Chapter 10: The Decisive Battle of Dongting (I)
Luo Tianchu and Liu Shaoqing sat on the rocks by the lake to fish, looking at the boundless and vast lake, listening to the waves crashing on the rocks sitting down, completely forgetting the smoke and fire of war, and their hearts were extraordinarily calm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The breeze blew Liu Shaoqing's hair and clothes, looking like a free fairy, and Luo Tianchu stuck the fishing rod in the crack of the stone and kicked the water barefoot.
Liu Shaoqing flicked the rod and caught a big herring again, his white left hand accurately grabbed the slippery herring, shook his head and sighed: "After someone's foot washing water, this fish can no longer be eaten, go!" and threw the fish into the lake.
Luo Tianchu's old face turned red and said, "If my footwashing water is really so poisonous, what kind of battle do I need to fight, I would have poisoned the Song army on the other side of the river a long time ago." Liu Shaoqing saw that the earthworm on the hook was intact, threw the rod out again, and the fishing line flew straight into the air with a "whoosh", fell into the water, and said with a smile: "I know that you are angry, don't you just haven't caught a fish, but I don't understand why you want to keep that broken shoe, can you put fish in the bucket?" Luo Tianchu glanced at the twelve carp, catfish, herring, and the dirty broken shoe in his bucket, and said angrily:" This is the first time I have fished in my life, and this shoe is the first thing I have caught, so I should keep it for a few more moments. Liu Shaoqing smiled dumbly and said, "Whatever you want, no one cares about you even if you wear it." Luo Tianchu said: "Look at your posture, you should be a veteran of the fishing ground, when did you start fishing?" Liu Shaoqing said: "Fishing is one of the basic skills of my Liu family's sword practice, and the fishing rod used is made of muddy iron, which is several times heavier than the one we use, and it is required to maintain a posture until the fish is hooked." ”
Luo Tianchu saw that his sitting posture was as steady as a rock, and his right hand holding the fishing rod was as if it was inserted in a crack in the stone, so he couldn't help but gasp, and asked, "How does fishing help with sword practice?" Liu Shaoqing said: "You can practice the stability of holding the sword, the strength of the arm, the willpower and patience." Luo Tianchu said: "If you can't catch a fish and you have to keep this posture all the time? If you use the iron fishing rod you said, who can stand it after a long time." ”
Liu Shaoqing said: "I have hung down countless times because of the lack of arms, but I still have to continue to practice after resting for a while, so I asked the fishermen for fishing skills, and for more than 20 years, my arms have never hung down because I can't catch fish." Luo Tianchu smiled: "It turns out that you have also been opportunistic, and I have always been meticulous in your sword practice." Liu Shaoqing said with a smile: "Practicing the Fa is dead, people are alive, my predecessors have all stolen from the fishermen, far more than me, hey, I took the bait again." As he spoke, he caught another big carp, put it into the bucket under Luo Tianchu's envious and hateful gaze, and said with a smile: "Wait a while, you make a fire, and I will grill the fish for you to eat." Luo Tianchu's eyes widened in disbelief and said, "You can also grill fish?"
Liu Shaoqing said: "Every year I have to go into the mountains alone to practice for a month, if I don't fish and hunt, I would have starved to death, my ability to grill fish is no worse than swordsmanship." Luo Tianchu smiled: "Then I must taste it." Liu Shaoqing said while washing his hands: "Do you know the purpose of my invitation to fish?" Luo Tianchu said: "Isn't it trying to hit my confidence in fishing?" Liu Shaoqing laughed angrily: "How can I be so bored, the demonic nature in your body is getting worse day by day, although you have been patient with willpower to prevent seizures, but after a long time, it is not a way after all, if you can catch fish for three hours a day, it is very beneficial to self-cultivation." ”
Luo Tianchu said: "Fishing is really interesting, I'm afraid I don't have so much time." Liu Shaoqing shook the water in his hand, glanced at the top of his trembling fishing rod, and said, "Your fish is hooked." Luo Tianchu turned over when he heard this, took the fishing rod out of the crack in the stone, and Liu Shaoqing hurriedly said: "The string should be light... Before he finished speaking, Luo Tianchu pulled hard, how strong his internal force was, and when he threw the fish into the air, the fishing line was also broken, and the fish fell back into the lake and disappeared. Looking at his dazed and embarrassed expression, Liu Shaoqing laughed, the tears of laughter were about to come out, and he himself forgot the last time he laughed so happily.
At this moment, Xia Cheng and Li Qingwan came together, and Xia Cheng smiled: "The two of you are so happy, what are you so happy." Li Qingwan smiled: "I just saw a fish released at the beginning of the day, ah, why is there a broken shoe in your bucket?" Luo Tianchu smiled bitterly: "This is the result of my two hours." Xia Cheng glanced at the fish in Liu Shaoqing's bucket and said in surprise: "Master Liu Zhuang is really an expert in fishing, and it is quite rare to catch so many fish in such an off-season." Liu Shaoqing said: "I am planning to barbecue on the spot, Mr. Xia may as well enjoy it." Xia Cheng said with a smile: "I can't ask for it, but there are some situations that I have to report to the three of you first, and I met Palace Master Li on the way here, so I came together." ”
Luo Tianchu said to Li Qingwan: "You are really indispensable everywhere." Li Qingwan smiled evilly: "What should you call me?" Luo Tianchu suddenly remembered their agreement, and he couldn't wait to slap his own cheap mouth, why did he provoke her, so he had to lower his head and say, "Wan'er, why are you here too." Liu Shaoqing and Xia Cheng both looked at him in surprise, and they both noticed the change in title. Li Qingwan pretended to be surprised: "What? I didn't hear clearly. Luo Tianchu hated it so much, anyway, he had kept his promise, ignored her again, and said, "Mr. Xia, please speak." ”
Xia Cheng coughed lightly and said, "Huang Zuo and his family have completely left our side and surrendered to Yue Fei's side. Luo Tianchu was slightly shocked: "He is a ruined boat, leaving no room for it, when did it happen?" Xia Cheng said: "Last night, he took his old father to row to the Song camp at night, and his every move was under our control, so as not to startle the snake, we let him go, but it had a great impact on the morale of our army, after all, he is a very important figure on our side." Luo Tianchu said: "Influencing the morale of the army is his real purpose, he thinks that there is still Yang Qin here, so he is not afraid to find out his identity." Xia Cheng said: "Yes, our messenger has returned just now, and Yue Fei has accepted our challenge and agreed to meet in the early morning of three days to fight in Nanhu. Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "Yue Fei has never lost a battle, of course he will not be afraid of battle, it seems that we are going to launch a general attack tonight." ”
Xia Cheng said: "Yang Junshi has ordered the soldiers to secretly prepare for battle, and tonight's battle must be won." Luo Tianchu said: "Fortunately, Huang Zuo left last night, otherwise our secret preparations would not have escaped his eyes." Xia Cheng said: "When he was leaving, Yang Qin secretly revealed to him the plan that we would fight a decisive battle in three days, and also told him the battle strategy of Yang Junshi, what he said was the truth, the only thing that was wrong was the date." Luo Tianchu said: "Huang Zuo brought his family over, Yue Fei's surrender to him is even more unswerving, and his leak just confirms our battle letter this morning, so Yue Fei will not be suspicious." Xia Cheng let out a sigh and said with a little nervousness: "Tonight's battle is the last chance for our army to turn defeat into victory, I hope God will bless me and help my Dongting army win a complete victory." ”
Li Qingwan smiled: "Mr. Xia is also superstitious. Xia Cheng smiled bitterly: "In the next scholar, I don't know martial arts, and I really don't have much use except for worshipping Buddha." Luo Tianchu said: "Mr. Xia is too modest, if it weren't for Mr. Xia's painstaking management, I'm afraid there would be no Dongting Gang today." Xia Cheng sighed and said, "Master Yang, please go back and prepare, recuperate, and meet tonight's battle." The four of them were about to leave the lake, Liu Shaoqing only felt that the fishing line trembled slightly, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "I'm hooked here again, Brother Luo might as well pull it up, and it can be regarded as a gain today." Luo Tianchu said excitedly: "It's okay, although the fish is not biting my hook, it is also the fish I caught." He took the rod and gently reeled the line, looking cautious, for fear of breaking the line again. Liu Shaoqing stood behind him and snickered, Li Qing asked, "Where is it ridiculous?" Liu Shaoqing said, "I will know immediately." Luo Tianchu said solemnly: "Be quiet, don't scare my fish." Liu Shaoqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can't be frightened." ”
When the fishing line was retracted, it was found that it was another broken shoe, and it was the same pair as the one just caught. Luo Tianchu's face was blue and red, and he knew that he had fallen for Liu Shaoqing, and he must have sensed from the vibration of the rod that it was not a fish that allowed him to close the rod. Liu Shaoqing and Li Qingwan smiled back and forth, Liu Shaoqing smiled and explained: "Brother Luo, don't blame me, I only know that what I caught is not a fish, maybe it is aquatic plants or something, who knows that it is so coincidental, send Brother Luo a pair in pairs." Li Qingwan put her hand on Luo Tianchu's shoulder and bent over with a smile, Luo Tianchu angrily took out the original shoe from the bucket, threw it back into the sea together, and said angrily: "I won't fish anymore! Liu Shaoqing said with a smile: "Brother Luo, don't worry, let's come fishing next time, maybe there will be surprises." Li Qingwan also said: "I'll come next time." Luo Tianchu said: "Whoever likes to come, I won't come anyway." (To be continued.) )