Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

There is no forest here, but there are mountains like forests.The road winds on the mountainside, like vines coiled on the trees, passing through and passing through again. Looking down from the winding path in the mountains, at the lower left, the surging Jinsha River is just a thin jade belt.Looking up from the path to a higher place, there are many knotted wooden tubes lined up in the slightly flat places and curved places on the mountainside, much like giant pythons with countless sections cut off.It is a "stream trough" specially set up by local Tibetans in order to be able to drink rare spring water.This kind of trough is very strange.Because this area is particularly short of water sources, the Tibetans living in the mountains set up something that hollowed out the center with a thick tree trunk to make it look like a pipe.Connect these tubes in the convex and concave places of the mountain, so that the water flows out along the tubes, and does not allow it to flow arbitrarily to places that people cannot get.Wherever the water flows down the bend or encounters a short fault cliff, more tubes are placed to divert the water.The spring has been flowing for many years, and if the direction of the flowing water is changed due to changes in natural conditions, the Tibetans will move the tube along with it.In this way, the spring water at the foot of the mountain sometimes flows on the rocks, and sometimes it must flow along the tube until it reaches the village where the Tibetans live.If someone pulls out any section of the tube, the spring water will fly off the cliff and cannot be used by people.The trough made of this kind of wooden tube is divided into several tributaries, that is to say, there are several water outlets where the water can be drawn, for the local Tibetans to use water freely.On the mountain rocks where no forest grows, only blue-gray and dark brown are exposed, there are rows of "canals", which make people look really special.

In the morning, although the sun was covered by the cliff, it was bright.The wake-up calls sounded, and the wake-up calls of various Red Army companies rang loudly on the mountainsides. This symphony-like sound shook the sleeping valley, called out the shy sun, and awakened the people who were tired from walking all over the mountain. The fallen, sleeping Red Army soldiers.Immediately afterwards, people shouted and horses neighed, singing and laughing, the sound of the cook chopping vegetables, the clang of the shovel touching the iron pan, the cry of the baby, and the low sound of the mother's lullaby... all mixed together.It's another scene when the valley is neutral.The addition of these people has brought a new vitality to the long-term tranquility of the remote mountains and secluded valleys.

Wang Ertian came out of a cave, stretched himself, and rubbed his eyes.When he opened his eyes and looked at the majestic mountains, he couldn't help but take a breath.He turned his head and saw the company commander Li Dongsheng standing behind him, also looking at the vast mountains with astonished eyes. It turned out that they were standing on the mountainside of a big mountain, and they could see the cliff three to five miles away at a glance.Between the two mountains, there is a deep fault ditch.From the south of the ditch to the north of the ditch, the distance between the two mountains is only half an hour in diameter, but except for birds, people cannot jump over it.To really walk, you have to climb down the ravine, climb up the ridge, and walk to the opposite mountain.The up and down road is still a rough path that cannot be seen clearly like a chessboard.

Wang Ertian looked at this kind of mountain road in surprise, stuck out his tongue, and said to Li Dongsheng: "Company commander, thanks to the fact that we are walking ahead, look at this mountain. It took us a whole day of climbing to get so close. How anxious we are." Sighing, he shook his head and said, "If you run into such a ghost mountain, I can't walk for ten years. I don't think you can walk a hundred miles. It's so bad!" Li Dongsheng looked at the Red Army soldiers on the opposite mountain climbing up from the cracks in the rocks, the caves on the shore, and the stones. He was very interested, so he smiled at Wang Ertian and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that you should go to the Central Red Army and go north to fight against Japan?" Go, can you walk as far as you want? Can you walk on this mountain for ten years?"

"Hey, company commander, you are really serious. If you are looking for the Central Red Army, if there are all such mountains on the road, I will climb them all my life." Wang Ertian said with a smile. "Climb the mountain for a lifetime?" Li Dongsheng shook his head and said, "What about the revolutionary event? Who do we leave it to?" Wang Ertian smiled.He didn't say anything.He silently looked at the soldiers on the opposite mountain, and after a while, he sneaked a look at Li Dongsheng again.The company commander has obviously become much thinner.The wound on the left arm has closed, but it seems that the left arm is a circle thinner than the right arm.Moreover, since crossing the river, the company commander has been even less talkative, always walking in front of the company without saying a word, always carrying a machine gun and carrying a rifle for the soldiers.If there was a single soldier who got distracted, said a few strange words, or lost his temper while walking on the long road, Li Dongsheng would just silently put his gun on his back and stare at him seriously.That soldier was honest, grabbed the weapon that the company commander carried for him, and strode forward.Despite this, the company commander is still often in a daze, especially when sitting down to rest alone or camping at night.Wang Ertian could guess what the company commander was thinking about and who he was thinking about. This time, he saw the company commander standing there again, staring straight at the mountain.Wang Ertian couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Company Commander, you have to cherish your body a little bit!"

Li Dongsheng looked at Wang Ertian expressionlessly, and said, "Why don't I love myself? In the future, I will have to cause some trouble for Chiang Kai-shek!" "Company commander," Wang Ertian said in a low voice, "I know, you want an instructor." Li Dongsheng glanced at him, but didn't answer. "The instructor has recovered from his injuries and illnesses. He may join the Central Red Army before us!" Wang Ertian said hopefully.In fact, why didn't he miss Zhang Menghua?Also, is his brother dead or alive?He looked at Li Dongsheng, but Li Dongsheng was staring at the rock.

"Company Commander, I always have an idea that Officer He and my brother will definitely not sacrifice themselves, they are still chasing us!" Li Dongsheng also had this feeling in Wang Ertian, and he also hoped for it. "Hmm!" Li Dongsheng didn't express his attitude. "Company commander, do you think they can find us?" "Ah!" Li Dongsheng's expression was ugly. "Company commander, do you think Wang Datian can meet the instructor?" "Ok!" Wang Ertian looked at the company commander and said confidently: "Company commander, in my opinion, they are looking for us. I have had a dream, and of course the dream doesn't count, but I always have this feeling in my heart. You see, "He said as he pulled out a scabbard dagger from his waist.

Li Dongsheng silently looked at the short dagger and the beautiful sharkskin scabbard in Wang Ertian's hand. "My brother and I each have a pair of such knives. They are all exactly the same. They are inherited from our ancestors! Yesterday, when I was fast entering the ravine, I used one at the intersection of the three forks. The most conspicuous tree is telling him to go this way.” Wang Ertian looked at Li Dongsheng innocently and hopefully, and said, “Wang Datian can definitely see it. As long as he can see it, he must follow the road.” Lu is here for us. What do you think? The company commander."

Li Dongsheng smiled. He loved the feelings of the soldiers when they missed their comrades. He loved this kind of sincere nostalgia. He himself also had this kind of feeling, but he controlled it more tightly and suppressed it deeper, so that he could silently chew on this painful nostalgia. , rather than letting the soldiers see it.In fact, he didn't hide his impossibly hidden mood.The soldiers also saw it.They understand the temper, thinking and character of the company commander, just as Li Dongsheng understands every soldier in his company who has different origins and is oppressed by the same old society.

"Company commander, what do you think?" Wang Ertian looked at the company commander with blinking eyes, waiting for the company commander's answer. Li Dongsheng looked at Wang Ertian's innocent face, then enthusiastically patted him on the shoulder, and said affirmatively, "I believe it!" Wang Ertian's hopes and fantasies resonated, and he seemed to feel that Wang Datian had seen the sharp knife nailed to the tree to guide the way, and walked along the path in the mountain.Moreover, Wang Datian's face was full of red, talking and laughing, and instructors, youth officers, propagandists...all together...how he hoped that this idea would become a reality!Because his hope is also the hope of the company commander, and it is also the hope of the comrades of the whole company!He was lost in beautiful contemplation.

Li Dongsheng looked at Wang Ertian, then walked towards the soldiers.He was about to check the company's preparations for the march. The hygienist Cai Jiamao came over and whispered to Li Dongsheng with a sad face: "Company commander, the whole company hasn't even drank a drop of water from yesterday to today. My Bagua Dan was made in Yunnan, and it was distributed yesterday. Soldiers But I'm thirsty. If I go any further, my physical strength will not be able to support it." Li Dongsheng frowned, patted Cai Jiamao and said, "Little ghost, don't play tricks, and left me some Bagua pills?" Cai Jiamao said helplessly, "Six pieces." "A lot," Li Dongsheng nodded, "If you don't go, you can't. If you can't stand the thirst, you can give them the Eight Diagrams Pill, and I don't want any!" : "It's difficult, kid, hold back! There is a trough in front, and you can get water." Wang Ertian licked his chapped lips, then looked at Li Dongsheng's pale face and his mouth that was chapped like fish scales. He raised his head to look at the trough on the mountain, and said, "Comrades, don't worry." Li Dongsheng came forward and said, "Company commander, I'll fetch a bucket of water!" Li Dongsheng thought about it, obviously the cook didn't fetch water in the middle of the night, but he still nodded in agreement. "Wait, Lao Wang is going to fetch water for you!" Wang Ertian yelled, carrying his gun and bucket on his back, and climbed up the mountain.He kept stopping, panting, wiping sweat. At this time, there was a Tibetan lying in ambush behind a distant rock.He looked at the team suspiciously, his eyes wide open and flashing with hatred.He saw several Red Army soldiers crawling towards the trough he was guarding from various cliffs and rocks. He quickly thrust the long-handled machete obliquely behind his back, bent down, and rushed towards the trough.Then, he stretched out his hands to hug a thick wooden tube, moved it hard, and the spring water flowed over his hands.As a result, the water no longer flows through the trough, but flies toward the high cliff. The water flows on the cliffs and on the hillsides, splashing like stars. Wang Ertian lay down on the mountain several times. He was dizzy, dry mouthed, and lacked strength. Finally, he managed to climb to the water mouth at the bottom of the trough, but the last water just flowed through.He held the bottom of the tank with his hands vigorously, but there was not even mud.He wanted to lick the moist bottom of the trough, but he just bent his head down and smelled the clear cool air in his heart and lungs, then suddenly raised his head, bit his lips tightly, stood up, picked up the bucket, and said to himself: " No, what do you want to do? All comrades are thirsty, should I lick the bottom of the trough?" The act of bowing his head just now aroused his irritability even more. Wang Ertian picked up the empty bucket and crawled along the direction of the flowing water. In front, there was also a comrade crawling on the cliff, but the water just flowed past. In front, there was another comrade carrying a bucket, leaning on a rock, sweating profusely, walking towards the trough, but the water had just flowed through. On this side, behind the cliff, the water flow was blocked from the original direction, flowing all over the mountains and plains.The water seeped into the crevices of the rocks, bubbling white foam, flowing over the rocks, gushing white sprays, flowing down to the mouth of the cliff, flashing light blue light, and making a gurgling sound. Wang Ertian came down bumpily.He was carrying the empty bucket. At first, everyone ran towards him happily, but when he came to him, they all stopped and fell silent. Only Cai Jiamao, seeing Wang Ertian stripping off his clothes, staring, sweating, and staring at people in a daze, walked over hurriedly, took out a small box from his satchel, and inside the small box was another paper bag, revealing six pieces of chess pieces. dark brown bafondant.He carefully broke off half of one piece, handed it to Wang Ertian, and said with concern: "Keep it in your mouth, it's like drinking water." Wang Ertian roughly pushed away Cai Jiamao's extended hand, held his face, ran away a few steps, and squatted down. "Eat it," Li Dongsheng stood aside, staring at the bucket in a daze. At this moment, he helped Wang Ertian up. "Company commander, I feel bad. Leave that medicine for others to take!" Li Dongsheng didn't try to persuade him any more. He straightened his army cap, raised his machine gun, and hoarse at the company, "Be patient, comrades, don't be afraid of difficulties, just watch at this time!" He snatched the rifle from Wang Ertian's body, put it on his back, Walking in front, he raised his hand towards the team: "Comrades, follow me!" Wang Ertian jumped up from the ground, caught up with Li Dongsheng in a few steps, snatched his rifle and then the machine gun, and said, "Company commander, give it to me!" Wang Ertian snatched the machine gun, straightened his chest, his irritable eyes flashed, followed closely behind Li Dongsheng, and took a big step forward with the company. The soldiers had dry mouths and chapped lips, and their bodies were as hard to bear as if they were burned.Some people clung to the front, some bit dry towels, some took off their upper body military uniforms, and carried backpacks, food, guns and empty water bottles on their backs, and walked forward with difficulty. steps. Cai Jiamao was sweating, running back and forth, supplying the six bagua pills, but he seemed to be an unsatisfactory supplier, no matter who he handed half a bagua pill to, that person would definitely stare at him first, and then Smiling, pushed his hand away, and declined his kindness.Or say: "Give it to others, others are thirstier than me!" As for others, it is the same sentence. The tired team, but also a determined team, lined up in a long line, still walking forward at the speed that the march should have. The Red Army marched forward boldly on the winding path halfway up the mountain. The red flag fluttered against the wind on the winding path halfway up the mountain. They went from thirsty in the early morning to the noon when the hot sun was shining overhead.People are sweating from the sun, but they can't change a drop of cool water. Chen Xingzhao, political commissar of the regiment, was standing on the path among the mountains.Gauze was hanging on his right hand, and dried blood stains were still oozing from the gauze.He was wearing a neat military uniform and a whitish military cap.A pair of glowing eyes flashed in his extremely thin face.He stood there, looking at the trudging troop as they passed him, staring ahead. The stretcher team walked past him wearily and slowly. He looked at the sick and wounded and said, "Go to the front and rest for a while, and there will be water. Comrades." Li Dongsheng led the company over. Chen Xingzhao called to stop Li Dongsheng. "Notify the stretcher team to rest in place, and your company is responsible for covering." Li Dongsheng stood at attention and said yes. At the same time, he looked at the political commissar's scorched face and his bandaged hands, and said nothing. Chen Xingzhao held Li Dongsheng's hand, touched Li Dongsheng's left arm lightly, and asked with concern: "Li Dongsheng, did you have any injuries?" "No!" Li Dongsheng stared at the injured arm of the political commissar. Chen Xingzhao knew what Li Dongsheng wanted to say, so he raised his injured arm and said with a smile, "I did it again! You're really kidding me." "Political commissar, we still have eight pills, which can quench our thirst." Li Dongsheng saw that the political commissar's lips were white and dry, and hurriedly called Cai Jiamao. "Slow down, how many do you have?" "Six yuan!" Li Dongsheng quickly said again: "We are not the most thirsty!" "Okay, let's deal with it this way," Chen Xingzhao thought for a while and said, "Give four yuan to the stretcher team, share it with the sick and wounded, and leave two yuan to your company. Among them, you each have to eat a quarter of one yuan." .” "What about you, political commissar?" "Me?" Chen Xingzhao smiled, "Eating too many Bafeng Pills is not suitable for me. Just now, I seem to have eaten a whole piece. It tastes very bitter." "Political commissar, I only ate a whole piece today," Li Dongsheng explained, "It's really bitter." "Try it, political commissar, company commander," Cai Jiamao had long stood aside and looked at the two liars. He broke a piece of Eight Diagrams Pill in half and said, "This medicine is a cooling agent. , can hold a bowl of water. Political commissar, company commander, it is sweet and not bitter at all!" Chen Xingzhao looked at Li Dongsheng, and Li Dongsheng looked at the regimental commissar.Both of them laughed.Chen Xingzhao patted Cai Jiamao's shoulder with a smile and said: "Okay, little health worker, take it all, let's take it all to the wounded and sick. Since both of us said that we have eaten the bitter taste, it must be eight There are two kinds of Dan, one is bitter and the other is sweet, but you don't know that it tastes bitter." "The Bafeng Dan has no bitter taste." Cai Jiamao said unconvinced: "Also, our company commander never even read it, and said he ate a whole tablet!" "Little devil, hurry up! Take it to the wounded and sick!" Li Dongsheng ordered with a sullen face. Cai Jiamao pouted and ran towards the stretcher team. Seeing that Cai Jiamao ran away, Chen Xingzhao said to Li Dongsheng: "Lao Li, pay attention to your health! Comrade, it is very difficult at present, but there will be even greater difficulties in the future!" Only in front of his superiors, Li Dongsheng didn't have to hide his pain.He said with a sullen face: "Difficulties are of course difficulties. The soldiers are all thirsty, and they can't find water... I can't think of a way." He said sadly: "If Comrade Zhang Menghua is here, with him, he will There will be a way better than me. The instructor just stayed." "Yeah, it's all the same." The political commissar nodded and said, "Look, I can't think of the best way, and I even squeezed away your last Bagua pill! The head of the regiment died, so I'm not alone in charge Is it?" Li Dongsheng stood there silently. "Do you want to be more lively?" Chen Xingzhao said happily, "Study with Comrade Zhang Menghua, he is a man who can joke around with a knife on his neck!" Li Dongsheng listened silently, like a primary school student standing in front of the teacher.He not only understood the words of the political commissar, but also understood the deep meaning in the words of the political commissar.He knows that in the most difficult time, every word and action of every leading cadre, every even the smallest thought reflection, will have a great impact on the soldiers.At this time, the style, talking and laughing, perseverance and spirit of leading cadres and Communist Party members will directly inspire soldiers.He was originally a rough-spoken man, but when difficult struggles came he was unconsciously more silent and serious than usual.Li Dongsheng thought of this, and the thin Zhang Menghua with two shining eyes appeared in front of his eyes.He thought of the carefree, hearty laughter and singing of the fighters when they were with the lanky instructor. "Okay, Li Dongsheng, I think, after a period of time, even Zhang Menghua's strengths with you will be concentrated on you alone." Chen Xingzhao said with a smile: "Go, go ahead and see the stretcher team!" Li Dongsheng saluted the political commissar, took a big step, and walked in the direction of the stretcher team resting. The stretcher team had stopped.The wounded and sick were lying on stretchers, some biting the corners of the quilt, trying not to make a sound; some moaned softly, some shouted dryly and hoarsely: "Water! Water... in the throat... ...going to...be on fire!" Li Dongsheng's company has come to the stretcher team. Li Dongsheng and Wang Ertian were surrounded by stretchers. Seeing the thirsty look of the wounded and sick, Wang Ertian felt worse than being stabbed by a knife.He raised his head and looked at another gully mouth on the mountain, which was halfway up the mountain not far away.He saw a Red Army soldier crawling towards the second nozzle. A gunshot tore through the dry sky, and the comrade who was crawling up suddenly stood up, fell down again, and slid down the rocks. On the mountainside, there were continuous and sparse gunshots. Li Dongsheng suddenly raised his head, and saw that the soldiers from the other company had died, and their bodies were rolling.Hearing the voices of the wounded and the sick calling for water and moaning, and seeing Wang Ertian staring at the mouth of the mountain with hatred on his face, his heart felt like a knife.He bent down sadly and apologetically, and comforted the wounded and sick on the stretcher in a low voice: "Comrades, bear with me for a while, I will find a way." He Zhu came with the baby in his arms.The child has obviously grown up a lot.He Zhu watched back and forth in front of the stretcher.From time to time, he bent down to comfort him.She ground the six pieces of Bagua Dan sent by Cai Jiamao and the few pieces she kept into powder, put them in a piece of paper, held them in her hand, and gave a handful of them to the mouths of each sick and wounded.But she kept saying to the wounded and sick: "Eat a little, I have already eaten a pinch." She looked at the wounded and sick with their eyes wide open, their lips closed, biting the corner of the quilt, holding back their thirst. , Enduring this unbearable thirst... She thought, if possible, she would never hesitate to sacrifice her life in exchange for even a bucket of clean water for these comrades. He Zhu's body was weak.Not long after giving birth, I encountered life-and-death difficulties when crossing the Jinsha River, and then followed the river, climbing mountains for so many days, from Yunnan to Xikang, from spring to summer.She's just walking, walking....She has nothing to talk about nutritious food.Sometimes, even the only piece of tsampa was given to the wounded and sick first.She is a doctor, in charge of medicines, but she uses all the medicines on the wounded and sick, and she refuses to take even a small piece of calcium tablet that strengthens the bones of children.Although her doll has also grown up a lot according to the laws of nature, it is so astonishingly pale and thin.Children cannot suck enough milk from their mothers, and often greedily swallow the porridge made from highland barley wheat that is sometimes thin like water and sometimes thick like rice. Oh, the difficult year of 1936!The enemy has brought incomparable difficulties to the revolution and the Red Army.Even young dolls endured these unprecedented difficulties without exception.However, in the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, every red fighter clearly understands: to overcome difficulties with blood and sweat, to answer battles with battles, to form a steely whole with will and revolutionary belief.In this way, what will be obtained will be victory and the happiness of the people's descendants for generations to come. Holding the child, He Zhu stood up from the stretcher of the wounded and sick. When she looked up, she saw Li Dongsheng.He was standing silently in front of the stretcher.He Zhu walked over, looked worriedly at the company commander's thinned body, and said, "Company commander Li, is the wound healed?" Li Dongsheng smiled casually and said, "Good morning! The bullets have passed, but it's just cool off!" He Zhu looked at Li Dongsheng, thought of his younger brother He Qiang, and asked, "My brother is helping with work in your company, right? How is he? Why haven't I seen him?" Li Dongsheng stared at He Zhu in a daze, but didn't say a word. "What's wrong with you?" He Zhu changed color and asked anxiously: "He Qiang died? Where did he die? Was it when he was crossing the river?" Her eyes turned red immediately.With two bags of tears in his eyes, he stared at Li Dongsheng, as if hoping to get better news from Li Dongsheng. Li Dongsheng shook his head and said, "There is no sacrifice!" "Oh? Then... where did he go?" "I fell behind on the south bank of the river." Li Dongsheng said sadly: "Without his support, the white army attacked the hill we just captured. As a result, He Qiang, Wang Datian, Sun Ying... were surrounded by the white army It's..." "What? Isn't that a sacrifice?" He Zhu's face turned pale, and she clasped her hands tightly, holding the doll in her hands, and burst into tears. "I took people to search all over the mountains, south and north, but none of their bodies were found, not even one of the three of them. I think..." Li Dongsheng stared at He Zhu, and finally said: "I don't think he was captured by the enemy. Just alive." He Zhu stared at Li Dongsheng with straight eyes, didn't speak or move, and paused for a while. "Doctor He, what's wrong with you?" Li Dongsheng became nervous, and quickly asked, "Don't be too sad!" He Zhu shook his head and said, "It's nothing," then asked Li Dongsheng seriously: "Commander Li, how can we get water? Hmm? We are all responsible to the living comrades!" Li Dongsheng looked at He Zhu and said angrily, "I'll ask the political commissar to take down the mountain. These Tibetans are too deceitful." "I'll go with you to ask." He Zhu said, "However, Chen Xingzhao, he has his own ideas." "Of course you know him better than I do," Li Dongsheng looked at He Zhu, "You have to help me with this task!" At this time, a cavalry galloped recklessly past the stretcher team, and the horse's hoof kicked up dry dust.When the cavalryman saw Li Dongsheng, he reined in his horse suddenly, swayed on the horse, and asked pantingly, "Commander Li, didn't you see the political commissar?" "Front!" Li Dongsheng hurriedly asked, "What happened?" "No, nothing happened!" The cavalry rushed to the political commissar Chen Xingzhao, dismounted, and saluted the political commissar.Immediately afterwards, he took off a marching water bottle from his shoulder very carefully, held it in front of the political commissar with both hands, and said, "Political commissar, this is the wish of our whole company!" Chen Xingzhao looked at the kettle and asked, "Where's the army?" "In front." "Find water?" The cavalryman shook his head and said, "No, not yet. The Tibetans blocked the water outlet and wounded several of us." Chen Xingzhao nodded, took the kettle and shook it.It can be heard that there is only half a jug of water in the jug. If I drink it by myself, it will be enough to quench my thirst.The political commissar held the water bottle preciously, patted the cavalryman on the shoulder, then stuffed the water bottle into the hand of the horseman, shook his head and said, "Take it back and give it to the comrades in the company!" The cavalry stepped back quickly, pursed his dry lips, and got on his horse.He rode on the horse, grabbed the reins, looked at the political commissar, and said excitedly: "The political commissar, the opinions of the whole company, the chief's body is more important." : "Political commissar, you are no better than others, your blood is almost shed. It looks like you are so thin." The cavalryman stood on the horse, raised his hands, raised his chest, saluted respectfully, turned the horse's head back, turned his back to the political commissar, and bent down to push the horse away.At this moment, the indifferent, thirsty heroism on the cavalry's face changed in an instant to undisguised anxiety, pain and fatigue.He clamped the horse's belly fiercely, the horse panted, trotted a few steps, and then walked at a slow pace. The political commissar is holding a water bottle and is meditating.His throat seemed to be smoking.Is he not thirsty?Thirsty!But he didn't want to—no, he didn't want to drink this little water. He looked at the kettle, looking for someone to share the water with. He Zhu happened to walk over with the child in her arms, and when she saw the thin Chen Xingzhao, her eyes flashed with joy and worry.The happy thing is that she saw the lover she missed; the sad thing is that Chen Xingzhao lost a lot of weight and stood there like a skeleton.In addition to being his lover, he bears even greater responsibilities!The people need him more!And how could she lose him?As a professional doctor, she couldn't help worrying about her lover who was left with only a skeleton.He Zhu was thinking perplexedly, approached Chen Xingzhao, and said, "Are you here too?" Chen Xingzhao suddenly saw his wife and didn't know what to say for a while.His wife was thin and pale, and her waist was as thin as a green bamboo pole tied by a belt.In his arms was a thin, dark child who looked at him with strange eyes.He watched and gradually returned to normal.Then he took a step closer, supported He Zhu's shoulder, sized her up and said, "You've lost weight again." "Don't you look at yourself, how thin do you look?" He Zhu flashed reproachful eyes. Chen Xingzhao smiled.He raised his head and saw Li Dongsheng and Wang Ertian standing beside him. He smiled more heartily and said, "It's because I lost weight. Once I lose weight, I will become more powerful. Mountain climbing is more suitable." Chen Xingzhao's words didn't make others laugh, so he lifted the bandage on his arm and said with a smile, "Hey, did this guy come from breaking out?" He Zhu held the doll and handed it to Chen Xingzhao. With a mother's unique pride, she smiled and said, "Look, our child's eyes really look like you." Chen Xingzhao kissed the skinny baby and said with a smile, "Hey, my son..." "It's a girl." He Zhu corrected her sentence. "It's the same thing." Chen Xingzhao took the doll with one arm, and said with a smile: "Little guy, look at these Red Army uncles, what kind of heroes and heroes they are! Look at the mountains and the Jinsha River. Let's step on the bottom of our feet...Little guy, you know a lot, who's doll has such a big travel addiction as you." He stretched his eyebrows and laughed.He took off the water bottle on his shoulder and handed it to He Zhu: "Hey, here is some water, you can drink a couple of sips." "No, I won't drink." "Aren't you thirsty?" "thirsty!" "Then why don't you drink it?" Chen Xingzhao forced the water bottle over. He Zhu took a few steps back quickly, and said cordially, "You should drink this water." Chen Xingzhao shook his head, unscrewed the lid of the pot, and said, "If you don't want to drink, give it to the child!" He Zhu hugged the child and hid, the child began to cry in his mother's arms. "No, I won't give it to her. I have milk." He Zhu turned around and said affectionately to Chen Xingzhao, "I have to go. Take care of your body, just like you care about your comrades." Said Then, she held the child and walked towards the stretcher team. Holding the water bottle, Chen Xingzhao looked at He Zhu's frail back and was stunned for a moment, then said to Wang Ertian, "Come on, take a drink, and then give it to Dr. He to feed the wounded." "Political commissar, I won't drink!" Wang Ertian argued hastily, and said that he was not thirsty to death. "Take a sip!" After Chen Xingzhao said this, he walked away. Holding the water bottle in both hands, Wang Ertian said in a daze, "Commissar, you...don't take a sip..." The political commissar walked towards the path without looking back. Wang Ertian shook the kettle in his hand, looked at the stretcher team in front, and ran away. Beside the stretcher, He Zhu was holding the child in a daze.The baby was crying weakly in her arms, and the voice was trembling and thin.He Zhu panicked, holding the doll in both hands, staring at the child who opened his small mouth but couldn't cry out loud.She moaned in pain and bewildered: "Little guy...what's the matter with you?...Be good..." She was so anxious that she was at a loss.He hurriedly stuffed the doll's mouth onto the nipple that lacked milk at all. Wang Ertian ran over with the kettle in his hands.He ran to He Zhu and said, "Give me the child." "What?" He Zhu handed over the child and looked at Wang Ertian strangely. "Take two sips, this is the order of the political commissar." Wang Ertian handed over the water bottle and said. He Zhu took the water bottle numbly, and said to herself: "Order?" She took the water bottle and walked towards the wounded and sick. Wang Ertian took a step forward and said, "Doctor He, give me a drink first. I can't take it anymore." He held the child and lowered his head. He Zhu stopped and silently handed him the water bottle.Wang Ertian took a sip, looked at He Zhu, and nodded.He Zhu took the water bottle, shook it, and walked towards the wounded and sick without saying a word. Wang Ertian kept his mouth shut, watching He Zhu turn around, and as soon as she walked away, he quickly picked up the doll, lowered his head, snuggled up to the doll's face, and gently put his mouth to the child's dry mouth. on the mouth.Water flowed into the child's mouth drop by drop.The child opened his small mouth, sucking greedily and loudly. The child blinked in Wang Ertian's arms, looked at this strange Red Army uncle, and let out a clear laugh. Wang Ertian pursed his lips, his tense and painful face relaxed a little.He also smiled innocently. The soldiers seemed to have forgotten their unbearable thirst, and surrounded Wang Ertian.Take the doll from him.On the faces of these fighters, there are innocent smiles like dolls. The buds of the Red Army - the little dolls, are carefully passed on in the hands of the soldiers. He Zhu held the kettle, with tears in his eyes, unscrewed the lid of the kettle with trembling hands, and gently put it into the mouth of the wounded and sick.When she heard the doll's laughter, she couldn't help being surprised to see the moment when Wang Ertian was feeding her doll with his head down.There was a gratified smile on her face.She distributed the little water in the kettle to each wounded and sick person.She smiled at each of the wounded and sick, and comforted: "Drink a little, drink a little first, good comrade." She saw a grateful light flashing towards herself in the eyes of each wounded and sick.On her body, there seemed to be a warm trickle beating all over her body.She was relieved by this and forgot her troubles.She stood up next to the stretcher of the last wounded and sick person, raised her head suddenly, felt dizzy for a while, just as she was about to grab something, she felt her body go limp and fell down beside the stretcher. Wang Ertian rushed over at once, helped He Zhu up with one hand, and hugged the empty kettle with one hand.Shouted in surprise: "Company commander, company commander." Li Dongsheng rushed over, and Cai Jiamao also rushed over. "Look at Doctor He!" Li Dongsheng yelled at Cai Jiamao. Cai Jiamao squatted down, listened to He Zhu's chest, hurriedly took out the needle in the satchel, and injected a booster in He Zhu's arm. "How is it?" Wang Ertian still supported He Zhu.He raised his head and asked anxiously. "Dizzy." Cai Jiamao wiped the needle, sighed and said, "I will wake up." Both Wang Ertian and Li Dongsheng let out a sigh of relief. He Zhu opened her eyes, looked at Wang Ertian who was supporting her, smiled and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, you saved my child." It was good that Wang Ertian didn't listen. Hearing this, he turned his head sadly, and silently looked at the water mouth on the mountain not far away.The water is so close, and the people are so thirsty, why didn't they give an order to capture this hill?If you have an order, you will be the first to rush forward.Even if they were sacrificed, the corpses should be used to block the water, and let it flow down the gutter, before the eyes of the Red Army. A section of the trough was moved, and the water flowed on the rocks.Below the trough, there were several downed Red Army soldiers. 远远的山腰间，人们攀登不过去的地方，金沙江奔腾咆哮着，这是多么引人的水啊！ 这时刻，在山上的涧槽后面的岩石旁边，爬着一个拿枪的藏人。他满脸皱纹，胡子灰白，瞪着带了冷漠而仇恨神色的眼睛，盯着这山间的一批批、一队队的红军的行动。他讨厌一切汉人走过他们的家乡。他认为，不管什么汉人，只要来到藏族地区，不是抢劫，就是杀戮。对付汉人，只有用子弹、马刀。多少年来的流血教训，使藏人学会了和仟何敌人斗争。因此，不管你是红军还是什么军，只要是汉人，就要遭受到藏人奋不顾身的反抗。而那时的藏人又怎么能够了解到红军是什么样子的汉人呢？ 几个红军已经倒在这个老藏人的眼前，但是，他还是隐藏在岩石后边，静静地监视着红军的行动。 李冬生尽力盯着山上的举动。他也看见几个其他单位的战士怎样爬上去，又怎样中了弹、倒在那里。他也看见山上飞散了的水流，急得咬牙切齿。他抓住了枪带，眼前好像闪出了张孟华。他想起了留在老百姓家里养病的指导员。若是指导员也在这儿，他会帮助自己解决这些痛苦的。但是，指导员并不在这里，而在这里的是渴得危险的伤病员，是自己的战士，是渴昏过去的何珠，是渴得厉害而又不懂事的小娃娃。而山上，倒着的是同志的尸体。水却漫山飞散了。 李冬生的心里像是有一把火在燃烧，像有几十把尖刀在刺着肺腑心肝。他心烦意乱，心如刀绞，猛咕叮地从地上站起来。严厉地盯着蔡家瑁说：“看守机枪！”他抓起了盒子枪，插了插腰问的手榴弹，向山上爬去。 蔡家瑁看到这般情况，吃惊地叫着：“连长，连长，你上哪里去？” 李冬生理也不理，头也不回，径直往涌向水口的山上爬去。 王二田听见了蔡家瑁的惊叫，抬起头来，立刻看见了连长的行动。他登时浑身紧张起来。他意识到连长是什么打算，是在冒着什么样的危险。做为一个战士，革命的责任心和爱护首长的心情都闪电般地涌上来。他飞快地朝山上爬去，拉住了李冬生，大声地喘着气，瞪着李冬生，急促地说：“连长，怎么往那边去？陈政委叫你呢。”李冬生停了脚步，严厉地盯着王二田的眼睛。王二田的眼一眨都不眨地迎住了连长那种热辣辣的、严厉的、探询着的目光。 李冬生没有说话，只是瞪着眼，紧闭着嘴，默默地走下山去。 王二田紧紧地跟在后边也走下来。 李冬生将枪插到身上，走了。他只有请示政委，而且，请求他批准自己带领连队向山上进攻。 王二田站在蔡家瑁身边，看了看连长笔直地顺小路去找政委了，便连忙蹲下身子来，悄悄地拉了拉蔡家瑁，说：“小鬼，提上水桶，到涧槽底下等水去。” “什么，水能下来？” “老王说水能下来，龙王爷龙王奶奶也得服从命令听指挥。”王二田找到水桶，塞到蔡家瑁的手里。 蔡家瑁莫名其妙地眨了眨眼，接过了水桶。 王二田从身上摘下步枪，挂在蔡家瑁的肩上，从腰里拿出那只剩了一把带刀鞘的尖刀，把尖刀拔出来，在山石上蹭了几下，又插到身前的皮带上，朝着蔡家瑁笑着说：“我这刀是祖传的宝刀，刀鞘子你拿着。本来我有两把，上次，给我哥哥指路，我用了一把。也不知道他是死是活，也不知道还能看得见他不。”说着，便将刀鞘交给蔡家瑁，自己却呆呆地怔了一刹。他这时的心情是复杂的，没有条理的，没有头绪的。 蔡家瑁茫然接过刀鞘，一手又提着水桶，奇怪地看着王二田的神色，不由地问：“你怎么啦，老王？” 王二田抬着头，看着战士们手中传来传去的小娃娃；看着躺在担架上、发出低低喊水声音的伤病员；看着四外山路旁的红军都干渴地躺着。他好像又看见何珠怎样趴在一个伤员身上，握着手榴弹在迎击敌人；又像看见李冬生——他所敬爱的连长垂着双手，倒在机枪上，睁开眼后的第一个动作是朝敌人射击。他又像觉得王大田和他在苏区当了真正红军的第一天，搂着自己的肩膀，高兴地说：“当上红军啊，吃糠也比吃米香，死了也比给土豪当牛马甜。咱哥儿俩，永世不受狗日的土豪劣绅欺压了。”他甚至想起他和他的哥哥王大田是怎样从土豪家里的高大院墙上爬进屋去，用那一双尖尖的匕首刺透了土豪那肥得冒油的、长了一层黑毛的胸脯，又怎样点起了大火，才跳出墙外，投奔了红军。他的头脑里，在极短的一瞬间，闪耀出多少事情。他连忙镇定一下自己，极其亲切地用双手扶着蔡家瑁，将他推了一个转身，笑着说：“走吧，小鬼。等水去！” 蔡家瑁看了看王二田，只好转过身去，朝涧槽底下的流水口走去。 王二田看着蔡家瑁转过身走了，他突然握了握腰带上的尖刀，猛跑了几步，用全力在悬崖边上的小路上爬行着。 蔡家瑁站在山下涧槽水口，想着刚才的事情，越想越觉得不对头。也猛然省悟过来：王二田准是冒着生命危险，背着连长上山去了。他急忙朝山上看去，正是这样，王二田在山上爬行着。蔡家瑁手里的水桶当啷一声掉在地下，他浑身紧张，大喊着：“王二田。王二田……” 王二田根本不答理蔡家瑁的呼喊，他忽而向左，忽而向右，忽而跳跃，忽而匍匐前进。他的头上冒出了汗，闪着一层密密麻麻的油光。他已经将短刀衔在嘴里，双手扒着石头，猛向山上蹿去。 他看到了水口，水口中间的一段木筒子涧槽被搬开了。therefore.水再也不能从下边的涧槽流过，而是漫崖飞散着。 王二田爬到了水口附近，就在他刚刚伸出手来，要抱起被抛开的一节涧槽木筒子，再接到水口上去的时候…… 山石后边，老藏人眯起了眼，端平了枪，枪口瞄准了王二田的前胸。 王二田双手捧起了涧槽木筒，刚刚放到水口旁边，一些水冲击着涧槽，有一些水已经顺从地从那几寸空隙中流进了涧槽。王二田高兴得脸上顿时堆满了笑容，就觉得这白花花的清清流水已经送到了战友们、伤员们、孩子们、首长们的口里了，甚至，他自己已经感到了凉爽。他看见一些水，通过了涧槽口，已经流到了下边。他伸手刚想将这一节涧槽木筒扶正…… 老藏人开枪了。 王二田只觉得眼前一黑，胸口上像塞进了一块石头，嗓子里一阵阵发燥，有些带着甜味的腥腥的东西堵住了嗓子，使他憋得出不来气。他眼前，是水还是山，都有些模糊不清。他吭哧了一声，握住胸口，从水口溜了下来，涧槽被他碰开了，水又漫流在山岸上，水冲激着王二田。 王二田又睁开了眼睛，艰难地抬起头来。在他的心里只有一个信念，那就是把涧槽接上去。可是，在他不远的眼前，他看见了那个阻拦他的人。那个老藏人，穿着宽大的楚巴，戴着一顶规规矩矩的呢料礼帽。裸露着右臂，肩上背着英国式的有脚架的步枪，手里抓着一把镶银的、带护手的腰刀，向王二田虎视眈眈，迈着大步，走过来了。 “完了。”王二田心想，“死也得保住水流通才行。”他摸了摸腰前，匕首不见了。他看见地下正好摆着那把刀，显然是中弹时，一张嘴，掉到他下的。他伸出手去抓过来，用力支撑着身子，晃晃荡荡地站起来。他紧握着尖刀，叉开双腿，站在水口旁边。他的胸前渗出了大量的鲜血，他却是瞪圆了眼睛，盯住那个越走越近的老藏人。 老藏人看着这个血淋淋的红军，竟而能够在中了弹之后，依然站起身来，立在水口边上，还恶狠狠地盯着自己，不由一怔。他放慢了脚步，仔细地看着王二田。对方胸口上冒血，头上冒汗，身上水淋淋，嘴唇都已经叫自己咬烂了，只是手里紧握着一把尖刀，那刀又短又小，就算它是把刀子，它还能杀人么？老藏人猛走几步，咬住牙，举起了手中的腰刀……正在这一瞬间，王二田用全力投出了手中的尖刀。 王二田刚刚把刀抛出去，就觉得地动山摇。他整个身子失去了重心，扑倒在地上。他昏昏迷迷睁开眼，看了看水，水！water!水在山石上流着，水花溅到他的脸上。 “不成，这不成！”王二田想起来自己的任务，人们还没有水喝。他又一次动了动身体，双手抓住山石，山石蹭着他胸前的伤口，蹭着他那沉重的身体。他紧紧咬住嘴唇，脚直直地蹬住山石，全身向前移动了几下，扑在水口上，两只胳膊抱住了涧槽的木筒子使它靠住了水口。 他用无力的、颤抖的手，不，整个身体顶住了涧槽木筒的下部顶端。他看了看水口，满意地出了一口长气，沉重地一头栽在水里。 水，白花花的水，从王二田的手上、胳膊上、头上、脸上、胸上、整个身体上流过去了。 血渗在水里，也顺着涧槽流下来了。 水，渗着王二田的鲜血的水，不间断地流下涧槽，顺着它向下边流去。 在王二田倒下去不远的地方，老藏人的脸抖动着，浑身痉挛着。他在左肩胛骨下边，胸肌的上方之间，嵌进了那把尖刀。刀刺进去并不算深，因为那是王二田用足了受过重伤的力气投中了的。 老藏人坐在地上，枪抛到了一边。他忍住痛看着胸上这把刀，他不敢拔下来，因为他知道，拔下来就凶多吉少了。他抬起头，看见了顶在涧槽木筒子下边的那个红军，那个红军用整个身体支撑住了涧槽，使水顺从地通过涧槽又通过他的身体流下去，流到下边去接济大队汉人。老藏人不由恨从心起，他皱着眉，仇恨满面。他咬紧牙，忍住痛，拾起刚才摔倒时掉在地下的腰刀，一手扶着他，慢慢地站起身来，朝王二田走去。他身子晃着，手里却紧攥着刀。 蔡家瑁在下边等着水。他心里焦急，不停地看着王二田的行动。忽然，水真的流过来了。他兴奋地用桶接着水。但是，他的两眼却盯住山上的行动。 突然一声枪响，蔡家瑁浑身一震。他看见王二田还在爬动，就放下心来接着水。 水流进桶里，颜色并不是清清的，而且夹杂着殷红颜色。 “血，血……”蔡家瑁丢下水桶，摘下王二田放在他肩头上的枪来，带着悲愤的心情，飞快地朝水口爬去。 水还在流着。战士们兴奋地喊着：“水来了！” 当人们涌向水口的时候，水又不流了。 这时，蔡家瑁正用最快的速度向涧槽爬去。 这时，老藏人的头上流下了汗。他困难地移动着身体。好容易走了王二田的身边，他举起了刀，恶狠狠地就要向王二田的头上砍去。而王二田已经闭着眼，木然地等待着这藏人的杀戮了。 蔡家瑁在这个危急的时分跳过来，一枪托，打掉了老藏人手中的刀，用撕裂的声音喊着：“不许动！” 老藏人一怔的工夫，蔡家瑁蹿过来，将老藏人摔倒在地下，解开老藏人的扎楚巴的宽带子，捆上了他。 蔡家瑁将涧槽放端正了。扶起王二田，听了听他胸口的跳动和鼻子的微弱呼吸……他怔了怔，背起了重伤的昏迷不醒的王二田，推了老藏人一把，恨恨地叫着：“走！” 老藏人仇恨地盯着蔡家瑁，一动不动地站在那里。 “给我走！”蔡家瑁用力推着他。 蔡家瑁背着王二田，押着老藏人从山上走下来。 涧槽合拢了，水流下来了。 这时，战士们已经在喝着桶里的水。 李冬生刚刚从政委那里回来。他恼怒王二田竟然当面撒谎。他四下里寻找着王二田。当他走到这水口来的时候，他看见战士们围着水桶，大口地喝着清凉的水。他连忙过去，看看水桶里的水，严厉地问：“哪里来的水？” “山上流下来的。”李冬生从战士们手中接过水壶来，灌满了好几壶，说：“给军部首长送去！”他又灌了几壶水，说：“请何医生来，再带几个人，喂伤病员！”等到他自己用碗盛了一碗水的时候，他才看见水里有一缕缕的殷红的凝结不散的血丝。He was taken aback.连忙抬起头来，问着：“谁上山去了？”蔡家瑁背着王二田，押着老藏人，走下山来了。 李冬生看见蔡家瑁脸上的泪痕，看见他背上背着的湿漉漉的王二田，他什么都明白了。王二田为什么要阻拦他，为什么要骗他，而他又为什么找不见王二田，又为什么水里头有血……李冬生只觉得浑身发胀，水碗从他手中掉到地下，撞到山石上，发出干裂的锵锵声音来。 王二田被放倒在担架上，何珠立即跑过来，解开他的军上衣。王二田——这个普通的工农红军战士，在这时候，他是什么感觉也没有了。他没有觉得痛苦，只是觉得为更多的同志做了一件普通的事而喜悦。他仰面朝天，被平放在那里。他的血还没有全凝固，还在一点点地流着。 李冬生仇恨地盯着老藏人。老藏人站在那里，他痛得苍老的脸在抖动，花白的胡子在抖动。只是，他那一对仇视的、不屈的眼睛却一眨也不眨地迎着李冬生的眼光。 老藏人的心里明白，他打死了不止一个汉人，而他自己又被汉人抓住了。不说别的，就是活佛来了，自己也活不了。他并不怕死，而且，他深信，不仅仅是自己不怕死，就连自己的家族、子孙也会永世和汉人为仇作对，为自己的死来报仇。不用血来还血，算不得藏族人的英雄好汉！ 李冬生从老人脸上的神色看出了他内心的想法。李冬生再也没有方法来控制自己的感情了。王二田骗了自己，不是别的，而是用他的性命来替自己完成任务，却被这个家伙打成那个样子。他仇恨实在难消啊！他从蔡家瑁肩头上抓过步枪来，端平了，对准了老藏人，就要打死这个杀了好几个红军同志的罪人…… “李冬生同志，你肩上的担子比我重啊……”躺在老百姓家里的，瘦瘦的指导员张孟华的话闪出来。 “……渡过金沙江之后，是兄弟民族地区，他们不了解红军的政策，他们几千年来被大汉族主义者欺压……”团政委陈星兆曾经清楚地传达过任弼时同志的报告…… 这一切，使李冬生冷静下来了。他想着：“我们是付出了血的代价，可是，面前站的人却不是敌人。”他想着想着，枪从他手上垂下来，他索性将枪背到肩头上了。 “解开他！”李冬生发火地喊着。 老藏人瞪着的满含仇恨的眼睛里，闪出了新奇的东西，他不能理解那个戴红五星帽花的帽子的汉人——看样子还是个官长——为什么又背上了向自己瞄准的枪。为什么又要解开自己。 “解开他！”李冬生又朝察家瑁喊着。 “连长，他杀了王二田……他杀了咱们的同志……他……”蔡家瑁忿忿地站在那里不动。 “他不是红军的敌人。明白么？”李冬生痛苦地挤出了这句话。 “不是敌人？”蔡家瑁恨恨地瞧着老藏人。 “不是！他们受了多少年反动派和汉人官僚的气……他们不会了解红军的政策……他们，是好人。”李冬生困难地说着。他了解政策。但是，当他的战友倒在山石上，牺牲在血泊里的情况下，而他面对着的是曾经亲手杀死过不止一个红军战士的藏人面前，说出这几句话，决不是那么简单，那么轻松，那么轻而易举。他恼怒自己的修养不够，也恼怒自己不能控制感情，而且，直到这会儿，仍然是心烦气壮，他愤愤地朝蔡家瑁说：“民族政策，民族政策，你不懂？我做过传达。”蔡家瑁不言不语，低下头来。“解开，给他解开！”李冬生说着，没有等蔡家瑁行动，自己便走到老藏人身后，解开了绑着他的腰带。 老藏人站在那里，腿有点发软了，眼前有些发黑。他的英雄气概和必死决心都没有达到原来他所预料的结果，他感到一阵迷惘，不由更感到伤口疼、身子弱了。 “何医生！”李冬生喊着，“何医生！” 何珠急急地走过来了，看着李冬生，她脸上一阵阵发白。 “王二田怎么样？”李冬生瞪着眼，急迫地问。 “只有一会工夫了。”何珠低下头来，眼里的泪珠从两腮流下来。 李冬生抓紧了步枪的枪背带，弄得枪支在肩上砸来砸去，他毫无感觉。他的另外一只手抓住了自己的腰间皮带，连皮带和手都在发着抖。他看了看低着头的何珠，低声地说：“何医生！” “嗯？”何珠微微抬起头来。 李冬生朝着老藏人站的地方指了指，急促地说：“给他治伤！” “给他？”何珠指了指老藏人。 “对，给他！”李冬生急速地扭过身子，快步朝王二田躺着的担架旁边走去。又在担架旁边急速地俯下身来。 何珠忙擦干了流下来的眼泪，解开一个刚刚用过的小皮箱，推开了医疗器械，叫蔡家瑁将老藏人扶倒在担架上，她轻轻地熟练地解开了老藏人上身的楚巴，小心地拔下刀子，立即用棉花按住了伤口，一边迅速地动作，一边喊着：“镊子……酒精……棉花……” 她像对待一切自己的伤员同志一样地对待着这个负了伤的老藏人。 老藏人咬紧了牙，尽力不使自己叫喊出来。他用困惑的、顺从的眼光呆呆地看着何珠，安静地由何珠裹着伤口。 这时，前边的山上涌出了无数藏民。他们都是身背刀枪，但是，他们却都在扬着双手，高声地呼喊着。 枪声早已寂静了。代替枪声的是一种尖亮的号角声音。 数匹骏马上坐着满脸喜色的红军骑兵，他们兴奋地扬着手，朝路两旁边的红军连连地喊着：“讲和啦！贺军长、任政委和活佛在一起呢！” 山上的藏民也在欢呼着。 许许多多藏民和走在前头的红军队伍汇合了。 藏族人今天才找到了他们的真正朋友和兄弟。这些汉人不是普通的汉人，是共产党领导下的红军，是藏族人民最忠诚、最可靠的朋友和亲人。山上的藏民欢呼着。山中的红军队伍欢呼着。山下的金沙江奔腾咆哮着。涧槽哗哗地通畅无阻地流着水。这清凉的泉水不是普通的水，是在鲜血中沐浴过的、友谊的水啊！红军炊事员们兴奋地接着水……水，一碗一碗地从人们手里传来……伤病员喝着水……何珠喂着娃娃。娃娃在母亲怀里，安逸地、小口地喝着水……水哗哗地、愉快地流着。这不是普通的水，是渗透过红军战士身上鲜血的水，是鲜血凝成友谊的水。将来，涧槽旁边，会有为友谊的结成而牺牲的烈士纪念碑。年青一代的藏族娃娃们，会赶着牛羊，抖着鞭梢，唱着动人的、怀念着红军叔叔伯伯们的歌曲，唱着建设美丽的各族人民的祖国的动人歌曲。 李冬生怔怔地站在担架旁边，蔡家瑁满脸是泪，也站在担架旁边。 王二田的脸色和淡金色的锡箔纸一样。他的胸前还在渗着血。他的胸急速地起伏着，嗓子里冒出一种咯、咯的声音。 李冬生立即俯下身来，轻轻地呼喊：“王二田。王二田……” 王二田无力地睁开眼睛，向连长、向卫生员、向周围的战士们看了看。他真正看见了许多红军喝水。而伤病员那种干涩的、嘶哑的呻吟声和喊水声已经不在耳边回荡了。他眼里闪出兴奋的光辉，他握住了连长伸过来的、滚热的手，他低低地，但又是充满了完成一项任务那样喜悦地说：“连长……水……”他的头仰在李冬生的怀里，闭上了眼，脸上却露出了笑容。他猛然顶了李冬生的一下，握着连长的手松开了，头垂下来了。 王二田被安静地放在担架上。在他那苍白的脸孔上显示出来的是坦然的、欣慰的、带着笑容的神情。 王二田同志牺牲了。 天空是那么晴朗，山水是那么有节奏地、像歌声似的流着。 红军战士、共产党员王二田永远