Chapter 40: The Road is Long

"Captain, who is that kid? Why did we send someone here to pick him up? Kuroko looked around and paid attention to the movements around him, and at the same time looked at Lu Yuan, who was not far behind him, and asked in a low voice to his captain. Zhou Zhengwu glared at Heizi angrily, but he couldn't help but glance at Lu Yuan, in fact, Zhou Zhengwu has always had the same wonder and puzzlement in his heart as Heizi, because Lu Yuan looks too young.

Zhou Zhengwu was the captain of a guerrilla detachment, and he received an order to bring his own guerrilla troops to a place 5 miles away from Xiaozhangzhuang to serve as a guard, and while guarding the Japanese puppet army in the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold to come to reinforce him, he also had to wait for a young man who came from the direction of Baoding. After forcing back the Japanese puppet army from the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold twice in a row, and learning that the brother troops were carrying a large number of materials and munitions and equipment on the devil's train, the guerrillas under Zhou Zhengwu immediately retreated noisily, but Zhou Zhengwu did not give the order to retreat for a long time, because they still had a task to complete it.

Lu Yuan, who appeared along the railway, was a little late, and the guerrillas under Zhou Zhengwu were naturally uncomfortable, thinking that Lu Yuan, who was late, had delayed their time and delayed their opportunity to withdraw to participate in the division of the spoils. In the face of the naked provocation and contempt of Kuroko and others, Lu Yuan was very disapproving, if it weren't for the fact that he still had some documents and materials found in the officer's compartment, he would never have come to join these guerrillas.

Lu Yuan ignored the deliberate provocation of himself and others, and Heizi and the others had no chance to go crazy, so a few people secretly discussed it and sent Heizi to find the captain Zhou Zhengwu. Zhou Zhengwu is not stupid, he naturally knows what the sunspots are coming to complain for, but Zhou Zhengwu is not a sunspot, Zhou Zhengwu can see that the young man in front of him is not simple. In order to make it convenient and not attract the attention of others, when Lu Yuan and Zhou Zhengwu joined them, they not only had an assault rifle and a pistol hanging on their bodies, but also a Japanese-caliber sniper rifle on their backs.

Intercepting the Japanese train and strangling the Japanese officer corps on the train will inevitably lead to retaliation and pursuit by the Japanese army in Baoding, and Lu Yuan is not a person who cares about killing and burying it, not to mention that he has promised the people of the underground party in Baoding that he will help the local guerrillas transport the stolen arms, equipment, and materials to a safe place. In order not to surprise the local guerrillas, Lu Yuan had to take out the sniper rifle and carry it on his back in advance, but even so, the weapons and equipment on his body still aroused the onlookers and exploration of Kuroko and others.

Except for a few greetings when they first met, Lu Yuan, who followed the guerrillas all the way north, rarely spoke, and when the guerrillas were cautious, Lu Yuan looked unguarded, which undoubtedly caused the secret illness of Kuroko and others. An hour later, under the leadership of Zhou Zhengwu and them, Lu Yuan finally joined up with the other two guerrillas who were responsible for carrying the supplies, and learned that Lu Yuan, who was alone, had come to serve as a guard, and the captains of the other two guerrillas were all happy.

"In that case, then I'll be in a team by myself, you just have to follow the pre-planned route, and when there is danger, I will naturally appear." After learning about the thoughts of the three guerrillas, Lu Yuan happily set off in advance, and in full view of everyone, Lu Yuan, who was alone, quickly disappeared into the wilderness, as if he had never appeared. No one worries about whether they are doing the right thing, the guerrillas are now worried about how to get all the loot they have captured, and they don't care about anything else.

Among the three guerrilla leaders, only Zhou Zhengwu sighed secretly, but he didn't know that acting alone was what Lu Yuan needed most, so that he could use his own storage space to lighten the burden. According to the route and direction provided by the guerrillas, Lu Yuan, who was alone, took the lead in the errand of the scouts, relying on his full-view map, Lu Yuan quickly searched the road ahead, and before the guerrillas behind him appeared, he successfully ambushed and killed a group of Japanese puppet soldiers who came from Xiaozhangzhuang bypass.

More than 30 Japanese puppet soldiers were all shot dead by Lu Yuan in the field, and the weapons and ammunition they carried with them were also specially stacked in a conspicuous position by Lu Yuan. Leaving a cart in place, Lu Yuan freed the majestic-looking colt to act as his temporary mount, so that his speed and area of movement naturally expanded a lot.

"What's going on? I told you, that man is not simple, now believe it. Seeing the cart and loot left by Lu Yuan, Zhou Zhengwu and the other two guerrilla leaders who came later showed a depressed face at the moment, although the more than 30 Japanese puppet troops were not much, but if they wanted to kill them all, I am afraid it would take a lot of effort. I don't want this young man who is not favored by them to be able to accomplish things that their entire team can't easily do by himself, how can such a person be a simple person.

Lu Yuan, who had already found a village in the road ahead, didn't know Zhou Zhengwu's remorse at the moment, Lu Yuan's riding skills were not very good, riding a horse with only reins but no other harness, Lu Yuan never dared to let go of his speed. Just saw a village appear in front of him, Lu Yuan thought about trying to see if he could get a saddle in that village, and he had to pass by the village in front of him on the left and right, which happened to be a matter of the way.

After spending ten oceans, Lu Yuan finally bought a saddle and other utensils that were not very broken from a family in the village, and after adding horse harness, Lu Yuan dared to let go of the horse speed a little. At this time, almost two hours had passed since the guerrillas intercepted the train, and although the Japanese puppet army in Xiaozhangzhuang had been pushed back by the guerrillas, they still sent people back to Baoding to report the news, but they did not know that the team they sent to make a detour had been killed by Lu Yuan in the field.

The Japanese troops in Baoding, who received the news, were furious, and at this moment they were not worried about the supplies on the train, but about the forty or so officers who went south by car. The Baoding underground party, which had been paying close attention to the movements of the Japanese puppet army in the city, once again saw the reaction speed of the Japanese army in the city, but in a quarter of an hour, several trucks full of Japanese troops sped out of Baoding City. Behind the vanguard of the Japanese army, more than 400 Japanese troops and a squadron of Japanese troops set out. Seeing this, the underground party in Baoding knew that it was Lu Yuan's side that had succeeded, otherwise the Japanese troops in the city would never have reacted like this.

It is a good thing for the underground party in the city to be able to force the Japanese puppet army in the city to make a big move, and a few minutes later, the latest movements of the Japanese puppet army in Baoding were transmitted by the underground party in the city by radio. Lu Yuan, who was dozens of miles away from Baoding City, did not know this, and what he was worried about now was that the guerrillas behind him were too slow, and if the Japanese puppet army pursued, the guerrillas carrying a large amount of supplies would likely be entangled by the Japanese puppet army that was pursuing.

Lu Yuan's full-view map can only cover a radius of 2 miles, and it takes a maximum of a quarter of an hour for a strong soldier to travel a distance of 2 miles. "Everyone work hard, as long as you turn over the pass in front, Lu in front will be able to go." Zhou Zhengwu raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, stood sideways on the side of the road, and loudly cheered up the guerrillas under his command. There were too many loot and too few carts, and Zhou Zhengwu, who was reluctant to throw away any piece of loot, had to carry the excess loot on his back, so the speed of travel has not been fast.

Including Zhou Zhengwu, everyone gritted their teeth and moved their feet with the strength of breastfeeding, but they all knew that their physical strength could not support it for long. "Lao Wang, this can't be done, everyone's physical exertion is very large, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that if we can't wait to cross the pass, more than half of the people will not be able to hold on." Standing on the side of the road and slowing down slightly, Zhou Zhengwu grabbed Wang Daxi, who was passing by him, and whispered.

Like Zhou Zhengwu, Wang Daxi was gritting his teeth and insisting, and when he was pulled by Zhou Zhengwu like this, Wang Daxi, who was discouraged, was so weak that he almost fell face down at Zhou Zhengwu's feet. Zhou Zhengwu's eyes were quick, and he stretched out his hand to firmly support Wang Daxi, which made Wang Daxi breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly shouted in his heart. "Let's stop and catch our breath, it's not a problem." Wang Da, who held his knees with both hands, couldn't help panting for breath, and after his breath calmed down a little, he had to order the troops to stop and rest for a while.

Lu Yuan, who had been in front of him, didn't know why the guerrillas stopped, and when he turned his horse's head and rushed back, and learned that the troops had stopped to rest because of their physical strength, Lu Yuan immediately said to Zhou Zhengwu. "Captain Zhou, why don't you stop here and rest for half an hour, I'll go to the back for half an hour, if I haven't come back when you go on the road, you'd better arrange a few scouts in front to explore the way." After speaking, before Zhou Zhengwu could react, Lu Yuan had already ridden away.

"Lao Zhou, this kid is crazy enough, he can really stop the chasing soldiers alone." Wang Daxi had never dealt with Lu Yuan, and there was a different flavor between his words, but Zhou Zhengwu did not echo Wang Daxi's words, because he didn't think that Lu Yuan was talking big just now. Lu Yuan rode his horse along the road for a while, and when he was about to move to the dry riverbed, he stopped, and temporarily fixed the horse in the riverbed with a wooden peg, and Lu Yuan turned out of the riverbed and went straight to the mound on the left side of the riverbed.

Squatting on the mound, Lu Yuan took out his binoculars and looked around for a while, confirming that there was no enemy, Lu Yuan immediately took out a short knife and cut some weeds outside the riverside for the horses in the riverbed, and then dug out a single bunker on the mound with a sapper shovel. When Lu Yuan was leaving, he said that he would give Zhou Zhengwu half an hour, so no matter whether the Japanese puppet army was following him or not, he decided to stay here for more than half an hour.