Li Xianjie walked up the hunting road, and the gunfire on the mountain had gradually become sporadic and sporadic on the mountain, which showed that the frontal battle was almost over.

"Deputy Director Li, wait a minute." Ding Kaiwen behind him called out to him.

Li Xianjie turned around, and Ding Kaiwen was five or six meters behind him, squatting there looking at a bush.

When Li Xianjie walked over, Ding Kaiwen reached out and tore off a piece of something from among the thorns at the edge of the bush: "Deputy Director Li, what do you think this is?" ”

Li Xianjie took it and took a look, it was a strip of cloth with a rough texture: "It seems to have been torn off from your clothes, is there anything wrong?" ”

Kevin Ding: "Don't you think it's strange? ”

Li Xianjie: "You mean this strip of cloth is very strange?" There are ordinary villagers in the mountains, and there are hundreds of bandits, and this kind of thing is normal. Most likely, it was blown by the wind from somewhere, and then hung by the bushes. ”

Ding Kaiwen shook his head: "If it is blown by the wind, it can only land on the bushes." It's a little unreasonable to hang such a soft thing in the middle,"

Li Xianjie is not a stupid person, he thought for a while and said: "Don't guess, I'll go in and take a look, and I'll know what's going on!" ”

On the other side of the bush is a ravine more than ten meters deep, and if you have a bad sense of direction, it is easy to get dizzy and fall down with one foot.

Ding Kaiwen was about to take off his coat and said, "Deputy Director Li, let me go in." ”

Li Xianjie waved his hand, picked up the thorny bushes and drilled in, and turned back a few minutes later, in this short period of time, the clothes on his body had been scraped by the bushes several times.

But he had a few more strips of cloth in his hand, and the texture and color were exactly the same as the one just now.

Ding Kaiwen's eyes flashed: "This means that someone has come out of it, because the distance is a little far, so this person's clothes will inevitably be scraped off by bushes along the way!" ”

Li Xianjie threw away the strip of cloth, patted the dust on his hand, and said, "If I had been to the end just now, I would probably have left some strips of cloth on the bushes!" Section Chief Ding, you are right, this is a secret passage, although I don't know where it leads, but it is obvious that someone has walked it. ”

Ding Kaiwen stretched out his hand and took out his gun and said: "There are ready-made roads not to walk, but to drill such a difficult bush, ordinary villagers will not do such a thing!" ”

This matter is very clear, only those who are afraid of being arrested will look for hidden mountain roads everywhere, hoping to leave themselves one more chance to escape if they encounter danger in the future.

Li Xianjie observed the surrounding environment, if someone came out of this bush, they could have many options, and they would be able to avoid the ambush on the hunting path.

Ding Kaiwen: "Deputy Director Li, let's stay here, there is a high-level chief on the hunting road to intercept them, there are so many of them, and there is no shortage of our two guns." ”

Li Xianjie nodded: "Okay!" ”

The two men found a place to hide in the low grass, right in front of the bush.

Ding Kaiwen put the gun aside and put his hands in his pockets: "I knew it was so cold, I should have worn more." ”

Li Xianjie: "It's still cold?" You haven't been to the Northeast, the Northeast is in this month, if you stay outside for a night like the two of us, let alone arrest people, you can freeze. ”

Although Ding Kaiwen had heard of the extremely cold weather in the Northeast, he had not experienced it personally, and when he heard Li Xianjie say this, he asked curiously: "Freezing?" That's an exaggeration, right? ”

Li Xianjie: "It's really not an exaggeration, I enlisted in the Northeast Army when I was 16 years old, and there are homeless people who freeze to death on the streets every winter. ”

Ding Kaiwen: "Deputy Director Li is from the Northeast? ”

Li Xianjie shook his head, took out a cigarette and handed it to Ding Kaiwen, and said: "I'm an orphan, I don't know where I'm from, anyway, I'll go where I want to eat, and then I became a soldier in a daze." ”

Ding Kaiwen stared at the bushes and asked casually, "Oh, what kind of troop?" ”

Li Xianjie: "Cavalry, Ma Zhanshan's Sixth Cavalry Brigade." After the 918 Incident, Ma Zhanshan surrendered to the Japanese, and I didn't want to give my life to the devils, so I took advantage of the chaos to escape, and then joined the 88th Division. ”

Ding Kaiwen: "So Deputy Director Li's riding skills are also exquisite?" ”

Li Xianjie smiled: "It's not superb, it's ...... riding anyway."

They were chatting in a low voice, in the bushes, Lu Bin and Ding Fan carefully avoided the thorny thorns, even so, their hands and faces had been scratched by the bushes with more than a dozen blood marks, and their clothes were full of cuts.

Ding Fan endured the burning pain on his face and asked, "Captain Lu, what is the place through the bushes?" ”

Lu Bin held a dagger in his hand, constantly opening or cutting off the thorns in front of him, and said, "At the foot of the mountain." ”

Ding Fan was puzzled: "Since there is such a secret passage, why don't you escape from here with everyone?" ”

Lu Bin sighed: "Political Commissar Ding, there's no way, if the target is too big, we won't be able to get rid of the pursuers!" ”

Ding Fan thought about it carefully, it was also the case, if he was really caught up by the enemy on the hunting road, then on the narrow road, he couldn't find cover, and he could only be passively beaten as a live target.

They had reached the edge of the bush and were only a few meters away from burrowing out of the woods.

Ding Fan doesn't smoke, his nose is particularly sensitive to the smell of smoke, he suddenly stopped and made a silent gesture: "Shhh ”

Lu Bin took out his pistol, stared ahead vigilantly, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Ding Fan: "There seems to be someone nearby. ”

Lu Bin: "Won't it? This is the only way I know......"

Another shrub branch blocked in front of him, and Lu Bin lightly slashed down, "Bang!" With a thud, the branch fell to the ground.

His movements were light and undetectable from outside the bushes.

But the sound of the branches falling to the ground startled the sparrows that were foraging nearby, and more than a dozen sparrows "fluttered!" Fluttering! "Spread your wings and take to the skies.

Ding Kaiwen and Li Xianjie picked up their guns at the same time, staring at the bushes without blinking.

In the forest, Ding Fan and Lu Bin argued in a low voice.

"Commissar Ding, I've seen it, but there's no one outside."

"There must be someone, and it's not too far, it's nearby! I smelled the cigarette. ”

"Why didn't I smell it?"

"I guess it snuffed out ......"

"How can it be so coincidental, this will be extinguished, are you too nervous?"

“…………”

"If you don't leave at this time, it won't be too late to leave when they search the mountain!"

Ding Fan was also a little shaken by his confidence: "Could it be that I made a mistake?" ”

"You must be mistaken! This road is so secret, it is impossible for others to find out! ”

"Alright! Walk! ”

The two men emerged from the bushes and just stood up straight. Li Xianjie and Ding Kaiwen raised a pistol on the left and right, and shouted: "Don't move!" ”

Seeing that he was really said by Ding Fan, Lu Bin was extremely annoyed, he made mistakes again and again, and he didn't say anything about harming others and himself, so he had no face to see people. He raised his hand suddenly, and before he could make a shooting motion.

"Bang!" Li Xianjie shot.

"Bang!" Ding Kaiwen fired.

Lu Bin was almost shot twice in the left leg, "Poof! With a bang, he knelt on one knee and shouted, "Commissar Ding, run!" ”

"Bang! Bang! ”

Lu Bin let it go, regardless of raising the gun and shooting, he wanted to fight for his life to protect Ding Fan's safety. He wanted to fight hard, but the other party didn't want his life. The purpose of the military commander's visit to Sheshan this time is to catch the mouth, especially the important figures.

"Bang!" Li Xianjie shot him in the wrist, Lu Bin's body staggered, his hand hurt, and the gun fell to the ground. Wanting to reach out to pick up the gun, Li Xianjie pulled the trigger one after another, and the bullets hit the dust under his feet, forcing him to retreat again and again.

Lu Bin didn't have a gun in his hand, and he was already flustered, plus he dragged his injured leg and couldn't stand on his feet, so he suddenly stepped on the air and rolled down the cliff.

Li Xianjie secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, and took a few steps to take a look down, and the ten-meter-deep ravine, the possibility of Lu Bin surviving was almost zero.

Ding Fan watched Lu Bin fall into the valley, but he couldn't do anything, because Ding Kaiwen's muzzle was pointed at him, and he said with a smile: "Commissar Ding, hello." ”