In the afternoon, they set off, not speaking all the way. When passing the lower village, Lu Wei followed the team to the mountain road on the left, walked a few steps, Lu Wei shouted "brother" and ran back, hugged Lu Gang and cried, crying so that Lu Gang was useless no matter how comforted she was, Lu Gang had to let her cry, Xiaolin and Lao Yang were not a taste in their hearts.

After a while, hearing that Lu Wei was only sobbing, Lu Gang gently pushed Lu Wei away, took her hand and said, "Sister Wei, when Brother and Teacher Yang complete the task, Brother will come back to you." ”

Xiao Lin also persuaded: "Sister Wei, don't worry, I'm with your brother, don't worry about us, you have to take care of yourself." ”

"Lu Wei, you see they're all waiting for you, go ahead." Lao Yang said to Lu Wei with a smile.

"Brother, remember to burn money and incense on my father's grave." Lu Wei finally spoke, at this time, Lu Gang heard Lu Wei say this, his heart hurt a little, he nodded, and said, "I will." ”

Lu Wei reluctantly took a few steps and followed the team up the mountain, Lu Gang followed Lao Yang in a very complicated mood and stopped looking at Lu Wei, Xiaolin's mood was also very complicated, I don't know if I can see each other again this parting, and I don't know when I will see each other? Looking at Lu Wei's back in the distance, he had mixed feelings, Xiao Lin remembered the relationship between Geng Zitang and Lu Wei, and also remembered the love he had for Lu Wei buried deep in his heart.

Xiao Lin didn't know that Lu Gang knew about Geng Zitang and Lu Wei, right? He was also embarrassed to ask Lu Gang.

After walking for several days, they finally encountered a guerrilla force of the New Fourth Army, but to their great disappointment, there were no ships at the station.

After the guerrilla captain received them and prepared some dry food for them, Lao Yang and the others set off early one morning. Just as they had not gone far, a soldier came running and stopped them, saying that the captain had found a boat in a farmer's house, and that it could carry three people.

Naturally, Lao Yang and the others were overjoyed, and went with the soldiers to a farmer's house, where they saw the captain waiting for him. Lao Yang thanked him, and carried the boat to the riverside together, and the captain also gave each of them a cotton coat, saying that it was cold on the road, and their hearts were naturally warm, so they took the thank you and got on the boat to say goodbye to the captain.

After eating a bowl of noodles on the shore, Lu Gang proposed to go to the Xiao family's compound at this time, Lao Yang agreed, and Lu Gang stood for a long time in front of the Xiao family's compound. This place has changed owners, the people standing in front of the door no longer recognize, Lu Gang is a little lost, remembering the days with Xiao Ke, the past, especially sad, seeing that Lu Gang and Xiao Lin are not speaking, the expression on their faces is a little sad, so they urged them to leave, went to some stores to buy some food, and was about to go to the dock, suddenly saw a notice for a boatman, take a closer look, Lu Gang shouted happily: "Teacher Yang, Xiaolin, look, this is the ship to our hometown is recruiting." ”

After rowing for a few days, they are a little tired and slow, and they just happened to see this kind of thing today, why are they not happy? They searched for the address, and sure enough, there were people sitting there, but there was no one around, and it seemed very deserted. Seeing the three of them approaching here, the person sitting there stood up and greeted them with great enthusiasm.

As soon as Lu Gang inquired, the man spoke full of hometown dialect, and he was naturally happy in his heart, and the villagers met the villagers, which was extremely cordial. The recruitment of workers was quickly done, they hung the small boat behind the big boat, and then under the instructions of the boat boss, they moved some goods on the ship, and at dusk, the boat left the dock, traveled on the river for nearly a month, crossed the Yangtze River into the Dongting River and arrived at Yiyang Shatou Town.

It was January 1945, and the town was deserted and grey, with not many people hanging out outside.

It really happened that it was snowing heavily in the sky. They were not familiar with this place, and after helping the shipowner to carry the goods ashore for people to pick them up, the shipowner counted the bills in his hand, gave each of them a few, looked at the three of them, and said, "I can only send you here, my ship cannot go where you are going." However, there are devils here, so you have to be careful and don't mess around. ”

When Lu Gang heard that there were devils, he was energetic, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Are there devils?" Where are they? ”

The shipowner looked at him with a strange expression, and Lao Yang saw it in his eyes, and he was also wondering what he was thinking about in his eyes. The owner of the ship looked at him for a while, looked Lu Gang up and down, and then pointed to the direction of the east for a long time and said to the three of them: "It's at the east end of this town." Don't mess around, if you're going to stay, there's a hostel over there. If you don't want to live there, you can live on a boat, as long as you don't dislike it. ”

Lao Yang said: "Don't bother you, let's go ashore and take a look at this town by the way." ”

The owner of the ship arched his hand and said: "Since you have Yaxing, I won't bother you, please." Hahaha. After saying that, he smiled and wanted to leave.

"How far is this from the cellar?" Kobayashi asked the shipowner.

"You're going to the cellar? It's not far from here, but I seem to have heard that many people have been killed by devils there, and I can't tell if there are any devils there. I see, it is impossible for you to go to the cellar to-night, and it is better to sleep in this town and make plans tomorrow. Then he went back to the ship.

"It's snowing, aren't you going home?" Lao Yang shouted at the shipowner. The owner of the ship said, "I won't go back, my home is on the ship." ”

Lu Gang remembered something at this time, and called the owner of the boat to wait a moment, saying that he wanted to untie the boat. He went to the big boat, untied the rope of the small boat and dragged it to the shore, got on the boat, and then put his hand under the bow compartment with the owner on his back, and took out three shell guns, which he put into his waist.

It turned out that their guns were not pinned to their bodies, because they were afraid that in case of a devil on the river, they hid their guns in the bow compartment of the boat, as well as a few grenades.

The owner of the ship watched all this attentively, without showing any expression of surprise. After saying goodbye to them, the owner went into the cabin and went about his business alone.

Lao Yang and the others found a hostel to stay in.

When dealing with them and the shopkeeper to negotiate the accommodation market, Lao Yang asked some about the situation in the town by the way, and learned that there were indeed Japanese devils here, and there were quite a few, fifty or sixty people, in addition to more than 100 puppet troops, and many Yanmar.

"Oh my God, there are so many devils." Kobayashi smacked his tongue and said as he entered the room.

Lu Gang smiled: "There's business to do, haha, Mr. Yang, isn't it?" ”

Lao Yang smiled and did not speak.

"Teacher Yang, and Yanmar." Lu Gang shouted.

Teacher Yang called him a basin of hot water, and sat on the edge of the bed with a smile and washed his feet. The inn is in the middle of nowhere, and there aren't many people staying tonight.

"Teacher Yang, I'll come." Lu Gang saw that Lao Yang had finished washing, so he stepped forward and diligently took the footbasin and poured it outside.

At this time, Xiao Lin smiled in front of Lao Yang and said, "Teacher Yang, is Yanmar just like the white horse ridden by Nishijima?" ”

"Ah, I remember, when Nishijima was in the factory cellar the year before last, he took some devils to ride a Yanma and trampled on a lot of villagers, and they died and were injured." Lu Gang said angrily.

Kobayashi also remembered, and he said, "Yes, that is." Brother Pole, are these horses the horses brought over from the West Island? Do you want to kill them? As soon as he heard Lu Gang talk about it, the anger in his heart soared.

Lu Gang didn't squeak, he looked at Lao Yang. Seeing them looking at him, Lao Yang changed the topic, and said, "This shipowner is a little strange? ”

"What's so strange about him, I haven't noticed any strange thing about him along the way." Lu Gang saw that Lao Yang deliberately opened the topic, and he was unhappy.

Xiao Lin was also unhappy, he said: "There is food and drink, it is good for us, where did he come from?" Mr. Yang. ”

Lao Yang yawned and said, "I'm going to sleep." After saying that, he took off his coat and pants and fell on the bed, closed the quilt and covered his body, ignored them and slept on his own.

"It's boring." Kobayashi muttered.

Lu Gang said, "Sleep, and I'll take a look at the town tomorrow." ”

The next day, the snow was still falling, and Lu Gang and Xiaolin wanted to go out to have a look. Lao Yang said, just right, see what's delicious outside. Carrying a gun, he went out with Lu Gang and the others.

Shatou was there as early as the 14th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, located on the south bank of Dongting Lake, at the confluence of Zishui and Ganxi Port River, at the tail of Zishui, and the water and land transportation is very convenient.

"The climate here is mild, the land is fertile, and the products are abundant. There are devils stationed here, and Isamu Yokoyama is really a person with vision. Lao Yang looked at the town in the wind and snow and said.

"Who is Isamu Yokoyama?" Kobayashi asked.

"Commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, the 21st student of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, in September 1939, he became the commander of the 1st Division of the Kwantung Army, and he did not make any achievements. Later, he succeeded the former commander of the 11th Army, General Tsukada Tsukada, who was killed by the national army stationed in Dabie Mountain, Anhui Province, and he was responsible for the tragedy that occurred in your hometown in the 32nd year of the Republic of China. Teacher Yang said this simply.

"Teacher Yang, where is he now, I have to kill him." As soon as Lu Gang heard that the tragedy in his hometown was initiated by Yong Yokoyama, he gritted his teeth and said. This is the first time he has heard Lao Yang talk about Yokoyama Yong, since it was he who started this tragedy, he is full of blood and righteous indignation.

When Lao Yang heard this, he smiled and said, "Haha, you can kill him, the sky is high and the road is far away, and I don't know where he went?" However, I know that he is in Wuhan, but I have heard the chief say that it has been many years, and I don't know what he is doing. Due to the lack of news, Lao Yang really did not know that Hengshan Yong had launched a big war against Guilin, Guangxi.

When Lu Gang was about to ask, Xiao Lin suddenly exclaimed, pointed to the riverside dock and shouted, "Teacher Yang, look, the boat is gone." ”