The red and green signal flares that slowly fell in the sky were still shining, and Tu Banxia, who was lying on the wall behind the He family set, had already seen the Japanese soldiers pouring out of the mountains and forests behind the He family set from a distance, like a hungry man-eating ant, like a tide towards the He family set.

Stretched out his hand and took out two shiny old copper coins from his arms, Tu Banxia stared at the Japanese soldiers who came towards the He family's big gathering, and counted the approximate number of Japanese soldiers in his mouth, while gently twisting the two old copper coins with his fingers, and made a series of subtle copper sounds.

It was like a relay to relay the news, and the same brass sound also sounded from the rubble behind Tu Banxia where no one could be seen hiding at all, and gradually drifted towards Ding Zhuang's ears in the entire Tujia Village, where the entire He family was ambushed.

Lying beside Tu Banxia, Yang Chao watched with some curiosity as Tu Banxia kept twisting the two old copper coins with his fingers, making an intermittent copper sound, and couldn't help but ask Tu Banxia in a low voice: "Village Chief Tu, these two copper coins in your hand...... Isn't there anything special about it? If it's convenient, can you tell us about the doorway here? Open my eyes too? Long insight? ”

The movement of twisting the copper coins in his hand continued, Tu Banxia's eyes were still staring at the Japanese soldiers who came out of the mountains and forests, but he whispered to Yang Chao and said: "This can be a scholar of Hanlin is exquisite...... This object in my hand is an old thing handed down from my ancestors, and I call it a copper worm, which used to be used in the military formation and when watching the enemy's sentry at night. After a few twists, fast and slow, listening to too much and playing with it, you will be able to spread the news about how many opponents have come and what weapons you are holding. I heard that among the heroes walking on the rivers and lakes, there are also people who use this thing to send messages......"

Nodding suddenly with a big understanding, Yang Chao replied in a low voice: "There seems to be a text recording this object in the old saying, saying that the heroes of the rivers and lakes use this way to call the green worm to transmit sound." Those who can understand this skill are all amazing heroes......"

Although his eyes were still on the Japanese soldiers who were slowly coming towards the He family, Tu Banxia couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face: "Look...... This person who asks questions in college is different, the things in the crop handle, as soon as you hear it, you can say one, two, three doorways to the book! I said, what did you just say your name was? ”

"Yang Chao! Mu Yiyang, go to summon Chao! ”

"Hi...... Tell me what this is for? I'm not very literate! The village collects medicine every year, and I have a headache when I hear those soup songs, eighteen anti and other things that can be dispensed! I said Yang ...... Hey, I'll call you a scholar! Scholar, do you understand? This is a hundred or so devils, and there may be some devils hidden in the forest! ”

Gently breaking the hammer of the twenty-shot pistol in his hand, Yang Chao nodded slightly: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover it!" The street fighting fortifications we built in the He family's big gathering are enough for these devils to drink a pot! Village Chief Tu, let's go down and hide first, shall we? Put the devil in and fight again? ”

Grabbing the two short shuttle darts that were resting beside him, Tu Banxia quickly twisted the old copper coins in his hand a few times, turned his head and smiled at Yang Chao: "Scholar, let's talk about it - no matter how hard the world is falling apart in this He family's big set, you are not allowed to leave my side an inch!" I promised Commander Li that if I go out of Tujia Village, this one hundred and ten Ding Zhuang, I have to protect the thoughtfulness of you scholars, don't let me talk nonsense?! ”

Nodding with a wry smile, Yang Chao responded: "Okay!" Listen to Village Chief Tu! ”

"Don't scream at a village chief or something, I can afford to be a mud leg and cropper who is a few years older than you, just call Brother Banxia!"

"Okay, Brother Banxia, listen to you!"

Collecting the two old copper coins into his arms, Tu Banxia held two short shuttle darts in one hand, and hurriedly got off the wall with Yang Chao's arm in the other, turned his head and got into a dilapidated house next to the wall that had caught fire a long time ago and even the roof was burned down. Bending down to remove the scattered adobe bricks on the half-collapsed earthen kang, Tu Banxia raised his hand and pointed to the kang hole that didn't look too big: "Get in!" ”

Looking at the kang cave that looked like it could hide at most one person, Yang Chao couldn't help but whisper to Tu Banxia: "Village Chief Tu...... Brother Banxia, I hid in this little big place, what should you do? ”

waved his hand very arrogantly, and Tu Banxia said in a categorical voice: "What you just said, turn your head and forget it?" If you want to fight in battle, I guess I am not as good as the skills you have honed in the Eighth Route Army. But if you want to talk about the ability of this Tibetan, it is handed down by my Tu family ancestors, and more than ten lifetimes of people have relied on this hand to survive! Without further ado, hide in! Even if the sky collapses outside, I won't call you, you must not come out! ”

Seeing that Yang Chao wanted to say something more, Tu Banxia grabbed Yang Chao's arm without saying anything, almost forcibly pushed Yang Chao into the kang hole that didn't look too big, and turned his hand and pulled over a broken kang mat that had been prepared next to the half-collapsed kang and covered it.

It's strange to say, standing next to the kang and looking at the not too big kang hole, after getting in, Yang Chao didn't have any cramped feeling, and his hands and feet could all move in a small area. Looking out from a hole in the tattered kang mat, you can see the entire dilapidated room clearly.

grabbed a few adobe bricks that were resting aside, pressed those adobe bricks onto the kang mat with three or two strokes, and then picked up some dry dust from the ground and sprinkled it evenly on the half-collapsed earthen kang, then took a few steps back, looked at Yang Chao's hiding position with satisfaction and nodded: "It's hiding here, don't move!" Even if the devil comes up to you, don't move! ”

Very anxiously approaching the hole in the kang mat, Yang Chao hurriedly shouted at Tu Banxia: "Brother Banxia, you hid me here, so where are you hiding?" The devil is about to rush into the He family's big gathering......"

Holding the two short shuttle darts in both hands, Tu Banxia used the short shuttle dart to point to a remnant wall within Yang Chao's sight: "Don't I still have to take care of you?" Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just in front of you! ”

As if he had already calculated where he was hiding, Tu Banxia squatted down slightly, kicked his feet the ground, like a huge flea, and jumped high on the spot. The person was in mid-air, and the short shuttle dart held in his hands poked lightly on the half-collapsed brick wall in front of Yang Chao's eyes, and his body rolled lightly and lay down on the half-collapsed brick wall.

Just glanced at Tu Banxia's grinning appearance lying sideways on the brick wall, Yang Chao was suddenly in a hurry, and shouted at Tu Banxia regardless of it: "Brother Banxia, that realm can't hide people at all!" I can see you here, and when the devil enters this house, as soon as he looks up, it will be ......."

Without waiting for Yang Chao to finish speaking, Tu Banxia, who was lying on the brick wall on his side, had already shouted to Yang Chao in a low voice: "Don't be angry, the devil has entered the village!" ”

Although he didn't hear any movement at all, under Tu Banxia's deep voice, Yang Chao could only obediently close his mouth, but he stretched out the loaded Dezao 20 pistol under the kang mat, slowly aimed at the narrow door of the dilapidated house, which had no door, and held his breath from the hole in the kang mat to observe the movement in the dilapidated house.

As if to prove that Tu Banxia was not wrong, he just waited for a pot of smoke, and Yang Chao, who was hiding in the kang cave, heard the faint sound of stamping on the snow. After waiting for a while, from the door hole without a door, a bright bayonet first came into Yang Chao's eyes!

It was clear that the Japanese soldier who had reached into the broken house had considerable battlefield experience. After sticking his bayonet into the door and dangling a few times, the Japanese soldier quickly stretched out his head to look at the door of the dilapidated house several times before cautiously ramming his gun into the empty dilapidated house.

After a fire, there was naturally nothing left in the dilapidated house where the roof was burned down, and even the burnt wood had already been picked up and used as firewood. Looking at the broken bricks and tiles all over the ground, and then looking at the empty house, there was really no place to hide people, and the Japanese soldier who crashed into the house kicked the bricks and tiles under his feet very much, turned his head and walked towards the outside of the house, and shouted in a loud voice: "It's a deserted house...... Nothing, search the next place! ”

Dumbfounded as the Japanese soldier walked out of the dilapidated house, Yang Chao looked at Tu Banxia lying on his side on the wall in disbelief, almost couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and wanted to lift the kang mat covering his body and ask Tu Banxia what was going on - the Japanese soldier who entered the house to search obviously had extremely rich battlefield experience, otherwise he would not have walked into the house to search at close range after a series of dodge observations. Even after making sure that no one was in the house, the Japanese soldier left his companion outside the house to help him......

But it was such a Japanese soldier with battlefield experience who didn't look up at the wall from the time he entered the house to the time he left?

How did Tu Banxia know that this Japanese soldier would behave like this?!

As if guessing what kind of questions Yang Chao would have in his heart, after listening for a while, Tu Banxia was like a civet cat, quietly jumped off the wall, and walked lightly to the kang cave where Yang Chao was hiding. Even if you look up occasionally, you always look up when you enter the house, and few people look up after turning around! Not to mention...... This house doesn't even have a roof, and the devils who enter the house naturally don't think that there is a person lying on the wall behind them! ”

Yang Chao, who had just uncovered the kang mat and came out of the kang hole, suddenly couldn't wait to ask: "How can the devil outside the house ......?"

Without looking back, he pointed to the wall, and Tu Banxia whispered very proudly: "The wall has already told me to chisel off half of the bricks, and it is a wall from the outside, so you can see me from the inside!" Besides, even if the devil who entered the house turned his head and saw me, the guy in my hand is not a vegetarian! Hurry up and get out, let's go and pull the little devil's tail! ”

Immediately behind Tu Banxia, Yang Chao slowed down as much as possible, got out of the dilapidated house where he was hiding, and followed a winding alley towards the center of the He family's big market.

From the large open doors of the houses everywhere, it can be seen that the Japanese soldiers who poured in from behind the He family gathering were very careful, almost searching house by house and slowly advancing forward. Some of the stacks of firewood and grass stacked on the side of the street were picked apart by Japanese soldiers with bayonets, and scattered firewood and grass were thrown all over the street. The cabinets in some of the rooms had their doors open, and even the water tanks had been smashed several times......

Moving all the way, Yang Chao looked at the houses on both sides of the alley and saw that there was no movement at all, and couldn't help but come to Tu Banxia's side worriedly and asked, "Brother Banxia, are there ...... in these houses?" Didn't you hide the folks in Tujia Village, right? ”

Stretched out his hand and took out the two old copper coins from his arms, Tu Banxia twisted the two old copper coins while pointing to Ding Zhuang in Tujia Village who came out of some houses on both sides of the alley and whispered: "How can you not hide people?" This little bit of self-protection ability handed down by our ancestors in Tujia Village originally had the meaning of beating people off guard. Because it makes people look like they are getting a knife from behind, the people of Tujia Village don't dare to mention this craft in front of people on weekdays. But after this time...... It's time for us to show our faces in Tujia Village! ”

While whispering this in his mouth, Tu Banxia listened attentively to the brass sound that came from the wind. After listening to a pot of smoke, he nodded with satisfaction: "Good job!" None of the devils have found it! There are many shops and houses on the ground near the He family's large concentration, and the devils who originally piled up along the street and touched forward are almost scattered...... It's time for the fire! ”