It is said that under the command of Zhu Qing, the ten members of the Zhu Qing squad eliminated all eight devils in about ten minutes.

Actually, don't let these team members do it, and it's not a big deal for Zhu Qing to deal with these devils by himself. But Zhu Qing still set up the formation seriously and taught them how to fight. The purpose is also to allow these team members to get more combat training.

The team members were excited, and Sun Dakui said: "Sister Zhuqing, how do you feel that you are taking us to fight, it's like playing." Accidentally, this battle was over, and it was a complete victory. ”

Another member of the team said: "In the past, we had to plan for many days to get some food or something, and in the end we didn't know if we could get it. Today, let's talk about it, this grain is coming. ”

Zhu Qing said: "Let's summarize this later." She walked over and said, "Brother Monkey, the battle is over." ”

The monkey said, "It's dangerous here, tell everyone to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the traces." ”

Zhu Qing said, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

Zhu Qing said to Ma Xiao: "Brother Ma, can this ox cart be pulled to the water's edge?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "I don't know the road and can't walk a step, but we can drive the car to the water's edge, this ox cart was originally pulled by three oxen, and now a cow is dead, and we have to change the rope noose to pull it." ”

Zhuqing said: "Then change it quickly." The others collected all the guns and ammunition of the devils. ”

The guns and ammunition were quickly collected, the calves were also improved, the four members of the team lifted the monkey, and the other team members, who were driving the cart, everyone worked together, and after more than an hour, they had come to the edge of Xianghudang.

Ma Xiao whistled, the reed shook out a small boat, everyone moved together, and the grain was loaded onto the boat, and the boat was quickly filled, but the grain was only less than a third of the load.

The boat rocked toward the middle of the lake. After a while, a long whistle came from the center of the lake. There is a whistle response farther away.

There was not much time, and there were a few small boats on the lake, which were rushing towards like arrows.

Everyone loaded the grain onto the ship. Several small boats quickly disappeared into the middle of the lake.

Ma Xiao took a few people, carried a few shovels taken down from the boat, led two oxen, and returned to the place where the battle was fought.

They dug a pit and buried the eight devils, put the dead cow of more than 1,000 catties on a rope, and pulled it back to the water's edge.

He also sent two team members to lead two cows, entered the base area, let the cattle go, and let it run freely.

Here, the dead cow is too heavy to be carried by a small boat. Immediately, a member of the team pulled out sharp knives, peeled off the cow's skin, chopped the cow, divided it into several small boats, and rocked it towards the center of the lake.

There were also a few team members, with more than a dozen bags of dirt. Moved to the cart, secured, everyone shouted the trumpet, and worked together to push the cart into the water and sink to the bottom of the lake.

Someone brought water from the lake and washed the blood of the cows off the shore.

Do all this well, and the traces of this battle will be completely erased.

In the end, two small boats came, several team members jumped on one boat, and the rope bed of the monkey was carried to the larger boat, protected by Ma Xiao and Zhuqing, and sailed briskly towards the center of the lake.

The sunshine on the lake from the west is dancing with thousands of golden rays. In the distance, large and small shallow heights, dense reeds grow. The salt frost was blown, and it was dried by the west wind, and the reed leaves were golden.

From a distance, Shuoxiang Lake is a big reed. There are hundreds of acres or even thousands of trees on the surface of the water. But it's more about the network of water that criss-crosses those highlands. , the boat drove inside, as if entering a labyrinth, and the time was not large, and it was impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south.

It is the dry season, and some aquatic plants and vegetables that are not afraid of cold in the water are still floating on the water, tenaciously releasing green, and some even have small white flowers.

The shallows are full of geese and swans that come to spend the winter. Are teals left-behind birds, or do they frolic in flocks in the water.

Zhu Qing said: "Brother Ma, how far is your station from the shore?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "About ten miles away." ”

Zhu Qing said: "Why did you choose such a far place offshore as a base? ”

Ma Xiao said: "The closer and better places on the shore are occupied by those big gangs. We have few people and weak strength, so we can only choose the place inside. ”

Zhuqing said: "How wide is the lake here? ”

Ma Xiao said: "Thirty or forty miles." ”

Zhu Qing said: "I think it's safer to be a little bit inside." ”

Ma Xiao said: "When I first chose a place, I also had this consideration."

Zhu Qing smiled and said, "I'll come in with you, and I'll let me row a boat and go out again, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a way out." ”

Ma Xiao also laughed: "It's not just you. I had been wandering around the waterway for a year before I was able to settle down the passage in and out. ”

While talking to Ma Xiao, Zhu Qing held the monkey's hand and mobilized his internal strength to replenish the monkey's qi.

Zhu Qing said: "Brother Ma, did the gang in Hudang have a fire and an incident? ”

Ma Xiao said: "I heard that there was one a few years ago. Since we've been here, we haven't heard of anyone having a fire. ”

Zhu Qing said: "This place is really far away from the emperor." ”

Ma Xiao said: "To put it bluntly, they are all a bunch of poor brothers, who were forced to have no way out, so they did this." I've seen a lot of seven or eight small gangs of about a dozen people. I have never grabbed a single grass on the shore, so I live on lotus root, water chestnut and fish and shrimp in the lake.

Zhu Qing sighed: "Born in troubled times, the most bitter people are the poor!"

Ma Xiao said: "If you can live a good life, no one would want to come in this reed." ”

Zhu Qing lowered his head and asked, "Brother Monkey, how do you feel?" ”

The monkey said, "I'm fine, I'm listening to you." ”

Zhu Qing said: "Brother Ma, how far are you from here to Brother Sanglong?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "It's about thirty miles." ”

Zhu Qing said, "Has Brother Sang ever been to you?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "The detachment leader came once. Correspondents are frequent. We must pass through him when we go to the Northwest Agency. ”

Zhu Qing said, "How is the situation with Brother Sang?" ”

Ma Xiao said enviously: "The detachment commander is rich, they participated in the battle to defend the military region last time, and they made great contributions and rewarded more than a dozen 38 big covers. The main thing is that fame goes out. The team suddenly expanded to more than 70 people, and there were two squads below. ”

Zhu Qing said: "Brother Sang is a cultural person, and his martial arts and marksmanship are good. In the War of Resistance, you can make a career. ”

Ma Xiao said: "I heard that the two squads of the detachment leader may be upgraded to regular troops, and like the Xianghu detachment, they will go to the front to fight devils." Oh, here we are. Look, girl, the high ground in front of you is our camp. ”

Zhu Qing stood on the bow of the boat, and saw more than thirty people standing neatly on the edge of a high ground in the lake in front of him, each carrying a rifle. Eyes look at Zhu Qing.

The bow of the ship stopped firmly on the shore, Ma Xiao stood up and shouted: "All stand upright, salute!" ”

More than 30 people gave a military salute.

Ma Xiao said: "All, raise the gun, put it!" ”

More than thirty rifles, fired a shot into the sky. Ma Xiao shouted: "One or two! ”

The team members held their rifles and shouted in unison: "Xiao Zhuqing!" Little bamboo green ......"

Zhu Qing's tears flowed down.