Beidi County, Yuzhi County, Shegu Mountain.

Under the warm sun, a large army suddenly came to the foot of Shegu Mountain, with tens of thousands of people, people galloping, and the yellow sand was rolling on the dry yellow earth......

Although there are a lot of people in this army, the morale is extremely low, not to mention that the army is full of wounded soldiers who have been bandaged like walking corpses, even those intact soldiers are also scattered, tired, and weakly drag the weapons in their hands, and the sound of clanging along the way is endless, like a high-pitched war song, but this has not improved the morale of the soldiers......

In the smoke and dust of the sky, from time to time there were coughs and curses from soldiers.

"Damn it, ahem...... Cough...... I'm dying of thirst...... I need to drink water...... "One soldier couldn't stand the dust in his mouth, grabbed the sheepskin water bag from his waist, pulled the stopper, and eagerly stuffed the water bag filling hole into his mouth. However, the water bag was already empty, and the few drops of water left on the tip of his tongue, and the throat that was about to smoke could not quench his thirst by a few drops of water, so he raised his head unwillingly, shook the water bag gently, and a few drops of water dropped on his tongue, but this was still far from enough. The soldier's excruciating thirst caused the soldier to stick out his tongue and lick and suck at the water bag.

"Damn......" The soldier scolded and threw away the water bag in his hand in annoyance.

A soldier next to him with chapped lips showed an ugly smile on his face after seeing it, and said: "I said you, let's pick it up, in addition to filling your stomach with water sources on the road, shouldn't you still find a way to take some away, otherwise you will have to be thirsty sooner or later!" ”

The soldier said angrily: "you, Lao Tzu is so tired and thirsty that he can't even walk the road, how can he still have the strength to take it?" ”

"Whatever you want, you will regret it when you encounter a water source!"

"Let's talk about it when we meet...... Fuck, it's all Liu Zhang, this kid has nothing to do, otherwise Lao Tzu is still enjoying happiness in Chang'an...... By the way, quick, give your kid's hydration bag to Lao Tzu......"

The other soldier didn't speak, untied the water bag from his waist and threw it over, then picked up the water bag that had been thrown away and walked away.

The thirsty soldier immediately poured the water bag into his mouth, but unfortunately the water bag was cleaner than his, and he couldn't even drink half a drop of water after trying hard for a long time.

"Fuck, you play Lao Tzu......" The soldier scolded as he looked at the soldier who was leaving, and after scolding, he was so angry that he raised his arm and threw the water bag at him.

"If there was water, would I still be able to stay until now? Don't you see what has become of my mouth? Let's go, maybe there's water ahead......" The man said without looking back.

"Damn......" the soldier cursed again, and then dragged his tired feet forward slowly.

On the side of the road, several brightly dressed people were gathering together, as if discussing something, and next to them, more than 100 soldiers were closely guarding.

These people are none other than Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, Li Dao, Yang Feng, Dong Ming, Dong Rong, etc.

When he was in Huaili that day, Li Ru deliberately revealed to Beigong Yan that the Xiliang Army would go to Wuwei through Bingzhou and the grassland, and only after passing Jingshui did Li Dao make a statement to Dong Zhuo, willing to ask Dong Zhuo to go to Beidi County, and the reason was basically the same as the analysis of Shan Fu and others. After hearing this, Dong Zhuo thought it was reasonable, so he ordered to be diverted to Beidi County.

Because he was worried that Wei Yan would send troops to intercept him when he got the news, Dong Zhuo led his army to avoid the town and take some inaccessible paths. In this way, although the news will not be leaked, the road in the northwest is already difficult to walk, and it is even more difficult to choose the trail to walk, and the speed of the army is extremely slow, and it has just reached the foot of Shegu Mountain at this moment. But Li Ru was not in a hurry, he was confident that even if Liu Zhang completely annihilated the bait, and after learning the truth, he would reroute his army and continue to pursue him, the loess high slope would be a natural line of defense to stop Liu Zhang's advance. Besides, Liu Zhang was deceived into Bingzhou, and the Huns would easily let him leave? Li Ruke also hoped that the Xiongnu and Liu Zhang would lose both sides, so as to leave enough time for the Xiliang army to recover its strength.

I only heard Li Dao say: "Xiangye, after crossing this mountain, it is the muddy water river, do you want the soldiers to speed up, go to the muddy water river to rest for a while, and then move forward after replenishing drinking water?" ”

Dong Zhuo nodded: "Yes, I can go down, there will be water in front of me, let everyone cheer me up!" ”

"Yes, Xiangye!" Li Dao responded and immediately went to give the order.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and said with a smile: "Fortunately, Wen You is here, and Wen You tricked Liu Zhang'er to the grassland with a clever trick...... Ha ha...... I don't know what Liu Zhang's expression will be when he learns that he has been fooled......"

Dong Ming hurriedly said: "Then it doesn't need to be said, it must be like a funeral exam......

Dong Rong also said: "Maybe this will happen, Liu Zhang has already let the Huns slaughter ......"

Dong Zhuo also smiled and nodded: "This is the best, Liu Zhang'er doesn't know how powerful the Huns are, this time I have to cut a big heel!" ”

Li Ru still maintained a trace of calm, and said: "Xiangye, after Shegu Mountain, there will be no towns along the way, the intention of the subordinates, do you want to change the avenue and accelerate forward?" ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Won't Wei Yan know about it?" ”

Li Ru smiled: "Xiangye, you said that even if Wei Yan knows now, what else can he do?" Can you catch up with us? ”

"Yes, Wei Yan is still stable at this time, even if he knows, what can he do, can he still grow wings and fly in front of us?" Dong Zhuo stroked his palms and smiled.

When everyone saw Dong Zhuo laughing, they all accompanied the smiling face.

However, Dong Zhuo didn't know that although Wei Yan didn't have wings, he had already flown in front of him! If Dong Zhuo hadn't carefully avoided the towns along the way in Beidi County, he would have found that Niyang, Yiju and the surrounding towns had been replaced with Liu Ziqi......

When Dong Zhuo was laughing with everyone, they didn't know that at the height not far in front of them, several people were also looking at the slowly advancing army and laughing with relief.

These people are none other than Wei Yan, and the rest are Feng Ji, Yu Ban, Pei Yuanshao, Pang Yi, etc.

Feng Ji arched his hand towards Wei Yan and said, "The general is really like a god, and his subordinates admire it!" ”

Wei Yan shook his head, and said without sadness or joy: "Although Dong Zhuo is about to enter the ambush circle, we are only 40,000 horses, and it is still difficult to ambush 70,000 or 80,000 enemy troops. ”

Pei Yuanshao said: "The general is too worried, you see those people, they can't even walk the road, what combat effectiveness can they have, as soon as the horn and cannon sound, we will ambush the troops, they have to raise their hands to surrender...... I don't know if my old Pei's gun will be stained with blood for a while? ”

Everyone laughed softly when they heard Pei Yuanshao's words.

Wei Yan said: "Yuan Shao, you are an old man who follows the lord, you should know the character of the lord, don't look at the lord when he is fair and easy-going, but if he violates military orders and misunderstands military discipline, the lord only recognizes military law, not human feelings...... If Dong Zhuo runs away because of our carelessness against the enemy, you should know what the consequences are! ”

Pei Yuanshao hurriedly said: "General Xie's teachings, the last general understands, please rest assured that the general will be cautious and will never let Dong Zhuo escape from the last general's defense area!" ”

Wei Yan nodded and said, "Okay, Dong Zhuo will be done in a moment, you will each go back to each department, see my banner, and do it together, be sure to kill Dong Zhuo here!" ”

"Yes!" The generals bowed and retired.

Wei Yan looked at Feng Ji beside him and said, "Yuan Tu, you are here to take a general view of the overall situation, monitor Dong Zhuo's movements, and if Dong Zhuo has any changes, immediately inform everyone under the banner." I'm going to meet Dong Zhuo! ”

Feng Ji said: "As the master of an army, the general is a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of soldiers in our army, not to be in danger, please sit in the rear, command and dispatch, Ji Yuan will go on behalf of the general, please rest assured, unless Ji is dead, he will never teach Dong Zhuo to get out of this Gushan Mountain!" ”

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Yuan Tu, if you say that you can strategize and win a thousand miles, I may not be as good as you, but when it comes to personal martial arts, you are not as good as me, if you are allowed to go to the front line, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?" ”

Feng Ji said: "But when the two armies clash, the role of personal martial arts is minimal, and the lord has a strict order, unless there are special circumstances, senior generals, especially the commander of the first army, must not personally go into battle to kill the enemy!" ”

Wei Yan said: "Indeed, as you said, the role of the two armies against individuals is minimal, and victory depends entirely on the enemy's aircraft and the lives of the three armies." But those with higher martial arts have a higher chance of surviving on the battlefield, which is true! As for the military order, Yuantu can be more assured, isn't it a special situation now? Our army with 40,000 to meet twice their own enemy, although there is a geographical advantage, but the situation is still not optimistic, at this time let the soldiers see me staying with them, will inevitably boost morale, so our army will be able to fight in one go, all the annihilation of Dong Zhuo! ”

Feng Ji had no choice but to nod and said: "Okay, please be careful, and leave more personal soldiers around you to defend yourself, so as to be safe!" ”

"Don't worry, I still want to see the lord revive the Han family and dominate the world, and I won't let myself die so easily!"

The two said goodbye, and Wei Yan led five hundred personal soldiers to use the cover of the mountain bushes to go halfway up the mountain and join the thousands of elite soldiers who were ambushed here. As Wei Yan said, when these soldiers saw Wei Yan coming to the front line and living and dying with everyone, they were both respectful and admiring, and their morale was also greatly boosted.

Wei Yan saw that the soldiers were in a little commotion because of his arrival, and hurriedly ordered that it was strictly forbidden to talk or move, and if anyone made a situation for Dong Zhuo to discover the ambush army in advance, he would be handed over to the military law after the war. Yizhou military law is known for its rigor, no matter how high the official position, once the military law is violated, there will be no mercy, the soldiers heard that they want to engage in military law, they immediately quieted down, and even the sound of breathing was deliberately lowered a lot.