Chapter 13: The Enemy's Tracks

It was not only Liu Goat and the gang Sichuan Army who were startled by the gunshot, but the people of the Tian family were even more trembling and waiting for the result, seeing that Tang Cheng and they had come back safely, the hungry flat of the Tian family came over to find out what was going on with the gunfire just now. "If the bandits are really coming, then aren't we going to go on the road for nothing? It's better to live here now, and it's not too late to leave when their people are better, and then we have more people, even if we encounter bandits, we won't be afraid. I heard that there might be a group of bandits, Tian Kui first made an idea, and then waited for Liu Goat to make a decision.

The Sichuan army plus the people of the Tian family, there are less than 50 people in total, even if you count the four of them in Tangcheng, when they left Fengyang, the Tian family loaded half a cart of grain, and it was not a problem for them to live here for ten days and a half months. Tian Kui's plan is very good and reasonable, but he forgot one of the most important factors, the river water used here, the river not far away has dried up, there is no water for a long time, they can't stay with people no matter how much food they have, especially since they have nearly 50 people.

After asking Tian Kui and Lao Xu, Liu Goat finally made a decision, "We can't stop, we have no water, we have no problem, but those wounded soldiers can't do without water, the sooner they rush to Mengcheng, they have a better chance of survival." Liu Goat still focused on the wounded soldiers, this decision made Zhang Yun happy, but Tian Kui was a little unhappy. If you really encounter bandits on the way, what if these guys with guns can't find time to protect their families?

As soon as Tian Kui's face changed, Liu Goat guessed his concerns, and immediately said with a smile, "I will arrange for two people to follow your carriage, and I will also get into your old man's car. Liu Goat's arrangement made Tian Kui feel a little better, although he was still a little reluctant in his heart, but he also knew what the situation was like if there was no water left here.

Half of Zhang Yun's 30 or so Sichuan soldiers couldn't walk, and the remaining half couldn't walk far, so Liu Goat had to concentrate the wounded on the carriage in Tangcheng, and the carriage that Tian Kui voluntarily gave up became a place for others to take turns resting. Tangcheng's carriage was crowded, the wounded could only sit and huddle together, there was no place to lie down, even Zhang Yun's company commander Lu Yong was so strong, and the last one was the Tian family's female dependents who let a carriage come out, and several seriously injured people had a place to lie down and stretch their legs.

On the avenue, Tang Cheng's hand never left his shell gun, even the grenade on the waist of Jiujin had already been unscrewed, as long as the bandits appeared, without waiting for Tang Cheng to shoot, it was estimated that Jiujin had already thrown the grenade out of the road. Zhang Yun walked more than ten meters in front of the carriage with a rifle with one of his robes, and when Liu Goat arranged for them to be sharp, these soldiers of the Sichuan Army didn't know what the top soldiers were for, which made Liu Goat very depressed for a while.

With the sharp soldiers, Liu Goat arranged for Lao Xu and Tian Kui's younger brother to walk in the field more than ten meters away on both sides of the avenue, although they had to work harder, but if there were ambushes on both sides of the avenue, they could find each other early when they walked on both wings. After some arrangement, the carriage back to the avenue finally began to move in the direction of Mengcheng, unlike yesterday, there were no refugees and routs on the road today, the front and rear of the convoy were fields or woodlands, and the occasional figure was also from a nearby village.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yun, who was walking in front of the convoy, saw a crowd in front of him from a distance, and he was too cautious and immediately ran back and told Liu Goat what he saw. "Let's go, this place is not far from Mengcheng, we have guns in our hands, it is better for bandits to rob us than to rob the surrounding villages for safety, they are not stupid." Liu Goat told Zhang Yun to let go of his courage and continue to move forward indifferently, but secretly gave Tang Cheng a look in the carriage in front of him.

Receiving Liu Goat's suggestive look, Tang Cheng pulled his shell gun back into the holster, but took the flower machine in his hand, and pulled the bolt to put the bullet on fire. Tang Cheng wore the military overcoat that Liu Goat snatched from the other defeated soldiers after crossing the river, as long as the hem of the coat was covered upside down, the flower machine in his right hand only exposed a short muzzle, and people who didn't pay special attention to Tang Cheng couldn't find the flower machine machine gun in his hand that was already in the state of being issued.

After walking forward for more than ten minutes, after bypassing a bend, Tang Cheng's sight began to appear the ashes of the bonfires that had been burned by the refugees at night, and Jiujin reached out to touch the piles of ashes according to Tang Cheng's instructions, and found that two of them were still warm, which showed that the people who lit these bonfires had not been away for a long time. Tang Cheng only told Liu Goat what he found, and the people of the Sichuan Army and the Tian family who were groggy in the carriage did not know, and even the Sichuan soldiers who walked around the carriage with rifles did not know what to do.

The figures that Zhang Yun saw before seemed to be in front of Jiuzi, but they had been walking for more than ten minutes, and those figures were still in front, as if those figures were also moving forward, which made Zhang Yun, who was a sharp soldier, very depressed. "Sir Liu, there's a signal from my brother's side." Tian Kui, who had been paying attention to the movement of the wings, suddenly jumped out of the carriage behind him and ran over, and Liu Goat, who had received the reminder, looked at the left wing of the avenue, and Tian Kui's younger brother was waving his arms and running back at this time.

"Prepare for battle, put all the bullets on fire, and unscrew the back cover of the grenade." Liu Goat stood directly on the wheel of the carriage and looked at the left flank, and the Sichuan soldiers who took turns to sit in the carriage to rest jumped out of the carriage with rifles, and according to Liu Goat's order, they pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet. The rifles used by these Sichuan troops at this time were all Mauser rifles that Liu Goat exchanged for food and the ocean from the defeated soldiers, although the number of bullets was not very large, but there were more than 20 rounds allocated to each person.

"Tell your people to get out of the car and hide in the field on the right first, I don't call, you must not come out, I will send two people to protect you." After asking Tian Kui's younger brother, Liu Goat taught Tian Kui a few words in a low voice, and after a while, the old and young of the Tian family got out of the carriage with their waists and quietly went to the right wing of the avenue to lie on their stomachs carefully.

Liu Goat took a rifle with bullets on it, and stood so straight and straight on the carriage, Tang Cheng gave him a look, but Liu Goat pretended to turn a blind eye. "Go to three people, bring two grenades to protect the Tian family, and the rest of the people use the carriage as a cover to defend our left flank, without Lao Tzu's order, they are not allowed to shoot." Tang Cheng did not follow Liu Goat's arrangement to protect the Tian family, but crouched on the right side of the carriage with the rest of the Sichuan army soldiers and waited for the enemy to appear.

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Lao Xu hugged the rifle issued to him by Liu Goat and the people of the Tian family huddled together, while closing his eyes and trembling, he was whispering to God and Buddha to pray for his safety, only Tian Kui kept staring at the carriages on the avenue, he was worried about the goods and medicines on the carriages. "Pop" The rifle in Liu Goat's hand suddenly fired, but before he gave the order, Tang Cheng and the other Sichuan soldiers with guns did not shoot, although their fingers kept on the trigger.

"Smack" Liu Goat shot again, and the black shadow that appeared in his sight fell down, leaving those black spots to disappear abruptly into the field in the distance. "If you don't dare to show your head, let's go back and drink your woman's footwash." Liu Shanyang laughed and cursed loudly, continued to pull the bolt to push the bullet to load, and then flattened the rifle and aimed at the field where the black dots appeared. Liu Goat's strength made Zhang Yun and the soldiers who belonged to the Sichuan Army not know how to deal with it, and there were many bloody people in the Sichuan Army, but they didn't stand upright and stand on a high place like this, and they were given to the other party to aim at.

Zhang Yun and they didn't know that Liu Goat was gambling on his luck and judgment, after Tang Cheng confronted those suspicious people, Liu Goat had already judged that those people only had short guns or even some cold weapons in their hands, if they had a weapon with a long range like a rifle, maybe Tang Cheng would have been poisoned by the other party. So now Liu Goat is arrogant to the extreme, that is, he is betting that the other party does not have a long gun, and it is difficult to shoot himself at such a distance with only a short gun.

"Smack" This is already the third shot fired by Liu Goat, and two black shadows fell within sight, although Liu Goat's marksmanship is not said to be a hundred shots, but it can also be regarded as the level of ten shots and seven hits, and three shots to put down two can also show how Liu Goat's marksmanship is. "Little brother, have you Chief Liu been fighting like this?" The soldiers of the Sichuan army crouching with Tang Cheng began to try to inquire about Liu Goat's situation from Tang Cheng, but unfortunately Tang Cheng was engrossed in guarding against the enemy who might appear at any time, and had no time to answer their questions.

"The cowards are here, everyone is ready to fight, wait for my order to open fire again, Tang Cheng can shoot freely." A sound of horses' hooves suddenly appeared, and Liu Goat, who had been standing in the carriage, also jumped down, and honestly prepared for war according to the carriage. "Pap" "Pap" The horse team that rushed out of the bend in front of him began to shoot in this direction, although the opponent only had a dozen horses, but the momentum of the horse team's impact was still quite large, at least Tang Cheng Zhidao was a little panicked. As Liu Goat taught him, Tang Cheng took a deep breath, and then held his breath and pointed the muzzle of the flower machine at the rushing horse team.