Chapter Ninety-Seven: Danger Strikes
Benzoin approached a dried corpse, looked at it carefully, pulled out the dagger again, tossed it, got up and changed another corpse, and after a long time, he got up: "I don't know, they are all dried corpses, and the cause of death must not be found, but the only thing that is certain is that they should have been sleeping before they died, they died in their sleep, there was no abnormal posture, no mouth, nose and throat were covered, no one curled up their bodies, all of which show that these people were very calm when they died." ”
Tang Anshu looked at the dried corpses around him, and after thinking about it, he squatted in front of a dried corpse:
"The most important thing is that the dried corpses here are not quite the ones we saw before."
Benzoin also squatted down again: "Yes, the previous dried corpses, the body surface is very brittle, as if it has been roasted, the body surface is gray, and the dry corpse here is black on the surface, and although the skin is weathered, it is soft. ”
Tang Anshu got up and didn't say anything, just got out of the tent.
"How?" Gu Feng saw Tang Anshu come out and immediately asked.
Tang Anshu just shook his head, walked slowly in the camp, squatted down from time to time to look at something, shook his head to himself, and walked to the other side.
Gu Feng saw Tang Anshu like this, turned his head and asked Benzoin: "What's wrong?" What did you find? ”
Benzoin shook her head: "I only know that the people in the camp, the cause of death is different from the one on the other side, as for what happened here, it's not clear, it depends on how the master deduces." ”
At this time, there was a heat wave blowing on the lake, and the heat wave blew the surrounding tents whirring, and when they passed through the tent holes, they made a strange sound like a ghost crying wolf, which made people shudder.
Tang Anshu suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to Gu Feng, and asked: "Adjutant Gu, you are a soldier, according to your opinion, how long will it take for this Ming army to build such a camp?" ”
Gu Feng was puzzled: "Why do you ask this?" ”
"Just answer!" Tang Anshu frowned and looked at the lake, "The sooner the better." ”
"It didn't take much time to set up the tents, and the simple docks and drying racks were simple, because there was ready-made timber, which they should have brought with them, and the stoves were even simpler, which could be piled up with stones and earth." Gu Feng said while calculating, "From the analysis of the camp, the number of people is about 100 people. ”
Tang Anshu said: "In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, there were 5,000 soldiers as the commander, 10,000 for 10,000 households, 100 for 100 households, 50 for the general banner, and 10 for the small banner. ”
Gu Feng nodded and said, "Almost." ”
Tang Anshu asked again: "After we fell, who has been awake all the time?" ”
Benzoin said, "Except for you fainting, we're all fine." ”
Tang Anshu nodded: "How long has it been since we jumped from the hole in the ground?" ”
Gu Feng said: "It's almost a day." ”
Tang Anshu immediately asked, looking nervous: "In this process, has anything strange happened outside the cave?" ”
Tang Anshu's questioning, coupled with the nervousness on his face, made Gu Feng and Benzoin feel a chill down their spines, and after the two glanced at each other, Benzoin asked tentatively, "What do you mean?" ”
Tang Anshu was very anxious: "That is, has anything unusual happened outside the cave?" For example, a sudden rise in wind, or a sudden rise in temperature? ”
Gu Feng and Benzoin thought about it and shook their heads, and at this time Gu Feng suddenly remembered something: "By the way, when you were unconscious, the smoke on the shore of the lake was not so big, and you could clearly see that lake, and then you went crazy, I immediately returned to restrain you, and when you woke up, when we came out of the cave, there was more smoke outside, and do you remember?" The moment I got out of the hole, there was a wave of heat coming from the lake. ”
"That's right, it's almost a two-day cycle." Tang Anshu suddenly understood, "We have to leave this place immediately. ”
Tang Anshu said that he was about to go back, and then changed from walking to running, still muttering to himself: "It's too late." ”
Seeing this, Gu Feng and Benzoin immediately chased after him.
Gu Feng caught up with Tang Anshu and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Can you make it clear? ”
Benzoin also asked, "yes, how do we go?" Where to go? We can't climb back to that hole, and even if we climb back, we can't deal with the fish blades and pythons on it, and it's still a dead end. ”
Tang Anshu stopped abruptly and looked in the direction of the camp: "If you can't go, you have to find a hiding place immediately, it's best to be near the camp, and after surviving the crisis, immediately drive the boat to the other side of the lake, it should be in time, those Ming troops can come over safely, and we should be able to leave safely." ”
Thinking of this, Tang Anshu suddenly remembered something: "No, I miscalculated, how long did it take for the Ming army to get from that end to this side?" One day? Two days? Or longer? It has to be counted at least one day, so the cycle should be calculated as three days, and no matter how it is calculated, we have to plan ahead and prepare in advance. ”
Gu Feng was confused: "You can tell me why?" ”
Tang Anshu said: "I don't have time to explain so much to you now, you hurry back and call the others over, Ah Xiang and I go back to find the cave where we are hiding, remember, the sooner the better, don't delay." ”
After speaking, Tang Anshu turned around and ran towards the camp again.
Gu Feng looked at Tang Anshu's departing back and felt very puzzled: "What does he mean?" ”
Benzoin comforted Gu Feng: "Listen to him, he must have his reason for doing this, before it was above, if it wasn't for him, we would all be dead." ”
Benzoin's words reminded Gu Feng of the deaths of Zhang Bolie and Liu Guzhi again, and his face immediately sank.
Benzoin hurriedly said: "Don't worry about it, I don't mean anything else, hurry up, go and go back quickly." ”
Gu Feng nodded, turned around and ran towards the location of Li Zhaonian and the others.
Benzoin followed Tang Anshu for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately turned around.
The moment she turned around, Benzoin noticed that the white smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and she felt as if there was something in the smoke.
"Tang Anshu!" When Benzoin turned around again, she found that Tang Anshu had disappeared, she felt a little scared, and hurriedly ran towards the camp, shouting Tang Anshu's name as she ran.
Perhaps because of the fear in her heart, Benzoin's cries were not loud, like a child looking for hide and seek.
"Tang Anshu?" Benzoin spun around in place and looked around, "Where are you?" Tang Anshu? ”
There was a dead silence in the camp, except for the strange screams of the wind blowing the camp tent, Benzoin could only hear her own heavy breathing, and just when she was a little anxious, Tang Anshu came out from behind the camp tent on the side of the cave wall, and he was still holding a gun.
Benzoin was stunned for a moment, and when she was startled, she saw Tang Anshu's muzzle moving towards her right side, and at the same time, her other hand was raised, signaling her to hurry over.
At this time, Benzoin realized that there must be something behind her, and when she was about to run towards Tang Anshu, Tang Anshu said in a deep voice: "Slowly, don't run." ”
Benzoin walked slowly towards Tang Anshu, sweat oozed from her forehead, although she didn't know what was behind her, but since Tang Anshu could pull out a gun, it meant that the thing must be very dangerous.
When Benzoin walked up to Tang Anshu, Tang Anshu dragged her behind him, and Benzoin immediately pulled out his pistol and followed Tang Anshu's muzzle to look at it.
However, she saw nothing but a white smoke.
"There's something there." Tang Anshu said in a low voice.
Benzoin asked, "Did you see that?" What is it? ”
"I don't know." Tang Anshu shook his head slightly, "I just saw something flashing by, but I didn't see it clearly, no matter what it was, now our first task is to find a hiding place, you hurry up and find it, I will cover you." ”
Benzoin knew it was useless to ask now, so she turned around and began to look for it along the mountain wall.
And Tang Anshu in the back squatted there, continuing to stare into the smoke, he knew that he must have seen something just now.
In the cave on the other side, Gu Feng briefly informed the current situation, and immediately ordered Li Zhaonian and the three of them to pack up their things and leave with him.
Li Zhaonian, who was packing his things, asked, "Sir, what is the crisis you are talking about?" ”
Gu Feng shook his head: "I don't know, Tang Anshu didn't make it clear." ”
Wang Qingyun and Li Zhaonian glanced at each other, and then said, "Sir, is that Tang Anshu trustworthy?" ”
Gu Feng was surprised by Wang Qingyun's sudden doubts: "What do you mean?" ”
Wang Qingyun said: "I think he is very eccentric. ”
Gu Feng realized something and looked at Li Zhaonian: "You think so too?" ”
Li Zhaonian nodded, and Gu Feng looked at Tang Hualong again.
Tang Hualong put his thousand bags on his back, and handed over the ancient style gas mask: "Sir, to be on the safe side, wear this." ”
Gu Feng took the gas mask and asked, "What do you think?" ”
Tang Hualong glanced at the two people next to him: "I reserve my opinion and obey the order." ”
In just nine words, Gu Feng knew in his heart, because in this case, once there is a disagreement in the team, cracks will arise, and even small cracks may lead to a major crisis of confidence.
This crisis from within is more terrifying than the monsters around them that can take their lives at any time.
If they were placed in the army, Li Zhaonian and Wang Qingyun's words would be tantamount to a harbinger of mutiny.
In order to curb the occurrence of mutiny, it is necessary to either act with emotion and reason, or directly get rid of the leaders in order to prevent future troubles.
Gu Feng stood at the entrance of the cave, was silent for a while, and then asked, "Li Zhaonian, Wang Qingyun, do you trust me?" ”
The two stood firmly: "Yes! Sir! ”
"Then I don't need to say more." Gu Feng lifted the flower mechanism in his hand, "According to the original plan just now, let's go!" ”
After speaking, Gu Feng turned around and left, Tang Hualong also hurriedly followed, and before leaving, he raised his hand and patted Li Zhaonian and Wang Qingyun on the shoulders respectively.
"Let's go." Li Zhaonian forced a smile.
Wang Qingyun nodded and walked out: "Obey the order!" ”
The moment the four of them walked out of the cave, they found that there was already thick smoke outside, and the smoke was only floating about two or three meters above the ground, but at this time, it was close to the top of the cave.
It seems like something is really coming.