Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Wooden Trench

Along the path covered by weeds and shrubs in the mountains and forests, more than a hundred and so soldiers of the Imperial Association Army ran into a long snake formation in the mountains and forests. The soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army who rushed to the front could see some scattered medicinal herbs in the path after a distance. And when he bent down to pick up those medicinal herbs, the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who caught up behind him immediately rushed to the front.

Trailing those Imperial Association soldiers who were stuffed with medicinal herbs in their pockets, the white leper who was running sweaty all over looked a little angry, brandishing the southern-style pistol in his hand and constantly kicking and hitting the soldiers of the Imperial Association who had slowed down, and he was even more scolding: "It's a group of fucking hungry and famine ghosts, and you have to go up and lick a bite of shit when you see shit!" Hurry up and chase Lao Tzu forward, if you let those guys run away, Lao Tzu has a way to clean up your group of bastards! ”

Completely ignoring the kicking and insulting of the white leper, the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who stuffed their pockets with medicinal herbs just flashed to the side of the path, and waited for the white leper to walk to the front angrily, before he muttered in a low voice: "The monthly salary is only sixty percent, and then you want to think of something to make some money, but ask Lao Tzu to drink the northwest wind?" ”

"Fuck! People say that Hades eats meat and imps drink soup, and this white leper is much more ruthless than Hades - even the soup pot can be licked clean......"

"Look! After a while, when he arrived at Tujia Village, he estimated that the benefits would have to be swallowed by his white leper alone! ”

"Stop nagging - the Japanese and He Luoya are following up! Let's get ...... go."

Pretending to be physically exhausted, but trying to move forward, the soldiers of the Imperial Cooperative Army, who had collected a lot of medicinal herbs, intentionally or unintentionally moved out of the rugged path between the mountains and forests, and let the Japanese soldiers led by Taro Fukai and He Luoya, who was out of breath, rush past him.

Although he knew that the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who got out of the way were playing tricks, He Luoya really didn't care about the little bit of benefit in front of him, and only followed Taro Fukai forward with his life. When the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army in front of the path suddenly stopped, He Luoya looked at the surrounding mountainous terrain, and immediately shouted in a hurry: "Your Excellency Shenjing, there is a wooden bridge in front!" ”

As if he hadn't heard He Luoya's shouting, Taro Fukai unceremoniously waved the scabbard of the command knife in his hand, whipping several Imperial Alliance soldiers in front of him to avoid it, and roared viciously: "Why did you stop advancing? ”

Rushing to take a few steps ahead, He Luoya intermittently translated Taro Fukai's question into Chinese, but added a sentence to the white leper standing in front of the road: "The surname is white, these twenty-four worships are just the last one!" You and I both know that if someone destroys this wooden bridge, our trip will be in vain! At that time, you won't be able to get any benefits, and you will go back to Qingle County to eat and hang, no matter how you say it, you have to take the lion's share! ”

He bowed half flatteringly to Taro Fukai, and when he looked at He Luoya again, the white leper changed to a non-hesitant face: "You still need to say this?!" Come and see for yourself! ”

Very puzzled, frowning, He Luo's teeth parted and blocked the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army in front of him and looked forward, and their faces suddenly drooped......

I don't know what year and month, a big camphor tree that was originally born next to two adjacent cliffs collapsed, and it happened to form a bridge that could barely be used by people between the two cliffs like a moat, which was immortal after frost and soaked in water and did not rot, which was really a wonder of heaven and earth. Coupled with the years of rectification and repair by the hunters and medicine farmers who came and went, the slippery bark on the trunk of the tree where the two of them hugged was carefully peeled off, and even a half-inch deep checkerboard lattice was carved out on the trunk to prevent slipping. There are those bold and careful mountain hunters, who dare to push a wheelbarrow to walk a wooden bridge between the two cliffs, as if walking on a smooth road.

But I don't know that because of the chaos of war, the hunters and mountain people in the mountains rarely go out of the mountain, and the wooden bridge, which was originally repaired and taken care of every three forks, was actually full of rotten leaves falling with the wind, and the checkerboard lattice that was originally carved on the wooden bridge was tightly blocked. Even the footprints left by the villagers of Tujia Village, who had just crossed a wooden bridge with their burdens, were all slippery step by step......

Sticking out his head to look at the bottomless cliff under a wooden bridge, He Luoya shrank his neck timidly, turned his head and shouted at the white leper: "Those people from Tujia Village have already crossed the bridge?" ”

Raising his finger and pointing at some shrub branches that were still swaying slightly at the other end of the cliff, and then tilted his mouth at a few pairs of picks thrown indiscriminately beside a wooden bridge, the white leper snorted angrily: "It's all gone!" Merely...... The family picked all the picks and took them and moved several stones from the end of the wooden bridge to the bridge! If it weren't for my brothers chasing after me closely, I'm afraid that if it was true, those dirt buns in Tujia Village would destroy a wooden bridge! ”

Looking at the half-empty medicinal herb picks thrown on the side of the road, and then looking at the bulging pockets and trouser pockets of several soldiers of the Imperial Association Army, He Luoya suddenly knew in his heart: "I said Captain Bai, your brothers made a fortune with their hands, and my surname He also knows that singles do not stand in the way of people's wealth, so I don't think I saw it!" But anyway...... You're going to have to figure it out for me, right? ”

Snorting coldly with disdain, the white leper raised his hand and pointed to a wooden bridge: "Seeing that the stones at the end of the wooden bridge have been loosened, you still ask me to send my brothers up to die?" I said, Translator He, you are from a family that deals in business, this little calculation is really good? I'm still talking about it - you want to scare me with the Japanese again! In this deep mountain and old forest, I can't see a single figure for ten days and half a month. I really pushed these brothers under my command to be anxious....... After the fire merges you, I can also have something to say to the former captain of the island when I return to the county! ”

Seeing that the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army gathered at the head of a wooden bridge all looked vicious, He Luoya couldn't help but shudder......

Although relying on the strength of the Japanese, He Luoya has always been arrogant in front of these Imperial Association soldiers in Qingle County, and he dares to have a few rounds of hard encounters with white lepers, but if these Imperial Association soldiers really take advantage of the high mountains and dense forests and no one around them, they will naturally not be able to protect their own safety just by relying on Fukai Taro and the dozen or so Japanese soldiers around him.

What's more, many of these soldiers of the Imperial Association Army under the white leper were originally bandits, and they all had a few lives on their hands......

Swallowing his saliva fiercely, He Luoya forcibly endured the fear and anger in his heart, and said with a smile towards the white leper Ziqiang: "Captain Bai, no one has ever done a loss-making business in this world, but someone asks for a head-killing business!" When the real Buddha does not burn fake incense - the first brother who crossed a wooden bridge, twenty oceans, after completing this transaction, he will give cash to the He family gathering! ”

Glaring at a few soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were shining with eyes and leaning forward, the white leper shouted in a loud voice: "Twenty oceans want to make my brothers play with their lives? ”

"I ...... Add five more! ”

"Sensei, so much nonsense - fifty yuan, I will give cash when I return to the He family's big set, and I will find my brother for you to take over this life-selling job!"

Seeing He Luo's teeth nodding in pain, the white leper turned his head to look at the Imperial Alliance soldiers around him who were retreating vigorously: "Did you hear it?" Whoever dares to cross a wooden bridge first and return to Qingle County, I will reward him as a platoon commander! ”

You pushed me to dodge backwards, and a quick-mouthed soldier of the Imperial Alliance Army hid behind the person and muttered in a low voice: "Fifty oceans of cash for a platoon commander?" The salary of the platoon leader on weekdays is only eighty percent...... This is a loss-making business, whoever takes it is a fool! ”

Looking at the appearance of the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army under his hand dodging backwards, the white leper suddenly widened his eyes and shouted: "What's the matter? Are they all shameless? I can make it clear, I came out to receive this job, and I can still have a platoon commander when I go back. If you call me to order......."

Listening to the white leper's cruel words, he was pushed and shoved by several companions, and a soldier of the Imperial Association Army who didn't have time to retreat behind others reluctantly stood in front of the white leper with a fierce look: "Captain, this job is ...... I answered! ”

Looking at the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who couldn't be named at all, the white leper nodded: "My surname is Bai - after this work is done, you will be the platoon commander when you go back!" ”

Nodding helplessly, the Imperial Association soldiers who were pushed by other companions to the white leper carried the Jinzao Type 38 rifle, and then carefully tied the leggings and shoelaces, and then looked at the several Imperial Association soldiers who were familiar with him with a little resentment: "Brothers, but help me read a little good ...... in my heart."

didn't dare to stand up straight, and the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army, who were forced to take over the task of breaking through the wooden bridge first, walked to the head of the wooden bridge, and already knelt on the ground, and climbed towards the wooden bridge with their hands and feet. Although the crawling speed is really slow, like a turtle climbing onto the beach to bask in the sun, it still crawls step by step along the slightly swaying wooden bridge to the other end of the wooden bridge.

When the Imperial Cooperative Army soldier finally climbed to the opposite cliff, the white leper who was staring at the Imperial Cooperative Army soldier suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, opened his voice and shouted: "Hurry up and put all the loose stones on the bridge!" A few more people with more sharp hands and feet, hurry over and chase those dirt buns in Tujia Village first, but you must not ask them to run back to Tujia Village to report the news! ”

In the chaotic sound of promise, a few soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who had not had time to carry some valuable medicinal materials in their pockets suddenly stood up and waited at the head of a wooden bridge one by one. When the soldier of the Imperial Association who had climbed over the head of the wooden bridge first re-secured the wooden bridge with stones, several soldiers of the Imperial Association who were anxious to make a fortune immediately climbed onto the wooden bridge, rubbed the chessboard lattice hidden by dead branches and leaves, and walked quickly towards the end of the wooden bridge......

Before the Imperial Alliance soldiers could reach the center of a wooden bridge, from the dense woods at the other end of the wooden bridge, a crossbow arrow with the length of an arm and the thickness of a little finger nailed to the Imperial Alliance soldier who had taken the lead in snatching a wooden bridge with a whistling sound. With a terrible howl, the soldier of the Imperial Association Army, who had just dreamed of returning to Qingle County to be a platoon commander, suddenly fell off the cliff!

Changed into elbows and armpits, not only did the leper and the others standing on the side of the wooden bridge not come back to their senses at all, but even several soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who walked to the center of the wooden bridge were all stupidly frozen. It wasn't until the second crossbow arrow whistled again and nailed to the chest of the Imperial Allied soldier walking at the front of a wooden bridge that the white leper screamed and fell down the cliff in the long wail: "There is an ambush!" Don't be stupid, call me! Hit hard......"