Compared with the thirsty Japanese soldiers, the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army who followed the half-guards in front of the island to carry out the clean-up operation were even more miserable.

From the first day of entering the mountains, the soldiers of the Imperial Allied Army were naturally used as auxiliaries. Needless to say, when the mountain opens the road, the bridge is built in the water, and after arriving at the camp, the Japanese soldiers have to occupy the house and stay, and most of the soldiers of the Imperial Association can only hastily light a bonfire and sleep in the open air for a night. When I woke up at dawn, I saw that the bonfire around me had already been extinguished, and the clothes on my body were soaked in the night dew and morning frost.

On the third day of entering the mountains, not only could I only sleep in the open air when camping at night, but even my neck was stuck in the food, and every time I started eating, I could only get a little leftovers from the Japanese soldiers.

After the Japanese soldiers encountered the traps of ambushes everywhere, the soldiers of the Imperial Cooperative Army, who were still cowering and hiding behind the Japanese soldiers, were also forced to act as pawns. There was a trap when I took a step forward, and I wanted to retreat, but there was also a Japanese soldier's shiny bayonet against the back of the back. However, in just one day's effort, there were more than a dozen soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were killed by bows, crossbow arrows, animal traps, and mines, and no one cared about the injured, so they could only be thrown behind them in the field and wail and wait for death.......

On the fifth day of entering the mountain, there was no hope of eating, and even drinking saliva became a problem. Except for the adjutant next to the white leper who saw the opportunity quickly and quietly hid most of the pot of water, all the kettles carried by the soldiers of the other Imperial Alliance Army were cleaned by the Japanese soldiers!

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were holding lunch boxes, each person divided two mouthfuls of water as if they were sharing gold juice, and the white leper sitting behind a grinding plate looked left and right to see if there was anyone, and then he stretched out his hand to the adjutant who was squatting behind the grinding plate: "Give me water!" I've been fucking wandering around the mountains for another day, and my throat and eyes are already smoking! ”

Carefully took out a military kettle that had been flattened a lot from his arms, and the adjutant with scorched lips handed the kettle to the white leper with some greed: "Big brother, you must save some drink!" The wells in this village have been blown up, and the water veins may have been shaken, and even if they dig again, it is difficult to say that they can find water. Let's two brothers, but there is only half of this pot of water left to hang our lives......"

Drinking the water in the kettle in one go, the white leper threw the empty kettle into the adjutant nonchalantly: "And dig a fart!" I've figured it out, these Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountains started with the idea of soaking mushrooms with us! Along the way, all the villages are called to clean up, some houses even have door panels, kang mats are gone, the fight is to tell us that we have no food, no drink, no place to live, and finally we can't stand the idea of having to collect the troops! Look, even if you dig a well that has blown up, all you can get is dirty water that you can't drink! ”

Leaning his neck and raising his head, the adjutant stuck out his tongue and poured the last few drops of water from the kettle into his mouth, and then he smacked his chapped lips with some uncertainty: "Big brother, what should we do?" Why don't you talk to the island and tell him to order a withdrawal as soon as possible? ”

"Withdraw? If you don't eat for three or five days, you may not die of hunger, but if you don't drink water for three or five days, you will definitely die! We are now a rat drilled in the bellows, and we can't advance or retreat at both ends! ”

"Can't withdraw? That...... Big brother, why don't we run? There are too many people to dare to protect, three or five people drill into the mountain, and they can last a few days when they are thirsty and drink dew......"

"Do you think those eight roads can spare us? I can't see those Eight Roads now, but as long as we are alone in the mountains, within an hour, we will definitely have to kill the Eight Roads in the mountains! ”

"You can't enter, you can't leave, you can't even escape...... Big brother, do you have an idea? The lives of our brothers are now in your hands......"

Turning his head to look at the direction of the half-guard in front of the island, the white leper sneered for a while, and then whispered to the adjutant with an anxious look: "What are you panicking about?" To tell you the truth, just because your eldest brother and I are familiar with Qingle and Gongnan counties, then you can have several more ways to survive than others! It's not good...... You can also get some benefits and make some foreign money! ”

Stunned, his eyes widened, and the adjutant who was squatting behind the grinding plate couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "Big brother, when this little life is mysterious, you are still thinking about getting benefits and making a fortune?" That...... Big brother, can you tell me about it? Otherwise, I really ...... in my heart."

With a slightly playful look, the white leper whispered to the adjutant who was squatting behind the grinding plate: "In the early years, when we were messing around, we had a little daughter-in-law who had just passed the door, and you still took a bite on your shoulder, remember this?" ”

Subconsciously reached out and touched his left shoulder, and the adjutant nodded without hesitation: "How can you not remember this?" When the little daughter-in-law went back to her parents' house, she asked us to intercept her halfway, isn't that still the eldest brother, you took the lead? ”

"Then do you remember where you did it, this little daughter-in-law?"

"This ...... Big brother, didn't we just happen to memorize the words and ask people to hide back and forth in Qingle and Gongnan counties? I remember that I made this deal in the middle of the barren mountains, but where was it...... I really don't remember......"

Snorted dissatisfiedly, and the white leper replied in a low voice: "You remember to do that little daughter-in-law in your brain, right?" The place where the little daughter-in-law was first set up is near here, and from this village to the west, you can see a large pine forest within ten miles......

The chicken pecked his head like rice, and the adjutant said flatteringly to the white leper: "The eldest brother still has the road in his eyes and knows in his heart, and he really did this in a large pine forest!" But...... What does this have to do with us right now? ”

"From the pine forest to the north, about five miles away, there is a two-end ravine called Quanzigou! However, in the ravines two or three miles long, there can be more than a dozen mountain springs large and small, all of which are living water from the mountain wall and the bottom of the ditch! Those Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountains couldn't even destroy these springs! As long as we can replenish the water in the spring ditch and drill into the mountains for a day, we can find the way back to the main road! Don't look at those Eighth Route Army hiding and hiding in the mountains, as long as we get on the road, the Eighth Route Army will fight with us, and it may not be who loses and who wins!? ”

"Big brother, you are so godly! Right now, the island is in a hurry about cutting off the water, as long as you tell the island about the boundary where you can find water, the island will definitely not be able to treat you! Don't say if we can clean up the Eighth Route Army this time, that is, if we can return to Qingle County safely, we will have to give you a big reward before the island......"

Turning his head to look at the soldiers of the Imperial Association who were driven by the Japanese soldiers to dig the well again, the white leper hesitated for a moment before he stood up lazily: "Give a bucket to a full man, it is better to give a hungry man half a spoon!" If you want to live a comfortable and nourishing life in this world, you still have a lot of knowledge! Go, find He Luoya. Without him, the master of the message, I really can't explain it to the island! ”

"Don't look for it! After He Luoya went out of Qingle County with us, as soon as he saw the island, He Luoya never left the island half a step in front of the island. In the past two days, it is estimated that the island is not happy because of the water cut, and he has slapped He Luoya several times, but He Luoya still bowed and waved with the island in front of the island, and he couldn't get rid of it! ”

Pouting disdainfully, the white leper snorted coldly and walked in the direction where the half-guards in front of the island were: "You can't beat it away, you can't open it, he He Bucktooth is born a dog, it's definitely right!" ”

The feet quickly passed through the small village, and there was still a long way to go from the half-guards in front of the island, who were pacing back and forth, looking anxious, and the white leper had already shouted loudly to the half-guards in front of the island: "Taijun in front of the island, there is water!" There's water...... Ho Bucktooth, where did you die at this time? Don't hurry up and tell the island front Taijun that we have water! ”

Like a ghost with hanging boots who always follows behind people, He Luoya, who has a blue nose and swollen face, jumped out of the room behind the half-guards in front of the island almost before the white leper shouted, and shouted to the half-guards in front of the island: "Your Excellency the island, Captain Bai has found the water ......."

Suddenly stopped, the half-guards in front of the island looked suspiciously at He Luoya, who was rushing to translate the words of the white leper, and then turned his head to look at the white leper who was rushing towards him, and then shouted at He Luoya: "Found water?" Is it in this village? ”

Subconsciously opened his mouth, He Luoya remembered that the white leper had not explained things clearly, and hurriedly shouted to the white leper who had rushed to the front of the island's half of the guard: "Captain Bai, you have said something again?" Where can I find water? Is it in this village? ”

He bowed flatteringly to the half-guards in front of the island, but the white leper didn't dare to pinch the joints, and told him about the situation in Quanzigou like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Listening to He Luoya's insect-like translation, the half-guards in front of the island did not rush to deal with the white leper, but turned their heads and shouted loudly to the room behind them: "Bring the map!" ”

Staring at the military map that the orderly quickly spread out on the table, the half-guard in front of the island just stretched out his hand and roughly compared it on the map for a moment, and had already found the location of the Quanzigou that the white leper said.

From the map, Quanzigou is a semi-arc ravine tightly sandwiched by two peaks, and there is no suitable terrain for garrisons outside the exits at both ends. However, if you ambush people and horses on the peaks on both sides of Quanzigou, it can cause great damage to the troops entering the ravine in a short time!

But if you don't go to Quanzigou, as long as it takes two more days, or even a day's work, the troops that have lost the water will lose most of their combat effectiveness, and they may even be easily killed by the Eighth Route Army, which has been constantly fleeing!

After hesitating again and again, the half-guards in front of the island finally slammed their fists on the map: "The whole army is out and rushes to Quanzigou!" Captain Bai, you lead half of the Imperial Alliance Army to open the way in front......"

Listening to the order translated by He Luoya, the white leper exclaimed with some surprise: "Open the way...... It's also done, but how can it be half of the people? What about half of my brothers? ”

Before He Luoya could translate the white leper's words into Japanese, the half-guards in front of the island had already turned their heads to stare at the white leper with a surprised look on his face: "The other half of the Imperial Army...... For the Empress of the Imperial Army! ”