"Squad leader, squad leader, Uncle Li and Old Wang have fainted."

Squad Leader Li had no choice but to climb over with great effort. Although they were at the bottom of a blocked-off hillside, the surrounding area was still chilly with the wind.

The wind and snow were so strong they almost buried them. If it weren't for a few rocks behind them, they would probably be buried by now.

He struggled to crawl to the two men and saw that Old Master Li and Old Wang were already pale and barely breathing.

“Take off my coat and cover them with it.”

As Squad Leader Li was about to take off his clothes, the soldier next to him grabbed his hand.

"Squad leader, no, you have a fever. You'll freeze to death if you take off your coat."

"Besides, we have no fire or anything to keep warm. If this continues, we'll all die."

"If you want me to take my clothes off, I will."

The young soldier's face showed signs of immaturity; he must have just turned 18.

Squad Leader Li pressed his hand down and said weakly.

"I am the class monitor, you must obey my orders."

We must hold on no matter what. Once the wind died down, we'll try to find some firewood to start a fire. If we have a fire, we can survive.

They did consider lighting a fire, but the wind was too strong.

In this situation, a fire would be quickly extinguished.

They were with dozens of cattle and sheep; otherwise, they would have frozen to death long ago.

After dark, especially during a blizzard like this.

The temperature can drop to minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius.

The group of people looked distressed, yet they still tried their best to prevent the cattle and sheep from being blown away by the wind.

People are suffering, but these cattle and sheep are suffering too; they bleat as they try to ward off the cold wind.

They're all crammed together!

But there was no food and no water.

Nearly two days have passed since they found the cattle and sheep, and these animals are prone to wandering off when they get hungry.

Everyone looked worried, but they couldn't get out, they didn't know the way, and they had no food.

It seems there's really no other way but to wait for death.

The crowd huddled together, shivering in the cold wind among the sheep.

Just then, Captain Li seemed to faintly hear some sounds coming from the wind.

It sounded like it was calling its own name.

Captain Li's body was stiff; despite being surrounded by sheep, he was still almost frozen solid.

He asked Old Liu next to him with difficulty,

"Old Liu, can you hear someone's voice?"

The main issue is that they experienced several hallucinations in the past few days.

Every time I felt like someone was coming for me, but every time it ended up being just a pipe dream.

Even Captain Li couldn't quite believe his ears and eyes at this moment.

Old Liu listened intently, then shook his head.

"Captain, I didn't hear anything."

Captain Li slumped against the sheep, looking dejected.

They came to rescue the cattle and sheep, but in the end, they had to rely on these cattle and sheep to survive.

With his eyes closed, he didn't know how much longer they could hold out, whether it would be a day or half a day.

But how can these collectively owned properties be used to drive these cattle and sheep back?

If the rescue had arrived sooner, it wouldn't have mattered if they had died, as long as the cattle and sheep could have been saved.

Suddenly he heard a clear sound.

"Captain Li, Lao Liu, Xiao Chen, Xiao Zhang, where are you?"

"Captain Li."

Captain Li jolted awake and sat up, trying to pry open the sheep, but he was so hungry that he was too weak to move.

He could barely stand up by holding onto the sheep next to him.

But as soon as he stood up, the wind blew him off balance, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

But this made him hear even more clearly, and the clear shouts were carried far away by the wind.

"Captain Li, Captain Li, we are rescue workers."

If you hear us, shout out so we know your location.

"Captain Li, where are you?"

This time, Captain Li excitedly scrambled to his feet, and this time he learned his lesson and wrapped himself tightly in his clothes.

He shouted as he half-crouched to avoid the strong wind.

"We're here, we're here."

Unfortunately, I haven't had any water or food for several days, and my voice is hoarse.

In such cold weather, the ice and snow are so refreshing to the core when you put them in your mouth.

I wasn't dying of thirst, but I was freezing.

It wasn't that I was extremely thirsty, it's that I really didn't want to put such cold snow in my mouth.

Although his voice was low, the sounds from afar became clearer and closer.

"Captain Li, Captain Li, call out a couple more times, we can hear you."

Captain Li, excitedly supported by Lao Liu, and the two of them simultaneously covered their mouths with their hands, shouting like they were making a megaphone.

We're here!

We're here!

Sure enough, the sound of bells could be faintly heard in the distance.

Soon, several sleds glided up in front of them. They saw the dogs pulling the sleds, panting heavily, and the people on the sleds, all bundled up tightly.

Everyone cried, sobbing uncontrollably, as they all thought they were going to die here.

Jiang Tiecheng and Company Commander Wu came down and quickly counted the number of people, and it was just as he had expected.

Ten people and 82 cattle and sheep are all here.

However, the whereabouts of more than 100 cattle and sheep are currently unknown.

He had the belongings of these ten people, so he was able to easily calculate their locations.

However, to their surprise, a large portion of the cattle and sheep were not with them at all, which was a difficult situation.

Jiang Tiecheng looked around and saw that the wind had gotten even stronger; it was so strong that people couldn't even stand up.

Their return journey is extremely difficult. There are ten people and more than 80 cattle and sheep here, and it's simply impossible for them to make it with just nine sleds.

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