Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

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"withstand!"

"Don't let up!"

The city gate was shaking again and again. Dozens of young and strong men were holding the gate under the command of the soldiers. Every impact made the bodies of the young and strong men holding the gate tremble.

Ji Anbang took a deep breath and walked across the dirt road on his warhorse, with his long and thick spear hanging on the horse. He tightened his sword and adjusted his phoenix-wing helmet. The roar of the city gate in his ears gradually grew louder.

“To…to command the army!?”

The commander in charge of defending the city gate saw him coming and hurried forward to greet him, but was immediately surprised to find that behind him were figures riding war horses.

They wore a khaki battle robe inside and the best armor in the army outside. They had a tempered sword on their waist, and dozens of war horses were also covered in iron armor.

These were the last cavalrymen left in the new army. In the past, they had trained with Ji Anbang, received his rewards and punishments, and followed him into battle. But now...

"Serving as a soldier and eating food, fighting for the country is the natural duty!"

Swallowing his saliva, Ji Anbang reached out and took the spear in his hand. He turned his bloody and sweaty face towards them, and the lines on his face softened: "I wanted to say this, take you out to fight. But when the time comes, I don't want you to be stupid ghosts.

Our army is not in a good situation right now. The Qi army outside the city is attacking fiercely. Many of the defenders on the city walls have died in battle. Our morale is also declining, and there are mutinies inside the city."

He glanced at the place where the black smoke was rising, and heard the sound of shouting and killing. He continued, "I don't know if I can survive if I leave the city now. However, a man has many things to do in this world. I have wasted half my life and was favored by the emperor to sit in a high position and lead the new army to defend Danzhou. Now that the war has come to this, I must find a way to turn the tide. Or maybe I will die on the battlefield, and there is no need for you to die with me on the battlefield. Now, while the city gate is not open, leave quickly if you want to. I will use this spear to meet the thief Lu Xiaoxie!"

He glanced at his cavalrymen, patted their necks, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Even if there is only half a broken flag left in Danzhou, we must let the world know that the blood of the men of Yan and Zhao is still hot!"

Clang——

The swords were unsheathed, and a soldier shouted: "I am willing to follow you to fight on the battlefield and die on the battlefield!"

The sounds of swords being unsheathed were rang out one after another, and the voice of "I am willing to follow the commander!" resounded through the sky.

In the midst of the excitement, dozens of cavalrymen hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted their teeth, dismounted, drew their swords, covered their faces, and ran away, disappearing behind them.

The figure on horseback didn't even turn his head, and Ji Anbang didn't call them. He shouted, "Okay! I will charge ahead and won't let you get ahead!" He turned around, took a breath, and looked at the commander guarding the gate: "Open the gate! Wait for the cavalry to rush out, then you can quickly close the gate! If you can't close it, you can surrender."

The commander at the gate looked at him, saluted solemnly in silence, and asked the soldiers guarding the gate to lift the bolt. Just as a car crashed into the ground outside, the city gate creaked open as the young men behind the gate retreated.

The surrendered soldiers from Xijing and the infantry under Dong Xian who were banging on the gate in front had not yet rushed in to occupy the city gate when they heard the rumbling sound of war horses. The leading captains instantly felt their hair stand on end and shouted "Retreat!" and turned around to run.

The sound of horse hooves spread quickly. A war horse leaped out of the dark city gate and stabbed out with a thick spear with a loud shout, instantly knocking over the soldiers who had not been able to run too far. The horse's hooves landed on the ground and kicked back hard, directly knocking over the figure blocking the way in front of it and rushing out of the city.

From the rear, war horses galloped out one after another. The roaring sound of horse hooves was like a rushing flood, directly knocking over the soldiers at the city gate, and following the army in front, they rushed out of the gate.

While galloping, the knights picked up round shields from beside their horses and used them to protect their chests, ready to protect themselves from incoming arrows at any time.

"Follow me!"

Ji Anbang rode his warhorse and galloped ahead just as he said. Hearing the roar from behind, he knew that his cavalry had caught up. Then, he was filled with pride: "Charge forward and take down the enemy chieftain!"

The voice was hoarse, and the cavalrymen behind him were waving their weapons and responding with all their strength: "Take the enemy chief, kill——"

Hundreds of cavalrymen raised a lot of dust and clashed in the army formation. Dong Xian was the closest to the enemy. When he saw someone rushing out, he shouted, "How dare the enemy general come to fight!" He rode forward, and dozens of his personal soldiers behind him hurriedly rode their horses to catch up.

Ji Anbang was also not vague. He rode his warhorse towards Dong Xian. When the two were close to each other, he let out a loud "Hey!" and used the thick and long iron spear as a stick and smashed it fiercely.

The two horses approached and their spears collided.

when--

With a loud bang, Dong Xian leaned back and his hands felt numb. Before he could adjust his posture, his eyes suddenly widened as he looked ahead.

In the sight, the cavalry behind Ji Anbang charged forward fearlessly, and some of them jumped up from the saddle and rushed forward with a roar.

His legs hit the horse's belly. Dong Xian gritted his teeth, raised his foot and kicked the man down from mid-air. He raised the purple-gold tiger-head spear in his hand and charged forward with the cavalry behind him.

It was also his personal soldiers who stepped forward in time to protect him from the cavalry formation. Dong Xian gritted his teeth and looked at the cavalry going away. He lowered his head to look at his hands. The palms of his hands were red and stinging, and they were almost broken. He looked behind him, and then at the closing city gate. He shook his hand hard and said, "Let's go and take the city first!"

In the front army formation, Ma Ling looked at the cavalry coming straight at him with a serious look in his eyes. All his subordinates were now infantry, and he was also very clear about Ji Anbang's cavalry. Once they formed a charge, he would not be able to stop them.

"Form a formation, raise the flag and call for help!"

Ma Ling stood in the formation and walked forward a few steps. Upon hearing the order, the Qi army infantry quickly moved closer. The front row of soldiers inserted their large shields into the ground, and iron spears and long guns were erected behind them, poking out from the gaps in the shields.

The sound of horses' hooves roared, and they were rolling over like a raging tide. Ji Anbang held up his spear in the formation and said, "Slow down, cavalry, move forward!"

The herd of war horses adjusted themselves in a flash, and the armored horses rushed up from the rear, causing the Qi soldiers in front to open their eyes wide and feel a little agitated.

"Send the cavalry to stop him."

Lu Bu stood on the chariot, looked forward, frowned, and gave orders. The cavalry behind him moved one after another, and the column with the big flag with the word "Yang" running in the front.

However, it was too late. Amid the rumbling of the earth, the cavalry's spears were only fifty feet away from the infantry formation.

"Yu!"

Ma Ling roared loudly, and a huge group of war horses came charging towards him. The moment they got close, they lowered their spears.

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The armored war horses rushed into the formation at high speed, smashing the large shields that were inserted into the ground. The spears and iron lances were bent and broken. The human bodies were knocked backwards by the war horses, and the sound of bones breaking inch by inch was loud.

A large number of Qi soldiers in the front row were defeated with ease. The iron hooves trampled over the fallen bodies. Screams and shouts mixed together, and then stopped abruptly.

Under the charge and crushing, some war horses fell to the ground. Ma Ling threw gold bricks in the formation and knocked over several horses. However, it was just a drop in the bucket under such momentum. Helplessly, he could only dodge backwards to save his life.

As the cavalry charged, Ji Anbang stared at the battle formation. Every time he swung his thick spear, a figure flew out.

The array of 2,000 men was not very thick, and people kept getting killed and wounded under the charge of the cavalry. The survivors instinctively tried to dodge. The moment they broke through the array, Ji Anbang shouted, "The enemy chief is ahead, charge! Charge!"

The cavalry running past the two sides of the central army split up and converged around the formation, then galloped away desperately.

"Kill!" Yang Zaixing waved the spear in his hand and pointed at Ji Anbang over there.

There is not much room for cavalry to play a role when attacking a city, but now that the enemy is rushing in, the cavalry finally has a chance to use their skills.

Ji Anbang looked at the familiar face, took a deep breath, held the thick iron spear in his arm, and roared: "Kill——"

"kill--"

The cavalry on both sides roared together, and the next moment, a roar exploded.

The remaining 417 cavalrymen under Ji Anbang crashed into the Qi cavalrymen who were rushing towards them. In an instant, some people in the front row on both sides were knocked off their saddles by long spears and iron spears. They fell to the ground and slid backwards with the remaining strength. They were trampled by the war horses behind them. The screams were drowned in the sound of horses' hooves. The blood of people and horses splashed out, staining the ground red. Chaos and killing were intertwined. The armored cavalrymen were roared by Yang Zaixing, and were knocked off their saddles with a spear. As they approached Ji Anbang, they exerted force from their waists and hit him hard with a spear.

"Ah——"x2
The two men roared, and there was a roaring sound from their guns. Then Yang Zaixing felt a pain in the wound on his hand, and saw blood bursting out from the palm of the hand holding the gun.

"You are weak!"

Amid the roar, Yang Zaixing swung his gun again. Ji Anbang gritted his teeth to block, blood spurted from his knuckles and dripped onto his face. He thought to himself that this was not the time to show off his bravery. He looked at the opposing general who stabbed with a gun and suddenly turned sideways.

chap——

The sound of metal scraping was heard, and blood spurted out from the iron armor on his chest. The Liao Dynasty's martial arts champion gritted his teeth and continued to charge forward on his horse.

"Run? Come back!"

Yang Zaixing roared, knocked over the Liao soldiers who rushed to cover him with his iron spear, turned his horse around and chased after them.

The several riders in front of him enlarged in Ji Anbang's sight, and the general in green robe waved his arms.

when--

The thick iron spear touched Guan Sheng's Qinglong Yanyue Sword. As he gritted his teeth and held on, blood splattered from his knuckles. A young and rugged general at the back stepped forward and stretched out the spear in his hand.

"Go away!"

He stretched out his arm and smashed Wanyan Huonu's spear. The skin of Tiehu's men suddenly cracked, and blood flew into the air. The Khitan general who followed behind him also stabbed out with a spear.

"Uh……"

He lowered his head to avoid Yelu Mawu's spear. Amid the sound of metal, his black hair flew up in disarray and his phoenix-wing helmet fell far behind him.

"Drink!"

The spear thrust out, knocking over two Qi cavalrymen at the rear. The sound of horse hooves faded in Ji Anbang's ears. The cart in his sight got closer, and the figure in golden armor seemed to be right in front of him.

A young general of the Qi army was roaring and rushing towards them. The commander-in-chief, who was a champion in martial arts, suddenly stepped on the stirrups, stood up, and threw the gun in his hand with all his strength.

The moment he sat down, he drew the protective sword from his waist, swung the sword to cut off the Fang Tian Hua Ji that Su Yi was stabbing at him, and a long spear approached in front of him and flashed away.

puff--

"Uh……"

A muffled groan came out of his mouth, and Ji Anbang's tall and strong figure was pierced through the shoulder by the spear and rushed off the horse's back, his eyes still fixed on the target where the spear was flying.

Lu Bu glanced at him indifferently, then stretched out his arm and squeezed it hard.

Snapped--

The iron spear stopped, the cart shook, and the spear head, which was a circle larger than the ordinary iron spear, stopped three inches in front of Lu Bu's nose.

"Ahhh-"

An unwilling roar came from Ji Anbang's mouth. As his majestic body swayed, Han Chang on the horse shook the spear in his hand.

bang——

The injured figure fell heavily to the ground. Ji Anbang straightened his body with all his strength while dizzy. He roared "Ah-ah-ah-ah!" and supported himself with his sword. He stood up unsteadily, hunched his body, lowered his head and gasped rapidly.

Dededede——

Several war horses stopped around him, and the generals on the horses looked at him with a complicated look and gripped their weapons.

Lu Bu lowered his arm and looked at the iron spear in his hand. The spear body was a little dirty, and there were several gaps on the spear head due to the collision of weapons.

He is a brave general.

Holding the spear with both hands and putting it down solemnly, Lu Bu stepped on the shaft of the cart, jumped up suddenly and sat on the back of Red Hare. He shook off the reins, and the fiery red dragon horse ran quickly to the surrounded generals over there and pulled the reins.

Herod——

The Red Hare neighed and stopped. Lü Bu lowered his eyes and looked at the blood-stained figure. He tapped the saddle with his fingers and tilted his head: "... Let me ask you, are you willing to surrender?"

Upon hearing this, the generals around also turned their eyes to the standing figure.

Ji Anbang raised his head slightly to glance at Lu Bu, then turned back to look. In the gap between the war horses, he saw a figure being chopped down and falling off his horse in the distance. The sound of horse hooves in his ears was slowing down and subsiding.

He turned his head, raised his head, closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them. His big hand with blood on the back held the sword and pointed forward: "Your Majesty has been very kind to me, and Ji Anbang is definitely not an ungrateful person!
"Rebel, stop talking and come fight!"

His body was shaking, his sword was trembling, and he was seriously injured.

"... Really?" Lu Bu looked at him carefully and nodded: "Ji Anbang... I will remember it."

Turning his horse's head, Chi Tu walked back slowly. A deep voice came from the air: "Zai Xing, send him off and give him a proper burial."

Ji Anbang turned around reluctantly. Yang Zaixing watched him exhale, dance the iron spear in his hand, and knock down the horse's belly with an expressionless face.

"Your Majesty...I am incompetent..."

Ji Anbang murmured something, then suddenly his eyes widened, and he staggered forward while roaring "Kill!" with all his strength.

Dedede——

The warhorse charged forward, the spear thrust out suddenly, the spear tip piercing through the blood-stained breastplate and exiting from Ji Anbang's back.

……

The fighting in Miyun City was still going on, and the black smoke in the city spread across the streets and rushed towards the city gates.

The flames ignited on the city wall. The big man holding the Zen stick killed the fierce general guarding the city with his stick and roared at the living Liao soldiers.

A general named Zan Tongmei fought with Shangguan Yi, Sun Yue and Jing Chao with an iron whip, but was beheaded by a young general with a sword.

Amidst the shouting and fighting, the blond and blue-eyed foreign general ran to the top of the city wall and chopped off the fluttering Liao army flag with one sword.

Countless figures followed Dong Xian and broke through the north gate. Figures in black armor shouted on the street, and the blades chopped down the figures who dared to resist.

The one-eyed general rode his warhorse and led his troops into the city. Khitan and Chinese were shouted out by the soldiers.

The three gates fell and the army entered the city.

Miyun City, lost. (End of this chapter)