28. Cross the river on a cold night
Once you anger your enemies, they will not stop until they kill you.
The soldiers in the village have already begun to act, it seems that the matter of the elder Wei killing the landlord Lao Dong and the head of the Meng regiment has been exposed, but in front of them is a turbulent Xun River, how to cross the river quickly without boats and bridges?
If it was just these male warriors, they might choose to swim, but Da Lao Wei still took two women and two babies with him, and it was the middle of winter at this time.
The onicha stood in the middle of the water, silent.
When Elder Wei closed his eyes, he saw that the water in front of him gradually became slow, and then began to emit water vapor, and a thin layer of ice condensed on the surface of the water.
Behind them there was a loud barking of dogs, a flash of fire shone towards them, and the wind became more intense.
Xiao An kept looking back, and then said to the elder Wei: "Comrade Lao Wei, the enemy is about to catch up, should we cross the river or continue along the river?" ”
Gong Qingzhen also said: "Comrade Elder Wei, hurry up and make a decision, our time is really running out!" ”
Elder Wei was also very anxious in his heart, but the speed at which the water surface froze was very slow, and fine beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead.
The onicha standing in the river suddenly opened his mouth and spewed a stream of green flames at his feet, and the water under his feet was immediately ignited, but the flames were quickly extinguished, and a belt of ice appeared on the surface of the river.
Elder Wei opened his eyes and first poked out a foot to test the strength of the ice, and the ghost cha said to him: "Take you across the river quickly, my mana won't last long!" ”
"Everyone hurry up and line up and follow me across the river, Xiao An is responsible for breaking the back!"
The elder Wei led the only remaining donkey in front, stepped on the ice, and walked towards the opposite side of the river, Xiao Xu led a lame mule to follow him, Gong Qingzhen led another mule, Xiao An carried a bamboo basket, and they went directly through the ghost on the water.
After everyone crossed the river, the elder Wei said to Xiao An: "You hurry up and take everyone to Mao'er Mountain first, and I will leave the broken queen!" ”
Xiao An responded, took the reins from the hand of the elder Wei, and led the donkey to lead the way.
Elder Wei stood by the river, closed his eyes and leaned over to thank the ghosts in the river. The ghost did not respond, and quickly sank into the river.
Lu Er, with Commander Meng's adjutant and a group of soldiers, rushed to the river under the guidance of the hound, but the yellow-haired hound stopped moving forward and barked wildly.
The adjutant asked: "Did my hound stop when he tracked it here, the German missionary must have crossed the river!" ”
Lu Er said: "But he doesn't have a boat, and there is no bridge on the river, how did he cross the river?" ”
"How deep is this river?" The adjutant asked Lu Er.
Lu Er shook his head and said that he had never gone down, so the adjutant ordered the hound to go into the water to test it.
The yellow-haired sharp-billed retriever stared at the rushing water and did not move. The adjutant kicked him into the river, and the hound screamed, and was soon carried downstream by the river.
The adjutant was busy chasing along the river, and Lu Er and the soldiers were also busy.
All this was seen by Da Lao Wei, and he turned around and rushed to his teammates in front.
In the upper reaches of the Xun River, between Lang'er Mountain and Mao'er Mountain, there was a rapid gunshot, and the elder Wei hurriedly said: "Everyone hurry up and find a place to hide!" ”
Gong Qingzhen and Xiao Xu pulled out the box cannon to defend themselves, and Xiao An said when he saw it: "You also have a box cannon, so what are we doing hiding from the enemy?" ”
The elder Wei scolded him: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and take the two female comrades to find a place to hide, and I will investigate the situation!" ”
Xiao An hurriedly led the donkey and rushed to the direction of Mao'er Mountain with the women.
Elder Wei closed his right eye and looked towards the place between the two mountains, in the dark night, he only saw a group of black shadows, and there were sporadic fires emitting from these black shadows.
"If only I could see far away and see at night!" But he knew that only telescopes had been invented today, and he had not heard of night vision goggles.
A cold voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "What's so difficult about this? Night vision is a gift of certain creatures, and you can have it too! ”
Elder Wei hurriedly opened his eyes, followed the prestige, and saw that the ghost was standing beside him just now, and he couldn't help but be startled, but he quickly said, "Thank you for your help just now!" ”
The ghost said slowly: "It's nothing, but the adjutant who is chasing you now, I see an evil aura revealed in him, it seems that you have provoked the wrong master!" ”
The ghost cha pointed behind them, and the elder Wei hurriedly closed his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw soldiers with torches, Lu Er holding a soaked hound, and the adjutant looked angry.
"Do you not see clearly at night?" The ghost sent to the elder Wei to ask.
Elder Wei nodded in response, and the ghost cha took out a delicate white porcelain bottle from the pocket of the black robe, handed it to him, and said, "This is an eye drop that can make people see at night, after you drip it into your eyes, as long as your eyes are not blind, you can see things in the dark!" ”
The potion dripped into his eyes, and it was cold and numb, and the elder Wei opened his eyes, revealing a pair of eyes glowing with green fluorescence, just like the eyes of a bobcat.
The demon said to him, "Go and meet your companions!" ”
Elder Wei hurriedly thanked him, and the ghost disappeared into the night.
He put the vase away, and pursued his companion in the direction of his companion, but the faster he walked, the faster his companion in front of him quickened, as if he were being pursued by the enemy.
After the fight, he closed his eyes, looked at the direction of Li Xiao'an, exerted force under his feet, walked around in front of them, opened his eyes, stopped everyone, and asked, "Why don't you wait for me!" ”
Xiao An let out a frightened "ah", and hurriedly hugged the donkey's neck, and the two women hugged each other in fright.
Elder Wei hurriedly explained: "It's me, what's wrong with you?" ”
Xiao An pointed to his eyes and said, "Why are your eyes green, just like mountain wolves?" ”
Xiao Xu also took out a mercury mirror from the package, and Da Lao Wei was also startled when he saw his eyes glowing green in the mirror.
Gong Qingzhen asked: "Comrade Old Wei, what's wrong with your eyes?" Xiao Xu, do you know? ”
Xiao Xu shook his head and said, "I have never seen a person with green eyes!" ”
Elder Wei said: "Don't worry about my eyes, the comrades in the base area are between the two mountains, they have exchanged fire with the enemy, we must rush to support them!" ”
Xiao An asked: "Captain Cui?" ”
"Don't make a sound, Xiao An is responsible for distinguishing which are our own comrades and which are the enemies!" Now the elder Wei only has a pistol in his hand that he got from the head of Meng, and the box cannon in the hands of the two female comrades has long run out of bullets.
Xiao An led the way, and the elder Wei closed his eyes and looked at the upper reaches of the Xun River again. He saw that the enemy's eyes had blocked the only wooden bridge over the Xunjiang River, and he was exchanging fire with a group of people.
This time, the elder Wei saw clearly that the leader of the attack on the bridge was a young man wearing tattered clothes and holding a pistol, unkempt and bearded, but his face was resolute, while the Kuomintang opposition who was responsible for guarding the bridge had a fierce face, and the tongues of fire from the two machine guns made the attackers unable to raise their heads.