Chapter Thirteen: A Brief Peace

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  Night fell, Liu Tao led everyone to find a hidden cave. Let the guerrilla members take out dry rations and distribute them for everyone to eat. Now Zuo Caiyun's physical strength has been exhausted, and it would be troublesome to encounter little devils on the night road again. Liu Tao ordered everyone to rest in the cave tonight and set off again at dawn.

  Zuo Caiyun soon fell asleep.

  Huoyao Ge had never experienced such intense exercise before, he and Yanzi sat together leaning on each other, and in just a few minutes, he fell asleep leaning on Yanzi's shoulder. Fortunately, Liu Tao didn't let everyone start a fire, now it was pitch black all around, otherwise, Yanzi would have been at a loss again.

  The Eagle Fort is now brightly lit. The owner of the fort, Old Eagle, invited Yamamoto and his Japanese officers into the fort, leaving the Japanese soldiers outside. He didn't dare let all the little devils in, he still knew what kind of behavior they had. If the little devils suddenly turned against him, it would be troublesome. Better to be safe than sorry, after all.

  The eagle had his subordinates send the good food and drink to the devils outside the fort, while he personally accompanied Yamamoto and others. Because some little devils were injured in the afternoon's crossfire, the eagle, as a gesture of apology, patted his chest and solemnly promised that he would definitely catch the people Yamamoto wanted.

  Yamamoto is now drunk and dizzy. Since he called the eagle brother, he stuttered in Chinese: "You and Lieutenant Colonel Noda are good friends. We are good brothers. Today's gunfire was a misunderstanding, little brother, you don't have to take it to heart."

  "Yes, yes......" The eagle smiled and nodded. In his heart, he cursed: "Damn it, if I hadn't given you so many gold bars, you'd be so good at talking." Yamamoto belched and continued: "As for the woman we want to catch, don't bother. She can't escape from our Imperial Japanese Army's palm. But when will your brother fulfill his promise? He took so many of our army's weapons. Captain Noda is very concerned about this."

  "Eagle guaranteed in a sworn tone: 'Please inform Yamamoto that I, Eagle, will not betray the trust of Lieutenant Colonel Noda. I am ready now and Lieutenant Colonel Noda will soon receive news of my victory.'"

  Yamamoto burst out laughing. He thought to himself, "The Chinese are always talking big, it's better to get more gold, silver and jewels, that's more practical."

  The next day, before dawn broke, Liu Tao urged everyone to get up and prepare to set off.

  Zuo Caiyun finally had a good sleep after so many days. Now she's in much better spirits.

  Huoyao Ge stretched and gave a apologetic look to Yanzi. He leaned on Yanzi's shoulder for the whole night. Now, Yanzi is shaking her numb arm that Huoyao Ge had leaned on.

  The swallow pretended not to see Huoyao's appearance and secretly smiled.

  Everyone had some dry food and was ready to set off. Old Li brought two guerrilla fighters over. A big guerrilla fighter raised the machine gun in his hand from a distance, excitedly shouting: "Captain, I also got a good machine gun, look..."

  The guerrilla fighters suddenly surrounded the big guy, asking questions in a cacophony of voices. Liu Tao also smiled at the big guy and said: "Stone, you're really something... bringing back this big fellow..." Stone scratched his head and chuckled with a silly grin.

  Another guerrilla said: "Shitou's eyes turned red when he saw this machine gun. To get this thing, we've been running around in circles with those little devils in the woods for half a night."

  The militiamen all burst out laughing "Haha".

  Old Li pulled Liu Tao to one side and said, "Captain, yesterday we chased those little devils from the Eagle Fort, now they are still stationed there. I think they don't seem to have any intention of pursuing us again. Is it that these little devils have some sinister plot?"

  Liu Tao thought for a moment and said, "No matter what sinister plot the little devils have, Comrade Zuo Caiyun's safety is now the most important thing. We must safely escort Comrade Zuo Caiyun back to our camp. Who knows, the next comrade we're supposed to escort may already be anxiously waiting for us at our camp."

  Old Li nodded in agreement. Liu Tao sent two guerrilla fighters to scout ahead. The others listened as Shi described the process of snatching guns last night, advancing quickly.

  The little brother who got the machine gun from Huoyao Ge walked up to Shi Tou and said with a smile: "Shi Tou Ge, you're so awesome... how about sharing some bullets with me?"

  Shitou quickly grasped the two boxes of bullets at his waist, fearing they would be snatched away. Then he said in a petty tone: "Monkey, don't even think about taking my bullets, I only have these two boxes. Besides, when he gave you the machine gun, you didn't even let me touch it..."

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  The stone looked at the firework brother with a pleased expression, as if to say "I can also get a machine gun." The monkey is now very refreshing. He handed the machine gun in front of the stone and smiled: "Stone brother, it's yours, you can touch it for as long as you want."

  "No, I have it myself." The stone hurriedly ran away.

  The monkey used its deadly clinging and wrapping moves. Following behind the stone buttocks, it kept saying nice things in its mouth. The stone was wrapped up and had no way out, finally taking off half a magazine of bullets from the machine gun and giving them to the monkey. With a reluctant tone, it said: "That's all for now, don't ask me again in the future..."

  The monkey happily accepted the bullet clip. He muttered to himself: "Thank you, Stone Brother, Stone Brother is really a good person..."

  Everyone was amused by the stones and monkeys. The journey was also much lighter. Zuo Caiyun whispered with a smile: "They are all of the same character as their captain, seeing guns and ammunition is like seeing treasure."

  Huoyao Ge said very seriously: "The local guerrilla troops are extremely hard, with no supplies at all. They can only rely on the weapons they snatched from the enemy to fight. Of course, guns and ammunition are very precious."

  Zuo Caiyun hastily explained with embarrassment: "I didn't mean to look down on them. In fact, I really admire their persistent and optimistic spirit."

  Zuo Caiyun looked at Huo Yao, hoping he would understand.

  Huoyao Ge thought this was an opportunity to show off in front of the beauty. He racked his brains for classic lines. Before he could open his mouth, Yanzi ran between the two and smiled at Zuo Caiyun's gaze: "Sister Caiyun, you're so beautiful. Whoever marries Sister Caiyun will laugh out loud every night." Although Zuo Caiyun was an intellectual woman, a boy she wasn't very familiar with said this to her, making her blush all over her face. Zuo Caiyun ran away in embarrassment.

  Fireworks brother was furious. He thought to himself, "What are you doing here at this time?" So he angrily said to Swallow: "Good, you little brat. You've ruined your brother's happiness."

  The swallow walked away with a wronged expression and huffed off.

  Old Li behind walked up to Huoyao Ge and said: "Yanzi is a poor child, you mustn't bully him."

  Fireworks brother is stupid. Thinking in his heart, what's all this about? I haven't done anything at all.

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