Indiana Jones

Chapter 335 Entering Shaanxi (06)

After leaving the barren meadow, they reorganized the seized items. After all, they had no time and mood to study carefully when they were inside. A detailed marching map was written, which marked the detailed marching route of the team. The map was tens of thousands of times more detailed than the one in their hands. All the nearby villages were on it, even including the sheep intestines in this area. The trails, every river, and every place where water can be replenished are clearly marked.

"This is called a military map." Li Siming simply threw his share aside, "It seems that these little devils are not here to grab things, they are going into the mountains, and... it seems to be similar to where we went."

"That's weird, what are they going in for? Could it be related to the group of devils who were looking for the temple? It can be seen that they came prepared, the level of this map..." Si Xuanyi looked at the map.

"It's hard to say. I suggest going in and searching for another song to see if I can find more things." Li Siming said.

"Hmm..." Si Xuanyi nodded after thinking about it, "Okay, this time, let's go in and look through it."

This accidental discovery is very helpful for their next actions. At least this map allows them to find a detailed route into the mountain, so they don't have to go by groping like before, although they still don't know the purpose of these ghosts. , but at least it can be confirmed that these devils must have some kind of connection with the previous batch.

"Let me take someone there, others are not suitable." Lin Feng stood up and greeted Ye Feng and a few newcomers this time. Although they are called newcomers, they are all veterans. Cleaning the battlefield is nothing to them. In addition, there should be no major problems with the guards of him and Ye Feng in front of each other.

"There shouldn't be much to gain. When I searched just now, I noticed that the officer of this team seems to be not here. He may have fled, and he was very hasty. Otherwise, the map would not be left behind. Other than that, there is nothing I found too many valuable things, so the map you found is of some use." Si Xuanyi said after Lin Feng led people into the grass.

"Let's have a look, there's no harm." Li Siming said while analyzing the map. The labels on it are all in Japanese, which seems a bit difficult. It is still difficult to achieve real fluent communication, or to identify.

"I can help mark it." Fang Yuanshan leaned over and said, "I have studied Japanese in my spare time. Although I am not proficient, I can still recognize a few pseudonyms."

"Oh?" Li Siming passed the map to him, "Then as soon as possible!"

Fang Yuanshan did not refuse, took the map and looked at it carefully for a while, and translated all the Japanese into Chinese, but some of them were obviously incomprehensible, which also showed that he was not familiar with Japanese, or that he had not learned enough. Home, but this can already solve the big problem, at least they can roughly understand some of the meanings marked on the map.

"These Japanese soldiers are really going to support those devils who are looking for temples." Li Siming watched him keep translating the above standards and said.

"Could it be that those devils encountered some trouble inside?" Si Xuanyi also stared at the map.

"Before we didn't find the radio station, nor did we find the officers. There were quite a few devils who might have escaped. They didn't all die here as we expected." Li Siming checked his own map, " The basic route is similar to that of the team that was attacked by the military commander before, I hope the remaining devils have escaped or died on the way, otherwise we may have another group of people."

"It seems that this matter is more complicated than we expected." Si Xuanyi looked at the mountains in the distance, and did not expect to find so many clues that he did not know before in this unexpected encounter in this village.

The second search led by Lin Feng did not find anything valuable, but some ammunition and supplies were brought out. As for the food, they did not move. Dakui was already overwhelmed by their actions. In his opinion , these people are offending the holy land of weasels.

"Let's redistribute the equipment and materials and we'll go. We can't delay any longer." Si Xuanyi saw that there was no valuable discovery, so he no longer hesitated.

"Be careful on the road ahead. We're not sure how many of these devils have escaped. If they haven't given up on this mission and continue to advance into the mountains along this route, we're likely to meet them again." Li Siming said while packing his things.

"Well, we really need to be careful. Our mission this time is definitely more difficult than expected." Si Xuanyi nodded and asked Da Kui if the road they chose was the only one.

Dakui said that although there is more than one way to enter the mountain, this one is the best and the most hidden and has the fewest wild animals. This is the road that the villagers in the vicinity often take to enter the mountain. Most other routes are difficult to walk and easy to get lost.

"There's no need to choose another route." Si Xuanyi looked at the time, "If we follow the plan, where should we go tonight?"

Da Kui said without thinking: "If it is fast, we can reach Lazi Mountain today. If it is too late, we may only reach Heishe Ridge. It depends on our progress along the way. After all, we have been delayed for a long time this morning. long time."

"Are there really snakes in Black Snake Ridge?" Zhao Chenggong asked.

"Is there really a wife in the wife cake?" Li Siming asked.

"From ancient times to now, there must be snakes, but I don't know why it's called Black Snake Ridge." Dakui said, "It's all passed down from the older generation."

"Where is it safer?" Si Xuanyi asked.

"The barren mountains and wild ridges are actually similar." Dakui said before walking, "There are hunter's huts in both places, and many hunters in the villages stay there overnight."

"Speed ​​up, let's try to reach Lazi Mountain tonight." Si Xuanyi said loudly to the others.

There were no accidents during the march during the day, and there were quite a few wild beasts, but they were too many and they were not attacked. There might be devils around, so they didn't dare to shoot. If the devils heard the gunshots, they might It will be very troublesome, but Da Kui hunted a lot of rabbits along the way, and it seems that the pheasants don't have to worry about what to eat tonight.

"After this mission is over, I will give you a good gun." Si Xuanyi said to Dakui.

"No, I can use a shotgun." Dakui said, "Sanba Dagai dare not use it for fear that the devils will lose his life if he discovers it. The Zhongzheng rifle is afraid to use it for fear that the Central Army will find it. It is also a trouble. Although the old shotgun is not very good , but it is safe to use."

"You've thought a lot." Si Xuanyi felt that Da Kui was a little thoughtful.

"I can't help it. I have to think about everything to survive these days. The Japanese can't afford to offend the Central Army, and the bandits can't afford to offend us. We can only live by ourselves." Da Kui said quite Helpless, "The war is in chaos, and the people are in dire straits."

"Yes!" Si Xuanyi couldn't help sighing in his heart. Dakui was right. No matter how noble the reason for war is, it is a disaster for the common people. They only want three meals a day and have no worries about food and clothing. Others, what they are looking for is just a piece of comfort. As for who is the emperor and who is in charge of the country, they don't care much, as long as they can live a stable life, it doesn't matter.

In the evening, they had just arrived at Black Snake Ridge, so it seemed that they could only spend the night here.

The camp is an old hunter's shack. Of course, this shack can't accommodate so many people. They used my shed to block the light, lit a fire, and then made some grass to sleep nearby.

With the threat of devils, they had to deploy more secret sentries, and the threat of wild animals in this barren mountain was even greater, so they had to be more careful.

The dinner was very sumptuous, everyone was very tired from walking, and soon fell asleep after a full meal.

"We may still need two days' journey to reach that place. It's strange that we didn't find any traces left by the devils along the way. Could it be that they didn't take this way, or fled back?" Si Xuanyi looked at the map Feel a little strange.

"This road is relatively closer than the route you set. We have been delayed for too long in the morning. If we don't take a shortcut, we can't even make it here." Da Kui said, "But there is no other road to choose from further in. Now, if the Japanese are really ahead of us, we will definitely see their traces."

"Hmm..." Si Xuanyi nodded, "Very good! But next time you change the route, let me know first, so I can prepare myself."

"Mainly..." Da Kui was a little embarrassed.

"I know, no need to explain, you are doing it for our own good." Si Xuanyi waved his hand to signal Dakui not to think too much.

In short, there was nothing to say all night, except for the howling of ghosts and wolves that stopped all night, nothing else happened.

"Cool!" Zhao Chenggong stretched his waist and got up from the ground, "Although it was in the wilderness, this sleep was much more solid than the night before."

"A weasel came here." Lin Feng came from under a tree not far away, "There are many footprints over there."

"Is it the ones from yesterday?" Zhao Chenggong asked.

"How do I know?" Lin Feng squatted down to eat breakfast, "It's very strange why this weasel likes to follow us so much."

"It may be strange that there are few animals in the mountains." Dakui said.

"I hope it's as you said." Lin Feng didn't say anything more.

"I did see some things wandering around last night." Ye Feng said, "In addition to weasels, there are also foxes."

"It looks like they came to visit us." Si Xuanyi smiled wryly, "Hurry up and eat, and then go on the road."

When they set off, the sun had not yet risen, and within two hours they found the traces left by the devil. Judging from the footprints, the devil's team had about 30 people, which was beyond their expectations, and of course they couldn't judge. Is it with the group of devils who were killed in the village?

"It should have passed by two days ago. There was no wind or rain in these two days, so the footprints are relatively clear, but judging from the broken branches, it is definitely not fresh." Lin Feng checked the surrounding situation and said, "Devil Their burdens are not light, and they seem to be carrying something."

"Whatever he brought? Anyway, we can't beat it. There were already a lot, but now there are so many more." Zhao Chenggong was a little negative in reality.

"It's useless to guess here, anyway, they passed by, and we will not be able to catch up in two days. If these devils really come to support, then we have a sense of direction." Si Xuanyi said , "But everyone has to cheer up, we have to face an enemy that is several times ours, the little devil is not so easy to deal with, if you want to go back alive, you have to be 12 points more careful, you understand? "

In fact, everyone knows that this task is by no means as simple as imagined. If the Japanese can appear in this kind of deep mountains and wild forests on a large scale, it means that there is something they are interested in here, and it is worth their effort to come to this kind of place. .

"It's a poor country, what can I look for? I think these little devils are full and have nothing to do." Zhao Chenggong muttered to the side.

"No one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak." Si Xuanyi glanced at him. He hated Zhao Chenggong's nonsense behavior that affected morale.

"There are many beasts in the mountains, I hope the rules are not so smooth. It would be even better if they are eaten up by wild beasts and mountain gods." Da Kui'er was a little worried about this trip. He felt that this trip into the mountains was more dangerous than ever .

"Mountain god? Are there any mountain gods here who can come out to eat people?" Fang Yuanshan felt that what he said was a bit strange.

"Yes! Someone has seen it. The old man said that these mountain gods are all in the deep mountains, and they eat people who offend the gods. It is said that the mountain gods have black and green faces and fangs." Dakui said seriously.

"In fact, there are mountain gods in the legends of many places, but no one has seen them, or all the people who have seen them have died." The woodcutter also said seriously, "Actually, most of the so-called mountain gods are just Some fierce beasts that are difficult to see in the deep mountains are because they are not seen in ordinary times, so the people in the mountain villages are afraid. However, most of these things are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult to see them. In many places, tigers are directly called mountain gods. This reason."

"We've seen a lot of weird things, so there's nothing strange about it." Si Xuanyi smiled, "We even saw that kind of Bishan beast last time. Is there anything more strange than its appearance? But we are in this business. You should know some of these things."

"It's simple. I have a copy of Strange Beasts. You can read it when you get back. It will open your eyes." The woodcutter said.

"Grandpa, are there any dragons in your book?" Zhao Chenggong began to talk nonsense.

"If I say yes, would you believe it?" The woodcutter rolled his eyes at him, "Don't think that there are only so few things in this world, you have too many strange beasts that you haven't seen before."

"We really know a little more about this business. Is it true that I heard that there are tomb-slayer beasts or tomb-keeper beasts?" Li Siming asked.

"Of course." The woodcutter nodded, "And most of these things are very powerful."

(End of this chapter)