Chapter 14 The Wetland Crisis
Luo Feng came to the village chief's office and told Ran Santong about his plan, and Ran Santong was overjoyed, "Haha, okay, if I can take Hedong Village this time, I will never break my promise." ”
"Village Chief Xie." Luo Feng replied.
"Oh, by the way," Ran Santong seemed to think of something, "the militia has an organization, the leader has a name, and you should have a name." ”
Luo Feng felt reasonable, thought for a moment, and said: "Village chief, then I think it's called the battalion commander, manage a battalion of militia."
"Well, that's right, that's it, that Zhang Xuli is your deputy."
"Deputy battalion commander." Luo Feng said casually.
"Deputy battalion commander, it's not bad," Ran Santong savored the new names, quickly wrote down the manuscript, stamped the official seal, and let people pass it on.
Luo Feng came to the training ground, and according to the documents of the village office, he organized hundreds of militia detachments, sorted out the roster, and sent them to the village office.
Seeing that the time is not early, Luo Feng ordered the first and second brigades to rest for a day and go to the cave of oblivion early tomorrow morning.
On the road closest to the Cave of Oblivion, Bailiguang stopped, called a villager behind him, and asked, "There is no road from here, there are mountain roads and woods behind, you often move around in this area, and you will lead the way."
"Yes," the villager said, his tone a little panicked, "but I haven't been near the Cave of Oblivion, only hunting on the periphery or something, and I don't know which path leads to the Cave of Forgetting." ”
"Then take us around the neighborhood first." Baili Guang was eager to get the weapons and other resources in the Cave of Oblivion, and his tone was a little impatient, "Let's go, everyone follow up." ”
A group of men left the avenue and walked through a roadside wasteland into a wooded field with no end in sight.
Not long after the figure left, Hatton led a group of people to the place where he had just stayed.
"Why is there no one?" Hatton asked, confused.
"It's already into the woods from over there." One of Hatton's mountain bandits replied.
"Then don't chase it." Hatton spun around his massive body and took a heavy step, ready to catch up.
"Big brother, no, it's a cave of oblivion over there, and there's no road nearby." The mountain bandit said anxiously.
Hatton thought that it was a barren land, and if he got lost and couldn't get out, it would be over, "Just wait here, they will come out sooner or later, and when the time comes, they will stop them directly and rob them." ”
Bailiguang led people to walk in a dense forest under the mountain col, the sparse sunlight through the leaves, sprinkled on the ground, forming mottled shadows, accompanied by a burst of "rustling" sound of stepping on dead leaves, the faces of the crowd began to be solemn.
There are still trees all around, and after walking for so long, I can't tell the direction.
"Where?" Baili Guang stopped and asked.
The villager next to him replied, "This is the farthest place I have ever been, and beyond that it should be the Cave of Oblivion."
Baili looked at the woods in the distance, no different from the one around him, and after a little rest, he began to walk inside again.
The further you go in, the higher the clutter on the ground, in some places it is no more than half a person high, and the huge ancient trees spread their branches and leaves in the air, and they cross each other, and it is difficult for the sunlight to fall to the ground through the branches, and the humidity in the woods is getting heavier and heavier, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Fear made everyone stare wide at every branch in the woods.
The bushes were high and dense, unable to walk, Baili Guang ordered a group of militiamen to open the way in front, the crowd passed through the bushes, and a few militiamen walking on the side were scratched by the branches of some bushes, and a bright red blood stain was printed.
After walking for a while, the crowd walked through the bush to a wetland, and on the opposite side of the wetland, a mountain range was faintly seen extending towards the wetland.
Baili Guang stopped his pace, looked at the mountains opposite, and then looked at the turbidity coming out of the wetland, and said: "It can't be passed here, let's go around to the side, the cave of oblivion should be on the opposite side."
The soil near the wetland is soft, and stepping on it is like walking on a sponge, and everyone is careful to watch their feet.
"Look, your wound is turning green." One villager pointed to another villager who had just had his arm cut by the bush in front of him.
"Mine is also turning green."
"Mine is changing, too." The panic grew, and the crowd began to mess up.
"Tie up the wound." Baili Guangren ordered people to treat all wounds well, some wounds that could not be treated, bandaged with clothes, and continued to move forward after treatment.
Just after bypassing the middle of the wetland, a villager suddenly grabbed his throat with his hand, his face began to turn red, then yellow, his expression struggled in pain, as if he could not breathe, his eyes burst out, the corners of his mouth began to spit white foam, his face turned black all of a sudden, and he fell to the ground and no longer moved.
Everyone was stunned, and even Bailiguang was at a loss.
"Someone has fallen again." With the shouts of one of the militiamen, another man fell to the ground foaming at the mouth.
"We're not all going to die," the crowd panicked.
"Shut up," Baili Guang shouted, "those who are just injured, and those who are not injured will be fine at all." After Bailiguang finished speaking, two more wounded militiamen fell, and after all the wounded militiamen died, no one fell down foaming at the mouth.
"Let's go." Baili Light ordered to move on.
"No, I'm going home." A militiaman turned in terror and ran.
Seeing this, Baili Guang hurriedly walked through the crowd and kicked the man into the wetland.
The militia screamed and wanted to get up from the wetland, but his whole body slowly sank, and he stretched out his hand in horror to climb up.
"No one is allowed to retreat." Bailiguang said angrily.
Everyone was terrified in their hearts, but they knew that they were not Bailiguang's opponents, so they could only listen to Bailiguang and follow Bailiguang forward.
The sky was getting dark, and Hatton outside the Cave of Oblivion waited for a day without anyone coming out, and slapped his scalp at the mountain bandit on the side, "You said it would come out, what about people?" ”
The mountain bandit looked aggrieved, "Big brother, I don't know." ”
"Fuck off." Hatton was like a lion who couldn't find his prey, and his anger came out of nowhere, so he shook the iron octagonal hammer heavily, smashed a big tree next to him, and fell to the ground.
"Let's go, go to the Hedong village on the side to relieve your anger." After saying that, Hatton prepared to take the people to the village east of the river.
"Big brother, don't want us to take a day off, tomorrow we will go directly to Hedong Village and go to Hexi Village, that village, but it is very rich."
When Hatton heard this, he laughed, "Okay, let's go back and rest, and go to Xihe Village tomorrow to have fun." ”
Luo Feng took the first and second brigades to the vicinity of the Forgotten Cave, and seeing that it was getting late, he set up a tent in a flat and open place on the side of the road, arranged a night patrol, and began to rest.