Zhao Wei's knee pressed against the man's back. The man cried out in pain but refused to speak.
Suddenly there was a cry in the distance. Zhao Wei looked up and saw people from Haozi Village holding torches and rushing towards him from the other side.
The one-eyed leader laughed wildly: "You have also had this day, hahahaha..."
The people behind him also shouted: "Please ask us, maybe we can help put out the fire."
Oh, what hope? These people are still holding torches. It's still broad daylight. They are obviously here to add fuel to the fire, fearing that the people in Elm Dun will not be burned to death.
These people went too far, and the villagers were so angry that they gnashed their teeth.
"Bah! A bunch of bastards, they really turned into bandits!"
"Let's see how long they can be so arrogant. Just wait and don't let me catch them, or I will tear them into pieces!"
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"Erxiao, take thirty people to intercept them!"
After Zhao Wei finished yelling, he turned around and shouted to the reinforcements, "Those people are the arsonists! Don't let any of them go. Attack!"
These people are not here just to put out the fire, they also have a mission, which is to catch the arsonist.
At this time, the people in Mouse Village had been unable to contact the traitor in the village, so they simply jumped out themselves and prepared to fish in troubled waters.
I just didn't expect that in such a chaos in Yushu, there were still people patrolling at every intersection.
Their people couldn't get close no matter what.
Since acting in secret doesn't work, why don't they just stand out in the open and see what these people can do to them?
Zhao Wei sent everyone away, but left behind a yellow-haired man with a pale face, who stood there trembling.
"Master, I got the explosive pack you asked me to get. Do you really want to blow it up?"
This pack of explosives was originally used in a quarry to blast mountains and split rocks. It can be said that it would be difficult to get it without relevant proof.
When Zhao Wei wanted to put out the fire, the first thing he thought of was to use this explosive pack.
In fact, with his face, he still couldn't borrow the explosive pack. It was all thanks to the people sent by the armed forces. They could borrow local materials for their own use and thus provide timely help at this time.
Huang Mao was very worried: "If this explodes, the forest will be..."
"I don't care about that anymore!"
Zhao Wei took the explosive pack and tied it to three thick pine trees with hemp rope.
"Once the isolation zone is blown out, the fire won't be able to get through!"
Moreover, if done well, there is a high possibility that the fire can be led to Mouse Village.
It takes less than an hour to walk between the two villages through the mountains and forests.
If you walk in a straight line, it will take at most half an hour.
They were the ones who started the current fire, and they seemed to have never thought that if the fire continued to spread, it would burn into their village.
At the moment the fuse started burning, Zhao Wei pulled everyone down the mountain.
After a loud bang, a gap a meter wide was blown out on the mountainside, and the rolling debris just suppressed the spreading fire.
The people from Haozi Village were knocked over by the gust of air and did not dare to move forward for a while.
Zhao Wei took the opportunity to direct the villagers to reinforce the earth wall. It was at this time that he saw Yunxiu being burned by smoke and fire.
She has always worked with the women, doing the work of two people, giving priority to everything, never being afraid, and being a good helper to herself.
At this moment, her whole body was covered in black smoke, but she had a kind of agility. Even among countless people, he could recognize her at a glance.
Zhao Wei was working with a hoe, and while taking a break, he took a good look at his wife.
It seems that by doing this, I am recharged and feel full of energy when I start working again.
If not for anything else, he would work hard just to prevent his wife from losing their home and to prevent his woman from crying!
Soon, Zhao Wei was lying on the scorched earth, looking at the thick smoke rolling out of the gap, and suddenly pulled the yellow-haired man beside him.
"Look at the wind direction! It's blowing strongly from the southeast!"
He pointed to the ridgeline in the direction of Haozi Village and said, "Let the villagers block the east side of the gap. The fire will follow the wind and burn to that side!"
Huangmao suddenly realized what was going on and immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone, get to the east side of the gap! Quick!"
Although the villagers did not understand what he meant, seeing Zhao Wei's determined eyes, they all ran towards the gap.
As expected, the flames climbed along the wind like a long snake, drawing an orange-red arc on the mountain ridge and heading straight towards the direction of Haozi Village.
"Oh my, what happened?!"
"The fire was burning well, why did it go to our village?"
"It must have been caused by the explosion just now, damn it!"
The one-eyed man swung his sword and was about to order a retreat, but was shot in the shoulder by an arrow flying towards him - it was the reinforcement team led by Erxiao that had arrived.
In the chaos, Wang Jinbao, who was tied to the fire, suddenly struggled violently. Someone behind him took the opportunity to break the rope. The two looked at each other and wanted to take advantage of the fire to escape into the dense forest.
Zhao Wei was prepared and fired a warning shot into the sky, and the militiamen who were lying in ambush nearby immediately surrounded him.
Wang Jinbao panicked and ran headfirst into the burning bushes, his screams quickly drowned out by the crackling flames.
The other traitor was pinned to the ground by the militia, who deliberately let him break free and run into the mountains.
That direction is exactly where Haozi Village is located.
This person probably wanted to escape to that place and receive protection.
As a result, he never expected that the fire would catch up with him and get closer and closer to him.
It is simply a pipe dream to want to escape the raging fire in the mountains.
This man is not far from death. He brought this upon himself and cannot blame anyone else.
Seeing that the fire changed direction, the people of Haozi Village were being chased by the rescuers. They had already become frightened birds and were only concerned with fleeing in all directions. They had no time to fish in troubled waters.
There was another traitor who wanted to jump into the river, but he was enveloped by the thick smoke and was soon cooked by it.
Zhao Wei looked at the traitor's staggering figure in the thick smoke and eventually being swallowed by the flames, without any pity in his heart.
He turned to look at Yunxiu and saw that she was directing the women to throw mud on the earth wall. Beads of sweat mixed with cigarette ash were flowing down her forehead, but she still gritted her teeth and refused to stop.
"Wife, take a break!" Zhao Wei strode over and handed the kettle to her mouth.
Yunxiu took two gulps, wiped his face and said with a smile: "Look, the fire is almost burning to Mouse Village, how can we stop it?"
Looking in the direction she pointed, the people of Mouse Village were really doomed this time.
It is said that evil will be punished, but the time has not yet come.
It was just bad luck for them to meet Zhao Wei.
"Oh no! That one-eyed man ran away!"
The second young general stabbed the ground with his spear and panted angrily: "He took advantage of the opportunity and escaped with a dozen brothers. Sigh..."
Zhao Wei glanced at the mountainside, where thick smoke was blowing into the dense forest with the wind, and snorted coldly, "You can't run away."
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