Chapter Seventy-Six: Carrying Butterflies
The march on the third day was relatively smooth, but a problem arose, and the third team, which was supposed to converge, did not show up.
Qishi sighed: "In the vast mountains, such a crossing plan is still too risky. Judging by the markings, they were lost, perhaps they had chosen another path, or they had turned back. ”
She looked up at the treetops, where the sun had been blocked out for the most part, and they had gone deep into the mountains. This road can only be walked by the butterfly, and the direction can be identified by the advance mark of the butterfly.
There were no roads, and it was up to them to split the vegetation with their knives and climb the rocks with ropes. At first, there were small animals of squirrels and hares that kept them company, but later they found the droppings and footprints of some large animals.
It was left behind by bears and wolves, and they had one more threat to deal with.
"Heck, I guess they didn't find this mark, I knew I would have led the first team." Butterfly pointed to a tree trunk where she had carved marks with her knife. However, a clump of branches accidentally snapped, which just covered up the trace.
"Why don't you carve it higher?" Wei Baohu walked to the trunk of the tree and gestured back and forth, puzzled.
Hua Die's little face was cold, and the scimitar was in her hand, "I'm going to die!" I'm too short to reach, okay! The two of them were together again, and the Qingyun soldiers had long been accustomed to it, and at this time it was just a joke.
Qi Shi said: "Childe, what should we do now?" Sun Shao looked at the map and said, "Ah Shi, we've already walked half the way." If we want to arrive before Jiangxia City is besieged, then we can't go to them, we can only move on. ”
The map is sketchy, but it has a few important points that can be used to determine their general orientation in combination with the time.
"That's right, Childe, only by arriving at the foot of the mountain on the side of Jiangxia as soon as possible, can we follow the hunters and firewood gatherers into Jiangxia City."
Sun Shao said: "In this case, we have carved a new mark here, and if they return, they can continue to move forward to find us." ”
Qishi agreed, but Hua Die struck, she pinched her waist and said, "Which of you is tall, who will carve it." I won't do it anymore! ”
Wei Baohu sighed, pretending to be helpless and said, "It seems that only I can do it." How high should you carve? ”
Sun Shao smiled: "Capture the tiger, don't engrave it too high, it won't be easy to be seen." Just carve it according to my height. ”
Hua Die came to Qishi's side and said angrily: "Ah Shi, look at them! With his own height, he yelled at him and didn't take us seriously. "She is small and delicate, and Qishi is also petite, so she actively came to seek help, planning to fight the enemy.
Qishi smiled: "Hua Die, do you have any ideas?" ”
"Yes, yes, but I'm afraid that Ah Shi will not be willing to give up your son!"
"What am I reluctant to do? It's good that I'm away from him, so if you have an idea, say it quickly, and let's go to the staff together. ”
The two girls muttered together, and soon smiled knowingly at each other.
The team moved forward again, and the road in front of them was even more dangerous, and even Butterfly had to put away her smiling face and concentrate on the road under her feet.
"Oops!" Butterfly screamed, covering her ankles. Qishi hurriedly went over to check and took off Hua Die's leggings, "Hua Die, is it painful here?" ”
"It hurts!!" Hua Die shouted, her voice miserable and moving.
Everyone else gathered around, and the butterfly screamed even more painfully. Qi Shi came to a conclusion: "It's going to be a little bit better, and I can't walk." ”
"Ah Shi, Childe, you go first, leave me alone!"
Qishi shook his head and said, "No, we have to take you." Hua Die said: "Leave me alone, let me be eaten by wolves in this deep mountain and old forest!" ”
Wei Baohu turned back from the front, and Sun Shao said to him: "Baohu, or you carry the flower butterfly on your back." ”
"This ...... Childe, don't look at her small size, her weight is not light! ”
Sun Shao said: "The matter is urgent, how to push three blocks and four, quickly carry it." ”
The Qingyun soldiers all looked at Wei Baohu, and Wei Baohu had no choice but to come to Hua Die's side and said in a low voice: "You'd better really break your feet, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”
Hua Die closed her eyes and said, "Childe, he doesn't want to carry me, so let me stay alone in this deep mountain and old forest!" ”
Wei Baohu had to carry the butterfly behind him, and then stood up straight, only to feel that the butterfly kept falling, and then walked up the mountain road, not to mention how hard it was.
This time, Sun Shao walked in the front, and Qishi followed quickly, she carried a wooden stick, and by the way, she helped Sun Shao hit the grass at his feet, and beat the grass and startled the snake.
"Ashi."
"Childe?"
"That...... Is Butterfly really injured? I watched the tiger carry her very hard, or you persuade Hua Butterfly, don't let her toss the tiger. ”
Yes, now that Sun Shao is making rapid progress, he will look at everything with a skeptical eye.
Qishi smiled: "There will be no people here, more than forty of us will walk together, and wolves and bears will not come close." It's okay, just have fun with everyone. She didn't answer Sun Shao's question directly, and Sun Shao understood as soon as she heard it, and her feelings were really fake.
"That's it...... In order to catch the tiger and say that she is short? ”
"Hmm."
Sun Shao's face was black, what time is this, and he will report it.
"And Huadie also asked me to participate in it, but I saw that Childe was very hard, so I changed my mind temporarily." Qi Shi wrote lightly, she hit the grass with her hand, and a green snake really came out.
Sun Shao hurriedly said: "Ah Shi, I don't remember anything that offended you, right?" ”
"Nope. It's just that I can't guarantee that there will be no in the future! ”
"Later...... Let's get out of this mountain first......"
After the fuss between Hua Die and Wei Baohu, it really made the hard work of the journey a lot easier.
After another three nights, the last group of Qingyun soldiers joined them as scheduled. They stayed in the camp, which was only twenty miles away from Jiangxia City.
"Further out, you can see the footprints of the hunters, and some of the branches have been picked up by the woodcutters. We will stay for one night at most, and tomorrow we will have to break it into pieces and sneak into Jiangxia City in batches. The bonfire could no longer be lit, and Qi Shi looked at the map with Sun Shao in the dim light in the camp.
Sun Shao said in a low voice: "These three days are really not easy, and there are a few times when I thought we would be trapped in the mountains." Qingyunbing's performance was really good, and no one was left behind. ”
Qi Shi put his head against his head and said, "Yes, the Shanyue people are very suitable for this kind of mountain warfare. This time it was not a lonely in-depth army, and with a little luck, the five days were spent without danger. ”
"Tomorrow, we need to go outside and inquire about it and see how the situation is around Jiangxia City, right?"