"Little brother, little brother, wake up." Hearing this voice in a daze, Tang Cheng didn't realize that he was calling himself, and then his left shoulder was gently pushed again, and he suddenly opened his eyes. Before his eyes were fully opened, the M1911 pistol in his hand had already been raised, and he sat on the ground with an "oops" squatting frightened by the black-faced man who Tang Cheng pointed at the gun. The scream of the black-faced man caused everyone who had woken up to look over here, everyone was frightened by the gun in Tang Cheng's hand, and their eyes were a little evasive when they looked at Tang Cheng.

Seeing that Tang Cheng finally woke up, the black-faced man who was pointed at the pistol breathed a sigh of relief, he was so frightened once a day that half his life was gone. Looking left and right, Tang Cheng, who didn't find anything abnormal, put down the gun he was holding and nodded at the black-faced man, then turned over and got up, carrying a pistol and following the black-faced man out. Looking at the whitening sky and the silent wilderness, everything in sight was so peaceful. There were already a few adult men gathered next to the first donkey cart, and when Tang Cheng and the black-faced man came over, all the young men in this wave of refugees were basically together.

The man who spoke first was not tall, with small eyes and protruding cheeks, although he was not as fierce as Liu Goat, but he also gave people an impression that he was not easy to mess with. He said angrily, "At our current speed, it will take at least a few days for us to arrive in Nanjing, and there are a few wounded who are not in good condition, so we have to send them to Wu to see a doctor as soon as possible." The wounded he was referring to were injured refugees on donkey carts, whose wounds could not be properly treated, and simple bandaging could only cope with minor injuries, and if the injuries were serious, they really needed to be sent to a hospital with certain treatment conditions as soon as possible.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the two donkey carts, although the field is difficult to walk, but the endurance of donkeys is always better than that of people. "My idea is that we should take the main road, we haven't seen the little Japanese plane come again for three days, and the speed of taking the main road will be faster, what do you see?" Probably because he didn't want others to hear it, the man deliberately suppressed his voice, glanced around everyone's faces with his eyes, and finally fell on Tang Cheng. Everyone else also subconsciously looked at Tang Cheng, because it was Tang's proposal to go out in the wild to avoid the Japanese planes.

Tang Cheng, who was being watched by everyone, only frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, since he was just meeting these people, he didn't have to get involved with them, he just had to protect the old couple and the little girl. "Then if everyone has no opinion, let's pack up our things now, and take the road to Nanjing on the north road in a while." Seeing that Tang Cheng didn't react, the man said in a tone of asking for opinions, but who could have a better opinion at this time.

"I have other things to do, and after I get you on the road, I'll go separate from you." Tang Cheng, who had not made a sound, spoke when everyone turned around, and when everyone came back to their senses, Tang Cheng had already turned around and left, and the black-faced man who had been serving as a guide hurriedly chased Tang Cheng away. Tang Cheng, who left quickly, packed up his things and explained the matter to the old man surnamed Wu in detail, and the well-informed old man surnamed Wu pondered a little, and then said that he wanted to follow Tang Cheng all the way.

"Little brother, I also want to go all the way with you." The black-faced man who followed Tang Cheng seemed to smile honestly, but the smile on his face couldn't hide the shrewdness in his eyes, "Little brother is a person who does great things at a glance, and if you walk more than ten miles along this path, you can see the village." Let's hire a carriage and tell the old man and the old lady to take the carriage away, and with the carriage, we should be able to get to Nanjing earlier than their others. ”

Tang Cheng nodded slightly, he agreed to the black-faced man's request, Tang Cheng had a gun in his hand, and he was a murderer, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of the black-faced man playing tricks. Besides, if there is a person who is familiar with the surrounding terrain by his side, even if he encounters Japanese soldiers, he can finally have someone to escort the old couple and them away. "Tell them to get up, I promised to send these people up the avenue before leaving."

Tang Cheng's gaze shifted from the old man to the sleeping grandfather and grandson, who snuggled tightly together and slept soundly and deeply.

The sound of the donkey cart moving woke the refugees who were still asleep, and when the sound of hooves and wheels faded away, the field was quiet again, and it would have been hard to believe that dozens of people had slept here last night had it not been for the still smoke-emitting campfires. For Tang Cheng, four or five hours of rest was quite generous, but where had these old and weak women and children been subjected to such a tempering, they all looked tired and yawned, but no one relied on them to leave or did other out-of-the-ordinary actions. With the help of the adult men, they packed their belongings and took care of their families, and reorganized into a long column.

The little girl who was awakened Guo'er walked beside her when she saw Tang Cheng, smiling as bright as a flower, the fields in the early morning were extremely cold, and the white breath exhaled from everyone's mouths was so clear that it was enough to show that the temperature was low. Opening the military blanket that was very neatly folded by the old woman, Tang Cheng wrapped the fruit sitting on the donkey cart like an old monk sitting in meditation in the temple, and his small face was exposed outside the military blanket, and anyone who saw it would laugh non-stop.

The long procession kept moving at a constant pace, and when it first set out it was better, and when the avenue could be seen in the distance, someone in the group finally began to stop and rest. First the gray-haired old man, then the woman with the child, they fell from the head of the line to the back of the group, and most of them tried to keep up, but as time went on, more and more of them fell behind, just like the day before.

"You wait here for me first, and I'll send them up the avenue and come back." Tang Cheng reached out and picked up the little girl on the donkey cart, followed by the luggage of several people. Lowered his head and thought about it, Tang Cheng called the black-faced man who wanted to stay away, and the old man surnamed Wu didn't know what was in the small suitcase of the old man, in case he left after the black-faced man had bad intentions, the old couple and the little girl would be in danger, but fortunately, the avenue was only two miles away from here, and it would only take a few minutes to run faster.

There are people on the avenue, they just turn a blind eye to Tang Cheng who came from the wilderness, everyone is a fleeing refugee, and there is no difference. "Little brother really doesn't come with us?" The small-eyed man who proposed to return to the avenue was the last to stay. Although Tang Cheng looked younger, he had a gun in his hand, and he looked like a capable person, it should be safer to go on the road with such a person, not to mention that Tang Cheng helped them a lot along the way.

"I still have something to do, so I'll separate here." Tang Cheng reached out and took out two military kettles from one of the donkey carts, straddled one diagonally over him, and handed the other to the black-faced man who insisted on following him on the path. "You can meet the village at any time when you walk the main road, it should be convenient to replenish food and water, and these two kettles will belong to me, even if the reward for guarding you for these three days is good." After Tang Cheng finished speaking, he turned around and left, with the two pistols on his body, he didn't dare to stop these refugees.

"Come on. Uncle carries you away. After meeting the old couple, Tang Cheng moved the kettle behind him, bent down and picked up the little girl. At this time, it was already dawning, according to the guidance of the black-faced man, Tang Cheng and his party walked slowly along a small river fork, the old couple who had been worried by Tang Cheng seemed to have good physical strength, and the old man surnamed Wu even had the time and strength to show the old woman around him the surrounding scenery.

It seemed that she was afraid that Tang Cheng would be tired, and the little girl who was held in Tang's arms had always been very well-behaved, her tender little hands tightly wrapped around Tang Cheng's neck, but she would make grimaces at the old couple walking behind Tang Cheng from time to time. The black-faced man who was leading the way in front seemed to have inexhaustible strength, carrying the old man's small suitcase and the burden in the old woman's hand in his own hands, but he and Tang Cheng's burden hung around his neck, and from a distance, the black-faced man was a pile of luggage that would move by himself.

What Tang Cheng had been worried about all the way still happened, the gunfire in the distance came very suddenly, and Tang Cheng's first reaction was to rush to the bushes on the side of the fork of the river with the little girl in his arms. "Run, quick, into the woods." The little girl had obviously experienced a similar scene before, she buried her head tightly in Tang Cheng's arms, sobbing profusely, her body was still trembling slightly, and the old couple, who were already expressionless, also followed closely behind the black-faced man and sped up to run towards the forest where Tang Cheng was going.

"Hide here and don't go anywhere, wait for me to come back." Ignoring that much, Tang Cheng handed the dagger to the black-faced man, pulled out the shell gun on his waist and ran in the direction of the sound of gunfire outside the forest. 40 rounds of shell gun bullets and 14 rounds of M1911 bullets, this is all the ammunition on Tang Cheng's body, if it is a skirmish, Tang Cheng will find a way to avoid the danger, but if it is a Japanese army infiltrated by a large group, then Tang Cheng can only use these bullets to buy time for the four people in the forest to leave here.

"Kid, be careful." The voice from behind him made Tang Cheng's footsteps pause, and when he turned around, the old woman who was protected by the black-faced man behind him was waving at him, and there was no trace of hypocrisy in the concern on her face. Taking a deep breath, Tang Cheng, who had a sour nose, rushed out of the forest with a shell gun and ran towards a dirt slope in the distance. After experiencing the parting with Robert, Tang Cheng has always suppressed the desire for family affection in his heart in the deepest part of his heart, but the concern of the old woman just now made him almost unable to take a step, Tang Cheng never thought that he would be so eager for family affection.