When Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu arrived at the brigade headquarters, Tao Dabao was already leading a group of men out.
Tao Dabao was at the very front, walking shoulder-to-shoulder with Yu Xuewen. Secretary Yu was also carrying a gun today; clearly, he was planning to go up the mountain with them.
Seeing Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu arrive, Tao Dabao quickly said to Yu Xuewen, "Elder Yu, Zhao Jun is here. Let's get going."
"Let's go!" Yu Xuewen raised a hand and gestured forward. About ten men stepped out from behind him and Tao Dabao, moving to untie the reins and get the horse-drawn sleighs ready.
Fifty-five armed militiamen, plus Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Tao Dabao, and Yu Xuewen—a party of fifty-nine in total—headed out of the village on twenty horse-drawn sleighs.
Zhao Jun sat on the sleigh, lost in thought. Just then, Li Baoyu, who was beside him, tugged his arm and shouted, "Brother, Hua Xiao'Er!"
