Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 462 Sorrow

The candlelight flickered, illuminating the entire camp with a dim yellow light. After traveling for more than ten days in a row, people felt tired. The defeat of Daming Mansion made people's mood drop to the bottom, but their vigilance increased infinitely.

Liu Yanqing's handsome tent opened the curtain, and the generals walked out in twos and threes with their helmets under their arms. Only the two brothers Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangshi stayed. What the father and son talked about were generally discussing the arrangements for the upcoming war.

Now the only people stationed here are the people from Bianliang. The team from Yingtianfu will not arrive for several days. The troops and naval forces from the three states in Dengzhou in the north are used for encirclement. The original intention was to wait for the Ping navy to arrive and then take a boat and sail to Liangshan. Now that Daming Mansion has been destroyed all the way, I feel that this plan is a bit wild and we should make another plan.

However, the generals who came below did not have very good suggestions. Only Jiedushi Mei Zhan believed that the naval force was too small and that only the Ping Navy Army was unable to handle the heavy task of attacking the mountain, so he suggested recruiting another navy to support him.

Liu Yanqing also vaguely felt that something was wrong with this, but he was still hesitating about how to ask the imperial court for the navy. It was not because of his own face. In fact, although Xiangtong Guan had great influence in the Western Army, many other military states had It was more about the prince's face. He himself didn't know how the court would react if he sent out the document asking for help.

"Tell me about it." Liu Yanqing, who only held his hair in a bun with a wooden hairpin, stretched out his somewhat stiff legs and feet, looked at his two sons and said, "You two are here at the military meeting today, do you have any ideas?"

The two brothers of the Liu family looked at each other. Although they were present at the table today, it was because their father was the commander-in-chief here. Therefore, although he participated in the whole process, he did not have the qualifications to speak. He only brought his ears here. Listen.

"Father." Liu Guangguo stood up and took two steps forward: "My child feels that what Mr. Mei Jiedu said is reasonable. The Liangshan Mountains are surrounded by water for about 800 miles, spanning the two states of Yun and Ji. If there is a small boat, I am afraid that It was impossible to stop the Liangshan thieves from coming out by boat. At that time, the thieves took the boat and attacked the rear of our army by waterway, and those who I could not intercept would inevitably be taken advantage of by them. Therefore, I thought it should be just like what Mei Laojiedushi said, Ask the imperial court for more naval support to go north."

Liu Yanqing didn't nod or shake his head, but just asked an old question: "What should I do if the Prime Minister doesn't allow it?"

Liu Guangguo opened his mouth, a little speechless, and listened to his father say: "There are many conflicts among the ministers in the court. You should also know that there are many replaceable people for generals like my father. If it is like you said, you can only ask the court for help. Almost three outcomes.”

Looking at the two sons, they stretched out three fingers and slowly bent one finger: "The imperial court feels that Liangshan is a serious danger. All the ministers are working together sincerely and attach great importance to what my father said and send troops to help."

Putting down the second finger: "My wife is supervising the battle in the northwest. There is a minister in the court who has objections to my father leading the troops outside, so he proposes to change the commander and remove my father, who is trying to challenge thieves."

He put away the last finger and said: "My dear husband, you feel that your father is being alarmist, so you wrote a document to reprimand him. He only urged the army to advance to Liangshan, and turned a blind eye to the actual situation." He put his arm on the armrest and tapped it twice, saying something meaningful. : "What do you two think?"

"This..." Liu Guangguo scratched his head, vaguely having an answer in his mind, but he didn't say it.

Liu Yanqing did not ask his son what he thought. He just sighed: "Let's put this matter aside for now and discuss it later."

The candle exploded with a spark, and the swaying light pulled the shadows of the father and son. Liu Guangshi stood up suddenly: "Father, I have a plan."

Liu Yanqing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, put his hands on the armrests hard, and leaned forward slightly: "What are your plans? Let me tell you."

Liu Guangguo looked at his brother curiously and saw the young man standing up and saying with joy: "Although the Liangshan gang destroyed Damingfu all the way, it also revealed that this gang is very adventurous. It's better for my father to send an army as bait. Set up an ambush in the road, and when the thieves come out, take the opportunity to annihilate them, and then order the Dengzhou Navy to block the waterway going north. In this way, Liangshan loses its cavalry and has no escape route on the water, leaving only two-legged thieves. It’s not up to us to decide when to destroy it.”

The wind at night blew, and the tents on both sides of the big tent swayed slightly. Liu Yanqing slapped the armrest: "You bastard! I asked you to escort the food and grass last time. If you leave the errands to your Uncle Gao and come back, it doesn't count. Are you still planning to bury my army here?" Liu Guangshi was stunned and turned to look at his brother with an innocent and confused expression on his face, which meant that Sajia had said something wrong.

Liu Guangguo smiled bitterly: "Erlang has a good idea, but he takes it for granted." He licked his dry lips and said, "If Erlang encounters an invasion of Xia bandits in his hometown, and an army of the other party appears in the wild, what will you do? "

"Let's check first to see if there is any fraud, and then..."

Liu Guangshi's voice lowered, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. The eldest brother nodded: "That's the truth. The Liangshan bandits have been here for many years, and they have long been familiar with the terrain and location. I really follow this principle." If you plan to do it, I'm afraid the fat will probably fall into the tiger's mouth."

"What should we do?" The younger brother spread his hands and said, "This is wrong, and that won't work either. Is it possible that we have to eat, drink, and defecate here all day?"

Liu Yanqing's face darkened, he reached for the command arrow and threw it over, cursing: "You are such a traitor and you can't say anything nice."

Liu Guangshi turned around to avoid it. Seeing that his father was about to throw something away, he hurriedly ran out of the tent and shouted: "Commander, don't be anxious. The Sa family will go to patrol outside the camp right now to prevent thieves from prying."

Liu Yanqing slapped the armrest angrily: "What a bastard!"

Liu Guangguo caught up and stepped forward: "Father, calm down, the anger hurts the liver." Seeing the middle-aged man breathing heavily and calming down, he said: "It's just that Erlang is just a child who wants to ask, what should I do now?"

Liu Yanqing was silent for a while, just stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said after a while: "Let's wait for Xiang and Yang to arrive first. I need to think about it as a father." A wry smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he put down his hand. : "I thought it was a simple job, but I didn't know it was a dangerous place. How did these herdsmen and officials on Jingdong Road raise such a bizarre mountain?"

The standing son also smiled bitterly and silently, not knowing what to say.

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In the Liangshan Camp, which was far away from here, the cool wind blew through the campfire. During a violent shaking, the black smoke tilted down, straightened up again, and rose into the night sky in a curved way.

Compared with the hard work of the Liu family and his son, the people gathered here have never relaxed. Ever since they returned from defeating Daming Mansion, Lu Bu's tent was often brightly lit, and commanders at all levels and secret military advisors could often be seen coming in and out. Going out is also preparing for the upcoming war.

At the entrance of the tent, Tang Bin, dressed in black armor, stood quietly. From time to time, he raised his head and looked at the curtain of the tent over there. At a certain moment, he made up his mind and walked forward.

　My daughter feels better after taking antipyretic medicine. Alas, I hope all babies in the world are healthy. Although getting sick is unavoidable, it is very unkind to my nine-month-old dad’s heart.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)