Early the next morning, the art troupe was divided into several groups and rushed to various border outposts to perform consolation shows.
The group will naturally send someone to escort you.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but when Xie Yuanchao saw the girl with two long pigtails in the condolence group he personally escorted, he cursed in his heart, "What bad luck."
At the meal at Xie Wan's house yesterday, both Xie Yuanchao and Liu Shiqi felt extremely uncomfortable eating.
If it weren't for Mother Xu, Xie Yuanchao would have run away long ago.
This morning, when Qin Muye told Xie Yuanchao that the terrain in Beibeng Township was complicated and close to the enemy's outposts, and asked him to escort them personally, Xie Yuanchao never thought that Liu Shiqi was in this condolence group.
"Qin Muye, if you did this on purpose, I'll have my sister punish you by making you kneel on the washboard."
Xie Yuanchao was sitting in the driver's seat, biting a piece of unknown grass that he had just pulled when he got on the car, and thought bitterly.
After driving along the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon for two hours, Xie Yuanchao asked everyone to get off the car.
"We have to cross the Beibeng River Canyon. Cars can't drive in, so everyone will get off the car and walk. The large luggage can be left in the car."
Six art soldiers from the consolation performance group put on simple marching bags and jumped off the truck.
"Captain Xie, are we going to stay at the sentry post tonight?"
Xie Yuanchao shook his head, "I will arrange for you to stay in the herdsmen's home."
Hearing this, the cultural soldier turned over and went back to carry his bedding and toiletries.
Xie Yuanchao frowned and reminded, "The road is not easy to walk on. We have to climb mountains and wade through water. It's not convenient to carry so many things."
The male arts soldier said to Xie Yuanchao in high spirits: "Captain Xie, don't underestimate us. We also perform in the army all year round. Dozens of miles of mountain roads are no problem for us."
Xie Yuanchao said no more. He left a soldier here to watch over the car and luggage, and took two soldiers to lead the way.
Liu Shiqi also carried her own bedding and backpack.
The quilt folded into a tofu shape and a large backpack pressing on her shoulders made the girl look even more fragile.
Xie Yuanchao glanced back and rolled his eyes in annoyance.
He did not step forward to offer help, which was seriously inconsistent with his usual helpful style. This made the two soldiers next to him suspicious and they did not dare to step forward to help immediately.
As we entered the canyon, a cool breeze hit us.
Occasionally, snow blocks could be seen in the Beibeng River, which made the cultural and artistic soldiers exclaim in surprise, and many of them found their long-sleeved military uniforms and put them on.
"There are four seasons in one mountain, and spring and autumn can be experienced in a hundred steps. This is how it is here," Xie Yuanchao explained.
There was no road in the canyon. They just had to walk along the Beibeng River, stepping on rocks and mud under trees. The road was too difficult to walk on. In just a short while, all the cultural and art soldiers had fallen.
Xie Yuanchao had no choice but to arrange for two soldiers beside him to help some people.
Liu Shiqi was stubborn and refused to ask for help. She even deliberately kept a distance from Xie Yuanchao.
Xie Yuanchao was satisfied, "She's quite sensible. If she wants to get close to me, I don't know what to do."
Just after she finished praising, Liu Shiqi slipped again and fell flat on the ground with heavy luggage on her back. She looked like a turtle carrying a load.
"Battalion Commander, can you help Comrade Liu carry his backpack?"
A soldier who was already carrying the luggage of two cultural and art soldiers ran up to Xie Yuanchao and said with some resentment.
Xie Yuanchao was usually cheerful and didn't put on airs, so the soldiers under him were not afraid of him.
Xie Yuanchao curled his lips, walked over, and looked down at Liu Shiqi lying on the ground.
"Give it to me!" Xie Yuanchao picked up the shoulder strap of Liu Shiqi's backpack and lifted the girl up from the ground.
Liu Shiqi's eyes were red, probably because she cried in pain just now, otherwise she wouldn't be lying on the ground without getting up.
Xie Yuanchao doesn't like to see women cry, but his sister never cries.
"Don't worry about it. I can carry it myself." Liu Shiqi tried to break free, which hurt her knee and caused her eyebrows and eyes to wrinkle together in pain.
Comrade Xie Yuanchao, the most straight man of the century, had no sympathy for women at all. He said with a straight face, "Do you think I want to help you carry it? I'm just afraid that you will slow down the team. If we can't reach the outpost before dark, we will only be fed to the wolves if we stay in this mountain."
Upon hearing that there were wolves in the canyon, Liu Shiqi's face turned pale with fright and she no longer dared to be stubborn.
Several other cultural and art soldiers also urged them to hurry up.
The male arts soldier had long lost the carefree attitude he had before entering the canyon. Everyone else was a female comrade, and it was not easy for him, a male comrade, to share his luggage with the accompanying soldiers. Now he realized that he had underestimated the road conditions in the border mountainous area.
"Captain Xie, are there really wolves here?"
The male arts soldier asked, panting.
Xie Yuanchao had already carried all of Liu Shiqi's luggage on his back and said seriously, "Of course, there are not only wolves, but also leopards."
After hearing this, Liu Shiqi behind him couldn't help but want to pull Xie Yuanchao's collar, but after giving a self-deprecating smile, she held back.
It was not until the sun set that they finally arrived at the outpost outside Beibeng Canyon.
There was a platoon of soldiers stationed here. There were also several outposts nearby, arranged along the McMahon Line, facing the outposts of Ah San on the opposite side.
The temporary boundary marker was erected on the plateau meadow, with flocks of sheep grazing on the grass around it.
Hearing that a cultural troupe would come to give a performance today, the soldiers have been looking forward to it all day.
Boiled water was already prepared at the outpost. Xie Yuanchao put down his luggage and asked the platoon leader to prepare some food for everyone.
"Captain, the village chief heard that we have a performance tonight and wants to bring the herdsmen to watch it. Is that okay?"
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