From Handan, follow the official road all the way south to reach the Yellow River ferry directly.

If you want to go to Qinyang, Hanoi, then you have to turn to the official road to the west, which can be reached for about 100 miles.

Naturally, Liu Xian did not need to turn west and enter Hanoi. However, when it reached about 30 miles from the Yellow River, it was a mountain range along the river. Although there were roads to reach the banks of the Yellow River through these mountains, there were no large crossings on the banks of the Yellow River in this area suitable for the Liufu caravans to cross the river. After all, the Liufu caravan was large in thousands of people, and the key was the oxen, horse-drawn carts and the goods on the carts, which had to be transported across the Yellow River by ferry. There are not enough boats in the average small ferry, and there are not enough boats. In this way, in the end, you still have to turn to the official road to the west, but you don't have to go far, you only need to walk dozens of miles to reach the Guandu Wharf in Wuzhi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Hanoi County.

And the place where the official road turning west is located is Yangwu County.

In this Han Dynasty, although Yangwu County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, it is not under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but under the jurisdiction of Xingyang County to the south of the Yellow River.

Liu Xian asked the Liu Fu caravan to settle outside the county seat of Yangwu County and not enter the city, but he did not immediately turn west to the Guandu Wharf in Wuzhi County, which was not far away.

It only takes half a day for Liu Xian's Liu Fu caravan to cross the Yellow River from Wuzhi County to the boundary of Xingyang County, and then go westward to reach Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass. As long as they enter the Tiger Prison Pass, the Liu Mansion caravan should be said to have a certain safety guarantee, and they will soon be able to reach Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty.

But Liu Xian was not in a hurry, and learned from Zhou Cang that Naqin sent Zhao He to Qinyang, Hanoi, and the officers and soldiers of Qinyang, Hanoi acted strangely. As long as you are not stupid, you should be able to guess that there is a conspiracy here, and it must be a conspiracy against your Liu Mansion caravan.

Until Zhao He's conspiracy is resolved, Liu Xian does not intend to move on.

The Liu Mansion caravan did not enter Yangwu County, but Liu Xian did.

Yangwu County is not under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but its geography is connected to the entire Hebei continent after all, and Liu Xian's fame has also spread here.

After Liu Xian entered the city, he went directly to visit the county order of Yangwu County.

Liu Xian's fame and status are all here, and he naturally does not dare to slack off with a county order.

The power that Liu Xian has in his hands, as well as the benefits brought by his identity, are highlighted at this time.

The county order of Yangwu County is called Feng Lin.

Now that he is here, Liu Xian naturally will not let go of the opportunity, and talked to Feng Lin about his plan to purchase some properties in Yangwu County, hoping that Feng Lin can give him some care.

is also using the method of cooperation and mutual benefit, Liu Xian gave up one or two percent of the interest dividends, and the county order Feng Lin immediately took it to heart. After all, it is all a business, and if it is done well, according to Liu Xian's description, it will have a long-term benefit. Cooperating with Liu Xian, this is equivalent to his county order can continue to have a considerable amount of gains.

In this way, Liu Xian successfully obtained a good location in Yangwu County to open an inn restaurant, as well as several shops and a mansion.

With the support of Feng Lin's county order, Liu Xian also directly sent people to prepare for those livelihood work, and set those shops into business as soon as possible. In order to get it up as soon as possible and obtain the benefits promised by Liu Xian, Feng Lin also deliberately let his henchmen and officials accompany Liu Xian's people to do things well.

Naturally, these things do not need to be detailed.

Zhou Cang also came with a group of men and horses as promised, and officially joined the Liu Mansion caravan.

Of course, the five hundred people brought by Zhou Cang, although they nominally joined the Liu Mansion caravan, but then they must be reviewed and examined to a certain extent. For the time being, they can only be regarded as peripheral personnel of the Liufu caravan, and in the future, only those who have no problems can officially become the people of the Liufu caravan, and after officially becoming the people of the Liufu caravan, they must also go through the whole training, and then be scattered and assigned to the Liufu caravan guards.

Now, all they need to do is know some of the rules for joining the Liu Mansion Caravan, and if any of them think that it is difficult for them to abide by the rules and regulations of the Liu Mansion Caravan, then ask them to leave.

The next day, Huang Wudie and Zhang Ning both returned.

Liu Xian did not spend the night in the city, but was with the caravan of Liu's mansion.

After the two girls drank some water and asked them to sit down, Liu Xiancai said: "Ning'er, Wudie, this time you went to reconnoiter the situation, did you find anything abnormal?" Did you find those officers and soldiers from Qinyang City? ”

"I found it, and sure enough, Zhao and the dog official were uneasy and kind. We roughly observed and estimated that there were about 3 or 4,000 officers and soldiers. Do you know what happens when they hide? Huang Wudie said first.

"Oh? How is it? Liu Xian said.

"Those officers and soldiers, they all changed into the clothes of the officials and soldiers, pretended to be bandits and bandits, and they all hid in a mountain forest not far from the wharf of the Guandu of the Yellow River in Wuzhi, which was about five miles away from the wharf. Let's say, if our caravan enters that ferry terminal, it's just in time for them to attack from behind. Huang Wudie said.

"Brother Xian, it's like this, the Guandu Wharf of the Yellow River in Wuzhi County is the largest Guandu Wharf within two or three hundred miles of the Yellow River bank in this area, and it is also the wharf that mainly crosses the Yellow River. This ferry, in addition to some self-made river crossing boats by the common people, the main ones are the official boats of the Han government, and the Han army usually uses those official boats to cross the river. Of course, those official ships are not too big, but there are quite a few of them, about a hundred ships. Each boat should allow us to cross the river together in two carriages. Zhang Ning added.

"Well, in this way, it is unlikely that our caravan will cross the Yellow River at once, it will have to be done in batches, and if you want to cross the Yellow River all, I am afraid it will take half a day less."

"No, it is estimated that it will take more than half a day or even a day, the Yellow River in that area is relatively fast, and the river crossing is not a straight way to cross the river, a trip back and forth, plus we have to carry the goods on the oxen and carriage, I am afraid it will take an hour." Zhang Ning continued.

Liu Xian listened and said, "In this way, can't you find more ships?" ”

"In a short period of time, you won't be able to find too many boats." Zhang Ning shook his head and said.

"Heck, that's not the main thing." Huang Wudie rushed to speak at this time: "That Yellow River crossing, located on the bank of the Yellow River in a mountainous range, from the official road to the ferry, there is only one big road, if our caravan enters the ferry, those thieves hidden on the side can stop us all from behind us, and we can all be locked in that Yellow River crossing." And our goods cannot be transported away in a short time, and at that time, our caravan may face great losses. ”

Zhang Ning nodded in agreement: "What Dancing Butterfly said is right, this is the situation. ”

"Okay, I know, Ning'er, Wudie, you've all worked hard. Let's go eat and take a break, and let me think about how we're going to deal with this. Liu Xian already knew that the two girls were a little tired, so he asked them to rest first.

In just one day and one night, they found those people and horses, and it was more than a hundred miles back and forth.

"We're not tired, Brother Liu Xian, what are you going to do?" Huang Wudie said.

Liu Xian saw the battle intent in Huang Wudie's beautiful eyes, and couldn't help but say funny: "Hehe, what else can I do?" Anyway, our caravan this time must not have any losses, and must arrive in the capital Luoyang safely. Zhao He, this guy, actually dared to collude with the officers and soldiers of the local government and dared to attack us, so don't blame us for being ruthless. What about the officers and soldiers of the government? ”

"Yes, what about the officers and soldiers? Let's destroy them! Brother Liu Xian, you order, this time, I will fight the vanguard, give me hundreds of people, and Miss Ben will dare to guarantee that she will be able to kill them! ”

"Dancing butterfly ......" Zhang Ning covered his face and said: "A girl's family, but she learns from her husband to say those vulgar words." What about the vanguard, do you think this is a war between two armies? ”

"Okay, okay, there will be a place for you to come in when the time comes, after all, your father didn't come, and I can only rely on you and Ning'er now. Let's go get some rest first. ”

Liu Xian asked the two daughters to go out.

There is no rush in this matter, and Liu Xian will not be in a hurry to deal with those people.

However, Liu Xian was telling the truth, this time he entered Beijing with him, and the only people who could lead the troops were Huang Wudie and Zhang Ning. As for Wang Yue, forget it, let him control it, but it is estimated that it will be clumsy to lead the horses. and Zhou Cang, who had just taken refuge in himself, had enough force, but Liu Xian felt that he was not suitable for leading the army, he was more suitable to stay by his side as a general or as a herald.

Of course, Liu Xian is also committed to cultivating the people below, although they are not historical celebrities, and they are not very good at using force. However, what Liu Xian needed was a unified army talent who could make the sergeant order banned. If you really want to lead the army to fight, it will be easier for those captains and the like to lead the army to do what they can do.

After the two girls went out, Liu Xian carefully considered the information in hand.

Three or four thousand men and horses, hiding in the mountains and forests, must have been as the two women said, they waited for their Liu Mansion caravan to enter the Yellow River crossing, and then planned to close the door and fight the dogs...... Well, that's not the right way to describe it.

But it is estimated that it is like that, they fought from the back and blocked the back of their Liu Mansion caravan.

Of course, they will also wait for their caravan to cross the river, and attack it halfway, at this time, three or four thousand men and horses are killed, their caravan must be a little panicked, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to take effective defensive measures for a while. In this way, it is not a question of how much their caravan loses, and it is really possible that they will destroy their Liu Mansion caravan.

When the melee really happens, even if you have a super master like Wang Yue on your side, I am afraid it will be difficult to change the outcome of failure.

Super masters, super fierce generals, in fact, this also requires certain conditions, in a certain occasion to play a role. If it is said that after the two armies were in a scuffle, the military horses of both sides fought together. At that time, who will be able to control one of the other party's people?

If all the sergeants use their lives, a super fierce general can be at most three or five hundred men and horses. But no matter what, the impact of a person on the battlefield that has already been fought is really very limited.

Think of a battlefield where thousands of people are fighting, no matter how strong a person is, he can only affect a few meters of where he is, or where he kills.

However, Liu Xian's caravan really had to lose.

Fortunately, these officials and soldiers did not directly use the banner of Han officers and soldiers, but actually pretended to be ordinary bandits. This is the best place for Liu Xian. Because Liu Xian didn't need to worry about going to war directly with the officers and soldiers.

Since they pretend to be bandits, then they should be destroyed as if they were bandits. This point is consistent with Huang Wudie's thoughts.

Of course, as Huang Wudie said, it is definitely not possible to kill the past directly. After all, they also have three or four thousand men and horses, and their real strength, plus the five hundred men and horses brought by Zhou Cang, is not more than three thousand. Of course, if a thousand or so of the three thousand people in charge of the goods were to join in, then the strength of the two sides would be equal. Such a head-to-head battle is enough to defeat them.

However, such a frontal battle will definitely have large casualties for his own men and horses, which is not worth it. Especially if they kill directly, they hide in the mountains and forests, and they also occupy the advantage of geographical advantages.

The goods of the Liu Mansion caravan cannot be lost, and the people who escort the caravan cannot afford to lose too much.

It is not advisable to go directly to the enemy to fight.

In this case, then they can only be ambushed.

Liu Xian felt that the best way to solve this crisis was to lure out those people who were hiding and lead them to a suitable place for ambushes.

However, since the officers and soldiers brought by Zhao He were pretending to be bandits and bandits, they would definitely not come out with great fanfare. It's a bit difficult to lure them out of their hideouts and into their own men's ambush site.

In fact, if they were the commanders of those officers and soldiers, then they would have been in an invincible position. Anyway, the Liu Mansion caravan had to cross the river, so they stayed there all the time. In this way, Liu Xian had no way to deal with them even if he wanted to.

Staying there all the time? Liu Xian thought of this, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately captured the fighter in it.

Yes, that's it, those people, after all, are officers and soldiers, and it is impossible for them to hide there for too long.

Also, the Yellow River crossing is a hundred miles away from Qinyang County. They were brought out on the fly, and it was impossible to bring too many logistical supplies. Three or four thousand men and horses are hiding in the mountains and forests, and their food and drink will be a problem.

They may be able to hold out for three or four days, but not for long.

In that case, they will definitely have to get out of there by then. At that time, they will either withdraw to Qinyang, or they can only take the initiative to find the Liu Fu caravan to attack.

And the Liu Mansion caravan went all the way and did not hide, I believe that they will soon know that the Liu Mansion caravan has arrived in Yangwu County.

A rough plan to deal with the enemy slowly formed in Liu Xian's brain.