Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen

When he said this, he suddenly made a weird sound, "haha" laughed: "Sometimes, I deliberately want to starve myself to death, and don't eat for a few days, but the hungrier the stomach, the more ethereal the thoughts!" I nodded, "That's why Christians fast and pray." Gan Tiesheng obviously didn't expect that I would give such an example, he was stunned for a moment, and then curled up into a ball again.At this time, I noticed that he was forming that weird posture, his body was so tight that most people would never be able to do it. If he shrunk his head, there would be no protruding point.

He also felt that I was paying attention to his posture, so he explained: "When I was sure that I was alive again, the pain in my heart was really indescribable-when people feel pain, they will naturally shrink their bodies into a ball, although Doing that will not alleviate the pain at all. I have suffered such an unimaginable betrayal, and I have been tightening my body, as if trying to squeeze out the pain bit by bit!" When he said that, his voice was even very calm, and only in this way, it was even more thrilling. I sighed, and Bai Su also sighed: "When we knew that you may not have lost your life in the battle, the first thing that came to mind was how you have survived the pain in the past few decades!"

Gan Tiesheng was miserable: "If you don't treat yourself as a human being, that's the only way you can get through it. I found many caves that were too small to fit in, and squeezed my body into them. The squeeze made my bones rattle, and I felt happier. Very happy. Strange, no matter how small the cave is, it cannot be squeezed through in a day, cannot be squeezed in a month, and after a year or so, it will be squeezed in!" Bai Su and I were horrified when we heard that Gan Tiesheng had lived in the mountains for decades, naturally he was in pain, but he never imagined that it would be so painful!But looking at his current situation, it seems that he is talking about other people's affairs. Could it be that someone who has experienced as much pain as he sees everything through and takes it lightly?

He continued: "I think there are very few people in the world who can have such an experience as me, squeezed in a small cave, I can go for days and nights without drinking or eating, people are not like people, and animals are not like beasts. But at this time, I can't think about anything, I think about everything, many things, I have figured it out in that situation, and I have the answer, the only thing I can't think about is—" When he said this, he stopped, looking dazed. Of course, even if he didn't say it, we all know that what he can't figure out is: why Fang Tiesheng betrayed!

At the moment when he stopped suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I blurted out a sentence. As soon as this sentence came out, not only Gan Tiesheng, Jun Hua and Bai Su all looked at me in astonishment, even I felt a little embarrassed, so I hurriedly made a gesture of "Please listen to my explanation". The sentence I blurted out suddenly was: "Maybe Fang Tiesheng didn't betray at all!" It is an unshakable fact that Fang Tiesheng betrayed, and all the focus of doubt is on why he betrayed. And I suddenly felt that Fang Tiesheng might not have betrayed, so naturally everyone who heard it was extremely astonished.While making gestures, I started to explain, pointing to Gan Tiesheng: "You are a very knowledgeable person. In the past few decades, in such a special environment, you have had the opportunity to meditate constantly and think about many problems. , and there are answers!"

Gan Tiesheng's expression was very calm, but his burning eyes showed that he was waiting for my further explanation. I waved my hand again: "I thought of this in terms of the simplest laws of logic—" Speaking of this, I looked to Bai Su to seek her support, and she was able to continue what I hadn't said: "The simple rule is: since all questions have been answered, then the only question that has no answer, It is possible that this problem does not exist at all!" I was very grateful, and held Bai Su's hand tightly: "That's right, that's what it means."

Gan Tiesheng and Junhua looked at each other, they were clearly considering this statement seriously, but they obviously couldn't accept it. After a while, Junhua asked very carefully: "Then, Fang Tiesheng falsely passed on the military order, stood still, disrupted the battle plan, and wiped out the entire army on the mountain. What is this kind of behavior called?" Bai Su and I smiled wryly, and said in unison: "Betrayal! Of course it's a betrayal!" Jun Hua let out a sigh of relief: "There is a question, but there is no answer!" Gan Tiesheng said: "The answer is yes, it's with Fang Tiesheng, go find him!"

He said, looking at me, it was hard for me to make a decision at the moment, what he meant was that Bai Su and I should go too, but I really wanted to go, at this time, Bai Su first said: "We should go to that year first." Go and see the scene when the incident happened.” Gan Tiesheng raised his eyebrows, "Okay, let's take you up the mountain first!" That mountain is really a strange mountain. Even people with no military knowledge know that it is a kind of suicide to drive the army to such a poor mountain.It is precisely because of the peculiar terrain that Gan Tiesheng's battle plan back then was even more daring and adventurous.

The entire mountain stretches for dozens of miles and is connected with other mountains. It is a rather large mountainous area. Gan Tiesheng lives in a radius of dozens of miles and is very familiar with everything on the mountain. In the mountains, we stayed for three full days.During these three days, Gan Tiesheng showed us the crack in the mountain where he fell, and the deep hole under the crack. After I jumped down, it took me nearly half an hour to climb up. Gan Tiesheng was seriously injured and unconscious. Waking up, it's hard to imagine how he crawled out of that deep hole. Gan Tiesheng "demonstrated" his ability to squeeze into a narrow cave. The cave seemed so small that it was impossible to accommodate a person, but he had the ability to squeeze his body in bit by bit until his whole body was inside. , from the outside, it is impossible to tell where his head is and where his feet are.And he was in this situation, thinking about various problems.

This ability to squeeze one's body into a small space can be achieved by some Chinese and foreign acrobats, but it is definitely not as good as what Gan Tiesheng can do. Moreover, Gan Tiesheng also used his actions to explain what he relies on for a living. He dug out a large pile of chrysalis of insects with strange and inexplicable shapes, said to be dead or alive, some were cicadas, some were mole crickets, and some were scarabs. Then they are roasted and burnt on dead branches, turning them all into a dark brown mass, and they are chewed in the mouth with relish. He introduced that cicada pupae are the most delicious. I picked one and put it in my mouth. It was really sweet and fragrant. Jun Hua and Bai Su couldn't help but frown.

He also showed how to turn a hedgehog into delicious food, and scrape salt from the rocks, and ingest nutrients from all kinds of wild fruits. I know many people who have excellent survival instincts in the wild, Gan Tiesheng ranks with them, no less! On the afternoon of the last day, he took us into a cave and sat down on a big rock: "Back then, I took half a division's team up the mountain. This cave is the headquarters, and this is probably a desk. Another bed, and during those few days of waiting, I—” When he said this, he glanced at Junhua, with deep affection in his eyes, Junhua sighed: "I mean, I know you must be thinking of me, thinking of me heart-wrenchingly!" Gan Tiesheng sighed: "Yes, but I think you are very happy, and I feel somewhat comforted." Junhua sighed again: "I am very happy, but when I think of you suddenly, my heart will feel as painful as if I was stabbed by a knife!" (When they were talking like this, neither Bai Su nor I said a word, the reason is clear to everyone—they were three men back then, but it seems that their relationship is still entangled.) (Although there is a real relationship between them, it always feels a little weird, so I can't express any opinions.) Gan Tiesheng turned around: "Those few days were not sad. There were too many things to deal with. Mavericks—Junhua, do you remember Mavericks? The clerk even wrote how to take prisoners and how to deal with spoils of war." The plan, the whole army, everyone was inexplicably excited until the most important moment, and the expected attack could not be waited—” Speaking of this, Gan Tiesheng pressed his hands on the boulder, his body trembled slightly, and his expression was terrified: "None of the people who were sent down the mountain to spy on the military situation came back. The mountain is surrounded by many enemy troops. They don't know what happened. There is no way to lead troops to fight again, all the officers are surrounded in front of me, people will have all kinds of weird ideas when they are at a dead end, and there are quite a few who want to blame me for making such a battle plan!" Junhua murmured: "They shouldn't blame you." Gan Tiesheng took a deep breath: "As a result, no one made a sound, they just stared at my hand. At that time, I didn't even know why they were staring at my hand!" When he said this, he stopped and gasped for breath. No one asked him why, because he knew that he would definitely tell the reason if he was relieved. After about three minutes, he continued: "It turned out that my hand had been pressing on the boulder all the time. Due to anxiety, anger and disappointment in my heart, my fingers were gradually shrinking, and my nails were pressing on the stone with such force. The fingernails were split one by one, and the fingers were broken, and the blood splashed, and the ten fingers connected to the heart, and I didn't feel any pain at all!" When he said it in one breath, his hands pressing on the boulder also received fists. This time, naturally, there was no such thrilling situation as before.It is conceivable that when all the officers saw the pain of Master Gan, how could they have the heart to blame him when they reached this point? Gan Tie let out a breath, and slowly loosened his clenched fist: "I waited for six hours. In military operations, sometimes I can't even wait for six seconds. I waited for six hours before I gave the order. Breaking out...that's not breaking out...it's a desperate effort, one life after another, being ruined by the enemy's guns and bayonets, alas...what a shame!" He would suddenly use a scream of "injustice" as the conclusion of the narrative, which was beyond my expectation. The cave was silent for a long time, and his last cry seemed to still cause a buzzing sound in the cave. He closed his eyes, and his expression gradually changed from agitation to calmness. He opened his eyes again, and smiled faintly: "It's been decades, but that situation is like now." Bai Su said: "On the battlefield, half a division's troops were wiped out. It's not a big deal. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people died together in one battle. Human war history is the most horrible page! Either you die or I die, Mr. Gan, have you ever thought about what will happen to the enemy army if everything goes according to your plan?" Gan Tiesheng didn't answer directly, but murmured: "Either you die, or I die!" When we left the cave, the setting sun was like blood, reflecting the sky and the ground, and the whole mountain was red. It looked like the blood of the year hadn't clotted, it was sad and tragic, and it was indescribable. After leaving the mountain and returning to the small inn, Gan Tiesheng and Junhua kept reminiscing about the past. I was reluctant to listen in the first half of the night, but depending on the situation, they had to talk all night. I yawned and talked with Bai Su. We said goodbye together and went back to our own room. It has been a long time since I stayed overnight in this typical inn in a small town in northern China. Due to exhaustion, I hid on the hard kang, but I felt very sleepy. Bai Su beside me was motionless, and I knew she was thinking. After a while, Bai Su really said: "At that moment, you felt that Fang Tiesheng had not betrayed at all. Since the fact is unacceptable, many situations can prove this point." I stretched myself: "Yeah, Xiang didn't have any motive for betrayal at all, he didn't get any benefits after his betrayal, Xiang didn't show any signs beforehand, etc., all of which can prove that there was no betrayal." Bai Su sighed: "In theory, this is the case, but in reality, it is clearly another matter." I punched hard on the kang, and there was a "peng" sound - it was not winter, and there was no need to light a fire on the kang: "There is only one key problem in the whole big mystery. Once you find it, everything can be solved." Bai Su paused for a moment before saying: "It's really interesting, with our reasoning ability, we don't even have a clue." I stretched again: "When you read novels, you will see our result. I'm afraid no one in the world dares to read novels!" Bai Su looked at me sideways: "Don't you think it's very interesting?" I kissed her lightly on the lips: "It's so interesting, just traveling to this kind of place, and you can almost have an evening conversation with you, it's interesting enough." Bai Su closed his eyes: "I hope that tomorrow in that mountain depression, I will find something." I don't even have a concept of what Bai Su wants to discover, so naturally I can't talk about it. When she woke up early the next morning, Junhua was very capable, and she got a jeep from somewhere. It was at least twenty years old, but it could still drive, so she drove it to the mountain where the soldiers were stationed. Along the way, Junhua explained to Gan Tiesheng how Fang Tiesheng and she took half a division of officers and soldiers, broke them into pieces, passed through the gaps in the enemy's positions, successfully escaped from the encirclement, and reached the periphery of the enemy's army. That mountain depression is about 20 kilometers away from that mountain, and belongs to another mountainous area. The car bounced forward on the rugged road. As soon as it drove into two peaks and cliffs that lined the sky, Gan Tiesheng cheered: "What a secret place." !" Jun Hua said: "The valley inside is so big that ten thousand people can hide there." Speaking of this, the car could not move forward, because there was a large pile of gravel in front of it, blocking the way. The pile of stones of different sizes, the big one was taller than a person, and the small one was like a fist, just like a dam , The canyon between the cliffs is filled to the brim with a height of only ten meters, which looks very strange. Junhua pointed to the high rocky dam: "When we were surveying the terrain, when we got here, we thought there was no way ahead. He climbed up to have a look and cheered loudly, only then did he realize that there is a world inside." Gan Tiesheng frowned: "People and light weapons can be turned over, but what about the luggage?" As expected of an experienced general, he immediately thought of the central point of the problem.Jun Hua said: "Stay the luggage over there, and send two companies to defend!" Gan Tiesheng gave a "hmm", and it seemed that he was not very satisfied with the arrangement of Fang Tiesheng and Junhua back then. Indeed, luggage, heavy weapons and many supplies are the lifeblood of the army. If the luggage is lost, the combat capability of the army will naturally disappear. Fang Tiesheng's decision can be said to be quite risky. Junhua also saw Gan Tiesheng's dissatisfaction, and she distinguished in a low voice: "The enemy didn't find out." Gan Tiesheng raised his head, squinted his eyes, and looked at the rocky dam. As soon as Bai Su and I arrived, we were attracted by the spectacle.The large and small stones that blocked a dam obviously fell from the cliffs on both sides. On the cliffs on both sides, the strange rocks are jagged, uneven, and have signs of weathering. It seems that a few years ago, there was a landslide. Stones flew down and blocked the canyon. Although this natural phenomenon is rare, it is also understandable.On the cliff, there are many big rocks, which seem to be crumbling. As long as there is a small amount of explosives, it is guaranteed that the stone dam can be raised by ten meters. Junhua has already started to climb up. It is very easy to climb over this stone dam. Junhua said, "When brothers know that you have failed miserably in breaking out, it is like the end of the world. Many people climbed out of the mountain, and there Quite a few fell to their deaths and injuries during the climbing process!" To climb over this chaotic rock dam, a young man with agility can do it. The reason why the situation Junhua said happened is naturally because those people were extremely flustered and their actions were abnormal. After a while, we climbed to the top of the dam, and there was a big mountain depression in front of us. At this time, everyone's eyes were naturally attracted by the suddenly clear terrain in front of them. Only Bai Su was still looking up at the cliffs on both sides. Near the top of the cliffs on both sides: "Look, the cliffs on both sides are there, almost the same height, with extremely deep incisions!" Bai Su used "scratch" to describe the shape of the mountain, but it was not very appropriate. It was a depression about two meters deep and one meter high, and there were about ten meters away from the top of the cliffs on both sides. , so that the rocks on it seem to be falling down at any time.In those two recesses, the mountain rocks were sharp and messy. It may be that the rocks in that part were very soft, so they fell together in the landslide. I said what I thought, and Bai Su said "hmm": "When the mountain range was formed, it must have been a mountain peak. During the change of the earth's crust, it split into two halves and formed a canyon, so the canyon is the same as the cliffs on both sides. , the stone quality is the same, and it will be in the landslide a few years later to form the wonders it is today." Bai Su and I were talking about this peculiar mountain scenery, while Junhua and Gan Tiesheng were listening. Gan Tiesheng sighed: "The formation of mountains and rivers is a matter of hundreds of millions of years. Life is so short, it is really incomprehensible!" After a while, he said again: "Not enough time has passed. If in a few decades, everyone is dead, there is no difference between betraying and being betrayed. They will all become the same!" In his exclamation, we have turned over the rocky dam, which is a completely different world, which makes people want to scream and jump as soon as they set foot on the ground. There is a quite wide mountain stream on the right hand. You can feel the light smell of the mountain stream from a long distance, and you can't help but admit that you can't find a more secluded and ideal place than here. Junhua pointed to another mountain wall. On that mountain wall, there was a protruding, seemingly large and flat stone flat: "The Liao Wang post is set up on that natural watchtower." Bai Su asked: "Then Shiping, is that the place where someone reported seeing Fang Tiesheng?" Junhua bit her lower lip and nodded.Bai Su asked again: "Where is the cave that you and Fang Tiesheng often go to?" Junhua took a deep breath, without speaking, turned and walked forward, we all followed behind. The valley is surrounded by mountain peaks, and there are many caves on the top and bottom of the mountain peaks, both large and small. Junhua led us into a cave with a big moss-covered rock at the door as a natural cover, and walked sideways from the big rock After entering, Gan Tiesheng followed, and Bai Su and I entered the cave. The cave was very dark, but it was quite clean. Junhua walked towards a very dark corner, and then stopped in front of a stone, not moving for a long time. That was naturally where she and Fang Tiesheng cuddled together. Gan Tiesheng was standing beside her, his eyes sparkling in the darkness, it was hard to imagine that the abnormal flame of lust decades ago would continue to this day, but the situation in front of him was indeed the case. Junhua finally turned her head and made eye contact with Gan Tiesheng. Both of them were shocked. Bai Su also noticed their situation and held my arm.Gan Tiesheng and Junhua looked at each other for a while, and then they both sighed at the same time, stretched out their hands, and held each other tightly. Apart from that, there was no other action. Bai Su asked: "It's here, you said that Fang Tiesheng suddenly had a very special feeling?" Junhua said "huh": "You said it vividly. At that time, he really seemed to sense something. I said a few naughty words, and he walked out. I was a little angry and didn't go out immediately. Shan There is a big rock blocking the entrance of the cave, so I can't see what's going on outside the cave, and when I go out...about ten minutes at most, he doesn't know where he is, and it's getting dark..." Junhua's voice became lower and lower, because next time, when Fang Tiesheng reappeared, it was already midnight, and he had already faked the military order at the officer meeting! Bai Su looked at me, I understood what she meant, and immediately said: "From dusk to midnight, it's about six hours, he can't go too far, if something happens, it must happen nearby." Bai Su took a breath: "The most likely thing is that it's on that stone flat, because someone has seen him appear there, and he's tall and unusually tall, so he won't be mistaken." Gan Tiesheng murmured, "What will happen?" Junhua also shook her head sadly. Bai Su had already walked out of the cave. When he got outside the cave, he turned around a cliff and he could see the stone level. It was not easy to climb to the stone level. It took us about It took an hour to arrive—Gan Tiesheng was the first to arrive, at least fifteen minutes earlier, which was naturally due to the fact that he had been a savage in the mountains for decades. The stone flat is quite large, about more than 100 square meters, and it is very complete. There are several pine trees that are at least a hundred years old, growing in a curved way, with a majestic momentum. , with a panoramic view, the mountain wind is blowing, and Bai Su's long hair is blowing, just like a fairy, and I feel very relaxed and happy.