The little old man sighed and said a little lonely: "I'm an old bone, and I don't have much time to live, so I won't waste the government's food." ”

Zhang Xiaoming was a little stunned, he didn't expect that the little old man didn't evacuate with the government army because he didn't want to waste the government's food.

After a moment of silence, he asked curiously, "In that case, why did you suddenly change your mind and flee with us?" ”

"Maybe I want to see more of the world, maybe I want to see the end of the world, but at that moment, I found that I actually rekindled my fighting spirit and wanted to continue living." The little old man was quite emotional.

"Boy, I don't know what your old job was?" Zhang Xiaoming was curious.

"I used to farm in my hometown, but then I was recruited in the federal civil war, so I enlisted in the army, and before I knew it, I stayed in the army for most of my life." The little old man spoke very slowly, as if he was reminiscing about the past years.

"It turns out that you are always a soldier, no wonder you are so imposing." Zhang Xiaoming exclaimed.

"Alas! It's old, it's useless! The little old man sighed repeatedly.

"Don't say that, in my eyes, you are still old and strong, and you will have to rely on you to build a shelter in the future." Zhang Xiaoming said very seriously and sincerely.

"You kid, don't hold the old man, how is my own physical condition, I know it in my heart, the root cause of the illness that fell in the army back then will not be better."

The little old man shook his head and continued: "However, if there is any use for the old man in the shelter in the future, you can say that as long as it does not harm the country and does not violate the moral conscience, the old man can accept it. ”

"That kid thanked you for being old first, and I haven't asked you for your old name." Zhang Xiaoming sincerely thanked him.

"Xu Weiguo." The little old man's voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Defend the family and the country, good name." Zhang Xiaoming applauded.

The applause here alarmed the others, and everyone turned their eyes to see what was going on.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoming hurriedly changed the topic and said, "I don't know how far the path into the mountain is?" ”

The little old man Xu Weiguo looked around before replying, "It's not far away, there are probably two or three miles left." ”

"Well, then let's speed up a little faster, find out the situation earlier, and be at ease sooner, and settle down sooner." As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoming had already signaled his subordinates to speed up.

After a while, they came to the outskirts of an overgrown forest.

"That's it?" Zhang Xiaoming frowned slightly.

Everyone also looked at Xu Weiguo, who was full of embarrassment, with puzzled faces, and wanted him to give an explanation.

"This ...... I haven't been to this place for decades, but I didn't expect it to be completely different now. ”

After a slight pause, he continued to explain: "Back then, there was a small road in this place, which could enter the mountain, and many mountain people went to the mountain to collect medicine. ”

Zhang Xiaoming slandered in his heart, it has been decades, and it would be strange to be the same.

After looking around, he casually built a new watchtower and ordered Infantry No. 1: "You go up and see what's going on inside this mountain?" Is it possible to go deeper into the mountains from here? ”

Infantry No. 1 was ordered to transform into a dexterous ape, and in a few light leaps, he had reached the top of the tower.

Zhang Xiaoming also took the opportunity to start the "reconnaissance" and wanted to see the neighborhood.

In an instant, ripples that were invisible to the naked eye, centered on the watchtower, quickly spread out in all directions.

In the next moment, a three-dimensional image covering a hundred meters of the forest appeared in front of his eyes out of thin air.

However, what he never expected was that he not only saw a stereoscopic image, but also shared the vision of Infantry No. 1.

Through the vision of Infantry One, he saw the general situation of the forest in front of him, and through the stereoscopic image, he learned about the distribution of animals and trees within 100 meters.

In addition to them, there are only a few gray dots in the image, but through Infantry One's vision, he knows that those gray spots are not humans, and they may be small animals hiding in the grass.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that this Xishan should not be affected much.

Although there is no path in Xu Weiguo's mouth here, through the observation of Infantry No. 1's vision, he found that it is indeed possible to enter the mountains from here, but it is very troublesome to enter, and the road is also very difficult to walk.

In fact, as long as you can get into the mountains, it doesn't matter if you have a road or not.

However, for the sake of safety, Zhang Xiaoming still arranged for Infantry No. 1 and Infantry No. 2 to carry a sentry tower card and go into the mountain to investigate the situation first, while their large army followed behind, slowing down and slowly entering the mountain.

Infantry No. 1 and Infantry-No. 2 were ordered to enter the mountain quickly, and they proceeded cautiously and without hurry.

The trail on the outskirts of the West Mountain is relatively gentle, but the trees are tall and dense, and it is not easy to walk.

But fortunately, there are still a group of subordinates who clean up along the way, and the journey is quite stable.

After about an hour of walking into the forest, the mountain road began to become steeper and steeper, but fortunately, the speed of the group was not fast, but they were able to persist in dealing with it easily.

After about an hour and a half, the mountain road began to become steeper.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoming's mind suddenly appeared the vision of Infantry No. 1.

He knew that it was supposed to be Infantry No. 1 who had arrived at their destination and was using "reconnaissance" to find out what was going on nearby.

However, what surprised him was that there were other people beside Infantry No. 1, and after a general observation, he judged that these people should be some tourist tourists, or donkey friends who went into the mountains to explore.

From this point of view, it should be considered safe in this West Mountain.

Now that he was sure that he was safe, he naturally had to arrange for everyone to speed up their march and prepare to go to their destination to establish a shelter.

However, due to the rugged and steep mountain roads, there are still some places that can only accommodate one person, which also slows down the speed of the procession.

Seeing this, he had to arrange a small team of men and horses to protect the peasants, and led a group of tower defense buildings to the mountain first to arrange the basic defense measures.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and everyone hastily ate some dry food, and began to continue on their way.

They are not far from their destination now, so they naturally have to grit their teeth and persevere, and it is not too late to rest when they reach their destination.

After a short time, they climbed down a steep slope and saw a flat, open col.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they couldn't believe that there would be such a good place with mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery in the depths of this western mountain.

At this moment, a group of farmers and soldiers are busy in full swing, and those surviving tourists and travelers are also helping to deliver things or do what they can.

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