In the next few days, Liu Tao and his entourage walked through the mountains like this, generally speaking, Yinpan County is to the west, although it is also surrounded by mountains, but there is still a certain plain area.

In later generations, several villages and towns were located in this area, and now there are naturally some villages or something here. But many times, when they approached, there was no one in the village, even though the smoke had just risen recently.

"Send out a dozen people and say everywhere that we are not here to arrest the hermits." Liu Tao probably knew why this was the case, so he commanded.

There is no real way to come from the Yin Pan, but there are still traces of human activity here. How to explain it, it is naturally some people who have fled here, living a secluded life here.

Self-sufficient, no need to pay rent and taxes to the court or the squire, let alone servitude, what a comfortable day!

It's just that they are also terrified all day long, always worried that the imperial court will send someone over and arrest them all. They were even held accountable and sold into slavery.

Knowing the reason, it can naturally be solved, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu each sent people to shout for a long time, and finally some people came down from the mountain one after another. Looking at their skillful appearance, it is probably not the first time that they have done so.

"Official, are you really not arresting us?" Not long after, an old man came out of the villagers and came to Liu Tao with courage.

"We just passed by here, and then went to Linjing County to fight, and we didn't plan to arrest you. However, one or two people may be needed as guides, don't worry, it will be paid! Liu Tao beckoned, and someone immediately took out a bag of grain.

This kind of hermit is useless to ask for money, and food is valuable. Sure enough, after seeing this bag of grain, the old villager immediately smiled and said, 'Everything is easy to say'!

After careful questioning, I learned that there are at least four or five such villages in this mountain, and there is no such thing as a chief pavilion chief, so just choose a village chief and three elders, and it can almost be maintained. You don't need to swim, after all, everyone is more or less pro.

said that it was an ancestor, but I don't know if it was my grandfather's generation or my great-grandfather's generation, and then settled here. Originally, several villages came together according to their families, and then intermarried with each other, so the village gradually grew larger.

"Since you villages know each other, that's even better...... You can send someone over and let them know, and we'll go over one after another, so don't make a fuss about them. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to go to a village for half a day. Liu Tao replied.

"This can be, yes." The old village chief hurriedly said, and then beckoned a young man to go to report to several other villages. It was also at this time that Liu Tao discovered that there were horses in the village.

"You also have horses?" Liu Tao asked curiously.

"Our ancestors originally raised horses in Zhangye, and this horse raising is already an ancestral craft. Even if you move here, you can raise a little, not much, a few villages have about 300 horses, and they are brought to trade from time to time, and they rely on this to earn some money to support their families. The old village chief said.

Liu Tao was naturally curious, so he went over to take a look and found that this was a very authentic Xiliang horse, and it was in good condition. I don't know if it's a high-quality horse breed brought over from the horse farm in Zhangye. Three hundred horses, it is estimated that they have been slowly cultivated in the past few decades.

"Your horses are pretty good, I bought them all if you can sell them!" Liu Tao was not short of money at all, and announced directly.

That being said, there are fifty or sixty horses in the village, and only a dozen can be sold, and the rest have to be bred, and some are too old to sell. Liu Tao was not polite and bought them all.

It is only now that I know that these villagers will organize people to go to Yinpan County and even Linjing County from time to time to sell horses and then purchase supplies. Since the village uses money, he naturally doesn't mind spending it.

"Since you will go to Linjing County, then you should know the way to that side?" Liu Tao was actually more concerned about this, thinking that he might have to open the way, but he didn't expect that there was a way to go.

"There is a road, we have opened a road in the mountains and forests, which is the work of several of our villages and generations of people working together when they are not working." The old village chief hurriedly replied.

I can't go to Yinpan County, lest they find out, so I can only take the mountain road to Linjing County.

Many businessmen came from the west of Linjing County, and they also mixed in, pretending to be from the west. has the accent of Zhangye, and he can also fool the past.

"How is it ......" Liu Tao looked at Sun Jian.

"The general is really discerning!" Sun Jian had to be convinced, there was really a way to go to Linjing County, so that there was indeed no need to risk passing from the east, which was not only safer, but also more unexpected.

In the next three days, Liu Tao, under the leadership of the local people, came to the vicinity of Linjing County through the mountain road. Three thousand people helped build a camp here, so that the soldiers and horses could be stationed here temporarily. Then send someone back, on the one hand to allocate grain and grass, and on the other hand, tell Dong Zhuo that they will launch an attack and let him prepare early.

"Han Sheng, you bring people over, supervise those people, don't allow them to contact anyone, and at the same time, anyone who dares to sneak over will be killed on the spot!" Liu Tao immediately called Huang Zhong over and commanded.

"Whoa!" Huang Zhong didn't ask, he would do whatever Liu Tao said, there would be absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Sun Jian didn't have any opinion on this, Liu Tao was suspicious of Dong Zhuo, so if Dong Zhuo really had a problem, then maybe he would really send someone to follow. Now it is estimated that Dong Zhuo did not expect that they would not kill from the east of Linjing at all.

Liu Tao was not idle, he had seen all the thief camps in Linjing County in the past few days, and then drew out the map. When I have nothing to do, I do a little sketching, and I even have to ask Zhang Fei for advice.

"Brother's skills are good, I didn't expect to be able to draw such expressive works with charcoal!" Zhang Fei is also very fond of sketching, he uses a brush, no matter how realistic, the characters are more or less soft. The sketch is different, and the masculine feeling jumps out on the page.

"You have to learn, I'll teach you!" Liu Tao smiled, anyway, he is idle now.

Six days before and after, seeing that the time had entered May, the thief's side did not react for the time being, and Huang Zhong had already returned with supplies.

"Did you follow?" Liu Tao asked.

"My subordinates were in ambush on the side of the road for a long time, and when they saw three people sneaking after us, they shot them." Huang Zhong nodded, "It's a pity that the three of them don't have anything to prove their identity." ”

"It doesn't matter if they don't, they show up and have proven a lot of things." Liu Tao looked at Sun Jian.

Sun Jian nodded, judging from the current situation, it is certain that there is indeed a problem on Dong Zhuo's side. wanted to propose that Liu Tao report to Zhang Wen and take down Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect Liu Tao to say that there was no need......