Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 503 Obscurity
The sky is getting darker, the heat of the day is fading away, the wind in the wilderness is blowing, bringing a slight coolness, and the irritable chirping of cicadas seems to have become quieter as the temperature drops.

The Bohai cavalry, wearing armor and carrying swords, were still coming back in twos and threes, holding chickens, ducks and other living animals that should not belong to this battlefield. They were obviously doing something other than military orders in private, but Gao Yongchang watched. I didn't bother to control him in this scene. I didn't care what he did in some trivial things that were not worth mentioning.

"Have everyone come back?" Gao Yongchang, who had taken off his armor, sat on the stone and looked at Duo La who was approaching with his hands on his knees as if he was about to stand up.

"No, some of Brother Xian's men have not returned." The scar at the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and the Bohai warrior shook his head: "The rest are all here."

"Tsk..." Gao Yongchang lowered his hands on his knees and raised his eyebrows: "This guy... can't even control the people below, and he's still bragging to me that he can command the army... Humph! "

"Then..." Duo La's expression remained unchanged, he looked at his general and said, "Should we return to Liaoyang Mansion now or continue to search for soldiers?"

"A dozen or so people must have become deserters. What are you doing to waste precious time on these pawns!" Gao Yongchang waved his hand casually, spat and stood up: "Besides, I got hundreds of new horses, and I have to go back to train. "New Army."

He leaned close to his confidant's ear and said, "Aren't these extra horses a blessing from our ancestors that we will be able to succeed in the future? By the way, go and smash that pier!"

Seeing Duo La's wide-eyed look, he couldn't help but laugh out loud "Haha——", patted his shoulder and walked towards his horse: "Get on your horse and go to the nearest town to find a military camp."

He suddenly jumped on the horse, waved Zhangba's spear, said "drive--" and jogged forward.

A group of Bohai knights shouted, got on their horses in a chaotic manner, and then shouted to go on the road, whistling for horses, and then more and more horses followed the figure in front, gradually speeding up, and there was a rumble of thunder. It exploded in this wilderness.

……

The chirping of cicadas kept beating in my ears, the sunlight slowly moved under the shade of the trees, and the sound of someone whispering could be heard.

"The ones over there are the Liao cavalry who came to chase us earlier."

The man wrapped in white cloth gritted his teeth. Many of the horses in the smoke and dust had no saddles on them. No matter where he thought, he knew that they were war horses that he and others had worked hard to buy from the Jurchen tribe. How could he feel good about being packed away now?

"That flag looks familiar."

Zhang Xiang lay on a thick branch and tried his best to look at the general's flag in the distance: "The surname Gao is not very common here..."

"There is a Bohai Warrior Horse Army in Liaoyang Prefecture..." Niu Wenzhong, who was leaning on a tree trunk, looked at the smoke and dust rising over there: "I remember that their assistant general is called Gao Hechang."

"Gao Yongchang." Cao Hong corrected his brother: "He is said to be a descendant of the Bohai nobles. This guy is very famous among the Bohai people in Liaoyang Prefecture. He can be said to be the leader of the Bohai people in Liaoyang Prefecture."

Zhang Xiang held the branch and squinted as he watched the smoke gradually run away without saying a word, but his expression was filled with confusion.

"No matter who he is..." Niu Wenzhong stood up with his back and gritted his teeth: "This is a big knot. Let's go, follow them and investigate carefully to see if that is Gao Yongchang."

The injured man nodded vigorously: "I'm coming too, so I can go back to the village to report to the village owner later."

"Hello, Zhang Xiang, take the people back first. These horses may not be delivered. Cao Hong, please come with me." Niu Wenzhong immediately agreed after hearing this. He said hello and ran towards the back where the horses were tied.

The four men immediately started moving, and soon they were marching in two directions with the monotonous sound of hoofbeats.

The white clouds are blowing in the wind, and the sun is beginning to move westward. …

At the same time, Bianliang.

The sun falling in the west dyes the world with beauty. The city that has not rained for a long time is full of impetuousness and dullness. The cry of cicadas can be heard in the trees in the house. The owner who dislikes the noisy orders his servants to drive them away.

"Look carefully and catch the cicadas on these trees. Lang Jun has not been sleeping well recently because these insects are chirping here. Climb up and catch the cicadas over there!"

The butler in gorgeous clothes was directing with all his strength, as if he was not facing an annoying insect, but an enemy of life and death.

In the back house, Cai Jing, who is old but still energetic, is writing a memorial. He is moving around with his pen. The words are exquisite and the words are used carefully. If you don't look at the content, it is an excellent copybook. , it is a pity that this is a memorial that belittles his brother Cai Bian.

"Mr. Lang." The steward who hurried in looked at Cai Jing who was writing the memorial, lowered his head and said, "Wang Zhongcheng is here to visit."

The old man writing didn't even raise his head: "Please."

The butler bowed and went out, and soon after, a middle-aged man with an elegant appearance and a slender figure walked in. He looked at Cai Jing and bowed quickly: "I'm a lower official, Wang Fu, to pay my respects to the prime minister."

"Why should General Ming be so polite?" Cai Jing chuckled at the voice, put down the brush, blew on the paper, and then walked forward and pulled this political ally aside to sit down: "Why do you have time to come to me today?"

He looked at the sky and joked: "But you came here smelling the aroma of the banquet at my house?"

Wang Fu's voice was clear, and he followed the words: "Others always say that the cooks in the prime minister's house are no worse than those in the palace, so I was just trying to shamelessly ask for a meal here."

Cai Jing laughed, knowing that he was also joking, but still asked people to prepare dinner. The two talked for a while, and then the censor Zhongcheng said: "I have something to tell the minister. The barbarians in Yanzhou are out and looting. Tomorrow the official will The family council will use Zhao Yu as the envoy to recruit and control the army in Lunan, and will be fully responsible for the affairs of the barbarians."

"Zhao Yu?" Cai Jing's dim eyes lit up: "I remember that this person is not compatible with Tong Daofu."

"Yes, there is a lot of suspicion."

Snapped--

Cai Jing patted the armrest, stood up and walked to the desk. With a confused look in Wang Fu's eyes, he soon found a few notes and handed them over: "When Zhao Yu plays something tomorrow, you will play these along with it."

Wang Fu didn't know why. He lowered his head and took a look. They were urgent documents from various places in Jingdong and Hebei. The whole article seemed to have two words - Liangshan.

"I'm afraid this is also harmful to my wife..."

Wang Fu's expression was a little strange. Cai Jing glanced at him and knew what he was thinking. He shook his head and said: "Some trivial things can't hurt Tong Daofu. It's just that I can't stand some people."

Recalling that several generals he met at his home had defected to the enemy, which even indirectly led to the failure of the crusade, the old prime minister couldn't help but feel a little worried on his face: "If Tong Daofu's men didn't handle things cleanly, let him do it himself."

Wang Fu, who was sitting over there, rolled his eyes and thought to himself, could it be that the father-in-law could not see that the wife-in-law had taken the power of the Western Army into her hands and was trying to do something?
He agreed without any hesitation. Soon, a servant came to report that dinner was ready.

(End of this chapter)