Chapter 114: Under the Same Starry Sky
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Yuanshui originates in the north of Shangjun near Shuofang County, flows diagonally to the southeast, passes through the Loess Plateau for more than 300 miles, and finally joins the Yellow River ten miles southeast of Yuanyang.
There are three large rivers in the territory of Shangjun, namely Naksu in the south, Hayeonshui in the middle, and Yuanshui in the north. For the dry Loess Plateau, each bank of a large river represents fertile land and abundant aquatic grasses that can be cultivated.
Lu Bu led the army to walk on the edge of the water for a while during the night of his stay in Yuanyang.
It's June, the river is breezy and the stars are shining brightly.
Lu Bu chose a smooth stone and submerged his feet in the clear water. The attendants Chen Wei and Li Hei stood not far behind Lu Bu, and there were hundreds of people on their periphery who remained concealed and vigilant.
Chen Wei and Li Hei were originally guarded in the place where Liu Wei and Tang Ji, the kings of Hongnong, lived. The last time Lu Bu went to battle, he took Zhao Shu and Li Zou with him, and the two followed Lu Bu's side and assisted Lu Bu in picking Huo Chiluo and slashing Koons, making great contributions. This time, Lu Bu went north, let Chen Wei and Li Hei accompany him, and arranged for Zhao Shu and Li Zou to take over their tasks.
The cool river water took away the irritability in Lu Bu's body, and he looked up at the starry night sky, and his thoughts drifted to the end of the distant starry sky.
After being away from home for several years, it was finally time to go home, and the more he went north, the more apprehensive Lu Bu's heart became. In his memory, he clearly remembers the voice and smile of his wife Yan and daughter Lu Wen, and also remembers the promise he made to his wife and daughter when he went south. It's just that Lu Bu, who loves his wife and loves his daughter, can he really go back?
Chen Wei gently approached Lu Bu and asked in a low voice, "Lord, are you thinking about your family?" β
Lu Bu bowed his head and said leisurely: "Have you calculated, how many years have we been away from Jiuyuan?" β
Chen Wei thought for a while and replied: "Since the last time I went home with my lord to visit relatives, I haven't been back to my hometown for five years. β
"Five years, how many five years are there in life? It's really easy to waste time. Lu Bu sighed, stood up, put on his shoes on the stone, and left the river.
Under the same starry sky, more than 500 miles away from Yuanyang, in the LΓΌ's Dock Fort, nine-year-old LΓΌ Wen sat alone on the top of a watchtower as high as five feet and five feet, holding her cheeks with her hands, facing the south in a quiet daze.
In the three months that Xue Lan has been in Lu Shiwu Fort, he has fully understood Lu Wen's delicate and difficult, and at this moment he can only stand behind Lu Wen and accompany this female doll in a daze. As long as the weather is fine, Lu Wen must ride a horse to the bank of the Yellow River during the day, and sit on the watchtower at night and look at the stars without speaking.
Lu Wen is a very serious and hardworking girl, when she learned archery with Xue Lan, she had obviously raised her arms and swollen, but she never said a word of bitterness and tiredness. But Lu Wen is a girl with a big temper, if anyone provokes her, she will glare at you fiercely, and she will be beaten with a whip.
Seeing that the night was dark, Yan came to the bottom of the watchtower from the back hall, looked up and shouted to Lu Wen above the watchtower: "Tuan'er, come down quickly, it's time to go to sleep!" β
Tuan'er is Lu Wen's milk name, only Lu Bu's parents and Yan's family can call Lu Wen like this in the castle, and when others call her, they have to call "son-in-law" in a proper manner.
Hearing her mother shouting to herself below, Lu Wen was about to get up, but her eyes widened, she pointed to the distance with her finger, and said to Xue Lan behind her: "General Xue, look, there is a fire in the east!" β
Xue Lan looked in the direction of Lu Wen's finger, and suddenly her face changed color. "The enemy is coming, go down to the watchtower!"
While speaking, Xue Lan picked up the wooden pestle inserted in the wall of the watchtower and struck it fiercely towards the gong hanging on the watchtower.
"When the long, when the long...... When! The crisp sound of the gong instantly spread in all directions of the Dock Fort.
"If there is an enemy situation, all the soldiers wear armor, go to the battlement, and prepare to meet the enemy!" Xue Lan ordered loudly from the watchtower, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the watchtower also shouted with Xue Lan.
"Get up to the battlements and get ready to meet the enemy!"
Countless torches suddenly lit up in the originally peaceful and stable dock fort, and the Lu family soldiers, who had been trained and trained by Xue Lan for three months, rushed to the fort wall on the periphery of the dock fort from four directions at the same time. They carried a full quiver on their backs, longbows and crossbows in their hands, and long knives hanging from their waists, and they did not look panicked in the slightest.
Except for the soldiers who fought on the fort wall, the rest of the people in the dock fort also moved. The more powerful old men and women lined up to carry bundles of well-maintained arrows near the battlements, while the less powerful women and children began to pour water into the large copper pot on the inside of the fort wall and add firewood to the copper pot.
Lu Wen climbed down the watchtower as fast as she could, then took Yan's hand and walked to the house near the tunnel in one breath. "Mother, you hide in there, I'll go see Grandpa and Grandma!" Without waiting for Yan to speak, Lu Wen turned around and ran away.
In the small square inside the main gate of the dock fort, fifty soldiers armed with spears had gathered, and Lu Liang Huoran, who was neatly draped, stood in front of these soldiers.
When Xue Lan saw Lu Liang, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Taigong, today is different from the usual pulling exercise, and a large group of soldiers and horses are rapidly approaching from the direction of Daqing Mountain. Admiral Tiance had made an agreement with me that if he led his army back to Jiuyuan, he would definitely come from the south. Tonight is extremely dangerous, please take shelter for the time being! β
Lu Liang said loudly: "The thief is coming, the Lu family is a soldier from top to bottom, and so is the old man!" General Xue can't be a child, quickly go to the wall to organize defense! β
Xue Lan saw that Lu Liang insisted on participating in the war, and there was no way to stop it, so he had to say: "Since the prince insists on participating in the war, please also press the battle for a certain one to ensure order and stability in the fort!" β
At this moment, Lu Wen held a small bow, ran to Lu Liang's side, and said loudly: "Grandpa, my grandson is also going to war!" β
Xue Lan looked at the two grandsons, and suddenly one head was two big.
Lu Liang grabbed Lu Wen's little hand, and said anxiously, "How can the Yan family let you run around outside?" β
"I didn't see my mother!"
"What? Go, I'll send you to your grandmother! Don't dare to run around at this time! Lu Liang was disturbed by his granddaughter, so he had no choice but to grab her hand and go to the dock fort to find Yan.
When Lu Wen left, she turned her head and winked at Xue Lan.
Xue Lan understood what Lu Wen meant, so he ordered loudly: "Spearman, follow me to the fortress wall and prepare to kill the enemy!" β
Fifty spearmen clung to the hilt of the spear, slammed the tail of the spear to the ground of the green bricks, and shouted: "There is no enemy and no self, and the people are in the fort!" β
The crossbowmen who had already climbed the fort wall immediately followed and shouted, "There is no enemy and no self, people are in the fort!" β
Other non-combatants in the dock fort also followed the soldiers and shouted loudly, "There is no enemy and no self, people are in the fort!" β
In this chorus of chanting, the Castle of the Lu Clan instantly gathered into a solid whole.