Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 321 Let's Talk

A ray of golden light in the eastern sky pierced the curtain of darkness, and the green color receded like a tide. The early birds made a crisp call, flapped their wings and flew up from the treetops, causing the branches and leaves to make a swaying sound. , the figure streaking across the sky was like an arrow leaving the string, passing high in the sky from the military camp outside Jieyang County, flying to nowhere.

"Brother, brother! It's not good!"

The anxious cry broke the tranquility of the morning. The sergeant who was holding the spear and leaning his weight forward on it suddenly opened his eyes. He stood up straight and picked up the spear as if by reflex. His eyes were wide open with sleepiness. Staring ahead, he vaguely saw a dark shadow running quickly in front of him. He breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the back for a long time. He realized that he didn't recognize him, so he put the gun barrel into his arms and continued to look for Duke Zhou. .

The running figure shouted, startling countless people in their dreams along the way. Amidst the sound of soft curses, this man ran to the Chinese army tent, ignored the guards standing beside him, opened the tent curtain and ran in , accidentally bumped into the weapon rack on the side with a bang, and the sword placed randomly fell to the ground. The man stumbled to steady himself, and shouted to himself: "Brother! Brother is not good!"

"You're so yelling! What's wrong with you!" The young man lying on the bed turned over and sat up. His red eyes looked at the ugly man who ran in. He pointed at him with gritted teeth and said, "Ma Xiong! If you weren't for me, Second brother, I will kill you today and hang your head on the flagpole to dry."

"Big...brother." Ma Xiong wiped his sweat, looked at his brother awkwardly, and shrank his neck.

Ma Ying put on her coat and went to the ground, stood there barefoot, and looked at her brother fiercely: "Why are you so panicked? Your family is dead..." He suddenly stopped what he blurted out, and spat unluckily: "Bah! In the military camp. Are all the people dead?"

Ma Xiong blinked, always feeling that his brother seemed to have said something wrong. However, this was not the time to mince words, so he quickly said: "Brother, Xiaogushan is surrounded by that old guy Li Fu. I'm going to go over there." It was full of blood, what a guy! The wild dog dug up all the pits where people were buried, and there were stumps and dead bodies all over the ground."

The face of the young general opposite changed. He reached out and pulled his brother over: "What are you talking about? What happened to Xiaogushan? Is he surrounded?"

"Yeah!" Ma Xiong nodded, and a few drops of sweat fell to the ground: "I saw with my own eyes that a camp was erected over there, blocking the road down Xiaogushan." He wiped the sweat from his face again and continued: "I also saw them cleaning the battlefield. Newly deceased people were being dragged out of the camp. Those wild dogs that gnawed on the corpses started to see more people..."

"That's enough! Don't mention the wild dogs." Ma Ying interrupted him irritably, turned around and sat on the bed, holding her chin and thinking for a while: "Zhang Kui and the Manichaeans may be in big trouble, and Jiangzhou may be in trouble again in the future. To gain a foothold, that old guy Li Fu won’t give them a chance.”

"Brother, we won't lead the troops..." The ugly-faced Black Evil God made a serious gesture: "How do you say that? A mantis eats bugs and is pecked by birds?"

There was some silence in the camp for a while. Ma Ying looked at her brother who was bleeding with the same blood with a complicated expression, and sighed for a while.

"...The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind, so you can read more books and ignore it." He said it lightly, and the elder brother lowered his head on the bed and thought for a while. With expectant eyes, the man shook his head. : "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate, I can't go."

He raised his eyes to look at the confused brother, and said patiently: "When we are about to move, we must have a military order from the county magistrate. If a military order is issued, this matter will become a bandit suppression. You and I both know the current strength of Xiaogushan." ..." He raised his head toward the outside and said, "Are the goods outside comparable?"

Ma Xiong shook his head repeatedly, and the flesh on his cheeks trembled.

"That's it. The old bandit surnamed Li has blocked Xiaogushan now. It's useless for us to lead people there. We won't be able to suppress the bandits by then. The county magistrate is a ungrateful man. Even if I wear official clothes, I can't. It's over." Ma Ying glanced at the brother who suddenly realized it, and said: "You'd better cut off contact with that place as soon as possible. I'll go and do some exercise for you later today, and then I'll ask you to go to the Yamen to do some exercise. Worse, no better than hanging out with people of unknown origin?"

Ma Xiong's face was startled: "Brother, didn't you say that you want me to come and work in the army?"

Ma Ying waved her hand: "Don't worry about this. After thinking about it, it would be better for you to go to the Yamen."

"Oh." Ma Xiong has no objection at all. He has been used to it since he was a child. He just listens to whatever his brother says.

"You should also take a nap, we are still busy today." After saying this, Ma Ying watched her brother lie down on the simple bed beside her, and then she lay down again, looking at the roof with her eyes, muttering silently. One sentence, then he closed his eyes and soon let out a steady breathing sound.

……

In the Xiaogushan cottage, the early morning sunshine shines through all the people equally. The light that should break through all the haze can't dispel the depression in my heart.

The congregants and followers who ran back to the village were not even in the mood to return to the camp. They just found an open space and sat down, spreading their limbs and looking at the white clouds in the blue sky. Their eyes were unmoved. The loss on their faces made them exude "mourning". "It felt like the momentum of more than a thousand people gathered together, and there was a faint cloud of sadness gathering above the village.

In the open space behind the cottage, injured people were gathered here. The smell of medicine, stones and blood was mixed in the air, and the sounds of moaning and cursing could be heard.

"Mmmmmmm..."

The sharp blades cut into the flesh, and the cultists with arrows in their arms were biting slender wooden sticks. The veins on their necks were exposed, and the sweat from their faces and bodies soaked the ground below. Amidst the creaking sounds, their teeth were raw. Bite the stick in half.

Dang-

The arrow he took out was thrown into a plate aside. After stopping the bleeding, the person moved to the next one and repeated the previous action. Some people took out the arrow and were panting. They just lay on their backs and couldn't move a little. Some couldn't stand it and groaned. The voice became softer and softer, and gradually disappeared, causing the people around to shake their heads and sigh, and some of them were fragile and couldn't help but cry.

"Another death..."

Xu Fang's whole body was wrapped in white cloth, and he smelled like a large size of golden sore medicine. He glanced at the place where the crying came from and couldn't help but murmur.

Liu Yun leaned against the tree trunk and tilted his head to look at the wounded soldiers in the courtyard. He did not move after hearing this, but just looked straight ahead and said: "We are lucky, nearly [-]% of the people have not come back."

"Damn it, how could there be so many crossbows in Liangshan? If I hadn't been careful and didn't step forward immediately, I wouldn't have been able to survive Brother Liu to save me." Xu Fang leaned back while cursing. On the tree: "By the way, Brother Liu, Sanlang Jun has said what should we do next?"

Liu Yun twitched his lips and shook his head: "Sanlang Jun locked himself in the house when he came back. When I left, I heard a lot of smashing sounds..."

Xu Fangchang said: "It's no wonder that although Mr. Sanlang smiles all day long, he is actually a proud man at heart. This time he failed..."

Liu Yun glanced sideways, Xu Fang was startled, and immediately changed his words: "I must not be reconciled to losing the battle this time."

"Wouldn't it be a bad thing to be more alert when you speak, so that someone who cares can hear you?" Liu Yun said, and the wounded in the rear nodded repeatedly. The man in front straightened up and stamped his cold feet: "Now I can only I can wait.”

Xu Fang's eyes moved, he raised his head with a tsk sound in his mouth, and looked at the tree crown.

The two of them stood in the courtyard for a long time. The groans and groans in pain made people feel panicked. Xu Fang was a newly injured person. He was a little weak after losing blood. Finally he couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Brother Liu, no." If I go back to my room first, I have to rest well before talking about anything else."

"...Honestly, yes." Liu Yun nodded and walked back with the tired-looking wounded man——

Tap tap tap - the sound of running came over, and a figure ran into the open space. After searching around, he saw the figures of Liu and Xu. He quickly stepped over the paralyzed figures on the ground and ran close to them: "Brother Liu, Brother Xu, Mr. Sanlang is looking for you two to go to Juyi Hall."

Liu Yun and Xu Fang looked at each other: "Can you tell me what it is?"

"No, I just said to hurry up and let you two pass by." The man shook his head, indicating that he was not sure.

"I understand, go down first."

Liu Yun said something, turned around and glanced at Xu Fang, and all headed towards the Juyi Hall in the distance. Along the way, the two of them didn't say anything when they saw the congregants with their heads bowed and their armor drooped, and just went on their own.

Liu Yun frowned, feeling that it was not a good thing that everyone's morale was so low. However, these believers were not sent by him, but were all Fang Mang's subordinates. Although he had the right to command during wartime, he could only be brothers with these people in normal times. It's fair to say that if he puts up a high air and reprimands everyone, he may cause criticism in the church. After all, according to the time when he joined the church, he is considered late. Although he is valued for his appearance, it is of little use.

As for Xu Fang, this person doesn't care about this at all. He comes from a rough and shabby background and has no concept of morale. Fighting if you can't fight, and running if you can't fight are his rules of conduct. So if he sees it, he will pretend that he didn't see it. Moving very fast.

After beating around the bush, the two of them entered the Juyi Hall not long after. Maybe it was due to the light. The hall that seemed bright in the past looked a little dim today. In the light and shadow, the faces of the people sitting were also dim and unclear. Fang Maang was tapping his fingers gently. Sitting on the table in deep thought, Bao Daoyi twirled his beard and closed his eyes to rest. Zhang Kui sat at the bottom, lowering his head and looking down on his face.

The two looked around and found that except for Zhang Wei, who had a serious leg injury and was unable to move easily, everyone who should be there was there.

"Sanlang-kun."

The two of them entered the door and bowed, and then, with a signal from above, they found a place to sit.

Fang Maang nodded to everyone from above. Although he was not smiling as usual, he did not look too angry, as if he was not the person Liu Yun said he had smashed in the house just now.

Adjusting his sitting posture slightly, this Manichaean leader said softly: "Brothers, we are defeated."

"San...Sanlang-kun..."

Liu Yun and Xu Fang's expressions changed slightly and they blurted out. They couldn't help but look at each other and saw the disbelief in each other's eyes. Bao Daoyi twisted his beard with his hand, and his face twitched, but there was a look of disbelief in the other's eyes. Zhang Kui accidentally pulled off a beard, only Zhang Kui still lowered his head, and did not see the strange expressions on the other people's faces.

He waved his broad palm towards a few people: "So many people have died. It is a fact that they have been defeated. It is not difficult to admit. The key is how to leave here."

Zhang Kui below was shocked when he heard this, raised his head and looked in shock.

Fang Maang glanced at him and ignored him. He put his palm on the table and moved his index finger up and down gently: "I want to talk to the people in Liangshan later to see how he is willing to let us leave Jiangzhou." .”

He glanced at Bao Daoyi and said, "Master Bao, do you have any opinions on this?"

"Do you have any opinions?" The Taoist showed a sarcastic smile and laughed at himself: "This time, most of the followers brought by Pindao are dead, and they are blocked here again. They refuse to admit their defeat and wait for death?"

"Wait a minute, there are still more than a thousand people waiting for us, we can still fight!" Zhang Kui suddenly stood up and looked at the two Manichaeans above with some excitement.

Fang Maoli ignored them and looked at Liu Yun and said, "Liu Yun, I leave this matter to you. You go talk to them. As long as it's not too much, you can make the decision."

"Yes."

Liu Yun stood up and bowed in agreement. Xu Fang breathed a sigh of relief and felt somewhat relaxed. Then Fang Maang stood up first, flicked his sleeves and left. The others also left the room one after another. Only Zhang Kui stood there with a gloomy look on his face. The weather is uncertain.

……

This afternoon in Mengxia, it turned sunny to cloudy, and there was no sunshine. The cool wind blew on my body, making me feel somewhat chilly.At the gate of the camp, Dong Xian tightened his clothes and stretched his neck. Tong Wei looked at him and smiled: "Brother Dong seems to be not used to the weather in Jiangzhou."

"The humidity is a bit heavy." Dong Xian smiled and added: "But it's okay. The same is true for Liangshan. There is water on all sides. When the tide gets high, even the bedding will get wet."

"Then I can get used to it." Tong Wei said quickly.

Dong Xian raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Brother Tong wants to go up the mountain?"

Tong Wei blinked and laughed, "If I have the chance, I'll go and see..."

Suddenly he felt something moving in his sight, he quickly looked at it, pointed forward and said: "Brother, look, isn't that the group of people who don't know how to die coming down from the mountain?"

"Huh?" Dong Xian didn't bother to ask him, and quickly looked in the direction he was pointing. He saw one person walking ahead, followed by two people. All three of them were in white clothes and did not carry weapons. He nodded and said: "Really, why are there only three of us? What are we going to do?"

Tong Wei held the knife on the side and licked his lips: "Why don't I just kill him."

"That's inappropriate..." Dong glanced at him first and knew that this group of Jiangzhou people had been really angry in recent days. Only the three of them behaved like this. It was clear that they were not here to stir up trouble. He immediately said: "Just three unarmed people." , let’s see what he wants to do.”

While they were talking, the three people over there were already in front of them. Liu Yun stepped forward and shouted, "Please tell me that Manichae Liu Yun wants to see all the heads of the family!"

Tong Wei slightly tightened the handle of the knife. Dong Xian, who was beside him, made a guess in his mind and shouted: "Wait below." He turned to the soldiers behind him and said: "Go and report to brother, just say there is Manichaeism." When someone comes, please let me know if you can see me or not."

The man hurriedly responded and turned away. When Tong Wei saw this, he knew that he could not kill him, so he had no choice but to relax. After a while, the soldiers who turned around brought orders. Dong Xian waved his hand, and the closed gates of the village opened left and right. , Liu Yun took a deep breath and stepped in with his head held high.

　I'm moving on Saturday, so I'll see if I can update it then. If I'm too busy, I'll have to take time off.

　　Also, the Jiangzhou chapter is coming to an end soon, so please vote~
　　
　
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