The climate of the water grassland is not only harsh, but also extremely strange. Sometimes the rain may only appear within your eyes, but not far away, it is still sunny. Therefore, when it is possible to find the traces left by the direction of the large army, the three of them are actually not confident, let alone the broken weeds will be blown flat by the wind, even the footprints in the soil may be destroyed by a storm.

Therefore, whether you can find it depends not only on luck, but also on whether the three of them are looking carefully.

However, what Zhang Qingshan never expected was that after only more than ten minutes of searching, Zhou Baoyu screamed in surprise.

"Brother! Old Zhou, come and see, there is something happening here."

Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping ran to Zhou Baoyu and looked in the direction of Zhou Baoyu's finger. They saw half of the straw sandals exposed in a shallow puddle.

"From the raggedness of the straw sandals, I should have thrown them away if I can't wear them anymore, rather than falling into this puddle."

Zhang Qingshan agrees with this analysis.

"Everyone should remember this point. This is the first point. Then we use the three-point line to determine the direction of the main force leaving." He looked up and looked at the still dark Polaris. After thinking for a while, he pointed to the front and said, "Take this Polaris as the front, Baoyu walks straight, I go to the left, Lao Zhou, you go to the right, everyone is twenty or thirty meters apart. In this way, not only can they be adjusted at any time in the search, but even if there is something, they can have time to rescue each other. I reminded you again that this is a water and grassland, which is a very dangerous place. Therefore, I ask you both to be vigilant at all times, especially to be extremely careful under your feet. Both remember: we would rather not find time than have any accidents because of being anxious. Do you understand?"

"yes!"

Immediately, the three of them acted separately.

"Come and see what I have seen!"

Soon, Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Baoyu came to Zhou Ping. However, they saw Zhou Ping holding a cigarette butt.

I took the cigarette butt and looked carefully: This cigarette butt was left behind after hand-rolling the tobacco leaves, and the length was less than 1 cm. I put it in front of my nose and smelled it, and it had lost the smell of cigarettes. Zhang Qingshan immediately judged that this cigarette butt was definitely forced to throw it away because I couldn't suck it anymore. That means, the main force is likely to be here.

Zhang Qingshan looked back and determined the place where Zhou Baoyu had rotten straw sandals just now, and then looked back at the ground. Based on the principle of the three-point yi line, it was inferred that the direction of the main force should be the North Star slightly westward.

With these two points of comparison, Zhang Qingshan followed the lines and compared: "It's still the previous search formation. Let's search here. I remind everyone again, be careful, be careful."

This time, the search time was a little longer than before, and fifteen minutes passed.

Just as Zhang Qingshan lit another torch that had been prepared long ago and was about to let them come and gather. Everyone continued to search and move forward, Zhou Baoyu's screams came.

"Brother, Lao Zhou, come and see it. There are such big signs of sliding."

When he arrived in front of Zhou Baoyu, he saw a large area of ​​weeds being overwhelmed by the puddle in front of him. The soil beside the puddle was also smooth, and some shallow footprints could appear. Obviously, someone accidentally slipped under his feet and fell into the puddle. The comrades behind him naturally had to go to rescue him. Because of the powerful trampling, the large area of ​​water grass could not stand upright for a short time.

Zhang Qingshan looked back and breathed a sigh of relief: According to the principle of the three-point line, although the three points are not straight lines, they are generally considered straight lines. In other words, if you chase this direction, you will sooner or later catch up with the main force.

After looking up at the North Star, remembering the general angle of the deviation, the three of them swept away the previous feeling of frustration caused by seeing the remains of many comrades, and walked on all night excitedly.

However, God did not help. Just as Zhang Qingshan walked, Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Pingyi walked on the left and right, about two hours apart, and suddenly it started drizzling.

"Old Zhang, I can't leave anymore, find a place to rest."

The long-distance marching was the strength that the Red Army had been forced to train. After only two or three hours of walking, it was about to rest, which made Zhang Qingshan feel strange. He turned his head to look at Zhou Ping and stopped directly when he saw him. Zhang Qingshan thought he had something wrong with him, so he hurried over and asked with concern: "Old Zhou, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine, I just think the weather is very strange. Based on my experience over the past few days, I think it's better to take a break and take shelter from the rain when it's going to rain heavily."

"Old Zhou, why should we avoid rain?" Zhou Baoyu also came over. Seeing that Zhou Ping was really fine, he started to think of bickering again. He didn't dare to bicker with Zhang Qingshan anyway, so he could only bicker with Zhou Ping for boring time. He smiled and said, "Are our Red Army soldiers still afraid of this little rain?"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, Fei glanced at Zhou Ping, and saw that Zhou Ping frowned but did not fight back, he naturally could not let his aura be weak, and added: "Besides, we all wear cloaks and big leather jackets, which is the best tool to shelter from the rain. We can also use the opportunity to wash the mud and weeds stuck to the big leather jackets with rain. What a great thing."

"Baoyu, you can't say that. On weekdays, we are nothing else, but here we are only three of us, with only a single person and less force. Do any prior consideration to your own safety and everyone's safety, but you are not afraid of it. If someone catches a cold because of accidentally being exposed to the rain, that would be a big problem and a big trouble. So, I suggest not to take this risk. Besides, we should go into battle lightly, have enough food, and the degree is definitely much faster than the large army. It is a matter of time before we catch up with the large army. There is no need to ignore everything because we are eager to chase the large army, and delay the progress that should be done by carelessness. What do you think?"

After hearing what Zhou Ping said, Zhang Qingshan also felt that this is the reason: At this time, it is to be stable rather than anxious, and there is no need to take risks. So he turned his head and said to Zhou Baoyu: "Baoyu, let's listen to Lao Zhou. Besides, we don't have many torches, so it's better to keep them for emergency use."

Zhou Baoyu curled his lips, rolled his eyes, but did not answer.

As we walked forward, we hoped to find a dry place like a slope and rest well. As a result, after walking for more than ten minutes, the torch was almost extinguished, but we didn't see any shadows of the slope. However, the drizzle still turned into a storm. Otherwise, the torch would have been extinguished long ago, and the three of us had to rest on the spot.

Helplessly, Zhang Qingshan had to choose a relatively large pile of water and grass to rest.

The drizzle is the most unpleasant, especially in order to prevent a cold, you have to take it seriously: Zhang Qingshan inserted the torch that was about to be extinguished on the ground to make a pile, tied the reins of the six horses to the pile; Zhou Ping took off his big leather jacket, grabbed Zhou Baoyu's head, and immediately became a simple tent roof. Then, he placed the cloaks of the two people upright to his side, and it became two walls. After Zhang Qingshan joined the midterm, there were three walls. Although the tent was very short and only three walls, it was indeed useful for the drizzle in this vast water and grassland. It was not easy to have such a tent. Thinking about the situation of other Red Army soldiers on the water and grassland, some of them did not even have cloaks, so they could only hold it up. The three of them were very content.

When Zhang Qingshan came outside the tent, he saw that Zhou Ping was only wearing military uniforms, a little thin.

Yi Tou got into the tent, put the cloak upright behind him, took off his fur coat and handed it to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, I think you are not in good spirits these days. Come on, put it on so that you won't catch a cold."

Zhou Ping was not willing to do so, holding the corner of the tent in his right hand and pushing with his left hand: "What's the saying? You can wear it yourself."

"I'm younger than you, you're just wearing it."

"I'm only a few years older than you, and I'm not cold."

Although it is summer now, the temperature difference between day and night on this aquatic grassland is quite large. At night, the cold wind is rustling, and it is absolutely a feeling of late autumn.

Before Zhou Ping could finish his speech, Zhang Qingshan stuffed the big leather jacket into his hand: "I order you as the captain of the Long March yi team: put it on!"

After saying that, he grabbed the corner of the tent from Zhou Ping's right hand, and saw Zhou Ping looking over with a little touched look, Zhang Qingshan said with a solemn face: "What are you still stunned? Put it on quickly. This is an order!"

Yes, although Zhang Qingshan's face was solemn and his tone was very strict when he spoke before, and he used his identity to suppress Zhou Ping. However, as long as he was an individual, he could experience the noble revolutionary friendship between the Red Army soldiers, which helped each other, encouraged each other, and sacrificed his full potential for his comrades.

Seeing Zhou Ping nodding slightly and silently put on a big leather jacket, Zhang Qingshan smiled and said, "Old Zhou, go and take over Baoyu and let Baoyu squat in the middle. His body is thinner than us. If he squats in the middle, it will be warmer."

"Okay!" Zhou Pinggang replied, but Zhou Baoyu next to him shouted: "I am also a revolutionary soldier. I will be taken care of for this drizzle. So how can I revolutionize in the future?"

"You little guy, don't you feel ashamed of talking big in front of us?" Lao Zhou smiled and said, "You are the youngest than you are, and you are a lot younger than your military age. Moreover, your figure is really not good, don't underestimate this drizzle. It is the easiest thing for people to catch a cold without realizing it. It's better to wait a few years and you will become stronger and come and brag about it with us!"

"That's you, not me. My body is always safe and ill. It's very good. Does it need someone to take care of it?"

Zhang Qingshan didn't want to argue about this, and directly interrupted: "What's the long-winded thing about? Is this still the quality of an excellent Red Army soldier? Execute the order."

"Oh!" Zhou Baoyu did not dare to refute Zhang Qingshan, and also understood that Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping were doing it for their own good. Seeing Zhang Qingshan stand up, he had to nod.

Zhou Ping smiled and took the corner of the big leather jacket from Zhou Baoyu's hand and began to joke with Zhou Baoyu: "Baoyu, what kind of wife do you want to marry when you grow up?"

It was rare that Zhou Baoyu's face turned red and did not refute within the first time. However, he stared at Zhou Ping with wide eyes and glared at him. After two seconds, he shouted suddenly: "The revolution has not been successful yet, what should I marry?" As he said that, Zhou Baoyu was furious, jumped up and almost overturned the tent, pointed at Zhou Ping's nose and roared: "Old Zhou, what do you mean? What kind of wife do I marry have to do with you!"

They bickered, and Zhang Qingshan listened silently as before, but he was praying in his heart: Never rain heavily, it would be best if the drizzle ended immediately.

Unfortunately, God only agreed to it halfway through time, and the drizzle kept falling, but it didn't mean that it would turn into a storm.

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