"This can't go on like this. Although the officers and soldiers were killed and retreated, if our whereabouts are leaked, there will be more officers and soldiers coming soon. Qinbei Pavilion"
Pang Wanchun stood on the boat and looked at the dark river bank. There were only a few hundred officers and soldiers who came just now. If not thousands of officers and soldiers came next time, they would not be able to stop them at all.
"But Brother Sun Lei hasn't come yet!"
Wang Dingliu said quickly.
"I can only drag my brother down here!"
Although Pang Wanchun didn't want to leave like this, he knew very well that with the skills of Sun Lei, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song, it would be easy for Wan Jun to take the general's head from them, but if they fell into the hands of the official army, they would only be a drag. Sun Lei.
Pang Wanchun's words left Wang Dingliu speechless. Not only did he understand this, but even Li Kui silently admitted that Sun Lei was the most loyal person. If they were captured by the army, Sun Lei would definitely rescue them. It's really troublesome.
"But brother Sun Lei, the great sage of Qitian in Liangshan?"
Shi Xiu looked at Wang Dingliu and asked. He knew Sun Lei's name like thunder.
"Yes, it is Brother Sun Lei who is in the store today. My brother has led people to the city to rescue Dr. An. The matter is very important. I didn't dare to explain it just now."
Wang Dingliu nodded.
"Why don't you guys protect the old man and go first? My little brother is waiting for Brother Sun Lei by the river! My little brother also has martial arts skills and is proficient in water skills. He has a small goal and is not afraid of the army coming again."
Shi Xiu looked at Pang Wanchun and said.
"you?"
Pang Wanchun looked at Shi Xiu with some doubts. They didn't know each other, but judging from Shi Xiu's help just now, it should have nothing to do with the government, but he was not sure whether he could trust him.
"Two brothers, my younger brother has admired all the brothers in Liangshan for a long time. If I can do something for my brothers today, even if I die, my life will not be in vain!"
Shi Xiu cupped his fists and said to Pang Wanchun and Li Kui, with a sincere expression and a firm tone that made people believe it.
Li Kui looked at it and just nodded, but he had no idea what to do.
"He is indeed a loyal man! So please!"
Pang Wanchun looked at Shi Xiu and said.
Wang Dingliu wanted to stay, but Pang Wanchun shook his head early on. Pang Wanchun, Li Kui, and Pang Xiuxia were all average in water skills, and they were even more amateur at rowing. Sun Lei kept Wang Dingliu in order to do these things.
"Don't worry, brothers, I will definitely wait for Brother Sun Lei!"
After Shi Xiu got off the boat, he bowed to everyone again.
Pang Wanchun and others also clasped their fists at Shi Xiu on the boat.
In the dark night, troops soon came to the riverside with torches to kill. There were also official ships patrolling the river. However, they simply searched the riverside without finding any results and then left. Everyone knew that the thieves would not stay here and wait. Grasp.
"Why are officers and soldiers mobilized so frequently? Could it be that something happened to Pang Wanchun and the others?"
Sun Lei looked at the officers and soldiers marching on the road and frowned and said, after they left Jiankang Mansion, they walked all the way to the riverside, but the road was full of officers and soldiers, so they had to take a small road. This detour was too slow.
"Brother, these officers and soldiers are heading to the river."
Wu Song pointed at the officers and soldiers and said to Sun Lei.
"There are only three of Pang Wanchun and the others, and they have to protect two old men. They may be in danger when facing the army!"
Lu Zhishen also frowned and said.
"Let's go to the river!"
Sun Lei waved his hand and led a few people to follow the officers and soldiers. It was night anyway, and the officers and soldiers couldn't see their fingers. Who would dare to attack the officers and soldiers around Jiankang Mansion?
"Why is there no one?"
Zhang Shun looked at the gravel beach. He had originally agreed to meet here, but now there was no one on the beach.
"There are signs of a fight here! There is also a lot of blood!"
Lu Zhishen lit a fire stick and lit the torch he was carrying. Through the light of the fire, he saw the traces of the battle on the ground. Although the broken arm was cleaned up, the blood stains and footprints were still there.
"There are a lot of people! But they didn't reach the riverside. You guys, the fighting steps are only here!"
Sun Lei pointed to the messy footprints on the ground and said, there is also a drag mark of a ship on the gravel beach by the river, which is obviously a trace of the ship entering the water.
"Who, come out!"
Wu Song suddenly heard something unusual, pulled out two swords and looked at the grass next to him and shouted angrily.
"But brother Sun Lei from Liangshanbo?"
Shi Xiu walked out of the grass, clasped his fists at Sun Lei and others and asked.
"Are you Shi Xiu? We met at Wang Dingliu's hotel in the afternoon."
Sun Lei looked at the sudden appearance of Shi Xiu and asked with some surprise.
"It's really Brother Sun Lei, and my younger brother Shi Xiu came to meet me! Wang Dingliu and others were discovered by the army. After repelling the army, they crossed the river first to prevent the arrival of the army, leaving the younger brother here to wait for his elder brother."
Shi Xiu said to Sun Lei.
"Wang Dingliu and the others have already crossed the river?"
Sun Lei breathed a sigh of relief. It was safe after crossing the river.
"Brother, there is a small boat left by Wang Dingliu over there, which can be used to cross the river!"
Shi Xiu pointed to the dense reeds on the shore and said.
"There is a boat, okay, let's cross the river now!"
Sun Lei nodded.
Shi Xiu didn't wait for Wu Song to pass by. He entered the reeds first and jumped directly into waist-deep water. It took a while before he dragged a small boat out. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from searching, Shi Xiu hid the boat very deep.
"Get aboard!"
Sun Lei took a few people on board the boat. Zhang Shun arranged An Daoquan, took the oars and started rowing the boat.
Shi Xiu pointed the way, and Zhang Shun quickly rowed to the other side. Pang Wanchun and others were waiting among the reeds on the shore.
"Is everything okay?"
Sun Lei looked at several people and asked. Finally he saw Li Kui. This guy's arms were bandaged and he seemed to be injured.
"it's okay no problem!"
Li Kui looked at him and waved his arms quickly. This was all bandaged by Pang Qiuxia. He was extremely unwilling to do so, but he couldn't help it.
"As long as it's okay, leave this section of the Yangtze River before dawn."
Sun Lei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Kui was fine and the others were fine. Now Shangguan ships on the Yangtze River were constantly patrolling and searching, and there was probably no place to hide at dawn.
After walking along the river bank for an hour, Sun Lei and others arrived at the predetermined location at dawn.
"Brother, there is no one here."
Wang Dingliu looked at the empty reed marsh and said to Sun Lei.
"Now there are officers and soldiers patrolling the river. They must have moved away. Let's look for any clues."
Sun Lei looked at the reed swamp and said, Yang Zhi and his nearly two hundred people must not be able to hide here. It is inevitable to leave.
After searching for a while, I found a piece of wood in the reeds, with a picture and a few simple lines carved crookedly on it.
"It turned out that we were going to Huaihe River through Luzhou."
Sun Lei took the wood piece and looked at it for a while, then said with a smile, Yang Zhi's secret words are really interesting. There are two long lines sandwiched between a short line, and there are thin lines connecting them. Aren't these the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Huaihe River? are canals and tributaries.
"If you want to enter the Huaihe River from Luzhou, you have to go upstream!"
Zhang Shun was familiar with this route, and immediately pointed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and said, turn north at the boundary between the Yangtze River and the Xunyang River, and follow the rivers to enter the Luzhou waters, get rid of the pursuing officers and soldiers, and then enter the Huaihe River.
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