Chapter 13: The Horse Stumbles
The group rushed to the scene of the accident.
Approaching, Sun Weifu blocked the way, waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then whispered: "Everyone, pay attention, keep a certain distance between each other, but don't be too far apart from each other, keep it within five meters, so that it is not only convenient to disperse and conceal, but also conducive to mutual response." While paying attention to observation, we must work steadily and steadily, step by step. ”
"I would like to emphasize that everyone is invited to cheer me up, concentrate, keep my eyes open, carefully observe every grass and tree under my feet, and never let go of any clues, I must find something valuable, and find some useful clues!"
"Master, do you want to remind everyone to stay silent and avoid making too much noise?" Gao Xuan asked.
"There's no need. Since the spirit ape is missing here, the other party has long been aware of it, and they must have taken precautions. Now, what we want to tell you is to be on high alert at all times and always be on guard against the traps of the other side. ”
While speaking, Li Mo, who saw Zhang Xu Kai on the left, suddenly exclaimed: "Look! What is that? ”
The people followed the prestige, but saw in the distance a thick, strong rope, one end tied to a large tree, and the other extended and submerged in a patch of grass.
Sun Weifu looked around the rope vigilantly and cautiously leaned towards it.
The crowd slowly gathered around. Sun Weifu bent down and reached out to pick up the rope, and tentatively pulled two handfuls, and found that the end of the rope was sinking. So he stepped forward and pulled out the thatch, and a person crouched in the grass, but it was Yuexiu!
Yuexiu, who was unconscious, was there with her limbs open, no matter how Sun Weifu screamed, she remained motionless. Sun Weifu stretched out his hand and touched Yuexiu's neck, then probed his snort, and said to Gao Xuan and the others: "Quick, come and carry him to an open place." So everyone lifted Yuexiu out and put him on a lawn. Sun Weifu came to the end of Yuexiu's head and sat on the ground, lifted Yuexiu's head and rested it on his lap, picked up a bottle of water and unscrewed the cap, let the water slowly soak into his mouth from the corner of Yuexiu's mouth, and then pressed Yuexiu's person. After a long time, I saw Yuexiu "ahh
"Don't cry, don't cry!" Sun Weifu stopped, "Yuexiu, what's going on?" I ask you, what about Hengken? ”
Yuexiu wiped away her tears, pointed to the largest tree next to her and said, "It was under the tree at the beginning." ”
Zeng Shunquan, Gao Xuan and others searched for it, and sure enough, they found that Hengken was also lying there unconscious, and the situation was similar to when Yuexiu was first discovered.
Yuexiu and Hengken were found, Sun Weifu let out a long sigh, and hurriedly said to Zeng Shunquan: "Inform everyone to evacuate immediately!" ”
"Good!" Zeng Shunquan agreed, and immediately commanded everyone to retreat to the Natural Gate quickly with Yuexiu and Hengken on their backs.
As soon as he arrived at the station, Hengken also woke up. He told Sun Weifu and Zeng Shunquan what happened: It turned out that Hengken and Yuexiu got off the plane, went straight to their destination, and quickly found a place to lurk. For the first time everything was normal, and nothing happened. But just after ten o'clock, Yuexiu felt a little uneasy, and as time went by, this feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and even produced inexplicable fear. So he got a thick rope out of nowhere, tied one end to his waist, and the other to a great tree, and sat down in front of it and trembled. Affected by Yuexiu's emotions, Hengken also panicked. Instead of looking for ropes or anything to tie himself, he chose a large tree and hid under the tree. As soon as twelve o'clock passed, a strange smell wafted into the nostrils of the two of them, and the smell was fishy with a hint of bitterness. At first faint, then thicker and thicker. It didn't take long for the two of them to faint from the strange smell, and soon they lost their senses until they were found by the crowd.
After listening to Hengken's account, Sun Weifu pulled Zeng Shunquan aside and said to him in a low voice: "Through the observation of Hengken and Yuexiu, and the analysis of the situation of the soldiers searching the mountains and disappearing, I think we can draw the following conclusions: First, the unknown forces we are facing now are not deliberately coming at us, that is, at least for the time being, it is not certain that they are our hostile forces; Second, the other party's activities are regular, which can be seen from the time, their activity time is 12:30 am and 3:30 pm, and the rest of the time is stinging; Third, the opponent will release an anesthetic gas before acting, which will first anesthetize the prey and then hunt it; Fourth, their energy is enormous. Fortunately, Hengken and Yuexiu were lurking at the edge of their control this time, otherwise, they wouldn't have had the best luck they had today! After speaking, he looked at the time, and without waiting for Zeng Shunquan to answer, he said eagerly, "Quick!" Get me a cow or a pig right now, and I'm going to confirm it, hurry! ”
Zeng Shunquan hurriedly called someone to do it. It didn't take long to get a big yellow cow, and Sun Weifu ordered the cow to be tied with a thick rope and rushed to the accident site non-stop. When he got there, Sun Weifu carefully surveyed the surrounding terrain and landforms, so he pushed the target forward more than ten meters and tied the ox to a tree. After that, he ordered everyone to retreat twenty or thirty meters and hide behind a cliff.
Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, a strange smell wafted in the wind, and everyone hurriedly took out the protective masks that had been prepared and put them on, staring intently at the cow.
At about a quarter past three, the big scalper, which had been very tame before, suddenly became agitated, struggled and neighed, but could not break free from the rope. After a moment's effort, the big scalper's legs weakened and fell to the ground. Then a huge wind howled, gently curling the ox up like a feather, tearing the rope, floating into the air, and disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye! Everyone looked at the time, and it was exactly half past three.
After watching this scene, Sun Weifu slowly turned around, leaned back against the rock, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and said with a few long sighs: "My good man, the scene is so terrifying!" ”
"What do we do next?" Zeng Shunquan asked.
"Let's go, let's go back." Sun Weifu stood up, patted his buttocks, and took the lead to walk down the mountain.
When he arrived at the Natural Gate, Sun Weifu beckoned everyone to gather on the spot and not disperse. He said: "Everyone has just seen it, so I don't want to talk about the arduousness of this task." Time is tight, the task is heavy, and we have no room for hesitation. ”
"We can't afford to delay." "There's no time left." "Say, what are we going to do next?" Everyone said babbling. ”
"Well, let me tell you what to do next: first, through our observations, we have determined that we are going into the mountains to explore, and there are only two best time points, that is, twelve and a half past twelve in the morning and three and a half past in the afternoon, and in these two times, our goal will appear. Only when we take action within these two time periods can we easily find the goal we are looking for and have a direction for our exploration. Today, it is obvious that we have lost these two time nodes, so we can make a more detailed and more secure plan for the rest of the time. At the same time, we have also witnessed the energy of the other side, and it is estimated that if we meet it by conventional means, we will never be sure of victory. Reality demands that we only win and not lose this time, otherwise we will not be able to rescue the more than 300 fighters who fell into his hands. Therefore, if we want to win the battle, we currently have only one way, and that is to face the opponent with the formation of the Bagua Chain Formation! After a pause, Sun Weifu turned to Zeng Shunquan again and said, "Old brother, the rehearsal and drill of this formation depends on you." ”
"That's a must. Blind man, don't worry, you gave me the task, then it's up to me. As he spoke, he took out two command flags, one red and one blue, and led everyone to the backyard playground.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Yuexiu, Hengken hurriedly chased after him, "You can't leave us behind." ”
Sun Weifu patted Hengken's shoulder, looked at them from top to bottom, and asked thoroughly, "Can you two?" ”
"No problem, Master!" Yuexiu said firmly: "We were only anesthetized by that gas, and it didn't cause damage to the body, in fact, we have already recovered." ”
"That's not going back yet," Sun Weifu was full of anticipation, "Now is the time when you are needed, come on!" "When I came to the playground, I stood in the south. He took due south as the starting point, painted the cadre position, and then from south to east, from east to north, along the north to the west, and painted the eight positions of Shangdui, Li, Zhen, Kun, Gen, Kan, and Xun. Then he stood on his own in the cadre position, let Sun Weifu stand in the Kun position, and the remaining six people stood in the remaining six positions. First of all, wave the red and blue flags, and explain the flag language to everyone: how to wave the flag to represent the forward signal, how to wave the flag to represent the backward signal, how to command the attack, how to command the defense, and so on. After the lecture, the commander conducted the actual drill as required, and gave a special explanation on how to deal with the rugged ground and thorny ground in the mountainous area. The eight of them didn't know how many times they had practiced, and after dinner, they took advantage of the moonlight to pull them up the hillside and drill a few more times according to the uneven terrain. Seeing that everyone was almost in control, and the people were tired, they announced their disbandment. After retreating, they each washed up and went to rest early, not to mention.
Early the next morning, the eight of them re-studied the formation a few more times, and when it was more than nine o'clock, they set off into the mountains.
When we came to the destination, it was still early to see the time, so everyone set up and waited. As soon as twelve o'clock passed, a strange smell wafted in, and everyone hurriedly put on protective masks and advanced the formation in the direction where the smell came. Suddenly, the wind was blowing, the sand was flying, and the momentum was like a mountain and a sea. Because the formation is solid, everyone responds to each other, and there are big trees and other mountains as cover, and the dodge is flexible, so although the opponent is imposing, he can't do anything to the eight people. Seeing that the battle array is advancing smoothly, the hope of conquering the other party is imminent. Unexpectedly, Gao Xuan accidentally stepped into the air, his body shook, stepped in the wrong direction, was swept up by a gust of evil wind, thrown into the sky, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye!
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Zeng Shunquan quickly ordered everyone to withdraw. The first action was a failure!