Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

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There was no snow in the dark night, but cold raindrops fell, adding a touch of moisture to the dark night.

The heavy rain slanted down in the direction of the cold wind, suddenly washing the lively military camp into a deserted place without any warning. The heavy raindrops hit the tent, and the crackling sound was endless, making people drowsy.

On the road leading to the Central Army, a fast horse shuttled quickly in the rain.

Then he stopped at the main tent of the Chinese army. The figure who dismounted did not pause for a moment and ran to the door. The standing guard went in to report and then stepped back to greet him and ride in.

The interior of the tent is luxuriously furnished, with exquisite gold and silver furnishings and brocade curtains shining softly under the bright light. Several people dressed as eunuchs stand around, while piano players and dancers play and dance on the wool carpet. Several heaters were burning, and the special charcoal burned red, emitting heat, making the entire dome tent warm as spring.

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor. This is the latest urgent military information from eight hundred miles away." The running knight took off his raincoat and did not dare to look up. He knelt on one knee and held the official document with both hands on his head.

A eunuch went down to bring the official document and presented it. The middle-aged man, who was lazily leaning on the gilded seat, raised his hand and took it: "Ah... Zhenhai Mansion... General Hussars..."

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The official document whirled and flew out and fell to the ground. Several eunuchs in the tent lowered their heads. The music suddenly stopped and the dancing woman shrank her head and remained silent.

The emperor named Yelu Yanxi stood up and looked at the handsome face with a trace of anger: "The matter of the golden thief is not over yet, and there is that mud-legged man who does not know how to die from the general Haoqi, what happened to my Daliao?" There are clowns like this everywhere!”

The fierce words echoed in the tent, and the people around him lowered their heads by two points, and the standing figure took a breath: "I don't have time to take care of those mud legs, and now those gold thieves are the dust I want to sweep away. "

He walked back and sat on his chair: "Send a decree to Xiao Cunou, the deputy commander of the march to the east, and ask him to quickly lead the troops to suppress the rebellion. I also sent my decree that the army will march north early tomorrow morning. I ordered Xiao Temo and Xiao Chala to speed up. Come join me."

One of the eunuchs bowed and took orders and retreated.

Yelu Yanxi glanced at Ling Qi who was kneeling below him and waved his hand: "You can go down too."

The knight was already tired and retreated immediately after hearing this. Yelu Yanxi then ordered the musicians and dancers: "What are you doing standing there? Then play music, then dance, and the pestle is there like a log for who to see?"

The melodious music sounded again in the tent, and the dancer quickly put on a smile and started dancing again below. However, as the smoke flowed, the charming look she had just now lost, and it seemed that she could not change it for a while. The people watching may be getting angrier as they think about it. After beckoning, a servant nearby hurriedly came over and bowed to listen to the instructions: "Pass the decree, the prefect of Zhenhai Mansion has neglected his duty, has lost the prestige of the country, and reduced his position to serve the people!"

On a rainy night, melodious music penetrated the rain curtain, and the spinning figure was cut to the account by the candlelight, which lasted for a long time.

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The night slowly recedes like water, and the cold rain gradually stops as the golden sun rises above the clouds.

The closed city gate opened amidst shouts. The soldiers wearing thick winter clothes yawned and looked at the people entering and leaving the city with their guns in their hands.

A few men on horseback hurriedly came from afar. When they got to the city, they dismounted and led them inside. The guard looked at them indifferently, then looked back at the people picking up their picks, wondering how much filial money they could get.

After the group of men entered the city, they headed straight for the southwest alleys, but they didn't walk too fast. They only glanced at the entrance of the alley. At a certain moment, the eyes of the man who saw the mark lit up and he took the lead to go in.

A few idle men squatting in the alley watched the people come in, looked at each other, stood up and staggered forward: "Are you guys going to the wrong place?"

The leader looked at him, looked back behind him, took out a wooden sign from his arms and threw it over: "Just show it to your brother."

Several idle men were stunned for a moment. They weighed the wooden cards in their hands and looked at the opposite side with some hesitation.

"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you go find someone quickly? Can you afford to miss something?"

After asking three times in a row, the idle man holding the wooden sign suddenly couldn't bear it anymore. He told his companions to "look at them." Then he turned around and ran inside. He walked to a courtyard door and knocked open it.

Not long after, the tall and thin Niu Wenzhong ran out, and his eyes lit up when he saw the visitor: "It turns out to be brothers Tang and Du, come in quickly."

Tang Erhu and Du Lisan, who were holding the war horses, suddenly smiled, winked at their companions behind them, and walked into the courtyard with the iron dragonfly. In the spacious courtyard, many well-built people with fierce eyes were sharpening their knives. Cleaning the gun and watching the stranger come in, the action would stop and then resume the previous action.

Du and Tang looked at each other, handed their horses to others, and followed Niu Wenzhong into the house and sat down.

Tie Dragonfly, who was sitting down, looked solemn, poured hot soup for the two of them, and then spoke: "General, do you have something to tell me?"

"Something has changed, and the leader did give the order." Du Lisan nodded, took out the command arrow and handed it over, and whispered: "The leader has the order, Jian'an City is easy to break, but Yanyuan City will be heavily guarded after that, and we will attack them hard." It is not advisable to waste the lives of soldiers."

"In the future, the army will attack the city. The brothers in the city should not rush to respond. When the soldiers from Yanyuan City come and Jian'an is defeated, it will be time for the brothers in the city to help each other."

Niu Wenzhong listened quietly to the words of the scout on the opposite side. He nodded thoughtfully on the table and said, "Is the general going to besiege the city and call for reinforcements?"

Du Lisan and Tang Erhu nodded in unison.

"I understand." Niu Wenzhong's face straightened: "But I have one more question, if there is a signal for me to wait for, so that the brothers below know when to take action to seize the city."

"The leader said..." Tang Erhu took a breath: "When the cyclone cannon hits the top of the city, it will be the day when the brothers in the city seize the city."

The tall and thin figure perked up, grabbed the order arrow and stood up: "Niu Wenzhong obeys the order!"

Under the bright sky, the city was as lively as ever after the rain. No one knew that someone was plotting to seize the city inside the courtyard wall.

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The ground was wet after the rain, and the dust was tightly locked on the ground by the rain. The figure wearing leggings stepped on the somewhat muddy road. The horse army marching behind them bumped up and down, and the hair on the horse's legs was covered with mud spots.

The cold wind blew by, and the flag that had been wetted by the wind last night was tightly wrapped around the wooden pole. The cloth that had been soaked with water occasionally shook with difficulty, causing a splash of water.

The silent marchers turned around the bare woods at a certain moment. The soldiers on duty on the wall in the distance yawned and rubbed their eyes. Their eyes widened as they looked out from the wall, and their mouths opened and closed twice. Suddenly, A broken scream: "There is an army approaching in the distance! The enemy is attacking——" Dang Dang——

A figure ran to the side of the city tower, and the warning bell echoed over the city in the sky.

The guard in the tower came out to take a look, and screamed for reinforcements. In his sight, the army that appeared began to accelerate, and the figure carrying the ladder ran towards the front of the team.

On the twelfth lunar month, Guimao, under the noon sun, the soldiers of Lu Bu's army rushed toward Jian'an City.

Wooden ladders with hooks were set up one after another. Soldiers holding sharp blades in their mouths climbed up with shields. They slashed people's necks with their long knives, and blood spurted into the sky. Then the defending Liao army quickly held up their spears. Pushed over and stabbed the person off the city wall.

Blood spattered on the wall, and the following soldiers rushed to kill without fear of death. Countless footsteps followed the blood stains, fighting with people at the top of the city, and the sudden war started in the south of Liaoyang Mansion.

"Stand up your shield! Stand up your shield!"

Arrows flew into the sky, like locusts in a drought year, covering the sky and the sun.

In the city named Jian'an where Chenzhou was governed, fighting spread on the city walls. Caught off guard, the Liao soldiers guarding the city were not fully prepared. The three walls were attacked and severely beaten by the infantry generals who had exerted their energy. , soldiers dressed in black swarmed toward the city wall in dense numbers, like a black ant colony going backwards, covering almost the entire wall.

On the three city walls in the southeast and west, fierce generals armed with different weapons kept attacking and killing them. The soldiers of the Liao army kept falling to the ground under the impact of axes, iron swords and hammers, and blood flowed on the damp city walls. The soldiers who came to the rescue in the city had to immediately throw themselves into the guarding wall section, and they continued to have fierce conflicts with the incoming people.

Lu Bu was riding on the red rabbit, looking at the figures who were fighting at the top of the city from a distance, with a satisfied smile on his lips. As expected, this Chenzhou City did not have many troops as Xiao Haili said. With the bravery of the brothers below, it seemed that there were not many soldiers. It was too strenuous. It seemed that the city's defenders would soon be under pressure and send a messenger to Yaozhou for help.

Such an attack on the city was not so tragic for the soldiers under Lu Bu's command. However, for the soldiers of the Liao army who were inexperienced in war, such fierce fighting was somewhat uncomfortable. If the person directing the fighting had not had other motives, at this time As long as the hidden stakes in the city are activated, the city can be conquered instantly.

But as a result, it was somewhat inconvenient to attack Yanyuan City. Lu Bu had learned how difficult it was to attack a well-prepared city when he was in Yanzhou.

"Send the order to have the Shesheng Battalion press forward to put pressure on the enemy at the top of the city. Order the infantry to maintain this posture and not to continue to oppress the opponent."

The flag was waving, someone blew the horn, and a unique rhythm was played in the sky.

At the top of Jian'an City, the number of figures climbing up to fight no longer increased. The defense line established by the Liao Army was impregnable on the top of the city. Blood and corpses spread out, and the spacious wall began to become crowded. People kept falling to the ground, and the sprayed blood joined the former. Gradually, he was frozen to the ground by the cold breath.

"Master, Master!"

Ma Ling, carrying Fang Tian's painted halberd, ran past quickly. The sweat on his face mixed with the moisture in the air, making his face look a little dirty. He ran to the Chinese army and knelt down on one knee: "More than ten cavalrymen set out from Jian'an City." , going to the north, presumably to ask for help. "

"Can you see clearly?"

Ma Ling nodded: "It's absolutely true, he must be a general in the Liao army in that outfit."

Lu Bu looked up at the city wall, which was still shouting for killings all day long: "Send orders to all armies to evacuate in an hour. Don't be reluctant to fight!"

The moment the flag bearer announced the flag, the messengers immediately ran to the east and west sides. The figure riding on the red rabbit raised the corners of his mouth and pulled the reins: "Let's go, let Xi Sheng take full command here."

Ma Ling nodded and guarded Lu Bu with the Fang Tian Painted Halberd. An hour later, the sound of clanking metal resounded in the sky, and the black figure flowed down the wall like a tide.

Soon, the chaos at the top of Jian'an City stopped. On this day, some people were destined to be jealous and unable to sleep.

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The sun passed by noon, and the general holding a letter asking for help ran into the quaint city with the word "Iwabuchi" written on it. The guard at the door looked in amazement as the knight on horseback ran in crazily. After a while, he ran to the government office, almost rolling. Got off the saddle.

"Urgent request for help. There are rebels attacking Jian'an City. I beg the prefect to send troops!"

The soldier on duty wanted to step forward to intercept, but suddenly heard the cry of the dismounted knight, and quickly stepped aside, watching the man run into the government office with a dusty face.

Not long after, the messenger with the general's order ran out, and the people asking for help staggered out, got on their horses, and ran to the military camp behind the messenger. A total of five thousand reinforcements came out of the city, not far to the north. Jian'an resisted the enemy's siege.

Afterwards, the gate of Yanyuan City was closed, and the armored soldiers walked up to the city wall, looking out at the scenery in the distance in the cold wind.

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Under the somewhat skewed skylight, the advancing army continued to accelerate under the urging of the generals. The soldiers carrying the Liao military flag wiped the sweat from their foreheads from time to time.

There are eight thousand soldiers in Yanyuan City. At this time, sending five thousand at once is considered a rare act of generosity. The leading general naturally knows what the prefect is thinking. He must not want the war to happen in his own territory and wants to kill the thieves. Stop outside Jian'an City to avoid destroying Yanyuan's people's livelihood.

However, to him, it doesn't really matter where he fights, as long as he can achieve some merit in the battle.

Rumbling--

The sound of galloping war horses sounded behind the general. These were all the cavalry in Yanyuan City. There were as many as 1,500 in total. Although the defense of the city was dominated by infantry, the cavalry was also a good chess piece. As long as it was used well, it could defeat thieves. The siege of Jian'an City can still be relieved by destroying the army's food roads or burning the thieves' food and grass.

The sound of horse hooves in different directions was heard, and scouts kept running back after investigating the surroundings to report the situation. The leading general frowned when he saw that some of the returning scouts were injured, which meant that the enemy had also discovered them.

After hesitating whether to continue moving forward or return, the man finally decided to continue going south. After all, the information he received was that the bandit army was in a hurry to attack the city, and it would not be finished until they captured Jian'an City.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" the general yelled: "The thieves have discovered us, hurry up and move forward, otherwise we will be blocked halfway, and Jian'an City will be in danger!"

While urging, he sent a large number of scouts to all directions, and finally found a troop of about 2,000 soldiers and horses in front. The general was overjoyed to receive the letter. The unknown enemy was the most terrifying thing to him. Now that he was looking for After arriving at the rightful owner, all that's left is to think about how to break out of the encirclement.

The flags are flying and the army is marching forward. (End of chapter)