Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Golden clouds appeared in the east.

Below the clouds, a team transporting food, fodder, cattle and sheep was crossing the Cili River. A clamor sounded by the river. Voices of "Hurry up and move it!" and "Watch your step!" came from the boats and under the boats. One after another, the loaded carriages started their journey, winding along the official road at a constant speed.

In front, 300 Wanyan infantrymen were marching in formation. The leading general looked back at the boats on the river and sighed. In order to cope with the war, they had to collect food, cattle and sheep frequently. If this continued...

He shook his head to get rid of the idea, shouted and continued to move forward with the young and strong men and herdsmen. The wheels rolled over the ground, kicking up some dust, which flew to one side when the wind blew.

In the early morning light, there was another group of people on a distant hill watching the boats on the canal. Wanyan Bendu crouched and looked at Teng Xun beside him. Then he gently stood up, stepped back, jumped onto his horse, and formed a semicircle with his cavalry, attacking the convoy in the distance.

Yesterday, Lu Bu issued an order to clear out the villages near Huntong City, and nearly 10,000 cavalrymen blocked the surrounding areas. As a transit point for grain, Ningjiang Prefecture suddenly became like an isolated island. However, if someone dared to leave the city to report the news, the cavalrymen scattered outside the city would immediately move upon hearing the news, and were often killed on the spot before they could run a few miles.

What the Qi cavalry lacked was food, so they not only collected food and fodder from the villages, but today, when a scout saw boats on the river, he immediately sent a message to the nearby cavalry generals, attracting the two armies of Wanyan Bendu and Teng Xun.

The horses' hooves were churning as they galloped. In front of the cavalry, the generals in the army gathered together. Wanyan Zongbing fell hard yesterday. Although he did not break any bones, he had to stay in bed for some time to recuperate. So Wanyan Bendu took over the army, but since he was young, Teng Xun was the main general in this attack.

Under the flags of different patterns but the same color, the cavalrymen galloped in silence. Teng Xun pointed to the right with his three-pointed double-edged sword and said, "Wait for Wanyan Sima to go over there and charge at the infantry leading the way. I will lead my men to attack their rear, and then attack them from both sides to seize the food and grass."

Wanyan Bendu nodded beside him. Teng Xun thought for a moment and said, "Don't let them take the opportunity to burn the grain. From this moment on, all the grain and the carriages belong to the Lü family."

The wind caused by the galloping speed blew the fluff on the iron helmet. Wanyan Bendu looked at the villain next to him and wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what the other party said, and nodded involuntarily.

Teng Xun laughed and pointed the knife in his hand: "Follow the future."

The warhorse charged diagonally toward the rear of the grain team. Wanyan Bendu also shouted, raised his Iron-Backed Snake Spear, and galloped toward his own direction.

The two teams raised two trails of dust.

Soon, the sounds of collision, shouting, and screaming exploded across the wilderness, and blood poured over the loess.

……

That afternoon, the Wanyan tribe.

A piece of news came from Ningjiang Prefecture across the Cili River that the Qi army crossed the Hunhe River from somewhere and bypassed Ningjiang Prefecture, controlling the grain route in one fell swoop. The surrounding villages and tribes were lost, and grain and grass could not be transported to the front line in Binzhou.

This news reached Wanyan Gao, the head of the Wanyan tribe who was gathering troops and making the final deployment. After listening to what the scout said, he could not help but walk down the stairs, picked up the man, and banged his head against the other person's head, causing the soldier to see stars.

"What did you say?"

"The grain... the grain train was robbed. Boji Meng'an asked me to report that the other side of the river was full of Qi cavalry. We couldn't find out how many people there were. We only know that Huntong City is now under siege."

Wanyan Gao loosened his hand and felt a chill on his back. His son Wanyan Zongyi was in charge of transporting food and grass to the other side today. The news he had sent back must be true. How could the situation deteriorate to this extent overnight?
"what--"

With a ferocious face and a roar, Wanyan Gao drew the scimitar from his waist, looked left and right, and saw that the reporter was still standing in front of him. He could not help but get angry and killed the man with a knife. Blood splashed on his face. He raised his arms high: "What is Wanyan Loushi doing! Why did he let the Qi army cross the river? Is he going to kill me? Ah?!"

He put down his arm, looked aside with the knife in hand, and pointed the knife at the guard beside him: "Tell me! Is he going to kill me?" The guard shrank his head, not knowing what to say, and just looked at the bloody blade in panic. Wanyan Gao pointed the knife at another guard: "Tell me!"

The personal guard also looked around, staring at Bo Jilie in front of him in panic.

Dang clang——

Wanyan Gao threw the knife to the ground, and yelled with a red face: "Lou Shi misled me! Misled me——"

……

quack-

The wheels rolled over the village road and transported the meat into a spacious house. A soldier came over and happily took an old sheep to a well nearby to slaughter it. Marching and fighting were somewhat difficult, and it was rare to have a bite of meat. No matter how old the sheep was, it was the favorite of these soldiers.

A two-meter-wide and five-meter-deep trench formed a square shape along the wooden fence outside the village. The houses of different sizes and heights were filled with soldiers of the Qi army. The figures walking into the village carried an air of war and entered the most luxurious house in the village.

A tall and burly figure wearing a red cloak, Lu Bu stood in front of the geomantic map. Yu Cheng came in to report the news of Teng Xun and Wanyan Bendu's arrival, and then he turned around.

"Your Highness, we have robbed Wanyan Gao's new food supplies." Teng Xun's voice came in before his men arrived. As footsteps approached outside the door, two majestic figures walked in.

"How long can you stay in the army?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up and he looked at the two of them with surprise.

"Twenty carts of food, more than two hundred cattle and sheep." Teng Xun smiled from ear to ear: "Adding the gains from the various villages before, it should be enough for us to use for ten days."

"It solved the urgent problem."

Lu Bu laughed, and the anxiety of the past few days seemed to disappear. He called the two over and pointed to the hanging geomancy map: "I have ordered people to cross the river to find Xi Sheng and tell them that the food supply route to Binzhou ahead has been cut off. Let him be careful and try to confront Wanyan Loushi."

He pointed at a few black dots marked on the river bank and said, "From today on, you two will focus on guarding this place. Don't let Wanyan Loushi easily cross the river and retreat."

"Yes."

Teng Xun and Wanyan Bendu hurriedly agreed. The former smiled and said, "Your Highness, can you let me eat some roasted mutton before we leave?" He patted his belly armor, making a metallic banging sound and said, "I haven't eaten for a long time. I'm really craving for it."

Wanyan Bendu didn't say anything, but just swallowed his saliva.

Lu Bu looked at the two of them and laughed, "Of course you can. If you don't let me eat the things I robbed, tomorrow the army will say that I am stingy."

The two of them chuckled and quickly expressed their thanks.

The smell of fireworks rose in the village, and then the sound of horse hooves faded away. (End of this chapter)