Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

In the fourth year of Zhenghe, the twelfth lunar month was approaching the new year.

Heavy snow has fallen. In the early morning, when I open the window, I see a vast white world outside. The foothills in the distance and the nearby streets are all covered with a layer of cold white snow. The smoke rises from the courtyard. Breakfast kept warm by candlelight was brought into the room, and servants were sweeping the snow in front of the door and cleaning the eaves.

Suo Chao stood on the street wrapped in fur, watching the vendors pushing steaming snack stalls to open in the early morning. Soon, the silver-clad world was embedded with different colors.

Feeling his somewhat flat stomach, the pioneer found a crowded stall and sat down, ordered some food with soup and some side dishes, and ate slowly on the street amid the noise of people around him. stand up.

When Yang Zhi was ordered to escort the birthday party away, he felt bad. Sure enough, he had a premonition that he was in trouble. He didn't know much about what happened after that. He only knew that the old governor and his party came back and put all the blame on the unlucky Qing. Face beast.

I don’t know what’s going on now…

What a pity for that skill!
Shaking his head regretfully, Suo Chao took a sip of the hot soup. The warm soup flowed down his esophagus into his stomach. He suddenly felt that his whole body felt much warmer. He straightened up, poked the dough cake in his hand into the soup, and lowered his head to eat. I heard the sound of someone talking.

"Liangshan may be in trouble this time. I think the imperial court is making big moves..." Xili, a man with a foreign accent, slurred his soup and slurred in his mouth.

"How can you say that?" This time the accent was local.

Suo Chao's ears twitched, and he closed his wide-open mouth. He took small bites of the noodles dipped in hot soup, and moved his butt backwards unconsciously, listening carefully to the words behind him.

"You don't know, I have a nephew who is hanging out in the army. When that boy Xiumu came home, he told me that the imperial court had issued an order to send troops to pull out Liangshan."

"What's so new about this? Who with any sense doesn't know that the Daming Mansion is going to send troops?"

"I'm not from Daming Mansion. Have you forgotten where I came from?"

Suo Chao drank the soup softly, trying not to make any noise, and tilted his body unconsciously.

"Oh...yes, you are from Dengzhou, what's the matter? Your nephew is still joining the army in Daming Mansion?"

The foreign accent was a little helpless: "You said there is no place in Dengzhou to join the army."

The other person chuckled and heard the man from Dengzhou say: "What happened before I came here is that the imperial court has issued a transfer order. Their Dengzhou water and land forces have been mobilized, and they will leave when the time comes."

"Water and land... oh - flat navy?"

Dengzhou...Ping Haijun?

Suo Chao shouted in his heart at the same time as the man, with some surprise in his eyes. The local behind him seemed to know what he was thinking, and asked: "Jingdong Road was so damaged by Liangshan, and there are still officers and soldiers?"

"Why not? Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Mizhou have not been conquered yet. I and Xun said..."

The voice of the following words decreased, and Suo Chao unconsciously leaned forward. Unexpectedly, there was a "click" under his buttocks, and the pioneer fell to the ground with a thud. In a moment of urgency, he kicked his two thighs forward, and the man in front of him The small table was kicked over with a "bang", and the uneaten bowl of breakfast flew into the air and landed on the person. A burst of heat rose as the soup dizzy.

Everyone around looked at Suo Chao, his face suddenly turned red, and he quickly stood up and patted his butt. The man who was drenched by the soup in the bowl suddenly stood up in annoyance, shaking his clothes: "Oh, you guy... ..." Suo Chao's eyes widened. He was a warrior on the battlefield. How could ordinary people endure his glare? He immediately swallowed back what he said. The shopkeeper on the side was also startled and ran over quickly: "Guest, are you okay? It's all the shop's fault. Can you give me a replacement bowl?"

"No need!" Suo Chao waved his hand, looked at the flour cake in his hand, stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite: "I've almost eaten, so there's no need."

He reached into his arms and took out a few coins and handed them over, and threw a few more to the unlucky diner. Watching the man hurriedly put away the money, he said, "I'll compensate you for your clothes."

After saying that, he turned around and left. Seeing that the excitement was not good, the others immediately lost interest in watching and continued to eat their unfinished meals amidst the greetings from the store owner.

At three o'clock in the morning, Suo Chao entered the military camp. There was training today, but he had to be there.

……

The weather was wet and cold, and the Dengzhou Navy had been training since receiving the Privy Council's document. However, the training in the past had been neglected for a long time, and the discipline of the sergeants was loose. The command with the imperial edict made Hu Yanqing jump anxiously.

I had to pull him out from time to time to teach him a lesson. Unfortunately, he didn't pay enough attention in the past. More than a month of hard work only made this team look a little bit like that. If we talk about combat effectiveness, this general from the Huyan family is also Don't dare to make a guarantee.

"In the past, I always told you that I would be severely punished, but you didn't listen. Now that I have been assigned a task, you come to me to mourn. What do you want to do? With the document transfer order, even if my ancestor is resurrected, I will not be able to make the court take back his order."

The middle-aged man with an ugly face was walking with his hands behind his back, and he was talking like a barrage of words towards the crying person beside him: "You mother-in-law, you think I'm crazy for wanting to make meritorious deeds. Yes, I want to make meritorious deeds and be rewarded, but you You don’t have to think about it, I’ve been promoted for meritorious service, can you also drink some soup with me? As for secretly objecting to me ruining the atmosphere of the army?”

He slapped the table loudly and said, "That's it. Transfer it to Liang Shanshui Master. I'll see how you get beaten."

"Commander, you can't blame us." Someone raised his head and said with a sad face: "We used to want to jointly exercise with the people from the Chengdu Navy, but in the end they didn't even bother to give us a serious look, they just made a living making money and selling goods. , I’m afraid he’s even more anxious than us now!”

Hu Yanqing was so angry that his goatee stood up on his chin: "Why didn't you tell me that the patrol force has not been drafted yet!"

The man lowered his head and listened to the furious commander shouting: "I don't care what method you use, even if you cheat, you have to invite the crossbowmen of the Chengdu Navy to come on board, otherwise you will be waiting with strong bows." The hard crossbow went to fight with Liangshan's."

"Yes."

Several generals trembled in excitement, quickly bowed their hands to their superior officers to thank them, and then ran out of the camp.

"They are all incompetent!"

Hu Yanqing looked at the backs of these people for a while, and couldn't help but let out a deep breath. Then he frowned and walked towards the Kanyu map to look at it. Most of the large east and west roads of Jingdong were painted red with fuel to represent the enemy. At this time, there were few blank spaces. Almost nothing is visible.

"It's better to go find Wang Zhizhou, we must get some support."

Muttering to himself, the general of the Huyan family put on his clothes, ordered people to bring some treasures from the sea, and then headed towards Dengzhou City. (End of chapter)