Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 108 Tongue Catch

Song Army camp.

Under the dark sky, the bonfire was lit, reflecting the shadows of the patrolling soldiers on the nearby tents, and the defeated soldiers began to return to the camp one after another, bending over tired and panting, and then the whole camp knew the news of the defeat ahead. , The buzzing sound of discussion resounded under the sky.

In the central big tent, Hu Youwei was wearing thick clothes and sitting at the bottom, sucking his nose constantly. Since he woke up in the afternoon, his body was very weak, and now he felt a pain in his bones. However, here he is The deputy commander has the highest official position, and he has to come.

"Master Dujian lost? Then Chen Yun didn't go out in Yaoshan Village?" Hu Youwei stared at the few low-ranking generals who had fled back, and secretly groaned inwardly. No wonder.

"That's right, Chen Yun came out suddenly, Lord Dujian changed his helmet with others and then left the battlefield. I don't know where he is now." A dusty-faced general below said, cupping his hands.

Hu Youwei frowned slightly: "There are not many roads down the mountain from Yaoshan Village, and you haven't seen it yet?"

The generals looked at each other, and said with some embarrassment: "We escaped from the path in the forest, and did not take the main road."

Hu Youwei pointed at a few people with his hands, nodded lightly and said: "When Master Dujian comes back, you guys will wait."

Several people hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, it's not that I don't want to walk along the main road, it's that Chen Yun is too brave, chasing me all the way from behind, how can these two legs outrun four legs?" , so..."

Hu Youwei walked back and forth a few steps: "Then Master Dujian Zensheng hasn't come back yet?"

"This……"

The following people looked at each other, and someone cupped their hands and said: "My lord, will you all supervise your lord... Is something unexpected happening?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Hu Youwei's heart beat heavily: "If the Master Dujian comes back by any chance, watch your head carefully."

"The villain made a mistake." The man quickly bowed his head and apologized.

Hu Youwei took two steps uncontrollably, with uncertain expressions on his face, looking at the kneeling people for a while, and at the door of the big tent for a while, and said for a while, "Get up, the whereabouts of Mr. Dujian are unknown. Send people out to search for it first, and I will stick to the camp, so don’t expect me to not be here when your lord returns.”

"Yes." Several generals responded, turned and walked outside.

"Wait." Hu Youwei suddenly called to stop the crowd, and the group turned around to look at him with doubts on their faces.

"If Master Dujian hasn't returned tonight, and we leave the camp and return to the city tomorrow, let's all go." Hu Youwei waved his hand.

"Yes."

Everyone responded with joy, but the voice was a little louder than before, and then they all turned around and left the tent.

Hu Youwei stood in the middle of the empty tent, staring blankly at the main seat, snorted for a while, walked out of the tent, and walked towards his own military tent.

Outside the camp, several teams of sentry soldiers walked out of the camp sighing, lit torches and walked in the dark night. The flickering flames illuminated the faces of the people reluctantly, and then a fire dragon gradually separated, like four crooked insects, towards Mount Yao. The location wriggled away.

……

On a hill not far from the barracks.

"This is the camp of the Song army." Ma Ling stood behind the tree holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, and pouted at the campfires in the distance: "The campfires seem to be lacking a lot, so it doesn't seem to be a problem."

Pan Zhong handed over the horse to the minion, and walked over with the gun in hand, saying, "He will die too many battles, so I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of it for a while."

"Brother Ma Ling is right." Xi Sheng also walked over, looked into the distance and said, "Ma Wanli is a man with limited ability to lead troops, and his camp did have some problems. It’s not deep enough, and the number of battle towers and watchtowers is not enough, so the brothers in the village don’t understand the secrets, otherwise they will be able to win if they suffer some losses.”

"Brother didn't tell the officials about the flaws?" Pan Zhongwen looked at him curiously and asked.

Xi Sheng shrugged: "People speak lightly, there is nothing like that."

Pan Zhongjian also shrugged when he said that, Ma Ling suddenly said: "Someone has come out."

The two hurriedly looked forward, and saw a group of sergeants walking out of the camp with torches, walking towards this side.

As soon as Pan Zhong raised the spear, his small eyes narrowed slightly: "The tongue is coming."

The other two didn't speak, just silently watched the soldiers of the battalion walk out and then divided into four teams and walked towards a road each.

"What is this for? Where are you going when you come out at night?" Ma Ling tilted his head slightly, a little puzzled.

Xi Sheng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter how many people there are, but it's not that there is a group of people coming here, just take them and ask them."

Ma Ling and Pan Zhong laughed grimly: "The brothers wait here, there are only four or five people, I will go back when I go."

Xi Sheng came with him all the way, he knew that they were powerful, and he didn't refuse when he heard the words: "Two brothers, be more careful, and bring two more tongues back."

The two of Ma Ling nodded, leaned down and rushed forward, and disappeared in the forest after a while, leaving only Xi Sheng and the two minions standing on the hill looking down in silence.

……

The night was dark, and the night owl made strange calls, flapping its wings and running around in the forest. An unknown animal ran on the ground and made a series of noises, and then a scream was caught by a predator and carried into the air.

rustling --

A team of five sergeants was walking forward with spears in the grass, the torches in their hands were flickering, and the illuminated plants around them seemed to come alive. They were often frightened and turned around with torches behind them. As soon as he waved it, he was afraid that something terrifying would run out of the forest.

The sergeant who was two steps behind held a torch and was walking cursingly. Behind him, a sergeant who was a head taller than him bent over, grabbed one of his sleeves, and walked forward with his head bowed while holding a spear.

"Damn it! Don't grab my arm, Mr. Liu, you're like a mother-in-law."

"Fart... fart, I'm just... I'm just... I'm just afraid that you will get lost."

"Mother, you are the last one, how can I get separated?"

"You two scumbags, stop arguing!" The sergeant who held the torch at the head shouted, immediately silenced the two of them.

"It's pitch black, where can I find someone, but the officer isn't just entertaining me?" A man in the middle poked the grass with a spear, fearing that a snake would jump out of it.

"That's not it." The man next to him also pushed aside the bushes with his gun, but he didn't find that he continued to walk behind the leading sergeant: "If this is discovered by the thieves from Yaoshan, we will be in bad luck."

"Bah! Don't say that." The leading sergeant took a torch and looked left and right: "Don't you know what to say?"

"Hey~ It's just nonsense, these thieves have suffered a lot of injuries today, and Zhemo is also cultivating in the village."

"That's right, so we can't come out at night. The bandit didn't take the wrong medicine. How could he come?"

"That's right..." The leading sergeant nodded, suddenly feeling wrong: "Liu Laosan, why don't you talk?"

"Didn't you tell them to shut up just now?" A sergeant in the middle turned around while talking, "Is that right, Liu... the third child! Where is he?"

The other two were taken aback, and hurriedly turned around to look. There was no one in the darkness behind them. Taking advantage of the firelight, they could only see the shadowy tree trunks under the dark canopy of the forest, as well as standing on the branches with their heads tilted and hair stretched. Birds and beasts of yellow-green light.

"Gudu~"

The person who turned around first swallowed hard: "Meet... a ghost?"

"Fart! Where did the ghost come from?"

The sergeant at the head cursed, and took a torch to shine it on, but he was not a good hand at finding traces, and he looked around for a long time but couldn't see why.

"But it's not strange, where can we go?" The man in front frowned and muttered to himself.

"There is... there must be a ghost." The first person insisted on his own thoughts, while the other was trembling with the barrel of a gun in his hand, unable to speak.

"Is there a ghost?" The person in front gave a smirk, and shouted loudly: "If it's a ghost, come out! Grandpa's good meat is here, come and eat it!"

As soon as the words fell, a voice behind said: "Here we come."

The man hurriedly turned his head, and saw a little cold star rushing from the night, and then a snake-like spear appeared in the sky.

puff--

The tip of the gun pierced through the throat, and then a stream of blood flowed down the barrel of the gun. The gun vibrated violently, flying the man into the air, and then magnified in the eyes of the people around him. It hit his head with a bang, knocking him out past.

"Go, four tongues should be enough."

Ma Ling held the other man by the collar, seeing that man's limp look, it was obvious that he had been knocked out just now.

"Walk."

Pan Zhong also nodded, and immediately pushed the dead body into the bushes beside him, carried the unconscious man on his shoulders, and dragged Liu Laosan, who had been knocked out before, and then headed towards the hill.

Xi Sheng followed the two, and then took one person with Pan Zhong and Ma Ling to question each other. These prisoners were surprisingly easy to talk, and answered all their doubts like beans poured into a bamboo tube, but they didn't have any questions. hide.

Pan Zhong, who had prepared countless punishments in his heart, was a little bored, and then killed the four people one by one, and the three of them took their minions and set off to rush back.

……

The night was getting darker, a thin layer of mist formed between the sky and the earth, and there was more humidity in the cold air. Occasionally, night birds flew through the air, landed on trees somewhere, and made no sound again.

There was still a bonfire burning in the Juyi Hall in Yaoshan Village, Lu Bu chatted casually with several leaders, while the young and strong men of Chen Family Village gathered around Chen Yun and cursed Hu Youwei through gritted teeth.

Not long after, as the sound of opening and closing the gate of the village spread far in the night sky, everyone in the Juyi Hall stopped talking and looked at the door together.

"Master."

Ma Ling was still the fastest one. Following his cry, a figure came in from the outside like the wind, stood still in front of Lu Bu and saluted: "We have found the information and returned."

"I'm back." Lu Bu nodded, looked behind him and said, "Where are Brother Xi Sheng and Brother Pan Zhong?"

"In the back, I ran back first." Ma Ling smiled.

Chen Yun stood up awkwardly, and asked anxiously, "Is there any news about Hu Youwei?"

"Yes." Ma Ling nodded and said: "That guy is definitely still in the camp. He was drenched in the rain yesterday, but he didn't go out with the army today."

Chen Yun gritted his steel teeth viciously, stepped forward and saluted Lu Bu: "I also hope that my brother will let me wait to avenge this life-and-death revenge."

"Brother Chen, wait first." Outside, Xi Sheng and Pan Zhong ran in panting.

Pan Zhong glared at Ma Ling, but did not speak. Xi Sheng said from the side: "Brother Chen, I also learned that he will break out of the camp and return to the city tomorrow. Ambush him in the city."

"That's good." Lu Bu nodded when he heard the words, looked at Xi Sheng and said, "Is there a place to ambush?"

"Yes." Xi Sheng nodded, seeing that there was no map in the Juyi Hall, he simply walked to the table, dipped his hand in water and drew on the table: "Now we are waiting for Yaoshan Village to be here, Hu Youwei Here, slightly further away is Lushan County."

In a blink of an eye, a brief topographical map has been completed. Lu Bu and others who came over nodded when they saw this. Xi Sheng continued to draw the map with his hands: "There are many forks in the front of Lushan County from the military camp. From here At the beginning, there was only this road. Although there are mostly mountains and hills on both sides of this road, it is an open area. Only the rear section is dangerous. It can be wiped out in one fell swoop."

"Okay!" Lu Bu's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect that Xi Sheng was not very skilled in martial arts, but he was somewhat capable: "Just do what Brother Xi Sheng said."

He looked at Chen Yun again and said, "Brother Chen Yun, wait tonight and get your spirits up first, you will be able to contribute tomorrow."

Chen Yun nodded fiercely: "Brother, don't worry, Chen Yun will fight to the death tomorrow."

Lu Bu patted Xi Sheng and said, "Tomorrow, the infantry in the village will be handed over to the brothers first."

"Brother, the old man is also going to fight." The strong body of the man stood up, his dark face was full of ferocity.

Lu Bu glanced at the people around him, and said loudly: "This battle requires the cooperation of brothers. Let's all go back to the house to rest tonight. Tomorrow, Yin will have dinner and set off at Mao."

Everyone responded in unison, some were smiling, some were expressionless, and each rested that night.

The next day, in the dense fog, the Yao village became active, and the smoke rose. After eating, a group of men with hatred and murderous intent opened the gate of the village and headed for the intended destination.

……

The cock crowed, and Shibei Village, surrounded by hills, also woke up from its deep sleep.

After breakfast, the dark man took out the bow, arrows and ropes he had prepared earlier, and took a stick, took the prescription prescribed by Uncle Song, told his good wife to take good care of the old mother, took all the savings in the family, and stepped out of the house towards Lu Go to Shan County.

This man also knew that he didn't have enough money in his bosom, and he probably didn't have enough money to buy medicines. Therefore, when he encountered hares and birds along the way, he drew his bow and shot arrows. The birds and beasts in the mountains will be in trouble.

He went all the way, hunting game all the way, and after a while, four or five fat rabbits and some unknown birds were hung on his body, and he even shot a young elk to death.

It is also because this man is very strong, so many prey are strung up on his body with ropes, and he is carrying the little elk, and he is still walking like flying all the way, and there is no impact at all.

Just as the sun was rising, gradually rising, and stubbornly driving away the dense fog, the black-faced man had already stepped out of the forest and embarked on the road to the county seat.

……

"Mo Laosan, I really believed in your evil!"

"It's been a long time, and I kind of forgot how to get there."

"Shut up! The one I will listen to next time is yours."

"Uh... I don't like you, I don't want you."

"You're fighting, aren't you!"

On the hill in the distance, two low-ranking generals were bending over, holding a knife as a crutch, chatting with each other, struggling to climb the low hill.

(End of this chapter)