Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 256 Accident
As night falls, countless footsteps are walking.

Under the light of the fire, Wu Li lay quietly on the wooden plank of the emergency vehicle, already stiff.

He was still dressed in the same clothes as when he set out, with a thick layer of blood on the side of his face. The scar on his neck was a little white, and the blood-stained clothes had become stiff from the low temperature.

The dozen or so people who came first, including Qiao Lie, Du Bo, and Sui, were standing around with livid faces. In front, Lu Bu looked at the corpse on the carriage in silence, his knuckles turning white.A bonfire was burning in the open space of the cottage, reflecting on the faces of everyone who came over. The field soldiers standing nearby swallowed nervously, and the solemn atmosphere was really depressing.

"Husband, husband!" A shrill female voice came. Ni's eyes were filled with tears, and she staggered over and ran over. Seeing Wu Li's death, she couldn't bear it immediately, and her eyes turned soft.

"Hey, sister-in-law of the Wu family! Be careful!"

"Come on, come on!"

Several men who were close to him quickly stretched out their hands to hold him up. Seeing that he just lost his breath, they hurriedly raised their hands and feet to lift him down.

Lu Bu turned his head slightly to look at the restlessness on the side, then turned to look at the field soldiers: "What is going on?"

Several people looked at each other. A person with a higher position came out and said with his hands: "Report to the leader of the village, today the commander took people to deliver supplies. I saw no one in the evening, so I went out to look for them. The commander's body was found in the northwest forest, and the brothers who went with him also died in the line of duty. In addition..."

As if he had remembered something bad, the man looked a little embarrassed, and the people behind him also looked angry.

"What else?"

Taking a breath of the cold night breath: "We found out that several villages down the mountain were attacked and there were no survivors."

The crowd around him was commotion for a moment, and then slowly calmed down. Looking at the upright figure inside, Lu Bu narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Qiao Lie. The man's face was even more ugly. Seeing the man looking over, He shook his head and said, "There is no news from surrounding counties."

"Find!"

The waving arms moved the cloak, and the face turned showed anger: "Find out who did it and skin them!"

Qiao Lie bowed his hands heavily, turned around and left in a hurry. Although it was too late to start a search immediately, he could still search for his subordinates first.

"Every ministry went back to prepare for the war." He reached out and took off his cloak, fluttering it loose in mid-air. The falling cloth covered Wu Li's face: "The war is ahead of schedule!"

"Yes."

The night wind roared, and everyone who agreed looked at the body on the ground and then retreated. Someone stepped forward to lift it and sort out the body from behind. Lu Bu stood there for a while, turned around and left, followed by Yu Cheng, holding a torch to light the road, looking at the silent figure. He was a little further away, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "What's going on over there with Qiong Ying?"

"Ma Ling went to her place after getting the news. I guess there won't be any problems."

"... He is a poor child." A low voice came out, and he continued silently: "Would you like to talk to Wu Qing?"

"Never." The young guard shook his head.

"Well done." He turned around and patted Yu Cheng's shoulder, then turned around and continued walking: "She is pregnant now, so it's not appropriate to be overjoyed or sad, but she can't escape this after all... I'd better let her know."

The tall young man behind him nodded, and just gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know who is so crazy as to do such a thing, and even massacre the village."

The figure walking forward did not speak. After a while, a faint voice came: "Slaughtering villages and cities is a common method, but I didn't expect that the people in Song Dynasty would be so ruthless, even killing their own people." ”

"In the eyes of those high officials, only country gentry are the people."

The guard behind complained, and then both of them were speechless. Only the night wind roared from time to time. Not long after, Lu Bu walked into the courtyard and waved away the young man behind him. He stood in the cold wind and thought for a while, then opened the door and stepped out. Entering, under the bright candlelight, there was a steaming midnight snack on the table. The girl with a full belly sat at the table and looked over with a smile: "The husband is back, and I made two side dishes for the midnight snack. Come and eat quickly."

"..." The man who once killed generals, captured flags, and charged into battle without fear of death didn't know how to speak. He was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Okay, let's eat together."

The cold wind howled, but nothing seemed to happen.

……

The sky turned white, and the moment the sun rose, Liangshan's naval forces came out. Large pieces of thin ice were frozen on the water. The moment the bow of the ship pressed over it, it crackled into several pieces and floated in the water. The moment the ship docked, the war horses He stepped ashore and ran out. The scouts on horseback were gnashing their teeth. It was a great shame and humiliation to be made such a fuss in front of the house.

In the rear, troop-carrying ships kept docking. Soldiers carrying the king's flag stepped onto the river bank and began to set up camp against the water source. Wang Jun walked among the soldiers, with a simple and honest face full of solemnity. During this trip, he They landed as a vanguard in the west, and Sun An was in charge of the east side of Shuibo that was attacked yesterday. Later, the rest of the horse and infantry armies would station themselves in the camp built by the two of them. If the scouts found anything, they could immediately send troops from the land. It is much easier than taking the waterway from the village.

For a moment, a clanging sound rang out in the sky, and a solemn atmosphere began to fill the air.

……

At the same time, villages and towns near Shouzhang County.

The rooster's crow sounded from time to time. Wei Yangyin rubbed his eyes and walked out of the house. The cold air was inhaled through his nose and straight into his lungs. He couldn't help but shudder. He turned to look at Wang Tianba who was wielding his weapon and said hello: "Wang Brother, you got up early."

"I'm not as tired as you." The burly man shook his head and put down the pen in his hand: "Liangshan must have reacted today, so be careful when you go out."

"What I want is for him to wait until he finds out, but then Brother Wang will have to work hard."

"But squatting for a while is not considered hard work."

While they were talking, Zhuang Yong came over and asked them to come and have a meal. After a while, Wei Yangyin and Jin Chengying, who had had a good meal, got on their horses again. Amidst the shouts, more than a hundred cavalrymen rolled up the snow on the ground, and their dull hooves rolled up. The sound gradually faded away.

Then Zhuang Yong, who was scattered in the surrounding villages and towns, gradually gathered together. The giant man holding a pen waved his hands and headed towards the agreed place.

……

The morning sunlight shone directly through the window without any obstruction, and the light and shadow reflected on the red face. The eyes under the eyelids moved, and then they opened their eyes.

The sound of roosters crowing and dogs barking outside came in. The big man lifted up the quilt. The cold air made him shiver. He quickly took out his clothes and put them on. Then he put on his fur coat and then breathed a sigh of relief. Then he put on his boots and washed up. , opened the door and walked out.

Outside, streaks of cold light shone in the sun, and the long sword with golden threads kept changing its moves in Li Zhu's hands. He stepped through the snow in the courtyard, and the porcelain snow made no sound at all. "Okay!" Yuan Lang watched Li Zhu withdraw his sword, then shouted "Okay", walked forward and said, "Brother Li's sword skills are getting more and more extravagant."

"Wei Mo Xiao Daoer." He picked up the scabbard and inserted the sword into it with a choking sound: "Brother Yuan, you are the last to get up today, and you have to prepare meals in the evening."

The steps he walked towards stalled, and the red-faced man pointed at himself in disbelief: "Is Yuan the latest today? The Ma brothers are actually up?"

"Ma Dalang took Ma Erlang to hunt birds early in the morning. He said he hasn't been greedy for a while." Li Assistant smiled, picked up a sweat towel and wiped his face. White smoke was visible to the naked eye rising from his head. , obviously sweating a lot.

"That's all, I'll do what I do." Yuan Lang shrugged and looked up at the sky: "Although it's a bit cold today, it's a good weather, but Brother Li, when can I go to Liangshan?"

"What's the matter? Can't wait?" Holding the long sword in one hand, there was a hint of smile in his glance.

"But I am a little anxious." The red-faced man shrugged, turned and walked towards the front hall: "I have never seen such a government-style green forest force, so I am somewhat curious."

After leaving Bianliang in Tokyo, a group of seven people came to Yunzhou. At first they just wanted to find a place to rent so that they could observe the Liangshan forces that were flourishing in the green forest. Unexpectedly, the selected village was also built by Liangshan. After staying for a while, everyone became interested in the village. They saw with their own eyes a group of honest tenants and village family members paying taxes to Liangshan, and also experienced Liangshan distributing winter supplies. Such a reversal of the identities of cats and mice made everyone The man who traveled all over the country and claimed to have extraordinary knowledge was amazed.

While they were talking, the two came to the front hall. Li Yan, who had already gotten up, was placing the dishes and chopsticks. Not long after, the Teng brothers walked in after they had finished chopping firewood, and the two identical faces of Ma Jin and Ma Er also appeared. Behind him, there was a freshly roasted bird in his hand.

"You two brothers won't be too tired of serving meat so early in the morning." Teng Kan said with his mouth curled up, but his hand stretched out naturally.

Snapped--

"Don't eat it if you're tired of it." Ma Jin slapped away the extended hand, put the roasted bird on the table, sat down, and his brother each grabbed one and gnawed on it, mumbling something in his mouth. : "Be picky, some are pretty good."

"That's true." Li Zhu put down his sword, sat down, and took a sip of porridge made from lotus root powder and wild vegetables: "It's good if you have a stutter. If it were left in the lean years, such good things wouldn't be there yet."

While talking and laughing, several people were devouring their food, and there seemed to be bursts of muffled thunder in their ears.

"Thundering?" Li Yan put down the bowl strangely, opened the door and looked outside. Under the clear sky, there was only a winter sun hanging in the sky, not even a single cloud.

Li Zhu and the five men looked at each other and stood up in confusion: "No, it's not thunder."

"It's the sound of horse hooves." Yuan Lang said in a deep voice, stood up and walked to the door: "Such a rush should not come from Liangshan."

"Why?" Teng Kan tilted his head: "I heard that there is a horse army in Liangshan."

He bent down and picked up the sword, and his usually kind eyebrows narrowed: "It has been so long since when did I see the Liangshan horse army coming to this village."

"Go get the weapon!" Ma Xi said and ran outside. Yuan Lang had already returned to the house to get his own pair of water to refine the steel.

The thunderous sound also made many people in the village poke their heads out. When they saw that there were no dark clouds floating in the sky, they couldn't help but feel a little confused. The acquaintances said hello and walked out of their courtyards to chat.

"I told my mother-in-law a long time ago that it has snowed before and cannot rain. I just don't believe it."

"It doesn't matter if it rains. There's not much grain hanging out in the sun anyway. By the way, try this cooking cake of mine. My mother-in-law makes it with lotus root starch mixed with grains."

"Then you're welcome."

The neighbor took it with a smile and took a big bite in his mouth. He caught a glimpse of a dark shadow coming from outside the village and turned his head involuntarily: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."

"What did you say?"

The neighbor was stunned, and the man hurriedly spat out the cooking cake in his mouth and asked, "Who is over there?"

Suddenly, a shout rang out over there, long spears were raised to the sky, the war horses galloped and took a step, and a loud rumbling sound was heard in the quiet morning.

"There is a thief!" X2
The two farmers shouted at the same time, and then were stunned: "That's not right! We are from Liangshan!"

whoosh-

The arrow crossed the arc, and the triangular arrow fell with the sound of wind. It was nailed into the side of the neck. Blood splashed. The person fell sideways to the ground along with the force. His hand hit the ground, and the cooking cake he was holding rolled. down.

The sound of horse hooves was thunderous. When the woman in the house heard the commotion and saw that her man had not come back yet, she walked out with a dissatisfied look on her face. The young children in bloated clothes followed behind with their hands in their mouths.

Here, Wei Yangyin, dressed in black and holding a bow and arrow with a sinister smile on his face, drew his bow and shot out another arrow, killing the stunned villager opposite.

"Kill! Don't let anyone go!"

Amidst the shouting, Jin Chengying on the other side also drew a bow and set up. The bow was like the moon and the arrow was like a shooting star. With a whoosh, it shot into the woman's throat. The whole village suddenly became noisy and chaotic. The woman's young child cried "Wow" When they got up, they found that the culprit who killed the woman was a man who looked back at the moon and shot the child to the ground. Some old people and villagers who saw it roared back to the house and took out pitchforks and hoes, while some who knew how to hunt took out bows and arrows. .

The next moment, Zhuang Yong, who rushed into the village, controlled his horse and pushed forward. The spear in his hand was thrust out, and blood spurted out. The village man who rushed forward fell down, and was trampled by the hoofs of the horses that followed behind him.

"What a thief!" Yuan Lang was tall. Seeing this scene from a distance, he didn't know what was going on. He immediately ran two steps quickly and deflected the spear he was stabbing. When he missed him, he slashed the horse's leg with another slash. , the horse neighed shrilly, the war horse tilted and fell to the ground and slid forward. Ma Jin, who was following behind, stepped on the body of the war horse and jumped into the air. The sword in his hand flashed, and when half of the body flew out, thick blood rushed. Yuan Lang's face was rained, and he immediately landed on the ground and hurriedly caught up with the empty horse and jumped on it.

"Pooh!"

Yuan Lang spat out the blood from his mouth, and his blood-stained face looked even more ferocious. "Kill!" he roared, stepped forward, and rushed forward, stabbing the frightened Zhuang Yong to death. He got on his horse and turned around. Xiang rushed into the crowd, and from other directions, the Teng brothers and Ma Yi were also seizing horses to fight back.

The sky was clear and cloudless, and the killing sounds and screams were intertwined in the village below. The winter sunlight reflected the light on the gun blades, and the people who dispersed and broke into the villagers' homes were hacking and killing without restraint. The man fell down, and the old man fell down. , then women and children.

Li Yan stabbed a black-clothed Zhuang Yong to death with a gloomy expression, and the blood spurted out covered his face. He glanced in the direction behind the man. Inside the house, a village man he had met several times was lying in a pool of blood.

"brute!"

Holding the sword tightly, the young man turned around and looked at the intersection. Over there, Jin Chengying, who was holding a spear, also looked over.

(End of this chapter)