Under the cover of night, the two men arrived at a sentry post as planned. It was the highest point on the ridge. There was a pole with a searchlight hanging on it, and the light illuminated the surrounding area.
This is where the sentry is stationed. There is a small tent under the light. There are usually two guards on patrol during the day, and one guard stays behind to patrol at night.
There are about twenty such checkpoints around the entire mine. Walking along the ridge from the cabin, you will only pass by two of them. In other words, as long as you get rid of the guards in these two checkpoints, there will be no obstacles on the road all the way to the truck parked on the mountainside!
Lin Lidong had already observed the terrain and was ready to take action. Even when walking on the uneven ridge in the dark, his steps were still steady. He had already picked up an angular stone in his hand, quietly walked to the side of the tent, lifted the curtain and rushed in quickly!
You Tianfu followed closely behind, because they knew that the other party was fully armed with knives and guns, so the two of them had a clear division of labor, one was responsible for hitting and the other was responsible for controlling. Otherwise, if the gun went off accidentally, as soon as the gunshot was heard, it was estimated that all the guards in the mine would surge up in an instant!
But what they didn't expect was that there was indeed a warlord in the tent, but he was not on guard, but had fallen face down in a pool of blood.
The warlord's spear, pistol and saber had disappeared, the back of his head was covered in blood and flesh, and a bloody stone lay quietly beside him.
This scene stunned the two men. They exchanged glances, and Lin Lidong exclaimed in surprise, "What the hell is going on? Is there an internal conflict within their warlord's ranks?"
You Tianfu looked around. The outside of the tent was perfectly tidy, with no signs of a fight. Inside, however, the situation was far more chaotic. Combining the two, he analyzed the situation carefully and immediately came up with another scenario: "Is it possible that there are more than just the two of us trying to escape tonight?"
Lin Lidong understood what he meant and immediately did not waste any more time. The two of them quietly left the tent and continued on their way as planned.
When they arrived at the second sentry post, the situation was exactly the same! Only the warlord inside was in an even worse state, his head almost flattened, his brains splattered all over the ground along with the blood!
After passing the second checkpoint, I headed straight for the exit on the right. Just when I was halfway there, I saw two lights light up in the darkness, followed by the roar of an engine that filled the night sky!
In the distance, a truck suddenly rushed out from the convoy. Besides the driver, there were five other figures sitting in the truck. They cheered loudly and then disappeared into a cloud of dust as the truck turned onto the road...
As soon as the truck left, the alarm in the mine sounded immediately, more lights came on, and more guards appeared from all directions!
In this situation, You Tianfu and Lin Lidong's plan would definitely be impossible to carry out. Although they were unwilling to give up, they had no choice but to give up. Before they were discovered, they hurriedly retreated the same way and returned to the wooden house.
In the wooden house, Lao Pang heard the alarm and thought that they had escaped successfully. He clasped his hands together in front of his chest and prayed continuously, but he saw the door opening and closing, and the two people came in again.
After briefly describing the situation outside, Lao Pang, though somewhat disappointed, breathed a sigh of relief, murmuring repeatedly, "It's better to retreat...it's better to retreat...If those guys can really escape successfully, it means this plan is working, and there will be another chance in the future...there will be another chance..."
They found a place to lie down, but neither of them fell asleep. They stared in the darkness without saying a word, their minds full of the scene of the truck rushing out of the mine.
The truck leaving meant that those people had escaped successfully. If they had not been a step slower, they might have been the ones leaving the mine now. It was only one step away. It would be a lie to say that they didn't care.
Lin Lidong tossed and turned, even wanting to beat his chest and stamp his feet, regretting countless times why he didn't take action earlier.
The same is true for You Tianfu, but the situation has developed to this point, and he can only choose to accept it silently, so he patted his shoulder and comforted him softly: "Okay, Dongzi, don't let your imagination run wild. A blessing in disguise. Didn't Lao Pang also say that there will be opportunities in the future!"
This sentence was meant to comfort Lin Lidong, and also to comfort himself, but You Tianfu didn't know that the saying 'Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise' really made him predict the subsequent situation!
The next morning, before daybreak, the gunshots rang out, signaling the miners to get up. They all scrambled out of bed, mechanically forming long lines and staggering out of the cabin.
Thousands of people went to the left platform and did not line up to eat as usual. Instead, they stood in rows and gathered together.
In front of those big pots, there were seven people kneeling in a row with their hands tied behind their backs. Each of them had a bruised face and bruises all over his body, and his tattered clothes were stained with blood.
After the crowd quieted down, a warlord leader came forward and ordered his men to take off the shoes of the first six people and press their feet on the ground. Then he pulled out a pointed sledgehammer from the side and swung it down at the first one in order!
The warlord struck steadily and fiercely, the tip of the hammer falling from a great height, smashing the man's little toe into pieces!
The poor guy had been beaten half to death, but he woke up because of the severe pain, screamed, and then became unresponsive again.
Then the second one, the third one...
The warlord became more and more excited as he smashed each person. After each person was smashed, he raised his head and glanced at the people in front of him, as if to tell the other miners that this was the consequence of secretly escaping!
Until the seventh person, he suddenly put down the hammer, pulled out a broad-bladed machete from his waist, roared, and swung the machete. The guy's head rolled off his shoulders with blood spurting out.
After the punishment was completed, the warlord turned and left. The rest of his men drove the six people whose toes had been chopped off back into the crowd to continue working in the mines. The beheaded guy just lay on the ground with his head and body separated, and the blood flowed everywhere, with no one paying attention.
You Tianfu and Lin Lidong could naturally tell that these seven people were the black shadows who escaped in the truck last night, but for some unknown reason they were caught.
The one who was beheaded was probably the main leader, and he became an example of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys...
The entire punishment process was extremely bloody. Even though they were standing far away from the crowd, the direct experience still shocked the two men. Their eyes widened, and they were amazed at how cruel the guards could be. At the same time, they were glad that they hadn't been the first to walk in last night...
The failure of these people completely extinguished the glimmer of hope that had just ignited in Lao Pang's heart. He raised his head to look at the sky again, and sighed deeply through his cracked lips: "This... is fate..."
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