Chapter 528: Fight the First Battle

Liu Shusheng looked at the steep mountain peak above his head and asked, apart from this cave, is there any other place to go up the mountain behind Shihu Mountain.

"Captain Liu, it is difficult to go up anywhere else except this natural cave. You see, there are all big rocks here, and there is no place to put your hands and feet, and besides, even if you climb up with great effort, when you reach the top of the mountain, it will be in vain, and the steepness of that side is smoother than this side, as if it were cut by a knife. Cui Changqing shook his head and said.

"I see...... By the way, how high can the top of the front hill be from the stupid place? Li Xiong asked pensively.

"It's about 400 meters. This Shihu Mountain is really weird, other places, there has never been such a steep place, just Shihu Mountain. That's why the beard scrambled to get his hands on it. Cui Changqing explained.

"The front is not good, there will always be a place on the side where you can get your hands and feet, right?" Dong Hao asked without giving up.

"I really let you say it, and the side is even worse. I saw it when we came around just now, and the sides were bottomless ditches, and no one had ever gone down. Even if you can go down, it won't be the Year of the Monkey if you climb any further. ”

"It's a bit difficult. Let's not discuss this matter first, Dong Hao, you and the two of them stay outside the entrance of the cave to be on guard, and the other people, follow Cui Changqing, walk into the cave, go as far as you can. Li Xiong said decisively. Now it seems that if you want to sneak attack, you can only see if this cave can be used.

As soon as he heard Li Xiong's decision, Cui Changqing found two pieces of pine ming as torches, he walked in front, followed by Li Xiong, Liu Shusheng and a company commander, and four mermaids rushed in.

In fact, this cave is a natural karst cave, no one knows how long it has existed, and it can be seen from the imprints on the cave wall inside that there should be water. The entrance to the cave is a bit small, but about 20 meters in, the cave is getting wider and wider, and in some places, you can walk four or five people sideways.

"Changqing, how long can this hole be?" Li Xiong, who was following behind Cui Changqing, looked at the wall of the cave illuminated by the torch and asked softly.

"It's about eighty or ninety meters, wide in the middle and narrow on both sides, and when you approach the exit of the mountain, you can only walk alone. By the way, there is a side hole in front, which is a hole in the hole, when we were on the mountain, we used it as a granary, but we didn't know if the original grain was still there. ”

"Don't say it, it's a great place to store food. Warm and cold, cool in summer, and dry. Liu Shusheng continued.

"That is, every time we snatch food from the traitors, we put it here, and it won't be broken. Normally, I put a squad of troops at the exit of this hole, and even if you have a lot of people, it will be difficult to rush in. Look, this is our granary, and the grain is still there, it's still there. Cui Changqing held the torch, ran two steps forward, and said with some excitement.

"In this way, this gang of bandits has not opened the entrance to the cave yet, let's go, let's go further." Li Xiong beckoned everyone and continued to walk forward.

The four of them walked forward for a while, and the cave in front of them suddenly became a lot narrower, and it seemed that they could only follow one person by one, and when they walked, they couldn't even raise their heads in some places, so they had to bend down a little bit.

"Twenty meters further on, you will find the exit that has been blown up." Cui Changqing, who was walking in front, turned around and said.

"Go ahead." Li Xiong said in a deep voice.

A few people walked forward for more than ten meters, and the hole in front of them had been blocked, and the four people could only stop.

"Chief of Staff, look, there's a glimmer of light coming in, and the place where the explosion collapsed should not be too far from the entrance of the cave." Liu Shusheng looked at the front and said.

"Changqing, isn't this exit some distance from the ground?" Li Xiong asked Cui Changqing to stick his body against the wall of the cave, squeezed to the front, and asked while looking out of this glimmer of light.

"Yes...... Yes, it can be two meters above the ground, and usually when we come up, we make a big wooden ladder. As soon as he saw the exit, Cui Changqing said with some excitement.

"Chief of Staff, how do you know this exit is not on the ground?" Liu Shusheng reluctantly stretched his head over, stared at the light, and asked with some puzzlement.

"Want to know? It's actually quite simple. You think, if the entrance of the cave was right on the ground, it would be impossible for the bandits not to find out that the bombed hole could still be ventilated, and it was impossible for him not to send someone to open the cave and leave a way back for himself.

Now, there are two possibilities. One is that the gang of bandits did not discover the entrance to the cave. Changqing, when you withdrew, did the bearded and traitors know about this cave? Li Xiong asked.

"Is this ...... Shouldn't know. At the back of this cave where we lived, it was a grove of woods and bushes, and no one usually came here, and the entrance of the cave was two meters high, and I guess that after I brought these twenty or so brothers in, the brothers below must have thrown the wooden ladder into the mountain stream. ”

"Chief of Staff, what else is the possibility?" Liu Shusheng looked at Li Xiong and asked.

"There is also a possibility that although the bandit knew about the hole, he was not in a hurry to clean it up. If that's the case, we'll really have to guard against them, these guys are cunning enough. Li Xiong said.

"Chief of Staff, why is that?" Cui Changqing asked a little puzzled.

"If the latter is true, it means that the traitor imperial army on the mountain has not left yet, and this bandit doesn't want the yellow dog to know about this secret passage on the back mountain.

You think, if the Imperial Association Army doesn't leave, there are more than 200 people, living in the mountains, and as long as the bandits make a move, they will be discovered, so these guys pretend not to know. If my guess is correct, as soon as these traitors go down the mountain, the bandits will send someone to open this passage. For the beard, this is a way to save his life. Li Xiong said analytically.

"Chief of Staff, are you talking a little ...... This gang of bandits and traitors are in the same group, why should they be wary of each other if they want to open this passage? Isn't this redundant? Liu Shusheng shook his head in disbelief and said.

"You don't understand that. From ancient times to the present, beards are not a good thing, and they have hardly done anything good except to rob houses and bully men and women. It's the official family, it's the sworn enemy. If it weren't for the fact that the little devils had just occupied Manchuria and had not yet gained a firm foothold, these Japanese would not have been able to brave the world's condemnation and win them over. Who these bandits are, the Imperial Allied Army will not be unclear. Don't look at them now, if they are mixed up in a row, once the Imperial Association thinks they are useless, they will definitely be destroyed.

Speaking of which, this gang of bandits is really a smart master, and he understands the thoughts of the traitors very well, so he left a hand in front of these imperial allies. Let's see, let's think of a way to get out of the way and open the passage with these stones that are blocking the entrance of the cave. Li Xiong said analytically.

Hearing Li Xiong say this, several people really had a feeling of sudden enlightenment, and they had to secretly say yes to him.

"These bandits are cunning enough, Chief of Staff, will they have someone guarding the entrance to the cave? In that case, if we do something, won't we let them find out? Liu Shusheng said worriedly.

"Don't worry, there won't be anyone guarding outside, if you send someone to guard it, won't it mean telling these traitors that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?"

"Chief of Staff, you go back first, I'll clean up the broken stones here first, see if I can pick up a little further, as long as the remaining big stones are not too thick, I think I can use a grenade to blow up the hole, anyway, it's clear now." Cui Changqing looked at a few people and said.

"That's the only way to do it, let's try it first according to what Cui Changqing said. So thou shalt be in front, and I will be behind thee, and the two of you shall be behind me, and carry out out of the narrow passage the stones that have been brought from the front. Li Xiong said.

They took off their coats, and for more than two hours, they finally cleared out all the large stones in the narrow hole.

"Look, there are only a few big stones left in front of you, these big stones are stuck here, I pushed a few times, and I didn't move, there is a wooden pole outside the narrow hole, hand me one, I will measure, how thick the big stone blocking the hole can be." Cui Changqing turned his head and said.

After Li Xiong handed the wooden pole to Cui Changqing, several people exited the narrow hole. After a while, Cui Changqing also retreated from inside.

"Chief of Staff, Commander Liu, you see, what is blocked at the entrance of the cave is not one stone, but two, and the place where the hole is blocked can be more than two feet thick from the entrance of the cave. I reckon that with a grenade it can be blown up. Cui Changqing wiped the sweat on his face and said.

"Two stones? Are you right? Li Xiong asked.

"It's not bad, I saw it, I reached over the side of the stone, and I could touch the second stone. I pushed it twice, moved a little, didn't dare to use force, and dropped the broken stone outside the hole for people outside to find out. ”

"If that's the case, Changqing, you quit first and rest for a while, and by the way, tell Captain Dong Hao, don't worry, we'll go out in a while. The three of us, let's go in and have a look, and after reading it, we will come back and decide what to do. After Li Xiong finished speaking, he was the first to enter the narrow hole with a torch.

At this time, Dong Hao, with the other two company commanders, was waiting at the exit of the cave as anxious as ants on a hot pot. A few people have been in the cave for more than two hours, and there is no movement, and I don't know what the situation is.

As soon as Li Xiong led the people into the cave, Dong Hao divided the work among the three people: he guarded the entrance of the cave, and the other two company commanders went to the two small hills about 100 meters away from the entrance of the cave to guard it.

He knew in his heart that this was not Tiesha Mountain, this was the territory of traitors, there were bandits occupying Shihu Mountain, and the three of them stayed outside the entrance of the cave, not daring to have a trace of carelessness. That's why they stood in a triangular position, guarding the entrance to the cave.

Although Captain Dong Hao was at the entrance of the cave, he couldn't leave here. He knew in his heart that Li Xiong asked him to stay outside and guard the entrance of the cave, which was not arranged casually, this was to tell him that no matter what happened, he could not leave this cave entrance for a single step. In other words, the four lives in the cave are all in their own hands. Therefore, no matter how urgent he was, he couldn't go in.

AA2705221