At 3:30 a.m. the next day, the chaotic team finally set off. Lieutenant Zhu walked in front with an impatient expression, cursing all the time.
He was in a hurry. According to what Feng San said, it would be dark when we reached the back of the temple on this road.
If it was not dark, there would be no suddenness in the battle, but if it was too dark, he was worried that You Sanjiang would not be able to cooperate with him.
After walking for an hour, he felt regretful and called a messenger: "Go, go back now and go to the camp along the official road.
Tell the general that I am setting off and will attack the camp tonight, and ask him to come for reinforcements when he sees the light of fire. He must arrive in time! "
Feng San didn't say much after hearing this. He just kept reminding the people behind him to keep up and not fall behind. "This place has too many ravines and ravines. It will be difficult to get out if you get lost!" he said to scare people.
Some people were frightened and trembling, while others thought he was exaggerating. However, as we go deeper and deeper, we are surrounded by endless cliffs, and there are constant ups and downs at our feet.
Everyone was panting like an ox and moaning incessantly. Some were frightened by snakes wandering in the grass, and some had their clothes caught on bushes.
Everyone became silent, and gradually began to complain and murmur quietly.
"Damn it, what kind of path is this? That's not how you get rich!"
"That's right, where does this take us?"
"I said, there is not even a trace of a person in this place. Why do I feel so uneasy?"
"Don't talk about you, it's all the same. Let's be careful. There won't be any big beasts here, right?"
"Don't be scary. Since the snitch passed by, there shouldn't be any wild animals. Otherwise, how could he come back?"
"You also know that he is a snitch? People can jump high when they see an opportunity. Do you have this ability?"
Someone spoke in the wilderness, which frightened the pheasants and swans into flying up from the grass. Lieutenant Zhu became angry and ordered someone to send a message:
"Shut up, anyone who alerts the enemy's sentry will have his head!"
"Who would come to this damn place to spy?" Someone murmured dissatisfiedly after hearing the order, but the voice was much quieter.
Only the soldiers sent by Captain Zhu kept encouraging everyone: "Turn right ahead and be careful of the pebbles under your feet. Brothers, work harder. The Colonel said that when we see the big valley ahead, we will eat and rest!"
If you get money tonight, you won’t feel the pain now! Keep up, take a few steps behind to keep up! "
At this time, the queue was getting longer and longer, the swords were held upside down, the spears became crutches, and the turbans were taken off and turned into hand towels to wipe sweat.
No one had time to talk, nor was they in the mood to talk. Finally, there was a soft cheer from the front.
Lieutenant Zhu hurried over and saw that the front suddenly opened up, and a stream that was not too deep was rushing forward.
"My God, we're finally here!" He looked back at his subordinates: "Have a rest! Send two people to test the depth of the water!"
Someone agreed to go and deliver the order immediately, and the team gave out suppressed cheers.
Captain Zhu finished eating the dry food, took a drink of water from the water bag handed to him by the soldiers, and saw Feng San staggering over with a piece of cooking cake in his mouth.
He waved him forward and asked, "How far is it from here?"
"Master, we have already walked halfway. The second half is a detour, but it is not so difficult to walk."
Captain Zhu felt relieved after hearing this and waved his hands, half closing his eyes to rest. After resting here for more than half an hour, the team was summoned to continue setting off.
Everyone heard that the road ahead was easier, and they suddenly felt the wind blowing under their feet. The river was not a problem at all. I happily took off my boots, ran over the water with my shoes, and reorganized into the forest on the opposite side.
After walking forward for a few dozen feet and making two more turns, I found that the road was indeed much smoother.
At this time, I don’t know who said it first: “Hey, when we came here just now, we looked at the river. Is it that wide?”
"It seems not?"
"Is it that urgent?"
"Isn't this... the water flowing like this? I really didn't pay attention."
These words quickly caused a commotion in the team. After hearing this, Lieutenant Zhu stopped by the road, looked back in confusion, and asked: "Have the brothers in the team crossed the river?"
"Already come."
"Go and call the man who tested the water just now."
After a while, the soldiers led the man over.
"Let me ask you, when you were crossing the river just now, did you feel that the water was getting deeper and tighter?"
"No, no." The guy was sweating on his forehead. I don't know whether it was because he was walking or because he was afraid.
"Bastard!" Colonel Zhu was furious.
"Sir, I think the river is really weird. As long as we talked and ate dry food, it became wider and faster. I'm not the only one who says this. Many brothers think it's wrong." The soldier looked at it His expression said: "Don't blame this brother, he didn't know it would be like this..."
"That's enough, get out of here!" Commander Zhu said and then changed his mind: "Come back and give me the order. The rear team should be replaced by the front team. Everyone should turn around. Turn around quickly!"
Everyone ran back. The people in the rear group were surprised when they came to the river and saw that the river had become nearly two feet wider! "Go into the water and cross the river!" Someone shouted when they saw something was wrong.
Everyone jumped into the water desperately and found that the water in the middle of the river was already up to their waists.
At this time, a rumbling sound came from upstream. The group came to the river and scrambled to cross the river first. When they heard the sound and looked upstream, they saw a white line sweeping across the river.
Everyone was shouting, but they could only see people opening their mouths, but no sound could be heard. Lieutenant Zhu felt that his legs were too heavy to move forward. He looked back, but every face was distorted in a way that was unfamiliar to him.
Looking back again, water vapor, soil, and gravel swept past his head and face, making it difficult to open his eyes, and then a huge force pressed the dark sky and earth on him!
Feng San squatted on a platform on the top of a cliff, holding his knees with his hands and watching the fast-flowing river valley below gradually calm down.
People in the water were either struggling and calling for help, or wailing miserably. Those who were motionless were probably dead, and those who were drifting in the waves had no signs of life.
What was once fierce, savage, and strong became insignificant in the face of such power. He watched and sighed deeply.
At this time, some rafts and bamboo rafts were drawn out from some valleys. People armed with bamboo guns, hook guns, spears and machetes began to confirm one by one.
The dead ones were beheaded and their bodies pushed into the water; those who were alive and surrendered and begged for mercy were picked up and tied up; those who resisted were stabbed to death in the water and their heads were taken off.
Feng San waited until a bamboo raft came over and spotted the Tan Zhongxiao on it before shouting hello.
Tan Zhongxiao asked people to come closer. As he came closer, Feng San landed lightly on the raft with two feet. Even Tan Zhongxiao and several others were startled.
"Sure enough, it's 'San Qianzi'! I said Feng San, your investment certificate is good!" Tan Zhongxiao nodded with satisfaction.
Feng San didn't say anything, but smiled and cupped his hands: "Tan Yingzheng, please ask the brothers to row over there. I saw their leader seems to be floating past, so we can't let him slip through the net!"
A wild whistle was posted on the Tanzhong Xiaoma, calling three or four boats to search together. After passing through the bushes behind a stone wall, a brother from the back camp shouted loudly: "There is someone alive here!"
The bamboo raft in the pond leaned over. Feng San took a closer look and saw that it was not Captain Zhu!
Several people helped him to the boat. They saw that the big and impressive bow was still there, but the arrows were scattered somewhere, and there were only three or four left in the pot.
The sword on the leather belt was immediately taken off and handed to Tan Zhongxiao.
He pulled it out, looked at it, and said, "What a knife!" He looked up again and saw Feng Sanchashou saying, "Please Yingzheng, please lend me this knife for a while."
Tan Zhongxiao didn't know what he was going to do. He looked at his subordinates, nodded, and handed over the scabbard.
Feng San drew his sword and jumped onto the raft opposite. He picked up Captain Zhu and asked with a sneer on his face: "Does Captain still want to be a general now?"
After the water rushed over, Lieutenant Zhu was swept to the bottom of the water. His head was smashed on a stone, and then his right lower back was pierced by a shrub branch.
His face was now covered in blood, and a wooden branch with white stubble poked out from in front of him.
He knew that even if he was put on the raft, he would not be able to survive with such an injury, so he tried his best to say in a hoarse voice: "Did you, the snitch, betray us? What a plan!"
"It's not a sale, I won't confiscate anyone's benefits. You have done so many evil things to yourself, how can you still live?
There are more than a dozen members of the clan in Kwun Tong Village. Didn’t you kill them with one knife? Didn't you kill the old gentleman's granddaughter? Now it’s your turn to pay off your debt!
You are right, I was once a thief, but I have never done anything so immoral. Moreover," Feng San said, raising his knife and gritting his teeth:
"If I kill you today, it will be like severing my former self as a thief!"
Lieutenant Zhu grinned and didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "I won't survive anyway, boy, just take my head and offer it as a treasure to your new master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng San cursed, the blade flashed and the head fell into the water. Immediately, a brother skillfully picked up the hair with a spear and put it back on the raft.
Whoever cuts it gets it, this is the rule. Feng San didn't say anything. He rubbed the knife washed in the water on the corpse, gave Tan Zhongxiao a fist, and then pushed the knife into its sheath.
Tan Zhongxiao returned the gift, gave an appreciative thumbs up, and shouted: "Brother Feng San is mighty!" The surrounding brothers in the back camp shouted in response:
"Brother Feng is mighty, mighty!" The voice echoed back and forth among the red cliffs, echoing with faces: mighty, mighty...
"Hey, where is Feng San? Didn't he come back with you?"
When Li Dan saw the happy Tan Zhong Xiao, he praised his newly acquired sword. After declining his idea of giving it to him, he looked around and asked.
"Ahem, Brother Xiao feels that he has not made enough. Brother Feng said that the bandit leader kept dozens of old and weak guards in the camp. They took about a hundred brothers from Zuoying to completely remove this thorn in his side and asked me to come back and fight with him. Speak defensively.”
Listening to what Tan Zhongxiao said, Li Dan smiled and nodded without saying anything. This must be because Xiao Wanhe and the others were not as good as the rear camp, so they were jealous, which is fine.
"How is the water in the valley? Are there any brothers in the back camp cleaning the battlefield?" he asked.
"Lao Xiao said that he and Brother Zhu had agreed to start plugging the gap with bamboo cages filled with rocks once the water level dropped to the point where the river bank was exposed.
So when I came back the water level had started to go down, but it was still as high as someone's chest and abdomen. About a hundred people from the rear camp took over the search, and the rest came back to rest.
So far, more than 270 corpses have been found, and less than 40 prisoners have been captured. The heads have been brought back, and those from the left camp and the rear camp are piled separately. Do you want to take a look? "
As he said this, this guy was still rubbing his hands.
"What's so good about a human head? It's no different from the stones on the roadside." Li Dan said, smacking his lips: "I'm afraid it will pollute this Buddhist pure land, and I won't let the Buddha blame me!"
"Then, what should we do?"
Li Dan frowned, looked around, and pointed toward the mountain: "Hang it on the cliff. Brother Tan, do you think You Sanjiang will be mad to death if he sees it?"
Tan Zhongxiao laughed loudly: "It's so easy to get it down from the mountain, but it has to be moved up again. The defense is so ruthless! That's all, I'll find some brothers to take care of it!"
After saying that, he turned to leave, but Li Dan stopped him again and told him to bury the corpse to prevent it from being exposed and causing a plague and causing suffering to the local people.
"The rest of the people in the back camp should seize the time to rest. Maybe after visiting Sanjiang, they will get anxious and fight for their lives?" he said.
