During the day, the life-saving snow kept falling, and it finally completely covered up the traces left by Wei Ran and others along the way.

It was also during this day that Yongwu had been having nightmares. He woke up again and again, and the others woke up again and again. But he just wiped away his tears and lay down again. No one knew what he was dreaming about.

As evening approached, a sound of mules and horses neighed, causing Hu Bazhi, who was in charge of posting the last sentry post, to tremble and rush out of the tent.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Ran, Zhao Jinyu, and Unakan woke up one after another when they heard the noise, and hurriedly followed them out.

With the last ray of skylight, they could clearly see a big white mule running up the mountain ridge alone.

"Is that your mule?" Wei Ran was the first to react and asked.

"Yes, but that's it! I thought the Japanese had beaten it to death."

As Hu Bazhi spoke, he ran to the side of the mule excitedly, took off the dog-skin hat on his head, and patted the ice and snow off the big mule, "Now that we have another mule, I guess I can run even more."

It’s coming soon.”

"It's almost dark now, how about we set off now?" Zhao Jinyu suggested.

"Let's go"

Unakan also said, "With so many animals, we may not be able to walk the rest of the way in two days."

"I have no objection," Wei Ran stated his attitude simply.

"Then let's set off right now!" Hu Bazhi made a decision immediately.

Having said that, the preparations before departure will still take some time.

Because of this, when they packed their bags and filled their stomachs with horse chews, the sky was completely dark, but the snowflakes falling from the sky were not small at all.

Without further delay, Wei Ran took Xiao Si'er and rode on his biting black horse. He also asked the other party to help pull the reins of a mule.

Similarly, Zhao Jinyu took Boss Qiu with him, and Hu Bazhi took Qiu Yongwu with him, and all assigned them the task of holding the reins of the mule.

Unakan was still walking in the front. After everyone was fully clothed, they left the mountain ridge in the dark and continued on their way in the biting wind and snow.

This night, they did not encounter any gangsters, let alone Japanese or traitors, and even the terrain gradually became flat. In addition, they changed their horses from sledges to sledges, so they really had to travel a lot that night.

When it was almost dawn in the middle of the night, when they followed Unakan across a frozen river, there were even large areas of wasteland along the way.

After just letting the mules and horses rest for a while and feed them some fine food, everyone continued to set off, preparing to travel a little longer before dawn.

"How far do we have to go?" Hu Bazhi asked Unakan on horseback.

"I have to run for at least another day."

Unakan pointed to the front and said, "Run forward and wait until you get into the mountains and into the woods to rest."

Naturally, everyone had no objection, and besides, the snow hasn't stopped yet, so it's a good time to go on the road.

After running like this for almost an hour, it was already bright and clear, and Unakan finally led them through a wasteland and once again entered the deep mountain forest covered with red pine trees.

It can be seen that Unakan also became wary when she arrived here. She did not stop immediately after entering the forest. Instead, she led everyone to slow down and climbed over the mountain ridges one after another until she was no longer above her head.

The snow continued to fall, until the cold sun rose above the treetops, and then she found a leeward mountain col and stopped.

"Just take a rest here."

Unakan said tiredly, "If we walk another night and leave this forest, we will almost reach the Heilongjiang River. However, the road ahead will not be easy. There are Japanese troops guarding the outside of the forest."

At this point, Unakan suddenly raised his finger and pointed in the direction after tying the mules and horses, "The bearded uncle is buried over there. I was in a hurry when I left, so I just buried him with snow, and I didn't

Do you know if you have been discovered by the Japanese?"

"Let's go take a look together," Zhao Jinyu, Hu Bazhi and Wei Ran said in unison.

"Come with me" Unakan sighed and walked at the front.

Under her leadership, the three Wei Ran brothers and the three Qiu family brothers all followed. Soon after, they stopped at the edge of a pine tree.

The pine tree had been burned and only the black trunk was left. The trunk was nearly two meters above the ground, and a headless body that was also burnt was tied upside down with wires.

"I...buried him under the tree when I left."

Unakan covered his mouth and said in panic, "Where's his head? Where's the bearded uncle's head..."

"It was the little devil who did it," Hu Bazhi clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth.

"Another account..." Zhao Jinyu also clenched his fists.

"Untie him"

Wei Ran sighed. As he spoke, he raised his camera and clicked the shutter on the body on the tree.

Putting away the camera, he climbed up the remaining branches of the pine tree. After carefully groping between the bearded body and the tree trunk, he finally found three pieces of silver bullet between his lower back and the tree trunk.

Soviet lemon grenade tied to a tree with wire.

There was also a thin wire tied to the safety pin of the grenade, and the wire... passed through Cui Dabeard's spine.

Pulling out the iron wire that was almost frozen in the body bit by bit, Wei Ran unscrewed the iron wire from Cui Dabeard's body one by one and sent him down carefully.

On this cold day in the cave, the only thing they could do was to find an extra location leeward, dig a snow pit big enough, and bury the bearded, headless corpse in it.

"There should be ghosts around here"

Wei Ran said while patting the snow solidly. As long as the three grenades exploded, the surrounding Japanese would definitely hear them. "I think we have to continue running after taking a rest. We can run as far as we can while it's daylight."

.”

"Let's go back."

Hu Bazhi said, but he pulled out the cigarette pouch from his waist, placed it together with the tobacco purse next to the bearded man's grave, and casually covered it with a handful of snow.

The others looked at each other silently, turned around, and followed Hu Bazhi back to where they tied their horses.

After lighting the brazier and roasting a few sweet potatoes, everyone dug out the kettles or lunch boxes they were carrying, filled them with snow and placed them on the edge of the brazier.

"If we keep running like this, when will we arrive?" Zhao Jinyu asked while feeding some livestock.

"If I can walk to the edge of the forest during the day today, I can cross the river in the middle of the night."

Unakan replied, "No matter how you walk during the day, you have to stop before leaving the forest. There are many Japanese outside the forest on the other side."

"What happens after we cross the river?" Hu Bazhi, who was warming himself by the fire, suddenly asked, "How do I find Captain Zhao after I cross the river?"

"Captain Zhao is not here, but Zhao Jinshan is waiting opposite."

Unakan said, "After crossing the river, we walked downstream along the river embankment. When we saw Jiangxin Island, we stopped. Zhao Jinshan was waiting in the woods facing Jiangxin Island."

"Where is Shiyi? Where is Yang Shiyi?" Zhao Jinyu asked again.

"Shopkeeper Yang is in Khabarovsk. It's far away. You have to walk downstream for several days to get there. But there are no Japanese there. At most, you just have to avoid Maozi's questioning." Unakan replied, "Brother Jinshan knows that shopkeeper Yang is there.

where."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again, each thinking about their own thoughts around the only brazier.

After only resting for about an hour, everyone braved their exhaustion and got on their horses again. Led by Unakan, they found a frozen river in the primeval forest and continued walking step by step in the northeast direction.

But this time, Hu Bazhi suggested that Boss Qiu and Xiao Sier learn to ride horses. The task of teaching them to ride horses was handed over to Zhao Jinyu and Qiu Yongwu. As for himself, he fell into the trap unknowingly.

At the end of the line.

"Brother Wei"

Hu Bazhi, who was riding on horseback, looked at the cavalry in front of him. After pondering for a moment, he said, "If we meet the Japanese, if... we brothers can stay?"

"Okay," Wei Ran agreed happily, "Actually, I just want to stay by myself..."

"One of you is not enough"

Hu Bazhi shook his head, "Let's both stay and let Unakan and Jin Yu take the three Qiu brothers across the river."

After a moment of silence, Wei Ran nodded, "That's fine."

"How about we find a chance to take a photo later?"

Hu Bazhi said with great interest, "When Boss Qiu and Xiao Si'er learn to ride horses, we'll take photos of them, just like you and Jin Yu did when they were cavalrymen."

"Okay...okay" Wei Ran responded with more difficulty.

"I have already made money"

Hu Bazhi smiled, "I've killed a lot of Japanese over the years. I've avenged my parents, my wife and my unborn child, and I've made a lot of money."

That’s right, I haven’t finished avenging others yet. Do you still remember Brother Li Hai and Brother Shen Baoying?”

"Remember" Wei Ran nodded while sighing, how could he not remember.

"We are living for them now."

Hu Ba pointed out with a smile and said, "Xiaohu and I have been counting, and there are still 26 left. Their revenge can be considered avenged, but it's a pity..."

"What's the pity?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously, but he was looking ahead, not daring to look at Hu Bazhi, who was running alongside him.

"Our team is now almost 30 years old. If we include the Qiu brothers, it will be past the 30th day.

But even if we don’t count the debts of the Qiu brothers, Xiaohu and I have to kill more than 400 little devils before we get our money back."

Hu Bazhi thought with a frown on his face, "This little devil owes too much debt. I don't know when the debt collection will end."

"Soon..." Wei Ran predicted with a pale tone.
To be continued...