Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Smoke and dust rolled up as the horse team galloped along the official road to the nearby village, which was less than twenty miles away from Huntong City. Under normal circumstances, these cavalrymen would have rushed to the town, but they were instructed to explore the periphery first.

The sunlight was blocked by clouds. A group of cavalrymen galloped through the woods in front of the village. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, several scouts who had reined in their war horses nervously scanned the quiet village. The horses tossed and turned restlessly. A dozen Jurchen knights observed and pulled the reins to calm the horses.

"No, it's too quiet..."

A gust of wind blew through the village. Wanyan Xishi twitched his nose, his young face changed slightly, and he glanced at the ground, where the messy traces came into his eyes. He raised his arm, pulled the reins, and shouted wildly: "Go, go quickly, there is something wrong——"

Several riders turned their horses around and shouted at their horses, wanting to turn back.

In the village, the whistling sound of arrows rose up, and several Wanyan knights were frightened to death by the sound.

"Don't let those bastards get away!"

"Stop—"

"Stop for me!"

The sounds of horse hooves and roars rang out one after another. Wanyan Xishi looked back and saw Qi soldiers in black military uniforms running out of many empty houses in the village, holding swords and spears in their hands and shouting at the top of their lungs. Some of them pulled war horses out of the houses and mounted them, charging straight towards this side.

Whoever stops is a fool...

Wanyan Xishi retorted in his mind, but had no time to turn around and talk nonsense. He just whipped the horse. The warhorse neighed in pain and sped up. When he saw the forest path ahead, his face suddenly changed.

In the sight, several dark shadows suddenly rushed out from the woods, and the leading man rushed over and yelled: "Luo Qinghan is here, why don't you surrender!"

The faces of the dozen or so scouts changed. Wanyan Xishi shouted loudly, holding up the iron spear in his hand: "Charge before they surround us! Quickly--"

Holding an iron spear, he charged at Luo Qinghan, shouting, "I am Wanyan Xishi, get out of here if you want me to die!"

There were waves of horse hoof beats, and the two sides quickly drew closer.

"Get off your horse!" Luo Qinghan saw him rushing towards him, but he was not afraid. He swung the iron rod in his hand and smashed it on Wanyan Xishi's head.

The next moment, the iron spear hit the side of the iron rod at an angle, making a loud "clang" sound. Luo Qinghan felt a pain in his hand and his body tilted sharply.

The iron spear on the opposite side jumped up in an arc, and the shining spear tip stabbed towards the shoulder. Luo Qinghan reacted quickly and dodged first. The shoulder armor flew out with a "swish" sound, and countless pieces of armor flew out, and a trace of blood also bloomed in the air.

"what!"

Luo Qinghan screamed as his shoulder was stabbed. The two horses crossed, and he could not dodge in time at the Jurchen scouts behind him. He quickly gathered his remaining strength to throw the iron rod in his hand, then drew out his sword, and roared "Wow!" as he collided with the Jurchen soldiers behind him.

With his sword flying, he forcibly deflected the long weapon that was stabbing at him. In his sight, he saw a scimitar coming from the side. He barely raised his injured arm and slammed the blade from bottom to top, leaving a white scratch on the abdominal armor. The force of the blade penetrated the armor and made the strong man's face twisted with pain. He raised his eyes to see that there was no enemy in front of him. Luo Qinghan looked back with cold sweat on his face.

Behind him, Wanyan Xishi attacked with spear and sword, and the Qi cavalrymen in front of him did not even have a chance to fight back. They were knocked off their horses without any help. Without any follow-up attack, he managed to carve out a way of survival with his martial arts and the strength of his armor, and fled for his life with the three Jurchen scouts who were still on horseback behind him.

“Damn it…” Luo Qinghan’s face turned red with shame. He pulled the reins with his intact hand and said, “Chase! Kill these Wanyan tribe bastards!”

The sound of pulling the reins came, and the cavalrymen who were killed and almost scattered turned around again. The sound of horse hooves sounded behind him, and a horse ran past him like a whirlwind. The centurion general named Dong Xiaochou left a message: "You are injured, go bandage it, the rest of you follow me, chase-"

A loud voice echoed over the forest. More than 40 Qi cavalrymen shouted to follow and chased in the direction of Wanyan Xishi. However, they were one step too late. Wanyan Xishi and his men spared no effort and kept urging them on. After more than half an hour, they relied on their familiarity with the terrain to shake off Dong Xiaochou and others who were chasing them from behind.

"Damn-"

The Qi general who was holding the warhorse had an ugly look on his face. He controlled the warhorse to turn around in place and slapped his thigh hard: "Go back and report this to General Feng Tai."

"Walk--"

"Gee--" The sound of horse hooves rang out again, turning back towards the village they had slaughtered on the way here. Soon, a cavalry team of less than a hundred people collected the bodies of their companions, helped the wounded onto their horses, and rushed towards the camp.

……

The sight rose to a place about two arrows' distance from the Pennsylvania Qi army camp.

Wuwuwu——

The warning horn sounded in the camp, and countless black shadows swayed behind the wooden fence.

Wanyan Loushi on his horse took a deep breath and was about to issue an order, but a loud "boom" was heard.

"Horse pit——"

The sound of fear, accompanied by the neighing and howling of war horses, rang out in front of the Qi army camp. In the sight, the cavalry running in front suddenly fell down. Wanyan Loushi instinctively pulled the reins, and the war horse straightened its legs and feet, and stopped in a cloud of dust half a meter away from the edge of the pit.

Behind him, there were cries of "Stop" and "Stop quickly", and the war horses made a sound of "Herodiod", and many horses crashed into the front.

Wanyan Huo Nu exclaimed, "Dad, the Qi people are prepared!"

"I know."

Wanyan Loushi's face was livid. Sharpened wood and bamboo were standing under the collapsed pit in front of the Qi army camp. Fragments of thin wooden boards fell on the corpses and the wounded. It was obvious that this pit was dug in advance. There were more pits as big as bowls, densely distributed around the pit. Many horses fell to the ground, with broken legs revealing white bones. The knights who fell off their horses tossed and turned groaning, and more were motionless, with blood spreading out from under their bodies.

He glanced at his son and said, "How did you find out? You didn't even know there was a trap here. Go back and get forty military sticks."

We can't get that close...

Wanyan Huonu pouted a little aggrieved, but it was not appropriate to contradict her father at this time, so she just responded softly: "Yes, sir."

Wanyan Loushi turned towards the Qi army camp, his face as gloomy as water.

……

"The military advisor's plan really worked?"

In the Qi army camp, Ma Ling stood on the watchtower and cried out in surprise. Niu Gao scratched his head and finally said, "This Wanyan guy is too impatient. He wants to steal the camp by relying on the fast cavalry."

"Isn't it the same?" Ma Ling didn't care and curled his lips: "It's just that we are more prepared."

Niu Gao blinked and nodded in agreement.

Ma Ling turned around and looked at the military camp behind him with a grin: "It's time to say hello to them."

Niu Gao pressed his helmet onto his head, turned around and went down the stairs: "I'll go get ready."

As he was speaking, a command flag was waved.

The soldiers next to the catapult drew their swords and cut the rope.

call--

The stones were thrown up. (End of this chapter)