Chapter 14: A Stone's Throw Land
The fields on both sides of the dirt road are mixed with light yellow wheat stalks and brown earth, and it seems that the harvest of the first crop has just been completed. Li Jia didn't know if there was a spring, summer, autumn and winter in this world, but the feeling around him reminded him of the autumn in his hometown. Where the sun doesn't shine, the wind can make him shiver. And under the sun, it was so hot that I was sweating. He wondered if the otherworldly sun was also bigger than the original. Why else would he be so hot and flustered?
"Hey! The wheels are sinking in again. At this time, Chen Hansheng, who was pulling a flatbed truck in front, shouted loudly, "Come and help, everyone work hard." One!two!three!!one!two!three!! Finally, the broken car, which was full of basins, towels, and hot water bottles, was pushed out of a hurdle on the dirt road.
If only we could drive a van out, Li Jia thought, not only did everyone save all this hard work, but also the safety was guaranteed. Staying in the steel compartment of the van is definitely much better than not covering it up now.
But now the school is a cut above the ground, and there is no ramp, so the van can't drive down at all. As a result, this flatbed truck, which was supposed to collect waste paper and garbage in the school, became the only viable means of transportation.
It took a lot of them a long time to hang themselves from above.
The town is actually very close to the school, at most a distance of more than a kilometer, Li Jia can see the shaking figure at the entrance of the town from a distance. The more he thought about it, the more furious he became, and finally couldn't help but ask the officer who led the team: "Commander Wang, we only have nine people and five guns. What if the other party rushes up to the other side when they don't agree?"
When Zhang Hong, the interpreter on the side, heard this, he interjected: "Yes! We have already made a mortal enmity, and they will definitely fight with us." The school didn't take our lives seriously!"
It's really unlucky, this person can speak five different languages, but he just can't speak human words, Li Jia thought. This annoying guy doesn't help push the cart all the way, just clings to a mop stick, as if as soon as he releases it, the person loses his backbone.
"Desperate?" Wang Jiyuan smiled, "I don't think they have a reason to be desperate." ”
He took a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and walked in front of the flatbed truck, without showing any nervous expression. Of the other four non-commissioned officers, two walked in front to explore the way, and the other two walked beside the car. For the first time, Li Jia realized that her net worth and life were really maintained by the barrel of a gun.
A soldier on the side glanced at Li Jia and Zhang Hong, whose faces were a little pale, and said with a little disdain: "Aren't you just a native with a hoe? ”
Li Jia was a little unhappy, being timid and recognizing the situation are two completely different things, he retorted: "You can't say that." The guys I bumped into before were very strong and had good skills. As long as they're brave enough to use the town's bunkers to get close and rush up, you'll have enough to drink a pot. ”
The soldier was still arguing, so he heard Wang Jiyuan shouting: "Shut up for me, pay attention to vigilance." ”
Chen Hansheng turned back to Li Jia and said: "Xiao Li, don't worry too much, those cowards will run away when they are scared by the mobile phone, let alone the gun, when the gunshots go off, hehe." There are their good-looking. If you haven't experienced a rain of bullets, you can't imagine the feeling of braving bullets to charge. Do you think about it yourself, will you avenge someone in the same village without saying a word, and fight for your own life?"
"That's the reason. Wang Jiyuan agreed, and he glanced at Chen Hansheng again, "Brother was a soldier?"
"It's a long time coming. Old Chen grinned. Li Jia suddenly felt that this uncle didn't have the market flavor of setting up a stall at all at this time, and there was a heroism up and down.
Bai Yicheng, the director of logistics, who had not spoken, wiped his forehead with sweat beads with his sleeve, his slightly chubby face was white because of nervousness, and red because of excitement, "We are here to do business, let's put out the fire, and don't come up and look like fighting and killing." ”
"Teacher Bai, we can't be bullied. Those guys weren't good people, and they were all holding guys when they surrounded us both before. The leader had a big scar on his face, and his face was very vicious, he must have seen blood, and he was either a veteran or a bandit. Chen Hansheng said as he walked, "It's impossible to deal with this kind of person without defeating their arrogance." ”
Lao Bai's face became more and more white and red, and he sighed and said, "Alas, I just wondered that we were in too much of a hurry. I have just experienced a catastrophe, so I should repair it for a day and then go to investigate, but now I am in such a hurry, without all preparations, it is too dangerous. I still feel like I'm dreaming, and I don't even know where my soul is. ”
"We ...... We are all outcasts. Zhang Hong said another frustrated word coldly.
Li Jia's heart also felt a pang in his heart when he heard this, didn't he feel that he had been abandoned by God, and he was in a trance all the way, and he didn't know what to do? The others seemed to have been hit by these words, and they fell silent all of a sudden. That Zhang Hong cried even more.
"No, not an outcast. President Guo made the right decision. Wang Jiyuan's words woke Li Jia up from his thoughts, "If we don't take advantage of the daytime to find out the situation and solve possible threats, then at night, the school will almost be defenseless." If the natives sneak attack at night, the consequences are unimaginable. ”
He turned around, walked to the side of the flatbed, and patted the board hard, which shook the pots and pans, "There are two kinds of truths in the world, the truth that is spoken and the truth that is typed. Now the situation, whatever the reason, is on our side. I can now assure that to move forward, our soldiers will rush to the front, to retreat, and our soldiers will walk behind. If you really want to sacrifice, it won't be your turn!, so cheer me up!"
Wang Jiyuan glanced at Zhang Hong, who had tears on his face, the latter was stunned, stopped crying, and then nodded slightly at Li Jia and the others, and then returned to the front of the team and walked towards the opposite side firmly.
————————————————————————
An arrow fell from the sky and pierced diagonally into the dirt in front of Wang Jiyuan. He shouted to stop, and everyone stopped around the flatbed truck about a hundred meters from the entrance of the town.
Li Jia carefully hid behind the car and looked around, only to see that the road ahead had been blocked by a low wall made of stones and wooden strips. At least a few dozen natives were hiding behind the fortifications, clubs, forks, and knives stare at each other. One of them, with a longbow, was clearly the leader of the group, and he waved his arm and yelled in this direction, and then the people around him raised their weapons and protested in this direction.
"Listen, what are they calling ghosts?" Wang Jiyuan frowned and asked Zhang Hong.
"It's a bit like Spanish, I can really understand it. Zhang Hong replied a little stammering, although he was a little timid and trembling, but the name of the language expert was not given for nothing, "Let's go away...... The devil who says we are from the sky...... Don't go any further, or they're going to kill us. ”
"Hmph, it's not a good thing. Shouting as planned, everyone else was ready. The soldiers brought by Wang Jiyuan each looked for cover and picked up their guns. The others were hidden behind the car.
Zhang Hong, under the protection of Wang Jiyuan, opened his voice and responded to the past, to the effect that we are good people, coming from afar, and willing to make deals with the people here.
This obviously surprised the other party, and the leader was undecided and discussed with the people around him. But Li Jia could see that their internal opinions were also very different, and several people were talking and pushing each other, and it seemed that there was a huge disagreement. The controversy went on for a long time. In the end, it seems that a few particularly excited people persuaded the chief to give him an answer.
"We ...... No...... Trade. You killed...... Our people. Go away...... Otherwise, kill. ”
"You tell them that they offended us first, and that we killed people in self-defense. As long as they agree to the deal, we can give them some gifts, and we are not guilty of the past. Wang Jiyuan commanded.
"This ...... Too tough, isn't it?" Zhang Hong hesitated.
"Translate as I said. Zhang Hong had to try to explain to them. But the other party repeated these few words, and it could be heard from the voice that the leader was getting more and more irritable.
"Commander, do you want to fire two shots to scare them?" one of the fighters lost his patience.
Wang Jiyuan glared at him and said to Bai Yicheng: "Teacher Bai, I want to take two plastic basins as gifts and send them over to show them." This modern industrial product must be something of great value in their eyes, and may be able to arouse their interest in talking about it. ”
"It's too risky. Bai Yicheng's face was about to wrinkle, although he was the head of action in the school, he didn't know what to do in the face of such a predicament.
"Waiting is not the way to go. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. If we want to break the deadlock, we have to take some risks. I don't get too close and can put the plastic basin down farther away. Wang Jiyuan put the gun behind his back and took three plastic basins from the flatbed. Prepare to walk to the other side.
Li Jia was very anxious, Wang Jiyuan had come all the way, as if he was already the backbone of this team. It wasn't worth the risk himself, he looked at the fighters and always felt that charging into battle should be the business of small soldiers.
"Commander, I'd better go. Finally, a soldier stood up, grabbed the basin and said to Wang Jiyuan.
"Rough. This is a foreign affairs mission, your turn?" Wang Jiyuan snatched the basin and slapped the soldier's forehead hard, making the other party grin and take a step back, but he didn't expect someone on the other side to take his basin off.
"Head Wang, leave this job to me Lao Chen. This kind of 'foreign affairs' task was not less engaged in at the border back then. Chen Hansheng put the basin under his arm and stopped Wang Jiyuan's hand.
"If you have been a soldier, you should know to obey orders. ”
"Those who sell steamed buns are not under the control of the army. Lao Chen smiled a little proudly, "I took the initiative to support the army, you can't help but give face." ”
Wang Jiyuan struggled twice, but he couldn't pull Lao Chen's arm, so he had to say, "Be careful, be ready to retreat at any time." ”
The person on the opposite side couldn't help but stir when they saw Chen Hansheng walking over slowly with his hands raised and holding a few basins. Several archers beside the leader drew their bowstrings and aimed them at him. Seeing this, Chen Hansheng bent his legs slightly, and the person arched slightly, like a leopard ready to attack, slowly pacing towards the other party.
"We have no ill will, this is a gift from us. Zhang Hong shouted this sentence over and over again in a hoarse voice. This made the leader, who was watching Chen Hansheng slowly approach, hesitate. However, he still didn't put down his bow and arrows, and still stared closely at Chen Hansheng, who was approaching step by step.
Eighty meters, fifty meters, twenty meters, Chen Hansheng is getting closer and closer to the other party, but his pace is getting more and more steady. His eyes calmly looked directly at the other party's leader, trying to convey kindness. When he reached more than ten meters, he stopped, slowly squatted, and prepared to put the basin on the ground. But he didn't expect his action to cause a burst of nervousness from the other party, an archer who was ready to attack, and as soon as his fingers slipped, an arrow shot at Chen Hansheng's chest.