Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Lü Bu was a little surprised and sat up straight. The names of Sun Jian, Qiao Mao, Han Fu and others flashed through his mind. He suddenly felt that it was not surprising that this man died. He straightened his back and relaxed. He turned to Wang Zheng and smiled, "It seems that the military states in the south can be taken back at any time."

Wang Zheng bowed his hands and said: "I recommend General Wanyan Zonghan to persuade them to surrender. He will surely succeed immediately."

"Okay." Lu Bu laughed. "Send a message to Xi Sheng to speed up the cleanup. Spread the news of Wanyan Sheng's death throughout the city. Notify the former Jin officials to go to the streets to maintain order in the city. Also notify Wanyan Zonghan to come to the palace."

He ordered the cavalry to take orders, mount their horses and gallop away.

The five hundred cavalrymen who were guarding here quickened their pace. Their horses' hooves stepped on the compacted ground to form shallow hoof prints. Yu Cheng, who was following behind, puffed out his chest. This was the first time he entered the palace in his life, and he couldn't lose face for the king.

Huanglongfu was an important prefecture among the six prefectures of the Liao Dynasty. It was originally built as a military stronghold. Later, with the development, the population of Huanglongfu increased rapidly. As it was a situation where hundreds of ethnic groups lived together, it gradually became a town for trade with merchants and people of various ethnic groups.

There is still quite a distance to enter the imperial city. If he were to ride Red Hare alone, it would be fast. However, now was the time to travel through the city and show off his martial arts. How could he do something that would lower his status? And this slow pace was enough for the cavalry to carry the orders to various places.

There were still many Jin Dynasty runners and constables alive. Although some of them were ardent men loyal to the Jin Dynasty, most of them were cunning and treacherous people since the Liao Dynasty. When the Qi army entered the city to fight, they all ran away and hid nowhere. But when the King of Qi gave an order to ride on horses and shout in the streets, they all came out again and began to maintain order for the Qi army without any burden.

After knowing this, Lu Bu just shook his head. This situation was a stubborn problem. Whoever occupied the city would work for them. As long as the tasks they were given did not go wrong, no one could blame them. Besides, he had no intention of arguing with such small figures. The more important thing now was to end the Northern Expedition and return to Liaoyang Prefecture.

The war horses stopped outside the palace gate. The armored cavalrymen dismounted first. The iron armor made a rattling sound from the friction. Lu Bu dismounted Red Hare from behind, patted the horse's head to quiet it, and walked into the palace gate.

The loyal guards and eunuchs were later cleared out by the troops led by Feng Tai and Ma Jin. The splattered blood covered the walls of the corridor. Soldiers who walked out of the palace threw the corpses of women wearing luxurious clothes onto the carts and piled them up randomly.

When Lu Bu passed by, he took a glance and knew that those were the concubines who remained loyal to Wanyan Sheng, and perhaps also the so-called queen, but they were all dead and he was too lazy to identify them.

He had seen many dead bodies in the palace, and it didn't cause any ripples in his heart.

Besides, he really didn't like such a shabby palace.

When they came to the palace, there were eunuchs and maids in the imperial city with pale faces carrying buckets of water and washing the ground over and over again. The red dirty water rushed to the side and flowed out along the drain. Not only several sons of Wanyan Sheng died here.

When the eunuchs and maids saw the large group of soldiers coming in, they trembled with fear and knelt down in panic. Some palace maids were braver and secretly raised their eyes to look at the figure passing by, and saw a figure in armor and holding a sword passing by.

The sunlight is getting softer.

There was less fighting in the city, and soldiers with swords and guns often walked for a long distance without seeing a single figure.

The sound of horse hooves rang out at the city gate. Three teams of cavalrymen holding banners approached from afar. Their horses trotted over. Wanyan Zongbing was at the front, with a sullen face and lifeless eyes as he entered the city gate. Du Fu, who was in the middle, looked at Han Shizhong and Xu Wen who were sitting near the city gate, smiled, and reined in his horses: "Why are you two still here?"

"I just applied the medicine. My whole body hurts. Let me take a break." Xu Wen was only wearing a pair of pants that covered his body. His body and legs were covered with medicine and wrapped in a breathable white cloth. There were dots of blood on them, and he looked very miserable.

Han Shizhong, who was standing next to him, also had a cut on his shoulder, which was also wrapped in white cloth. The bloodstains stretched out and spread to both sides.

But Du Fu knew that these were superficial wounds that did not penetrate deep into the flesh.

War horses were entering the city slowly. The unique smell of sweat on the horses wafted into Han Shizhong's nose. He leaned against the bluestone behind him and said, "General Du went out to chase the man and it seems he caught him." Du Fu looked back when he heard this. The war horse carrying Wanyan Sheng's body was escorted by several cavalrymen and was entering the city. "It was just luck. If Niu Gao hadn't been chasing him, this guy wouldn't have run to my side in a panic."

"That General Niu has made a great contribution." Xu Wen slapped his thigh excitedly and grimaced in pain. He slapped too hard and vibrated the wound.

"How to say?"

Du Fu looked at him curiously. Han Shizhong said, "We were just cleaning up the battlefield and found the body of Wanyan Sheng's eldest son Wanyan Zongpan. After asking around, we learned that General Niu killed him in battle when he led the cavalry in pursuit."

Du Yu looked back and nodded: "This black guy is really lucky." He turned to look at the two people and said: "If you are fine, follow me in. I think the city has been cleaned up for such a long time. If you hand in the order earlier, you can rest earlier."

Han Shizhong and Xu Wen had no objections. They had both put in a lot of effort in attacking the city, so they were tired and took a rest here. Now they had recovered a lot, put on their military uniforms, mounted their war horses, and when they came in with the big flag with the word "Ox" on it, they walked inside with the cavalry. From time to time, hearty laughter could be heard from the three of them.

Maybe it was just the right time, the soldiers in the city were already rushing towards the palace. Along the way, some were tall, some were gaunt. The aura these veterans of the battlefield exuded was enough to scare those who were inside the house, looking out through the cracks in the doors and windows.

When they came over, Ma Jin was chatting and laughing with his brother Ma Xi on the steps outside the palace gate. When the two brothers of the Teng family came over, the four men with similar faces in pairs made everyone present smile.

"These four guys...are truly the most bizarre sight in the army."

After saying this, Du Fu walked up the stairs, followed by Niu Gao, Han Shizhong and Xu Wen. Wanyan Zongbing looked at everyone going up with a sullen face, and after a moment of silence, he walked up the stairs.

Behind him, a warhorse stopped and familiar Jurchen words came into his ears.

"I didn't expect to come here again with a different identity, Nianhan, I'm afraid it's the same for you."

"I could never have imagined this." Wanyan Zonghan dismounted from his horse and handed the reins to the soldier who stepped forward. "Two years ago, I fought to the death with you, Lou Shi, and today I'm standing in front of the palace again. It's true that things in this world are unpredictable."

The young man stopped moving and turned stiffly with a livid face. His somewhat numb eyes lit up again and he looked at the figure below word by word: "Zhan... Han..., you are here!"

"Ah?" The smiling Jurchen man looked up in surprise. When he saw the other person's face clearly, he was shocked: "Wu Shu!?"

"Fuck you!"

After cursing with a ferocious face, the young man above suddenly jumped up from the stairs and kicked out. Wanyan Zonghan was caught off guard and was hit in the chest.

"what--"

He was kicked hard and flew backwards, then fell to the ground with a thud.

"I told you to use me to attract the enemy!"

Wanyan Zongbing rushed over and swung his fist. (End of this chapter)