Chapter 263: He Yuzhu Saves Xu Damao

After hanging up the phone with Liu Rusi, He Yuzhu began to think about the route home.

North of the Yangtze River, it was almost all flames of war; wanting to walk home was harder than ascending to heaven.

But at this moment, He Yuzhu was eager to return home, so he could only choose to travel by sea.

Once he arrived at the wharf, it was a sea of people everywhere; tickets in any direction were already sold out.

In wartime, He Yuzhu did not want to take a ticket from someone else's pocket; a single ticket could very well cause a family to be torn apart.

He found a scalper and, at twenty times the face value of the ticket, obtained a ticket from Huangpu Wharf to Tianjin Tanggu.

As soon as he boarded the ship, he understood what was going on—this was no passenger ship; there was more cargo than people.

It turned out that prices in Tianjin were skyrocketing, and many merchants had started "running solo" businesses, so the passenger cabins were piled full of goods.

After three days of sailing, the ship finally arrived at Tianjin Tanggu Port.

Tianjin Port was much more miserable than the wharf in Shanghai, crowded with refugees and wounded soldiers wanting to board ships.

He Yuzhu left the port, and in a secluded place, took a truck out of his space and hurried toward Beiping.

Along the way, he encountered only fleeing refugees and wounded soldiers; most people would voluntarily give way upon seeing the car; some Bald Party soldiers fleeing from the Northeast cast unfriendly glances, but they did not dare to make a move.

After the car had been driving for two hours, it reached the Wuqing area, and the road became difficult to travel.

The sun had already set, and it was about to get dark.

Just at this moment, the car was suddenly blocked by a large rock, and more than a dozen ragged Bald Party stragglers quickly darted out from a ditch.

A soldier with gauze wrapped around his head and a face full of stubble stepped forward and shouted, "What the hell are you doing? You still have a car to drive? Get down here quickly and give the car to me to sit in!"

He Yuzhu jumped out of the car and said coldly, "Big brothers, I see you are quite miserable, and I don't want to fight you. Be sensible and get lost! One more word of nonsense, and I'll kill you!"

"Big talk!" The bearded man roared and was about to draw his gun.

"Bang—" A gunshot rang out.

Blood immediately sprouted from the bearded man's arm. He retreated two steps in pain, looked at the two Box Cannons in He Yuzhu's hands, and immediately lost his nerve, not daring to raise his muzzle.

The dozen or so stragglers also did not dare to raise their guns, and a man who looked like an officer apologized with a smile, "Brother, we haven't eaten for several days; could you give us some food? We didn't mean to hijack your car; even if you gave it to us, we couldn't drive it far."

"Get lost." He Yuzhu spat out only one word.

The dozen or so stragglers looked at each other, not daring to say more, and dejectedly cleared the way.

He Yuzhu casually threw them a bag of grain and said, "Don't always think about robbing..."

"Yes!" The officer replied, watching the direction the car drove off in.

Driving until midnight, He Yuzhu was truly too sleepy to go on, so he drove the car into a wild forest to rest for a while.

He had only just dozed off for a short time when he heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats in the distance, mixed with the sound of gunfire.

He took out his Telescope and looked; he saw six horses desperately charging toward the forest, with a truck chasing closely behind, and the people on the truck kept firing at the people on horseback.

He Yuzhu quickly put his truck into his space, leaped onto a large tree, and then took out his sniper rifle.

As the horses ran closer, he actually saw Hu Yunbin and Xu Damao—truly, enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.

Save them, or not? He Yuzhu's heart was in a battle. This kid Xu Damao was absolutely deserving of death; the last time Er Gouzi came to the courtyard to inspect, it was he who was playing tricks behind the scenes.

His finger was tightly hooked on the trigger, and he decided to first probe the strength of Xu Damao's side only after they ran into the forest.

Xu Damao's side did not appear flustered. As soon as they entered the forest, they dismounted, let a young girl and Xu Damao lead the horses to a distance, while the four men hid behind trees, panting heavily while loading bullets.

Hu Yunbin said to the others, "I didn't expect that we would have no danger along the way, and just as we were about to get home, we ran into these bastards. They aren't soldiers at all; they are simply bandits! Let's fight them to the death!"

Zhao Si was more worried about his daughter and pleaded, "Brother Hu, why don't we let Yingzi and Damao run first! We'll cover them!"

Hu Yunbin thought for a moment and said, "Let Dazhi go with them too! The young people can look out for each other, and the three of us old ones will cover the rear!"

Wang Laoqi said, "I agree!"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu actually felt that this "Siqiang" of Xu Damao's wasn't bad, and he immediately made up his mind—to give them a hand.

He shouted from the tree, "Hu Yunbin, how about we make a deal? I'll help you take care of these people, and you split what you dug up with me, how about that?"

"Which friend from the underworld are you? State your name!" Hu Yunbin asked vigilantly.

"Who was it that saved you from prison last time? Do you remember?" He Yuzhu said loudly.

Xu Damao ran to Hu Yunbin's side and whispered, "Listening to the voice, it's He Yuzhu. Last time you were able to get out, it was indeed his help."

"Hu Yunbin, don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish; the three of you can't stop them, and the three young ones can't run either! With my help, the situation will be different!"

"What a braggart!" Xu Damao spat on the ground and said.

Hu Yunbin saw that the pursuers' car had already driven into the forest and gritted his teeth, saying, "Brother, I agree to the terms you mentioned. But if you can't do it, I won't give you a single cent."

"If I can't do it, I'll be dead anyway, so who would still ask you for things?" He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"I promise you!" Hu Yunbin said.

Xu Damao on the side whispered, "Siqiang, that kid He Yuzhu doesn't have any real skills; don't believe him!"

"With his help, we can have one more chance," Hu Yunbin said in a low voice.

"Your task is to lure those people into the forest," He Yuzhu instructed.

"Understood!" Hu Yunbin said.

While they were speaking, that group of soldiers had already surrounded them in a fan shape.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a blood hole was shot into the leading officer's arm—this shot was fired by Wang Laoqi.

As soon as this group of soldiers saw their little leader was injured, they immediately charged into the forest.

"Bang, bang, bang..." The sound of gunfire rang out in a continuous stream.

Both sides went back and forth, fighting quite fiercely, but no one died—they were almost all firing blindly.

He Yuzhu saw that the enemies' backs were all exposed to him; he stood on the large tree, picked up the Submachine Gun, and fired a burst.

In the blink of an eye, half of the enemies had fallen.

These Bald Party soldiers hadn't taken Hu Yunbin and the others seriously to begin with, nor did they have any decent offensive tactics; they just swarmed forward, and now, being attacked from the front and back, they panicked and took to their heels.

He Yuzhu put away the Submachine Gun, switched to the sniper rifle, and took them out one by one.

Seeing the enemy flee, Hu Yunbin and his group also began to pursue them.

With the system's blessing, those fleeing soldiers were like moving targets in He Yuzhu's eyes, and almost every shot hit its mark.

In less than five minutes, all twelve soldiers had been dealt with.

He Yuzhu returned to the woods, and Xu Damao looked at him in disbelief, "How did you practice your marksmanship, kid?"

"I run around outside every day; how could I get by without practicing some real skills?" He Yuzhu changed the subject, "Take everything out and let's see; I don't want the gold."

Xu Damao reluctantly took out a dozen or so jade pieces; in his heart, he still felt that gold was the good stuff, so he kept the gold bars hidden in his pack and did not take them out.

He Yuzhu had seen it long ago, but he paid him no mind.

Hu Yunbin, Cui Dazhi, and Wang Laoqi also took their things out.

He Yuzhu used the system to scan them and discovered that Xu Damao's Double Dragon Jade Pendant was the best item, so he immediately took it into his hand, felt it, and said, "My sister will definitely like this; I'm taking it."

Xu Damao grimaced, his heart aching.

He Yuzhu then took a dozen or so jade pieces from Hu Yunbin, three pieces from Cui Dazhi, and selected two pieces from Wang Laoqi, but he did not take any of the gold or silver jewelry.

Seeing that He Yuzhu did not take much, the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Damao, however, said sarcastically, "You're just a bootlicker; these jades are for that sister of yours again, right?"

He Yuzhu did not hide it: "So what? Without my sister, would I be able to drive a car or have food to eat?"

Xu Damao curled his lip—at this moment, he had a net worth of over ten thousand Big Ocean, so naturally, he looked down on He Yuzhu's meager "haul"; he gave a few perfunctory replies and then took out a frozen, hard flatbread and began to gnaw on it.

Zhao Yingzi, who was to the side, was full of curiosity about He Yuzhu; she picked up He Yuzhu's sniper rifle and asked, "What kind of gun is this?"

"A Soviet Union-made Mosin-Nagant M1891 Rifle; it has a five-round internal magazine and can also be fitted with a ten-round external magazine," He Yuzhu explained.

"This gun is really good!" Zhao Yingzi was somewhat reluctant to put it down.

Xu Damao threw cold water on them: "It's useless even if it is good; you can't bring it into the city."

Zhao Yingzi then picked up He Yuzhu's Submachine Gun, looked at it again and again, and asked, "What is this gun called?"

"This is called a PPSh Submachine Gun; it can hold seventy-one rounds of ammunition, and its firepower is very fierce," He Yuzhu replied.

Xu Damao curled his lip: "He Yuzhu, I originally thought you had some great skill, but it turns out you just have good equipment."

He Yuzhu nodded and said: "So what if the equipment is good? Without me, your corpse would already be cold, kid."

"That's not necessarily true; I run very fast!" Xu Damao said stubbornly.

Seeing the two bickering, Hu Yunbin stepped forward and asked, "Brother Zhuzi, are you planning to return to Si Jiu Cheng?"

He Yuzhu nodded.

Hu Yunbin warned: "The roads into the city have all been set up with checkpoints by the Bald Party; they check very strictly and rob you if they see anything good. None of us dare to enter the city easily anymore."

Just as the few were talking, two more cars drove over on the main road.

Hu Yunbin immediately became alert and said, "It might be their reinforcements; what should we do?"