Lei Jian waited for the others to follow, and then waved his hand and ordered in a low voice: "Follow closely, don't go into the forest and fall behind, then you won't be able to find the north." ”

More than a dozen people got into the woods, and Song Tiedan saw more than a dozen war horses and more than a dozen soldiers, and he asked suspiciously: "You, you are all about the eight roads?" Tsk, three villages were fought during the day, and then Mingcun Town was attacked, it seems that this is all talking nonsense? ”

"You know a ball, the large army of the Eighth Route Army has already withdrawn, and it was Regiment Commander Lei who took more than a dozen of us to stay and ...... with the little devils and the little devils." Qu Jiaming couldn't say that Lei Jian mentioned 'luring and pinning down the enemy and covering the rapid westward advance of the large army', so he stumbled.

Wang Xiaoliang walked to Lei Jian's side and said in a low voice: "These meals and dry food are all prepared by these brothers at home, and they sneaked out of the village, if they are not asked to join the Eighth Route Army, it is really difficult to explain." ”

Lei Jian glanced at his watch and ordered the soldiers beside him: "Eat immediately, eat as much as you can, and when you can eat the next meal, it depends on whether the little devil gives us a chance, and the actions are all sharp." ”

The five young people from the village who came with him, seeing that such a big official as the head of the Eighth Road Regiment were like the soldiers, stretching out their hands to ignore the three seven twenty-one, and grabbing a sweet potato, how could they care about peeling the skin? Just stuffed it into your mouth, and the food is very fragrant.

Song Tiedan has been bold since he was a child, and when he saw that no one knew his life, he leaned over to Lei Jian, squatted down and said, "Captain Lei, for the sake of me getting you food in the village, I will definitely accept these few, right?" ”

Lei Jian was choked by a mouthful of sweet potato, he couldn't swallow it and couldn't spit it out, he was uncomfortable, listening to Song Tiedan's question, he 'oh, oh' a few times, finally swallowed it with his neck stretched, turned his head to Song Tiedan who was squatting beside him and said: "You have all seen it, my small army is a cavalry unit, there are so many war horses, each soldier has a war horse, you don't have a war horse, there is no way to follow us at all." ”

When he said this, he took another bite of the sweet potato, and said while eating: "Otherwise, you stay in the village, and when we return from the mission of westward progression, we will pick you up in Songjiawa, right?" ”

"That's not going to work, who knows if you'll be here when you come back? If you deviate from me for dozens of miles, I don't believe it, and you will send someone to pick me up? Don't say this kind of deception to children as soon as possible. Besides, now that you have given up your life and eaten the food prepared for you, you won't admit it if you pat your stomach with this mouth? That's too unusual. Song Dabao said dissatisfied.

Lei Jian was really worried about these young people, he glanced at the sky, the sky was about to dawn, after dawn, the devil would definitely increase his efforts to track down the whereabouts of the independent regiment from the ground and the air, this hidden woods, it was he Lei Jian who deliberately stayed to lure and contain the enemy, entangle the enemy to make time, cover the main force of the independent regiment, and quickly jump out of the encirclement that the enemy may encircle and suppress, at this time he was stumped by these five young people who followed.

He faced the five figures in front of him who insisted on joining the Eighth Route Army, and in order to protect them, he had to say something very difficult to do: "You have all seen it, we are cavalry, and we move quickly, you don't have war horses, can you keep up with them on two legs?" ”

Lei Jian first laid the groundwork and then said: "If everyone of you can find a war horse, then I will promise you to join the Eighth Route Army now, and you can follow us to act, but you can't do it, then I can only wait for the return of the large army to pick you up." ”

"That's not good, doesn't that mean we want to look good? In the middle of the night, tell us to go there and get horses? I think you just don't want us, so what you said earlier, it's really special to swallow sweet potatoes? Song Dabao roared angrily.

Qu Jiaming grabbed Song Dabao and scolded unceremoniously: "If I hadn't seen that you were my aunt's cousin, and you were disrespectful to my head just now, I would have cleaned you up earlier?" ”

Song Tiedan saw that the way was coming, it wasn't that the Eighth Route Army didn't want them, it was just that they were cavalry and they acted quickly, and if a few of them followed with a dead face, it would indeed be a burden.

He saw that it was not early, and he was blindly stalking here, it was better to follow what this Lei regiment leader said, and a few brothers in the village hurriedly got a horse each, so that the Eighth Route Army would have nothing to say.

Song Tiedan pulled Qu Jiaming aside and asked in a low voice: "Boy, don't lie to me, let me ask you, how many mules and horses are there in the big landlord's family in Mingwang Village?" ”

"What are you going to do? You wouldn't want to steal the mules and horses of the big landlords of the Qu family, would you? ”

"You kid don't care so much, tell me quickly, you don't have to worry, I know that the Eight Roads have discipline, but I haven't participated in the Eight Roads yet? Besides, the mules and horses of the big landlords of the Qu family are not bought by the blood and sweat of the poor? Borrowing a few mules and horses, the big landlord can't die. ”

Qu Jiaming patted Song Tiedan's shoulder and said: "You kid is a character, whether you can join the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army depends on whether you can get a war horse, I can tell you, if you want to do this, you have to act as soon as possible, you can't do anything at dawn, you ......." ”

Song Tiedan walked up to Lei Jian, first said hello to his companion, and then asked Lei Jian with his eyebrows: "Captain Lei, you mean that we don't have a war horse, so it's not easy to take us in, right?" As long as you have a war horse, you don't have to regret it. ”

He muttered to the four people around him for a while, and when Lei Jian didn't pay attention, these five boys suddenly rushed out of the woods and ran towards Mingwang Village happily.

Lei Jian was confused by these boys, and when he saw that they suddenly took the initiative to leave, he said happily for a while: "That's right, otherwise tomorrow the enemy planes will bomb and the ground devil troops will be surrounded by firepower, and we will be able to withdraw, and I am afraid that these boys will not be able to keep up and become prisoners of the enemy, and then their lives will be in jeopardy." ”

Qu Jiaming, who was standing on the side, didn't dare to tell Lei Jian what Song Tiedan was going to do, and this kid also wanted to ask these partners in the village to join the Eighth Route Army with him, so that the villagers would still have a care, but how did he know that when he arrived in the army, the friendship between brothers in life and death on the battlefield would far exceed the friendship of neighboring partners.

The sky had begun to turn gray, and the only remaining roosters in the nearby village could be heard crowing at dawn.

Lei Jian led a dozen soldiers into the depths of the woods, and walked up to a large pile of branches he had chopped down, Wang Xiaoliang asked puzzledly: "Commander Lei, who is this who is idle enough to cut so many branches?" Didn't you bring the warriors here to make the horses carry these branches? ”

"You can imagine that these branches can be of great use, and you will know then." Lei Jian said to Wang Xiaoliang again: "You take a few soldiers to climb to the highest canopy in the woods, look out for the possible sudden enemy situation around you, and once you find that the enemy plane is coming, return here immediately." ”

Lei Jian said to the other warriors: "You all hurry up and squint for a while, and when you can close your eyes for a while later, it is impossible to say." ”

The eastern sun burst out of the horizon, and the golden light shone into the trees, obscured by the trees, like walls of light, separating the trees and reflecting their shadows.

The warriors lying on the branches, warm by the sunlight that shone in, slept deeply, they were too tired.

Since leaving the Santougu base and walking into the heavy rain and muddy dirt road, every foot goes up, stepping on the muddy water, if you encounter sticky muddy water on the road, step on it, and then lift it up, the shoes are left by the sticky muddy water.

In the end, the soldiers had to march barefoot with their shoes, and their feet were punctured by stones and tiles, and blood flowed out, leaving them in the muddy water, and those in front walked by, and those behind followed, and the large army marched barefoot, and in the final muddy water, it was already stained red with blood flowing from the feet of more than 2,000 soldiers who were marching quickly.

In order to not easily expose the target when marching in rainy weather, under the order of Lei Jian to force the march, the soldiers' feet were numb and unconscious, and the soldiers in front and behind supported each other in the muddy water, trying not to leave a soldier behind.

It is not easy to get out of the heavy rain sweeping the face, the dirt road muddy world, see the sunny day in front, just put down on the dry land, take off the wet clothes before the water is controlled, in front of Xiaobeizhuang, Xiaonanzhuang and Mingwang Village, I heard the gunfire of the enemy puppet army slaughtering the villagers.

Lei Jian ordered the main force of the large army to march towards Shouguang immediately, and he rushed into the village with a cavalry battalion to rescue the villagers who were in dire straits.

Now these dozen cavalry soldiers are so tired that they can't even lift their heads, and the feeling of lying on the branches is more comfortable than the hot kang at home.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came from the southwest, and Lei Jian shouted vigilantly: "There is a situation, prepare for battle." ”

(End of chapter)