Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 684: Resurgence of Disobedience
The sound of rustling was heard in the forest. Soldiers were guarding all around with swords and guns. The fat Wei He stood under the shade of a tree, looking towards the northwest, stroking his sweaty chin. Behind him, Han Tao limped over with a stolen axe in his hand. This had become his main weapon recently... and a tool to assist him in walking.

"Brother Wei, what are you thinking about?"

Wei He raised his head and turned around: "I'm calculating when the general will arrive."

"Oh?" Han Tao used his strength to lean on the axe handle and sat sideways on a stone. "I didn't expect Brother Wei to be so capable. What did you figure out?"

Wei He rubbed the mud on his chin and said seriously: "I think I figured out something..."

"What did you calculate? When will the general arrive?" Han Tao looked at him and asked.

Wei He glanced at him and said, "I figured out that I can't calculate it."

"..." Staring at Wei He's head, Han Tao wondered if he could stand up and swing the axe to chop the fat guy in half.

"It's just a joke, Brother Han, don't take it seriously. It seems that everyone has been a little nervous recently." Wei He was a little scared by being stared at. He laughed and hurried over to sit down: "It's just serious. There have been a lot of casualties recently. If it were the old soldiers on the mountain in the past, it would never have come to this."

Han Tao glared at him and snorted twice, then sighed: "They are all recruited teams here. It's good that they haven't disbanded yet."

"After this battle, I must talk to the general. It is better to gradually replace the army." Wei He couldn't help but pat his thigh: "Instead of being dragged down by these people on the battlefield, it is better to train some brave soldiers as soon as possible. After all, they are soldiers trained by ourselves and can be used more easily."

Han Tao nodded: "It's rare that Brother Wei has a positive idea. I agree with this."

"When have I ever had bad ideas?" Wei He laughed loudly, and when he heard a sound in his ears, he stopped laughing immediately. He and Han Tao turned around together. A scout from the army ran over with a knife in his hand, and said with a bow: "Captain, there are people outside, saying that they are the general's men."

Wei He and Han Tao were overjoyed. The fat man stood up with all his strength and glanced at the scout, thinking of something: "No conflict, right?"

"Reply to the Commander, no."

"Well, come in." After watching the scout run away, the fat man turned back and said to Han Tao: "You have some good eyesight..."

"You are scared of being bitten by a snake."

Han Tao looked at him and shook his head. Wei He just shrugged his shoulders without arguing. Soon, more than a dozen figures of different heights came running over from the distance. The two men couldn't help but stare with their eyes wide open. Bai Sheng tried hard to stand up, leaning on his axe.

"Yang Zaixing meets Uncle Wei and Uncle Han." The mottled shadow of the tree shone on the young man's face, and the figure who ran over bowed and clasped his fists to the two of them.

"Why are you here?"

Han Tao and Wei He looked at the faces of the young men following behind them. They remembered that some of them were guards around Lu Bu, and they were obviously sent out because they were worried about him.

But he's here, which means...

"Master said he would send someone to look for you two." Yang Zaixing said what the two had guessed, and a smile appeared on his childish face: "I asked for permission to go out and look for you, and Master finally agreed with great difficulty."

"Has the general arrived in Liaoxi Prefecture?" Wei He was overjoyed. He quickly pulled Yang Zaixing over and took out the geomancy map. "Where is the general now? Does he have any instructions?"

"Before I left, I was in the forest northeast of Changqing." Yang Zaixing pointed to the geomancy map and said, "Now I should be heading west, but Master said that my two uncles should lead the army to attack the Liao camp east of Changqing to contain the Liao army."

"East?"

Han Tao and Wei He looked at each other, then looked at the young man who was speaking. Wei He nodded: "That's no problem. We have fought in Dongying once before, so we are familiar with the route." "When will we fight?" Han Tao asked.

"I will send someone to report to Master right away. It's been hot recently. Master..." He looked up at the two of them and said, "It's safer to attack at night."

"Haha..." Wei He patted his belly and laughed, "Great! The two of us failed to capture the East Camp before, so we must fight the Liao people this time."

"Don't flatter yourself after being beaten." Han Tao glanced at him, interrupted him, and snorted: "But I will definitely follow the general's orders. It won't be a problem to contain him."

Yang Zaixing was overjoyed and quickly turned around and told the scouts who were following him to go back. The personal guards behind him were very anxious.

"Young Master, we still have to go back and report..."

Yang Zaixing raised his hand and did not refute: "Okay, then go back and report."

Several men breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and took two steps. The leader felt something was wrong, so he stopped and turned around to see Yang Zaixing standing there without moving: "Young Master, you... why are you still standing there?"

Yang Zaixing took a small step back and smiled: "You need to go back and report, but I don't. My master never told me that."

"Young Master!!"

Han Tao and Wei He heard the noise and saw that he and several guards were standing there. They walked up to him and asked him a few questions. They were immediately shocked: "Why don't you go back? If the general knew about this, wouldn't he be worried?"

"My nephew wants to go with my two uncles to rob the Liao army camp." Yang Zaixing shook his head, looking serious: "I was protected by the personal guards at Master's place, and I have only shot three arrows on the battlefield, and I don't know who I hit." A trace of helplessness flashed on his face: "My nephew wants to go to the battlefield for training. If this goes on, I'm afraid I won't even get a single shot when I return to Liaoyang Prefecture."

"Nonsense!" Wei He immediately jumped up and said, "If anything happens to you here, Brother Han and I might even lose our heads and give them to the general as compensation."

Han Tao also nodded beside him: "Brother Wei is right, my nephew should go back quickly, otherwise the general will blame us and we will not be able to bear it."

Yang Zaixing didn't say much, just nodded and said: "Okay, my nephew has a horse himself, I will go find the two uncles myself when the time comes."

After that, he turned to leave.

"Wait a moment!"

Wei He called out and looked at the dozen or so guards sent by Lu Bu. These men looked at a loss. He immediately realized that he could not rely on them. He turned to Han Tao and said, "Let nephew Yang follow me. At least he can take care of me."

Han Tao's face darkened: "It's the only way."

Yang Zaixing smiled and bowed, "Thank you, uncles. I will follow your orders on the battlefield."

"I hope you really obey."

The two men had no choice but to accept it. They were also afraid that Lu Bu would get worried if they didn't see them for too long, so they asked the scouts to report this matter back. The personal soldiers who came with them had no choice but to accept it and wait quietly with the infantrymen.

Soon, it got dark.

(End of this chapter)