Chapter 3 Investigation of the situation

Accompanied by Mo Tianliu's shouting, from behind the big mushroom-like boulder, an urn-like voice suddenly sounded: "I don't call it a mallet!" I've told you all 800 times, and I've got tuba! My name is Sha Bangcui, not stupid mallet! ”

The sound appeared, and from under the big mushroom-like boulder, a big man with two heads taller than ordinary people suddenly appeared, holding a big axe in his hands, and glared at Mo Tianliu with horizontal eyebrows: "If you want to call me a mallet again, I can ....... But it's ........"

It seems that he was born with a clumsy mouth, and it seems that he really can't think of any way to clean up Mo Tianliu, the big man who looks like a giant spirit god has been snorting for a long time, but he still can't come up with a plan, he just stomped his foot fiercely: "I ate all the wild sweet potatoes I was looking for, and I didn't leave any of them for you!" ”

Jumping to the side of Sha Bangcui who turned around, Mo Tianliu grabbed Sha Bangcui's arm, salivated and shouted at Sha Bangcui who was full of anger: "What can wild sweet potatoes be delicious, this time I have a good job!" You follow me for a while, and when you return to the village, I will invite you to eat white flour and hard buns! ”

Glaring at Mo Tianliu, who was holding his arm, Sha Bangcui twisted his neck and shouted, "You are a man again!" Last time, you coaxed me, saying that you invited me to eat eggs, and asked me to support the top stone of the chicken coop alone, but you touched the eggs and ran away, but told me to catch them, and whipped me several sticks, and I couldn't stop it with the capstone, and now my back still hurts......."

"Or are you a stupid mallet? You're not going to let go and run with me? ”

"Then as soon as I let go, the capstone that pressed the chicken coop was photographed, and a few old hens in the chicken coop were shot to death? Nowadays, it is not easy to raise a few chickens......."

“...... That's your chicken, isn't it? ”

"Not really....... But it's not easy for people to raise chickens! We've all stolen other people's eggs, and then we're killing other people's chickens....... Not suitable, right? ”

Stamping his foot hard, Mo Tianliu shouted angrily to Sha Bangcui: "Why don't you say that you are a mallet....... Hurry up and follow me, bring these people behind you to the ground, and let's go back to the village to eat white noodles and hard buns! ”

As if he had just seen the Eighth Route Army team that had climbed to the top of the mountain one after another behind Mo Tianliu, Sha Bangcui shrank his neck slightly, and whispered to Mo Tianliu with some fear: "Tianliu, how did you get mixed up with these people who carry guns and eat food?" ”

Turning his head and glancing at the commander of the Eighth Route Army who was standing not far behind him, Mo Tianliu also lowered his voice: "Who is mixing with them?!" This is an errand sent by Mrs. Jiang, lead them to the front of Sanchawan and forget it! Hurry up and leave your bits and pieces behind, and come with me! ”

Agreeing in a muffled voice, Sha Bangcui just put the mountain opening axe in his hand on his back, but Mo Tianliu reached out and grabbed Sha Bangcui, who was about to leave: "What about you digging that wild sweet potato?" Bring! I haven't had any teeth in the morning, so I'll take this wild sweet potato pad to pad my hunger first! ”

After being stunned for a moment, Sha Bangcui turned around in a low voice as if he had just remembered that he had dug up some wild sweet potatoes: "Say that you will tell me to eat white flour and hard buns for a while, and you will still eat wild sweet potatoes at this time, maybe you will be ....... by me again."

Muttering to himself, Sha Bangcui's hand movements were not slow at all, and in a blink of an eye, he took out four or five wild sweet potatoes from the grass behind him, and handed them to Mo Tianliu in a huge palm.

Grabbing a few wild sweet potatoes handed over by Sha Bangcui, Mo Tianliu rubbed a few wild sweet potatoes on his sleeve indiscriminately, and ate the two largest wild sweet potatoes in three or two clicks.

Seeing that Mo Tianliu was eating happily, Sha Bangcui, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but shout urgently: "Leave me some!" I didn't eat anything early in the morning......"

Choosing the smallest wild sweet potato and throwing it into Sha Bangcui's arms, Mo Tianliu raised his legs and walked towards the big mushroom-like boulder, while chewing the wild sweet potato indistinctly: "Just make do with a bite of the mat, keep your stomach for a while and eat white flour and hard buns!" ”

Carefully stuffing the wild sweet potato that was not much thicker than his fingers into his mouth, Sha Bangcui followed Mo Tianliu's footsteps step by step: "Where are we going?" ”

"Turn over the sheep's head ridge, drill the tribulus terrestris ditch, and then cross the river from the rocky beach in the upper reaches of Sancha Bay!"

Ignoring the Eighth Route Army team that followed closely behind him and Sha Bangcui, Mo Tianliu quickly ran down a dry ditch washed out by the rain to the foot of the mountain, and then turned around and climbed towards a rocky mountain near the left.

Ordinary villagers look at the name of the mountain, probably to see what the shape of the mountain looks like, or what is the allusion of word of mouth, and Sheepshead Ridge is naturally no exception.

According to the story of the old people, this sheep's head ridge was originally formed by the sheep's head stones piled up in an ancient city near the end of the Song Dynasty near the left of Da and Xiaowu Village, specifically to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies. Unexpectedly, the ancient city guards worked hard to prepare this mountain-like sheep's head stone, but the imperial court issued a military order to change course, ordering this guard who was determined to guard the country to surrender to the enemy.

In anger, the defender who had worked hard to prepare for war burned down the ancient city, and he himself was martyred in the fire. Originally, it was a splendid city, but now there is only this mountain made of sheep's head stones, and future generations can sigh.

Although there are always some exaggerations and false rumors in the legends, the stones on this sheep's head ridge are all the size of a goat's head, and the stones are all floating and resting between them. The outsider stepped on it without knowing it, and it was not good to say that the solid stone under his feet could slide down in the blink of an eye, which caught people off guard and fell violently, and gave the character from the outside a dismount!

Without looking back, he led Sha Bangcui to climb towards the sheep's head ridge vigorously, and Mo Tianliu, who had already had a lively mind, pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the movements of the Eighth Route Army behind him when they climbed the mountain. But when I was about to climb to the top of the mountain, there was no rolling and sliding sound from the sheep's head stone after it was trampled down, and I didn't hear the sound of someone falling?

Twisting his face slightly, he looked at the Eighth Route Army behind him who followed him step by step and climbed the Sheep's Head Ridge, especially when he understood that when the Eighth Route Army landed on the same as himself and Sha Bangcui, they were all stepping on the gap between the two sheep's head stones, Mo Tianliu couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "I didn't see it, this is really an expert in walking mountain roads?" ”

As if hearing Mo Tianliu's low muttering, the commander of the Eighth Route Army, who was not far from Mo Tianliu, stretched out his sleeves and wiped a handful of sweat on his forehead, and while untying the kettle he was carrying and handed it to Mo Tianliu, he smiled at Mo Tianliu and said: "Fellow, this mountain is full of sheep's head stones, but it's really hard to climb!" You drink saliva first and rest your feet, let's nourish our strength and go down the mountain! ”

Honestly and unceremoniously took the kettle handed over by the commander of the Eighth Route Army, Mo Tianliu drank half a pot of water in one go, and then stuffed the kettle into the hand of Sha Bangcui, who was standing beside him: "Look at you, you are also a person who is used to walking mountain roads, and you all know that this mountain is full of sheep's head stones, and it is more difficult to go down the mountain than to go up the mountain?" ”

Nodding with a smile, the commander of the Eighth Route Army didn't pretend to be disguised, and smiled at Mo Tian very calmly: "Let's not talk about other skills of the Eighth Route Army for the time being, just this bit of kung fu under the soles of your feet is all practiced after walking a lot!" This mountain full of sheep's head stones has really made us suffer losses in the past, so we naturally have to remember how to deal with it in our hearts! ”

Looking up and down at the smiling commander of the Eighth Route Army, Mo Tianliu hummed to himself in a low voice with some disdain: "It's not just you who report the Eighth Route Army who see kung fu under your feet!" In the early years, the Northeast Army that ran back from outside the Guan, the Fifth Army, which could not withstand the Japanese and scattered the girl, which was not stronger than the kung fu under the feet than in the hands? Ding Zhuang in the village dug a trench and erected a deer, and the posture was very strong, but when he heard the Japanese guns, they all ran ........ When the rabbits see it, they have to call them daddy! ”

Although he listened to Mo Tianliu's words clearly, the commander of the Eighth Route Army did not look unhappy at all, but half-squatted down and kicked open a piece of bare sandy ground with his feet: "Fellow, the kung fu of our Eighth Route Army's legs and feet is not practiced by hiding from Japanese devils!" Take advantage of this time for everyone to rest, and tell us about the topography near the Sancha River? ”

Glancing at the commander of the Eighth Route Army in surprise, Mo Tianliu muttered and squatted down: "This is really a character who has heard of the Three Kingdoms, seen Yue, and knows how to ask the land and seek shape......"

Stretching out a finger, Mo Tianliu casually drew out a few horizontal and vertical lines on the ground, and then put a small stone lump on one end of those lines: "This is the Sanchawan Turret, where sixty or seventy devils live all year round, as well as the small two hundred imperial alliances, and sometimes you can see the devils of the brigade running to them to rest." One large, five small and five watchtowers block the intersection of Sanchawan Road tightly, and even a fly wants to fly over quietly! If you want to bypass this ghost-like boundary, you have to walk an extra forty miles of mountain road to the north, and take the Ecstasy Cave to drill outward. Don't talk about you outsiders, even if you are a native of your hometown, there are ...... who have walked into the cave of ecstasy and didn't come out."

Dangling his fingers, Mo Tianliu didn't look at the commander of the Eighth Route Army, who nodded frequently, and drew a curve in front of the small stone that symbolized the devil's turret in Sanchawan: "This is the Green Python River, the width of the place can be more than ten zhang, and the narrow boundary is also seven zhang hanging zero." The deepest place of the water can be five or six zhang, and in the day of the peach blossom flood, the big water can overflow the moat ditch in front of the Sanchawan turret. It's the dry season right now, so let's cross the river from this shallow shoal and get in front of those devils and the Imperial Army......"

Looking carefully at the topographic map drawn by Mo Tianliu, the commander of the Eighth Route Army frowned tightly and pondered for a while before he stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the shoal that Mo Gou'er had just pointed out: "Fellow, you mean...... From this shallow past, it is the main road to the devil's turret in Sancha Bay? ”

"That's right! On the river beach not more than 100 steps can go on the road, when I was afraid of the water soaked the roadbed, that section of the road is to take the bluestone dry base before paving the loess, and can walk, and can block the water! ”

"How high is the road?"

"It's almost the same!"

"Is there grass or trees on the side of the road?"

"Such a good coastal riverbank, then don't you grow crops? Yishui is planted with autumn bud rice, and it will be harvested in another month! ”

"That'...... I just heard from the fellow that we are going to walk through a boundary called Tribulus Terrestris Ditch? ”

"That's right! A ravine more than two miles long, full of steel needles and tribulus terrestris, sinking into the water, birds and beasts are not close, and the yak walks in it once, and the body has to be drawn and bloody! ”