Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Hua Hua——

It was pouring rain. Strong winds came from nowhere, picking up raindrops as big as beans, which fell on the surfaces of everything in the world. The rain curtain connected the sky and the earth, making it impossible for people to leave the shelter.

In Lejiao City, several figures wearing straw raincoats and holding knives and swords walked into the provincial government office. Under the untied rainproof gear, their dark clothes were mostly soaked by the rain. Four slim figures surrounded a man sitting on a wooden chair, and kept picking up dishes from the table and trying to feed him. The sitting man stretched out his hands back and forth to refuse the food and drinks handed to him, but he still couldn't stop the passionate figures.

"Brother Deng Fei, it seems that you are doing well."

The rain outside hit the tiles with a crackling sound, and flowed down the sunken tiles, forming a curtain of water that hit the ground. Deng Fei, whose face was flushed red, twisted his body uneasily in his seat, looked at Li Zhu and Fang Xuedu who came in, and immediately shouted: "Brother Li Zhu, Brother Fang Xuedu, let these girls go back. I just have difficulty walking, not a broken arm. I can still eat and drink by myself... um um..."

A pretty woman next to him saw him talking and took the opportunity to stuff a piece of meat into his mouth. Deng Fei had no choice but to finish the piece of meat in his mouth, chewing and swallowing hard.

"Hahaha..." Fang Xuedu laughed without any manner at all when he saw this. He threw his rain gear aside, walked over and sat down, and poured himself a glass of wine: "The general wrote to say that he couldn't turn back immediately, and asked us to take good care of you, and then go north together to meet him."

babble-

After drinking the wine, Fang Xuedu laughed strangely: "We are doing this according to the order of the general."

Deng Fei's face darkened: "This... um..."

A bare hand stuffed some preserved fruit into my mouth.

"Brother Deng Fei, just eat and drink." Li Zhu came over and poured himself a glass of wine. He smiled and said to Deng Fei, "If the general saw you looking so thin, I'm afraid Brother Fang and I would have to eat something. For our sake, you should bear it. You can't bear to see us being trained, right?"

Deng Fei's fiery eyes scanned the chopsticks on both sides. He raised his hands to cover his mouth and said in a muffled voice, "Then at least tell them not to come into my room at night. They don't even take care of the bed."

"Hey..." Fang Xuedu shook his head again and again: "Brother Deng Fei is wrong. Now you have difficulty walking, and if you have something that makes you unable to get up at night, with them here, no matter what you want to do, they will take care of you."

"Yes, my dear, come and eat something."

"My dear, this is the freshly made crystal cake from the kitchen. Come on, open your mouth."

"Mr. Lang..."

"Mr. Lang..."

The eyes of several women surrounding Deng Fei suddenly lit up when they heard this, and they all offered to feed him. Fang Xuedu and Li Zhu watched with smiles in their hands, holding their wine glasses.

Deng Fei's forehead was covered with sweat, his red eyes glanced left and right, and suddenly he gritted his teeth and slammed the table.

bang——

"How dare you! I have something to discuss with you two brothers. Get out, get out—"

The four women were startled and couldn't help but look at Li Zhu, who nodded with a smile and waved his hand. Then they bowed and walked out. Deng Fei, whose face was flushed, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Deng Fei, why are you so angry?" Fang Xuedu watched everyone go into the side room and close the door. He took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "What do you want to say to your brother? These girls are so ugly that they are not pleasing to the eye."

"No, no." Deng Fei shook his head repeatedly, then he realized something and slammed the table: "That's not what I want to say, stop pretending to be confused!"

The two people opposite were laughing softly. Fang Xuedu picked up the wine glass and said, "Forgive me, forgive me. But Brother Deng Fei should also forgive me. The general hopes that you can leave a child, and the two brothers are just trying to achieve this."

Deng Fei immediately lost his temper: "Then there's no need to ruin these girls. If I look like this, won't I be wasting my life?"

"Don't worry, brother." Li Zhu stood up and poured him a glass of wine. "They all gave money to buy concubines, and their parents are also happy." He sat down and filled his own glass. "However, these are not good matches, so they can only be concubines by your side. As for the position of the main wife, without the order of the general and your approval, the younger brothers dare not make the decision casually."

The sound of wind and rain continued outside the room. Deng Fei, who was sitting at the table, seemed to have accepted his fate and stopped talking about it. He just said, "Since that's the case, at least tell me. I've been feeling uncomfortable these past two days, and I'm afraid I'll delay the girl."

The two unscrupulous military advisors laughed: "You are unwilling to enjoy the happiness of all the people in Qi. This is something we two brothers did not expect beforehand."

"Being too close to women is not a manly thing to do." Deng Fei muttered to himself, scratched his cheek and twisted his body.

Li Zhu picked up the chopsticks and said, "We are no longer in the mountains now."

The red-eyed figure nodded silently, and Er said, "By the way, the rations for those tribal soldiers are ready."

"Everything is ready, don't worry." The crackling sound of raindrops falling never stopped. The heavy rain washed away everything in the world, as if the world was silent in this rainstorm. Not long after, thunder was faintly heard in the wind and rain, and a flash of light crossed the sky.

……

Boom——Boom——

Violent explosions swept across the sky in the central and northern parts of Liaodong. Rain clouds gathered above the military camp. The heavy rain lasted for a day and a night, only to subside slightly at noon.

Not long ago, several battles of pursuit and killing had exhausted the fleeing Jin army soldiers. Now they finally had a chance to catch their breath, and the Wuchang City in Xinzhou was shrouded in this thunderstorm.

Wanyan Sheng's army that fled to the north was stationed in the military camp in the north of the city. The whole camp was filled with a cold and solemn atmosphere. Some soldiers wore rain gear and walked through the muddy road. Scouts and scouts were searching for something in the distance in the rain and reported the news back in time. The accumulated water and mud in the pits were trampled out and filled up with rain water.

Several figures wearing straw raincoats came over one after another and headed towards the commander's tent in the center. They had received Wanyan Sheng's order and were rushing to the military tent, but when they met each other, they looked confused, and they didn't know why he suddenly wanted to discuss with them.

Since the siege was broken, news from the south has generally been transmitted. There are basically not many cities left in the south of the Jin Kingdom. Wuchang is already the southernmost city of the Jin Kingdom. However, if they are asked to garrison here to resist the Southern Army...

They are unwilling to do so either.

People who entered the big tent sat down one after another. Someone brought up hot mare's milk wine. Wanyan Sheng still sat in the main seat with a gloomy face. He put his finger on the wine bowl and looked at everyone: "I think all of you Meng'an and Mouke are suspicious about why I summoned you..." He raised his hand and took a sip of wine: "I received a message from Huanglong Mansion that my good brother Wanyan Gao has already run back and is lobbying the tribe to let him be Dubojilie."

Wanyan Poluhuo slapped his thigh and said, "What qualifications does he have to succeed Dubojilie? We were almost completely annihilated in the battle in Liaozhou. If he is allowed to take the throne, won't he send us all to the butcher's knife of the southerners?"

"Poluhuo is right." Wanyan Hunchu put one hand on his chest, nodded in agreement, and said to Wanyan Sheng: "Guolun Zebojilie is not a good candidate. He may be competent in handling trivial matters, but at this critical moment, let him lead the army to stop the southern army from going north. I am the first to disagree."

Beside him, Wanyan Yinshu clenched his fists, pressed his thighs, glanced at the two of them, drank the kumis in one gulp, and said nothing. His brother Wanyan Bali was in a depressed mood when he was fighting to the death to break the siege, and he was too lazy to get involved.

"Yin Shuke, what do you think?" Wanyan Sheng looked at him. He knew that he might not be in a good mood after the death of his brother. However, these were the only people he had under his command, and the former was a very brave man, so he had to listen to his opinion.

"...I have no objection." Wanyan Yinshu was helpless. He could ignore what others said, but he could not pretend to be deaf and dumb when Wanyan Sheng spoke across from him: "I am still willing to obey Anban Bojilie's orders as before."

"it is good--"

bang——

Wanyan Sheng slapped the table, and his personal soldiers poured hot wine for people. The man named Wuqimai stood up and said, "I don't agree with Xieye's decision to be Dubojilie. This position should be given to someone with talent. Among all the brothers..." He patted his chest and said, "Wuqimai admits that he is not as good as his brother, but he is much better than the others."

The people below straightened their backs, aware of what was going on, and listened to Wanyan Sheng continue, "We will lead the cavalry back overnight and make Xie give up his idea."

"We are willing to help Bo Jilie." Everyone stood up.

……

"When will this rain stop..."

In Tongyuan City of Tongzhou, Xiao Haili drank the hot wine, looked outside and sighed.

"It looks like it will take some time." Du Fu stroked his beard and stared at the rain curtain in a daze: "This rain... really makes me feel irritated."

Xiao Haili glanced at him and shook his head: "The army is short of food and grass, and Tongyuan City is too clean. Otherwise... even if it rains, I will catch up with those Jurchens and bite off a piece of meat."

Du Fu drank silently. Xiao Hai looked at Xi Sheng who was leading his army north to provide support. He asked, "When will the letter from the general arrive?"

"Maybe it will be soon, then we can continue our attack northwards."

Xi Sheng was talking and drinking wine to warm himself. He looked at Du Fu with a distracted look and felt a little puzzled. However, since there was no war at the moment, it was difficult to find out what the other party was thinking.

However, not long after, a military order from Lu Bu with a seal was delivered by a fast horse in the rain.

The army rested on the spot and delayed its march north.

The few people who gave orders looked at each other in bewilderment, and had no choice but to order the army to deploy defenses in the city. On this day, the Jin army rushed out of the barracks in the storm, and the soldiers who were still able to walk and fight mounted their horses, stepped on the rain all over the ground, and headed north to Huanglongfu overnight. (End of this chapter)