Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 40 Counting Battle Damage
The sky was gloomy, and the sky was filled with dark clouds, and some birds flew through the air with flapping wings, and threw themselves into the distant woods.

In the central military tent, two rows of guards stood facing each other. A young general was wearing leather armor without a sword, walking towards here with his head held high and his chest held high. It was Zhang Qing whom Tian Zimao asked to find before.

Passing by the guards on both sides nodded, they opened the tent and walked in.

"Commander, are you looking for me?" Zhang Qing was about 21 or [-] years old, with sword eyebrows and bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, wolf waist and ape arms, and a burly and sturdy figure.

Tian Zimao was standing in front of the "Hebei Defense Map" with his arms folded, and when he heard the voice, he turned around and saw Zhang Qing, and waved: "Here comes Zhang Dutou, come here, come here."

"Yes." Zhang Qing stepped forward in response.

Tian Zimao looked at him happily: "How, the military camp is poor, but you are still used to it?"

Zhang Qing smiled: "Lord, don't worry, I'm not a son from a wealthy family, so what's the point of suffering?"

"There's no one here, just call me Uncle Tian." Tian Zimao patted him on the arm and said, "A man should have some experience in the army, as long as he doesn't feel bitter, and save your father from accusing me of mistreating you next time." you."

"No way, it's too late for my father to be grateful." Zhang Qing smirked, looked at the "Hebei Defense Map" curiously and said, "What is Uncle Tian looking at? It's because of Lu Liujin and Su Mo son them?"

Tian Zimao shook his head: "No."

He tapped the map with his hand and said, "I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing this time, so I'm a little undecided."

Zhang Qing looked at him curiously: "What's the matter? What else makes Uncle Tian not sure?"

Tian Zimao said with a smile: "I'm not the kind of calculation method that the gods know. I really don't know whether it is good or bad this time."

Looking into Zhang Qing's eyes while speaking, he said slowly: "Li Mian is dead, his head was beheaded in Baishi Mountain."

Zhang Qing's pupils shrank, a little surprised, and then he relaxed and said: "That should be considered a good thing, this Hebei went to another bandit, and Uncle Tian doesn't have to keep on guard against him fleeing to Liao Kingdom."

Tian Zimao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's really that simple. According to the informant, Li Mian went to avenge his cousin's husband's family when he was slaughtered. There were more than [-] people accompanying him, almost all of his belongings. But his strength was broken in a single battle at Baishi Mountain, and even his life was lost."

Zhang Qing answered, and murmured: "So it is possible that Baishi Mountain is stronger than Li Mian?"

Tian Zimao nodded, then shook his head again. Seeing that Zhang Qing was puzzled, Tian Zimao walked two steps with his hands behind his back: "This is the problem. According to the information we received, Baishi Mountain was originally established by two men who went out of the army. One is Fei Zhen, the other is Xue Can, and a total of more than a hundred people have been recruited. They have never broken the Zhuangzi in small troubles, so the big turbans in the government office are unwilling to take the trouble to clean them up. It is said that This time Baishishan dispatched more than a hundred people, but they defeated an enemy several times larger than themselves and killed three big thieves including Li Mian. You say, this is a good thing or a bad thing."

Zhang Qing was speechless for a while, let's say it's bad, the biggest confidant is dead; let's say it's okay, the new one is more ruthless.

Tian Zimao took two steps, then turned back, stared at Zhang Qing with some dim eyes and said, "So I want you to take a group of tiger riders to Baishi Mountain to find out what is the strength of this group and what are their movements? Is it possible for the leader to be recruited?"

Zhang Qing took the command, Tian Zimao who was speaking at this time was the general, so he couldn't laugh anymore.

Tian Zimao sighed: "If it wasn't for the involvement of the Liao bandits, our army should be able to overwhelm them and block them on the mountain. Unfortunately, there are not enough scouts to call in now. You have to be careful and play by ear."

"Don't worry, the Lord, I'll make a note of it."

Zhang Qing bowed respectfully, turned around and walked out of the tent.

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The clouds floated for thousands of miles, crossed the city, and traveled thousands of miles away, covering the precipitous and strange peak of Baishi Mountain.

In the cottage, many people were standing outside an area holding knives and guns. Inside were more than [-] former Li Mian tribesmen who had been captured up the mountain. Give them hot soup and meals for them to eat and drink, and let them know that they will die for a while, otherwise what food will be wasted on them.

In the Juyi hall, some minions brought two braziers in to light the baking room. After all, the temperature on the mountain is lower, and the house without a brazier can't stay in people.

Not long after, Deng Fei, Xiao Haili and other leaders walked in.After a while, E Quanzhong also brought the newcomers Bian Xiang and Fu Xiang into the hall and sat down. They chatted and laughed happily.At this moment, Lu Bu came in at a leisurely pace. The tall and burly figure seemed to cause the air pressure in the hall to drop suddenly, and everyone became quiet, watching Lu Bu sit down on the main seat.

"Brother, the casualties have been counted." Deng Fei has always been the chief steward. He is the one who handles these matters in the Liao Kingdom. Now it is almost a habit. They were killed in battle, and six horses were wounded in their legs, along with the brother riding on them, but the injuries were not serious, and it was enough to take care of them, but the horses could no longer be used.”

Seeing Lu Bu nodding, he continued: "Seventeen of the infantry brothers were killed, 17 were injured, and seven were seriously injured and disabled. They are no longer able to fight."

Fei Zhen and Xue Can's eyes turned red. The infantry is their old foundation, and all the brothers in it can be called by name. Now that they suddenly heard so many casualties, they were suddenly heartbroken.

Lu Bu was already used to this. Whether it was killing Hu in the frontier or fighting in the Central Plains, the casualties of his soldiers were unmatched today.It's just that today is different from the past, and now he has to deal with any loss of major generals, otherwise he will not be able to make up for the hurt in the heart, and the thought quickly turned in his mind: "Give the injured brother good medicine, If there is a need, go to the foot of the mountain to ask a famous doctor to come up to treat them. In the future, they will be raised by the cottage, and the brothers who do not want to continue to follow will be given a lot of severance pay, so that they will have no worries for the rest of their lives. The brothers who died in the battle can find their families and send more silver. Those who are willing to go up the mountain with us will take them over, and the cottage will be responsible for supporting them in the future."

Fei Zhen and Xue Can got up and said: "Brother is benevolent and righteous, we both thank you brothers."

The rest of the people, including the newcomer Bian Xiang, looked at each other, feeling so touched, they stood up together and clasped fists together: "Brother Renyi."

Lu Bu hurriedly came down to help Fei and Xue up, and said to everyone, "Don't be so, now we are all brothers of our own family, why should we be divided between you and me? And thank you, don't you treat me as an outsider?"

Everyone hurriedly said: "Where, it's because I have never seen a brother who is so considerate of my son. Now I know what the word benevolence and righteousness is."

Lu Bu nodded, but only motioned for everyone to sit down, without speaking.

Deng Fei continued: "In addition to losses, we have captured a lot today. I have 87 horses from Li Mian's horse army. Except for the dead and disabled, 28 horses were uninjured and 31 were slightly injured. You can continue to ride when you have raised it."

Everyone was delighted to hear that, as a strategic resource, horses have always been in short supply, and getting half a hundred at a time is simply a fortune.

"Also." Seeing the joyful faces of the brothers, Deng Fei began to whisper, and raised his voice: "There are nearly 130 sabers and guns that have been confiscated in good condition, and more than half of them were abandoned by those guys when they ran away. Seven collars in intact leather armor and one collar in iron armor. There are [-] damaged leather armors, I don’t know if they can be repaired, they are gone.”

"It seems that this is really a bumper harvest." Bian Xiang looked happy, and then sighed: "It's a pity that the three pinches we met didn't even have a piece of iron on them, otherwise they would have added three collars."

Xue Can couldn't see his teeth with a smile: "It's not bad to have such a harvest. I didn't expect that group of birds to get these good products, and now they are cheaper for us."

Xiao Haili touched his big bald head: "It's a good thing this person didn't say that the armor-piercing ones were gathered together, otherwise I would have suffered even more losses."

"Zhe Mo is treating us as thieves." Deng Fei snorted.

Lu Bu patted the armrest in the first place: "This matter has reminded us that the lion should fight the rabbit with all his strength. From now on, brothers and sisters, we must not underestimate others. But..."

He raised his eyes and looked at the people below: "As soon as he puts on the label of a traitor, even if he tries his best, it will be nothing more than the food of our brothers."

"What brother said is true." Fei Zhen clapped her hands in agreement.

E Quanzhong sighed and said: "This guy, you are here a little early, the three of us will be able to catch up with the big battle a quarter and a half later, and now we only killed two bastards who didn't know how to live or die, so I am very unhappy."

Lu Bu smiled, narrowed his tiger eyes slightly, and said pointedly: "There is still a chance, our brother's life is still long."

Everyone laughed.

After a while, Deng Fei still said, "Brother, what about the prisoners in the back?"

Just as Lu Bu was about to say that those who do not surrender will be killed, he suddenly realized that the two armies were no longer at war. He pointed at the armrest and said slowly, "Go and ask them if they would like to follow us. They are all gangsters on the green forest road. Now they The leader ran as fast as he could, and there was no need to be loyal to them, if we wanted to, we would treat him as a brother;

"Yes." Deng Fei nodded, then got up: "Then I will go out and arrange this first."

Xue Can thought for a while and then got up and said: "There are quite a few people in this group, let me and you, brother, save one person from being in a hurry."

"Success, thank you for your hard work brother." Deng Fei readily agreed.

Xiao Haili stood up and said, "Then I'll go and see the injured brother."

Fei Zhen was aroused by what he said, so she stood up quickly and said, "I'll go too."

Lu Bu looked at the two of them and said, "Let's join together, they have worked hard for the Shanzhai, and we should reassure these brothers that the Shanzhai has not given up on them."

Turning to look at the three of Bian Xiang: "Brothers E Quanzhong, Bian Xiang, and Fu Xiang, I thank you three for taking care of the captives. If nothing happens, just in case something happens."

The palm of the hand was erected like a knife, and it was cut down: "Chop!"

The three of E Quanzhong hurriedly said: "Follow brother's general order, and we will definitely not cause trouble."

At that moment, everyone left the Juyi hall one after another, and went to their own business.

The cold wind blows, the branches shake, the water vapor in the air suddenly increases, and the clouds are as black as ink.

God, it's going to rain.

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