The mountain road is crooked, and the sun is shining.

The grass on the side of the road was so green that it didn't shake, and there was not a trace of wind, and the loess was dry and shiny, making the road even more barren.

Behind the slope, a hat of the Eighth Route Army was gradually revealed, swaying, indicating that he was walking tiredly.

Gradually, the brim of the hat is also higher than the top line of the slope, and the resolute lines under the brim are blackened by the bright loess pavement under the bright sun, and the shadow under the brim seems to hide the cold sadness.

He walked on, holding a petite man in his arms, drooping two crooked and ugly pigtails, curled up quietly in the crooked crooks of his arms, and spoke in a low voice.

“...... Let Li Xiang carry me, okay?"

"......" he walked firmly with tired steps, not speaking. The military uniform was already mostly soaked with sweat, and it was conspicuously divided on the body.

"Or ...... You can carry me instead. ”

"......" He kept moving forward, not bowing his head or answering. He didn't dare to carry her on his back for fear that the bumps would aggravate her injuries. His arms had already turned from numbness to pain, but he still did not dare to let go, and carefully held and held his treasure.

"Would you like to say something?"

"Hmm. He finally replied softly, as if he hadn't said anything.

"I don't know if I'm going to die...... Do you think I'm going to die?"

"No, it won't. ”

"Actually, I'm not afraid of death...... But I ...... A little scared...... Just a little bit...... It's not a scary, don't you?"

"Not really. The voice of the reply was hoarse.

"I don't dare to see my father and my mother...... I'm always in trouble...... And also...... I forgot what my dad looked like......" she began to sobbed quietly.

"......," he struggled to suppress the subtle tremors in his hands.

"When the time comes...... You bury me with sand, I don't like dirt...... Good Fox ...... Woo......"

He couldn't take any more steps, he didn't seem to see the way clearly, and he froze at the top of the slope. Her words were like a bullet that pierced his chest on the spot, and he was unwilling to support him to the death, and wanted to hold the pigtail in his arms, but unfortunately his strength had long since dried up, and he collapsed and fell into darkness.

Countless bullets and bullets, countless bloody rains, this soldier has never fallen, and now he has fallen. He is not a hero, because heroes do not fall.

She got up and sat down beside him, unconscious, tears pouring down her dirty little face.

She didn't want to say this, but it had been dozens of miles, and he just wouldn't let go, and no one could stop him. His injuries were not healed, and if he continued like this, he might die, so she deliberately said it to him.

She didn't know why she was bleeding so much, she really felt like she might be going to die. The fox said it was hurt, and she believed that it must have been.

She sat on the ground and cried sadly, crying until she saw Li Xiang and the two soldiers carrying the wounded appear on the path down the slope, and then she raised her sleeves and wiped the tears from her face, trying to pretend to be calm.

Li Xiang hurriedly ran up the slope along the way, and his ugly scar face finally showed a look of relief, Bodhisattva bless, he finally fell, and if he doesn't fall down, I'm afraid he will hang too!

"Girl, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, you carry the fox, I can go. ”

Li Xiang turned around and shouted back: "Don't lift it, let's carry one by one." ”

She said that she could go, how dare Li Xiang believe it, and he didn't dare to let her go, so without saying a word, she put the little girl on her shoulders and continued westward.

......

A day later, the county headquarters of Meixian County.

In Shaosa's office, Captain Maeda is reporting to work. The guards came in to report that the battalion commander Li of Fallen Leaf Village had arrived.

Shao Zuo frowned: "Let him in." ”

The person who came was Li Youde, wearing a pseudo-military academy uniform, and he didn't look mighty, but he was quite rich. After entering the door, he saluted Shozo Limasa, who had returned to the desk, and bowed slightly to Captain Maeda, the captain of the military police, who was standing next to the desk.

With a snap, a document was casually left on the table by Shao Zuo, and he asked first: "Yesterday, what happened?"

Li Youde slightly chested, and half looked down at the floor: "In the early hours of yesterday morning, an unknown number of Eighth Route teams attacked the Lushuipu Shankou Artillery Tower, and they sent people to ambush in advance to cut off the connection between Lushuipu and Deciduous Village, so I didn't receive a report from the local villagers until the morning, and it was nine o'clock in the morning when the team arrived at the scene, and it was late." At present, I have sent people to re-cordon the mountain pass, and at the same time I am repairing the damaged turret, investigating the details of the situation, and I am ready to attack the mountain at any time. Today I went into the city and brought back the remains of the imperial army, but also to plead guilty. ”

Shao Zuo was silent for a while with a dark face: "You can't be blamed for this, the blockade has just been completed, and the contact, supply, and mission area are not perfect, and mistakes will inevitably occur." ”

Li Youde was silent, and Captain Maeda on the side did not expect Shaozuo not to be guilty, and he was puzzled, but he did not express his opinion.

After a few more seconds of silence, Shao Zuo continued to ask, "What do you think about this incident?"

"I feel humiliated...... It is impossible to hold it blindly, the blockade line is so long, yesterday it was a green water shop, tomorrow it may be another place, the troops are limited, and it is impossible to prevent it. So it is necessary to take revenge for this, make the Eight Roads pay for it, and make them understand that if they do this, they will lose more than they gain. Then in the future, the line of defense will naturally be stable, and this can cure the root cause. ”

"But Balu is like a rat and can't be found anywhere, how can you retaliate?"

Shao Zuo agreed with what Li Youde said in his heart, but the eight roads are all guerrillas, and if you want to fight, you may not be able to catch the target, let alone run away when you see them. The only way is to organize a large-scale sweep, which is time-consuming, laborious, money-consuming, and food-consuming, and the effect is not yet known, and Shao Zuo has a headache when he thinks about it.

"You can run in eight ways, but the crops can't run, and revenge doesn't have to pay for your life, so why bother with means. Li Youde only replied with one sentence, and didn't say more, he kept looking down at the floor, not like others who were frightened and cautious in front of Taijun, and he was not publicized, which made Shao Zuo, who was used to groveling, feel very comfortable.

This sentence made Shao Zuo's heart light up, yes, the crops can't run. If you want food, you have to fight with me, if you don't want food, you have to starve to death, isn't this about to enter autumn!

"When it's time to harvest, sweep. Shao Zuo seemed to be talking to himself, paused and said: "But that's later, you said that you are ready to attack, how can you retaliate now?"

At this time, Li Youde raised his head: "The same, I lead the team into the mountains, and if I can hit the eight roads, I will destroy all the crops around Qingshan Village, although we can't get food in this way, but they are an absolute loss, isn't it another kind of harvest for us?"

"Let's do it!" Shao Zuo gave the order without hesitation, paused, and suddenly changed his strange tone and said: "You have a lot of people now, right? In this way, after the Lushuipu turret is repaired, you will send someone to be responsible for the defense." ”

Li Youde, who had always been calm, was stunned at this time, but in an instant: "Yes." Please rest assured. ”

The door of the office was closed again, and Captain Maeda finally couldn't help but say: "I think he should be responsible for the loss of the turret, since he has a big family in that area, even if he doesn't get the report from the people in the green water shop, he shouldn't have known the news after dawn!"

Shao Zuo nodded: "That's right, but who else can you use without him? He has the ability and prestige, the Fallen Leaf Village only recognizes him, his militia only recognizes him, and the bandits he came with are also because of him, if you change someone, these will be gone, a battalion may evaporate, do you have to fight the elites of the empire everywhere? This land is too big, understand?"

Maeda was speechless.

......

Returning to the gendarmerie from Shaoza, Maeda found Li Youcai honestly waiting at the door of his office, and knew that he had run into the city to report what had happened yesterday.

After entering the door, I walked around to my desk, took off my hat, and tidied up my desk. Li Youcai closed the office door and came to the desk, not daring to smile as usual, but with a stern face, he began to report the loss of the turret that his plainclothes team had mastered.

Maeda cleaned up the table before sitting down, "Well, I know all of this. How's it going?"

Li Youcai scratched the back of his head: "Which thing?"

Maeda folded the rag carefully and placed it in the corner carefully, then sat up straight and raised his head: "Staying too much in the gambling house, right? Believe it or not, I'm sending someone to burn the green water shop for that gambling ghost nest!"

"Taijun, don't be angry first, you see that you have explained a lot of things to me, and I have done them all, and none of them have been lost. I really didn't delay getting down to business, I just don't know which one you're asking now. ”

Li Youcai blinked seriously, Maeda couldn't bear to scare him anymore: "The location of the independent regiment, have you determined?"

"Hehe, you don't ask this, I'm about to continue. The people I sent over just delivered the news last night, and the headquarters of the Independent Regiment was in a ...... The place of Dabeizhuang, if you go west from the fallen leaf village, it will be about 100 miles. ”

In fact, Li Youcai, the bottom of the independent regiment, already knew that there was no need for Zhao to stutter and probe, he mastered it when he caught the big chin, and he didn't turn it over until now.

"Okay! good!" Captain Maeda didn't expect Li Youcai to touch the bottom of the independent regiment so quickly, and the autumn queen Shaozo was going to sweep up, this information came at a very good time, and some things had to be planned quickly.

"Don't go back today, stay in the gendarmerie, I'll explain some things to you tomorrow. ”

Li Youcai smiled embarrassedly, his expression was that he wanted to speak, but he didn't open his mouth.

Maeda reacted at this time and let him live in the gendarmerie, which is actually similar to living in prison, so he also smiled: "Just come back and live in the evening." ”

"Obey, ah no, Xie Taijun!"

"Do you have any money?"

"Yes. Li Youcai didn't understand what the problem was, and he was very puzzled.

Maeda still opened the drawer at hand, grabbed a handful of bills from his own wallet, and threw them on the table without counting them: "Take it and lose." And if that's not enough...... Sue him that you are in the gendarmerie. ”

"This ...... I ......"

"Take it. Oh, by the way, there's one more thing I'd like to hear from you. You said...... How can I make sure that a man of prestige and status will not betray me? I mean...... For example, if he is a Chinese, how can I ensure that he does not betray the emperor?"

Li Youcai first drew a question mark in his heart, didn't he tell me? After changing his mind, he dispelled this idea, prestige, and status, and there was no one of these two things! There will be no drama in the future! I can rest assured. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly asked Maeda: "I have a bad idea, can I say it?"

Maeda nodded with interest.

"Uh...... Wouldn't it be okay for him to marry a daughter-in-law of your country?"

Maeda pondered for a moment, this is a reverse betrayal, and it is necessary to go to the military brothel for a while......