Chapter 9 Chapter 8 Alive

one Gao Jilong and Wang Yue escaped on a dark and stormy night. Before that, he and Wang Yue had been interrogated many times. The person in charge of interrogating them was the director of the Special Operations Division of the Army in Yunnan. The gentle Director Shen was not terribly vicious, but asked Gao Jilong and Wang Yue over and over again how they had withdrawn from Myanmar. Prior to this, Director Shen had ordered them to take a bath and put on clean military uniforms, and ordered the doctor to examine them.So Gao Jilong and Wang Yue returned to their original appearance. When Gao Jilong was on trial, he still didn't understand what all this meant. They finally walked out of the jungle and returned to their homeland. These were enough to make him feel relieved.What could be more important than that? They didn't go to India, they went all the way north, when their best hope was to return home.The treacherous jungle devoured them mercilessly, and after narrowly escaped death, he and Wang Yue finally walked out of the jungle and returned to the motherland they had been thinking about day and night.

After the "Xi'an Incident", the situation of the Northeast Army had already made him feel the darkness of the Kuomintang army. At this time, in the situation before him, he no longer had any hope for this army.Sitting in the hut of the prison cell, his heart was stagnant, and the scene of the jungle flashed in his mind from time to time.The thought of the jungle made his head spin violently.He closed his eyes and tried to make himself forget everything that happened in the jungle, but he couldn't, no matter what, the scenes in the jungle flashed in front of his eyes like a movie, all of which made him dizzy, and he couldn't Hold your head tightly.

Wang Yue couldn't understand all this. What she didn't expect was that she had worked so hard and finally came back, but ended up in this scene.The soldiers who were in charge of guarding them tried to imprison them separately at first, but Wang Yue disagreed desperately. At this time, she couldn't lose Gao Jilong. In the jungle, Gao Jilong was everything to her. If it wasn't for Gao Jilong, she might have lost it long ago. hope of survival.Going out of the jungle, Gao Jilong is still her spiritual support. She can't lose Gao Jilong at this time. She has already thought of the worst, and it is possible that they will be punished by military law.In the eyes of those people, they are deserters, and there are a thousand reasons to kill them.Wang Yue thought that it was lucky that she did not die in the jungle of northern Burma. She thought of those comrades who died in the jungle. They died so tragically and silently, like a leaf floating down from a branch, and said To die is to die.Death, in Wang Yue's feelings, has become less scary. When her parents died tragically under the Japanese plane, she already felt that death and life were so close. Death in the jungle made her See death more thoroughly and more cleanly, like a gust of wind that will blow at any time.

In the prison cell, she put her head on Gao Jilong's lap, looked at his face, and said with a smile: "We didn't die together in the jungle, let's die here." Gao Jilong felt very uncomfortable when he heard Wang Yue's words. He stroked her hair, which was long and loose on his legs.He said: "Your hair is long, and it's time to cut it." She sat up, turned her back to him, and said, "Please braid my hair for me." Gao Jilong grabbed her hair, her hair was so thick and black, he braided it for her clumsily.She was humming a song, which was a love song she learned in Myanmar, and the title of the song was "I Let My Brother Braid Pigtails".

As she sang, her face turned red first. He finally braided her pigtails, and she lay on his lap again, looked at him and said: "We can die together, I am already satisfied." After finishing speaking, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.When he stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, he thought of Chun'e, who was raped by the Japanese while she was pregnant with a child for several months, and then died tragically by the Japanese knife.At this time, he strongly felt how wonderful it is to be alive.The desire to live occupied his entire consciousness at this time, he wanted revenge, for Chun'e, for the unborn child, as well as for his mother, and all the Chinese who died under the sword of the Japanese.Thinking of this, he grabbed her hand, held it firmly, and said:

"We can't die, we have to live before we die." Seeing the light in his eyes, she sat up, looked at him, and nodded at him. When Director Shen interrogated them again, they were no longer silent. They told Director Shen everything that happened in the jungle. Gao Jilong didn't want to recall everything that happened in the jungle, but in order for himself and Wang Yue to survive, he had to Everything that happened in the jungle was recounted again and again. Director Shen kept taking notes. Director Shen seemed to be moved by their narration, and kept taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes.

During this period, the fate of Gao Jilong and Wang Yue changed. Chen Cheng, the commander of the expeditionary force, returned to Chongqing to recuperate due to illness. Du Yuming was also the general of the defeated army anyway. Coupled with factional disputes, it was difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to use Du Yuming again under such circumstances, so Wei Lihuang took up the post and took on the responsibility. Once again the important task of counterattacking Burma. As soon as Wei Lihuang took office, he mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops in western Yunnan. On the other hand, in India, the Chinese Expeditionary Force under the command and training of the US military was also stepping up training. The US sent air force across the Himalayas to travel between India and Chongqing During the period, Chinese troops were continuously transported to India, and the two troops were waiting for an opportunity to counterattack Burma.

As soon as Wei Lihuang took office, he had no doubts about employing people. He not only transferred Chiang Kai-shek's direct line troops, but also transferred the Northeast Army to the front line in western Yunnan.In the past, Chiang Kai-shek had broken up the Northeast Army into pieces. In order to boost the morale of the Northeast Army, Wei Lihuang gathered the Northeast Army together again and established the 53rd Army to counterattack Burma.Army commander Zhou Fucheng had dealt with Gao Jilong.When Zhou Fucheng was a division commander, Gao Jilong was the company commander of the Northeast Army's commander-in-chief's mansion. Every time the commander-in-chief held meetings and discussed matters, Gao Jilong often met with Zhou Fucheng. Zhou Fucheng seemed to like the capable and promising Gao Jilong very much. , always pat Gao Jilong on the shoulder and say: "Little brother, come to my place and do it, how about giving you a deputy?"

Gao Jilong smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhou for your appreciation. Brothers will definitely serve you in the future!" Gao Jilong personally led a Northeast battalion to enter Burma with an army of 100,000, and this incident spread among the Northeast Army.All the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army not only expected the expeditionary force to win in Burma, but they also expected the Northeast Battalion to show its prestige and morale, and win back some face for the fed-up Northeast Army. As soon as Zhou Fucheng entered western Yunnan, he began to inquire about the situation of the Northeast Camp. He knew that the expeditionary force had been defeated, and it was a crushing defeat. He wanted to know the fate of the brothers in the Northeast Camp.

When Zhou Fucheng heard that Gao Jilong was being imprisoned, he couldn't take it anymore. As the commander of the army, he knew the status of the Northeast Army in Chiang Kai-shek's army. The young commander was transferred from the Northeast Army. Now his good brother came back from Burma , not only was not valued, but was imprisoned.When he heard the news, he immediately brought his entourage to Song Xilian's Western Yunnan headquarters, and named local dignitaries by name. Song Xilian has nothing to do with the Northeast Army, nor does he have any hatred, but only the grievances between the upper echelons.A few days ago, he had heard that many officers and soldiers who had returned from the front line had been captured. He ordered people to examine them in order to seize some of the soldiers who participated in the war, so that he could have an account in front of Chiang Kai-shek in the future, and at the same time make himself a leader in this faction. Invincible in the battle.

Hearing what Zhou Fucheng said, he immediately summoned Director Shen and asked him to release him. During the process of interrogating Gao Jilong, Director Shen already deeply sympathized with Gao Jilong. Soon, he asked Zhou Fucheng to take Gao Jilong and Wang Yue away. Gao Jilong and Wang Yue were sent to the 53rd Army. When he saw Zhou Fucheng, he could no longer control his emotions. He hugged Zhou Fucheng and called out, "Commander—" Next, he told Zhou Fucheng the whole story after entering Myanmar. When he said that the Northeast Battalion was left in the jungle and fought alone, and when he said that more than 300 brothers died tragically in the jungle, Zhou Fucheng's eyes were red up. After a while, Zhou Fucheng asked Gao Jilong: "Brother, do you still want to follow me back to Myanmar?" Gao Jilong looked at Commander Zhou Fucheng, but he didn't nod or shake his head.It's not that he didn't want to kill and go back to Burma. After all, there were more than 300 Northeast Army brothers' bones left there, but after this time, he had already seen through Chiang Kai-shek's troops.Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "Commander, I want to go back to the Northeast, pull up a team, and have a good time with the Japanese." Why didn't Zhou Fucheng think so, but at this moment he couldn't help himself.He nodded helplessly and said, "Brother, take care of yourself. After the counterattack on Burma, the Northeast Army must return to the Northeast and drive the Japanese out." At this time, the 53rd Army had received the order to counterattack Burma, and they were about to cross the Nu River and attack Burma overnight. Zhou Fu became Gao Jilong and Wang Yue found two horses and sent them on the road.Zhou Fucheng said to Gao Jilong: "Brother, there will be a period later." Gao Jilong clasped his fists at Zhou Fucheng on the horse and said, "Commander, I'll wait for you in the northeast!" After speaking, together with Wang Yue, they ran forward with their horses and whips. The sound of guns to counterattack Burma started behind Gao Jilong and Wang Yue.The sound of rumbling guns shook the land of western Yunnan. Gao Jilong seemed to hear the cry of the Northeast Army once again: "The counterattack against Burma is a victory, and go back to your hometown. The Northeast Army should not be a coward. You are a hero when you live, and you are a ghost when you die..." two After the Japanese army occupied Myanmar, it has turned it into a forward fortress to use force against India and China.The Japanese army marched into Myanmar again and again. In addition to the original 4 divisions, the Japanese base camp sent another 6 divisions to Myanmar. The total strength of the Japanese army in Myanmar reached 10 divisions, with a total of 300,000 horses. They want to swallow up East Asia and completely blockade China. At that time, the German and Japanese armies will meet in the Middle East, and the world will be the world of the Axis powers. In fact, a few months before the Western Yunnan troops launched an attack on Myanmar, the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in India had already started firing counterattack guns. This group of troops far away from the motherland and their relatives shouted from their hearts oath: We want revenge! We are going home!! The military song has been reworked: Guns, on our shoulders, Blood, on our chests. Kill and go back to Burma, Avenge my nation. The officers and soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in India sang war songs and returned to Savage Mountain.This is a group of mourners full of passion. The mourning army will win! Don't hold back when you return to your teacher! Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to order troops from western Yunnan to attack Burma. Prior to this, the leaders of the United States, Britain, and China held a meeting in Cairo to counterattack Burma.At the meeting, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States agreed that the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India and the troops in western Yunnan would counterattack northern Myanmar, and the British 4th Army would attack Central Myanmar from Infare. At the same time, the British Navy would land from Yangon for amphibious operations.But the ink on the agreement was not yet dry, and Churchill unilaterally canceled the amphibious operation plan out of self-interest considerations.In a rage, Chiang Kai-shek postponed the counterattack of the troops in western Yunnan. The British betrayed China again. Under the pressure of the United States and the United Kingdom, Chiang Kai-shek also considered his own interests, and finally issued an order to let the western Yunnan troops launch a counter-offensive. Two years after the Chinese Expeditionary Force retreated to the Savage Jungle, that is, on May 11, 1944, the troops in western Yunnan finally fired their counterattack shots. Half a year later, the Chinese Expeditionary Force finally ushered in victory. Gao Jilong and Wang Yue rode on horses, beat their horses and raised their whips and disappeared into the night. The sound of counterattack guns gradually faded away.In this way, they walked for two days and two nights in one breath, and walked out of the rainy Yunnan.Later, they established themselves in a dilapidated small village. They climbed off their horses. Gao Jilong looked at Wang Yue, and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart. Since entering Myanmar, she has been following With the Northeast Camp, he narrowly escaped death and returned to China.In the past two days, Gao Jilong has thought a lot. He knows that he has fallen in love with her deeply. She is different from a woman like Chun'e. Her personality and pursuit are revealed in her bones. It is this that attracts her deeply. with him.It is also for this reason that he cannot implicate her. After he jumped off his horse, he sat on a ridge, and she sat beside him. He wanted to have a talk with her, as a farewell to her.He doesn't know his future, maybe what is waiting for him is still a bloody storm, he wants revenge, he can't bring his team back to his hometown, but he has to go back alone.All he thought about at this moment was revenge, only revenge. After a while he said, "I want to go back to the northeast." She looked at him. He said: "I'm going to kill the Japanese, I'm sure." "I hate the Japanese, they killed my parents," she said. He said: "I don't want to trouble you, you'd better go!" She said: "I have no relatives in China, I will follow you." "Maybe I will be killed by the Japanese," he said. She said, "If we want to die, let's die together." He wanted to say something else, but she threw herself into his arms.At this moment, facing the woman in front of him, what else could he say? The two horses had already gone far alone, and they no longer needed them. He stood up and she stood up too. He said, "Let's go then." She said, "Let's go, regardless of the ends of the earth." The two walked forward, the dusk was deep, and a goshawk hovered alone above their heads.The road is at your feet, and the journey is difficult, but compared with being in the jungle, what is all this in front of you? Half a year later, that is, when the two groups of Chinese expeditionary forces successfully joined forces, they finally returned to the northeast, to the small village called Yangeryu outside Fengtian City.There are not many families left in the small village. Except for being killed by the Japanese, most of them fled to the customs. Only a dozen or so families have nowhere to go and are still living a miserable life in the small village. The Japanese were not stationed in the small village, there was nothing to fish for, and most of the Japanese were stationed in the city.After leaving the customs, the number of Japanese increased, and they checked passers-by from time to time. Gao Jilong and Wang Yue could only walk at night and sleep in places where no one was around during the day. When they returned to the small village of Yang'eryu, it was the first snow day in the Northeast. The first snow was falling, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere. When Gao Jilong brought Wang Yue to the front of his house, he couldn't believe that this was his home, and there was a dilapidated scene everywhere. He seemed to see Chun'e again, saw his mother, and Chun'e was standing at the door. Beside him, looking at him shyly, his mother was sitting on the kang, grinning at him with a toothless mouth, all this seemed to have happened yesterday. He shouted in his heart: "Mother, Chun'e, I'm back." Tears welled up in his eyes. After a while, he pushed open the door, and the room was full of dust.He stood in the yard again, and at this time, the snow was still falling down one after another.Wang Yue, who was standing aside, looked at him helplessly. At some point, some villagers gathered outside the courtyard, and they were not sure who was standing in front of them. Finally someone recognized Gao Jilong, so an old man took two steps forward and asked tentatively, "Is it the elder nephew Jilong who is back?" Gao Jilong recognized the old man who was asking the question, and called out: "Uncle Yu, it's me, are you okay!" Uncle Yu was pleasantly surprised. He stretched out his hand and said to the villagers behind him, "It's Jilong, it's really Jilong." All the villagers gathered around, their expressions were full of excitement and affection. Uncle Yu said again: "Bring the team back? Kill the little Japan. These bastards have made us people in the Northeast suffer." Gao Jilong shook his head. "Why, are you alone?" Uncle Yu asked disappointedly. Everyone focused their eyes on Wang Yue who was behind Gao Jilong again. Naturally, they didn't recognize this woman, but they recognized it as a foreign woman at a glance. Gao Jilong said to everyone, "I'm the only one who came back." "What, the Northeast Army was defeated?" Everyone asked. "We lost." Gao Jilong said.After speaking, he squatted down. Everyone sighed, and Uncle Yu, with a face full of disappointment, swore to the sky: "God, you will lose if you say defeat. When you left Fengtian City, there were hundreds of thousands of horses. I hope, I hope every night, I hope you will call back soon and vent your anger for us, why did you lose? God, open your eyes." Everyone shed tears in disappointment, Gao Jilong lowered his head, and tears also flowed down, dripping on the pure white snow. Several women ran home in a panic, and they all came back after a while. They brought firewood and rice noodles... They began to clean the old house for Gao Jilong.After a while, a fire started in the house, and the house was cleaned up. Gao Jilong stood up and said to everyone, "Thank you, uncle and aunt. I, Gao Jilong, came back to kill Little Japan. Don't worry, I will avenge my fellow villagers." Uncle Yu came over after hearing this, and said in a low voice, "Jilong, if you really want to kill Little Japan, go to Xiaojiuzi. Xiaojiuzi is hiding in Daqingshan with a hundred and ten people. where." "Really?" Gao Jilong grabbed Uncle Yu's hand. Uncle Yu sniffed and said, "Uncle, how can I lie to you? When the Northeast Army left that year, he didn't leave. He led the hundred and ten people to hide in Daqingshan. I heard that he had sex with the Japanese a while ago." battle." After hearing this, Gao Jilong's eyes lit up.Xiaojiuzi is a nickname, his surname is Jiang, he is the eldest in the family, and he is called Xiaojiuzi.He used to be a company commander in the Northeast Army. After the Japanese came, he killed his whole family. When the Northeast Army withdrew from Fengtian, Xiao Jiuzi said that he would not leave. He wanted to avenge his dead relatives. So he led his company and ran to Daqingshan.I only heard about this after he was imprisoned. I didn't expect that after a few years, Xiao Jiuzi's team is still there. At this time, several women cooked half a pot of corn porridge for him and Wang Yue, and the room became warm because of the fire. It was getting late, and the folks said goodbye one by one and left. An oil lamp was burning, and he and Wang Yue sat on the warm kang. He said in his heart: "I want revenge, revenge!" Wang Yue looked at him silently, she knew what he was thinking. "I'll go with you to Daqingshan." She said. He shook his head. She threw herself into his arms and murmured, "I will never leave you even if I die." The oil lamp was turned off, and the first snow outside the window was still falling. They were lying on the warm kang, and Gao Jilong said in his heart: "Mother, Chun'e, I'm back, and I'm here to avenge you!" three With bare hands, Gao Jilong returned to the small village of Yang'eryu where he was born and raised and haunted by dreams and souls. It was a miracle that he came out of the jungle in northern Myanmar, and it was another miracle that he returned to the northeast from Yunnan all the way.The things in the team made him see through and see through. At that time, he only had one thought, which was to return to his hometown. Only when he returned to his hometown would his heart be at ease and warm.All the way from Yunnan to the Northeast, the world is full of Japanese people. He heard a lot of news along the way. The New Fourth Army is fighting the Japanese in full swing in northern Jiangsu. There is also a team of the Eighth Route Army, which is also fighting the Japanese in the North China Plain. duel. Before that, he knew what kind of teams the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army were. Their predecessor was the Red Army.In order to destroy this team, Chiang Kai-shek once mobilized the Northeast Army to encircle and suppress this team. At that time, it was a civil war, and the Northeast Army was not fighting at all. At that time, he did not understand why so many Japanese did not fight. Red Army. All the way from Yunnan to the Northeast, there were gunshots everywhere, and he brought Wang Yue back to the small village of Yangeryu accompanied by gunshots.Like all the small villages occupied by the Japanese, Yangeryu Village is so dilapidated and lifeless.Seeing all this, Gao Jilong's heart trembled. Wang Yue unswervingly followed him back to his hometown, and her behavior moved him.It was the jungle that brought them together, and it was the jungle that made them fall in love.They did not hold any ceremony, they were naturally combined together. It was the night before leaving the customs. They lived in a ruined temple halfway up the mountain. There was a big opening on the top of the temple, and several stars crowded there.They were lying in the temple, and Gao Jilong knew that they would pass Shanhaiguan if they went further.Once you pass Shanhaiguan Customs, you will be home soon.It has been several years since I left my hometown. I think of the scene when I bid farewell to the Northeast, as if just yesterday, the folks in the Northeast silently saw off the Northeast Army with tears. "When are you coming back?" "Call back early, Little Japan is not human!" The calls of the folks seemed to echo in his ears. After so many years, he believed that all the brothers in the Northeast Army did not forget their hometown and their relatives. The further south the troops went, the more homesick they became.It was this homesickness in the jungle that kept him going, and now he is finally about to set foot on the land of his hometown.He lay in the temple and couldn't fall asleep for a while, and found that Wang Yue was not asleep either. She nestled in his arms and looked at him.He saw her dark and bright eyes, as if calling him, waiting for him. He murmured: "It's almost home, home." Suddenly, two tears flashed from the corners of Wang Yue’s eyes, and she also thought of her home, the home in Yangon, Myanmar, where her parents were buried in the rubble covered in blood. Is there still her hometown there? In her hometown in Kunming, she She has never been there. In her father's descriptions again and again, she has a vague outline of her hometown, but it is so hazy and not real at all. The moment she made up her mind to follow Gao Jilong on the road home, she regarded his home as her own.No matter where Gao Jilong goes in the future, she will follow him without hesitation, even to the ends of the earth. Finally coming home, she was also happy for Gao Jilong. After hearing Gao Jilong muttering, she also said: "I'm home, I want to go home with you." Gao Jilong suddenly hugged her in his arms. She lay on his chest and heard his strong heartbeat.She couldn't control her feelings, and said in a low voice: "Let's get married." She felt Gao Jilong's body tremble. When they were in the jungle, there seemed to be no gender awareness of men and women between them. They were all naked, and their only goal was to survive.It wasn't until he walked out of the jungle that this abnormal feeling disappeared little by little. He was a man again, and she was a woman at the same time. Along the way, they relied on begging and eating wild vegetables to walk back. Compared with the jungle, all these are already a heaven and an underground.They no longer worry about food, and they firmly believe that they will be able to go back to their hometown. In that cold temple, they had each other for the first time. She saw the stars in the crevice of the temple roof, they were so bright, so quiet, and they were looking at them, which made her feel a little embarrassed.They hugged each other for a long time, slowly savoring this extraordinary wedding night.That night, they held a wedding, and the stars above their heads were their witnesses. On the second day after returning to the small village of Yangeryu, Gao Jilong finally decided to go to Daqingshan to find Xiaojiuzi.He knew that now he couldn't avenge his dead relatives and fellow villagers in this state.He wants to go to the team and fight the Japanese to the death. He told Wang Yue about this idea, and Wang Yue wanted to go with him, but he shook his head and refused.He knew that it would be a lot of inconvenience to bring Wang Yue, and Wang Yue seemed to understand his thoughts.The Japanese made him lose his mother and Chun'e. He could not lose Wang Yue anymore. He wanted her to give birth to a son for him. If he had a child, they would have their common hope. After he died, his son They will also avenge them, and their children and grandchildren will continue to fight. When Gao Jilong left the house, the snow had stopped and a thick layer had accumulated on the ground. Wang Yue stood in front of the door, watching him gradually go away. He turned his head once and saw Wang Yue leaning against the door. He thought of Chun'e again. Chun'e was also standing in front of the door and looking at him back then. In the distance, his tears welled up, blurring his vision, the world was a piece of whiteness, he walked forward, he walked towards Daqingshan. Wang Yue kept watching Gao Jilong disappearing from her sight little by little, and finally all she could see was the set of footprints he left behind. Since she and Gao Jilong met, this was the first time they were separated, and an unprecedented emotion surrounded her.She wasn't originally a soldier, it was the war that made her a soldier.Now she is a woman again, a woman who keeps watch over her home, and she is concerned about her husband who is far away. This is the first time she has experienced what is home and what is caring, maybe this is the common emotion of human beings. The small village is quiet, and a few wisps of cooking smoke are floating above the dilapidated small village. All of this is so beautiful in front of her eyes, like a song and a picture.The small Yangeryu village is so strange to her, but also so kind.It seems that a long time ago, she has been here, lived here, and lived. At some point, she returned to the house.She lived here with Gao Jilong for two days, and everything in the house made her feel warm and at ease. Enthusiastic and kind neighbors brought them food and supplies, making the hut that had been cold for a long time look like a home again.She looked at everything in front of her eyes, although she had just parted with Gao Jilong, her thoughts flooded her heart like a tide. It would be great if there was no war, then she and Gao Jilong could stay together in the peaceful years, they had children and enjoyed family happiness, what a scene it was.During the days of waiting for Gao Jilong, she daydreamed about life over and over again. Four One night more than ten days after Gao Jilong left Wang Yue, Wang Yue was suddenly awakened by gunshots in his dream. These days, she misses and worries about Gao Jilong all the time.She didn't know what happened to Gao Jilong, and didn't know whether Gao Jilong had found the team of Xiao Jiuzi. She couldn't sleep well every day. She dreamed that Gao Jilong was back. She was looking forward to Gao Jilong day and night.Gao Jilong left her, she knew she could not dissuade him, and she would not dissuade him, she hated the Japanese, and he hated the Japanese even more, on this point, their goals were the same.She really wanted to join their ranks and kill those Japanese. That night, she woke up. After waking up, she heard distant gunshots. The gunshots came and went. Judging from the direction, the gunshots were in the north.She put on her clothes and ran out of the house, and Uncle Yu and the others also walked out of the house. The gunshots were not thrilling at all, faint and far away, like firecrackers being set off. At some point, well-meaning neighbors, men and women, flocked to her door. They stood in the dark, listening to the distant gunshots. "It's Little Nine and the others, it must be Little Nine and the others," said Uncle Yu. "Fight well, beat these bastards hard!" Everyone chattered. ... After an unknown period of time, the gunshots gradually disappeared, sporadically at first, and then completely silent. When the gunshots rang out, Wang Yue's heart tightened. She was so confused. When she was in Burma, she fought countless battles with the Northeast Battalion. Although she didn't need to charge, the battlefield was by her side. , she has never been so frightened like tonight. The gunfire stopped for a long time before she woke up, and the villagers all dispersed.At this time, she found out.It was snowing in the sky again, and the snow fell on the ground, fell on her body, and hit her face coolly. She didn't know when she returned to the house, she sat on the kang, the kang was still hot, she didn't feel sleepy at all.She guessed that Gao Jilong must have participated in the battle tonight. She didn't know whether the battle was a failure or a victory. She was thinking of Gao Jilong with an unprecedented mood. She waited quietly, she waited for Gao Jilong to return safely.Whenever there was any disturbance outside, she would get up and look out the window. At dawn, Wang Yue walked out the door again. She stood in the snow and waited.There was a vast expanse of whiteness in the wilderness, and finally he saw a black shadow moving towards the small village little by little, getting closer, the black shadow was getting closer, and she finally saw clearly that the person who came was Gao Jilong, whom she had been thinking about day and night, She exclaimed in her heart, and ran towards the returning Gao Jilong. Gao Jilong saw her and said nothing.She looked at him carefully and carefully, not knowing what to say for a moment.Gao Jilong went straight back to the house, then lay down on the kang, and soon he fell into a deep sleep. She stared at him blankly, without asking, she understood everything that happened. Gao Jilong slept deeply until night before opening his eyes. He glanced at her, which made her shiver, his eyes were filled with infinite sadness and despair.Suddenly he hugged his head and began to cry like a woman. Gao Jilong found Xiaojiuzi's team in Daqingshan. The team of Xiaojiuzi was at the end of its rope. They were still wearing summer clothes even after the first snow fell.After the Northeast Army left, Xiao Jiuzi hid in Daqing Mountain with more than a hundred people. In the first days, they were prosperous for a while. While the Japanese were not paying attention, they sneaked up on the Japanese stationed in Fengtian City several times. The Japanese were stunned by this elusive team for a while. After they woke up, they raided Daqingshan several times. Horses are also hard to find. So the Japanese, who became angry from embarrassment, thought of Fengshan. Before the closure of the mountain, there were many families living around Daqingshan. The team of Xiaojiuzi mostly relied on these people to provide supplies. The Japanese drove away all the families stationed around Daqingshan, and set fire to all the houses. , the homeless villagers no longer have the ability to support Xiao Jiuzi's team, they fled and scattered. Summer is better, Daqing Mountain is densely forested, and prey and wild vegetables can still fill the stomach, but in winter, all food is gone.Before Gao Jilong came to look for them, Xiao Jiuzi sent a squad to the village outside Daqing Mountain in order to get food and cotton clothes for the winter, but was discovered by the Japanese, and none of the dozen or so brothers survived. Gao Jilong came suddenly, Xiao Jiuzi seemed to see a savior, thinking that the Northeast Army led by Gao Jilong had come back, but when they heard Gao Jilong's narration, everyone was disappointed. The cold and hunger had made them unbearable, and they decided to fight the Japanese to the death. Faced with this group of Northeast Army soldiers suffering from hunger and cold, Gao Jilong didn't know how to dissuade them from their actions. In desperation, he followed Xiao Jiuzi's team to Fengtian City, which was full of Japanese soldiers. Soon they were on fire.This is a group of soldiers who fought to the death, they hated the Japanese, their homes were taken by the Japanese, and their relatives were killed by the Japanese.They have put life and death aside, all they want is revenge. This was a battle of great disparity in strength, and they were soon defeated. While fighting, they retreated to an alley, and the Japanese swarmed after them.Gao Jilong shot back and ran forward, but he ran into a dead end. At this moment, the door of a house opened, and an old man couldn't help but pull him in, and then hid him in the cellar to escape. After being traced by the Japanese, he didn't stay too long in Fengtian City. He knew that it would be difficult to get out of the city at dawn.He is familiar with Fengtian City. When the Northeast Army was stationed in the city, he walked all over the streets and alleys of the city.Relying on the cover of night, he escaped from Fengtian City. At this time, Gao Jilong stopped crying, and he sat there in a daze, muttering: "All were killed, all were killed." Wang Yue didn't know how to comfort him, so she stood aside and looked at Gao Jilong steadfastly. Suddenly, Gao Jilong stood up unsteadily, and said to Wang Yue, "I want to bring them back." Wang Yue couldn't understand what Gao Jilong meant for a while, so Gao Jilong walked out and walked into the darkness.Wang Yue chased her out, Gao Jilong ran forward like crazy, Wang Yue also ran forward two steps, but she stopped again. Early the next morning, Wang Yue saw several corpses of the Northeast Army lying on the hillside at the head of the village, with Gao Jilong sitting among them.He stared blankly into the distance. Another night, Wang Yue set off with Gao Jilong. She saw the bodies of many Northeast Army soldiers outside Fengtian City. They were dragged out of the city by the Japanese and thrown into the wilderness. They went back and forth between Yang'eryu Village and the outskirts of Fengtian, and villagers like Yu Sanshu also silently joined them in carrying them. More than a hundred corpses were neatly placed in the front of the village. on the hill. In the following days, Gao Jilong began to dig holes on the hillside, one after another, Wang Yue was helping him, and the villagers were also helping him.When Gao Jilong was doing this, he didn't say a word, just kept doing it.Finally the hole was dug, and he carefully placed the soldiers in the hole one by one, as if they were not dead, but asleep. Finally, they buried the man. Gao Jilong knelt in front of the grave.Wang Yue also knelt down.Uncle Yu and the villagers also knelt down. I don't know who cried first, and then there was a burst of crying. Uncle Yu suddenly shouted in a hoarse voice: "Heroes, let's go—" Another heavy snow fell that day, and the white snow buried the new grave. Fives 前园真圣少佐醒来的时候，发现自己已经在寺庙中了。寺庙很冷清，也很残破，案台上两束燃着的香火，使这座寺庙有了些许的生气。住持坐在一旁，半闭了双目在捻着胸前的佛珠。这一切很静，前园真圣分明感到自己来到了另一个世界。 关于丛林，关于战争，仿佛是上一个世纪的事情了。他静静地躺在那，任时光悄然在身边虚虚实实地走过。 住持睁开眼睛，望他。 住持说：“佛主啊——” 前园真圣在住持的目光中看到了冷峻，看到了仇恨。 缅甸，是个佛都之国。前园真圣恍惚间又看到了一片又一片的火光，那是寺庙燃着的大火，大火熊熊地燃着，“哔剥”有声，士兵们在火光中笑叫着。和尚们齐齐地跪在火光中，他们不敢面对这真实的火焰，他们诵经的声音压住了火的燃烧声。 士兵们在离去时，举起了手里的枪，枪声响了，和尚们一律往前一栽，诵经声消失了，留在寺庙前的是一片片污血。日本士兵似乎这样也并不解气，又在和尚们的尸体上撒了一泡尿，然后士兵们嘻笑着离去。 想到这，前园真圣挣扎着爬起来，跪在住持面前，他颤颤着，哽噎地说： “住持救我。” “住持宽恕我。” 住持又闭上了眼睛，前园真圣的耳边又想起了诵经声。 前园真圣少佐就那么跪着，闻着香火，听着诵经之声，他果然觉得自己来到了另一方世界里。 两个士兵和他终于走出了丛林，走出了丛林后，他们看到了一方真实的天地，真真切切的。前园真圣觉得做了一场梦，一场恶梦，一瞬间梦醒了，他惊骇地打量着这个世界，接下来他有了恐惧，铭心刻骨的恐惧。 前园真圣看到了车队，日本士兵的车队，它们隆隆着向前开去。那面旗帜在风中飘舞，不知为什么，当两个士兵看到救星似的向车队向人群跪下的时候，他却逃向了相反的方向，他果然在逃。 当他再一次睁开眼睛的时候，果然就走进了另一个世界。这里极静，只有单调的诵经声。他跪在那里，心如死水，那里也静得出奇，在这真空般的世界里，他又一次失去了知觉。 他再次醒来的时候，眼前的景象依然如故，香火、诵经声…… 他挣扎着抬起头，又看到了住持的目光，那目光依旧冰冷，严峻。 他又一次跪下，颤颤着说： “住持，救我。” “住持，宽恕我。” 他跪着，虚虚的，飘飘的，觉得自己似乎在飞，飞进了一个渺无人烟的世界，那里宁和安静，香火缭绕，经声不绝。 多么好啊，这世界，这境界! 他又一次失去了知觉。 又一次醒来的时候，发现身边有半个菜团，显然那是他在昏迷中吃剩下的，他嗅到了人间的香气。这香气来自人间，来自天上、地下。他探寻地去望住持的目光，住持把眼闭了，经声仍不绝于耳。 前园真圣又坐了起来，爬着，他觉得自己有了气力，他跪在住持脚前。 住持慢慢地睁开眼睛，望他，从里到外，从头到脚。 “你从何处来?”住持终于说话了。 前园真圣指一指外面答：“丛林，林子深处。” “来这里避难?” “不，不，不……”前园真圣说。 太多的死亡，前园真圣见多了，死就不可怕了，仿佛睡了一觉。 “你来超度?” “不，也不。”他又说。 住持不说话了，又诵经，捻珠。 前园真圣跪着，跪向了一个永恒。 住持睁开了眼睛，住持的眼睛闪过一缕仇恨。住持说： “你是日本人?!” 前园真圣的腰弯了下去，半晌说： “我有罪。” “你们日本人是骗子，欺骗了缅甸人！” 前园真圣的眼前，又闪现出成千上万的缅甸义军，在铃木大佐的号召下，烟尘滚滚地在和英国人搏杀，义军英勇地倒在了英军的炮火下，血流成河。 “日本人比英国人还坏!”住持咬着牙说。 前园真圣又看到了一个又一个缅甸女人，她们在仇视着他，她们拔出了藏在怀里的刀，她们在用生命复仇，用鲜血雪耻。想到这他闭上了眼睛，眼泪流了下来，一颗又一颗。从林，漫无边际的丛林，一具具尸骨，血淋淋的尸骨，他想呕吐，翻江倒海地呕吐，于是他干呕着。 他跪在那里，跪得天长地久。 住持又在闭目诵经了。 前园真圣梦游似地来到了这座残破的寺院，他睁开眼明白自己所在的那一刻，他就相信了命运，他是有罪的，他的双手沾满了鲜血。是命运引领着他来到了此地，那一刻，他就觉得此生此世自己有赎不完的罪过，他要在这里赎罪，拯救他那颗邪恶的心。他跪在那里，久久的，一动不动。 不知过去了多长时间，寺庙外一片大乱，一群人叫喊着，搜寻着奔了过来。 前园真圣惊慌地抬起头，他分明听出这是一群日本兵，他们吵吵嚷嚷地在呼喊着自己的名字，他知道，他们是来找他的。 他说：“住持，救我。” 住持望着他，一直望着他的眼睛，住持的目光穿透了他的五腑六脏。 他说：“救我，住持。” 日本人在砸寺庙的门，一下又一下。 住持站起身，引领着前园真圣来到了后院，住持走到一尊佛前，踩了一下开关，佛的肚子打开了一个洞，前园真圣明白了什么，慌慌地钻了进去。 接着，佛的肚子便合上了。 门被砸开了，日本兵向这里走来，前园真圣模糊地听见日本兵在咒骂住持，然后就是一片很乱的翻找声，他们依旧呼喊着前园真圣的名字。 半晌，又是半晌，前园真圣听见了很闷的两声枪响，接下来就静了，静得有些可怕。 前园真圣依旧没动，他在等待着，等待着住持放他出去。不知过了多久，他在佛像的腹中睡着了，很快又醒了。他叫： “住持，救我。” 没有回声。 又叫：“救我，住持。” 依旧没有回声。 前园真圣有些慌，他挣扎着，扒着佛的肚子，终于他看见了亮光。他爬了出来。 他喊：“住持。” no answer. 他走到了前院，住持已经倒在了血泊中，住持的脸上挂着一缕永恒的微笑。他“呀——”地叫了一声，跪在了住持身边，他抱起了住持。 天黑了，又亮了…… 前园真圣脱下了自己的衣服，接着他又去脱住持的衣服，最后他穿上了住持染血的衣服。 院子里架起了一堆干柴，干柴热烈地燃着，前园真圣把住持赤条条的身体放在了火上，接着又把自己脱掉的衣服扔在了火里。 火燃着，“哔剥”有声地燃着。 前园真圣跪了下去，两行泪水顺着腮边流了下来。 “升天啦，升天啦!”前园真圣说。 他抬起头，望天，天空很蓝，很高很远。这又是另一方世界，另一方净土了。 six 李双林和牛大奎终于明白，原彻底地离开了他们。 两个人守着野人洞默然对视着。他们看着细草上那片污紫的血，那是原生产时留下的血，婴儿的啼哭声，仿佛依仍响在两人的耳边。 李双林在心里说：“孩子，孩子，那是我的孩子。” 牛大奎在心里说：“那是我的孩子。” 于是，两个人对望着，久久之后，李双林说：“她走了。” “走了!”牛大奎也说。 接下来就静了，后来，两个人又茫然地走出野人洞，眼前是丛林，永远的丛林。 两个人茫茫然地向前走去，他们穿过树林，越过山岗，不知道前方是东南西北。 “呀——”李双林叫了一声，接下来他看见了一排整齐横卧在丛林里的尸骨，枪架在一旁，仿佛这群士兵仍在这里睡着。他小心地走过去，唯恐惊醒了这群士兵的梦境，他们的衣服早已腐烂了，虫蚁啃吃过的尸体，只剩下了一片白骨。李双林弯下腰，从地下拾起一片肩章，肩章是被桐油浸过的，不烂。他从肩章上辨认出这是一支兄弟部队，当初这支兄弟部队一直向西，他们要走向印度，结果却永远地留在了这里。 牛大奎也在痴痴地望着这片尸骨。他站在那里，仿佛耳边回响着一群人的呐喊：“要回家，我们要回家——” 两个人的眼里流出了热泪。 “他们要回家。”李双林喃喃地说。 牛大奎蹲下来，小心地望着这片尸骨，半晌哑着声音说：“不能就让他们这么躺着，他们太冷了，连衣服都没有了，他们死了，魂也不安生哩!” 他们辨别着方向，他们终于找到了北方。 “让他们的灵魂回家吧!”李双林这么说完，便去搬动那一具具尸骨，让他们的头一律朝向北方，每搬动一个，就说：“回家吧，北方是回家的路。” “回家吧，看好了，一直朝北走。”牛大奎也这么说。 他们又把地上常年积下的落叶盖在了这些尸骨的身上。 “衣服没了，就盖些草吧，回家时不冷。”李双林说。 “暖和了，好上路，向北呀，向北——”牛大奎也说。 做完这一切，他们在这堆尸骨旁立了许久。后来俩人的目光就对视在了一起。 “他们不安生哩。”李双林说。 “我们该怎么办?”牛大奎说。 “咱们也许再也走不出去了。”李双林低下头，又去望被掩埋了的尸骨。 “他们也迷路了。”牛大奎说完抬起头。 两双目光又网在一起。 “我们要是死了，魂就能回家了。”他说。 “魂能回家。”他也说。 说完两个人向前走去，没多远，他们又看见了一堆尸骨。他们横七竖八地躺在一起，枪躺在他们的身边。 他们又停下来，重复着掩埋弟兄们的工作。 李双林说：“回家吧，往北走!” “回家吧，回家吧，一直往北，别迷了路。” 做这些时，牛大奎想起了小的时候，看到村里老人死去时，都要由儿子为死去的亲人指路，指明阴间一条光明大道，死者的灵魂才能升到天堂，同时也认得了回家的路。 路啊路，归乡的路。 牛大奎哑着嗓子喊：“回家吧，往北走——”他想起了父亲，哥哥，于是他越加真诚地喊：“回家吧，往北走，往北走哇——走好哇——” 他蹲在地上，呜呜地哭了起来，他想起了远在家乡的老娘。老娘还好么!他越发哭得伤心无比了。 李双林被牛大奎的情绪感染了，他也呜呜咽咽地哭了起来。 两个人站起身来的时候，发现丛林中暗了下来。他们离开了野人洞就没打算再回去，他们已向原学会了在林中生存。 他们还要活下去，为了给死去的兄弟们指出一条归乡的路。 他们终于躺了下来，躺在一棵枝繁叶茂的千年古树上。 “知道么，我为啥留下来等你?”牛大奎突然哑着嗓子说。 李双林愣了一下，他不明白牛大奎为什么突然说起这些。 “我留下来等你，其实我是想杀了你。”牛大二奎在黑暗中说。 李双林心怦怦地跳了跳。 “你杀了我爹，又杀了我哥。”牛大奎说。 “他们是逃兵，我是在执行任务。”李双林说。 “不管怎么说，是你亲手杀了他们。”牛大奎又说。 李双林不语了，在黑暗中盯着牛大奎。 两个人静下来，半晌李双林说：“你为啥不早点杀死我。” “以前我想杀你，找到你一枪就把你结果了，可现在我不想杀你了。” “为啥?” “咱俩谁也走不出去了，早晚都得死在这老林子里，你活着，还是个伴，我要等你死后，我再死，我一定要死在你的后面，我要亲眼看见你死去，为你引完路，我也死。”牛大奎的话说得很平静，似乎在说着与自己不相关的事。 李双林不由自主地哆嗦了一下，他瞅着黑暗，黑暗像无边的潮水包围了这个世界。死离他是那么的近，仿佛只有一步的距离。自从走进这片无边的丛林，他就有了这份感受。 “知道么，我把原干了，我干了原是想报复你，我恨你。”牛大奎突然又说。 李双林闭上了眼睛，半晌喃喃地说：“干就干了，她不是我女人，只是个野人。” “那孩子没准是我的，是我牛大奎的。” 李双林叹了口气。 半晌，李双林又说：“是谁的都无所谓，他也将在这丛林里老死。” “呜呜——”牛大奎突然又哭了起来。 他不知道为什么要哭，到底为谁他也说不清，他哭着，只有哭，才感觉到自己真实的存在。 第二天，他们又上路了，就像昨天，他们之间什么也没有发生。 又是一片白骨。 他们停了下来。 “向北走哇——北方是回家大道——” “向北走哇——” 他们一声声喊着，北方，北方，永远的北方。 不知不觉间，他们已经把寻找尸骨、掩埋尸骨当成了一种无法逃避的责任，死难者已和他们融在了一起，他们活着，仿佛就是为了这些死难的兄弟，他们要为他们指明回家的路，否则，他们就不安生，就不踏实。 于是，丛林的角角落落响起了他们一声又一声的喊声： “回家吧，北方是回家大道——” 他们一路向前走去，他们走上了远征军撤退时所走的方向。他们越往前走，离北方越远，可他们的灵魂却离北方越来越近。