Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 290 The New Year

The curtains of the Chinese army's tent were lowered, and the charcoal blown red by the cold wind lost its source of wind and returned to its original state, burning uncertainly. Under the dim lights, the elegant Fang Xuedu and the fake beauty were all wearing With a smile and a salute to the people in the tent, several village soldiers behind him came in carrying a tied figure and placed it on the ground.

"I just said that the two brothers will be fine."

Bian Xiang stood up, laughed, and returned the salute with E Quanzhong. Opposite him, Fang Xuedu stroked his beard knife: "I'm sorry for worrying you two brothers, but I won't be without success this time." .”

While talking, An Renmei and An Renmei looked back. Although Bian Xiang and E Quanzhong saw them carrying someone in, they didn't worry about it. After hearing what Fang Xuedu said, they took two steps forward to take a look.

"Huh? Dong Ping?" Bian Xiang bent down and looked at the swollen face clearly under the firelight. He raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them in surprise: "You actually captured this guy?"

Fang Xuedu chuckled for a lifetime: "Listen to Brother Bian, has this person caused trouble for Xie?"

Bian Xiang straightened up: "It's not too troublesome, but it's rare to see a man with a command in the Yunzhou Army, so I feel a little emotional."

Fang Xuedu thought about the officers and soldiers he met and Dong Pingping, and there was some understanding in his expression. Only An Renmei looked around and still didn't understand him very well. He took E Quanzhong aside and whispered, and looked at Wu Zi with a look of confusion from time to time. people.

"Since he was captured, we can't let him die here in vain." Bian Xiang looked at Dong Ping with admiration in his eyes, and ordered to the soldiers carrying him: "Send him to the military doctor first and bandage him."

In response, the village soldiers lifted the person up. Fang Xuedu looked at the unconscious person, narrowed his eyes, and suddenly said: "Wait a moment."

bang——

The two guns, still wearing armor, were roughly put back to the ground. The end hit the ground and bounced twice. His expression seemed to be getting worse in the coma.

"Brother Fang, what advice do you have?" Bian Xiang looked at the young man over there curiously.

Fang Xuedu waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't take advice seriously, but Fang is just thinking. Since the Yunzhou officers and soldiers are so ignorant and dare to attack with all their strength, there are not many people in the city at this time, so it is better to take advantage of their defeat. Let’s see if we can deceive the city gate of Xucheng County.”

"...That's the reason. According to the previous information from Brother Qiao, there are less than a thousand people in Xucheng. Judging from their performance on the battlefield, this person is not bad." Bian Xiang touched the beard on his chin. He made a fist with his right hand and punched the palm of his left hand hard: "You can't just be beaten without fighting back. I will let Ruan Erlang lead the team up through the waterway."

Fang Xuedu nodded and pointed to the person on the ground: "This Dong Ping's armor is here. Find someone to put it on and kill him overnight. It may be possible to take advantage of the darkness to act."

"Hello, I still have a lot of short guns here, um..." An Renmei turned to look at the weapon rack in the tent: "It's just that I don't have a silver gun here, and I need to wrap it up with a layer of silver. Anyway, I only need a look after dark. It’s done.”

"No need to go to such trouble." Bian Xiang waved his hand and smiled very proudly: "This other gun of Dong Ping's is in my army tent. I originally wanted to pick it up and keep it as a trophy, but I didn't expect it to be used in Up here.”

"How about my little brother pretending to be Dong Ping? They all use double guns, so I think I'm the most suitable."

An Renmei was eager to try, with a blush on her fair face, looking very attractive. The others looked at each other vaguely, and finally glanced at E Quanzhong.

"This...cough..." E Quanzhong's scalp went numb when the other two saw him, and he coughed dryly: "It's good for brother An Xian to take the initiative to challenge, but although you and this man Dong Ping are both very handsome, you are the only one who He is too soft, his figure is a bit thin, and his speech is a bit vulgar, so he is not very suitable."

"Okay..." An Renmei sighed, shrugged helplessly, and nodded with some regret.

At that moment, Bian Xiang hurriedly sent people to the navy to mobilize ships, and ordered Fang Xuedu to mobilize field soldiers to assist An Renmei in guarding the camp. He, E Quanzhong, and 400 people led the navy of Ruan Xiaoer's [-]st Battalion to rush down the waterway overnight. Go to Xucheng County.

That night, some of the defeated soldiers went straight back to the city. The commander who was guarding the city did not dare to neglect after hearing the news, and hurriedly reported to Master Zhizhou. Cheng Wanli, who was woken up from his bed, was still a little angry when he heard that the front line was defeated. , immediately numbed his claws, not caring that it was almost midnight, he quickly called his wife and children, packed up roughly and ran out of the city.

It was his good fortune. Not long after he left, a man calling himself Dong Ping appeared at the gate of the city with a group of defeated troops. The general who defended the city, knowing that Cheng Wanli had run away, had no backbone, so he couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw this soldier and horse guard returning. I was overjoyed to see a familiar person among the defeated troops under the city, and quickly ordered my men to open the city gate.

Unexpectedly, Fang opened the door, and there was a roar of "Kill--" from outside. The row of broken soldiers in front were pushed away, and the people behind slashed at them with knives. The few people watching at the door were caught off guard and were immediately slashed to death. On the ground, with blood splattering, the guard at the back who was preparing to greet him with a smiling face suddenly lost his legs and knelt down. He said "spare my life" and lowered his head at the same time.

City gate, wide open!

……

In the late winter of the third year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty and the third year of Tianqing in the Liao Dynasty, Yun Tianbiao died in battle near Pingyin in Yunzhou, as more than ten thousand troops were gathered to encircle and suppress Liangshan. At the same time, three governors of Hebei and one governor were also killed. , the conscripts suffered numerous casualties, and more than half of the people surrendered. For a time, the military states in Jingdong and Hebei were shocked.

On the same day after the war, Pingyin was defeated. Liangshan plundered all the county's money, grain and grass, and took away countless craftsmen. They evacuated the city early the next morning, and did not cause any harm to the people in the county. For a time, they were praised by the people at the bottom. .

One night later, Xucheng County, where Yunzhou was governed, was defeated by the bandit general Bian Xiang. The state capital lost countless people. The officers and soldiers in Xucheng could not wait for the general Dong Ping, so they all turned back to the city. They met the people from Liangshan who were carrying money and grain. , but the result was that [-]% of the army surrendered to the thieves, and the rest dispersed without a trace.

Two days later, the main force of Liangshan attacked Dong'a. The thieves first climbed to the top of the city and descended with a drum. The magistrate who defended the city abandoned the city and fled. The county's treasury was emptied, and various craftsmen were also taken away by the thieves. Less than one Thousands of defenders knelt down and asked to surrender.Afterwards, the Liangshan army went all the way south and returned to Shuibo.

……

Meng Chun, the fourth year of Zhizhenghe.

The drizzle of rain fell from the sky, slowly becoming smoother and smoother, forming a rain curtain that connected the sky and the earth. It was just a meal. When the rain stopped, the bright sun hung high, with blue-gray rain clouds below. Floating, ready to pour rainwater at any time.

Liangshan still maintains a serious and murderous atmosphere. Patrolling soldiers wearing raincoats and carrying swords and shields patrol around. Between the barracks, soldiers with guns are coming in and out. The mud water splashed out from the trampling, and the mud spots were brought up. Pounced on Xia Shang.

The entire village is relatively quiet now. After all, there has just been a big battle, and there are thousands more prisoners who need to be integrated. Therefore, there is no training in such weather. Most of the soldiers are joking with their colleagues in the barracks, and some are shouting and drinking. Yes, occasionally there are differences of opinion, and some people get into fights.

In Lu Bu's study, all the people in charge gathered together. It was the first time for Li Ying to participate in such a private meeting. He was somewhat uncomfortable. He was squirming around like he had fleas. His face was somewhat tired, but Deng who was standing beside him felt a little uncomfortable. Fei chuckled and was in good spirits: "Brother, we have had a great harvest this time. We harvested five hundred divine arm bows alone, as well as two crossbows that Brother Bian Xiang obtained from Sucheng. It’s a rare good thing.”

Then he took out an account book from his arms and put it on Lu Bu's table: "This is what brother Li Ying has compiled. The grain, grass and money harvested this time have been compiled into a book. I will pay it back to my brother for review."

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers." Lu Bu looked at Li Ying, who had some dark circles under his eyes, and glared at Deng Fei, who had bright eyes. He didn't say anything with his fiery eyes, but just smiled and scratched his hair with some embarrassment.

"I'll look at the account books when I'm free. Have I made arrangements for the surrender?"

"They have all been scattered and separated." Wu Jiao sat aside and said solemnly: "It's just that these people can't be used for the time being. I think it will take three or two months to make a difference. When they are really useful, I'm afraid it will also take a while." A year and a half.”

"Just as soon as possible." Lu Bu was silent for a while and shook his head: "For the time being, we have no other option. Let the veterans bring these people out as much as possible. In addition, we can find more orphaned teenagers to bring back. It will be no better than raising them." These people are bad.”

"Leave this matter to Pindao." Wu Jiao nodded and grinned: "We can use the Taoist temple to do this, or we can do it more secretly."

"Just make the Taoist priest's decision. I'll trust you." In his soft voice, Sheng Dongbin smiled and then looked at Qiao Lie: "Is there any other movement in the surrounding state capitals?"

"There is no special news yet." Qiao Lie shook his head and then said with a strange smile: "Only the county magistrates and magistrates of the three cities of Yunzhou came back after hearing that we evacuated. Are you going to arrest them?"

"What are you doing so hard for?" Lu Bu adjusted his sitting position and waved his hand: "If you wanted to catch them, you would have captured them already. Keeping these people here is also good for the mountain."

The people on the other side all smiled and nodded in agreement. Deng Fei suddenly interrupted: "Brother, I heard that Brother Wei Zhaode is planning to leave for Liao Kingdom in a few days?"

Li Ying's expression was moved. Du Xing had also told him a few days ago that the people in Liangshan wanted to use him to return to his old business and go to Liaodong to do business. This foreigner was also a little tempted by this, but he was not a fool. He knew that the thieves in this mountain were treating him badly. He and Du Xing were not completely reassured, but he also had a good impression of this matter. After all, he was used to living a wealthy life and did not want to go forward and fight against the army. Liangshan's arrangement for him and Du Xing was in line with his wishes.

"That's true." Lu Bu nodded, glanced at a few people and said, "I'm going to leave at the end of the month. It just so happened that the shipbuilder I hired last time made a new ship, and I can try sailing."

Deng Fei perked up and said, "Brother, let me go too."

Lu Bu was startled, and the red-eyed man opposite stood up and said, "Things on the mountain are now on track. In terms of money and food, I have brother Li Ying looking after me and I feel relieved."

Pu Tian Diao on the side looked at Deng Fei with a warm look on his face.

"I was thinking that there should be no documents for my sea arrest in the Liao Kingdom. At that time, I was not wanted by the government for making such a fuss. Now that we are not in the Liao Kingdom, there is no reason to arrest me." With a smile on his face, Deng Fei rubbed his hands. : "Besides, I've been looking at the treasury all day long on the mountain, and I'm a little tired. Why don't you let me go out and help the village to do some things. Brother Xie also knows that I used to be a gangster, and I have a good reputation outside. It will definitely help.”

The tall figure who was sitting looked at the opposite side carefully and sighed: "Well, since you said so, let's go. If I let Yang Lin come with you, you will have someone to take care of you when you go out."

"Thank you brother!"

Deng Fei was so happy that he grinned to the back of his head. Li Ying was the only one who thought about the situation in the treasury. He twitched the corners of his mouth and finally said: "Brother, please ask someone to come to the treasury to help me."

Everyone laughed.

　PS:

　　After cleaning my new home, I rushed back to code. Today I can only write 3300+ words. My arm muscles are jumping and my brain is pounding. I am very tired...

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