The lake bandits obviously had their own way of navigation. On such a foggy lake, their boat speed did not slow down at all, and their direction was not bad at all. After the boat sailed for more than an hour, a mysterious figure appeared on the surrounding foggy and chaotic lake.
Dozens of dim lights, like the shining eyes of wild wolves in the fog of the wilderness. The four boats gradually filled up, and the surrounding lights gradually came closer. They were a group of wolves swimming on the lake.
patrol boat.
The wind lantern on a ship directly in front suddenly went out, then came on again, and returned to normal after repeating it three times. Someone responded immediately on the clipper where Lin Jue and others were on and the three surrounding ships. The three wind lanterns on the bow of the ship went out at the same time.
, then lighted up one after another, and then two lights came on and one went off. After a while of tossing, it returned to normal. Lin Jue saw it clearly, and he understood that this was obviously a signal used by the lake bandits to convey information with lights.
The boats that gathered around must be the lake bandit boats patrolling around Guishan Island. Once a strange boat approaches, you must identify yourself in this way, otherwise the surrounding boats may gather around and attack.
Sure enough, when the light message was transmitted, the scattered ships with lights on in the fog on the surrounding lake suddenly disappeared silently, and the lake returned to darkness. And the ship in the thick fog ahead
However, the ship came slowly. When it got closer to more than ten steps away, it was clear that it was a large ship with a tall head. It was several times larger than the small speedboat that Lin Jue and others were riding. It was a ship that could
A floating warship used for combat.
On the bow of the ship, the figures of a dozen lake bandits carrying weapons were clearly visible. One of them stood at the bow of the ship with his waist in his hands and laughed loudly: "Is that Leader Li?"
Li An, who was on another speedboat, also stood up at the bow of the boat, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Exactly, is that Brother Zhou?"
"Haha, isn't it me? It's my turn to be on duty tonight, and I learned that Brother Li went to town to pick someone up. It was estimated that he would arrive in the middle of the night, so I personally boarded the boat to greet him. Just when I saw the light, I knew
It's you guys who have arrived. Have you received anyone? We need to add more people this time."
"It's easy to talk about. We have eight new brothers who have just joined your new camp. They can be used in your new camp. If you train them well, they will be of great use in the future." Li An said with a smile.
"That's great. My brother will personally escort you into the pier. Come on, turn around and dock at the pier."
The big ship slowly turned around and headed north. Several speedboats followed the big ship and sailed forward slowly. The waves rising from the stern of the big ship jolted several small boats. Lin Jue held on to the side of the ship tightly.
He stabilized his body and at the same time made eye contact with Ma Bin, Shen Tan and others, signaling that they should soon arrive at Guishan Island where the lake bandits were.
About a stick of incense later, under the astonished eyes of Lin Jue and others, the outline of a huge island suddenly appeared in the fog ahead. The lights on the island flickered brilliantly, and the dense fog on the bow of the ship shone red.
, looking from a distance, it is like a mirage or an overseas fairyland suddenly appearing in front of you, it looks ethereal and beautiful.
After the boat got closer, we could see clearly that the entire island directly opposite was full of torches and lanterns. Dozens of oil pot bonfires were lit near the shore, illuminating the lake a hundred steps away, which was bright red. At first
Lin Jue thought that the bandits were building or practicing overnight. However, upon closer inspection, he found that there were not many people moving around the torches and bonfires. They were purely used for lighting. The lake bandits had turned this island into a
An island that never sleeps, so that there are no dark corners on the entire island. This is obviously to prevent something.
The pier is under a cliff. It is obvious that it is a man-made pier, and it was specially chosen here. Dense wooden piles are nailed to the beach near the island to prevent ships from landing from other places.
, and the only landing pier is under this cliff.
The boat entered the pier and looked up, but saw brightly lit torches on the top of the cliff above. Although I couldn't see the situation above, I could imagine that there must be rolling logs and stones ready, and a large number of archers could be stationed to look down.
Defense. Once an enemy ship rushes to the dock, it will be beaten to pieces in this kind of terrain.
The pier is just a small excavation of flat land, followed by a steep uphill slope. A stone step is dug on the ramp leading to a higher place. On both sides of the ramp, more than a dozen stone arrow towers stand tall, guarding the top of the pier.
Mountain ridge. All these can form a three-dimensional firepower with the defense at the top of the cliff. Even if someone can rush into the dock and disembark, they only have one ramp to go, and they can only attack on the ramp, then they will be defeated by these dozen
The archers on the arrow tower are used as living targets. The narrow mountain road must be a forbidden area for harvesting life. The terrain here is easy to defend but difficult to attack and is extremely dangerous.
Lin Jue and others were secretly frightened. Although Lin Jue had never fought in a war, he still had basic common sense and had read a lot of military books. He knew that in this kind of terrain, it would be impossible to forcefully land on the island.
No wonder the imperial court encircled and suppressed it several times. They once approached Guishan Island and successfully landed on the island, but in the end they still failed. Under this kind of terrain, it would be difficult to conquer the island unless a huge price was paid.
In the eyes of those who know military affairs such as Ma Bin and Shen Tan, seeing all this, they naturally have no idea at all. In a strong attack in such terrain, the opponent only needs a few hundred troops to withstand tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Attack, there is no doubt about it.
"We're here, get ashore, get ashore." Someone on the boat shouted loudly.
Lin Jue and others stood up and stepped on the rickety springboard to the ground of Guishan Island Pier. A group of people on the big ship had already landed. A middle-aged man with a medium build and fair face was holding a long knife on his waist.
He came with a long stride. Li An smiled and greeted him. The two of them bowed and bowed. After exchanging a few words, Li An led the middle-aged man and walked towards Lin Jue and others.
"Brothers, let me introduce to you. This is Zhou Qi, the deputy leader of our Guishan Island outpost camp. His friends in the martial arts community have nicknamed him 'Living Yama'. From now on, you guys are Zhou Qi."
Brothers from the new camp under the leader. Hmm... remember what I said before, and don’t break the rules. Deputy leader Zhou’s nickname is Living Hell King. You should also know what this nickname means. All newcomers to the mountain
All the brothers who join the gang will be given a pass by him, and will be assigned to each battalion based on their performance. Naturally, there will be opportunities for promotion. You guys should meet Leader Zhou."
Lin Jue, Ma Bin, Shen Tan and others hurriedly stepped forward and saluted the white-faced middle-aged man. The middle-aged man returned the salute with a smile, and said with a smile: "Welcome brothers to join us. From today on, they are our brothers. It's time to say
If so, Leader Li must have told you, so I won’t say more. In short, from now on, we are all brothers who work with our heads up, and we all look after each other. I, Zhou Qi, have a bit of a bad temper. If there is any problem in the future
If you have offended me, I hope you can forgive me. Without further ado, I think you are all tired after working on it for half the night. I will take you to the barracks to rest. There are still many things to do tomorrow.
Go have a good sleep. Hahaha.”
Zhou Qi smiled and waved to a few minions, and ordered them to take Lin Jue and others to the barracks to rest. The minions led a few people up the slope and along the rugged and winding road.
After walking in a roundabout way for a stick of incense, we finally arrived at a slightly flat terrain. There were rows of houses built here, which were obviously where the bandits were stationed. Several people were led into a dark room.
In the musty-smelling room, after being told to go to sleep immediately and not make any noise, a few minions closed the door and went out.
Where could Lin Jue and others sleep? There were only bed boards and a few smelly quilts on the beds. There was nothing in the room. Fortunately, they had some dry food and water with them, so they sat around on the wooden bed and ate some dry food.
After drinking some water and talking quietly, I calmed down.
Once they calmed down, tiredness came over them. Several palace guards fell down on the wooden beds and snored first. Ma Bin also soon started to snore. Lin Jue and Shen Tan chatted for a while, and sleepiness came over them, and soon they were both.
