Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 9 Planning is not as fast as change

In the afternoon, at no time, in the valley, it was cloudy.

boom boom-

The hooves of the horses fluttered, and a group of horse thieves flew by quickly, holding up their bows and nodding their arrows, the bowstring was fully drawn, they took aim, and then let go.

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Indole——

The arrow crossed the sky, it looked very spectacular, but Bali Haili's eyes jumped when he saw the hit rate, only one of the ten people shot arrows hit the edge, and the rest all missed the target. Fortunately, he was wise and didn't stand on the target Nearby, otherwise it is estimated to be a hedgehog now.

boom boom-

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Another group of people ran past, the same movements, the same seriousness, and the same results... not as good as the previous group.

"Damn it! As I said, trust your mounts, don't be nervous or shake your hands when you let go of the reins. Straight girl, hold your hands steady." Ba Lihaili shouted angrily.

"Brother Bali seems to be teaching well." In the distance, Lu Bu heard Balihaili's loud voice and looked back at the riding and archery training for a while and said.

Then he turned his head to look at Deng Fei, who was lying on the ground without any image, and said, "Brother Deng Fei, how is your rest?"

"Hugh...have a good rest." Deng Fei barely stood up leaning on a wooden stick.

"Get on the horse." Lu Bu turned on his mount, shook the stick wrapped in his hand, and said, "Come on!"

"Hey." Deng Fei breathed out and got on the horse with difficulty, stabilized his figure, kicked the horse and rushed towards Lu Bu, stabbing Lu Bu's chest with the wooden stick in his hand.

"Slow down!" Lu Bu sat upright and didn't move, shaking Deng Fei's stick away with a shake of his hand.

"Drink!" Deng Fei rushed over again, exhaled and stabbed at Lu Bu.

Snapped--

Lu Bu sealed the stick again, and knocked Deng Fei on the back with a smooth stick: "Don't just use your arms, but use your shoulders and waist. Come again!"

"Drink!" Deng Fei mustered up his strength, reined in the reins and turned the horse's head again. Like a windmill dancing with a wooden stick in his hand, he stayed close to him, and stabbed vigorously with both hands.

"It's gimmicky." Lu Bu snorted, raised his stick with one hand, and Deng Fei returned without success again.

"Leader! Chief!"

Anxious cries came along with the sound of horseshoes, and Lu Bu made a pause gesture. Deng Fei breathed a sigh of relief, panting and stopped to look at the horse thief running this way: "Brother, I went out to inquire about the news this morning. One of the brothers."

Lu Bu nodded his head, and saw the man running over with his "splashing stabbing" horse, stopped in front of Lu Bu and clasped his fists and said, "Boss, I have something important to report."

"Say." Lu Bu reached out and stroked the mane of the mount to calm its restless emotions.

The horse thief took a breath and said, "Today I went out to inquire about the news, and I heard that Yelude, the new guard of Jizhou, was more important than leading officers and soldiers to attack the Yinmachuan cottage yesterday. It is reported that the Xijin government will clean up the green forest forces in various places, and all prefectures will send troops to respond .”

Lu Bu frowned: "The news is reliable?"

The horse thief nodded: "Absolutely reliable."

Deng Fei came over on his horse and said, "Brother, I've heard of Yinmachuan. It's a big village with nearly a thousand minions, and there are five or six famous heroes."

"How many officers and soldiers have been dispatched?" Lu Bu raised his head and asked.

The horse thief replied: "There are more than 800 defenders in this state. It is said that except for the [-] people left to guard the city, the rest have been dispatched."

"How many officers and soldiers were killed or injured?" Lu Bu continued to ask.

The horse thief thought for a while and said: "It is said that the loss is not much, and the casualties should be within five hundred."

Lu Bu then asked again: "Have you found out when they will send troops again?"

"There is no news, but soldiers entered the city this morning, saying that they are taking a rest for a day."

Lu Bu stroked his chin and said, "That means the troops will be dispatched tomorrow."

"Brother, how did you see it?" Deng Fei looked at Lu Bu and asked.

Lu Bu said indifferently: "Officers and soldiers suppress bandits, unless they are anxious for several months, they will rest with the soldiers under their command after a long period of time. However, this time they only fought for one day and let them rest. It is not because they are afraid that there will be too many casualties. War heart, so take a rest for a day."

The horse thief nodded: "The leader is right. The officers and soldiers of Nanjing Road rarely go to war. The only battalion that can fight in this prefecture is a battalion of infantry. The rest are bullies. Even if they win a battle, they have no guts."

Lu Bu nodded: "Go and call the three chiefs over."

He and Deng Fei are not locals, and they don't know much about the power of Jizhou's green forest, so they need the help of Ba Lihaili to find out.

"Yes."

The horse thief nodded and headed towards the training ground over there.

Lu Bu and the two got off their horses and found a place to sit by themselves.

Not long after, Ba Lihai came running over on his horse, dismounted and sat down beside Lu Bu and the two: "Boss, are you looking for me?"

Lu Bu nodded, and Deng Fei recounted the situation to him.

Ba Lihai said solemnly: "Boss, there used to be three groups in Jizhou, one group is the most powerful in Yinmachuan, and now it has been confiscated by the government; there was a group of strong people in Wuzhong Mountain, but it has only been three months. I heard that all of them disappeared before, so maybe they went to other places; now we are the only ones left with more than a hundred people, if the news is true, Yelude will definitely send troops to attack tomorrow."

"Is the valley here safe?" Deng Fei asked from the side.

Bali Haili shook his head and said affirmatively: "This place has been occupied for many years, and it must have leaked out. In the past, no one came to attack, but the government did not act. Now that the Xijin government is determined to clear up the bandits, there will definitely be officers and soldiers coming. .”

"Guanjun, how many cavalry are there?" Lu Bu asked, looking at Bali Haili.

Ba Li Haili said: "In the past, there were fifteen hundred cavalry troops, but I don't know if the prince brought cavalry here."

"The gap in the number of people is too big." Lu Bu sighed with emotion, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, stood up and said, "Come on, I'll go to another place immediately, it's not good to fight with him at this time."

"Brother is wise."

"The leader is wise."

Deng Fei and Bali Haili breathed a sigh of relief. They also knew that there was not enough manpower, and it was the best result to be able to walk freely.

"Brother, where am I going?"

Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "How about heading south?"

This is Lu Bu's own selfishness, he still has the idea of ​​going to Song State to see it.

Ba Lihai touched his chin and said, "Going south is a good place to go. Daliao's center of gravity lies in the other four roads. Nanjing Road only borders Song Dynasty, so it's actually not very important to the court."

"Why is this?" Lu Bu and Deng Fei asked a little strangely.

Of the two of them, one is a commoner, the other is from the Song Dynasty, and they are not very familiar with the Liao Kingdom.

Bali Haili said: "The closer the land is to the Song State, the richer it is. The officials in Nanjing Road only care about doing business with the Song State to make money, and the rest of the officials don't care about it. In addition, how many years did Liao Song There is a war, but in fact the armaments have been relaxed for a long time. For us, Nanjing Road is a treasure land. For the other four roads, due to various reasons, they have to be investigated more strictly. The combat power of the army is also higher than that of Nanjing Road. The key is... Hehe, it’s troublesome if you don’t have a lot of money, and there are also many green forest comrades there, and they are all unwilling to obey the rules.”

"But didn't the Xijin government say they want to suppress the bandits?" Deng Fei asked.

Ba Lihaili said: "The suppression of bandits depends on our reputation. We don't have a good reputation, so we should run away and hide for a while. When the limelight passes, no one will know who we are, so we will be safe."

Deng Fei nodded: "It makes sense."

"Then go to Zhuozhou to have a look." Lu Bu also nodded on his face, Zhuozhou is close to Song Dynasty, so maybe he can go and have a look.

He sighed again in his heart, it was really a shame that he was forced to run away by the foreign army.

There is no way, no soldiers, no generals, no armor and logistics, what can be done like this?Even if I can defeat the Liao army once, a person can mobilize the power of a country. It's not because I am a person with no foundation today who can compete, I can only say that the time is not with me!
Where is the foundation of XX?

……

Let's turn back the time and return to Sishizheng.

Jizhou, the barracks.

The flags are unfurled, and the military is awe-inspiring.Pairs of soldiers with long guns and uniforms passed between the tents.At the big tent of the Chinese army, two teams of elite soldiers stood in two rows holding spears and swords at their waists.

Yelu had to put on a full set of clothes, and sat in the tent wearing a big cloak, with a helmet and command arrows on the table in front of him.

Below, Tianshanyong, Baomisheng, his four sons and many generals are all dressed up, holding helmets in their hands and standing against each other.

"Bao Mi Sheng is detailed, I have finished letting you spread rumors in the city." Yelu Dezhong said solemnly, and said in a deep voice.

Bao Misheng came out and clasped his fists and said: "As ordered by the commander in chief, let the soldiers go to the city to declare that the barracks will take a rest today, but the commander in chief wants to spread the news, why not send troops immediately..."

"If you send troops right away, you won't be able to catch them." Yelude shook his head heavily and said, "This group of thieves are horse thieves, and they all have fast horses. If I lead the army directly to the door, they will definitely abandon their lair and run away after they find out the news. It’s not easy to wipe out. At this time they got our news, although they will still evacuate from their stronghold, but they will not leave immediately because there is still enough time, this is our chance.”

Bao Misheng nodded and said: "So that's the case, the commander is very thoughtful, we can't guess."

Yelude smiled reservedly, apparently having eaten the flattery, raised his hand and took out a command arrow and said: "Tianshan is brave and steady, and you will still lead Yelu Zonglei and Yelu Zonglin with [-] cavalry to go there. The north side of the valley blocks its way of retreat, don't attack by force, wait for the opportunity."

"The general obeys orders." Tian Shan stepped forward bravely to receive the arrow and left with Brother Yelu.

Yelu Dezhong then took out another command arrow and said, "Bao Mi Sheng is detailed and stable."

Baomi Sheng rushed out, cupped his fists and said, "The end is here."

Yelude stood up again and walked to the map beside him, he pointed a spot and said, "I order you to lead the remaining [-] cavalry to go ahead and lay an ambush here. If the gang of thieves can't fight, you can wait for my infantry to come. If you dare to run out, you will intercept and kill halfway."

"The last general obeys." Baomi Sheng also stepped forward to receive the token and went on.

Yelude came back to the table and stood still in front of the crowd, and shouted in a deep voice: "Li Fuxiangwen will still lead [-] troops to guard the state capital, and the rest will follow me."

"The last will obey."

Everyone bowed to accept the order, then put on their helmets and went out one after another.

……

Erxian Mountain.

The young man named Qiao Lie had a dark face and walked down the mountain with his sleeves shaking. It was the first time in his life that he tasted the taste of rejection.

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