Three hours later, He Ergou came back from Sandaogou with a dozen riders.
However, when He Ergou and the others returned to Erdaogou, they found that the camp on the high ground had been burned to ashes, and the dozens of trucks originally parked under the high ground had disappeared.
Disappearing along with the truck were all the brothers in the cavalry battalion.
He Ergou's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of horror on his face.
What's going on here? Attacked by horse bandits? But here in Hexi, what horse bandits can threaten the safety of their cavalry camp? Even if all the nearby minority villages were mobilized, they would not be able to compete with the cavalry battalions. They were fully armed regular troops, so how could they be compared to the horse bandits
Could it be that the brothers in the cavalry battalion were chasing the horse bandits
But this shouldn't be the case. If we really pursue the pursuit, we should at least leave a few people to guard the camp, right? There is also a convoy of large trucks loaded with supplies. What is the purpose of chasing the horse bandits with the convoy
He Ergou was confused, but he had a very bad premonition in his heart.
Then, soon, He Ergou's premonition was proved by the cruel reality.
"The company commander is there, they seem to be over there!" a cavalryman suddenly shouted.
He Ergou suddenly turned around and saw Tiedan, the cavalryman with the best eyesight in the company, pointing at the wasteland behind the high ground. He Ergou looked over with all his eyes and could only see a dark patch of darkness behind the high ground, but His nose clearly smelled a trace of blood from the dry air. Yes, it was the smell of blood!
Almost instantly, He Ergou knew something was wrong!
"Let's go!" He Ergou immediately drew out his saber, cut off the poplar wood tied to the horse's tail, and then urged the horse to rush to the back of the high ground at the fastest speed. Within a few minutes, He Ergou led dozens of people with him. Riding behind the high ground, a hellish scene appeared in front of them.
What appeared in front of He Ergou and the others was a scene of corpses lying on top of each other and rivers of blood!
There were corpses of the horse bandits, but more of them were the remains of the soldiers of their cavalry battalion.
He Ergou held up a torch and shone his light over it, and saw familiar faces. Without exception, the eyes of these brothers were all wide open, full of unwillingness!
"Iron lock?"
"Pillar?"
"Maimaiti?"
"Khatib?"
"Abdureshiti?"
He Ergou called over one by one, but no one responded.
However, He Ergou found Du Yidao from the pile of corpses.
"Batalion Commander!" He Ergou immediately rolled off his horse and knelt down in front of Du Yidao.
Du Yidao had a new scar on his face, forming a cross with the old scar. However, the real fatal injury was not the scar on his face, but the wound on his abdomen. Du Yidao's abdomen was opened by the horse bandits. There was a big gaping hole, and even though I was covering it with my hands, intestines still leaked out from between my fingers.
However, Du Yidao was not dead, at least not yet.
However, there was no trace of joy on He Ergou's face, because although Du Yidao was not dead yet, there was no way he could be revived. Even if he was sent to the hospital in Dihua now, he would not be able to survive. The chances are extremely slim, not to mention that we are still in the deserted Gobi Desert.
Du Yidao heard the sound of footsteps and slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing He Ergou kneeling in front of him, Du Yidao immediately released his hands covering the gap in his abdomen, letting his intestines and internal organs gush out from the gap, and then grabbed He Ergou with his blood-stained hands. He opened his eyes wide and said word by word: "Er Gou, Ma Jiajun, it was Ma Jiajun who did it!"
"Yeah!" He Ergou nodded heavily and said with a cry, "Ma Jiajun!"
Hearing this, Du Yidao's expression relaxed slightly, but he still didn't let go of his hands holding He Ergou's clothes. It seemed that he still had something important to say to He Ergou, but there was no more words in his throat. There was only a gurgling sound from deep in the throat, and the person was on his deathbed.
He Ergou shed tears and gritted his teeth and said: "Battal Commander, don't worry, I won't go find Ma Jiajun now. I will take Tiedan and the others back to Yan'an to keep the seeds of the old cavalry division until one day in the future." , we will also reorganize the cavalry division, and then destroy Gou Yue’s Ma’s Army! I will destroy him!”
Du Yidao sighed softly, and finally took his last breath, but his eyes were still wide open. He Ergou reached out and gently touched Du Yidao's face, and Du Yidao's wide, angry eyes closed. The ferocious expression also relaxed, and even showed a slight smile.
The burden I have carried for three years can finally be lifted, and I can finally sleep peacefully.
He Ergou stood up slowly, but felt that the burden on his shoulders was as heavy as a thousand. When he turned around, he saw Tiedan and a dozen other cavalrymen looking at him with sorrow and indignation on their faces.
"Company commander, let's seek revenge from Ma Jiajun!"
"Yes, let's settle our old and new grudges together!"
"That's right, we're going to fight against the Ma Jiajun!"
Tiedan and a dozen other cavalrymen immediately started making noises.
"Fight? Why fight? If you go to Ma Jiajun now, you will simply die! Not only will you not be able to take revenge, but you will also destroy the entire cavalry battalion! The division commander, battalion commander, and all the brothers who died are still pointing at us. Revenge!" He Ergou refused without hesitation, then got on his horse and said, "Let's go to Yan'an!"
Tiedan and other dozen cavalrymen also got on their horses, and then followed He Ergou to turn north, all the way deep into the desert. Previously, there was a convoy that needed protection, so they could only walk along the road, but now the convoy has been robbed, and they There is no need to march along the highway. You can go outside the Hexi Corridor, which is safer.
After leaving Erdaogou, He Ergou and dozens of other riders fled directly into the desert, successfully evading the eyes and ears of Ma Jiajun. They slept in the open air and drove without hesitation. They traveled more than a thousand miles in three days and finally arrived on the third day. Four days later, they entered the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. When they encountered an Eighth Route Army patrol on the border, they could no longer hold on and passed out.
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Damei Mountain, the main peak of Qingniuling.
Xu Rui looked back at Di Gua and asked, "Dad Gua, are you ready?"
Digua shook his head and asked weakly: "No, can I not fly?"
"I'm afraid it won't work if you don't fly." Xu Rui said with a smile, "But I can give you two choices, either jump according to the technical requirements I mentioned, or I will throw you down. You can choose for yourself."
"Then I'd better jump by myself." Digua gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and jumped down.
Xu Rui jumped down immediately after Digua, yelling: "Digua, remember what I said! Keep your balance and don't let your body turn over. Yes, that's it! Very good!"
"Take your hands away, don't always think about the parachute bag, don't always think about skydiving!"
"Keep your balance and spread your arms and legs as wide as possible. Yes, you did a good job, sweet potato, you are flying!"
Needless to say, Xu Rui had already felt that Digua himself was indeed flying, flying in the air like a bird. This feeling of flying freely was so wonderful, it was simply wonderful! After successfully overcoming his fear, Digua began to enjoy flying until he finally landed safely on a flat grassy field.
It wasn't until he landed that Digua finally felt scared. He tremblingly said to Xu Rui: "Commander, I don't want to learn to fly in a wingsuit anymore. It's too dangerous. What if I encounter strong airflow or the wingsuit breaks?" Or if it hits a tree or a cliff while flying, wouldn't it be over? So I won't learn this anymore."
"Don't want to learn anymore?" Xu Rui asked with a smile, "Are you giving up now?"
"Well, give up." Digua said simply, "Besides flying in a wingsuit, do you have any other faster and more powerful means of escaping?"
After more than half a month of hellish physical training on Digua, Xu Rui began to teach Digua how to practice martial arts and also started training on special combat skills. In order to mobilize Digua's enthusiasm, Xu Rui asked Digua to choose the skill he wanted to learn the most. As a result, this brat chose life-saving skills without hesitation.
So Xu Rui began to teach Digua to fly in a wing suit.
In fact, Xu Rui had known that Diguo was completely repulsed, and Digua's personality would definitely not like such a dangerous special warfare skill like wingsuit flying. However, Xu Rui still strictly followed the tutorials to train Digua. So this is just to lead to the Qing Gong teaching later.
Xu Rui smiled and said, "Yes, are you sure you want to learn?"
"I think so." Digua nodded and said, "I definitely want to learn."
After a pause, Digua added, "And I promise not to give up this time."
"That's what you said." Xu Rui said cheerfully, "After choosing this time, I can't regret it anymore."
"I have no regrets." Digua said with certainty, "No matter what you teach me this time, Commander, I will learn it."
"Okay, then I will teach you Qing Kung this time." Xu Rui said.
"Qinggong?" Digua couldn't help but said with joy, "Qinggong of flying over roofs and walking over walls?"
"Flying over eaves and walking over walls, I'm afraid you're overthinking it." Xu Rui shook his head and added, "However, if you practice Qing Gong well, you can run faster than Shi Xiaoqian and jump higher than him. What's more important is that , even if you jump from a height of more than ten meters, you can still do it without any damage, this is still possible."
Digua nodded repeatedly and said, "Learn, learn, learn. I will learn."
Xu Rui smiled slightly and was about to continue speaking when rapid footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.
When he looked back hurriedly, he saw Wang Husheng walking over quickly with a livid face. Digua quickly stood up to attention, saluted, and then called out to the political commissar.
Wang Husheng ignored the sweet potato and said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, something big has happened!"
Xu Rui's heart sank when he heard this, and asked: "Old Wang, don't be impatient, please speak slowly, what happened?"
"That batch of supplies!" Wang Husheng took a breath and continued, "The batch of supplies that we exchanged for intelligence from the Soviets was robbed by Ma Bufang!"
"What did you say?" Xu Rui's face immediately darkened, "Ma Bufang?"
"Yes, it's Ma Bufang!" Wang Husheng said, "Although he dressed up as a horse bandit when he took action, the leader was Ma Bufang's only son Ma Jiyuan! This is a ferocious little wolf cub!" (To be continued.)