At noon, the group walked to a small town and saw that everyone was a little tired from hurrying, so Liu Guangzhi proposed to find a restaurant to eat before leaving.

Although everyone brings dry food with them, it is not a problem to eat dry food all day, and it is naturally good to be able to go to the town and eat something hot.

Walking into the hotel, Liu Jiangong asked the shopkeeper to get some water and feed for the horses pulling the cart, and at the same time asked for a table downstairs, but except for a few main figures of the Liu family, he only invited Liu Tianshu to sit over.

As for the rest of the people, they set up two large tables in the backyard of the store, asked the shopkeeper to deliver something, and began to eat.

Although Jiang Jinlong and Jiang Jinhu are young masters, they are only in their teens after all, and they are all dependent on Liu Tianshu to be the master of this way, so they naturally no longer pay attention to it, and although Jiang Meijuan is the eldest lady, she was influenced by new ideas at school, and she was not at all unhappy to sit and eat with Zhao Xiaomei, Liu Juan and others.

Liu Guangzhi moved a glass of wine in front of Liu Tianshu, looked at him and said: "Xiaoliu, although you and I are far apart, the surname Liu is one family in the world, and it is also fate to meet on the road this time." Come, have a drink with the old decay. ”

"The old Liu is polite, it is an honor for Tianshu to be taken care of by the old Liu on the road, this cup I borrow flowers to offer the Buddha, and respect the old Liu." Liu Tianshu said politely.

Although both of them are surnamed Liu, they can only be regarded as a family five hundred years ago, but they can't be sorted out in this generation, so Liu Tianshu simply refers to Liu's old generation.

Anyway, Liu Guangzhi is the same age as his grandfather, and it is also appropriate to call him an old-timer.

After taking two sips, Liu Guangzhi looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Xiaoliu, you are a student of Yenching University, you should be a knowledgeable and insightful person, do you see that the Japanese are attacking this time, can the Central Army stop it?" ”

Liu Guangzhi's expression was full of worry.

He finally saved a lot of money in Baoding, but unfortunately the little devil suddenly came, so he had to abandon his home and return to Shanxi.

You must know that most of his family property in Baoding is real estate and the like, although he left a son in Baoding to guard it, but the outcome is unpredictable.

"Old man Liu, this time after the Beiping incident, the Nationalist Government sent a large army to the north quickly, which shows that the government still wants to compete with Little Japan. However, in the end, you can also see that Beiping and Tianjin have fallen, and now even Baoding and Shijiazhuang have been lost, and according to the grapevine, on the side of Shanghai, China and Japan are also engaged in fierce battles. This shows that little Japan has premeditated this time and wants to kill China. When I was a student in Peiping, I studied the history of China and Japan, and I still had some understanding of the national conditions of little Japan. Although the territory of small Japan is small, and its products and population are far inferior to those of China, after small Japan occupied China's northeast six years ago, the abundant resources of northeast Japan have greatly increased the strength of small Japan. In addition, the army of small Japan is well-trained and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of our army, so in my opinion, it is very likely that this war will last for a long time. Liu Tianshu slowly said what he was thinking about recently.

Although Liu Guangzhi is a businessman, judging from his speech and demeanor, he is a person who has seen the world.

"Alas, it would have been nice not to lose the three northeastern provinces six years ago." Liu Guangzhi deeply agrees.

The two talked, while the rest ate with their heads down.

Suddenly, a whispered conversation at a table on the side caught Liu Tianshu's attention.

"Brother Zhang, I heard that the 14th Group Army in the north has begun to withdraw to Shanxi, is this true?" A middle-aged man in a silk shirt asked a middle-aged man in black satin opposite while drinking with his head bored.

"I heard my brother-in-law say this, saying that General Wei received an order from above to lead the 14th Group Army to retreat west to Shanxi and strengthen the Shanxi defense line. It is said that this morning, the 378th Regiment guarding Liujiaji was also ordered to retreat. The middle-aged man's eyes showed helplessness.

Hearing this, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but be surprised, thought for a while, and walked over with a wine glass.

"Hello two, I just heard from the two of you that the 14th Group Army has withdrawn westward, is this true?" Liu Tianshu made an arching gesture with his wine glass and asked politely.

The middle-aged man surnamed Zhang turned around when he heard the sound and saw a young man in ordinary people's clothes, but obviously revealing the atmosphere of a scholar, standing aside, so he nodded and said: "This is true, listen to my brother-in-law, the fifth division of the Japanese army has been chasing all the way to the 14th Group Army, Zhangjiakou in the north has fallen, and the Japanese army is attacking Datong." There is also the 20th Division of the Japanese Army that occupied Shijiazhuang in the south, and began to attack along Zhengtai Road in the direction of Niangzi Pass, and it is not known when the Japanese will come. ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man surnamed Zhang looked a little melancholy, he lowered his head and took a sip, and began to eat with his head bored.

After receiving the confirmation, Liu Tianshu said thank you to the two and returned to his table.

"Did the Central Army really withdraw to Shanxi?" Liu Guangzhi saw Liu Tianshu coming back, looked at him with two eyes and asked.

"Old man Liu, the situation may not be good, General Wei in the north has led his troops to retreat to Shanxi, and more seriously, the devils who occupied Shijiazhuang have also begun to invade Niangziguan along Zhengtai Road, it is no longer safe here, I think we should leave as soon as possible." Liu Tianshu said with a deep groan.

Although the target of the little devil's current attack is Shanxi, if the little devil controls Zhengtai Road, this area will be within the pincer encirclement of the little devil. And if General Wei led the 14th Army to retreat west to Shanxi, there would be no Chinese troops in this area that could threaten the Japanese army.

It is still a few hundred kilometers away from Wuyang County in western Hebei, and all the way to it is mountainous, so it is difficult to guarantee that it will not encounter a small force of devils.

"It seems that the government has decided to abandon western Hebei and stick to Shanxi. Alas, the country is poor. Liu Guangzhi sighed, and then buried himself in eating.

After the meal, everyone did not rest again, but immediately set off on the road.

Liu Tianshu walked by the carriage all morning, and then he went up to rest, while Shi Qiang and Liu Hai followed the carriage.

Liu Tianshu saw the carriage of the Liu family walking in front, thought about it, and took out the flower machine gun parts from the baggage and began to assemble them.

The Chinese army is either retreating west or south, and this area is already the world of little devils. Although from the current point of view, the little devil has not yet arrived, but with the rapid decline of the government's control ability, all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods will inevitably come out.

The melee firepower of the Flower Machine Gun is still more powerful than that of the Barge Gun, and it can be prepared in case the Flower Machine Gun is assembled.

He was very familiar with assembling firearms, and in less than twenty minutes, he loaded the flower machine gun, then took out the bullets from his pocket, pressed them into the magazines one by one, and after loading the two magazines, he put them aside.

He then pressed the remaining bullets into two barge gun magazines.

Of course, Zhao Xiaomei and Liu Hai's pistols still had about forty rounds, while Shi Qiang's hands had about eighty rounds.

These bullets were still given by Zhu Baye and collected from that devil, if they weren't replenished from these two places, I'm afraid the bullets in his hand would have bottomed out long ago.

Jiang Jinlong and Jiang Jinhu watched hotly as Liu Tianshu unhurriedly loaded the gun with bullets, but the two did not dare to speak. Although Liu Tianshu spoke kindly, the calmness after life and death brought invisible pressure to the two teenagers who grew up in greenhouses.

In the evening, everyone followed the evacuation team to live in a temple in the mountains, this temple is not very large, but there are a few monks, this group of seventy or eighty people live in it, and the room in the temple is almost filled.

Naturally, Liu Guangzhi's family and Liu Tianshu lived next to each other, while the big family with four carriages lived and rested at the other end.

Speaking of fate, that big family is always separated from Liu Tianshu and others, and there is always a distance on the road, but when they stop to eat and stay, they always get together.

Liu Tianshu watched his party eat dry food, chatted with Liu Guangzhi for a few words, and came back to rest. However, his eyes still swept to the big family, intentionally or unintentionally.

The arrogant and charming young woman left a deep impression on him, but he met him several times on the road, but he couldn't see the head of this big family clearly.

He saw from a distance that there was an old man of about sixty years old, with gray hair but good spirits, and in addition to the delicate young woman, two other women followed the old man, and the others were a man in his thirties and a man in his forties.

The two men were supposed to be the old man's sons, and they were accompanied by women, who seemed to be their family.

As the night deepened, the monks in the temple began to close the temple door, and after Liu Tianshu and Shi Qiang whispered a few words, they began to close their eyes and prepare to rest.

Suddenly, a sense of danger rose from the bottom of his heart, and his eyes suddenly opened, and when he listened intently, the whole temple was silent, except for the low sound of conversation from time to time.

However, the feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

At this time, Shi Qiang was also awakened by him, turned his head to look at him and said, "Brother Tianshu, what's wrong?"

"I have a bad feeling, Hadron, so, you wake up our people and tell everyone to be careful." They lived in a small remote room on the side of the temple, but as for everyone's carriage, they were all placed in the empty dam in the temple, and the coachman who drove the carriage naturally slept on the carriage.

After about ten minutes, after Liu Tianshu saw that Zhao Xiaomei and the others were close together, he quietly walked to the door. As soon as he opened the door a crack in the door, he caught a glimpse of a figure on the courtyard wall of the temple.

The figure paused at the head of the wall for a moment, and then swept down the courtyard wall like a bird, and as soon as several figures touched the ground, they immediately became shorter, and the two approached the two ancient trees in the courtyard, and the other two rushed towards the temple gate at a very fast speed.

The coachman who was sleeping in the carriage was suddenly awakened, but when he saw that the people who jumped into the temple were all dressed as night walkers, he immediately stopped talking in surprise.

It's just this exclamation that still alarmed the people in the entire temple.

However, the heavy gate of the temple was also pushed open with a dull creak, and countless figures rushed into the temple like flowing water under the reflection of the firelight.