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In the past two years, the waterway has been occupied by warlords from all walks of life, and the fishermen who beg for a living on the river are often robbed for no reason, and the extortion of bandits and bullies makes it difficult to make a living, so the livelihood is difficult, and the fishing wharf is becoming more and more depressed.

In the evening, a pot-bellied cargo ship stopped on the pier, and it didn't look like a fishing boat. At the bow of the boat, there were two people standing, looking towards the shore, these two people were Professor Wan and Xiaofuzi. They hired this boat to come here and pick up the goods as originally planned, and it has been two days, but they have not yet seen the team led by He Yuan to rob the arms.

Xiao Fuzi was so anxious that his eyes were angry, and he repeatedly asked to go to the road to reconnoitre, Professor Wan said: "It's useless for you to go on the road, if they go well, they will arrive soon, if it doesn't go well, you will not be able to pick up people when you go out ten miles." ”

Finally, when the sun set, a light smoke appeared on the road in the distance, like smoke and dust from people and horses, Xiaofuzi couldn't bear it anymore, ran along the springboard, ran ashore, and ran forward with a smoke.

There was not much time, and six carriages, under the tight escort of more than two dozen men and horses, came to the riverside. At this time, it was almost dusk, and the dock was quiet, Shi Suo took the lead, galloped to the riverside, shook the spear in his hand to Xiao Fuzi, and said proudly: "Hey, Xiao Fuzi, we will have guns in the future." ”

Xiaofuzi was so excited that his face was full of light, and he helped the workers who were driving the car to drive the cart to a flat platform by the river, everyone got off the horse and unloaded the car, for a while, the people near the platform were cheering and shouting, and it was lively, Professor Wan walked off the boat, saw He Yuan and others, briefly exchanged the situation, and said: "Quick, the enemy may be searching, and he wants to grab time." ”

Bags of guns and ammunition were unloaded from the carriage, and Duan Laosan shouted: "Be careful, the two of them will lift them and get on the boat in order." ”

Regardless of fatigue, everyone worked in pairs, carrying the goods, and transported them onto the ship along the gangplank, Duan Laosan was the chief commander of the ship, and the stone lock and other strong forces carried it on their shoulders and left, Professor Wan and He Yuan and other frail literati, the three of them lifted a bag, and after a while, the munitions were loaded into the bottom of the cabin, covered with a sack, and a layer of coal was pressed on it, pretending to be a coal carrier, and it was strictly camouflaged.

When the sun set, He Yuan wiped the sweat from his head and shouted, "Brothers, act according to the plan and sail." ”

The team was divided into two batches, He Yuan, Xiong Dadao and other more than ten people on the boat to escort, Dajiang and other more than a dozen workers, with horses, turned back to take the dry road, to find nearby towns to sell horses, these horses are too big, all the way back to Changsha, too conspicuous, so He Yuan decided to sell the surplus horses, rather walk slowly, secretly disguised back to Hunan in batches.

When it got dark, the ship anchored, and the people and horses said goodbye. At this time, on the river, a fishing fire rises in the distance, the night is silent, everyone sits on the bow of the boat, and the mood is extremely comfortable. Casual chit-chat, laughter and constant laughter. He Yuan lit his cigarette pouch, looked at the dark riverbank, and said to Professor Wan with emotion: "In the past, we often hoped to defeat the warlords, but we were trapped in the powerlessness of the chickens, so we could only use the warlords to fight the warlords, and we were restrained and hindered everywhere. ”

"Although I have a few guns, my strength is still too thin," Professor Wan said, "It's not enough to resist the warlords, but at least I am no longer unarmed and let others slaughter me, and I have the capital to speak in my hands in the fight against Zhang Jingyao." ”

The boat raised its sails, turned in a zigzag, went upstream, and some of the workers who escorted the ship knew how to sail, and took the initiative to help the boat boss sail, and Shi Suo and others took turns to help rock the oar, and in the night, there was a sound of rushing water. Although everyone was tired for several days, they were in high spirits, and no one went to bed early, except to help with the boat, but to talk and laugh on the deck.

Shi Suo said with great interest: "Let's quickly teach everyone to shoot guns and train like an army." The gun he had seized with his own hands refused to bury anything in the coal heap, and he held it in his hand like a treasure at all times. The others also came to touch the barrel of the gun after a while, learning to aim, and Shi Suo proudly told them: "This is the bolt, this is the insurance, pay attention, take it like this." ”

Xiaofuzi said: "I promise to become a sharpshooter in the future." ”

He Yuan smoked with a smile, looking at the fishing fire in the distance and the fiery emotions of the young man, planning his next move.

Professor Wan has already set up the inspection team along the road, the marine police team and other river inspection agencies in advance, so the road went smoothly, and did not receive much harassment, this "coal ship" quickly left Hanyang, traced straight to Hunan, according to the predetermined plan, before the ship entered Yueyang, it changed to take the dry road, for several days, day and night, on this day, came to a place a few miles away from Yueyang, Professor Wan ordered everyone to prepare for landing.

The river surface is unusually wide in this place, at a glance, the blue waves are vast, the riverside is full of reeds, the reed flowers are full of eyes in autumn, and the scenery is beautiful. On board, Shi Suo and the others picked up the coal covering the guns and prepared to transport the goods. He Yuan reminded everyone: "Be careful, the situation here is complicated, and there are bandits from time to time, don't expose your whereabouts." ”

As he was talking, a small boat, flowing down the river from the upstream, the hull was slender, like a fishing boat, the boat was smooth with the wind and water, the speed was very fast, and after a while it was getting closer and closer, with fishing nets hanging on the hull, and several people who looked like fishermen, wearing hats, sat on the boat.

He Yuan stood on the deck, staring at the ship, although the trip was almost at its destination, he never dared to relax his vigilance, turned his head to the ship's boss and said, "Stay away from this ship." ”

"A fishing boat." The boat boss said disapprovingly.

"The boat is not big, why are there so many fishermen?"

The captain of the boat took a closer look and felt suspicious, so he changed the direction according to He Yuan's instructions, but the boat followed the current and headed straight for his cargo ship. He Yuan turned his head to Shi Suo and said, "Quick, let everyone get ready, and give the gun to everyone." ”

"Okay." Shi Suo couldn't wait to hear this.

The small boat walked fast, and after a while, it met with the big ship, and could not dodge, two men wearing hats stood in the bow of the boat, and when they were more than ten feet away from the cargo ship, they suddenly took out a gun from their waists, aimed it at the cargo ship, and shouted loudly: "Stop, don't stop shooting." ”

The boat boss suddenly became nervous, and He Yuan was very calm and told him: "Slow down, stop." ”

The cargo ship slowed down, and was soon swept away by the river, and the boat also came up, and the "fishermen" on the ship also showed their true colors, full of fierce faces, wielding spears, shotguns, and other weapons, pointing at the cargo ship, and the leader with a pistol in the bow of the ship shouted proudly: "Don't move, check." ”

"Who are you guys and why are you checking?" He Yuan shouted.

"Lao Tzu is a subordinate of Uncle Shen Jingang, so he relies on this inspection." The big man shook the gun in his hand.

Encounter bandits! He Yuan nodded, he glanced at the stone lock on the bow of the boat and Professor Wan, and said to the small boat, "Okay, then you can check." "Let's go to the cabin.

Shi Suo shook his head to the cabin, and when He Yuan and the others entered the cabin, he suddenly fell down, pulled out a spear from under a sack under his feet, and pushed the bullet, in the cabin, Xiao Fuzi and the others had already made preparations, and more than a dozen young men were all holding spears that had just been picked up from under the coal pile, and they came out together.

The people on the small boat were triumphant, they wanted to hijack a cargo ship, it was a matter of catching it, but they didn't want so many gunmen to suddenly come out of the cabin, and they were startled, at this time, the gun in Shi Suo's hand had already sounded, "Horn," a shot was fired, although it didn't hit, but it scared everyone on the boat to lie down, and the hats of the two bandits fell into the river in panic.

"Hit," He Yuan did not hesitate and gave the order. He knew that he must not be soft on such bandits, let them ease up, and there will be endless troubles in the future.

The gun in the hands of the bandits also rang out, "Horn horn, horn, horn," a bullet was fired at the cargo ship, but the cargo ship was in a high position, the bandits were in a low position, the terrain was unfavorable, and they did not hit the people on the cargo ship.

"Horn horn," a mess of gunfire rang out.

Originally, if it was an experienced warrior, the first salvo should be eliminated, but the workers on the cargo ship were the first time to put their guns, although in the past two days, everyone because of excitement and curiosity, holding the stone lock gun repeatedly studied, but after all, there was no experience, a burst of random shooting, the bandits were killed a few, and two were not hit, raising their hands on the boat, shouting: "spare your life." ”

"Stop, stop fighting." He Yuan hurriedly ordered.

At this time, the two remaining bandits on the boat raised their hands and shouted for mercy, the boat lost control and hit the cargo ship directly, the boat boss quickly turned the rudder, He Yuan shouted to the boat: "Stabilize the ship, don't kill you." ”

The two bandits hurriedly went to pull the rudder, and the boat went down the river, grazing the side of the cargo ship, but it was not hit. Stone Lock "swooped" from the cargo ship and jumped onto the bandit's boat. He Yuan was afraid that he would lose, so he ordered Xiaofuzi, "You take two people and go over to help Shi Suo." ”

The two boats leaned together, and the workers on the cargo ship hooked the boat with a long hook to stabilize it, and Xiaofuzi and the two workers also jumped over with the stone lock. At this time, Shi Suo had already disarmed the two bandits, and Xiao Fuzi and the others stepped forward to tie up the bandits, picked up the guns dropped by the dead bandits, and even carried the shotgun on their shoulders.

"Come ashore," He Yuan ordered, "take that boat with you." ”

The cargo ship turned around and sailed to the shore, the boatman used a rope to pull the boat through the waves, Shi Suo and others stayed on the boat, everyone won the first battle, and the mood was even higher. Shi Suo interrogated the two bandits, "How many of you are there, and where is the nest?" ”