Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

In the Dengzhou area, the sea breeze pushed the clouds away.

The troops were running in a disorderly manner, raising a cloud of dust. Eight hundred defenders in the city rushed out immediately. Sun Li and Mu Hong had given up the idea of ​​stopping the enemy. When they saw the government troops leaving the city, they quickly sent someone to inform Song Jiang in the front. The nervous and uneasy looks were transmitted among the leaders in their whispers. Song Jiang, the leader, encountered such a situation for the first time and was a little dazed for a moment.

It was Wu Yong who spoke up again: "We don't need to trouble two masters for one thing. We will ask the two brothers Sun Li and Mu Hong to lead the troops to stop the enemy behind us."

"That's right." Song Jiang nodded quickly. "Sun Li was originally the military commander of Dengzhou and is familiar with the troops of Dengzhou. Mu Hong is highly skilled in martial arts. The two of them can just join forces to delay the government troops."

“Brother, what should we do?” Li Kui’s dark face turned pale. As he ran, the white cloth wrapped around his wound oozed blood.

"Hurry back to the stronghold." Song Jiang gritted his teeth and said, "We have a lot of wealth in the stronghold. The government troops who attacked the stronghold should still be there. Let's kill them now and give them a hard beating."

Wu Yong's face was solemn, but he still agreed: "Brother is right, the soldiers of the government army are greedy by nature, they must not have left yet, and they are coming back now to catch them by surprise."

"What are you waiting for?" Li Kui waved his arms and shouted, "I will lead the way and kill the government troops who are rushing to attack with one axe."

Song Jiang and Wu Yong didn't say anything. They just looked at the leaders who showed some anger on their faces before they breathed a sigh of relief.

But no one saw them moving forward. Li Jun led the two brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng to the side. The purple-faced Hunjianglong glanced at the people around him and said softly: "Don't rush to the front for a while, just follow behind the team. Something is wrong."

"I understand, don't worry, brother."

Tong Wei and Tong Meng had been following him since they were young, so how could they not listen? They agreed without hesitation. At that moment, all the water ghosts and boatmen who came out of the Xunyang River followed Li Jun and slowed down their pace.

The sky was clear and the wind was whimpering across the woods and hills. Sun Li and Mu Hong, receiving orders from General Song Jiang, led their followers to attack. Mu Hong, who was known for his shameless reputation, had been very good at killing government troops these days, and he rode his horse and brandished his sword as he rushed to the front.

He thought that these people would still run away when they saw him as they did before, but this time the government troops reacted quickly and moved forward with shields. Arrows were shot at him from behind, and Mu Hong was shocked. He stepped on his horse and waved his sword desperately to block them. However, there were about 100 to 200 arrows, which were no match for him. He was wearing leather armor with iron plates on it, so although he was hit by several arrows, his life was fortunately safe.

Several arrows shot into the galloping horse. The horse felt the pain and ran a few steps like crazy. Mu Hong cried out "Not good" and hurriedly tried to rein in the mount, but how could he control it at this time?
The horse ran forward for less than ten feet, then its legs and feet suddenly went limp, and its body fell to the side. It was also because of Mu Hong's skill that he pushed the saddle and flipped over. With a "thump", the horse fell to the ground in a mess. For a moment, he felt stars flying in front of his eyes, and a sweet and fishy smell ran from his chest to his throat, but he could not stand up.

"Kill that thief!"

The government troops in the rear were furious. They felt very depressed during this period of time. If it weren't for the generous money given by the magistrate, no one would have had the patience to deal with this group of thieves. Now seeing Mu Hong, who had killed the most people, fall from his horse, they immediately rushed forward without caring about their lives, with the long swords raised in their hands, staring at the exposed head. A general in the rear ran forward and drew the long sword at his waist.

"Don't hurt anyone, the sick Yuchi Sun Li is here!"

Sun Li in the rear was shocked and did not dare to let Mu Hong die in front of him, so he rode up quickly and shot the front soldier away with a spear. He did not kill him, but turned his spear around, sweeping left and right, and knocked out several approaching government soldiers in succession. He jumped off his horse, threw Mu Hong onto the horse's back, and then climbed back on the horse.

Out of nowhere, a figure approached and jumped up.

"Rebel Sun Li, dismount."

The long sword came down with a sound of wind. On the warhorse, Mu Hong stood across the front, blocking the path of the spear. Sun Li reacted quickly and pulled out a bamboo steel whip with his free hand and hit the sword with it.

Dang clang——

Half of the blade flew up into the sky, the bright blade reflecting the sunlight as it spun, and then it stabbed into the ground with a "swish". Sun Li instinctively raised his gun, bypassed Mu Hong and stopped again while he was twisting his waist. He watched the general fall to the ground with cold eyes, and pointed the gun at him twice: "I'll spare your life this time, but if you dare to chase me again, I recognize you, but not the gun in my hand."

The pace of the government troops behind him froze, and they looked at the people on the ground in a bewildered manner. He retracted his bamboo whip, turned his horse's head and walked backwards. Seeing this, the minions behind him dared not to come forward to ask for trouble, and took the opportunity of the government troops stopping to quickly follow him and run back.

The general held the half-broken sword in his hand, his face livid. After a while, he stood up and threw the broken sword to the ground. Someone stepped forward and asked hesitantly, "Commander...are you still going to chase them?"

"Chase!" The general patted his buttocks and grabbed a long spear in his hand in shame and anger: "Pass on my order, sword and shield soldiers in front, archers in the back, no one is allowed to fight the enemy alone, watch the bandits and shoot them all to death! Move! Quick--"

More than 800 officers and soldiers moved in a roar, forming a formation and running quickly behind them. The commander no longer went forward alone, but followed behind.

Sun Li looked back a few times in front of him, sighed, then turned around and concentrated on his journey, but he looked gloomy and hardly smiled.

Soon, there were two situations ahead.

……

Boom boom boom——

The sound of footsteps came into his ears. The old Zong Ze, who was lying on the ground, raised his head and looked over there when he heard the sound.

"Dad, the thieves are coming."

Zong Ying held the longbow excitedly and whispered, "Should we fight now?"

"This is the enemy's vanguard, let them pass."

Zong Ze shook his head. His gray beard was covered with dirt, making it look a little dirty. "Tell the men down below to ambush and make sure they don't get discovered."

Zong Ying nodded, turned around and made a few gestures, and the forest full of fallen leaves became even quieter.

……

"Brother, the government troops are chasing us closely."

Dai Zong was running back and forth in the army delivering orders. He came up from the back and ran to Song Jiang's side and said, "Brother Mu Hong underestimated the enemy and rushed in recklessly. He was shot by an arrow and fell badly. Brother Sun Li rescued him, but he couldn't continue to fight."

"It's good that you're not dead. Let's go back to the mountain first." Song Jiang didn't even look back, and rode forward on his inferior horse: "After we take back the mountain stronghold, we will go back and destroy the government troops."

Dai Zong opened his mouth and looked around: "What if the village is gone?"

"Then run into the mountains." Wu Yong looked over from the other side and said, "We brothers have been hanging out in Dengyun Mountain for a long time, and we know the terrain here better than the government troops. If we go into the mountains, what can they do to us?"

There was the rumble of footsteps, and several injured leaders heaved a sigh of relief when they heard it. They didn't have to fight hard, and it wasn't because they were afraid, but they just didn't feel well today. When their injuries healed tomorrow, they would definitely take revenge.

I swore an oath in my heart with gritted teeth, but before I had run a few steps, I suddenly heard the sound of a gong.

When——(End of this chapter)