Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 439 Send Troops
"The Ping Navy is about to go to sea, and on board are the Chengcheng Navy's crossbowmen."

Amid the commotion, Lu Bu read the note in his hand and passed it to Qiao Lie who was standing aside. The man read it and passed it to the next one, saying: "It seems that the peaceful time has passed quickly."

The people at the table nodded slowly: "Tomorrow, let the navy troops come over."

The happy time is always short-lived. After the banquet in the evening, someone washed his face with ice water and woke up his slightly drunken mind. He bowed his head and processed the news from below.

The crescent moon is like a hook, cold and lonely.

……

In the middle and late spring of Mengchun, the spring cold is getting thicker, and the tender green that breaks out of the ground is covered with white frost. On the surface of the lake, some thin ice reflects the sunlight.

Large ships with dangerous flags and full of traces of navigation began to set off, followed by Li Bao, Ruan Xiaoer, and Ruan Xiaoqi, three navy commanders, bringing newly delivered ships with them, a total of twenty-four new and old large ships. Driving out of the water village, heading towards the Qingzhou outlet.

There were only a few Shaping boats carrying cargo and some small and medium-sized boats carrying people in the water village. For a while, the large water village felt a bit deserted.

Everyone on the mountain knew exactly what the four men were going to do with their troops. The crossbowmen of the Pinghai Navy and the Chengdu Navy were still quite a deterrent in the Song Dynasty, and they were all worried about the power of water warfare. Whether to gain or not.

As for Lu Bu himself, he seems to be full of confidence on the surface, but he is very knowledgeable about water battles. It can be said that he knows nothing except that the ship runs on the water.

Since he couldn't come up with an idea and didn't know much about it, it was better to trust his own men and leave the matter completely to Wei Zhaode and others, while he could prepare for the coming army of the imperial court with peace of mind.

In the midst of the busyness, many of the idle shipwrights had different ideas. Most of them smiled happily and counted the money given by Liangshan, thinking about how much land they could buy back home.

Ye Chun was the only one who felt uneasy. He not only wanted to see the warship he designed himself gain the upper hand in the water battle, but he was also afraid of hearing the news of the imperial navy's destruction. He was restless every day, which made people uncomfortable It felt like I had lice on my body.

At the end of Meng Chun, the weather had not yet warmed up, and the horse and infantry armies were transported to the waterfront. The field soldiers wielding hoes were digging trenches outside the camp, watching the men wearing horn helmets walking into the Chinese army's tent, wearing heavy armor. The soldiers went into the field to practice amid the roar of the commander.

The skylight was moving, and the branches that had just sprouted green buds hung still in the air, then trembled slightly, and then swayed violently up and down.

The rumble of horse hoofs could be heard in the air, and the black cavalry galloped past the fields nearby. Lu Bu, wearing a black cloak, took the lead and galloped at the front. The moment he raised his weapon, the two thousand cavalry gradually slowed down and stopped. The rabbit stood on the hill with brisk steps and snorted, looking at the mottled green on the plain in the distance, the tiger's eyes shining brightly.

The halberd was pressed down, and the war horse slowly moved forward.

……

At the beginning of mid-spring, the spring cold rolled back and the ground was frosty.

Pedestrians put on thick clothes, hunched their necks, and hurriedly clasped their hands, completely unaware of the blast of horns coming from the military camp outside the city.

The wind howled, and thin layers of soil blew up in the military camp. The fluttering flags rustled in the cold wind. The standing sergeant sniffed and looked quietly at the vacant position on the general's platform in the distance.

"Why haven't you come yet..." The ordinary-looking Zhou Jin led the horse close to his master, rubbed his cold cheek with one hand, and complained softly: "I've been waiting for half an hour, and if I continue like this, I won't be able to do anything." There is no need to conquer Liangshan, just go and see the doctor."

"Shut up! You're the only one who talks a lot." Suo Chao, who had a thick beard, glared at him: "It's not the right time yet, how can we blame the left-behind master for not coming!"

Zhou Jin was so stared at that he shrank his head: "I'm afraid that the left-behind adults don't take us fighting men to heart." "Don't complain like an old woman." Suo Chao stood on tiptoe and looked aside: "Look at people. None of the men under Jiedushi made a sound, who can be as presumptuous as you?"

Zhou Jin pursed his lips: "I don't know who fights with people every day in Daming Mansion. I heard that Yu Dajiang was hit with a stone and a lot of blood flowed from his forehead."

"I heard about it too." Suo Chao looked intently and whispered softly: "But it seems to be a conflict with the generals transferred from Bozhou."

"What a disgrace to Daming Mansion."

"There are so many heroes in the world, how come we, the Daming Palace, are the only ones who can afford to cover them all?"

The two masters and apprentices were talking in a low voice, and saw that the sun was moving a little more. Liang Shijie, who was wearing official uniform and smiling, just walked up to the general ordering platform above, followed by several generals wearing red robes inside and outside the battle armor. The front One of them had gray hair and was already quite old. The one behind him had a sinister appearance and was tall and strong. The last one was very familiar to him. He was Da Dao Wenda, the governor of Daming Prefecture.

"Here we come!" Suo Chao perked up and knew that this was the oath before the battle. He saw the Daming Palace guard standing in front of the offering table with tributes, took the burning incense, worshiped the God of Heaven and Earth, and then left. We had a conversation in front of the stage.

But I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but the wind was really strong when he was speaking. Even if there were more than a dozen loud sergeants shouting nearby, Suochao could only listen to "family and country", "honor", " "Reward" and other few words, and then waved his hand and shouted something, which the vanguard guessed was a word like "the army is setting off".

Sure enough, the three generals on the stage bowed to Liang Liushou, then turned around and shouted with great energy: "Let's go——"

boom--

The spear paused, and in response to the sound of "Wan Sheng!", Master Suo Chao and his disciples got on their horses and watched the sergeants moving in front, with a large flag with Li characters leading the way. Among the troops following, there were troops from Daming Mansion and others. General Zhang Zi was transferred from Bozhou.

When Wen Da and the others came down to order the generals' platform, Suo Chao saw the veteran walking under the king's flag, and the sinister-looking middle-aged man was holding a large flag with the flag Jing.

"Let's go too!"

Waiting for Wen Da to get on the horse, Suo Chao stabbed his apprentice, and the two of them followed the horse army and merged behind Wen Da.

The roar of footsteps echoed under the sky, white clouds rolled forward, and the walking soldiers were a little excited. I heard that this time it was a multi-party encirclement and suppression. There were more than 20,000 soldiers gathered in this famous mansion alone. Liangshan heard that the scale had always been small. This Isn’t it true that all the credit is given away in vain?

Almost at the same moment.

Troops usually set off from Bianliang in Tokyo and Yingtianfu in Nanjing, advancing by land and water, heading toward the waterfront in Jingdong.

Liu Yanqing, who was sitting on his horse, was very proud. There were as many as 70,000 troops in the three routes. In addition to the Dengzhou Army who took the back road of Liangshan, there were nearly 80,000 people to suppress the bandits this time. It was a safe bet.

He turned around and looked at the eldest son behind him: "Go and tell Elder Mei Jiedushi that he should be the vanguard. Don't say that the younger generation of the Sa family does not respect the elderly and care for the young."

The young player beat the horse and left first.

　Still couldn't help but change the geographical bug, Dongchang Mansion -> Bozhou, which was on Hebei East Road at the time.

　　PS: Yu Dajiang, nicknamed Jinbo Wudi, is one of the Five Tigers of Daming Mansion. It is taken from Yuan Kuocheng's "Water in Liangshan" and its derivative work "Havoc in Daming Mansion".

　　
　
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