Chapter 1538 (2/2)

Loaded with clear water, the three continued to walk downstream along the river. They can't find the mountain road, but they can see many traces left by human activities. And these traces are getting newer and newer, as if they are gradually approaching the target.

That afternoon, Du Huasheng killed a hare with a dagger.

The three picked up the dry branches, gathered up the fire, sprinkled the skinned hare with salt and roasted it. While sweating, they ate a delicious meal.

After the meal, it rained cats and dogs. They can only curl up in the plastic cloth and expect the rain to pass quickly.

Suddenly, Li Qing asked, ”did you hear the sound?”

”Yes.” Du Huasheng rolled his eyelids. ”I'm not deaf to such a loud rain. How can I not hear it?”

”No.” Li Qing frowned, ”there seems to be gunfire.”

”Did you hear it wrong? It must be the sound of rain. Raindrops hit the leaves and banged, just like shooting...”

Before he finished, Li Qing had drilled out and rushed into the rain curtain: ”wait here, I'll have a look!”

Xinya also wanted to follow, but Du Huasheng grabbed her collar and dragged her back: ”little ancestor, please have a rest. That silly fork has been stunned. Are you stupid?”

”He...” Xinya shrunk her small head and asked low, ”can he find that woman?”

”Ah? It's raining so hard outside. Would you please speak louder?”

Xinya pursed her small mouth and stopped talking angrily.

Li Qing did hear the gunshot.

He galloped through the dense woods and followed the direction of the sound. But after those shots, there was no other movement. When he was full of doubts and even began to doubt his hearing, he finally found a camp.

A clearing was cut out in the woods, and more than a dozen tents were scattered around. In the middle, a group of soldiers in raincoats were crowded, shouting and disorderly, like bandits.

But they soon lined up and listened to the leader's instructions in the heavy rain. Then the team disbanded and couldn't wait to get into the tent.

Li Qing observed for a while and suddenly realized it. The gunfire just heard was the secret signal for the soldiers to return to the camp after they went out to search. Due to the dense vegetation of the original deep forest, it is difficult to distinguish whether the visitor is an enemy or a friend, so we can only communicate by firing a gun. This also shows from another side that the equipment of this team is not advanced.

He didn't act rashly, but secretly withdrew to find Du Huasheng.

After turning back, the rain became smaller and smaller. Li Qing's shoes were filled with water, but his heart was full of excitement.

”I found it!”

Du Huasheng wondered, ”what did you find?”

”There is a camp ahead. There are probably enough troops of a platoon.”

”Are you kidding? Did you find it?”

Li Qing nodded without hesitation: ”of course, what I just heard was the gunfire of them returning to the camp.”

Du Huasheng saw that the dense branches and leaves on his head had basically covered the decreasing rain, so he drilled out from under the plastic cloth and raised his hand to gently rub his chin.

He looked at Li Qing, who was wet but still excited, and asked, ”what do you think? What does this team do?”

”Could it be the blockade of the coalition?”

”It's very possible.” Du Huasheng sighed with relief. ”If it's really a blockade, our current position should also be outside.”

Li Qing squatted down, picked up a branch and drew an almost shapeless circle on the muddy ground.

”If, as you said before, the coalition forces are gradually closing the defense line...” he poked the branch into the circle and then out of the circle. ”Mengdie should be inside now, and we are outside. As long as you cross the blockade and enter the circle, you can find her.”

Du Huasheng frowned: ”throw yourself into the net?”

”This is the rear blockade line of the United Army. The main purpose is to prevent the Kuzhi sea bandits from retreating. The defense should not be too tight.” Li Qing added, ”after we find Mengdie, we can continue to move forward and break through pengyou according to their original plan.”

”What if we don't break through? The circle will be smaller and smaller, and finally everyone will be trapped inside.” Du Huasheng said with his teeth. ”This is a trick to catch turtles in a jar. I don't know who came up with it. I already know that another blockade must be on the road to pengyou.”

Li Qing raised his head: ”if only a few of us want to escape the blockade silently, it should not be a problem.”

”You have made a very serious mistake. You always think you are looking for a woman. After you find her, you can easily take people away. But have you ever thought that she exists in an armed force and is a part of it. You can't separate her from this armed force.”

Li Qing understood in an instant. His previous ideas were really too optimistic, and could even be described as ”childish”.

If you really find Lin Mengdie, are you sure to let her leave those companions who get along day and night? What if she insists on not leaving?

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