Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The sky was faintly bright, and the early birds flew into the street, landed on the ground, hopped and looked for food, the next second a tremor was felt from the soles of their feet, and they quickly spread their wings and flew obliquely to the back of a courtyard and disappeared .

Gululu——

The sound of carts was heard on the street, and the honest man set up the stall, quickly lit the fire, took out rice noodles and vegetables, and began to prepare a simple breakfast.

"Ma San'er, how dare you come out today!" The familiar diner came over and said to the man with a worried face.

The man glanced at him and smiled wryly: "If you don't come out, you will starve to death. Small business, you can't rest, how come you come out?"

The diner smiled wryly: "If I don't come out to find work, I will starve to death. I can't rest if I earn a ration."

The two looked at each other, both smiled and shook their heads, Ma San'er handled the ingredients quickly: "Still the same?"

"Of course, I'm not tired of eating your clove wontons every day." Seeing Ma San'er stuffing there, the diner looked at the deserted street, took two steps closer and whispered: "But I didn't expect that this group of thieves It is really an anecdote that there is no burning, killing or looting when entering the city, and there are special soldiers patrolling and supervising criminals."

Hearing this, Ma San'er raised his head and looked around, and replied in a low voice: "Although these gangsters didn't burn, kill or loot, it's not like they didn't kill people."

Looking up and looking around, I saw a few pedestrians hurrying past with their heads bowed, and Liang Shanzhai soldiers who were patrolling in the distance walked away from the fork in the road, and said in a low voice, "I told you not to go out and spread rumors."

In the excited eyes of the diners, the person on the opposite side who is skilled in wrapping wontons continued: "I live in East Street, you know, this group opened the door of the Ruan family on East Street last night, and the screams of the Ruan family continued intermittently for half an hour. I was so frightened that I couldn’t move, and some people shouted outside, telling people not to go out, not to open the door to inquire.”

"The Ruan family? The Ruan businessman who specializes in rabbits?"

"That's right." With an excited expression, he put the wontons in his hand into the pot: "I peeked through the crack of the door last night, good guy, those big wooden boxes were brought out of the Ruan's house in boxes. When I came out in the morning, I also saw blood stains at the gate."

"Oh...then dare to die, it should be! Let them keep staring at the young boy..."

"I think so too..."

In whispers, the diners chatted with the craftsmen who were presenting the stall with a satisfied expression. Such a scene happened not only in one place, but in many places, and it was just talking about things in other urban areas.

……

As the sun climbed up and sprinkled golden lights, the birds that announced the good news stood on the treetops and chirped, and disappeared with the sound of footsteps, leaving only the sound of flapping wings.

"Brother, brother, what a bumper harvest."

Lu Bu, who trotted in from the outside, nodded at his apprentice, ran into the house, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and grinned. Lu Bu was sitting in the back hall of the government office, sipping porridge. After entering the city, I squinted here for a while, and then I looked up when I heard the words of Yan Jiao: "Oh? What did you get?"

"Infantry armor, I never expected that there are infantry armor in the armory warehouse, there are two whole battalions." Waving two thick fingers, the dark face smiled blindly: "Brother, this time Can you give me this armor?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, drank the porridge in two or three gulps, wiped his mouth and stood up, patted the shoulder of the pier and said: "You remember that there are still about three hundred pairs in the cottage?"

"Yes, we didn't bring them because of the hot weather, and I think we stayed here this time when we came to Yizhou Mansion." Seeing Lu Bu walking out, Xuan Juan hurriedly followed behind.

"Someone has some arrangements for this armor. It will be up to you if you want to do it." The figure walking forward paused, then turned his head and said, "The artisans in the city remember to take some away."

"Xi Tongzhi has already ordered people to convene."

While talking, the two stepped out of the back hall, and Yu Cheng, who was guarding at the side, hurriedly followed up with a big axe. Leading people to carry books and books, and some maps only available to the government are also carefully put in boxes and carried away.

Just watching, there was a sound of footsteps outside, then Du Po, Yao Gang and others walked into the hall, clasped their fists and said: "Brother, all the money and food have been loaded into the car, and the man surnamed Gao is very rich, just from him More than 20 yuan of money was found there."

"So much?"

Lu Bu frowned, and Feng Tai couldn't help muttering: "This kind of corrupt officials set up a name to collect taxes, and they can collect a lot of money after doing it a few times, and then find a way to waste a lot of tax money to fill their own pockets. Wan Guan is not too much."

"Throughout the ages, such things are indispensable." Du Po sighed: "The officials in the south of the Yangtze River are even more greedy."

"I'm not here to help the officials find out about the officials." Yao Gang curled his lips and couldn't help interjecting.

"How much food is there?" Lu Bu didn't bother to argue, but asked the commander of the horse army in front of him.

Du Po thought for a while: "More than 120 million stones were copied from the granary, which should be enough for a cottage for a period of time, but Yizhou is Shangzhou, so it is not normal to have such a small amount of stored grain, perhaps it was sold by Gao Feng a lot. "

"It counts as much as you have." Lu Bu didn't take it seriously when he heard it. He went to the table and picked up a book and flipped through it. It’s not clear, is there anyone in the prison who can use it?”

Yao Gang stepped forward and said, "My little brother went to see it, and there are not many useful ones in it. Some of them are too nasty, and they were hacked to death by my little brother."

The tall figure nodded, and just about to speak, Yao Gang over there answered, "But there are also two guys who can be used, one is a doctor named Jiang Wen, and the other is a blacksmith named Wu Hu. The one in front of these two I offended Gao Feng for some reason, and the latter one lost his hand in an argument with someone and killed him, so he was sent to prison."

"Take him back with you." Lu Bu waved his hand, turned around and said, "It just happens to fill the vacancy in the cottage."

Yao Gang nodded and immediately walked out, called a few soldiers over, and hurried to the prison.

"It's a pity that there are not many horses." Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked outside, Du Po smiled wryly: "The whole Song Dynasty is short of horses, and this Yizhou government has fought us again, so there are not many left. .”

"That's all, order my son to be faster, take care of Bingjia's money and food, and leave here before noon." Lu Bu thought for a while, stopped walking, turned his head and said: "Go to the market to find out who sells animals there, all Buy it back."

Du Po nodded: "Little brother, let's make arrangements now."

Under the sky, the big man in blue armor left in a hurry. In various urban areas, figures with knives and guns slammed their whips and drove vehicles to various city gates. The winding teams were gathering and growing. At that time, the four gates opened wide at the same time, and the team that occupied the city for a while set off back to the mountain.

Afterwards, the people of Yizhou Prefecture discovered that all the craftsmen in the city, such as blacksmiths and house builders, were gone, which caused a lot of impact on life. However, it is a good thing that people are still alive and their property has not been robbed. As for the dead Big households, anyway, are some rich and unkind people, and it is a good thing to have less.

……

The mountain wind was blowing, and the chirping of eagles could be heard from time to time at the back of the Yuanbi Village with green mountains and clear waters. Lu Bu and his party wore white scarves, lit incense candles, bowed three times to the three newly erected tombstones, and inserted the incense candles in front of the tombs into the censer, then picked up the wine jar and filled it with wine: "Ji——"

Xi Sheng, Du Po and others went down one by one, bowed slightly, held the wine bowl high above their heads, and then sprinkled the wine on the ground when they straightened up. After the three worships, Lu Bu in front turned around and looked at the people behind him: Everyone has broken the state capital today, and it will definitely attract the attention of the government in the future. Sending troops to encircle and suppress is an inevitable thing. Although Song Wan, Yao Shun, and Cui Hao fought bloody battles to the death, they are worthy of the cottage. We soldiers died in battle, and the shrouded corpse of horse leather is the highest praise. However, I don't like to preside over such sacrificial offerings."

The voice paused, and the wine bowl was handed over to Yu Cheng: "In the future, the cottage will set up a martial arts hall, and brothers above the deputy commander will deduce the battle situation in it every three days, and a certain will also come off the stage to exchange ideas with the brothers, about martial arts riding and shooting , and will do more exchange exams in the future.”

In the thoughtful eyes of everyone, the tall figure turned to look at the tombstone: "From now on, if the war dead have family members, the cottage will take care of their wives. For those without family members, the cottage will do the cleaning every year."

"Thank you, brother." Du Po, Xi Sheng and others bowed first to express their gratitude, and everyone behind them also bowed quickly. Seeing this, Lu Bu didn't say anything more. Finally, he glanced at the tombstone with an inexplicable expression, turned and walked down: "Go Well, there are still many things to do, after An is born, I will relocate the graves of these three brothers."

With the sound of footsteps and whispers in twos and threes, a group of people left the back mountain, leaving only three new graves facing the quiet mountain forest. The words on the tombstone became more solemn as the incense rose.

……

"Bring the box over there, hurry up!"

"The damn ladder hasn't been dismantled yet? Didn't you build it?"

"Give us some time. This demolition is different from construction. You have to be careful, otherwise you will have to make another part if it breaks."

"Move quickly, don't dawdle."

Amidst the quarrel, the soldiers running around were sweating profusely, and they didn't know what was going on in their head. If they insisted on tearing down the village and evacuating, it was obvious that they had defeated the officers and soldiers. Wouldn't it be good to stay here?
I muttered in my heart, everyone's legs and feet were not idle, the useful objects were removed and loaded into the car, and the useless ones were left here. When the time came, it would be easy to burn them into ashes.

Lu Bu, who was sitting in the conference hall, was not so busy, but pointed at the map with Bian Xiang, Xi Sheng, Du Po and others: "Ape Arm Village is too close to Yizhou Prefecture, and too far from Yanzhou. Although there is a river blocking the way, it is not a dangerous place, if the government besieges them next time, it may not be as easy as this time."

"What brother said is that this time, if it hadn't been for the long delay by the officers and soldiers, it would have been too late when we arrived." Bian Xianghu fanned the cattail fan in his hand. The weather was so hot that the foreheads of the four people in the room were covered with thin layers. sweat.

"Brother, do you mean to give up this Yizhou?"

"Give up." Lu Bu closed his eyes, opened them again, lowered his head and looked at Kanyutu, with a sad look in his eyes: "Although we are not reconciled, our strength is still insufficient. The number of five, this power has to be divided into many places, and it will inevitably be broken by everyone."

"Brother is right." Du Po nodded in agreement: "There are many mountains in Yizhou, and it's not easy to travel. Why don't you go all out to manage the two villages, the village and the Langhao Mountain, and wait until I have enough strength to come back."

"The strength of Wolf Howling Mountain is still a bit weak now." Lu Bu straightened up and looked up at Bian Xiang: "You take away one thousand of the captives this time, and when you return to the mountain, let two battalions of infantry go to your aid."

Bian Xiang nodded, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will expand my influence as soon as possible."

While speaking, Yu Cheng from outside came in to report: "Brother, Wang Jun is here."

Everyone looked up at the door, and Lu Bu waved his hand: "Let him in."

Not long after, Wang Jun walked in with a simple and honest face with a smile on his face. Everyone looked at this seemingly ordinary man with great interest. Lu Bu left the table and walked over and said, "You are Wang Jun. ? This battle really caught someone’s eyes, and it can be called courageous and resourceful.”

"Brother has a good reputation, and the villain is also lucky." Xu Shi anticipated why he was called here, and his simple and honest face was a little excited.

"Luck is also strength." In the low voice, he patted Wang Jun's shoulder with his big hand: "Your achievements are real, and I asked you to come here to ask, do you want to continue to do the duty of visiting, or are you willing to command the army?" fight."

"The villain is more willing to lead the army to fight." Wang Jun said without thinking.

Lu Bu laughed, and turned to look at Xi Sheng: "It seems that the infantry will have another commander."

Xi Sheng said with a smile: "Brother Wang Jun is so blessed and able to fight, I hope there will be more."

Wang Jun lowered his head and listened to the conversation between the two, his whole body trembled with excitement. He had been in the army for many years, but no one would give him a sideways glance. The super commander, the world is so wonderful, he quickly knelt down on the ground: "Thank you for your appreciation, brother, I am willing to go up the mountain of swords and go down into the sea of ​​fire for the cottage, and I will die!"

"Okay, it's so polite." Lu Bu couldn't bear it, he pulled it up and said, "You don't need to die, just contribute more to the cottage."

"Dare to obey!"

Amidst the excited words, the man remembered something again and said: "Brother, I still have something to ask."

"Huh? Say." Hu Mu turned around, a little curious about what else this man could ask for.

Wang Jun rubbed his head and said: "One of the soldiers who surrendered this time is called Sun Laowu. He had some friendship with me before. I wonder if my brother can assign people to my command?"

The corner of Lu Bu's mouth twitched: "It's such a trivial matter, sure."

"Thank you brother."

Wang Jun quickly bowed to express his thanks, and then he said his farewell and retreated. Lu Bu gave some instructions to the commanders of the army, and then everyone got up and left one after another.

"Yu Cheng." Lu Bu stood in the room thinking for a while, and then called out.

"Brother, I'm here."

"Go to the prison and bring the scholar who was captured by Tang Erhu."

In the voice of the order, the young man at the door bowed to answer, then turned and left. (end of this chapter)