Chapter 76 0076

"The Brigadier asked me to report," the man said, "The group of people was led by Guan Ba, who said that the division commander wanted to send troops to attack Yanshi, so he had to do it as soon as possible. It's like a hoop attached to an iron bucket, trying to break it is... more difficult." "Guanba?!" Little Chrysanthemum rolled her eyes, a surge of uncontrollable joy surged in her heart, but she still tried her best to suppress it, not letting it show, and said lightly: "You go back and talk to me immediately." When the brigade commander reported back, he said that the teacher knew everything about it.”

After sending the man away, Xiao Juhua went to Hedetang to grab the third batch of medicine, and this time it was time to infiltrate the croton powder again.Mr. Flat Nose stopped vomiting blood and started to have diarrhea again, but he complained, blaming the spring for his troubles. After breaking through the defense line set up by the mustache brigade commander, there were still four people left by Guan Baye.This has drawn a deep and painful trench in his life experience, forcing him to hold his head in his hands and sit in the wilderness of the night to think hard; in troubled times, anyone who wants to be a "person" has You have to embrace this kind of pain, and you have to go through this kind of pain and continue to move forward.Although there may be greater pain waiting for the living in the chaotic future, the living must pick up more conceivable pain from the fallen corpse and carry it on their shoulders.

When he left the ground of the civilian army, Guan Baye's heart was already heavy enough; in the battle of Wujiawafang, although he won the four judges, it was difficult and miserable; It is a miracle that a dozen or so men resisted nearly a thousand bandits, and they were not wiped out. How can it be said that half of the casualties were avoided?But, looking back and thinking about a group of brothers pushing salt trucks and sweating blood, who should be murdered and killed? !Are you crying?Tears have long since boiled away the raging anger.Those men who broke into the rivers and lakes from the countryside where they could not live and work in peace, who would have thought that they would take risks and use the blood of others to name themselves?Just as they prayed for good weather when holding the plow and standing the rake in the past, they only wanted to survive, but a huge demonic black hand pushed these men who wanted to survive into the valley of death.Can you protect Guandong Mountain with your blood alone?I can only give the name of the deceased to the old man Peng, and beg him to secretly send someone to take care of the deceased's family... The sad thing is that those brothers who died, some still have old mothers with gray hair, and some still have old mothers with white hair. Leaving a bunch of wives and children staring at the sky, even if old man Peng can take care of their lives, who can comfort those broken hearts? !The land is desolate, the fields are barren, and they are still alive when they go out, but there is only bad news when they return.When I led my legs, I once patted my chest and promised that I would live a day in Guandong Mountain, and I would never let you be implicated. Now these brothers are buried in the wilderness beside the big lake. It is not my fault, but also Guandong Mountain: "It's all about him!" I could hear those screams of grief and resentment.In fact, it is only the fate that is connected and inseparable in the whole!This fate is like a dark cloud, always weighing on the heads of people who want to be "human"... No one is a hero, no one is a hero. When fate comes, life and death are all chosen by others. Just close your eyes, brother Dude, these five alive will try their best to eradicate such injustice!

Even if I comforted myself repeatedly, I still can't forget the tragic scene behind me; the fire burned the white dry forest surrounded by the Wu family's tile house into a piece of black charcoal, and the people trapped on the tile ridge recognized eight people from among the countless corpses. Lei Yipao, who was shot in the chest, abdomen, and arms, died; Zeng Changhe, who was shot in the back of the head and rolled from the tiles into the pile of corpses; Small eyes, Hu Dakan whose forehead was split by a bandit single-handedly, his face is blurred, covered in blood cakes, Ni Jinyang who can be recognized only by the cinnabar mole on half of his face... Those who have drunk booze, laughed, and cursed the Beiyang government on long distances, The faces of people who had talked heart-to-hearts all fell in a nightmarish night.The militiamen removed the window lattices and door leaves of the tile-roofed houses and moved them together, taking turns to carry them to Nanxing Village. Shier Shorty and the Big Bear, stamped their feet and howled cursingly along the way...

All of this is now a thing of the past. Before dark, I took Xiang Lao San, Shorty Shi Er, Da Gou Xiong, Wang Dagui and the other two brothers to find the ferry and seize the boat, forcefully broke through the newly established defense line, and set off another evil fire in the confused evening rain. A fiery fire, bathed in a hail of quick bullets from Maris, claimed the two brothers who had given up their lives.Now, one of their blood-stained corpses was carried by Big Bear and Shorty Shi Er in turn, and the other was carried across the saddle of a white horse and a piece of jade, which became another nightmare.

"Let's go, Ba Ye." Xiang Lao San said in a hoarse voice, "It's time to find the old place of Wu's Wafang. If we don't rush all night, I'm afraid that after dawn, the defense army will dispatch to search for people." The night rain falls without rest, and there is no starry night so dark that people are afraid. The whole wilderness is like an ancient tomb, filled with empty sorrow, entwining people's hearts. He became silent for an exception, and stopped joking and cursing. "Bury them first, Third Brother Xiang." Guan Baye's voice was full of sobs, and one could tell that he was crying.Who said that when a man has tears, he doesn't shed them lightly, it's because he hasn't reached the place where he is sad. Such a man made of cast iron has experienced so many lives and deaths in half his life?How much blood and tears?The old Liuhe gang was wiped out, the remaining brothers were separated, and he was sent to prison in North Xuzhou. He never shed tears. He was not without tears, but he was always boiled dry by raging anger.But tonight, he stuck his fingers between his forehead and twisted, tears pouring down like rain.He didn't just weep for the dead, but pitied all the people who were crushed under the tragic fate of the whole. In the east, west, south and north, at this moment, who knows how many kind people have been killed?How many simple lives have been ridiculed?The newly formed Liuhe Gang is an example. The sixteen brothers pushed the salt cart along the way, and the back of each person's life was painted with the same gray color, just like the dusk color after the setting sun disappears in the cold winter. Gradually dimmed, only a few familiar faces remained, and it was difficult to recall the setting sun from the scene. ——Even if several people have three heads and six arms, how many evil fires can they survive? !

A few people didn't say anything, and everyone wanted to say something comforting, but they couldn't speak.Xiang Laosan fumbled for a place, found a tool to dig a hole and dig the soil, and Wang Dagui also carried the corpse on the back of the white horse. "This side also needs to be dug," said the big bear in a muffled voice, "the pit must be dug deep, so as not to offend the gods and let the wild dogs trample them. In spring, the earth's air rises, the smell of corpses is heavy, and the accumulated soil can't be piled up. It can't be thicker." "Forget it, you can dig over there," Wang Dagui said, "Let the two of them lean against each other so that ghosts won't be boring, okay?"

"Hey, what's this place?" Shorty Shi Er sighed, confused: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to recognize their graves in the future. Who can live to the peacetime?" "Let me tell you guys, I have a few words in Guan Dongshan that are not serious, and I want to tell them clearly tonight." Guan Baye jumped up and said, "I'm doing my best at the place of origin, and I'm here to show my love to you, brothers, living and dead. , Let me lead this group of legs. Who knows that I, Guan Bawu, can't get to this field. Although I have transported the salt to the field, I have harmed many brothers. Since I can't protect you all, I really can't bear to implicate you for following me in vain... When these two brothers are buried, let's break up. Count me as a sinner, please don't worry about me anymore Basheng is dead!"

"It's broken up?! You said we're just breaking up like this?" Shorty Shi Er jumped up and shouted, "Eighth Lord, we'll die in the same pit as you, and we won't leave until we die!" "We can't break up, Ba Ye." The third child stopped his hands and said slowly: "Brothers were buried in the field, and the bones were not cold. If we don't avenge the dead and settle the grievances for the dead, we will take the head of the fourth judge Zhu personally, which is still considered humane." Is it?" "I don't know why Ba Ye would say such a thing." Big Bear said: "You have never been like this, there must be ghosts at work tonight. Think again, none of us are greedy for life and afraid of death. Say, one chopstick is easy to break, but another chopstick is firm. If you want to go to the dragon pool or the tiger's lair, you need a few helpers, don't you?"

Wang Dagui didn't say a word, but suddenly wept with his face in his hands. Walking towards the depths of the night, the wind turned fierce, and the rain was like a net of ice that covered the sky and covered the earth, netting the bitter cold in early spring; everyone was talking, Guan Baye listened silently, after a period of loneliness, Then he said again: "You all have families and houses, and you have concerns. Of course, I can't force a few to live and a few to die. I don't know how the Yan City will end. The crisis is still to come. I am in Kanto." Shan Ban's life has been wandering, life and death are like a puff of smoke, but you really should... live to... big... normal... years. I said, it's better to break up. With you by my side, I can't do things quickly. "

"You plan to deal with Judge Zhu Si alone, Eighth Master." Shorty Shi Er said, "Is there such a cheap thing in the world? If you want to cut and kill, it's all for me, Shorty Shi Er, to cut and kill you. If you are in danger, I will stand up Block the gun for you." Guan Baye hesitated for a long time dumbly, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Good brother, I can't explain how I feel at the moment. For some reason, I suddenly thought of not forcing Judge Zhu Si to be killed. I want to talk to him alone. If he can repent a little bit and help Yanshi to fight against the onslaught of the Jiangfang Army, that's all... that's all! Man, he has to save his life and allow him to retreat." "No! Ba Ye." The big bear said: "It's clear, Judge Zhu Si is definitely not the kind of person who can put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. He wants to drive us all to death, so he will listen to your words?!—— You will become a Buddha, and you will save him alive, and his evil eyes will only look at your golden heart and silver gall, if you go to him alone, it will be a waste of your life." "Hey," Guan Baye sighed deeply, "but I always feel that it is better to give up my life to save a person than to risk my life to kill a person. If I stand up and let him kill, maybe It can save him. If the four judges stretched out their hands to save Yanshi and relieved the danger of the people, these seven or eight brothers might not care about their personal enmity... It’s really upside down, even I don’t know how it happened This kind of thinking, tonight is really a bit Zen." "No matter what you plan, Ba Ye," Xiang Laosan said, "we have to follow you, our idea has already been made up!" A dead body was stuffed into the newly dug hole, and Wang Dagui began to dig the soil.This is the way of life and death in troubled times.Two brothers drinking bombs were buried in the dark, and several people braved the night and cold rain to grope the road again, walking like ghosts, except for the occasional short snorting sound of a white horse and a piece of jade, there was no sound anymore. ... A group of people walked forward. It was too dark to see the shadow of the road, and the ground was wet, soft and not muddy. They stepped on the invisible spring with their feet. Calm and sad thoughts have been lingering in Guan Baye's mind, and he must find a decision out of them; thoughts are wandering, as if the future is like the dark night in front of him, with no light at all. The news of the northward transfer of the Jiangfang Army reached Dahuze, and the old man Peng, who led the militia, couldn't help but sweat secretly for the future fate of Yanshi.Judging from the current situation, it is not that the civilian army cannot break through the line of defense, but if they break through regardless of casualties, they will definitely fall into the trap set by the Jiangfang army first. If there is really a solution to the crisis in Yanshi, there are only two ways to go. It is to try to get rid of the gang of Judge Zhu Si so that they will no longer collude with the Beiyang Army and drag Yanshi back; Team up and pull out civilian guns, and roll up with Yanshi to resist the massive attack of the Jiangfang Army. As long as they can survive this fire, I believe that half the sky in the north will form a situation of wildfire and prairie fire. Even if Sun Chuanfang moved his army northward, he would not be able to suppress the fire anymore. ... If I can really handle these two matters with my passion and will, I should die in peace.People, after all, are flesh and blood, with limited power. In order to relieve public anger, it is difficult to take care of personal grudges, investigate the traitor who poisoned Boss Luo's Wanjialou, inquire about the whereabouts of Aigu, and step on the sinister Mao Liu for Xiaowonton. All we have to do is to pack things up and put them aside for the time being, let's see what happens. "Eight Lord." Shorty Shi Er's voice interrupted his thoughts: "The rain seems to be getting heavier again, the coat is completely soaked, the cold is overwhelming, and the limbs are numb; if you go in the dark without distinguishing things, you will definitely get lost. of."