Duan Laosan said: "Maybe what I said revealed the filling, quickly clear the fishing net." ”

Several team members were busy using bamboo poles, oars, and knives to clear the fishing nets, rowing forward to catch up, and this delay, the fat man's boat had long since disappeared.

Out of this reed, a small island appeared in front, said to be an island, in fact, it is the original sandbar, because the water level of the lake continues to fall, the appearance of the island was formed, the road was opened on it, the houses were built, the surrounding area of the island was also full of dense reeds, if it was summer, it was almost impossible to see that there was an island here, at this time the grass and trees were yellow in winter, the branches and leaves were sparse, you could see the whole picture of the island, Duan Laosan stretched his neck and looked around, this island is five or six miles long, and it is also a barren place from a distance, only in the high place of the island, I saw the shadow of a thatched hut with a grass roof. It seems that this is Shen Jingang's old nest "Le Island" in the lake.

"Tom," from a bush on the island, a gunshot rang out, it was an old-fashioned powder gun, not very powerful, a piece of gun litter, crackling and falling into the water at the bow of the ship, Stone Lock picked up his rifle, and shot it with a "horn". Duan Laosan commanded everyone to speed up rowing, and the three boats quickly approached the shore, "Tom, tom," and gunshots were shot from the grass on the shore, and the team members were lying on the bow of the boat, Duan Laosan held a hat-shaped shield made of wicker, blocking in front of him, this old-fashioned gunpowder gun, the gun bullet is small, and the willow shield can be blocked.

"Horn, horn," the rifles of the team opened fire on the shore, and the powerful modern weapon quickly gained the upper hand, and the grass shook, and a figure fled backwards.

The boat docked, Shi Suo and Da Feng took the lead, jumped ashore, the island was overgrown with grass, but the terrain was flat, full of sand dunes and dirt bags, grass and woods, a few figures in front of them, were fleeing for their lives, Shi Suo took a big stride, and chased closely. The team members followed him, shouting and rushing forward.

Duan Laosan climbed a high slope and looked forward, the terrain of this small island was not complicated. If Shen Jingang was on the island, then catching him was basically catching a turtle in an urn, and the houses in the distance seemed to be built of adobe and thatch, and had no defense. The few bandits who escaped in front of them are not very many, could it be that the famous lake bandit Shen Jingang has such strength?

Hu Xuan ran up from behind and said to Duan Laosan, "Why didn't I find that fat man's boat?" ”

The fat man who led the way, together with his boat, had been missing since he turned a corner in the reed pond, until Duan Laosan and the others landed on Le Island, and they never saw the fat bandits again. And the boat that fired the arrow earlier. There was no trace of it.

But these questions have no time to take into account, now they can only capture the island first, Duan Laosan commanded the team members to disperse the team, according to the attack method of Professor Wang, lined up in a straggler line, and attacked forward, all the way without resistance, unimpeded, everyone quickly rushed to the thatched hut.

Stone lock a few big steps. Rushed to a house and kicked the door open, but it was empty, and the other team members opened the doors of each hut one after another. In each room, there is no human figure, most of the facilities in the house are simple, all are some homemade rough wooden utensils, some rooms are piled up with some knives, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons, clothing, food and other daily necessities. There was also a room with a lot of cloth and salt, and Shi Suo said, "These must have been stolen by the bandits." "There were no bandits in the corners of the house, and there was no shadow of bandits, nor did I see the fur goods that Lao Qi had been robbed.

Duan Laosan came to this house and shouted, "Chase the bandits first." ”

Everyone came out of the room, and suddenly they were faced with a burst of heat, and a firework burst into the sky. Crimson flames swept in from the front.

"Not good," Shi Suo shouted, this must be the bandits who fled in front, seeing that it was difficult to resist, they set fire to the thatch, to block the pursuers behind, at this time the weather was dry and dry, and the dead grass caught fire, and this thatched hut was also built with grass, the most afraid of fire, the open space around the thatched hut, in addition to the wild grass and reeds, is a mess of trees and dead vines, if all were ignited, the whole island was bound to become a sea of fire, and the team members on the island were also roasted.

Duan Laosan immediately understood, the bandits were extremely cunning, deliberately luring their own people to the island, they attracted a small number of people, and then attacked with fire after the pursuers landed on the island, then it was easy to turn defeat into victory, as for some broken grass houses on the island were burned down, they didn't care at all.

"Stop the attack and pull the weeds quickly." Duan Laosan hurriedly shouted to the team members.

The grass on the island is full of extremely flammable dead grass, and the part that has been burned, it is unwise to want to extinguish it, only by pulling out all the grass nearby, forming an isolation zone, so that the fire can not spread, in order to save the danger, Duan Laosan commanded everyone, lined up in a line, quickly pulled the grass, some team members with knives, cut with knives, Hu Xuan and others found some machetes, sickles and other tools from the hut, scattered into an arc-shaped line, while mowing the grass and retreating.

The heat wave rushed in one after another, roasting people's bodies painfully, fortunately, the team members were in danger under the command of Duan Laosan, and worked together to pull out the weeds, without much effort, a semicircular isolation zone was quickly formed, and continued to expand backwards, Xu Hou found a big guillotine knife from the house, waved it, and cut down the dead grass piece by piece, the time was not big, everyone's body and face, and sweat, all of them were like Bao Gong.

Dafeng found a well on the island, carried a bucket, and poured water to extinguish the fire one by one, a gust of west wind blew, the flames almost engulfed her, and several hairs were already burned, Duan Laosan hurriedly shouted: "Dafeng be careful, retreat." ”

"Damn bandits, what cunning." Dafeng scolded while slapping the sparks in his hair.

Duan Laosan was pulling weeds, while looking into the distance, at this time the bandits had already disappeared, he was secretly ashamed in his heart, originally his own side was strong and strong, and the weapons were good, this battle was expected to wipe out the Shen Jingang Lake bandits in one fell swoop, who knew that the division was unfavorable, and almost wiped out the whole army.

The flames rushed to the front of the isolation zone, lost their prestige, and slowly subsided, Duan Laosan commanded the team members to use tree branches to fight the remaining fireworks to prevent the wind from rekindling, and it took a long time to control the wildfire.

Shi Suo wiped the black ash on his face and asked Duan Laosan, "Shall we continue to chase?" ”

"Come, let's discuss," Duan Laosan said, standing on a high slope, Hu Xuan, Xu Hou and a few other people also came over, everyone looked around, far and near, patches of reeds and weeds extended to the depths of the invisible lake, Hu Xuan couldn't help but shake his head, "I see, it's useless to chase again, such a big lake, where to chase?" We are not familiar with the terrain, relying on interrogating prisoners, it may not be reliable, if we fall into Shen Jingang's ambush, we will be more passive. ”

Shi Suo is not reckless this time, "You're right, if you chase it like this, you will definitely not be able to catch up, this reed ** array, hiding cats in it, it's very troublesome." ”

"Okay," Duan Laosan said, "Let's not chase, let's withdraw." ”

"Cheap guys." Dafeng said unconvinced.

Duan Laosan smiled, "No, no, no, I don't want to cheapen them, I'll take you to a good place with beautiful scenery, find a guide, and then kill them back and give these bandits a return gun." (To be continued.) )