Zhang Hu's reconnaissance platoon was stationed in a large house of the Miao family outside Hejiaping Town in Xiangxi. Outside the house, huge plantain leaves are swaying in the wind, and under a clump of green bamboo, a big rooster is leading a group of hens to plan.
It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. Tile houses, bamboo buildings, small bridges and flowing water, as well as waterwheels that turn and squeak and twist.
The landlord, the sister-in-law of the Miao family, and her daughter were busy pushing the mill and grinding in the watermill workshop, laughing and chatting from time to time.
Here, there is a unique ethnic customs and atmosphere in Xiangxi.
★ There was an urgent message from Command
At this moment, Zhang Hu, who has always liked literature, has no intention of enjoying the scenery, and he is worried about the disappearance of this mysterious corpse gang. He stood under the plantain tree, pensive.
Zhao Yue, deputy platoon commander, and a messenger sent by the head of the anti-bandit command hurriedly walked over.
Zhao Yue said: Platoon commander, the command has sent documents. The correspondent hurriedly saluted Zhang Hu and handed over the documents.
Zhang Hu returned the salute and said: Thank you, hard work! The correspondent said: Not hard. Platoon commander, I'm leaving!
Zhang Hu hurriedly opened the document and hurriedly browsed it, and then said to Zhao Yue: Old Zhao, the command has made a detailed analysis of the situation:
First, there were no lost families in Triangle Ping and several nearby villages, let alone corpse gangs from Hubei, Sichuan, or Yongshun.
Second, there are a few corpse chasers passing by, and after strict inspection, they do not match the corpse chasers we reported in any way.
Third, in recent days, in Fenghuang, which is relatively close to the border with Guizhou, a villager has gone missing in Buffalo Village and Huangzhu Village. I don't know if these two people went missing in the mountains or had some accidents, or if they were related to the bandits. I hope the reconnaissance platoon will pay extra attention!
Fourth, the day before yesterday, on the Yangjiaoping Mountain Road in the Phoenix territory, a zombie from the corpse gang suddenly cheated the corpse, frantically chased pedestrians, and scared the passing horse gangs and pedestrians into scattering and fleeing. After hearing the news, the local troops investigated, and it was rumored that the corpse gang had escaped into Guizhou. The chief suspected that the incident may have been caused by the bandits disguised as a corpse chapel gang and deliberately created a corpse fraud incident to confuse the public.
Zhao Yue scolded angrily when he heard this: Fuck, the situation is getting more and more complicated.
Zhang Hu said: After the mysterious corpse gang in Sheephornping in the Phoenix territory deceived the corpse, did it flow to the Phoenix on the edge of Xiangxi, and after committing the crime, he escaped from Xiangxi and escaped into the mountains of Guizhou?
★ Luxi Savage Cave
Cangyan Ridge north of Hejiaping in Luxi, the mountains overlap, and the dense forest is green.
This is a typical karst landscape with exposed limestone everywhere.
Looking at the mountains and forests, the rocks are craggy and mossy. Due to the abundant rain all year round, the roots of the trees on the steep cliffs are mostly exposed outside the rocks, and the roots of the trees with vertical and horizontal veins are like the tentacles of an octopus catching prey, and the network surrounds the stones on the ground like a network, forming many colorful "tree bouldering" phenomena.
On the cliff, there is a natural stone cave hidden under the cover of vines, many Xiangxi hunters who have been to Cangyan Ridge say that this cave once had a nest of savages inhabited, so it is called the savage cave.
Outside the Savage Cave, there is a dense mixed forest. There are camellia, alder, sweetgum and green oka, and oak wood. A few tall yew trees rise from the dove trees and plunge into the sky, overlooking the surrounding mountains and forests. Under the dove tree is a dense area of ferns. There are several precious alder trees that grow in depressions under the rocks.
Next to the alder tree is a huge flat stone.
Zhu Yeqing, Niu Wu and He Sanmao lazily lay on the flat and collapsed mountain rock outside the savage cave to rest.
Niu Wu said: Master Long, we have been tossing enough these days!
He Sanmao said: I'm tired of tossing!
Zhu Yeqing said: Turtle son, the communist army is more tired than us! Until now, they may have been in the clouds!
Niu Wu said with admiration: Master Long, this is true and false, false and real!
★ Zhang Hu and Zhao Yue analyzed
Hejiaping reconnaissance platoon station.
The autumn wind swept through the bamboo forest, swishing and lala, like a dashing autumn rain sprinkled on the beach. The huge plantain leaves gently dance in the wind, exuding infinite poetry.
Suddenly, two red-bellied horned pheasants clucked and flew over the tall green bamboo treetops and into the bushes where several tall tulipwood trees stood upright. Above the jungle, the sky leaves overlapping distant mountains and clear blue sky and white clouds.
Zhang Hu and Zhao Yue came to the waterwheel by the river. Zhang Hu looked at the scenery in front of him and said: Strange! The corpse chaser we were tracking had evaporated like air in the mountains and forests within twenty miles south of Hejiaping! And in the territory of Phoenix on the border of Guizhou, a corpse chaser gang suddenly appeared! Was this a coincidence?
Zhao Yue humbly asked: Do you think they will have an inevitable connection?
Zhang Hu circled around the banana tree and said: Lao Zhao, how long has it been since the corpse chasing gang we followed mysteriously disappeared in Hejiaping to the zombie corpse of the Phoenix Sheep Horn Ping corpse chasing gang?
Zhao Yue wrenched his fingers and said: It's exactly three days.
Zhang Hu struck with both palms and said: It can be assumed that the corpse chasing gang of the Phoenix corpse is a gang of bandits dressed in disguise, and they may be the remnants of Zhuyeqing who have fled from Hejiaping!
Zhao Yue said: From the perspective of time and distance, this is very possible. However, what does the disappearance of the villagers reported by the higher authorities have to do with the bandits? Could it be that they have forced him to become a bandit?
Zhang Hu thought about it and said: At this time, it is unlikely that there will be a matter of forcing the people to become bandits!
Zhao Yue asked: Why?
Zhang Hu said: Zhu Yeqing is in the middle of a street rat - when everyone is shouting and beating, he will not recruit troops at this time, attracting attention!
Zhao Yue patted his head: Hey! Why didn't I think of that! So could it be that the remnants of Zhuyeqing encountered them, and they were afraid that they would report it and killed them?
Zhang Hu raised his eyebrows and said: This is possible!
Zhao Yue said again: But platoon commander, isn't this revealing their own whereabouts?
Zhang Hu said: Yes! It seems that the purpose of killing people is also impossible. He again denied his own analytical judgment.
Zhao Yue said: Platoon commander, you said that the corpse chasing gang that appeared in the territory of Phoenix is also a corpse fraud and a chaser, can it be deliberately self-exposed?
Zhang Hu frowned: Yes! There is such a possibility.
Zhao Yue asked rhetorically: However, what is the purpose of their fanfare and pretending to be ghosts?
Zhang Hu said: They were afraid of revealing their whereabouts in the interior of Xiangxi, but they deliberately exposed their whereabouts in Fenghuang on the border of Guizhou. This should kill two birds with one stone.
Zhao Yue asked urgently: How did you kill two birds with one stone?
Zhang Hu explained: One of their purposes may be to make us think: they Zhu Yeqing fled to Guizhou and is no longer in Xiangxi.
Zhao Yue patted his head: It makes sense. This is a trick, then, what about two?
Zhang Hu analyzed and said: They deliberately created a corpse fraud incident and deliberately caused a huge impact on the people - the corpse gang is not easy to mess with, terrifying, and easy to cheat corpses!
Zhao Yue scratched his head and asked: So, what should we do?
Zhang Hu said firmly: We must not be led by their noses, we still focus on Xiangxi.
Zhao Yue said suspiciously: But ......?
★ Zhu Yeqing bragged about the zombie shop dealing with Zhao Yue
In the cave of the Wild Man.
He Sanmao's head was dangling on a flat vine hanging from the alder tree, and he said sincerely: Master Long, I, He Sanmao, can be regarded as serving you. A few days ago in the Hejiaping zombie shop, your calmness and wit when the communist army checked the number were enough for me He Sanmao to learn for a lifetime. If it weren't for Master Long's quick response, then the communist army who stared at our faces first, and then looked at the chopsticks in a daze, maybe they would have seen our flaws?
Niu Wu said: If you don't have the demeanor of a general, how can Long Ye become the commander-in-chief of the Xiangxi lieutenant colonel of the national army? Let's just say that the wisdom of this disguised corpse gang is also something that I, Niu Wu, will never learn.
Zhu Yeqing grunted the bamboo cigarette pouch, puffed out, and said arrogantly: Hmph! Want to fight with my dragon master? The communist army is still a little younger.
Niu Wu said: That's, that's. Even Liu Shi of the national army is strong and difficult to suppress the head snake, not to mention his eight roads! He still wants to fight our resourceful Dragon Master? Joke!
Zhu Yeqing proudly recalled and said: On the night in Hejiaping, I saw that they paid attention to your zombie face, and I knew that they were already suspicious. What to do? Fight with them, we will definitely suffer if we have few people. I frowned, and immediately had a brilliant plan.
He Sanmao said: Master Long, what is the clever plan? Tell us about it!
Zhu Yeqing said: At that time, thousands of strategies came to mind, but I thought that there was only one way to divert their attention. So he came to Wei Wei to save Zhao and slammed a bowl. The communist army who entered the house to inspect suddenly heard the explosion, so naturally he didn't care about looking at you two stupid sons! Ha ha!
He Sanmao said sincerely: Master Long, I was so scared that I opened the safety of the box gun at that time.
Zhu Yeqing said arrogantly: There is me! Are you two stupid sons afraid of a bird? Hum!
Niu Wu hurriedly complimented: That's it! If it weren't for the fact that Long Ye was in a hurry to give a dish to the zombies, the communist army would definitely have to grasp the problem of chopsticks. Then we'll have to show it.
Zhu Yeqing snorted in his nose and said: Master Long, how can I come by their temperament? With a little trickery, one deceived them and fooled them. Do you still need to do it? Silly son!
He Sanmao said: Master Long, the food of the three people in the zombie shop, why do you want them to deliver it three times in a row?
Zhu Yeqing said: Silly son, the times force me to be like this! Because if we're not careful, we'll show our feet. Think about it, if we asked for food for three people at once, we looked like hungry wolves at that time, and we wouldn't eat a plate of dry dishes at once? At that time, would the shopkeeper think: How could this master who drove corpses eat the food of three people by himself? If someone becomes suspicious of us, our lives will never be at peace.
He Sanmao said with admiration: Long Ye's plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea is a bit similar to Zhuge Liang's plan to increase troops and reduce the stove in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I've learned it now, and I'll be able to use it in the future. (To be continued)