Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 453 The war continues

At dawn, the sun shone into the mist, and the surrounding vision was hazy. The thick mist turned into a silvery veil.

On the battlefield on the border of Yunzhou, the air was filled with a fishy smell. The unextinguished torch fell to the ground, and the flames burned slowly on the surface.

Not far away, the arm covered with soil moved, slowly supporting the figure with blood on his face. The blood solidified on his forehead and cheeks. The man who groaned was about to crawl forward. The light above his head dimmed, thinking. The person who was about to crawl away slowly turned his head.

Blood-stained boots appeared in the field of vision. A look of fear had just appeared on his face. The spear was stabbed from his back and straight into his chest. His horrified eyes were fixed at this moment. His blood-stained face hit the ground, and blood flowed from underneath him. When he came out, he had no breath.

The cavalryman drew his spear and stepped over the recently dead body to the next place.

The skylight swept behind this man, and the fog was thin. Lying corpses, fallen limbs, and specks of blood were scattered everywhere. The enemy soldiers who were still breathing were being cleared away one by one.

In the center of the entire battlefield, a large flag with the word "Lü" on the black background and red edges drooped down. Lu Bu stood on a high place, looking at the soldiers searching for corpses and property. Red Rabbit lowered his head and ate the tender grass emerging from the ground. Occasionally, He raised his head and shook his head.

War horses galloped past from time to time, and the injured companions were carried to a clean place to be bandaged. Some people held the seriously injured war horses and shed tears. When the horse was blindfolded, he stabbed it with a short knife, and then burst into tears.

The people who were awake were talking noisily. With more than two thousand cavalry, they defeated the Song army in one fell swoop day and night. It can be said that these knights who had experienced a war for the first time felt complicated and indescribable.

Most of them were exhausted cavalrymen lying on the ground and sleeping soundly. This also made those who were stimulated by the victory feel drowsy and find a clean place to sleep together to catch up on their sleep.

"Thank you for the hard work of these new recruits." Lu Bu said jokingly. He shook his cloak and some unknown liquid fell to the ground: "Let them rest for a while and take the injured brothers back in half a day."

Yu Cheng behind him nodded, turned and left. Not long after, Xiao Haili ran over on a war horse: "Chief, this Song army has been cleaned up. It's just that the men below have suffered a lot of damage from this battle, and all the troops are missing after counting." There are between 10% and 15% of the people, and more than half of the army is injured. There are nearly 200 horses that cannot endure the night and have no choice but to deal with them."

"The losses are a bit heavy." Lu Bu shook his head and jumped off the high stone: "But fortunately we were defeated along the way, and there are only three groups of people we will face next."

Seeing this, Xiao Haili also jumped off his horse, walked behind Lu Bu, took off his helmet, and touched his sweaty head: "What the leader said is that the Song Dynasty horse is useless. If it is left in Daliao, it will run three times in a row." It’s no problem for three days and three nights.”

"You're talking nonsense!" Lu Bu glared at Xiao Haili angrily. The Khitan man Zhe Mo also felt that he was exaggerating, so he laughed and patted his head.

"It's easy to talk about horses. We'll get them later. These soldiers are the foundation of the horse army." The figure wearing a big cloak walked up to Chitu and touched it, causing the beast to lean his head over and keep rubbing it. , Lu Bu turned around slightly and said: "I have asked Yu Cheng to give orders to rest, and we will set off in half a day."

Xiao Haili grinned widely: "I have nothing to say, I will do whatever the leader says."

While they were talking, Du Bo and Yuan Lang ran over. The two men were covered in blood, but their expressions were relaxed. At a glance, they could tell it was someone else's blood.

The two men came over, dismounted and clasped their fists, and reported their own injuries, which was exactly what Xiao Haili said.

"You did a good job yesterday. You two led the team to take down the left and right sides. Otherwise, the Song army would not have collapsed so quickly."

"Brother praises me for doing what I am responsible for."

The two of them hugged each other, then Du Bo touched his nose and said, "Brother, what should I do about Wang Huan? Do you want the boss to come down and take him away?"

"Which Song general?" Lu Bu thought about it and waved his hand: "That's all, it can be regarded as fulfilling your duty. Just leave him a whole body and take the head of the general along the way."

Du Bu breathed a sigh of relief, and Xiao Haili laughed beside him: "What? Brother Du, do you still have any friendship with this Wang Huan?" "Indeed." Du Bu nodded, looked at a few people and said, "I've heard a lot about this man's past deeds. I also admired his romantic and uninhibited ways, but I didn't expect to end up here today."

Yuan Lang was surprised when he heard this: "I didn't notice it. Brother Du Bo actually looked highly at this veteran."

"No one asked me, why should I say it." Du Bo curled his lips angrily: "Besides, it's just a little envy of the younger generation towards the older generation."

"Okay, since Brother Du has had such an idea, I'll leave it to you to collect this man's body."

Du Bu bowed and thanked him. Seeing Lu Bu's expression becoming serious, he straightened up with the other two: "We have won 20% now, but we cannot be complacent. There are still battles to be fought next. Just wait. It is said that the heroic Western Army also has an army out in battle, and we have to try to find out how to fight."

The three horse army commanders opposite also nodded in unison. When it came to the Western Army, they were not much more familiar with it than Lu Bu, so they could only deal with it cautiously as he said.

"But now, let everyone go and have a rest. Those who need to be bandaged will be bandaged, and those who want to sleep will sleep. We will set off in half a day. After we have recovered the next day, we will meet with the Song army from the east."

"Yes."

The three of them clasped their fists together and shouted. The battlefield had calmed down, and the people who had not yet fallen asleep looked to this side. In the crowd, the hanging flags were fluttering in the wind, unsteadily.

In the spring of Jichun, Liu Yanqing, who was heading north, entered Xingrenfu, while the other team from Yingtianfu stopped in Shanzhou. The two armies that had not yet received news from the north took a rest, replenished their supplies and continued towards Jeju.

The team heading south from Dengzhou finally passed through Qingzhou. The yellow-skinned general wondered why his navy had not yet passed through Qingzhou and entered the Jishui River. He just thought about the past behavior of those navy, and then shook his head in his heart. , just urging his troops to continue moving south.

However, on the vast sea, someone is feeling sad.

……

The sound of waves and voices came from outside the cabin.

Hu Yanqing stood behind the desk, bowing his head and looking down at the sea chart. The sun shone through the window and shone on his side face. His dark skin looked a little rough. At a certain moment, he sat down and closed his eyes tightly.

In the past two days, nothing happened since we set out to sea to Qingzhou. First, the rope of the mast broke, and then we encountered a big storm. After finally waiting for this natural and man-made disaster to pass, more than 20 crossbowmen from the Chengdu Navy were pulled up. Dysentery.

Even after using medicinal stones, he didn't see any improvement. Maybe he should find someone to treat him, but how could he find a doctor to diagnose and treat him in this vast sea?

He had no choice but to deviate slightly from the course, put the boat down, and take him and others to the nearby Ye County of Laizhou to find the doctor, while he continued sailing with the fleet.

But after all this going on, even though Hu Yanqing always considered himself strong, he could not withstand this frequent situation, so he just muttered secretly in his heart:
There shouldn't be any more trouble next, right?
Dangdangdang——

The warning bell rang outside. The commander of the Ping Navy immediately rolled his eyes, stood up and muttered: "It's really careless."

Before he could open the hatch and go out, he heard hurried footsteps outside. The door in front of him opened with a bang, and his lieutenant shouted nervously: "Commander, pirates have been spotted ahead!"

(End of this chapter)