Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 117 Prelude

But Cui'er was so shocked by what Sister Xiang said that she even forgot to cry, and quickly asked: "What does sister mean by saying that? What does it mean to deceive others?"

Sister Xiang looked around, and seeing that there was no one, she leaned over excitedly and said, "Let me tell you, don't go out and spread rumors."

Tweety nodded again and again to say no.

Sister Xiang said: "This cousin was born in Songqu'er. It turned out that there was another Li Tongpan in Xiangyang who he took as his concubine, but Li Tongpan died of wind soon after this woman got married. Our lord is a sentimental man, and when he went to express his condolences, he met the right eye for some reason, and he wanted to accept it, but the lord thought it would be unlucky for this woman to kill his own officials, so he disagreed with anything."

"Then how did she become Miss Cousin?" Tweety had stopped crying at this moment, looking at the maid in front of her with a strange gleam in her peach eyes.

"Listen to me slowly." Sister Xiang's expression became more energetic: "That person originally thought that he could enter the door of our lord, but his hope fell through, and he was driven out of Xiangyang by the lord. But it's her fate, then Shizhujun’s elder brother, Mr. Fu, came to Xiangyang and was robbed by a strongman on the road. He almost died, but somehow he was rescued by her, and he survived with careful care.”

Looking at Cui'er who was listening seriously, he said: "Master Fu saw that she was cute and pleasing, so he recognized her as a goddaughter. I went to Mrs. Du, so I asked Mr. Fu to marry me."

"Master Fu agreed?" Tweety listened seriously, and couldn't help but grab Sister Xiang's arm with both hands.

Sister Xiang didn't answer, but said, "Who is she, Mrs. Du?"

"Then... Du Dujian..." Tweety's expression was a little dazed, she raised her finger and pointed outwards for a long time and said, "He knows that Mrs. Du came here and Lang..."

Sister Xiang quickly covered Cui'er's mouth with her hand: "Don't talk nonsense, if Du Dujian finds out, it will kill someone."

With a sneer in his mouth, he said, "You must know that the porter's martial arts are invincible in Xiangzhou."

Cui'er had a bitter face: "Then sister, you still tell me?"

Sister Xiang patted her hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense and you'll be fine. You are in this mansion, and you will know about it sooner or later."

Tweety's heart skipped a beat: "Everyone in Zhemo's mansion..."

Sister Xiang nodded, then shook her head: "Only the people in the backyard and the housekeeper, but the ones in front don't know."

"Isn't that all known?" Tweety muttered to herself, "Lord Du is really pitiful."

"Don't think about this, you and I just do what we have to do." Sister Xiang said and stood up: "Okay, sister, I have to go to work too, you go and serve porridge to that coquettish fox Bar."

"Ah, it's time to go." Cui'er hurriedly went to the back kitchen, then stopped suddenly and asked: "Sister, you said that everyone in the backyard knows everything, and that lady..."

Sister Xiang nodded: "Of course I know, Mr. Lang doesn't like to go to the eldest lady's place, there is nothing I can do about it."

"Thank you sister."

Tweety thanked politely, turned around to go to work with a thoughtful expression, leaned a little, put a new bowl of lotus seed porridge and put more honey for Du Niangzi.

……

The blue sky changed color, thick white clouds filled the sky, different shapes but connected together, it looked like waves rolling away from near and far.

The flags fluttered with the wind, and the tips of the spears shone with a little coldness. A group of soldiers in scarlet clothes walked on the compacted dirt road with firm steps. Amidst the dust, there were young and strong people wearing short shirts pushing the vehicles creaking. Walking through the loess, the voice of exhaling and vigorously sounded in the team.

There was a coachman with a cart lazily waving his whip behind him. Thomas, who was pulling the cart, seemed to feel the mood of the driver, and walked forward slowly.

Lumen Mountain, the famous mountain range between Xiangyang County and Yicheng County, has an extraordinary reputation. It benefits from Pang Degong's refusal to become an official at the end of the Han Dynasty, and lives here in seclusion. "Lumen Mountain" describes the feelings of human geography and admiration for the predecessors here, and by the way, expresses some tranquil and remote charm, which makes this famous mountain stand out in this place in the west of Beijing.

It's just that there have been constant disputes here recently. Because a group of more than [-] strongmen occupied this secluded resort, many literati in Xiangzhou were upset about it and put pressure on Zhu Nan, the magistrate. Zhu Nan naturally promised, Therefore, Du Po, the commander of soldiers and horses, had to take command of the expedition in person.

"Speed ​​up and move forward! Be sure to arrive at the location today."

Du Po rode forward on horseback, wearing an iron helmet on his head, wearing a tiger-headed iron armor on his body, wearing a black battle robe, and straddling a curly-haired black horse, with a black snake spear in his hand emitting a cold light, and the tiger beard on his chin Neat and hard, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is quite majestic.

Now he is pointing his spear in the direction of Lumen Mountain, surrounded by a few messengers who are waiting for orders, waiting for a few words with him from time to time, and then these messengers rush to the front and back of the team to pass on his orders.

"Captain, bandit spies have been spotted ahead, Commander Feng has led his men to chase after him."

Sergeants with orders rushed to report the military situation ahead.

"Tell Wei He to guard the back, don't let anyone sneak attack."

The messenger responded and hurriedly ran to the rear.

Du Po looked at the thick clouds in the sky, and shouted: "Everyone cheer up, the thief is ahead, speed up."

A group of soldiers echoed loudly, then accelerated forward, and in a short while they ran into Feng Tai who was the vanguard.

"Captain."

Fengtai looks fierce, with dense tiger whiskers, he looks like a strongman more than an officer, wearing a black gold helmet, wearing a black gold armor, a horse with a green mane under his crotch, and holding a pair of four dragons and phoenixes. Double mace.

"Have you captured the thief?" Du Po was the first to ride his horse over, and stopped in front of him with a rein.

Feng Tai was ashamed: "The thief is cunning. He ran away when he saw our army coming from a distance. The general couldn't let him run away, but this guy also showed his hiding place. We have already found the village."

"It's good if you find it." Du Po said with a loud smile: "If the other party doesn't move, I'll have to spend some time looking for it. Wouldn't it be a dead end for me to jump out now?"

"I will still apply for Pioneer in the end."

"Okay, it's hard to know that the governor of the state trusts us to send soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits. As a general, he should fight the enemy bravely. Go to the bandit village with your Sandu troops first, and I will lead the army to arrive soon."

At present, the two have discussed and decided that Feng Tai will lead 300 people first, while Du Po will bring his own army, and order the messengers to bring military orders to Wei He, the rear army office, to make him act carefully.

Let's say that Huo Tai urged him to move forward all the way, and the Lumen bandit village was in sight soon.

At that moment, Hao Tai came forward immediately: "Jin the bandits, do you know the general Hao Tai, and the heavenly soldiers have not come down here early?"

"Bah! Heavenly soldier, if you have the ability, you can fly up!"

The thieves did not dare to open the stronghold to fight, they just shouted and cursed loudly on top, the angry Tai Tai stared wide-eyed, blushed like Guan Gong, he didn't have any siege equipment, so he pointed his mace at the wall of the stronghold and shouted loudly. No one pays any attention to scolding.

Tilting a little, Du Po brought people here, and when he saw the situation, he called back to Feng Tai, and immediately lined up the formation so that the archers could shoot and hold the position, and then ordered Wei He to lead the people to rush to make the siege equipment.

The strong man with a scar on his face in the bandit village looked outside: "Straight mother thief! Are the officers and soldiers in Xiangzhou crazy? Zensheng only looted twice and bit them like a mad dog."

"I've heard of this Huotai. I heard that there is a nickname called Lishan King Kong, who is extravagantly covered by the officers and soldiers."

"There is another Wei character flag, I don't know who it is."

"I know, it's Wei He. This man is also a strong general in the Xiangyang Army. He is called Zhou Cang."

"I heard that the surname of the military and horse commander in Xiangzhou is Du, and the flag with the flag of Du is with the flag of Shuai, isn't it the same as Du Po?"

"Zhiniang thief, this Mo Xiezhi is not good at being his capital supervisor to make money, so why did he come here to suppress bandits?"

Whispers sounded, and the thieves looked fearful, and their eyes couldn't help but glance at their own village master.

The village owner also looked at the officer with a solemn expression, and said in a cold voice: "Now the officer's army is approaching menacingly, do you think that he will easily let us go later? He will try to deny the enemy for a while, and there is a way out."

All the thieves turned pale when they heard this, and each of them clenched their weapons slightly, watching helplessly as Song Jun made a simple ladder, made a temporary battering hammer, and pushed it into the formation to stand still.

Gritting his teeth, Feng Tai looked at the cottage in front of him and said, "Captain, please let the last general take the lead."

Wei He, who was fat and strong behind, also took a step forward, but saw that his complexion was sallow, he had armor and armor, a brown army horse under his crotch, and a big knife in his palm: "Dujian, the last general lost the bet before going to pick it up." The rear army and the artisan battalion, it is time for the last general to show his face when we reach the ground."

Feng Tai was in a hurry: "You are honest and stay in the army, don't grab my job, or go back and take all the wine in your house."

"Here you are!" Wei He waved his hand, "It's rare that there is a war in Xiangzhou, so it's worth it for me to exchange wine for a vanguard."

Feng Taigu stared at him with wide eyes: "You are too shameless."

"Okay, don't fight anymore." Du Po shook his head and stopped the two of them: "It's just these thieves, anyone is the same. Since this is the case, the troops led by the two of you will be divided into left and right armies, and the one who enters the thieves first For the first time."

Feng Tai and Wei He looked at each other, they answered yes in unison, and immediately led Qi Qi to run into the formation.

The oppressive atmosphere before the war seems to be solidified. The wind blows up the flag and makes a sound, and the Zhangba Snake Spear is raised high into the sky. I don’t know who rang the first battle drum. Amidst the rumbling sound, the crimson waves surge Moving, the rows of raised knives and guns seemed to be shimmering waves, swallowing mountains and seas towards the cottage with a little bit of cold light.

"Open the bow - shoot!"

A general shouted, and then the bowstring was pulled apart amidst a "creaking" sound. With the heavy buzzing sound, hundreds of arrows flew up like locusts, drawing an arc, tearing the air The whistling sound of the wind rained down on the strongman on the wall of the stronghold.

"Evade, evade!"

The head of the thief was shocked, and hurriedly ducked down and hid under the wall of the village. He heard the sound of "swish", the sound of arrows piercing the wood, and the sound of arrows piercing the wood, sometimes mixed with several screams.

As soon as the whistling of arrows stopped in his ears, the thief head quickly stretched his head to look, and saw that the crimson wave below had already flowed across the open space in front of the village, and the ladder in the front row was already close to the running of several strong men. up.

"Archer, stop him quickly..."

Just as the thief leader was about to call his own archers forward, his pupils shrank, he suddenly lowered his body, and shouted hoarsely: "There are arrows! Avoid!"

……

"Hurry up, don't let the brothers from the right army take the lead. The first contribution belongs to our left army."

Don't look at him being fat and stout, his running speed is not slow, his stomach rises and falls, he just followed the second echelon and did not fall behind.

This group of sergeants was also brave fighters brought out by Du Po, and they all fought bravely at the moment, everyone scrambled to be the first, and after a while, under the cover of archers, several ladders in front of them climbed up the wall of the village.

"Archer forward, raise your bow, throw!"

Seeing the ladder in front of him, the general commanded the archers to shoot forward to suppress the bandits on the wall of the cottage, for fear that the arrows would hit his own family members.

"Straight mother thief! The officers and soldiers attacked too fiercely, brother, what should we do now?"

A confidant crawled over on all fours, and asked in the thief's ear.

The leader of the thief was silent for a moment, and said with a ruthless face: "You can't wait for people to attack, you go and gather your troops, and charge forward in a while."

The confidant nodded fiercely: "Brother, take it by the way, and I will call people."

"You stop this group of climbing the wall first, and I will take people out to charge for a while to see if they can break through."

The thief leader roared, and hurriedly followed the man in front and walked down. Everyone on the wall was shocked when they heard this, and they raised their weapons to kill the Song army who was rushing.

"Push them down!"

Someone shouted, and the thieves on the wall showed cruel expressions, with crazy expressions in their eyes. Regardless of the arrows flashing above their heads, they waved their knives and guns to kill Song Jun who was the first to climb up. Er actually had the upper hand for a while.

"Get out of the way!"

Feng Tai also led the left army up to the city wall, saw that the top was blocked, and soldiers were killed and fell down from time to time, he couldn't help getting angry, drew out his mace, pushed away the soldiers in front of him, and climbed the ladder first.

"Old Chi, go to hell!"

A long spear pierced Feng Tai's head from top to bottom, wishing he could kill him with one shot.

How could people like Feng Tai be killed by such means? Immediately, he swung out the square mace with his right hand and sent the spear flying with a bang. , the iron mace in his left hand smashed a person's forehead with one blow.

"kill!"

Feng Tai wielded his double mace, blocking left and attacking right, defending right and attacking left, he was born with great martial arts skills and great strength, and for a while no one on the wall could block him. Go up the wall of the village, and then enter the village.

……

Below, Du Po saw that the archers suppressed the bandit soldiers on the wall, kicked the horse's belly, and the black horse under its crotch kicked its four hooves, and ran towards the front of the village with its owner on its back.

The hundreds of cavalry behind them also mobilized their horses, and followed closely behind the prison. Seeing this, the archers around moved their bodies to make way for a passage, and returned to their positions when the horses passed by.

Du Po was observing the situation on the battlefield from a close distance. Seeing that the people on the left and right were blocked, he couldn't help but frowned. When he saw Feng Tai climbed the ladder, he relaxed, and his eyes searched for Wei He's fat body. stature.

creak-

The sound of the door hinge opening and closing came, and the Song soldiers who were going down the ladder were only puzzled for a moment, and then turned their attention to the wall, for fear that someone would throw stones and wood from above.

"kill!"

In the next moment, a roar from the chest came to his ears, and a sergeant turned his head to look, and what greeted him was the thief's red eyes and sharp knife light.

　Tired is just one word. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)