Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

West of Xizhou.

The goshawk flew high in the sky. Yelu Dezhong stood in the big tent and looked at the map. The soldiers outside were running in formation, their heavy footsteps making a rumble on the ground. Occasionally, weapons collided with weapons, making a clanging sound. Voice.

In the tent, the generals had solemn expressions, their backs straightened and their backs straight as they looked ahead at the thinking coach without any words. At a certain moment, Yelvde turned around again, his mouth slightly opened, and before he could make a sound, he heard a wild boar-like cry: "Second brother, it's too fast, too fast. I can ride a horse myself. Slower! Slower! Ah——"

boom--

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came.

The corners of Yelu Dezhong's eyes twitched. The eldest son and the third son standing below covered their faces and turned their heads sideways. Several generals with foreign surnames on the side raised their heads in unison and studied the patterns on the roof of the tent, as if there was some mystery on it. .

"Yelu Zong's telegram!"

Noisy sounds sounded outside, and then there was a scuffle. Yelu De looked at his eldest son as if his face was covered in frost: "Zong Yun, go and bring in the two shameless things outside."

"Yes."

The shy-looking eldest son responded and hurriedly ran out of the big tent. Not long after, he grabbed his two younger brothers and came in. Seeing that their bodies were covered with dirt and they had obviously been beaten outside, Yelvde gave them a hard look. Then he raised his hand and took a picture of the hanging Kanyu map: "The three prefectures of Jin, Xian and Xizhou have been recovered. Our troops can go straight to Liaoyang Prefecture, or we can go straight to Yaozhou via the Zhuizi River..."

Yelu Zongyun took his two younger brothers and stood down. He and the generals looked at his father who was speaking: "It's just that we may have to face the alliance of two rebels. This will be detrimental to the crusade and will cause too many losses." It’s hard to point the blade north.”

The generals below looked a little surprised, and Yelvde waved his hand: "You must also know why the Holy One sent us here..."

The fourth brother, Yelv Zonglin, blinked with confusion on his face. Just as he was about to speak, his third brother Zonglei grabbed him and glared at him. He had to shut up angrily. Yelv De's heavy voice continued to be heard in his ears: " We can defeat the high-ranking thieves even if we only fight against the slaves of the Han family, but if we have too few troops to win quickly, the biggest difficulty will be if we delay and lure the gold thieves southward."

The footsteps moved lightly, and the nails on his body made a soft sound.

Yelvde clasped his hands behind his back and walked among the generals to the door of the tent. He said in a loud voice: "... Shenzhou connects the north and the south. It is a suitable place for garrisoning the army. From the south, you can overlook the Gao and Lu thieves, and from the north, you can cut off the golden thieves. read."

wow——

The turning body made a soft sound: "Command the army to set off westward after having a meal. Go to Shenzhou first. If Shenzhou is lost, we will seize the city. If Shenzhou is not lost, we will join forces." The hanging hand slowly Hold it slowly: "First south, then north."

"Yes!"

All the generals responded in unison, and then filed out. The two brothers Yelu Zongdian and Zong Lin rolled their eyes, and turned around to follow the generals out. Yelu Dezhong, who was standing at the tent door, sneered and stretched out his hands. , holding the shoulders of two people, one on the left and the other on the right: "Erlang, Shiro, where are you going?"

The pace of the generals in front became faster and faster. The two brothers' expressions changed and they looked at each other. Before Yelu Zongdian could think of an excuse, Yelu Zonglin chuckled: "Dad, I have a stomachache. I need to go to the toilet."

"Ha..." Yelv De looked at his laziness again and laughed angrily: "It just so happens that I have some knowledge on how to treat stomachache..." Using force on his hands, he dragged his two sons inside. He walked away and squeezed out a sentence between his teeth: "My son, please... relax... and be at ease..."

"No, dad, you can't...ah——"

"Shiro, you idiot! Ah -" In the big tent, the sound of waving sticks was accompanied by questions like "Does it hurt anymore? Does it still hurt?" "Does your stomach still hurt?" the questions kept ringing. A young voice screamed.

Soon, the troops who had eaten their meals were on the road again, and the early spring wind blew by, sending a wave of energy and smoke.

……

Inside the Liao Army on Shangjing Road.

"Shenzhou hasn't fallen yet?"

Xiao Han's slave stared at the kneeling cavalry with his eyes wide open, and clasped his hands together to thank the heavens: "God bless the Liao Dynasty. I never thought that under such a situation, there is still a city that can hold on to this place."

"Zhang Nan Mansion." The commander-in-chief of the Liao army who turned around looked excited: "I have ordered the whole army to speed up the march, and sent another cavalry to summon General Yelu of the South Route Army to inform him of the good news!"

The figure wearing a Confucian shirt walked to the commander's position and said: "In this way, the route of the food and baggage must be re-selected. By the way, this matter must be reported to the Holy One."

Zhang Lin looked at her colleagues who were busy writing at the desk, shook her head and walked out of the tent. She looked around and saw Lu Yan, who was holding his helmet on the hilt of his sword and shaking his armor. She walked over and said, "Why is General Lu personally patrolling the camp?"

Lu Yan's family entered the officialdom through the imperial examination in Liaodu, and four generations of them were officials in the court. They can be regarded as the evergreen trees of the Han people in the Liao Dynasty. Some of his ancestors were also knighted and went to Dongping County to found the son of the country. He is an unusual member of the Lu family. He doesn't like reading and only likes to dance and juggle. Therefore, he has followed the path of a warrior. In this expedition, he went to Zhang Lin without telling his father, Lu Siyan. He wanted to go to the battlefield and win with swords and guns. He was born as a Han Chinese, so Zhang Lin assigned him to the army with a wave of his hand.

"Zhang Nanfu." Seeing this, Lu Yan quickly bowed his hands and saluted, with a serious look on his handsome face: "The young general has a temper that can't sit still, so he just went out for a walk now that he has nothing to do."

The two approached. Although Zhang Lin was quite tall among the Han people, she still looked small standing next to Lu Yan. She reached out and patted the man's arm: "I have nothing to do now, so I will take this opportunity to rest more." , I’ll be busy in Shenzhou later.”

"Yes, the young general will do his best to seize the city..." Lu Yan fiercely clasped his fists and said with a serious look, "so that the army can have a place to stay."

"Huh?" Zhang Lin raised her eyebrows and laughed: "That's very true. Shenzhou is still in the hands of the imperial court."

Lu Yan's eyes widened.

"The truth has never occurred to me that Shenzhou has not fallen until today." With a sigh, Zhang Lin looked at the horizon in the distance: "After arriving in Shenzhou, there will be so many battles that you won't even have time to take a break..."

He looked at the young general in front of him and said, "That's all. If you want to move more, that's up to you. It's just that we're going to break camp soon. Why don't you go back and tidy up."

"Thank you Nanfu." Lu Yan clasped his fists and watched Zhang Lin walk away, then turned and walked towards his military tent, walking quickly and with an excited look on his face.

At the end of February, when the cavalry carrying Zhang Lin's letter set off, to the southwest, Yelv De's major army, which had entered Liaodong, was also advancing rapidly.

When Gao Yongchang received the news a few days later, he was furious. At the same time, he immediately used his generals to guard Binzhou. He gathered an army of 20,000 and sent troops northward. Not long after, he encountered the Liao army that had joined forces in Shenzhou. Both sides also Without saying much, he directly waved his troops forward and killed each other with the most ferocious attitude. The blood was boiling. (End of chapter)