Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Meng Xia, Ren Wu.

The bright sunshine suddenly turned gloomy, thick clouds rolled in the sky, and the flags rustled amidst the howling wind. The black-armored soldiers standing below had a calm face, holding their swords and shields motionless.

In Liangshan Village, someone waved his arms and shouted loudly, "Faster! Faster!" The figure carrying the wood and rolling stones moved quickly, and bundles of arrows were transported to the wall, along with gunpowder with fuses. The smoke balls were served.

Teams of scouts and riders were running around, and the people in the central room were looking at the map.

"The spies are here to report that my brother cut off the enemy's food route yesterday and is now going back to the side of the army to strangle the enemy's scouts. I wonder if the commander of the army has received the news at this time." Qiao Lie put a few pieces of paper in his hand. On the table, everyone passed it around: "In the past two days, the people in Shouzhang and Yuncheng counties have also complained a lot about the expeditionary army. It is probably that the officials in the two places are collecting taxes under the pretext of fighting with us. To supply military supplies.”

"It's a pity that the two countries are not at war." He curled his lips and threw down the note with the intelligence: "Otherwise, I could use this to make some articles."

"Not necessarily." Bian Xiang held the note thoughtfully, handed it to Li Zhu, rubbed his beard and said: "If the granaries in these two places are not used, how much food can they get from the private sector? I'm afraid this time We must use all our strength. If we do it again, we may provoke a civil uprising.”

"You're right. I'm afraid Yuncheng County won't be able to get it from the private sector." Mr. Jin Jian on the side put down the information with a smile: "If you want food, you have to go to the wealthy households and grain merchants in the city. This matter can never happen again. , I just don’t know how much of the food and grass in the other side’s city is supplied to Bianliang, and how much is kept for personal use.”

Several people turned their attention to Qiao Lie, and the Taoist over there shrugged his shoulders: "Look at what Pindao is doing. If you can find out, then Pindao is the one who should be the official at this time."

Everyone laughed.

"...That is to say, the official army will withdraw its troops in these two days." When the laughter subsided, Xi Sheng looked at the Kan map, placed the sign representing the cavalry on the side of the official army, and then placed a few more soldiers who had never been there. He moved the moved sign and put it away. He held his hands and looked at it for a long time: "Everyone, it's time to cooperate with my brother in the decisive battle."

The people in the room looked at each other and nodded slowly. Not long after, some soldiers came out of the room and took a boat from the water village at the back to Liangshan. Some people also walked into the military camp with general orders and found the soldiers who were recharging their energy. Tang Bin and Lin Chong raised their hands.

Under the clouds, the whistling wind shook the simple doors and windows. The man with a leopard head and ringed eyes looked at the order in his hand and walked to the table on one side. On the small square table, there was a small incense burner, and Zhang Zhenniang's incense burner was placed behind it. Souls.

Lin Chong respectfully placed the order in front of the coffin, took three incense sticks and lit them. After bowing three times, he straightened up and inserted the incense burner into the incense burner. He stood there in a daze for a while, raised his hand to wipe the dusty edges, and then turned back to get the spear. Sitting at the table and wiping it carefully, he looked serious and remained still for a long time.

Not long after, a navy ship sailed from Liangshan. The tall horses bought by Liaodong were moved off the ship. Strong and unusually strong soldiers landed one after another. The generals holding iron guns looked at the sky and smiled.

The navy ships that unloaded their comrades began to sail out of the water village soon after, heading north.

……

The wind blew through the forest at the foot of the mountain, and the lush tree crowns kept bending and straightening, as if they were saluting others.

Fifty miles southeast of the army, near Yuncheng, the ground on the official road under the shade of trees was messy, and the smell of blood lingered in the air. Three corpses were lying in a pool of blood, and blood was flowing out from under them and forming a ball. .

Not far away, Ma Ling, who was holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, picked up the letter on the ground, tore open the seal and read it, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the woods.

Beside him, several scouts watching his movements scratched their heads: "Commander, what kind of letter is this?"

Bending down, he picked up the blood-stained gold brick and wiped it clean on the dead body. Ma Ling turned around and said calmly: "The government here sent a message to Juye to report that the army rations had been robbed."

"Why are you going to Juye? Isn't it going further and further? Wouldn't it be faster to directly inform the army camp?"

"If you think clearly, you will be an official."

Talking gibberish, Ma Ling waved his halberd and said, "Okay, don't say any more, just go and watch."

He looked up at the dead people and said, "Dig a hole and bury these people first." The branches swayed, and the sound of shoveling soil sounded in the forest.

……

At the end of Kui, the progress of the siege equipment was slow. The anxious Liu Yanqing sent three waves of cavalry to urge the surrounding counties, but all failed. He quickly sent out scouts, but they were intercepted and killed on the way.

However, more news was also gathered into the hands of the commander in the military tent at this time.

"Father is handsome!"

Liu Guangguo, who was covered in sweat, walked into the tent and saw no one else here. He quickly stepped forward and whispered: "My child just went to the rear camp. The army is already in need of food, but no food has been delivered yet."

Liu Yanqing suddenly frowned: "How many days can the army's food and grass be used?"

"If there is no war, it will take five days." Liu Guangguo looked a little gloomy: "If there is a war, it will be exhausted in two days."

"Damn it!" The commander who stood up frowned, took two steps, turned back to his son and said, "Something is wrong. Although those few birds are not very capable, they are also the people that Cai Xiang threw here to gain experience. , The desire to achieve success will not be weaker than others, and the delivery deadline will not be delayed for no reason. "

"Then..." Liu Guangguo's expression changed as he lowered his head and thought: "Could it be related to the bandits who intercepted and killed the scouts outside the camp in the past two days?"

Liu Yanqing's eyes were cloudy and his expression was uncertain: "Although the Sa family doesn't want to think so, it's probably like this, fate..."

Before he finished speaking, the big tent suddenly lit up and darkened, and Liu Guangshi, wearing armor, walked in quickly: "Father, father, something happened!"

Liu Yanqing was worried, and he glared when he heard this: "You little beast, who are you talking about having an accident?"

"My dad, what kind of words are you using at this time!" Liu Guangshi stamped his feet anxiously: "Some brothers patrolling outside came back by chance and said that there were large-scale Liangshan cavalry roaming around, and they had already lost a lot of people."

Liu Yanqing was stunned on the spot, but when he gathered his troops and prepared to go out to fight, the large number of cavalry and scouts mentioned outside disappeared as if they had never existed.

"try to find!"

The red-faced commander-in-chief looked at the gazes from all around and was a little worried. He frowned and raised his riding whip on his horse: "Find these thieves for the Sa family!"

The scout took a breath and bravely rushed out of the army. Not long after, news came that seven miles ahead, the Liangshan bandits came out in full force and were advancing here.

When the news came, all the generals in the army were a little stunned. They didn't expect that the thieves who had been guarding the stronghold would dare to come out to fight in the field.

"Come forward and destroy them!"

Liu Yanqing's eyes lit up, and he was running out of food and fodder. Under such circumstances, if he could kill the Liangshan army who dared to come out to fight in one battle, all problems would be solved.

The mighty army spread out and faced the Liangshan bandit army. However, less than three miles away, Wang Wende's troops on the left, marching in the wilderness, encountered a cavalry army.

The old Jiedu envoy sent someone to deliver the news back to the Chinese army, and sent another person to inform Mei Zhan behind him. His horse was still galloping. Over there among the Liangshan bandit army, a man wearing green dragon armor waved a snake spear eight feet tall, " Kill!" With a roar, he led nearly a thousand cavalry and rushed over.

The battle begins. (End of chapter)