Before the hands of the two people separated, Zhao Jinyu, who was riding a ski, had already pulled the black horse and ran over quickly. He shouted anxiously and pleasantly in a hoarse and slightly crying voice, "Brother Wei! Hurry!
Come and see Squad Leader Xiaohu, he is dying!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran and Cui Dabeard were each startled. At the same time, they let go of each other's hands and looked at the black horse held behind Zhao Jinyu in unison!
"He was shot in the arm!" Zhao Jinyu said anxiously as he untied the rope that tied Tian Xiaohu to the horse.
"Hel him down!"
Wei Ran said as he glanced at Cui Bearded, who immediately understood and quickly climbed to the side of the sledge, untied the leather rope, first took out the medical bags, and then untied the ropes on the Sun sisters.
"Move to the side!"
While Cui Big Beard reminded the two girls, Wei Ran had already picked up Tian Xiaohu who was lying on the horse and carefully transferred him to the sledge.
"Are you two daughters of the old Sun family in Nianpan Village?" Wei Ran asked as he opened the Japs' medical kit.
"How do you know? We don't recognize you." A girl crowded beside the sledge asked boldly.
"We know Song Hongxia from your village." Wei Ran raised his head and glanced at the two girls, "We are comrades with her brother."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two girls from the Sun family immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't run away, I'll take you to see Miss Hongxia later." Wei Ran gave final instructions while opening the last medical kit.
"What can we do to help?" another girl asked.
"Pull up the quilt to block the wind, and bring the oil lamp and flashlight to illuminate it. Also, lift this little girl to the side."
Wei Ran ordered the errands while rummaging through the medical bag. Fortunately, although the Japs medical bag was not big, the contents inside were extremely complete.
"Is this also the daughter that the young master of the Cao family stole?"
Zhao Jinyu came over and looked at the only little girl in the sledge car who was still tied with a rope and asked.
"Shopkeeper Cao's daughter" Wei Ran waved his hand, "carry her aside."
Hearing this, Zhao Jinyu directly picked up the girl who was tied up with only less bean paste filling than a rice dumpling, turned around and put her back on the black horse, and tied a strong knot with the leather rope that was used to tie Tian Xiaohu.
Reality.
"Can you start running?" Cui Dabeard also asked at this time.
"Can be able"
As he spoke, Wei Ran carefully took off Tian Xiaohu's mink coat that belonged to the young master of the Cao family. He cut the strip of cloth wrapped around the wound and asked, "But I don't know your identity yet.
.”
"Little Tiger knows me"
Cui Bearded paused and said, "I am Commander Zhao's tactic to insert himself into Shopkeeper Cao, and at the same time..."
"Then let's wait until Xiaohu wakes up before leaving."
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already helped Tian Xiaohu untie the Nine Dragon Belt on his body, then untied the blood-soaked cotton-padded clothes, and carefully cut off the part that was frozen with the body.
After an inspection, Wei Ran couldn't help but feel his heart go cold. The shot passed through Tian Xiaohu's trapezius muscle diagonally, broke a clavicle, and almost grazed his jugular vein and throat.
If we use a description often used in medicine, "another two millimeters deeper would have killed him" is undoubtedly the most accurate description.
"Can he wake up?" Cui Bearded asked in a low voice.
"Yes," Wei Ran said, having already given Tian Xiaohu an injection of anesthesia.
Hearing this, Cui Dabeard, who knew that the former still didn't completely trust him, didn't say anything. He just silently walked to the mule and tightened the reins to prevent it from moving.
After a moment of waiting, Wei Ran carefully started debriding and suturing Tian Xiaohu in the ice and snow.
Next to him, the two girls standing on the edge of the sledge, holding up quilts, oil lamps and flashlights with Zhao Jinyu to block the wind, gritted their teeth. Their overly young faces also showed signs that were inconsistent with their age.
The firm look on his face, as if...as if he had made some decision.
Almost as soon as Wei Ran started suturing, Tian Xiaohu slowly opened his eyes.
"You...are still alive..."
The pale Tian Xiaohu couldn't help but reveal a weak smile when he saw Wei Ran.
"Don't move"
Wei Ran paused, turned around and shouted, "Brother Cui, come over and say a few words to Xiaohu, he's awake."
Hearing this, Cui Bearded immediately ran over, "Xiaohu, you...can you still recognize me?"
"I recognize...I recognize..."
Tian Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, then said with difficulty, "I recognize you, you are not..."
"Does he trust him?" Wei Ran asked before Tian Xiaohu could finish.
After hearing this, Tian Xiaohu was silent for a moment, then gathered his strength and said, "Brother Cui... I can trust you..."
"Then let's go"
Wei Ran continued to treat Tian Xiaohu's wounds and said, "Go to Langcaozigou, Jinyu, do you know the way?"
"I know you! I know you!" Zhao Jinyu nodded quickly and said, "I remember it clearly."
"You lead the way, I'll follow you."
As Cui Bearded said, he had already sat on the edge of the sledge and called the two girls to get on the car. After they and Wei Ran were seated firmly, he immediately shook the reins and shouted at the hard-working mule to start running.
On the slightly shaking sledge, Wei Ran seemed not to be affected at all. Under the dim and constantly shaking light, he sutured the wound bit by bit, aligned the broken bones, and performed the final bandage.
After stuffing two extra Japanese candy cubes into Tian Xiaohu's mouth to replenish the sugar, Wei Ran safely handed over the task of taking care of him to the Sun sisters, then jumped off the sledge, ran a few steps quickly, and then rode on the black horse.
"Tell me what's going on?" Wei Ran put his hands back on and asked in a low voice.
"When you fired artillery to cover us as we rushed out, Squad Leader Xiaohu was shot and fell from his horse."
Zhao Jinyu said and gave a thumbs up behind him, "At that time, the bearded man suddenly opened fire and helped kill several bandits around him. Only then did I have time to drag Squad Leader Xiaohu onto my horse and run out."
Having said this, he gestured his thumb behind him again and whispered, "Then that big bearded man got on your horse. It looked like he wanted to chase us. In fact, he used his tricks to kill us all the way."
There are less bandits and puppet soldiers."
"What happens next?"
"Later, he led the enemy to run in another direction, and I took Xiaohu over several mountain ridges before escaping."
Zhao Jinyu said thankfully, "We hid in a mountain col for a long time, and we didn't go out again until the snow got heavy. Then we turned in a special direction, and when we came out, we saw you two.
"
After talking about the situation on his side, Zhao Jinyu asked again, "What's going on on your side?"
“It’s a long story.”
Wei Ran sighed and briefly explained the situation on his side.
"I don't know if Brother Hu can make it there in time."
Zhao Jinyu also sighed and said worriedly, "What if..."
“It shouldn’t be a big problem”
Wei Ran said with relief that in this matter, they could only hope that the Japanese would send such a squadron, otherwise...
Suppressing the same amount of worries in their hearts, the two of them also urged the horses under their butts to speed up the pace.
In contrast, the little girl Zhao Jinyu was riding on the horse behind him was particularly calm and quiet. At this time, she was neither crying nor making trouble. Judging from the way she shook her legs from time to time, she seemed to be quite good.
happy.
She even had the time to stare at Wei Ran with her big black eyes and look at Wei Ran and the people on the mule cart behind with interest.
After deliberately making a circle and entering Langcaozi Valley, everyone returned to the entrance of the abandoned mine as quickly as possible.
Before they could pull away the snow, the iron gate was already pushed open by Miss Hongxia from the inside.
"Sister Hongxia!"
Before Wei Ran and the others could say anything, and before Miss Hongxia could speak, Sister Sun was the first to say hello in a low voice.
"Ah! Oh my god! Why do you..."
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Hurry up and get the person in." Wei Ran, who turned over and dismounted, urged in a low voice, "Squad Leader Xiaohu is injured."
Hearing this, Miss Hongxia noticed Cui Bearded Tian Xiaohu who had been carried off the sledge truck. She quickly stepped out of the way and held the door, letting Wei Ran hold the flashlight to lead the way, and led a group of men and women in.
Mine.
"Come here and help me!"
As she waited, Miss Hongxia was already busy untying the sledge from the mule, and kept giving instructions, "You two sisters, hurry up and bring those two big animals in."
Hearing this, the Sun girls did not dare to delay, and immediately led a horse into the mine.
By the time everyone was busy carrying everything in, and Wei Ran and Cui Dashu had personally cleaned up the traces of the cave entrance and closed the door again, the "living room" inside the abandoned mine was almost full.
.
In addition to mules and horses, there are also two sledges. In addition, the two wounded men and the second young master of the Cao family are missing. Only the eldest young master of the Cao family is still tied up in the corner of a car.
On the sledge leaning against the wall.
"Where are the others?" Wei Ran asked immediately.
"I dragged the two wounded people inside," Hongxia pointed to a hole and said, "It's more spacious and warmer there."
"Where is the second young master?"
Zhao Jinyu asked curiously. At this time, he was still holding the eleventh lady of the Cao family in his hand.
"dead"
Hongxia explained nonchalantly, "Not long after you left, he started to cry out in pain. It was so painful. I was afraid that the wolf would come, so I blocked his mouth and waited until the wounded were settled before leaving.
When I looked at him, everyone was kicking their legs."
"Pfft"
As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Eleven, who was brought here, burst into laughter as Zhao Jinyu pulled out the thing in her mouth.
"Take me to see the wounded first."
Wei Ran didn't wonder about Miss Eleven who seemed quite happy for the time being. He just picked up a medical bag and a flashlight to urge her.
Hearing this, Miss Hongxia immediately picked up an oil lamp and led him to a cave not far away.
"Let me get to know you again, my name is Wei Ran." Wei Ran, who was walking in front, said without looking back, "I just joined the Anti-Alliance yesterday."
"Cui Shouchun, just call me Big Beard."
Cui Bearded, who was walking behind him, introduced himself as before.
"Why are you in the bandits' den of Shopkeeper Cao?"
Wei Ran then asked the second question.
"It was inserted before autumn."
Cui Dabeard explained as he walked, but he did not mention the specific purpose of inserting himself into Shopkeeper Cao's bandit den, or what the specific mission was.
"So when the Japanese knocked on the door of Treasurer Cao yesterday, you already thought of a way to get the news out in advance?" Wei Ran, who had stopped talking, asked a less sensitive question.
"I fly leaves..."
Cui Bearded paused for a moment, "You really don't know how to speak slang?"
"Won't"
Wei Ran, who was bending his waist and crawling forward in the mine tunnel, responded, and at the same time sighed in his heart. In order to blend in with this white mountain and black water, speaking slander has become the instinct of these people.
"I tried my best to send a letter to the military commander."
Cui Big Beard pondered for a moment and then continued, "Later, when Shopkeeper Cao ordered some people to follow the Japs out, I figured out that these Japs were probably going for you, but at that time the news could no longer be spread. I don't know...
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"We'll..."
"Jinyu!"
Wei Ran called out to Zhao Jinyu, who was walking behind the bearded man, to stop what he was about to say, and then said unapologetically, "Brother Cui, forgive me, I trust you, but for the sake of the lives of our resistance fighters, I cannot completely trust you.
"
"That's right." Cui Bearded nodded nonchalantly.
"Can you find Commander Zhao?" Wei Ran asked, changing the question.
"What are you going to do?" This time the vigilant person was a bearded man.
"You know Zhao Jinge, right?"
When Wei Ran said this, the front of the mine tunnel suddenly became clear, and a spacious space about the same size as the previous "living room" appeared.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the corner of this space, there is a bonfire burning near the entrance of another mine.
Beside the bonfire, one Japanese lunch box seemed to be cooking white rice porridge, and another was cooking mule meat. The aroma of the two made everyone involuntarily sniff.
On the rock wall above your head not far from the bonfire, you can see a ventilation hole that is about the size of the mouth of a bowl, allowing wind to flow in, but you can't see what's going on outside.
At this time, the two wounded men were lying beside the bonfire. Under them were the cotton clothes and other items seized earlier.
"I know them," Cui Bearded said, pointing to the two wounded men, "I also know them both."
“That’s fine”
Wei Ran walked to the wounded and opened the medical bag he brought with him and said, "Jin Yu, talk to Brother Cui about your relationship with the captain."
"Zhao Jinge is my eldest brother, Zhao Jinshan is my second brother, and my name is Zhao Jinyu."
Zhao Jinyu, who was the last to follow in, introduced himself and carefully carried squad leader Tian Xiaohu, who was dragged in on skis, to the edge of the bonfire.
"Let me see you"
Before Cui Bearded finished speaking, Zhao Jinyu had already torn off the mink hat belonging to the young master of the Cao family on his head, and then took off the scarf made from a torn Japanese army blanket.
"Looks like, looks like your second brother Jinshan!"
After Cui Bearded said that, he looked at Wei Ran, "I heard Jin Ge say before that his youngest brother can be trusted."
“As long as you can trust it”
When Wei Ran said this, he stopped the topic and re-administered anesthesia to one of the wounded and said, "Do you mind letting Jin Yu go through everything he brought back? See if there is anything we can use."
After looking at the rifles, Japanese backpacks, cotton-padded clothes and other items placed against the wall around him, Cui Bearded nodded, "Go ahead and take whatever is useful."
Seeing Wei Ran winking at him, Zhao Jinyu immediately turned around, held up the oil lamp and climbed out again.
At the same time, Wei Ran also removed the gauze from the wounded man's wound, and under the beam of the flashlight held by Sister Hongxia, he re-debrided and performed the suturing that he had no conditions to complete at first.
He had just finished his work here, and Tian Xiaohu also woke up.
"Don't move." Cui Bearded reacted very quickly and held down Tian Xiaohu.
Looking around blankly, Tian Xiaohu said hoarsely, "Brother Cui? Is it really you? I thought I saw you in a dream before."
"Not a dream"
Cui Big Beard helped Tian Xiaohu cover himself with the blanket, "I'm not dead. I'm alive. I'm living well."
"Brother Cui, can you...can you find Commander Zhao?" Tian Xiaohu asked.
"Yes." Cui Bearded nodded simply this time.
"Those ones"
Tian Xiaohu pointed with difficulty at the weapons, cotton clothes and other items placed around him with his still mobile hand, "Brother Cui, you set out now, take Brother Wei Ran with you..."
"Zhao Jinyu is outside."
Wei Ran saw him turning his head with difficulty to find something and immediately said, "Brother Hu hasn't come back yet."
"Take Brother Jinyu and set off with them right away."
Tian Xiaohu swallowed dryly and continued to say in a hoarse voice, "Don't worry about the wounded. You should set out immediately and deliver those things to Commander Zhao."
After another pause, Tian Xiaohu turned to look at Wei Ran with difficulty, and asked feebly, "Where is Brother Jinyu? Where is he?"
"He's out there"
Wei Ran paused and looked at Cui Bearded with extra caution.
But the latter just smiled, got up and walked out and said, "I'll call him."
"No... no need to doubt Brother Cui"
Tian Xiaohu waited until Cui's bearded figure and the light of the oil lamp completely disappeared in the mine tunnel, then explained in a hoarse voice, "Brother Cui... a family of 12, all... were killed by the Japanese...
No, he...he can't be...a traitor."
"Feel sorry..."
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then said apologetically, "I...I'm worried..."
Tian Xiaohu shook his head with difficulty, "How long has it been since I fell asleep?"
"We just escaped yesterday, and it's not yet dawn yet."
Hearing this, Tian Xiaohu thought for a while, then gathered his energy and said, "Brother Wei, you and Brother Jinyu take all the mules and horses, take all the weapons and supplies, and leave overnight. You must deliver the things to Commander Zhao."
inside.
This...this is a fatal order given to you by me, the acting squad leader of the third squad of the first guerrilla team."
Hearing this, Wei Ran stood up and saluted seriously, "Promise to complete the mission!"
"help me..."
Tian Xiaohu took a breath and said, "Help me take off my coat."
"What do you want to do?" Wei Ran asked in confusion.
"I...I stay"
Tian Xiaohu said feebly, "It's warm here. If you don't need it, give it to other comrades..."
Opening his mouth, Wei Ran knew that trying to break up with the other person at this time was just a waste of his energy, so he simply squatted down and carefully helped the other person take off the mink coat.
"Hat...hat...hand stuffy"
Tian Xiaohu calmed down and said, "Take them all, and...the gun..."
Looking at the other party's face covered with frostbite and his pleading eyes, Wei Ran avoided it in a panic, looked at the other two wounded not far away and said, "Keep the weapons, you have to protect them."
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"Need not..."
Tian Xiaohu shook his head feebly, "Take it away and go...kill the Japanese."
"You can survive"
Wei Ran helped the other party take off the mink hat, and then helped him put on the previously simply sewn leather hat again and said, "I have confidence in my craftsmanship, you can't die.
You still have to fight the Japanese, and after the Japanese are beaten away, you still have to marry a wife, build a house, and have children. You have a lot to do."
"There is no chance of living until then..."
Tian Xiaohu looked longingly at the rock formations above his head and was about to say something more when Zhao Jinyu and Cui Dabeard also got in one after another.
"Brother Wei, please go and guard the outside with Sister Hongxia." Tian Xiaohu said with force.
Knowing that the other party was trying to get away from him, Wei Ran nodded and turned around, hunched over and walked out with the girl Hongxia who was holding an oil lamp in her hand.
"Can the little tiger survive?"
The girl Hongxia who was walking in front suddenly asked in a low voice when she was far enough away to not hear the conversation between Tian Xiaohu and the other three.
"Yes, he will survive." Wei Ran answered firmly.
"We...we will take good care of them," Miss Hongxia said firmly, "We have guns."
"Then it's up to you," Wei Ran said with a smile.
Hongxia, who was walking in front, just pursed her lips, but didn't say anything else. She just subconsciously pressed the flower-mouthed roller in her arms.
Returning to the "living room" of the abandoned mine, the two discovered that at this time, the Sun sisters were vigilantly tugging on the rope tied to Miss Eleven, and they were diagonally away from Young Master Cao.
so far away.
Not only that, the little girl's mouth was also blocked again. When she looked at Young Master Cao, he looked desperate and frightened. Not only that, there was a bleeding bite mark on his neck.
"What's going on?" Miss Hongxia asked before Wei Ran could speak.
"This little girl just suddenly rushed over to bite that living beast to death."
One of the Sun sisters said, "We were worried that the living beast was still useful, so we pulled her away."
Seeing Miss Hongxia and Wei Ran all looking at him, the little girl who was only fifteen years old seemed to be completely aggrieved. Her eyes became tearful in an instant, and even her blocked mouth started to whimper.
Ah seems to want to say something.
After looking at each other with Miss Hongxia, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and then raised the oil lamp in front of the little girl, "I'll take out the things from your mouth. If you can't shout or bite, just nod."
"
Without hesitation at all, the little girl nodded immediately and allowed Wei Ran to take out half of the towel stuffed in her mouth.
"Let me bite that beast to death!" The little girl choked and said, "I...I want to fight the Japanese with you!"
After saying this, the little girl, whose hands were still tied behind her back, squatted on the ground, buried her head in her knees, and tried her best to suppress her sad cries.
