looked at Li Ziyuan under the dim horse lamp, staring at his bloodshot eyes because he hadn't slept for several nights, and the anger that couldn't be concealed in his words. The mother and the female soldier behind her were all frightened by Li Ziyuan. In the face of Li Ziyuan's anger, neither of the two dared to speak again.

There was only the mother, who made a slight sobbing sound. Li Ziyuan's words, although he cared about her and the child, were a bit too heavy. Even if Li Ziyuan solved her current predicament, Li Ziyuan's words were like a sharp knife that pierced her heart.

As for the newborn child, who didn't understand anything and didn't know that he had gone around the ghost gate, he lay in a package temporarily converted from a military uniform, and snuggled up in his mother's arms and slept very sweetly, not crying like ordinary newborn children.

Li Ziyuan didn't pay attention to the two female soldiers, but carefully picked up the one in the mother's arms, wrapped it in a military uniform, and there was still a bloodshot child in the production process on his palm-sized face. After gently kissing the child's little face, he handed him back into the mother's arms before turning away.

Watching Li Ziyuan kiss the child's movements, Guo Xiaoshan and Li Ziyuan's guards, who had been following Li Ziyuan's buttocks, were a little dumbfounded. It was the first time they had seen Li Ziyuan so gentle, and they didn't expect that he, the battalion commander who usually looked a little cold-blooded, would be so chivalrous.

When Li Ziyuan left this simple delivery room built with raincoats and military coats, he had not spoken to Li Ziyuan since he broke through, and he had never put on any posture as the wife of a senior cadre, let alone the wife of the deputy commander-in-chief who was pointing fingers in the team, walked to Li Ziyuan's side.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who looked a little irritable under the moonlight that seeped from the branches, and smashed his fist on the trunk of the tree, he sighed before he spoke: "Battalion Commander Li, I understand your feelings, but you shouldn't talk to her like that." You are a man, and you don't understand how a woman feels when she becomes a mother. ”

"What mother in the world would abandon her child as soon as he was born? But in the past few days, she has broken through and marched, and she has a little milk there. Without milk, the child will cry if he can't eat enough, and everyone here will be exposed. Everyone can see the current situation of our troops. ”

"We, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled who can't run and can't fight, are a huge burden to the troops. It's hard enough for you to cover so many people to break through. The child will not understand how stressful the situation is, and the only thing he will do is cry when he can't eat enough. ”

"What did you ask her to do? It's about causing everyone to suffer together, exposing everyone to a dangerous environment. Or give up your own flesh and blood in exchange for everyone's safe breakthrough? No one will ever forget that scene on Cross Ridge. I support your approach, and I think the other comrades-in-arms here will support it too, but you shouldn't say that about her. ”

Hearing the words of the deputy commander-in-chief's wife, Li Ziyuan habitually scratched his scalp: "Eldest sister, I admit that my words are a little impatient. No matter what we have experienced before, others can have this idea, but she, as a mother, can't. She also has to trust us and be able to protect their mother and son. ”

"In that year, in the battle at the crossing of the Yellow River in the late stage of the Long March, our four front armies were divided into two parts by the enemy. When I retreated to northern Shaanxi with the two armies remaining on the east bank of the Yellow River, I once followed the old chief with the troops and was ordered to protect a logistics and health team that had fallen behind. At that time, the enemy was biting very tightly behind the buttocks, and at that time we had only one and a half companies of troops on our side. ”

"All the ammunition added up was less than 200 rounds, and the guns were all rags. The cavalry of the Central Army and the Northeast Army behind him have been biting us to the death. There were troops from that side all around, and planes hovering in the sky all day long. Our small army, once discovered by the enemy, is basically a dead end. ”

"At that time we were hiding on a hill, and the enemy cavalry was at the foot of the mountain. A female soldier with a two-month-old child, in order to prevent the child from exposing the target, held the child who was hungry because of the lack of milk in her chest. When the enemy withdrew, the child suffocated in her arms. ”

"One was crossing the meadow, and everyone starved and gave a limited amount of fried noodles to this nursing mother, just so that the child could survive. As a result, this child, who everyone was caring for, died at the dawn after walking out of the most difficult grassland. ”

"Listening to the heart-rending cry of that mother, I secretly swore in my heart that if I had the day to lead the army, I would never let any mother cry like that again. So eldest sister, I don't don't understand her thoughts, but that doesn't mean I'll accept it. ”

"This child may be destined to suffer more hardships when he comes here, but this is not a reason for us to abandon this child. If there are fellow villagers here, I may agree to temporarily send them to their homes for foster care. But right now, there is the Japanese army down the mountain, and leaving the child there means the end of life. ”

"Eldest sister, this is a child and a descendant. Even if he was just born, he didn't know anything, but he had the right to live. I was angry not because she didn't trust me, but because of this child. Maybe I'm not a good person to interact with women, maybe my tone is a little heavier. If you have a chance, you can apologize to her for me. ”

"But please believe me, she will rush out with their mother and son. Also, she doesn't have milk to feed the baby, and I'll help solve it. I immediately arranged for someone to make some rice soup for the child first. But eldest sister, please take the time to watch her a little bit, persuade her more, and don't let her do anything else. ”

After Li Ziyuan's words were finished, the commander-in-chief's wife nodded. Just when Li Ziyuan turned around and was about to look at the troops. The eldest sister's words came from behind him: "Battalion Commander Li, thank you." The father of the child died during the breakout. Now the child's mother doesn't know about it. This child was the only root left by his father, before his death. ”

Hearing the eldest sister's words, Li Ziyuan didn't turn around, just nodded and strode away. After sitting under a big tree, Li Ziyuan thought quietly. And when Li Ziyuan returned, everyone's eyes were looking at him, and many people heard Li Ziyuan's words.

Li Ziyuan's remarks caused a lot of discussion among these intellectuals. It's just that Li Ziyuan's strict order makes everyone dare to discuss in a whisper. Looking at the people who were talking to each other there, Li Ziyuan didn't want to listen to what they were talking about, and he didn't have the heart to spend it here.

After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan was still not worried about the situation under the mountain. Although I knew that I should be in control here, I kept looking at the eyes around me. Although in the darkness, Li Ziyuan could not see who was looking at him. But relying on the sense of smell cultivated on the battlefield for many years, Li Ziyuan still knew that many eyes were staring at him at this time.

Li Ziyuan, who felt the pressure, left Ma Yongcheng behind, and ran to the commanding heights to replace Zeng Sheng. When Li Ziyuan raised his binoculars and looked down the mountain, he found that calm had returned to the village at this time. The Japanese army pretending to be the Eighth Route did not seem to have any follow-up actions.

According to Zeng Sheng's report, this team of more than 100 people has left here and headed northwest. Although Zeng Sheng made a report and assured that he had seen the team all drive out of the village with his own eyes. But Li Ziyuan knows that things are not so simple.

Sometimes the calmer it appears to be, the more it means that a storm is approaching. Li Ziyuan nervously observed the mountain on the one hand, and at the same time ordered the troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent people down the mountain to contact He Sanliang. Because Li Ziyuan felt that once the true intentions of the Japanese army were unfolded, it was the time when the real test came.

After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan asked Zeng Sheng to go back and prepare first. But when she got back, she ordered cotton from the doctor and sent it to the mother, so that she could plug the child's ears when the battle began. And asked Zeng Sheng to send all the excess ammunition, so that the weapons and ammunition in the hands of each soldier reached fifty rounds.

Zeng Sheng left in a daze, but Li Ziyuan didn't dare to be careless, and the telescope in his hand stared at the bottom of the mountain. At this time, he wanted to know the situation on He Sanliang's side, but he sent down the mountain to find He Sanliang's people, but when he came back to report, he did not find the trace of the second company that He Sanliang carried.

Whether He Sanliang will sneak away or not, Li Ziyuan is naturally sure of this. He Sanliang is not the kind of person who pulls out his legs and slips away when the situation is critical. It's just that He Sanliang is going there now, but Li Ziyuan can't figure it out for a while. But he knew it wasn't a place to stay forever.

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan, who returned to the temporary station, did not wait for Wang Changfeng, who went out to reconnoitre, nor did he wait for He Sanliang, who came down the mountain. After leaving a few veterans to wait here, Li Ziyuan made a temporary stretcher and put the mother and newborn baby on the stretcher.

With the troops escorting this team of old, weak, sick and disabled, they evacuated the hill where they were now located in the southeast direction. However, under the situation that the surrounding enemy situation was still unclear, because he was worried about encountering the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan was extremely cautious.

Especially in the team, when there is still a time bomb at the moment, Li Ziyuan is even more cautious. The sharp soldier in front, Li Ziyuan put it quite far. All the troops were grenade-drawn and loaded, ready to fight, not to mention avoiding all the villages along the way.

But just when Li Ziyuan led this team to retreat to the southeast at a slow pace, he hadn't yet walked out of the twenty miles. In the direction of the small mountain village behind him, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly rang out. Hearing the gunshot, Li Ziyuan secretly screamed that it was not good. I glanced at the sky and it was already dawn, and I didn't dare to stop here.

Immediately led the team, turned to the northeast and traveled about five miles before turning to a relatively steep mountain and hiding. And just as Li Ziyuan and the others left the original direction of marching, on his original route of march, a group of Japanese puppet troops who were rushing in the direction of that village appeared.

After receiving the report of the covering troops, Li Ziyuan was a little confused. If the Japanese army didn't find out, then why did they stare at that mountain village? If you find your tracks, you shouldn't keep an eye on that mountain village. Could it be that there is something wrong or strange in that mountain village?