Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The midday sun disappeared behind the clouds, and the smoke and dust from the wheels and horses dispersed into the wilderness.

The wind blew over the city. Zeng Kui stood on the wall of Zengtou City. He could feel the vibration of the wheels running over the dirt road below. He was surrounded by Liangshan village soldiers, all facing towards him. Those standing outside, but the few standing on the steps near the city gate, looked at him from time to time to ensure that the fourth son of the Zeng family would not leave their sight.

The cars below were moving. Zeng Kui was counting the cars while scratching something on the brick wall with his fingers. When a man in a crimson robe and red armor came into view, he suddenly stopped in surprise and his eyes moved slightly. , seeing another man with a pale face, as if recovering from a serious illness, only wearing a black shirt, dismounting from his horse and hanging a black spear with a black pole, he suddenly couldn't hold himself back, turned around, and hurried back .

The surrounding Liangshan village soldiers did not stop him. Only two men standing against the wall at the back watched him leave and signaled that there were capable scouts at the suffix.

Zeng Kui was not unaware, but he didn't want to point it out. At this time, he was not in a careless mood. He lowered his head all the way and walked back to his temporary residence in a familiar way. He opened the door and looked inside the house.

In the room, my father was drinking wine sadly, while my mother was doing better and was working as a female celebrity. The four brothers were standing or sitting. The eldest brother was standing and pouring wine for the old man, and the second brother was sitting aside carelessly. Looking at Tian'er, his two brothers from the same mother were standing beside my mother, talking to her from time to time to relieve her boredom.

Zeng Kui first turned around and closed the door, then cleared his throat with a "cough" and said, "Dad, brother, I just saw something at the top of the city."

Zeng Nong didn't even raise his eyes. He took a bite of meat and was chewing it. He held a wine glass in one hand and was ready to drink later. However, the boss Zeng Tu looked at his brother and said, "What are you looking at, Shiro?"

Zeng Kui scratched his cheek and said, "I looked at Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui, the regimental training envoys of this state."

"What do you mean?"

Old man Zeng was a little surprised. He put down his wine glass with a bang and looked at the fourth son. The room was quiet for a while, and the eyes of the Zeng family were all focused on this young man.

Zeng Kui took a breath: "I said that I watched the regiment training envoys Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui enter the gate together with the Liangshan people. From the look of those two people, they seemed to have defected to Liangshan."

Zeng Tu suddenly said: "Silang, did you read that correctly? It's the two team trainers you're carrying?"

Zeng Kui spread his hands and said: "Brother, I was also with them when they came to buy horses from us. I wrote the red flame rouge horse and dark black horse in the account book. How can I not remember them?"

The second child sitting next to him, Zeng Mi, slammed the table: "Damn it, these two are responsible for protecting the country, how come they surrendered to Liangshan?"

Zeng Sheng looked angrily: "He must be cowardly and afraid of death, so he surrendered before the battle."

Zeng Tu quickly stopped a few people and looked at the window: "Keep your voices down, don't let anyone hear you."

Zeng Nong glanced at the youngest son over there and did not speak. The voices of the four sons continued to ring in his ears: "Not only that, I have been watching from the top of the city. The Liangshan bandits who went out yesterday...the Liangshan brothers are all back. We also brought back a lot of vehicles pulled by livestock. Just looking at the posture, it seemed that I didn’t know where it was broken. I was lying on the crenel and could feel the vibration when the vehicles passed by. I was thinking, if it was just food, wouldn’t it be necessary to have one? Millions of stones, and I saw that there are many strong men with crying children beside them."

"I'm afraid it will break Lingzhou County..." The silent Zeng family finally said: "Only in this way can we explain where so many things were obtained. I'm afraid that the carts were not only filled with food, but also money, soldiers, etc. There are all kinds of sundries."

After a pause, he picked up the wine glass, poured it into his throat, and smashed it in his mouth: "Those men with their families must be craftsmen, otherwise they can't bring back some burdens. Who will do anything useless?" Zeng The five sons of the family looked at each other, and then nodded. Zeng Sheng scratched his head and said, "Dad, what should we do? We wanted to wait for the imperial court to conquer Liangshan and we would take the opportunity to make meritorious service and regain our identity. However, we never thought that it would be useless, but we were not trying to dodge it." ?”

"Bullshit." Zeng Nong glared at his youngest son, and the female celebrity Zeng put down her hand and said, "Don't use such foul language."

"Okay, okay." Zeng Nong didn't argue, and Lian Lianying agreed. He looked at his sons and said, "Lingzhou belongs to the imperial court but not the imperial court. Don't get confused."

"Dad, what you mean is..." Zeng Sheng was startled, then thought for a moment and said, "Will the imperial court send out a large army to conquer in the near future?"

"Well -" Elder Zeng nodded: "This is inevitable. Which court would sit back and watch a bandit leader take his own things all day long without asking?"

Putting the cup aside, Zeng Tu quickly poured the wine into the cup. The old man continued: "Only when the imperial court raises an army to quell the chaos is our opportunity. Other times..."

He looked at the wine glass in his hand, snorted and said, "No matter who he is, don't care about winning or losing."

"Got it, Dad."

The reply echoed through the room.

……

In mid-winter, the cold wind blew away the yellow leaves hanging on the branches, leaving only the needle-shaped pine trees standing as tall as ever. However, the leaves looked a bit wilted and no longer had the green color of summer.

In the open space, Liangshan's village soldiers were harnessing their chariots, and the cavalry soldiers and some infantry troops were busy at the racecourse. These people were all able to ride horses. Although they were inexperienced in riding, they did not need to wait for horseback riding to fight. They only had to follow. The group was walking, and they immediately got on the back of the horse as instructed. Some mares were followed by young ponies. Xiao Haili did not let these people put ropes on the young horses. Horses of this age cannot leave their mothers. , as long as the mare is in hand, there is no fear of these beasts running away.

Amid the clamor, the cavalry army coming to Zengtou City almost doubled in size. Du Bo led the way and was followed by Yuan Lang and Xiao Haili. The craftsmen plundered from Lingzhou City were captured by Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui. The infantry surrounded the center, and the infantry on the outer periphery followed behind with carts full of fine fodder, as well as the money, grain, and weapons they obtained.

The vast team gathered in front of Zengtou City one after another. Lu Bu, who was riding a red rabbit, looked at the team that had doubled in size and raised his lips. He waved his arms and the sound of "Let's go -" echoed in the air.

"There are so many things..." The man who was following him stretched his neck and looked around: "Brother, just ask the navy to wait in the river."

"Who would have thought that I would bring so many things back." The figure on the red rabbit was a little helpless: "At first, I only thought that I would gain something in Zengtou City, but it was an accident here in Lingzhou."

He raised his head to look at the white clouds floating in the sky, turned his head to the side and said: "Instruct Du Bo in front to walk back from Qizhou." (End of this chapter)