Those who are willing to persevere, their luck will not be too bad.

The digging villagers found the hole in the hillside and immediately reported it to the security captain.

The security captain hurriedly ordered his soldiers to come and inspect with torches and guns.

"Enlarge the hole and see what's inside!"

The people hiding in the cave were about to collapse, so Sun Deqiang whispered to the elder Wei: "Wait a minute, as soon as they dig the hole, we will rush out!" ”

Elder Wei still responded: "Don't worry, maybe we still have a turnaround!" ”

He covered his companions in his black robe, held his gun, closed his eyes and looked out of the cave, the gravel at the entrance of the cave was constantly removed, and a cold wind blew in.

The security captain pulled the villagers away and motioned for his men to stand at the entrance of the cave.

He himself stretched his neck to look into the cave, the cave was dark, and suddenly there were two points of green light, the security captain was startled, and a sharp roar came from the cave, and the villagers next to him immediately shouted: "There are ghosts, everyone run!" ”

One villager took the lead, and the rest of the villagers fled down the hill as well.

The security captain was frightened and his legs weakened, so he said to Qiu San: "Hurry up and throw the torch into the hole, there are fierce beasts inside!" ”

Two or three torches were thrown in and fell into the cave, but they were quickly extinguished, and Qiu San was also taken aback, and hurriedly ordered his companions to shoot into the cave.

Elder Wei lay on the ground, dodging the bullets.

Then he saw a vague shadow in the rock in front of him, followed by the enemy outside who also threw grenades in.

The explosion was loud, only to hear a "boom", the exit of this cave was blown down by a grenade, and the elder Wei and his companions were buried in the cave.

There was a continuous roar from the top of the mountain, as if a dozen fierce beasts were roaring at the same time, and the whole Mao'er Mountain trembled.

The security captain said to his subordinates: "Hurry up and retreat, help me up and withdraw!" ”

Qiu San hurriedly helped him to flee down the mountain, and the remaining soldiers of the security regiment followed closely and fled down the mountain.

The gravel at the entrance of the cave was pushed open, and the elder Wei struggled to crawl out of the rubble, and then he moved to remove the gravel from the exit and dig deeper into the cave.

He dug for an hour before he found Sun Deqiang and them.

The three of them were not injured by falling rocks, but they were temporarily unconscious due to lack of oxygen, and after breathing in fresh air, they gradually woke up.

Elder Wei shook off the crumbs on his black robe and put it on again.

Sun Deqiang and Lao Pang staggered to their feet, and the two exclaimed: "I'm not dead, I'm still alive?" ”

The elder Wei stretched out to touch Xiao An's snort, Xiao An was still unconscious, and the elder Wei hurriedly picked him up, came to the tuyere, and opened Xiao An's mouth.

A few minutes later, Xiao An coughed violently and woke up.

Sun Deqiang and Pang Hutou also rushed over, and the elder Wei said: "While the enemy has already descended the mountain, let's hurry down the mountain and leave!" ”

Although they had just escaped death, tired and hungry, in order to continue to survive, the four of them helped each other and rushed down the mountain.

After getting off Mao'er Mountain, Da Lao Wei took them to the Xun River first, where they drank water to quench their thirst.

It was a little cold at night, but it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, and the elder Wei said: "We still have to continue to hurry to meet our team, but we have to walk from the south side of Mao'er Mountain!" ”

They walked forward in darkness, and when it was almost dawn, a little fire suddenly appeared in front of them, and the elder Wei hurriedly signaled his companions to stop walking, and then lay down on the spot, he closed his eyes and looked at the light in front of him, and found that it was an enemy army, and these soldiers were burying pots and cooking.

Elder Wei knew that they had encountered the team of Battalion Commander Ke under Commander Meng, the enemy had just gotten up, and his side had been on the road all night, tired and hungry, and he must not exchange fire with the enemy.

They had to wait patiently for the team to have breakfast, and when they had moved on, they had rested enough, but their stomachs were still empty, and they had no strength to walk.

"No, we must find something to eat, or we will starve to death!" Elder Wei said to Sun Deqiang.

Sun Deqiang said to Pang Hutou and Xiao An: "One of you is a hunter, and the other is a local, think of a way to get you something to eat!" ”

Pang Hutou said: "If it is better in Wolf Ear Mountain, at least there are fierce beasts on the mountain to satisfy hunger, and now we don't even have bullets, and we can't beat a hare to satisfy hunger." ”

Sun Deqiang looked at Xiao An, Xiao An's lips were dry, and he replied in a hoarse voice: "If we have money, I will risk going to the market town in front to buy food for everyone and come back!" ”

Elder Wei felt in his pocket for a while, took out a silver dollar, and said to Xiao An: "You take everyone to the market town in front, and I invite everyone to a full meal!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and the elder Wei advised: "Everyone have lost their spears, from now on I am the German missionary Manstein, and you are my followers!" ”

Sun Deqiang asked: "What is your name?" ”

Elder Wei said: "You can call me Father!" ”

When it was dawn, they dragged their tired bodies to the market town ahead.

It's a small market town with only two shops, one a grocer and the other a blacksmith, but the blacksmith has been closed for a long time.

Old Wei closed his eyes and looked into the blacksmith shop, and when he saw that it was empty, he pushed open the wooden door of the blacksmith shop, gave the silver dollar to Pang Hutou, and asked him to go to the grocery store next door to buy some food.

Sun Deqiang followed him into the blacksmith shop, and the elder Wei sat down and began to light a fire.

"Comrade Elder Wei, aren't you afraid that the blacksmith will come back?"

Elder Wei said unhurriedly: "Don't be afraid, we will rest here, and when we are full, we will sleep here, and after dark, we will continue to hurry!" ”

Sun Deqiang found the iron pot and wooden chopsticks in the kitchen behind the blacksmith shop, and took them to the fire pit in front of him to boil water.

Pang Hutou and Xiao An also bought back a bundle of rice noodles, they plugged in the door of the blacksmith shop, and cooked rice in it, and everyone ate with the iron pot and the rice noodles in the pot with chopsticks.

After eating and drinking, the four of them huddled into the straw pile behind them and fell asleep.

This sleep until dark, there was a knock on the door, and the elder Wei immediately got up, came to the door with his awl, and asked outside: "Who?" ”

"It's me, the shopkeeper of the grocery store next door!"

Elder Wei closed his eyes and looked out the door, and sure enough, it was a man in a long robe, and said, "What are you doing?" ”

The other party said outside the door: "I know you are inside, but you must leave, otherwise when the old blacksmith returns, you will not be able to explain!" ”

Elder Wei hurriedly thanked him, and Sun Deqiang and the others also rushed over.

"It's time for us to go!"

After packing up their things, taking the remaining rice noodles with them, and filling the bamboo tubes with water, they opened the door of the blacksmith shop and continued along the road.

The night is dark and the wind is cold, and the road ahead is bleak, but they still have to keep going.