Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The scenery of Qingfeng Village seems to be the same as before. It is already three o'clock in the morning, and the people who got up early to work on their livelihood are pushing carts and walking through the streets delivering goods, or standing at the door trying to attract customers.

The wheels rolled over the somewhat dirty road. A stout woman carrying a half-empty vegetable basket walked beside her and chatted with an acquaintance who came out to buy groceries: "Rice and noodles are expensive again. This Liu dwarf, who is suffering from the disease, has already gone up in price in the past six months." I’ve paid for it seven or eight times, and I’m trying to force people to death.”

"Isn't that right? In order to save money, my family has already reduced their rations by half. You think he is a coolie, how can he survive without being full? Fortunately, nothing went wrong. It was just at night. When I get home, I just collapse there from exhaustion, which makes people heartbroken."

"It's better when there is only Huazhi Village... Ever since Liu Chaozi came, he has made the inside and outside of the military camp a mess. Huazhi Village can't do anything to him. Sooner or later, this village will be destroyed in his hands."

"Bah, bah, bah, destroy whatever you want, destroy where we are going, don't say anything unlucky."

The two of them turned into the alley, and their voices gradually faded away.

Lu Bu, who was walking in the convoy, glanced thoughtfully towards the alleyway, looked up at the leading sergeant who had been chatting with Yu Cheng, pulled down his bamboo hat, lowered his head and walked silently.

"This little official, this is where our Huazhizhai residence is located." The military man pointed to the house in front of him and said to several military men holding the door, and then some military men came in.

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Hua Rong woke up this morning feeling sulky. The Qin Ming Dynasty and the military supervisor Huang Xin led troops to attack the bandit stronghold in Erlong Mountain were blocked. Maybe the people didn't know much about it, but it was not a close secret to him, who knew the stronghold. thing.

When Hua Rong, who had a pure heart, learned about this, he wanted to lead his troops to help Qin Ming conquer Erlong Mountain. In this way, Qingfeng Village would have one less threat, and the remaining two bandit villages would be able to restrain themselves. I thought that Liu Gao, who came to Wenzhi Village a few years ago, was also sensible and could think of the people of Qingfeng Village. Moreover, Erlong Mountain had robbed the prefect of the prefecture's property, so he would definitely do his best for this.

It just occurred to me that Liu Gao only argued that there was a shortage of food and grass and could not be rationed to the Qingfeng Village sergeants. Li Guang was so anxious that he got angry. However, there was no food and grass and no troops could be sent out, so he had to go there every day, which actually took five or seven days. There was more than enough. Yesterday evening, Wenzhi Village sent someone to tell them that the grain and grass in the warehouse were exhausted, and there was no need to mention the issue of sending troops again.

Hua Rong immediately became angry and cursed. The people in the village did not know, but his Wuzhi village knew that Liu Gao, as the Wenzhi village in charge of the affairs of the village, was reselling grain. Eighty percent of the grain in the warehouse had been sold out by this man. He was not allowed to send troops.

"Officer."

Mrs. Cui's voice came, and then a burst of fragrance came. Hua Rong, who was sitting with his head down, looked up. The woman came in with a pot of wine and two cold dishes: "I didn't eat much for breakfast. A lot of time has passed at this point, let’s have something to eat.”

"I'm not hungry for my husband..." Hua Rongfang wanted to refuse, but stopped when he saw his wife's worried look, and sighed: "That's all, let's eat some. Madam didn't eat much for breakfast, so let's sit down and eat together. .”

Mrs. Cui nodded, walked over and put down the food and wine. She took a cup and filled the two of them with wine. She sat down and said, "What was the officer thinking just now?"

Hua Rong's lips twitched: "It's okay, madam, don't worry."

Mrs. Cui took a sip of wine and looked at him: "Are you worried about sending troops? But the messenger surnamed Liu doesn't allow it?"

Hua Rong picked up the wine glass, paused and nodded, then drank it in one gulp. The cold wine slid through the esophagus and entered the stomach. She couldn't help but shudder. She was full of energy and said, "Where's the little sister?"

Mrs. Cui heard him change the topic and knew that he didn't want to talk more. She followed the words and replied: "I'm going out. Maybe I went to the school to practice archery." After a pause, she said: "My little sister is already in her prime. It's time for her to Find your husband’s family, or what if you drag her down and become an old girl?”

When Hua Rong heard this, he hesitated on his face: "It's best if she is willing."

While the two were talking, the guard sergeant came outside and said loudly through the door: "I know there is a young gentleman named Yu outside. He said he is an acquaintance of Xie's, shopkeeper Lu of Yunzhou, and he came here today. Come to visit, may I ask how to deal with Zhizhai?"

In front of the table, Hua Rong's hand holding the cup stopped in mid-air, with a look of astonishment on his face. Cui didn't think anything at first when he heard the words, but when he saw the appearance of his official, thoughts started to spin in his mind, and his almond-shaped eyes gradually widened. , hesitantly whispered: "Shopkeeper Lu... the official, isn't it the one I thought of?"

"That should be it." Hua Rong stood up quickly and shook the wine glass he put down, spilling some wine: "I don't know anyone in Yunzhou at all, except that person."

As he spoke, Wuzhizhai shouted: "I'm coming right now, don't be lazy."

The people outside responded, and Hua Rong inside the room quickly straightened his clothes and was about to go out.

Ms. Cui quickly called out: "My lord, wait a minute." With Hua Rong's confused eyes, the gentle woman got up and walked to the dressing table, took a pair of fish jade pendants, came over and hung them on his waist, and then said: "Okay. "

Hua Rong scratched her temples twice, then stepped out of the room and started running. The sergeant on the side hurriedly trotted to catch up. He was wondering why his Zhizhai was so excited when he heard that someone from Shopkeeper Lu was coming. They all started running.

It shouldn't be from shopkeeper Na Lu...

Do you owe Zhizhai a debt?

The sergeant rolled his eyes, secretly guessing.

Hua Rong in the front didn't know what the sergeant behind him was thinking. He ran all the way, with blood on his handsome face. He looked at a burly young man with a childish face standing in front of the motorcade and tilted his head.

This kind of body is rarely seen in the military...

Someone came up to the young man and said a few words, then saw him coming over and cupping his hands and saying: "I have seen Huazhi Village. The young man's surname is Yu, and he is a trader under the shopkeeper. Because we are passing through Qingzhou on this trip, the shopkeeper specially asked to come and see Xie , and deliver gifts to your house.”

Hearing this, Hua Rong looked at him with a smile, and then at the fleet of cars beside him. Then he seemed to see something. After carefully looking at the figure he saw, he suddenly took a breath, suppressed his frantic heartbeat, and said to Yu Cheng: "Shopkeeper Lu, Mrs. You're welcome, just come, what else should I give you as a gift? Come on, please come in."

Then he looked at the guarding sergeant and said, "There are guests in the house today. Please don't disturb us while we wait."

In response, Hua Rong quickly greeted the convoy to enter. Several door sergeants watched the door close and looked at each other: "What is this shopkeeper Lu doing? He actually gave Zhizhai three large cars as gifts."

"Maybe you owe Zhizhai a debt, right?"

"What a fart, why do you want to give so many things as a gift if you owe a debt?"

"That means you owe too much. If you can't pay it off within a short period of time, you will have two days' grace to give some gifts."

"...It seems to make sense."

Not to mention that some of the sergeants' guesses were outrageous, but Hua Rong led everyone in. Seeing that no one could hear him, he quickly turned around and saluted Lu Bu: "Brother wants to hurt my little brother."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but my dear brother is still so energetic." He took off his bamboo hat and patted Hua Rong on the shoulder with a smile: "You just look a little tired, but you have something on your mind?"

Hua Rong smiled bitterly: "Brother, please don't laugh. Come on, please come to the house." He quickly pulled Lu Bu with his hands to go to the backyard. From the corner of his eye, he saw Yu Cheng and others standing in the courtyard. He didn't care, and just pulled people to move quickly. .

They walked all the way through the house and hall to the inner room. Hua Rong stepped into the house and said: "Madam, come quickly, let's see who is here."

Mrs. Cui was waiting in the house. When she heard the sound, she hurriedly came out of the bedroom. Seeing Lu Bu walk in, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. She was blessed and said, "I just told you where the magpies came from this morning. I never expected that it was my brother who came. Please sit down." , slave, go make some tea."

After saying that, Fang was about to take a step forward, looked up at Hua Rong and said, "Has the official informed my little sister?" Hua Rong patted his head: "I was just happy, I forgot about this."

"Then slave, tell someone to call."

Cui glanced at him and said something, turned around and walked out of the room, leaving her husband and Lu Bu in the room. Hua Rong brought a white porcelain wine glass and a pair of new chopsticks and put them on the table, lifted the wine bottle and filled it: "Brother, I'm here He is so famous in the world, Hua Rong gets excited every time he hears it, but why did you come to Qingzhou today? Are you finished with the affairs of the village? "

Lu Bu looked at him quietly for a few seconds, listening to the sound of wine pouring: "Right now, I'm busy with the village affairs." He took the wine glass handed over and said, "It's just that there are more people now, so I can be a little lazy." , no need to do everything personally.”

Hua Rong sat down and Lu Bu looked at him: "Why don't you ask me?"

Xiao Li Guang over there said with a smile: "No matter what my brother does, I will always support him." He raised the cup.

Lu Bu touched him and stared at the young general with a pair of tiger eyes: "Suppose he is attacking the Qingzhou Prefecture?"

The two drank the wine, Hua Rong put down the glass and nodded: "Even if my brother is fighting Qingzhou Prefecture, Hua Rong will cheer for him from behind."

"My dear brother, you have a bit of a knight-errant demeanor."

With a sigh, he reached out to pick up the chopsticks, ate a piece of cool lotus root slices, and said, "I was just joking. I just don't have to worry about those three mountain bandits in the future."

Hua Rong looked up in surprise: "Brother, could it be that..."

With a slight smile in his tilted gaze, Lu Bu said lightly: "Qingzhou is too messy. Just in case, I'm here to sort it out."

Hua Rong laughed: "Then Qingfeng Village will have no worries from now on. I can't live a comfortable life anymore." Then he remembered something and frowned: "It's just that now the Qingzhou Commander is leading troops to suppress Erlong Mountain. Don’t get into any conflict with your brother’s people.”

"Huh?" Lu Bu stopped chewing for a moment, then swallowed it quickly and laughed: "Brother Xian must be worried about the control." With the doubtful eyes on the other side, he continued: "Go over there. They are all powerful brothers, and no one can defeat them."

While talking, Ms. Cui walked in with tea and cold cakes.

……

As the daylight fades away, the officers and soldiers camp at Erlong Mountain.

Huang Xin had been restless since Qin Ming's departure. He couldn't help but walk out of the Chinese army camp and looked at the gullies dug in front of the camp. They still exuded the fragrance of trees and the well-organized horses. He couldn't help thinking Why are you so confused?

Although the two thieves in Erlong Mountain had the luxury of covering up, they did not have that many manpower to divide into two teams to attack from the front. Therefore, although the camp had been erected for more than half a month, no defensive measures were set up in the rear. As a result, now There is an enemy attacking from behind, but they have a smooth road to kill them in front of them.

I hope they are not reinforcements from thieves.

With a prayer in his heart, Huang Xin called the sergeant to dig some trenches at the gate of the rear camp.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! You haven't eaten yet, dig harder!"

"Captain, we are already working hard, but the soil is so strong that we can't dig it."

"You can tell the thieves this when they come." Huang Xin was a little excited. He accidentally pulled at the wound on his arm, and his face twitched: "Inform the craftsmen in the camp to quickly make wooden thorns and put them on the …”

Before he finished speaking, there was a dull thunder sound from afar. The soldier who was bending over to dig a ditch with his bare back raised his head: "The earth dragon turned over? Why is it shaking so hard?"

Huang Xin's expression changed: "Come up quickly! It's the cavalry! Go back to camp!"

The sergeants were so frightened that they hurriedly stepped out of the shallow ditch and ran into the camp in a hurry. Two people ran too fast and their legs were inconvenient. Their knees gave out and they fell, rolling and crawling. After passing the gate, the camp gate was closed immediately.

In the distance, the rising dust was visible to the naked eye, and the flags caused by the running cavalry were fluttering. The flag at the head could not help but roll up and down, and the soldiers and horses who followed it took a breath of air-conditioning when they saw the flag.

Where is the benefactor? So many cavalry...

Zhen Sanshan, who was inexplicably panicked, didn't dare to think of that answer. He just gritted his teeth and yelled: "Hurry up and beat the drum, defend yourself——"

As soon as the roar subsided, someone ran to the watchtower and beat the drum head as if he had just woken up from a dream. The rapid drumbeat of "dong dong dong dong——" sounded. The officers and soldiers who had been prepared when Qin Ming went out immediately ran out, shields The archers stood in front with their hands, and the archers behind them aimed at the outside of the camp.

……

The sun is shining down and the loess is flying.

Boom boom boom——

Countless horse hooves trampled the ground, splashing grass shavings and dust. Du Bo, who looked up and looked ahead, looked at the front of the camp and raised his snake spear: "Rush over and give the officers and soldiers a meeting gift!"

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The horn sounded, the cavalry was accelerating, and there was a slight panic in the formation of the army. Huang Xin turned around with his arms hanging and shouted: "Don't panic, we still have the camp fence, and the archers are ready to shoot when they get close!"

Countless archers took out their bows, nocked arrows, felt the ground tremble, suppressed the fear in their hearts, and opened their bows diagonally amid the generals' roars of "Ready--".

On the opposite side, the figure in the lead hung up the snake spear, and the figure who put on a strong bow unstrung the bowstring. With a "hit" sound, the arrow shot out flew out in an arc like a meteor.

Before the nervous shieldman in the front row could react, he was immediately shot by an arrow from his eye socket. He screamed "Ah--" and fell to the ground. With his nervous look on his face, his comrade rolled back and forth, and blood spilled into the soil. Gradually his voice weakened, and he fell to the ground covering his eyes...

"Damn it, raise your shield! Raise your shield—"

Huang Xin watched this scene with sweat rolling down his forehead. As he shouted repeatedly, a rain of arrows rose up in front of him. The arrows came and fell with a whooshing sound through the air.

The offensive has begun. (End of chapter)