Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

At the end of Meng Qiu.

The sun poured down, and the eagle spread its wings and flew through the clouds, letting out a loud eagle call.

A ship broke through the calm water and headed towards Liangshan. The closed wooden door of the water village slowly opened amidst the whirring of the winch. Not long after, Zhang Shun quickly walked down from the ship that docked and greeted him. asked Ruan Xiaoqi, who was on duty today: "Is my brother on the mountain?"

"I took the cavalry to the field for training today." Ruan Xiaoqi replied, looking at Zhang Shun who should not have come back at this time, and then at Yu Xing who came off the boat holding the wooden box: "Why are you coming back at this time? Something important?”

Zhang Shun nodded and looked back at Yu Xing who was getting off the boat: "There is information coming from Liaodong."

……

squeak--

A sounding arrow was shot from the galloping horses, and then densely packed arrows rose up, heading towards the place where the sounding arrow flew out. A whooshing sound broke through the air after the sounding arrow, and shot towards the mound, and penetrated into the earth and stone. , the tail feathers of the arrow inserted into the ground trembled slightly with a soft sound.

Wuwuwu——

Horse hooves stirred up the soil on the ground, and someone blew a horn in the raised smoke. The desolate sound echoed in everyone's ears. The fiery red horse at the front drew an arc, leading the knights behind to turn sharply and circle around this place. On the mound, another loud arrow suddenly shot out.

hum-

A rain of arrows followed, and the arrows that penetrated the ground splashed a lot of sand and rocks.

"stop--"

A deep voice sounded, and under the raised Fang Tian painted halberd, the running horse slowed down and stopped, shaking its head and snoring, moving slightly, obviously not having enough fun, and then was comforted by the knight on its back.

"The movement is still a little slow..." Lu Bu patted Red Rabbit's neck. The beast shook his head before snorting.

"That's what the leader said." Xiao Haili took off the iron helmet on his head. Big beads of sweat flowed down his face. He couldn't help but touch it with his big hands and wiped it on his body: "You still have to practice. After all, you are not born in The man on horseback is somewhat lacking."

The figure on the red rabbit nodded, looked up at the sun that was working hard to dissipate heat, and waved his hand: "I have been practicing for a long time, so I need to take a rest. Don't worry about it, and continue after the break." "

"Thank you, Village Chief—"

"The village owner has lived for ten thousand years——"

All the horse soldiers cheered immediately. They rode their horses in twos and threes and came down to a shady place. They took off their leather armors and exposed their sweat-soaked clothes. Then they all took a water bag and drank a lot, letting their own blood flow. The horse was looking for young grass to eat.

Under the shade of the tree, Lu Bu placed his painted halberd against the tree trunk, sat on the bluestone and glanced at the cavalry soldiers who were resting. He sighed, "There are still not enough war horses."

"Who says it's not?" Du Bo came to the side and sat down on the ground with a bang: "But I heard that the Zeng family has begun to concentrate on breeding horses. Maybe it will be better after a while."

"Too slow!" Lu Bu shook his head, picked up a branch and tapped it twice in his hand: "It will take more time for those stallions to breed and grow into war horses. I really can't wait now."

"Then let's grab another ranch according to the leader's wishes?"

Xiao Haili, who came over, listened attentively and immediately said something excitedly. Yuan Lang and Shi Wengong who were following him were also a little moved.

They are all leaders. Who would dislike having fewer soldiers and more horses? If there were more horses, maybe the number of people under his command could be expanded.

"But Song Ma is too short..." The bald Khitan man said in disgust at first, and then sighed in resignation: "Oh, it's not the time to be picky." "It's not impossible." Lu Bu rubbed it with his hands. He tilted his chin with a thoughtful look on his face: "I just want to see how good the horse is first. I'll let Yang Lin and Ma Ling go out for a run and see about this later."

"War horses like Zengtou City are rare." Du Bo pursed his lips: "I'm afraid my brother will have to be prepared for a long search. There are so many pack horses in private ranches that it will be difficult to use them."

"I don't have the time to look for it leisurely." Lu Bu shook his head, but he didn't want to talk about this matter anymore.

He had been here for a long time and already knew that the horse affairs of the Zhao and Song dynasties were complicated. Not only was there a lack of sources of horses, land and people to raise horses, but also the scholar-bureaucrats who stood in the court "guarded the inside but ignored the outside" and "emphasized civility over military affairs." Attitude and decision-making are the fundamental reasons for the current shortage of war horses in the Song Dynasty, not to mention that some people have proposed such bizarre ideas as "using footwork to control riding". Such a defensive trend of thought will naturally not have any positive influence on horse politics. effect.

"Let's buy horses from Liaodi first, and think of other ways later."

After saying this, Lu Bu's ears suddenly twitched. He looked in the direction of the water park and saw a horseman galloping towards him. He stopped and dismounted and bowed: "Master of the village, deputy commander of the navy Zhang Shun is back. There are also spies who went to Liaodong."

"Huh?" Lu Bu raised his brows and looked at Xiao Haili and others: "It seems that I can't stay here any longer. You can continue training later."

"Brother, go and do your own business."

"I'm here, leader, don't worry."

Lu Bu picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd, walked over to Chitu, turned over him, and shouted to the guards who had already stood up: "Get on your horse and go back to the stronghold."

……

The sun moved slightly, and the sun began to weaken after noon. The mountain breeze blew gently, and the branches swayed slightly, and the man who came back suddenly felt cool.

In the study, Lu Bu frowned while looking at the information compiled into a book. His fingers on the desk gently tapped the table, making a slight sound.

At a certain moment, the figure sitting behind the desk looked up at Yu Xing standing at the side: "Tell me what happened in the Kingdom of Jin?"

Yu Xing nodded hurriedly and said respectfully: "After we went to Liao, we heard many times that the Jurchens had quarrels with the Liao Kingdom. Many of their daughter-in-laws were bullied and ridiculed. Some leaders of the Wanyan tribe couldn't bear it and raised troops to resist. Several After defeating the Liao soldiers, Liao generals Xiao Sixian and Xiao Dili were defeated successively. At the beginning of this year, the country was established as Jin. Later, Xian, Bin, and Xiang prefectures were included in Nuzhi, occupying a place in the Tokyo Road of Liao. "

After a pause, he licked his lips and said: "Several commanders were quite surprised when they heard this. Then they took the young ones and others to the north to see them. They are very tough people. If there is any conflict with others, they will usually resolve it by fighting. With grudges and no fear of death in battle, hundreds of people can often defeat thousands or more Liao soldiers."

Lu Bu frowned: "How about the armor?"

"When I looked at it before, most of the soldiers and armor were captured from the Liao army. I don't know what to do now. After all, the Jin Kingdom occupies three states. It must have its own craftsmen, but I think they are probably good."

"Hey..." Lu Bu curled up his lips and murmured softly: "I'm a little interested..."

"Fortress leader, what did you say?" Yu Xing didn't hear clearly for a while.

"Nothing." Lu Bu waved his hand, stood up and walked out of the desk, patting him on the shoulder: "Well done, I will go back to receive the reward later, and also bring back more gold and silver to distribute to the brothers. I can't get things done. No silver reward."

Yu Xing was overjoyed: "Thank you, village master!" Then he raised his head cautiously and said, "I wonder if I can stay with my family for a few days before returning?"

"That's right!" Lu Bu chuckled and waved his arm: "Go ahead, just go to Liaodong with the next ship that goes out to sea."

The spy became even more happy and left the room with a lot of gratitude.

Lu Bu watched him go out, walked towards Kanyu map, looked at the terrain outlined on it, and did not move for a long time. (End of chapter)