 100 people. Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan's current identities are guards hired by the Zhao family, but the two of them are not under the control of the head of the guard, in Zhao Baotian's words, that is, Zhuo Fei and the two can do whatever they want, as long as they don't stand by when there is trouble.

The Zhao family is rich, so almost a dozen members of the Zhao family carry big guns on their backs, although they are only made by Hanyang, but the bandits of ordinary scale do not dare to provoke the Zhao family, not to mention that Zhao Baotian also hired more than 20 guards to accompany him. "Brother, you eat." Half of the flatbread was handed over by the grinning Zhuo Yan, and glanced at Zhuo Yan, who was opening his mouth to chew the cake, Zhuo Fei smiled and pushed the half of the flatbread back, Zhuo Yan didn't say much, and filled the cake into his stomach in just a few bites.

"You're a foodie." Seeing Zhuo Yan's difficulty swallowing, Zhuo Fei took out the kettle and handed it to the other party, poured a few mouthfuls of water, and Zhuo Yan, who was choked on the flatbread and almost lost his breath, relieved himself. Knowing that Zhuo Yan was so hungry when he was in Lang before, Zhuo Fei didn't say anything about him, but he didn't let Zhuo Yan continue to gobble it up, since he took in this kid with a slow brain, he would definitely not let him continue to be hungry.

Cangzhou is more than 800 kilometers away from Nanjing, if it is only calculated according to the speed of the car, Zhuo Fei and his team from Cangzhou to Nanjing may only take 3 days, but when they actually travel, they can't calculate the time in this way. The Zhao family has many women, children, and children, and it is absolutely impossible to travel for more than ten hours a day, so Zhuo Fei suggested to Zhao Baotian that no matter what towns he will pass along the way, he will only stop and rest after traveling 200 miles every day. At 20 kilometers per hour, they need to travel for five or six hours a day.

Zhuo Fei planned to escort the Zhao family to Nanjing in about 10 days, so that Zhao Baotian might have to pay a little more, but the women and children of the Zhao family did not have to bear the fatigue of the journey. "The front is Jiyang County, and after Jiyang County is Jinan City, everyone be careful, and when you enter Jinan City, the owner will appreciate the wine and meat." The leader of the guards rode back and forth on a red horse and galloped back and forth between the convoys, shouting loudly for the guards to cheer up.

Shandong has been out of horses since ancient times, this is an old principle, where will these guards who go south and north not know, hearing the shouts of the head of the guards, the guards began to cheer up, and the dozen or so family members of the Zhao family also carried the big guns behind their backs in their hands. "The third, the fourth, you two rode over to take a look, I looked at the front and there was something wrong." The convoy slowly approached a hillside gun, and the head of the guard on the red horse waved his hand to stop completely, and assigned two of his guards to ride horses to investigate first.

Zhuo Fei was still lazily lying on the cart, but a pair of eyes looked at the fields on both sides of the road from time to time, and while the spies came out, the head of the guard made some adjustments to the Zhao family's convoy, but everyone who sat in the Zhao family's cart was adjusted to the middle of the convoy, and the family members with rifles were transferred to the front of the convoy. Zhao Baotian's heart rose in a panic, what he was most afraid of was that he would encounter bandits robbing the road halfway, and now the soldiers were in chaos, if he really met bandits, he would be in trouble.

Ten minutes later, the voices of two guards appeared on the hillside in the distance, and everyone in the convoy could see the two guards waving. "Wait, something isn't right." The head of the guard on the jujube red horse was about to wave his hand to signal the convoy to move on, but was stopped by Zhuo Fei, who appeared beside him at some point. "Jin Da is in charge, it's not that I can't trust your brothers, I just don't feel quite right." Without waiting for the other party to speak, Zhuo Fei jumped into a big car and looked into the distance on the slope.

Zhuo Fei was able to fight more than a dozen guards alone, and the head of the guards surnamed Jin also knew that Zhuo Fei had some skills, and seeing that Zhuo Fei was cautious, he first held his breath and waited to hear what Zhuo Fei said next. "Jin Da is in charge, I don't know how you and your brothers act every day, if it is my two brothers who go out to explore the way, after confirming that it is safe, they should return to one person first to report the details, it really shouldn't be like this, just wait in place and wave your hand."

Zhuo Fei's voice was not very loud, but he heard that the face of the head of the guard surnamed Jin changed greatly, and then he called a subordinate to whisper a few words, but he had already pulled out the short gun pinned to his waist. With a single order, the Zhao family's convoy slowly retreated, but the guard who had been ordered by the head of the guard galloped away alone towards the two companions on the hillside. "Master Zhao, you don't have to worry, since I promised to escort you to Nanjing, I will definitely do it. No matter what you hear or see, don't panic, just stay in the car. ”

Zhao Baotian and Zhuo Fei, who opened the curtain and were looking out, looked at each other and comforted each other, Zhuo Fei turned around and called Zhuo Yan who was napping in the car. "Remember to follow me for a while, no matter what happens, you just remember to follow me closely." The guard sent by the head of the guard had already arrived on the hillside, and although there was no signal yet, Zhuo Fei had already noticed something unusual.

"Bandits, there are bandits." One of the Zhao family's family members suddenly pointed to the slope and shouted, and the shouting swept through the entire convoy like a sea, and almost everyone in the convoy craned their necks to look at the slope. Zhuo Fei, who was standing on the cart, naturally followed and looked over, and a large number of people appeared on the slope of only three people somehow, although it was not very clear from a distance, but Zhuo Fei and the others had already heard a gunshot and shouting from the slope.

The sound of gunfire made the people of the Zhao family panic instantly, the men were better and could maintain a little calm, but the women and children of the Zhao family had already cried, they knew that it would be a good end to meet bandits in this wilderness. "Shut up, don't mess around, we have a family member, and we have hired guards, and if we encounter bandits, we will be killed, so what is the panic." Zhao Baotian stood on the wheel and shouted loudly, but his two trembling legs had already revealed the panic in his heart.