After Xue Lengxiang took most of the people away, only Xia Shang, the bandit who escaped from the Japanese camp, and a Japanese woman whose life or death was uncertain were left.
On the wasteland in the east of the city, Xia Shang felt much more relaxed when he saw Xue Lengxiang leading everyone away.
At least no more people were harmed. Although I lost a powerful helper, I didn't have so many worries now that there were fewer people around me.
Xia Shang looked back at the bandit: "I don't know your name yet."
"Just call me Da Zhuang."
"What are you going to do next?"
"I...I want to follow them..."
Da Zhuang was a little depressed and turned his head to look at the team in front of him that had gone away.
There is a reason why this man can live until now. He saw early on that following Xue Lengxiang would be a safer route. Although he didn't know where he was going, it was better than staying here.
I just didn't expect that Xia Shang would leave him alone.
"I keep you here because I have a mission for you."
"Me? Mission?"
"Hero, you really think highly of the villain. The villain is just..."
"I won't ask you to deal with the Japanese pirates. I just want you to go to Xuzhou City and tell the defenders everything you know about the Japanese pirates."
"this……"
"What's there to be hesitant about? You've already made a lot of mistakes, and now I'm just giving you a chance to make amends. Moreover, you've also seen what kind of people the Japanese pirates are. At this point, you still want to live an ignoble existence, so you haven't thought about it.
To avenge the mistreatment you suffered in the Japanese pirate camp? Have you ever thought about avenging those dead brothers? This is a non-dangerous but very critical task. If you don't complete it, then I will kill you now."
"Don't... don't..." Da Zhuang waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't say such things, hero. Even if there is no need to threaten, I will still go with the hero's proposal. The hero is right. Only after seeing Japanese pirates can I know that.
What kind of group of people are they? No matter what the reason is, it is necessary for villains to tell useful people everything they know."
Xia Shang nodded with satisfaction: "I hope what you said is the same as what you did. I believe that after you tell the military all this, the military will thank you deeply and will not let you down."
Da Zhuang: "What about you, hero? Why don't you go?"
"I don't know as much about it as
There are many of you, and I have my own things to do. By the way, when you tell the military about the Japanese pirates, don’t tell him what happened last night, and don’t mention me and everyone you met.”
"Why is this?"
"There is no reason, you just need to remember."
After saying that, Xia Shang carried Ji Zi on his back, turned around and walked in the opposite direction of Xuzhou City.
With Jizi, Xia Shang wants to complete the task that Jizi failed to complete.
Although the country's affairs cannot be solved by one person, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Xia Shang is willing to take risks to complete it.
To the east of Xuzhou City is the area occupied by Japanese pirates. Bypassing the military camp, behind it are countless deserted villages and Japanese pirate strongholds one after another.
Xia Shang walked for a long time and had already bypassed the Japanese pirate camp and arrived at the back of the Japanese camp.
At the entrance of a deserted small village, Xia Shang decided to take a rest.
Nearly a day has passed since the elixir took effect. Yoshiko doesn't seem to have changed much, but the poisonous gas on his body has dissipated a lot. His complexion looks better, but his body seems colder.
But this kind of cold is not the cold of death, but a kind of weak cold.
In view of the current situation, Xia Shang found a dilapidated house to live in in a deserted village, lit a fire, and took out dry food to eat.
The firelight shone on Yoshiko's face, giving her pale and cold body a hint of blood.
While eating dry biscuits, Xia Shang looked at Ji Zi and decided to stay here. If Ji Zi still didn't wake up after a day, Xia Shang would return to Xuzhou City and ask the prince to mobilize more troops to prepare for more attacks.
Invasion of Japanese soldiers.
There is no need to think about it now. The news that Yoshiko died at the hands of Dahua assassins must be publicized within the Japanese country, and it will soon reach the ears of Yoshiko's father.
When that time comes, I believe no one will remain calm, right?
At least a larger war will definitely break out.
At that time, Dahua must make a more comprehensive response. As far as Li Xin is thinking, it is impossible to maintain the policy of pacifying the Japanese pirates without affecting Dahua's internal policy.
This is definitely not the scene Xia Shang wants to see.
So Xia Shang is still persisting, hoping that everything will develop in the best direction.
The poison of Japanese pirates is so deep that if you don’t witness it with your own eyes, you really can’t feel it.
It's called skin-cutting pain.
From the refugees we met at the beginning, to the corpses buried outside Xuzhou City, to the bandits who were treated as livestock in the military camp...
Although he knew in his heart that these were just rare things, they were enough to make Xia Shang feel tremendous pressure.
Now in the deserted village, there are traces of burning, killing and looting by Japanese pirates everywhere outside. Seventy percent of the houses have been destroyed. Not a single house is intact. There are traces of being burned everywhere, but there are no visible signs inside the house.
Anything that can be used.
There were also many corpses that had not been dried, emitting a foul stench, and not even a wild dog could be seen.
After eating, Xia Shang left the house alone, dug a deep pit outside, and threw all the corpses that could be seen around him into the pit.
In order not to attract Japanese pirates, Xia Shang did not set fire to it and simply buried it.
By the time all this was done, it was already dark.
Returning to the dilapidated hut, there were only sparks left in the fire in the house. Xia Shang quickly added firewood, and his stomach began to growl again.
I touched my body and found that the dry food was not enough for tonight.
Xia Shang frowned, thinking that people like him lived in such a miserable life in war-torn areas, and he could imagine how much suffering those victims had to go through during the journey.
He walked to Yoshiko's side and tested her temperature with his hands. The expression on his face finally relaxed a little.
After being roasted by the fire for a long time, Yoshiko now feels more like a person who has fallen into a deep coma, and no longer looks like a dead person.
"Wake up quickly, you don't have much time..."
I don’t know if Xia Shang’s words had any effect, or if Xia Shang was hallucinating, he actually saw Ji Zi’s eyelids twitching slightly...
Xia Shang's nerves tightened, and he quickly knelt down and placed one hand on Ji Zi's neck artery.
Xia Shang was a little anxious, because Jizi was the hope of everything, and only if Jizi survived could the fight be ended quickly.
If Yoshiko dies, a full-scale war will inevitably break out.