The place chosen by the bandits was not far from the port. The shallow water here was very short. After the crowd entered the water, they were no longer surrounded by bandits and began to disperse along the shallow water area. Some old and weak people with weak physical strength were too frozen to move.
The remaining people on the shore were crying and refusing to step into the water again. The bandits behind them raised their swords and guns and started to kill, driving the crowd into the water. The people screamed and swarmed into the water.
New crowds came down, pushing those in front more and more into the deep water. The crowds pushed each other and tried their best to stay in the shallow water. Those with weak physical strength were pushed into the deep water. Thousands of people were struggling in the river.
, the river surface seemed to be boiling, countless arms were waving on the water surface, the mud stirred up under their feet muddied the river water, and sharp screams broke through the sky.
"Your grandma's Jiang Fan, your grandma's Pang Shoubei."
Tan Laizi was crying and cursing, and was pushed deeper and deeper by the crowd. His face was pale, his lips were black, his hair was covered with water droplets, and his teeth were chattering. He dragged his granddaughter-in-law with his left hand and pushed away the hysterical crying people in front of him.
Many people tried their best to walk to the shallow water on the side, but it was already crowded with people.
Tan Leizi walked hard with one foot shallow and one foot in the deep and freezing river water. The mud and sand under his feet made it even more difficult to move. There were people everywhere around him. Tan Leizi could only walk deeper and deeper. The water reached his back, and his back was rich.
His nerves were stimulating, and he felt a biting coldness.
The granddaughter-in-law behind her held her hand very tightly, and the woman did not cry out. She could still feel a trace of warmth in her palms.
In panic, I looked up and saw a large reed in front of me.
"We'll swim there in a minute."
Tan Lezi wiped away his tears and looked back at his grandson-in-law, "Don't panic if you choke on the water, and don't hold my hands and feet, otherwise we will both be doomed."
Granddaughter-in-law's head kept shaking. Tan Leizi didn't know whether she nodded or was cold, so he didn't have time to say anything more and continued to lead the woman down.
"My benefactor, wait for me!"
Amidst the screams and cries around him, the man's voice came from behind. Tan Leizi didn't even look back and continued to lead the woman forward. The crowd expanded wider and wider along the river. The rogue bandits on the shore also expanded their defense lines along the river to prevent
Someone came ashore.
The cold river water took away the heat, and the people in the water began to lose their physical strength. Some people began to rush ashore, and the bandits shouted loudly and chased and killed them. Then some people began to shoot arrows towards the river, and some even came to the shore carrying spears.
Shoot those standing in shallow water.
The crowd in the shallow water area rushed into the river to escape. Tan Leizi was pushed into the river and felt that his body was about to float. Many people had fallen into the deep water area, blocking Tan Leizi's route.
A crying man was struggling in front of him. With no way to go anymore, Tan Laizi tried his best to shout to the sky, "Jiang Fan, I will get out of your grandma."
Tan Leizi kicked off the water, and swam towards the deep water with his granddaughter-in-law, paddling in the water with one hand. The granddaughter-in-law behind him quickly took a sip of water, and her left hand was suddenly tightened. Tan Lezi dragged her hard, and walked around the last line in front of her.
Dense crowds.
"My benefactor, wait for me!"
That voice was still chasing after him, and Tan Laizi had no time to pay attention to him. Fortunately, he could still move his hands and feet and swam in the water for a while, which was slightly better than when he first entered the water. However, in just a short period of time, he already felt a little tired.
Granddaughter-in-law took another sip of water and tried her best to keep her head out of the water. She coughed a few times and immediately sank down again. Tan Leizi felt the woman starting to pull his clothes. Tan Leizi suddenly felt something was wrong. Sure enough, the woman followed and grabbed his belt.
Tan Laizi was pushed down by the woman, and he quickly held his breath. He pushed hard in the water, and then he raised his head again to take a breath.
The woman behind was completely in fear of drowning. She grabbed Tan Lezi's clothes and kept pushing down so that her head could float above the water. Tan Lezi's physical strength was rapidly consuming, and he wanted to let go several times.
A woman's hand, but thinking that her daughter-in-law was hard-won, she still persisted desperately.
Emerging from the water again, water flowed from his forehead. Tan Laizi's eyes were confused. He opened his eyes hard, and there were splashes of water in front of him. There were struggling people everywhere. He took a peek at the shore. Many bandits were guarding the river bank. Someone was there.
Some people were holding long hair, shooting arrows, and others were throwing stones.
There is a slightly empty space ahead.
Tan Leizi swam towards that place with all his strength. When he was almost exhausted, he finally stepped on the river bed in the shallow water area. He asked his granddaughter-in-law to also stop. Tan Leizi gasped for air, and grandson's daughter-in-law coughed with fear on her face.
I can't tell if it's tears or river water.
"Keep your head down, keep your head down!"
He pressed his grandson's wife's head. This section had just been driven away, and the people on the riverside had all moved to the middle. The river was very turbid, and only their heads were exposed. In the chaotic scene on the river, no bandit noticed for a moment.
Tan Laizi gasped for air and looked around. His screams of despair were still echoing everywhere, but the splash of water in the river was decreasing, and those who did not know the nature of water were gradually dying.
The cold river water consumed his energy, and Tan Leizi knew that staying there was not an option, but he needed to breathe for a while, and then swim to the reeds from there, and there might be no chance to breathe again.
"My benefactor, wait for me!"
An unexpected voice appeared behind him. Tan Leizi looked back and saw the man swimming in the water. He seemed to have good water skills. He was waving to this side as he swam.
"What a dog..." Tan Leizi turned to look at the river bank. Sure enough, several bandits were attracted by the sound and noticed Tan Leizi and the other two. One of the bandits drew his bow and shot towards them.
"Hide quickly!"
Tan Leizi yanked his granddaughter-in-law hard and put her head into the water. The granddaughter-in-law was waving her hands in the water, but Tan Leizi couldn't hold her hand at all. The granddaughter-in-law struggled to lift her head out of the water.
Tan Laizi also appeared. He saw his grandson's wife coughing repeatedly and was in a state of extreme panic. There was no way he could take her swimming anymore.
The bandits on the shore were running towards us. Tan Leizi stood in the muddy water and trembled. He could reach the reed swamp very quickly by himself, and he had to swim there quickly.
Because although the place where he hid the boat was thick with reeds, it was very close to the shore. If the bandits arrived there, he would not be able to get the boat at all, and some people who knew how to swim in the river were also swimming towards the reeds.
I found that I was also in vain.
If he dragged this woman along, he probably wouldn't be able to get there at all. The two of them were breathing rapidly in the water, crying and looking at each other. The woman seemed to understand something from Tan Leizi's eyes, and she cried harder and harder.
Before hesitating, the man had already rushed to his side, and he shouted loudly, "My benefactor, take me with you!"
"You take my wife with you, and I will let you get on the boat!"
The man nodded in panic, and Tan Leizi pointed him to the location of the reed marsh. After saying that, before he could explain a few words to his granddaughter-in-law, an arrow flew past his eyes and sank into the water behind him.
Tan Laizi screamed and swam directly into the river. He heard the woman's desperate scream behind him.
"Follow..." Tan Leizi shouted for a while, his breathing a little rapid. He didn't care to shout anymore and swam into the middle of the river. From time to time, his hands and feet could touch corpses floating in the water.
Further forward, the water entering the river becomes faster and less laborious, and the reeds in front are never far away.
There were many people around me who knew how to swim. Some of them were swimming towards the reeds, while others were swimming towards the middle of the river. It seemed that they wanted to swim across the river. When I took a peek at the shore, I could see the bandits chasing me downstream. A small number of them were chasing me downstream.
The rogue bandits have arrived at Lu Wei Cong's location.
Those sharp screams gradually fell behind him. Tan Leizi quickly drew water to prevent his body from becoming stiff. He quickly approached the patch of reeds, and some fast swimmers had already reached the junction of the water bank.
Tan Lezi stepped on the soil and trudged hard through the reeds. The river wind blew and the reeds swayed, and Tan Lezi's body kept trembling. He was surrounded by swaying withered yellow reeds, and there were some short trees on the bank, temporarily blocking him.
caught the sight of the bandits on the shore.
When he hid the boat, he walked from the shore. When he came from the river, he couldn't distinguish it for a while. He only roughly remembered the location. It was the edge of the reeds coming from upstream, which was nearby.
There was the sound of horse hooves on the shore, and the sound of bandits was nearby. Tan Leizi anxiously walked among the reeds and looked at them, when suddenly there was the sound of hanging reeds behind him.
Tan Laizi suddenly bent down and slowly lay in the water. A figure stopped for a moment between the reed poles in front, and then went to the east.
Tan Laizi waited in panic for a moment. When he got up, he saw flames beating among the reeds, and there was a peeling burning sound, and white smoke soon filled the air everywhere.
"God damn Jiang Fan, damn Pang Stick, when I get back to Anqing..." Tan Lezi looked around anxiously, and suddenly stopped mumbling curses. The small boat was parked quietly not far ahead.
After observing the surrounding area, he quickly reached the boat, pulled away the reeds covering it, and dragged it out.
After just a few steps, the boat was blocked by reeds. Tan Laizi was anxious and kept pushing away the reeds with his hands.
I heard a shout from the shore, "There's one over there!"
Tan Leizi didn't care about hiding anymore, and dragged the boat to change direction, leaving the reed swamp directly from the edge upstream. He hurriedly jumped into the boat, grabbed the oar and started paddling.
The bandits on the shore yelled and cursed loudly, and from time to time arrows flashed past, sinking into the river and causing ripples in the river.
When Tan Leizi was doing business across the river, he sometimes had to help the boatman row the water. Although he was not skilled in rowing, he knew the ropes.
After leaving the shore a little distance and bypassing the reeds, Tan Leizi rowed continuously on the starboard side, steering the boat to the left and rowing towards the reeds near the river.
Fires were burning in the reeds, and thick white smoke shot straight into the sky. Tan Laizi looked around anxiously, but there was no trace of his grandson's wife. On the contrary, many people swimming in the river saw the boat and swam desperately to this side.
.
Finally, I saw arms waving. The man and his granddaughter were hiding behind a piece of reeds. The fire was approaching. He shouted excitedly towards Tan Lezi.
The thin Tan Laizi was trembling all over and almost fainted every time he paddled. He almost used up his last strength to stop the boat.
The man got on the boat anxiously, then turned around to pick up the woman. Tan Leizi also reached out to pull her, but granddaughter-in-law had already grabbed the man's hand and got on the boat.
The small boat swayed, and the man took another oar. Tan Laizi breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the boat swerved violently to the right and almost overturned in the water. The three people screamed at the same time and danced with hands and feet.
Tan Laizi looked over in horror, and saw a middle-aged man who had arrived at the side of the ship at some point, and showed his head on the side of the ship. At this time, he was desperately holding on to the starboard side to get on the ship.
"Go away!"
Tan Leizi raised the wooden paddle high, "If you don't let go, I'll hit you!"
The man didn't want to listen, so he pushed up harder. The hull of the boat shook violently again, and it was about to flip over in the water. There were many people swimming around here.
"Kill you!"
Tan Leizi controlled his posture, raised his wooden paddle and hit the man on the head hard.
The man on the boat also screamed and waved the wooden oar. The man was hit repeatedly on the head. Blood was pouring from his head, but he screamed and refused to let go.
Tan Leizi waved a few times, but even the wooden oar could no longer be swung. At this time, the fire had burned to the edge. Heat waves came in waves, temporarily dispelling the ice and cold, but the man held on, and it was impossible for them to row away.
With anxiety in his heart, Tan Leizi was unable to lift the wooden oar anymore, pounced on the man's left hand, and bit it hard.
The man in the boat seemed crazy and hit the man on the head with his oar. The middle-aged man in the water screamed and finally couldn't bear the two blows and let go and fell into the water.
"Quick, row quickly!"
Tan Leizi lay on the side of the boat and said exhaustedly, his eyes almost closing.
At this time, the woman suddenly said, "Mr., are you okay?"
Tan Laizi's eyes opened again. Perhaps the fire restored some heat to his body. Tan Laizi got strength from nowhere, grabbed the oar and started paddling in the water.
The boat started to move slowly, and Tan Laizi paddled hard. If anyone came close to him, the two of them would use the oars to beat them away. After fighting all the way, the boat finally broke away from the shore and entered the river.
.
Tan Laizi started to tremble again under the breeze from the river, feeling that everything was gradually blurring.
He braced himself and looked at the man opposite him, "Will you get through Jiang?"
"No, this boat can't pass. There is Jiangxin Island in front of it. I have seen a resting place for fishermen. You can survive there."
After hearing this, Tan Laizi felt relieved and laid his head on the port side. A corpse happened to pass by the side of the boat. It was an old man. His face was submerged in the water and his eyes were wide open.
Tan Laizi quickly looked away. There were fireworks on the shore, many rogue horse soldiers were galloping back and forth on the shore, there were still many people swimming hard in the river, and Hezhou City in the distance was getting further and further away.