Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 544 Traces
The moon rises in the sky, and the sound of wolves howling is heard in the distance.

There was blood condensing into ice on the cold hard ground. A horse's hoof stepped into the pool of blood, splashing a few bloody ice fragments onto the face of the dead body. Then hundreds of war horses stamped on the ground and passed by, pulling up in the dark night. Smoke and dust all the way.

The figure lying on the ground in the distance moved, raised a face stained with blood, gritted his teeth, and stood up, puffing out white air in the cold weather, and ran over, rummaging through the dead body, picking up food and money. With a sharp knife, he suddenly paused when he turned around. The cavalry riding up from a distance shot him to death with an arrow. He ran over and stopped his horse, got down, took back the arrow and inserted it into the quiver, and then took the corpse in his hand. After taking the money and food, he rummaged for a bunch of belongings, then he got up and mounted his horse. He whistled wildly, called out his companions who were hiding in the dark, and started running forward on his horse.

Under the moonlight, a thousand-man horse army galloped into the woods and stopped to rest. The tired knight immediately found the bean cakes he carried and fed it to his mount, and then he solved his hunger problem.

There were cavalrymen acting as scouts in the surrounding area, galloping south and north in search of suspicious traces.

"General, the scouts have come to report that no trace of the Liao army has been found in the front. The earliest exploration cavalry has not returned yet. I wonder if they can be found." Yu Cheng licked his chapped lips: "There are cavalry sent by Commander Xiao Haili from behind. After he had defeated the remaining Liao infantry, he learned that Haizhou was now empty of troops, so he set off overnight to besiege the city, but now that the army is tired, he may be able to besiege rather than attack. "

"Well done." Lu Bu finished feeding the red rabbit and ate some cold dry food himself: "Send orders to Yaozhou. Niu Wenzhong, Wang Jun, and Shangguanyi who are out of town will go north immediately."

The burly young guard nodded in agreement, and then went to the rear to deliver the order. After a while, the horses and people gained some strength. A few fast horses rushed back from the distance to the west. When they approached, they slowly dismounted, and they were familiar with each other. The man stood up and threw water bags to them, and a low voice sounded in the forest: "Did you get anything?"

"General." The war horse stopped in front of Lu Bu. The cavalryman jumped off his horse and clasped his fists: "We found a large number of horseshoe marks in the forest to the west."

"Finally found it..." Lu Bu frowned and looked at the man speaking opposite: "Is anyone following?"

"Doubling it would be nothing more than a frightening bird."

Lu Bu stood up, stretched his body, looked around and shouted: "Get ready, it's time to send this group of Liao troops on their way."

"Xu is the infantry of the Liao army who left the battlefield." Yuan Lang blocked the water bag in his hand: "Previously, the infantry on the left and right flanks of the Liao army's center army were intact. How could there be such a number of people?"

"A brother has been looking for me..." he paused and said, "In addition, we also saw a lot of broken soldiers walking in that direction. There were quite a few people. We couldn't see how many in the dark, but there were three or four thousand. "

"Oh--"

The cavalry standing around had tired looks on their faces, but their eyes were shining with the desire to fight. They responded with a powerful voice and quickly got on their horses. After a while, three detective cavalry ran in front, followed by a large group of cavalry. Then galloped away.

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The temperature in the air became lower and lower, heading west towards the Liaohe River. Fatigue and decadence spread throughout the team. The flag seemed to feel the emotions of the people below and drooped, dragging on the ground as the people moved forward. Figures sat exhausted on the ground. War horses formed a circle around the outside to block the cold wind. Spears and scimitars were placed casually beside them. No one spoke. The atmosphere was strangely quiet. The only sound was the bonfire rising in front of them. The crackling sound of burning firewood.

In the silent night, the monotonous sound of horse hooves sounded, and the messenger who delivered the news ran over quickly, shaking the bonfire belt. The people on guard outside slowly raised their heads and glanced at him, then retracted their necks to let themselves breathe. There are fewer places.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves ran out again, and a group of infantry appeared at the end of the field. They came over with the knight just now. In the dark night, people came one after another. After the group of broken soldiers reorganized, With a crowd of almost five thousand, as the number of people increased, the quiet atmosphere finally broke a little, and the noise of human voices started to sound.

A general wearing armor came and then went to the innermost circle. The golden armor was covered with mottled blood under the firelight. The wolf tail hanging on his chest swayed slightly in the wind. Xiao Fu's lips were a little white due to blood loss. Or slowly opened his eyes, looked at the figure sitting next to the bonfire, opened his mouth slightly, and sounded a hoarse voice.

"When we go to war..."

He turned his eyes and looked at the face covered with dust or blood. He clenched his teeth suddenly and squeezed out a voice with some difficulty: "I promised the Holy One to destroy the rebels. Now..." He slowly closed his eyes and raised his head. He raised his head and said, "There are just a few of you... How did this battle end like this? I still can't figure it out..."

In the swaying fire, several gray-faced generals looked up at each other, then lowered their heads and remained silent. Some people counted how many times the fire swayed on the ground, while others secretly watched the face of the deputy commander of the march to the east, not daring to say anything in public. For no reason, I was deeply afraid that this person would become angry and take it out on himself and others.

In the silence, Xiao Cuoru took a few deep breaths, clenched one hand and asked, "Where are Han Qinghe and Yelu Mawu?"

A general raised his head and hesitated, then cupped his hands and said, "The young general left late. I saw that the two of them broke through towards the north."

"To the north..." Xiao Choubo looked up at the sky, then lowered his head after a while: "That's all, if the two of them run faster, they can go to Liaoyang Mansion to report the news. They are much better than where we are..." His gaze He glanced around at the frowning generals, remained silent for a moment, and slapped his thigh: "Don't be embarrassed, it's just a defeat. I underestimated the rebels. I will go back and report to the Holy One. I will take the blame and perform meritorious service, and then fight with this group of rebels again." A showdown."

Under the firelight, the sitting figure was slender.

The moonlight illuminates the earth. Under the cold light, there are people hiding in the woods with white air floating in their nostrils. They stretch out their hands to count the bonfires in the field of vision and carefully count the number of people. Behind them, horse hooves step gently across the ground. Soldiers occasionally There was a collision, and there was a metallic clang sound. The figure who listened turned around and hurried forward to greet it.

"This is because I won't be able to catch up with you..." Yuan Lang hurried forward with water to refine the steel.

"Quite a lot." Shi Wengong said two words coldly, holding the halberd pole with a little force, but the light of eagerness flashed in his eyes.

The figure came over and bowed first to the figure with a gold-leaf beast face and a head armor: "General, I saw that there are a lot of cavalry here. The one guarding them should be the commander."

(End of this chapter)