The Beacon Record of the Eight Parts of the Dragon [Xiao Feng x Murong Fu colleagues]

"I hear rebellious footsteps above the flowing water."

——Changyao

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"Send them all to Taiwei Gao."

Before Liu Changzuo could take off his battle robe, he leaned over his desk to read the battle report, and when he saw the spoils of war, he sighed and covered the page before finishing it.

Before he finished his sentence, the impatient general became furious and shouted: "Qianju! Gao Zunyu is bullying others and doesn't pay attention to our Jingyuan army. Brothers, take the hard-earned things and give them away. , how could he be so cheap for nothing?"

"What do you know!" Liu Changzuo closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, he slapped the table and said sharply.

He usually hides his emotions and anger, and rarely speaks so harshly. The person who said the words just now shrank his head in fright and dared not make a sound.

Liu Changzuo uttered a sentence, and immediately suppressed his temper, returned to a calm expression, and said in a deep voice: "Lingzhou City can't be attacked for a long time now. Our Jingyuan Army relies on the peak of Mingsha Granary, and it will not be enough for ten days and a half months. The supplies of the Huanqing Army They all relied on Pengsun to transfer all the way. Seeing that the weather turned cold, Pengsun did not arrive. That day I saw that their soldiers were still wearing single clothes. It was cold and freezing, how to go to battle? Don't you forget the truth of helping each other?"

For a while, no one dared to say a word when the account was full.

"Gao Zunyu is unpopular and commands randomly. I don't know if you don't obey him." Liu Changzuo's tone became more and more painful. "His 15 soldiers and civilians are all sons of the Song Dynasty. He guards the border and is loyal to the country. That's all. Are they enemies with me? Isn't their life life?"

When he asked such a question, the general just said that he had no answer, and suddenly knelt down on one knee.

"Get up." Liu Changzuo showed a tired look, waved his hand, and called two steady and reliable soldiers over, and ordered them to escort this batch of supplies to the Huanqing barracks.

"If he doesn't accept it, don't argue with him. Just bring the things back." The soldiers were about to leave when they were ordered, when Liu Changzuo stopped them and gave them instructions.

Gao Zunyu really rejected the gifts.

On November [-]th, he launched a second wave of more well-prepared sieges. However, he was defeated by the Xixia warrior Ren Duolingding who retreated into the city, causing more casualties than the previous one.

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Murong Fu was on patrol outside.

He led a group of soldiers, and the farther he walked, the more he walked, the more open the scenery.In a blink of an eye, a vast expanse of water spread out in front of him.

They came to the bank of the Yellow River.

The water is open and not yet frozen.There are a few clumps of pale yellow reeds growing on the bank, and here and there on the ground are all the remaining snow that hasn't melted away.The mulberry fruit, elm and willow by the river form forests in patches, just like the scene of a small Jiangnan in the north, covering several families.A white bird called out, piercing the silence, passing low through the water.

Murong Fu's heart suddenly moved.He stopped his horse and stared intently for a while.

Is that a water bird flying from the south?How did you get lost here?

He thought of the vast and misty Taihu Lake, which he had seen familiarly since he was a child.The pink and glossy snow in the southern country.In the early morning of winter, there was a thick white mist, servants were sweeping in front of the court, the sound of the bamboo broom touching the ground was wrapped in the mist, distant and muffled.

The day before yesterday, I received a letter from Wang Yuyan, and I drew a circle instead of the calligraphy I couldn't write. The paper was full of children's expressions, telling him that the plum blossoms in Yanziwu had bloomed.At the end of the letter, he earnestly asked him to add more clothes.This letter was neatly folded and kept in his chest pocket. When he was riding his horses to charge, it gently and tenderly pressed against his beating heart. Every heartbeat was the moment Murong Fu could not bear to write A reply letter: There are no plum blossoms in Lingzhou City.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting in the forest, it seemed to be soldiers shouting and shouting, mixed with the sound of women crying and cursing in the distance.

"All of you, follow me over to have a look." Murong Fu restrained himself and pointed to several soldiers.

He galloped over and saw that it was a group of Huanqing soldiers who were ordered to cut down trees, and fell down a few fruit trees indiscriminately. Seeing this, a farmer ran into them.The male host refused to accept and argued for a few words, but was killed by the leading soldier with a sword.When the peasant woman heard the movement, she went out to see that her husband had already collapsed in the dust, breathless, and she threw herself on her husband like a thunderclap and burst into tears.

"The tree was born there, and it didn't write its name. Who knew it belonged to your family?" The leader was a man with a pockmarked face. At this time, he sneered, and the tip of the sword was still dripping blood. "You still dare to argue with me. Don't you know that 'Under the world, is it the land of the king'? It's fine to cut down a tree of yours, but what if you kill your man?" Kicking away the peasant woman who was about to fight with him, she raised her sword high: "Believe it or not, I will kill you too?"

Murong Fu saw this situation from afar, he couldn't help being furious, he shouted: "Stop!" He jumped off the horse, before he could fasten the horse, he stepped across.

"Who are you?" The pockmarked man showed contemptuous expression when he saw Murong Fu approaching, he snorted and looked him up and down. "My Huanqing Army is under the personal command of Taiwei Gao, and I will not be ordered by your general Jingyuan..."

Before he finished his sentence, Murong Fu sneered, took a step forward, and the long sword came out of its sheath with a "swipe".

In his rage, he struck so fast that no one could see where he was coming from. He only heard the sounds of "Dang" and "Ah yo", and several weapons dropped from his hands and fell to the ground. Amidst the flashing cold light, a long sword was already set. Touching the pockmarked man's neck, he immediately forced back the half-sentence he hadn't finished speaking.

Murong Fufu pushed him back hard, his back pressed against a wall, and there was a muffled "bang".

"Since the Huanqing Army refused to obey my general Jingyuan's order, that's fine." Murong Fu snorted coldly, with a slight pressure on his hand, blood immediately oozed from the edge of the sword.Seeing the other party's face change, he looked serious, and asked sharply: "Article No. 15 of the Great Song Army Law, do you still remember it!"

At this time, with a sharp knife on his neck, his life was hanging by a thread, the arrogance of the pock-marked man just now flew to the sky, his legs were shaking like chaff, how could he remember the Song Dynasty's military law? "Jun...Master Jun, spare me!" He yelled like killing a pig. "I...we are ordered by Gao Taiwei to come to cut wood!"

"... Those who are good at digging graves, burning houses, and looting property, beheaded!" Murong Fu said every word as if he had never heard of it.

At this time, Murong Fu's soldiers had rushed up one after another, protected the peasant woman and picked her up.Still in shock, she flung herself on her husband's body, crying bitterly, her heart broken.The soldiers were all rough men, they scratched their heads around her for a while, searched their brains, and couldn't think of anything to persuade her.

The peasant woman cried for a while, and the sound of a baby crying suddenly came from the room.She was startled, turned over and sat up, and stumbled towards the door.

Several soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, followed up and saw a baby in swaddle lying on the kang, crying.The peasant woman wiped her tears, picked up the baby, shook it gently, coaxed him in a low voice, turned her back, and opened her skirt to nurse him.

Several soldiers hurriedly lowered their eyes, they didn't dare to look any more, they left the door, and reported the matter to Murong Fu.

When Murong Fu heard the news, his heart felt pity.Let go of the pockmarked man, and said in a deep voice, "You can follow me to see Gao Zunyu later!"

He ordered several soldiers to guard the group of people, and followed the soldiers to the door in three steps and two steps.

This is an extremely ordinary farmhouse, with only one living room, one kitchen, and one bedroom. There are very few household items. It is obviously a poor farmhouse, but it is kept clean and spotless.There is a Buddha statue in the hall, and clear fruits are placed in front of the Buddha.A small cradle stands at the feet, the carpentry is meticulous, and only half of the vermilion lacquer has been applied.

The peace and joy of the family of three was shattered at this moment today.

Seeing that cradle, Murong Fu couldn't help but feel sad.At this time, the peasant woman had finished breastfeeding, covered her skirt, walked over with the child in her arms, and gave him a blessing.

"Today, the general rescued me, and the little girl can't repay her." There were still tears on her face. "It's a pity that my husband can never be rescued again."

Murong Fu is an eloquent person.But at this moment, he couldn't say a word...

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Following Liu Changzuo's order, Qiao Feng led his troops to Mingsha for reinforcements.It took three days and three nights to bring the soldiers to Mingsha and come back alone.

After a long-distance raid, he returned to the camp, fell asleep, and slept very darkly.When he got up, the camp was full of lights.

Qiao Feng had dinner in the big tent, and went out when he saw Guo Cheng, Murong Fu and his party coming out of Liu Changzuo's tent.Guo Cheng's eye circles were reddish, and he seemed to be angry, and he hurried straight away.Murong Fu's face was pale, with a look of preoccupation, he didn't call Guo Cheng to stop, and let him go all the way.

Seeing this, Qiao Feng knew something had changed, and strode forward to meet him.

"You're back?" Seeing him, Murong Fu's frowning brows slightly loosened.

Qiao Feng was well aware of his temper, so he didn't ask questions hastily, he just took the initiative to say a few words about the situation after the farewell and the situation of the Mingsha garrison.

"Liu Qianju really predicted things like a god." Thinking of the situation that day, Qiao Feng couldn't help feeling a little scared. "As soon as we arrived on the front foot, we ran into Xia's army attacking on the back foot, and we managed to hold it with great difficulty."

"What about Lu Fu and Peng Sun?" Murong Fu asked suddenly after listening for a while.Lu Fu and Peng Sun escorted most of the Huanqing Army's payroll, and they will pass through Mingsha in a few days and come to Lingzhou to join Gao Zunyu.

"When I left, I hadn't heard any news from them." Qiao Feng said.

Talking has gone to no one.Murong Fu stopped and remained silent for a while, then he really said: "Liu Qianzhi has fallen ill. General Yao is acting as the agent for military matters."

Qiao Feng was taken aback when he heard the words: "I was fine before I left, why did you suddenly get sick? Could it be that you were injured on the battlefield?"

"It's Gao Zunyu." Murong Fu responded. "He couldn't attack the city for several days, so he found an excuse, saying that Liu Qianzhi was not enough to supply the siege equipment, so he wanted to kill him. The Jingyuan army almost rebelled, but he gave up this idea anyway. Under the worry and anger, Liu Qianju became depressed. disease."

What he didn't tell Qiao Feng was that when Guo Cheng and others went to visit just now, Liu Changzuo was so delirious from the fever that he suddenly turned over on the sick bed, kowtowed to the south, and murmured: "Mr... …”

Many generals shed tears on the spot.

Qiao Feng was speechless for a long time: "...Could it be because there is no siege equipment?"

Murong Fu was silent for a while, then said softly, "It's not about wood."

But it turned out that the day before yesterday Murong Fu ordered Deng Baichuan to send a letter to Yanziwu, and ordered Gong Zhigan to buy a batch of timber for no other reason than because he expected to go here to Lingzhou City, and there were not enough siege equipment, so a story must happen.It's a different story, the son and father were worried about it first, so they forcibly opened up the second line of the officialdom and the governor, and insisted on transporting this batch of timber to the northwest border, which arrived the day before yesterday.

"For this batch of wood, the second brother and the third brother spent a lot of effort to break through countless joints and toss it over, but it turned out to be tasteless." After explaining the ins and outs, Murong Fu smiled wryly as if mocking himself. "If it had been handed over to Qian Jurisdiction at the beginning, it would have been accused of deceiving Gao Taiwei and not reporting it. Now it was handed over to Gao Zunyu, but how could he have the ability to build a siege vehicle?"

"You did your best." Qiao Feng felt powerless after saying this.But he couldn't think of anything else.

"This battle in Lingzhou City, I'm afraid, in the end, it will fall on the word 'person'."

Murong Fu acted as if he didn't hear it, lowered his head in thought for a while, then sighed.

"Brother Qiao, if you can ensure that the officers and soldiers under your command can return home safely, it will be your luck and mine."