Chapter 313 Found a fierce battle

After hearing these words, Xiao Hu became so angry that his face turned red!

"Captain Zhang, you said there was a shortage of boats, but I just saw two or three boats idling by the water! Besides, who told you to use the back door? There really could be someone on that hill! You would rather let the boat sit idle than rescue people, what are you thinking? Doesn't everyone know that you are jealous of the commander? I think you are taking revenge on someone else!"

Zhang Weiguo said angrily: "You! Xiao Hu! How dare you slander me..."

When the two were arguing, a soldier suddenly came in and reported hurriedly: "Captain Zhang, it's bad! There's a boat on the water. It looks like it was taken away by Li... Li's wife. It's already moved quite far away!"

"What?!" Zhang Weiguo and Xiao Hu exclaimed in unison.

The two of them quickly followed the soldier to the water's edge and saw a small boat floating on the vast water. Hadn't it already gone far away?

Zhang Weiguo was furious and shouted, "Hurry up and count whether our ships are all there! This is so lawless that they dare to steal the army's ships! I will report it to the higher-ups..."

The soldier interrupted Zhang Weiguo tremblingly and said, "The most amazing thing is this. Captain, none of our ships are missing."

Zhang Weiguo was obviously stunned. There was no missing boat? How could it be possible? Where did Lizhan's wife's boat come from?

"You guys counted the number of ships wrong before, didn't you? Not a single one is missing? Then can she conjure up another one out of thin air? Humph! Anyway, we'll see. I'll report tonight..."

Xiao Hu was so angry that he was shaking all over.

What a despicable person he is! Captain Li is still in danger, but this Zhang Weiguo is still thinking of reporting him!

Xiao Hu didn't care about anything else and punched Zhang Weiguo in the face.

"Ouch!" Zhang Weiguo's nose was immediately beaten so hard that blood started flowing. He looked at Xiao Hu in shock.

"Xiao Hu! Are you crazy? You even dare to hit me!"

Xiao Hu clenched his fist and threw another punch, which immediately made Zhang Weiguo's eyes turn into panda eyes and he started to howl like a ghost.

"I'm beating up the despicable person like you who told tales behind my back! Pah! What a piece of shit!"

As he was about to throw a third punch, he was blocked by the others who had come to their senses. Zhang Weiguo was also beaten so badly that he was in a state of disgrace.

While rowing the boat, Xia Juanjuan saw from afar Zhang Weiguo being beaten on the shore. After looking at it for a few times, she stopped paying attention to it and continued rowing towards the small hill that was sticking out of the water in the distance.

She also heard the conversation between Xiao Hu and Zhang Weiguo asking for the boat, and from Zhang Weiguo's tone and attitude, she knew that it might not be that easy.

Instead of wasting time arguing with such people, it is better to take action on your own.

Therefore, Xia Juanjuan immediately walked to a deserted place by the water and took out a small boat directly from the space.

Because they were afraid of being discovered, they didn't take out a powered boat, but a small hand-made wooden boat.

After they reached the middle of the water and people on the shore could no longer see clearly, Xia Juanjuan entered the space again and took out some mixed-wheat steamed buns, boiled eggs, White Rabbit milk candies, fried rice and other things that could be eaten immediately. She also filled a jug with the spiritual spring water and took it out.

After thinking about it, she also took out some cornmeal, sweet potato, wheat flour and the like.

In addition, some matches and dry firewood were also prepared.

The ready-to-eat food is so that if we meet people trapped on that hill, we can give them something to eat immediately to fill their stomachs.

But you definitely can't take too much ready-to-eat food, you still have to make a fire.

It has been raining these days, and even if someone on the hill had brought matches, they would have been soaked by the rain, so matches and dry firewood are indispensable.

The water surface was very wide, and Xia Juanjuan worked for almost an hour before she was finally able to see the trees on the hill.

At this moment, a shout came from nowhere: "Hey! We are here!"

Then, Xia Juanjuan heard the music and saw someone waving a white dress in the woods on the hill.

Xia Juanjuan was delighted and worked even harder to move towards that direction.

Regardless of whether it is Li Zhan or not, as long as there are living people, it means that Li Zhan may still be alive!

It took a while before we finally reached the edge of the hill.

Xia Juanjuan climbed up the branches of a tree by the water, and with the help of the people waiting nearby, she finally got ashore, while tying the boat to the tree trunk with a rope.

There were people on the hill, so it would be difficult for her to get the boat out of the space.

On the other side of the river there are people like Zhang Weiguo, so we can't rely on them.

Therefore, this boat is their only means of escape.

The man was wearing gray, patched clothes and looked like a local villager. He spoke in a local dialect.

Seeing that it was a young woman, he was also a little confused and asked, "Are you here to save people? Do you have any food?"

Fortunately, the dialect here is close to Mandarin, so it is not difficult to understand it. However, he must have been hungry for several days, so he gasped when he spoke and his voice was very low. Xia Juanjuan had to listen very carefully to understand him.

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Yes! Fellow villagers, you are from the nearby village, right?"

As he spoke, he quickly handed him one of the mixed-wheat steamed buns he had brought with him.

The man took it quickly and ate it voraciously. He nodded and said with disappointment, "Why did they send you alone? And you're a woman. We have more than 20 people here!"

Xia Juanjuan was cheered up after hearing this, and asked quickly: "Fellow countryman, among the more than 20 of you, is there anyone called Lizhan?"

The man thought blankly for a moment and said, "There was a soldier named Li who came to help us evacuate. We all called him Captain Li, but we don't know his real name..."

Xia Juanjuan was so happy that she almost jumped up!

Captain Li, it was the soldiers who came to help them evacuate. Who else could it be but Li Zhan?

"My fellow countryman! Can you take me to see him right now? I... I'm his wife!" Xia Juanjuan grabbed the man's hand tightly and almost fainted with excitement.

The man was so hungry that he had no strength left. He was almost shaken to death by Xia Juanjuan. He said quickly, "Let me go first. You really are... the wife of the captain."

Xia Juanjuan nodded: "How could it be fake?"

As he spoke, he couldn't wait to look around.

After the flood here receded, the exposed mountain is actually not very large. Lizhan and the others are most likely at the top of the mountain. Even without anyone to lead them, she should be able to find them.

The man said, "Captain Li and the others are all... all under a big rock at the top of the mountain. I'll take you there."

He said he was taking Xia Juanjuan with him, but after only a few steps, Xia Juanjuan had left him behind. The man covered his stomach and bent over. He was shocked at Xia Juanjuan's physical strength. He panted and said imploringly: "You...you go first. I...I'll rest for a while and then catch up with you..."

After a while, Xia Juanjuan climbed over the top of the mountain and reached the other side. As expected, she saw a large protruding rock with some small sheds built around it using branches and leaves.

Seeing someone coming, some people came out to check immediately. One of them was Li Zhan.

Lizhan's beard was more scruffy than any other that Xia Juanjuan had ever seen. It was almost two centimeters long, making his originally handsome face look a bit more rugged.

Probably because he hadn't eaten for several days, his cheeks were sunken, his military uniform was wrinkled, and one of the sleeves was torn into strips. He looked as miserable as could be.

Li Zhan obviously didn't expect that his wife would suddenly appear here, and his eyes widened in shock.

"Juanjuan? Why...why are you here?"

When asked this question, Li Zhan suddenly remembered that he had said something similar when he met Xia Juanjuan last time while chasing horse thieves in the northwest.

His wife... is really elusive, there is no place she can't reach...

Xia Juanjuan felt a strong sour nose and immediately threw herself into Li Zhan's arms, hugging him tightly.

Li Zhan hadn't eaten for five or six days and was extremely weak. After being pushed by Xia Juanjuan, he took several steps back and almost fell down in disgrace.

However, he immediately hugged his wife tightly, and said jokingly with a smile: "Slow down... I don't have much strength."

Xia Juanjuan felt sad after hearing this. She quickly took out the bag of dry food she had brought with her and said, "I brought some dry food with me, not much. You guys should eat some quickly..."

The other ten or so villagers and a dozen or so soldiers under Li Zhan gathered over when they saw what was happening.

Lizhan was not vague and immediately asked one of his brothers to scoop some water from the pond. He planned to soak the dry grain in water and then distribute it to everyone.

The people here have been trapped for five or six days. There is no shortage of water, as they drink dirty water from the river, but there is basically no food.

I don't dare eat too much at once, so I have to soak it before eating.

Xia Juanjuan heard them say they wanted to get water from the pond. Although the environment was not polluted and the water from the mountain was not dirty, it had just rained and was still very turbid. She immediately handed the kettle over and stopped them, saying, "Don't get any water. Use what's in here."

This is the spiritual spring water in the space. Drinking it can restore your strength as soon as possible.

The warrior looked at Lizhan, and after getting his approval, he took it and went to get some dry food.

Xia Juanjuan quickly helped Li Zhan sit down and asked, "How did you escape? Why didn't you ask for help these days? I see the rescuers are not too far from here, they can see here from far away..."

Li Zhan looked at him with a smile and said, "Wait for me to eat something first, and then we can talk when we have more strength..."