Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

"Get up! Get up! Form a battle array—it's the cavalry!"

Lu Yan turned around and yelled. Although he didn't know whether the person coming was an enemy or a friend, it would always be a good idea to be on guard first.

The soldiers within the chariot formation looked up at the commander's call. There was silence in the air for a moment. The soldiers escorting the grain and grass suddenly grabbed their weapons, stood up, and ran to the vehicles at the call of the lower-level generals, holding their spears at an angle to the outside.

The young and strong men beside him had already crawled to the middle position, curled up and hugged their heads, trying to reduce their presence.

The ground was shaking more and more violently. Lu Yan jumped onto his horse, grabbed the precious bow, and held the arrow in his hand. In his sight, dust was rising in the distance, and yellow smoke was rolling towards this side.

"Notice--"

Lu Yan clenched the bow in his hand. Zhang Lin stood aside and did not dare to mount his horse. He just drew out his sword and looked vigilantly at the direction where Chen Yan was coming. Although he was a scholar, he also learned a few sword skills. At least he would not stand there and wait to die at the critical moment.

The spring breeze blew, and the woods on both sides made a sound. The figures behind the vehicles on the road swayed. The spearmen subconsciously tightened their spears and adjusted their postures. Hundreds of archers put arrows on the strings and hung them diagonally to one side.

In the distance, the cavalry showed up. The familiar style of their armor made many soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. Zhang Lin and Lu Yan in the back looked at them for a while and their faces suddenly changed. The former was about to warn them, but the general on horseback shouted down: "There are enemy soldiers behind us, be careful!"

Zhang Lin heaved a sigh of relief. Although this Lu family man beside him was stubborn in some aspects, he was a man who could think. It was worth it for him to recruit him into the army. But who was so bold as to chase the imperial cavalry?

The horses were galloping closer, and the standard armor in the army made the Prime Minister of the Southern Palace narrow his eyes. The leader of the army...

Who is it again? Where is the flag?
Boom boom boom——

The horses' hooves stomped on the ground, and they galloped past. Seeing the Lü-shaped flag erected in front of them, the fleeing Liao cavalry first tensed up, and then saw the eagle flag and blue ox flag representing their own army. The knights relaxed and were overjoyed. They turned around and shouted to the general of the central guard: "Marshal, it's our grain and fodder team."

The generals in the rear looked up. Not only were the horses tired after galloping for so long, but the knights were also exhausted. Yelu Dezhong's eyes were dark and his neatly trimmed beard was now a mess. Hearing this, he spoke loudly: "Go to the left and right wings of the grain team and pass on my order to stop the enemy from behind!"

The knight in front turned around and quickly ran to the front of the grain cart, reining in his horse. The cavalry ran past him on the left and right wings. The soldiers in the chariot formation roared with strange eyes, "Pass the commander's order to stop the cavalry from chasing us!"

Zhang Lin's pupils suddenly shrank. Lu Yan clenched the precious bow in his hand. He had a guess in his mind but he didn't dare to believe it. He said loudly: "But Marshal Yelu is in the army? What happened in the front?"

The hooves thundered, and the running figures never stopped.

The knight looked back with an anxious look on his face, then turned around and shouted, "Don't worry about it, just follow my orders!"

After saying this, the knight pulled the reins, ran in front of the grain cart, joined the cavalry team on the left, hit his horse hard a few times, and fled away.

Lu Yan took a breath and lowered his head to look at Zhang Lin beside him. Zhang Lin smiled bitterly and ran his hand through his hair: "It seems that we don't have to go to the front line. Is this good news?"

"...You must be joking." Lu Yan let out a long breath and looked up at the yellow earth that was shaking in the distance: "Maybe it's just luck that I survived this time."

In his eyes, the cavalry that had been separated was about to finish running. The young man on the horse held the precious bow and put it on the saddle. In his eyes, a fiery red figure emerged from the smoke and dust. The knight who fell behind suddenly shook his body, tilted to the side, and fell to the ground with a thud. His foot, which could not get out of the stirrup, ran forward with the body along with the warhorse, leaving a bloodstain on the ground.

“So far!”

Zhang Lin took a step forward holding the long sword, and suddenly turned to look at Lu Yan: "The thief is good at shooting, be careful of the hidden arrows."

Lu Yan didn't say anything, but nodded with a serious face. Seeing the cavalry approaching, he bent his bow and shouted, "Shoot! Stop them!"

crunch--

There was a sound of drawing a bow, and as the fingers loosened, the arrow shot into the air. "Looking for death!"

After chasing for a whole night and a whole day, Lu Bu was really annoyed when he saw the chariot array blocking the road. He raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand and said: "Raise the shield--"

The cavalry in the rear raised their regimental shields, and the sound of whizzing arrows rained down. The falling arrows pierced the shields, shaking the hands holding the shields. As the war horses charged forward, several blood marks appeared on their bodies. Amid the clanging, a war horse was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground, throwing the knight off.

"Break the formation——"

The Fang Tian Ji knocked away the arrows, Lu Bu roared, and his Red Hare exhaled a breath of hot air. His feet suddenly accelerated. Under the setting sun and dark clouds, on the road in the wilderness, a cavalry team of a thousand men in black armor rushed straight towards the chariot formation surrounded by grain carts, and the fiery red figure in the lead came like the wind.

Herod——

Red Hare neighed, exerted force with its strong legs, and suddenly passed over the grain cart.

boom--

A black shadow appeared across the sky, and the fallen warhorse slightly bent its front legs. The figure on the horse had already brandished the halberd and slashed left and right. The soldiers who were trying to dodge were hit by the huge force and flew up into the air, crashing into more people beside them. The horse's hooves covered with mud stepped into the defense line, and the flaming cloak fluttered in everyone's sight. The soldiers in front were suddenly in chaos.

"Hold on--" Lu Yan felt a chill in his heart when he saw this, and just as he shouted, a roar was heard.

boom--

The disrupted spearmen were unable to protect the defense line in a short time. A dozen war horses slammed into the grain cart fiercely, instantly smashing the vehicle into pieces, flesh and blood bursting, debris flying, and corn exploding in the air.

"Drive the enemy out!"

Lu Yan did not dare to delay and threw away his precious bow, picked up his spear, mounted his horse, and charged forward with the Liao soldiers beside him.

A painted halberd whistled in the air and chopped down angrily, the torn flesh and blood splattered on the faces of the soldiers behind, and the armored general was instantly separated to the left and right.

"How dare you, thief!"

Lu Yan was very anxious, and led his soldiers to charge madly, hoping to stop the fiery figure. However, he didn't expect that Lu Bu ignored him and just rode his horse to wreak havoc among the soldiers, disrupting the formation and making it impossible to assemble. More and more cavalry rushed in from the gap.

Someone led the cavalry and charged directly towards the general holding the general's flag. The sounds of fighting and shouting echoed above the chariot formation.

"General Lu!"

Several bodyguards shouted, and Lu Bu and Lu Yan turned around at the same time. A big knife appeared in Lu Yan's sight, and he was so frightened that he quickly raised his spear horizontally.

bang——

The blade that hit him on the head bent his hands. Lu Yan was gritting his teeth and holding on when he suddenly heard a sound of "Huh?!". His hands felt light and he looked up. An ugly face came into view first, and then a big hand reached out to grab his arm. Before he could react, he was hit hard in the abdomen by the handle of the knife from the opposite side. The general felt in pain suddenly as if he was flying in the clouds and was pulled onto the saddle by someone.

"Your generals have been captured, why don't you surrender as soon as possible!"

A powerful voice came from above, which made the young man lying on the saddle feel ashamed and angry. Lu Bu in the distance turned his head, a smile appeared on his face, and the painted halberd in his hand flew around, knocking several Liao soldiers out and knocking down several of his colleagues.

The shouting gradually died down, and the young and strong boldly looked up and saw a figure in black armor gathering the surrendered soldiers and leading the captured knights to Lu Bu. (End of this chapter)