The lake bandits apparently had their own set of navigational methods, and on such a foggy lake, they sailed at the slightest speed and direction. After the boat sailed for more than an hour, dozens of dim lights appeared on the surrounding misty and chaotic lake. Like the shining eyes of a wolf in the mist of the wilderness. The four small boats gradually filled up, and the lights around them gradually approached, it was a group of patrol boats cruising on the lake.

The wind lights on a ship directly in front of us suddenly went out, then turned on again, repeated three times before returning to normal. On the clipper where Lin Jue and the others were and the three boats around them, someone immediately responded. The three wind lamps in the bow of the ship went out at the same time, then they were lit up again, and then two lights were turned on and one was extinguished, and it took a while to toss and turn back to normal. Lin Jue saw it clearly, he understood that this was obviously a signal for the lake bandits to transmit information with lights, and the surrounding boats should be the lake bandit boats patrolling around Guishan Island, once a strange boat approached, they must identify themselves in this way, otherwise the surrounding boats would be surrounded and attacked.

Sure enough, when the message of the lights was transmitted, the boats with lights on in the fog on the surrounding lake suddenly dissipated silently, and the lake surface returned to darkness. However, the ship in the dense fog ahead was slowly coming, and when it got closer to a dozen steps away, Fang saw that it was a high-headed ship, several times larger than the small clipper that Lin Jue and the others were riding, it was a water warship that could be used for combat.

On the bow of the boat, the figures of more than a dozen lake bandits with swords were clearly visible, and one of them stood at the bow of the boat with his waist bent, laughing loudly: "Is it Leader Li?" ”

Li An was on another clipper, and he also stood up at the bow of the boat at this moment, and said with a smile: "Exactly, is that Brother Zhou?" ”

"Haha, isn't that me? It was my turn to be on duty tonight, and I learned that Brother Li had gone to the town to pick up people, and I estimated that it would be the second half of the night, so I personally boarded the boat to meet him. When you see the lights, you know you've arrived. Did you get it? We're going to have some more people this time. ”

"It's easy to say, there are eight new brothers, just give it to your new battalion to use, train and train well, and it will be of great use in the future." Ang Lee smiled.

"That's great. Brother personally escorted you into the dock, come and turn around to the dock. ”

The big ship slowly turned around and turned around and headed north. A few clippers slowly moved forward after the big boat, and the waves from the stern of the big boat caused several small boats to jolt. Lin Jue tightly grasped the side of the boat to stabilize his body, and at the same time made eye contact with Ma Bin, Shen Tan and the others, signaling that they should be about to arrive at Guishan Island, where the lake bandits are located.

After about a stick of incense, in the stunned eyes of Lin Jue and the others, the outline of a huge island suddenly appeared in the fog ahead. The lights on the island were brilliant and flickering, and the thick fog on the bow of the ship shimmered red, and from a distance, it looked like a mirage and an overseas fairy mountain that suddenly appeared in front of you, and it looked ethereal and beautiful.

When the boat got closer, it was clear that the whole island was full of torches and wind lanterns in the direction directly opposite it. Near the shore, dozens of oil pot bonfires lit up the lake a hundred paces away, and the lake was bright red. At first, Lin Jue thought that the bandits were building or practicing something overnight, but when he looked closely, he found that there were not many figures shaking next to these torches and bonfires, purely for lighting. The lake bandits have turned the island into an island that never sleeps, leaving the entire island free of dark corners. This is also obviously a precautionary measure.

The pier is under a cliff, and it is obvious that it was built by man, and it was deliberately located here. The beaches near the island are densely packed with wooden stakes to prevent ships from landing from the rest of the island, and the only landing pier is under this cliff.

The boat entered the dock and looked up, but saw that the torches on the top of the cliff above were bright. Although you can't see the situation above, you can imagine that it must be full of rolling wood and stones, and a large number of archers can be stationed to defend it condescendingly. Once the enemy ship rushes to the dock, it will be beaten under this kind of terrain.

The pier is just a small piece of flat land that has been carved out, and the back is a steep uphill slope with a stone staircase carved into the ramp leading to the heights. On both sides of the ramp, a dozen stone towers stand tall and hold the mountain beams above the pier. All this can form a three-dimensional firepower with the defense at the top of the cliff. Even if someone were able to rush into the dock and disembark, they would only have one ramp to go and only attack the ramp, and they would be a live target for the archers on the dozen or so towers. The narrow mountain road must be a forbidden place to harvest life, and the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is extremely dangerous.

Lin Jue and the others were secretly frightened, although Lin Jue had never fought, he still had basic common sense, and he had read a lot of military books in his stomach, knowing that under this kind of terrain, it was impossible to forcibly land on the island. It is no wonder that the imperial court encircled and suppressed several times, and once approached Guishan Island, and landed on the island successfully, but it still fell short in the end. With this kind of terrain, it is difficult to conquer the island unless it is a huge cost.

In the eyes of people who understand military affairs such as Ma Bin and Shen Tan, seeing all this, they naturally don't even have any ideas. In such a strong attack under such terrain, there is no doubt that the opponent only needs a few hundred troops to resist the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"It's here, go ashore and go ashore." Someone on board shouted.

Lin Jue and the others stood up and stepped on the ground of the pier of Guishan Island on the rickety springboard. The group on the big boat had already come ashore, and a middle-aged man of medium stature and fair face was striding forward with a long knife at his waist. Li An greeted him with a smile, the two bowed their hands, and after a few words of greeting, Li An took the middle-aged man and walked towards Lin Jue and the others.

"Brothers, let me introduce you, this one is Zhou Qi, the deputy leader of my outpost camp on Guishan Island, and his friends on the rivers and lakes gave him the nickname 'Living Yama'. From now on, you are the brothers of the new battalion under Leader Zhou. Not...... You have all remembered what you said before, but don't break the rules, Deputy Leader Zhou's nickname is the Living Hades, and you should also know what this nickname means. All the brothers who are new to the mountain have to go through his hands, and then they will be assigned to each battalion according to their performance, and naturally they will have the opportunity to be promoted. 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 a few brothers to join the gang, from today onwards, they will be their own brothers." I think Leader Li has told you all the things that should be said, and I won't say anything more. In short, from now on, we are all brothers who take the lead, and we all take care of each other. I, Zhou Qi, are a little short-tempered, if there is anything to offend in the future, I hope that a few brothers will bear with me. Not much to say, after tossing in the middle of the night, the brothers are tired, and I will lead you to the barracks to rest. There's a lot to do tomorrow, so let's get a good night's sleep. Hahaha. ”

Zhou Qi smiled while beckoning a few minions and instructed them to take Lin Jue and the others to the barracks to rest. A few minions led a few people up the hill along the ramp, and after a long walk along the rugged and winding road, they finally came to a slightly flat terrain, where rows of houses were built, apparently where the bandits were stationed. Several of them were led into a dark, musty-smelling room, and after being told to sleep immediately and not to make noise, a few minions took them out the door.

Where can Lin Jue and the others sleep, there are only bed boards and a few stinking bedding on the bed, there is nothing in the room, fortunately, a few people still have some dry food and water on them, so they sat around the board bed and ate some dry food and drank some water, and after talking in a low voice, they calmed down.

Once it calmed down, fatigue hit. Several of the palace guards first collapsed on the plank bed and snored. Ma Bin also quickly snored. Lin Jue and Shen Tan chatted for a while, and they also fell asleep, and soon after, they both fell asleep on the bed.