Chapter 77 torrent to sea

Coming out of the quicksand church, Li Lisan, Zhang Guotao, Liao Ganwu and He Chang followed the guide and left the team, following the path in the field alone.They also heard scattered gunshots from the other side of the Quicksand Road.Their guide was a farmer brother appointed by the Communist Party of China in Puning County, who was capable and familiar with the local conditions.After dusk, they reached the village with watchtowers, and the gunshots from the direction of quicksand also stopped. The guide comforted them: Don't worry, the enemy will stop chasing after dark.He quietly led them into the back door of his house, went out for a while, and when he came back, he took a large bag of plain clothes and told them to take off their military uniforms and put on plain clothes.And prepared a delicious meal for them-not how good the meal was, but because they were hungry and thirsty.After the meal, the guide put away all the short guns they were carrying, saying that they would save them for future peasant uprisings.Then, they slipped out of the back door of his house, followed the mountain path, and burst out to the seashore.

They followed the guide and walked all night in the uninhabited mountains.The guide was very mysterious: he would laugh and not answer when asked him anything, but just led them on their way without resting.The only stop is to drink a few mouthfuls of spring water and eat a few biscuits in two or three places.At noon the next day, when I saw the sea in front of me, the guide said to take a rest.He said that there is Jiazigang in front of him. If we go further, we should go separately and show that these five people have nothing to do with each other, but everyone should take care of each other so as not to lose contact: "When I arrive in the town, I will walk into a familiar family. Shops, you also go in one after another, don't make a sound, I will negotiate everything, and someone will come out to entertain. From last night to now, we have walked more than 100 miles of small roads, but fortunately we all passed safely. Now we go to the town, and we must pay more attention to everything !" Of course the other four had nothing to say: "Everything is under your command."

At this moment, the guide is as strict as an army commander.They slowed down their pace, pretended to be ordinary passengers, and entered Jiazi Port one after another. This seaside town is completely a fishing port, and the streets are full of fish products.There are fishing boats of all sizes moored in the harbor, and all kinds of fishing nets are drying on the beach. Not only are the lintels of each house made of large fish bones, and there are many clam shells piled on them, but most of the women wear decorations made of shellfish on their heads and hands. .There are no militias or police in this town. Except for some big fishmongers manipulating the market, it seems to be a paradise that no one cares about.

Li Lisan and the other 4 people walked into a seaside shop according to the guide's instructions, and saw the guide talking with the shop owner.He winked at them, and the four sat down on a bench one after another.The guide led them to the upstairs behind the shop again, and he said to them, "you can rest here. The shop owner is very timid and doesn't want to keep you here overnight. He will bring tea and food later, so don't go downstairs. .I'll go find the boat, and after the boat is found, you can go on board." At dusk, the guide returned.He said: "I found a boat. The boat cost 100 oceans. It sailed at midnight and headed straight to Hong Kong. I don't know much about the situation of the fishing boat. I have to continue to inquire." The four people who were eager to leave didn't care about the boat. No matter how much money you have, you will immediately hand over 100 yuan to the guide and urge him to get ready to set sail.

When it was dark, the four of them wandered on the beach without any worries.The guide hurriedly said: "I found the wrong ship. It is a pirate ship. The owner of the ship has detected that you are great officers. You must have gold and silver treasures. You may be murdered at sea. You must not sit on it!" Pointing to the boats on the sea, he said softly: "I just figured it out now. You see, all the boats on this side are fishing boats, and the few on the other side are pirate boats." "Hurry up and hire another boat." All four asked .After a while, the ship was hired, but the guide insisted on going to the pirate ship to recover the 100 fixed oceans paid.

All four of them were in a hurry, and advised him: "Forget it, it will be even more troublesome to upset them. Let's hurry up and sail." Li Lisan was even more thoughtful, and asked the guide to talk to the owner of the pirate ship deliberately, saying that he would not leave tonight due to business, and would leave tomorrow night to avoid any accidents, and told the guide: "You are also in danger. After we leave, you You must leave tomorrow morning, and don’t chase after the 100 yuan.” After such an arrangement, at about 10 o'clock in the evening, the four people set foot on the newly hired fishing boat, and the boatman unmoored and sailed to Hong Kong.

Many people, like Li Lisan and others, fled to Hong Kong through Jiazigang, and then transferred to various places.It is more difficult to evacuate later.Guo Moruo and his entourage escaped from the tombstone in the dark. They couldn't find their way, so they walked towards Haikou in the vast field based on their feeling.After a while, we ran into another armed team with more than 30 people.Guo Moruo hid in the bushes and listened to them, and then realized that they were Ye Ting's subordinates.Hurry to get out and follow them.Even being frightened, there is already a bit of jitteriness and panic.They approached a village looking for a guide.Unexpectedly, before reaching the edge of the village, two earth cannons exploded from "Boom" and the team dispersed again.

Gather some people and go.Finally found someone willing to be a guide.The guide led Guo Moruo and the others to jump across the ditch.Once, when jumping over a wide ditch, everyone jumped over, but Guo Moruo fell into the ditch with a splash.People hurriedly pulled him out of the water, and he was soaked inside and out.With no clothes to change, Guo Moruo had no choice but to wear his shirtless clothes and put his wet clothes on a bamboo pole someone found for him, like carrying a flag.As the night came and the weather was getting colder, Guo Moruo's upper and lower teeth were already chattering, so he had to rub his hands vigorously all over his body while walking to generate some heat.Walking to a tile kiln field, the soldiers dragged their hungry and tired bodies to rest in the open space outside the field.The four of Guo Moruo slept in the haystacks in the arena.So tired, it was already daylight when I woke up.The soldiers and guides had long since disappeared. The four of them were frustrated and had no choice but to find someone nearby to buy some old clothes, change out the conspicuous military uniforms on their bodies, pretend to be local people, and continue walking towards Haikou.Finally, with the help of progressive young farmers and the Agricultural Association, they arrived at Jiuquan, and then boarded a boat from Jiuquan to Hong Kong.

The generals of the rebel army who escaped from Chaoshan, especially the wounded and sick like Chen Geng, were in a more difficult situation.Lu Dongsheng and a worker carried him to the bilge of the cargo ship on a camp bed.As soon as they sat down, a black figure jumped into the cargo hold, looking around. Chen Geng couldn't help becoming nervous.In this iron box, there are situations that are difficult to escape.The man picked up a rotten mat, checked that there was no space, then laid it under Chen Geng's feet, and fell asleep.The sound of breathing seemed particularly rough. Chen Kang pretended to be reading a newspaper at first, but turned his face to look at it in the dim light, and almost laughed out loud: Isn't this his old classmate, Zhou Yiqun, the teacher of the Third Division?

Unwilling to be lonely, Chen Geng came up with an idea for a joke.He covered his face with the newspaper and read aloud: "The news in this newspaper is really well-informed. The newspaper was published before Zhou Yiqun boarded the boat!" Zhou Yiqun, who was lying on the mat, was taken aback for a moment, turned over, and frowned, trying to hear clearly, he listened, and burst out laughing: "It's you!" The two laughed happily.Zhou Yiqun told Chen Geng that he was captured by Huang Shaohong's troops, but the soldiers did not recognize him and he escaped.A charitable organization in Shantou gave him a ticket before he got on the boat.They decided to go to Shanghai to find the party together.They were all worried: Where are Zhou Enlai, Ye Ting, and He Long now?