In the area of Mengjin, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, quite flat, with very few hills, and it is not easy to find a mountain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Liu Wei led the team towards the west, and it didn't take long for him to hear the surging waves of the Yellow River, and a small dirt slope appeared in front of him.

Tupo is backed by the Yellow River, and although it is not connected to the Yellow River, it is impossible for the army to attack from the side adjacent to the Yellow River.

"Uphill!" Seeing the dirt slope, Liu Wei raised his hand and pointed forward, and clamped his legs the horse's belly, urging the war horse to speed up and gallop towards the dirt slope.

Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards who followed him were all covered in blood, and even the golden feathers on the dragoons' helmets were stained with pieces of blood.

The wind blew the feathers that stood up on the branches, and the blood stains on them were no longer so bright red, but became dark red black spots.

In this battle, although the dragoon guards repelled the Xiliang army eight times their size, the losses were not small. Five hundred people, almost all of them were wounded, and twenty or thirty of them were seriously wounded, and they could not continue the battle for a short time.

However, the number of dead was not much, and when everyone went up the hillside, Liu Wei ordered people to count the number of people, and the number of dragoons killed in the battle was less than ten.

It was getting darker and darker, and as soon as the dragoons set up their sentry posts on the hill, the sun set below the horizon, and night had quietly fallen.

The 500 dragoons were all carefully selected elites in the army, and the purpose of establishing this team was to be able to attack the enemy army all day long in the future, so there was no night blindness among the officers and soldiers.

"When it is dawn, I'm afraid that the Xiliang army will come to storm Tupo!" Standing on the dirt slope, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of his sword, looked into the distance immersed in the night, and said to Deng Zhan, who was standing beside him: "This place is gentle on three sides, easy to attack and difficult to defend, our army is stationed here, I am afraid that the only thing that can be relied on is condescending." ”

"Order the soldiers, dig a deep ditch immediately, tomorrow the Xiliang army comes, and they will shoot our army with bows and arrows first, and then launch a charge!" Staring at the night ahead, Liu Wei then said to Deng Zhan: "Money and grain are very important to Luoyang right now, and we must snatch it back!" It's just that I don't know where General Hu Cai took the team, I'm afraid that at this time, it will be more auspicious and ......less auspicious."

"There are not many corpses of our army found in the Mengjin area before!" Standing a step behind Liu Bian, seeing the worried look on Liu Bian's face, Deng Zhan explained: "And I didn't find General Hu Cai, I'm afraid that this scout report is wrong!" Whether our army's money and food have been robbed or not is still inconclusive! ”

"It's all slacking!" Liu Wei nodded, furrowed his brows tightly, and said to Deng Zhan: "Our army has won many victories, the soldiers are too light on the enemy, if the scouts are as meticulous as in the past, how can the Xiliang army quietly pass through Hongnong County and then enter Henan Yin?" When this battle is over, this king must reorganize the army, and let the soldiers remember that although Dong Zhuo is dead, the world has not yet been pacified, and the future battle may be more dangerous than today. ”

Deng Zhan didn't speak, just like Liu Wei, he also stared into the distance in the night, he knew very well that with the passage of time, the dawn would eventually come, and when the sun rose, a new fierce battle would come.

Liu Wei led the dragoon guards to be stationed on the hillside, and Hu Chi'er led the remnants of the army to flee all the way to the southwest, running out for nearly twenty miles.

After a battle, more than half of the 4,000 Xiliang troops were lost. Many people did not know where they had fled, and the seriously wounded were also left on the battlefield by the fleeing Xiliang army, leaving them to fend for themselves.

"Report to the general, the number of officers and soldiers of our army that can be collected is 1,398 in total!" At Hu Chi'er's station, a Xiliang army with blood stains on his armor ran to the embarrassed Hu Chi'er, clasped his fists with both hands, half-knelt on the ground, and said to Hu Chi'er: "The soldiers who have not gathered to the main formation are probably more auspicious and less ......."

"Damn!" Hu Chi'er, who was sitting on the ground and holding a wine bag in his hand to drink stuffy wine, heard the officer's report, and threw the wine bag to the ground, and the wine syrup was splashed out of the mouth of the bag, he stood up and said scoldingly: "The king of Luoyang only brought more than 500 people, and our army had 4,000 people, but he was beaten and couldn't find the north!" What the hell is this fighting? Didn't you all leave your guts in your mother's womb when you were born? Fuck, it's all cowardice! ”

"How far is General Niu from me?" After a fire, Hu Chi'er turned his head and glared in the direction of the battle with Liu Wei at dusk, and asked the officer.

"General Hui, our army is already in chaos, I don't know how far it is!" The officer was half-kneeling on the ground, and Hu Chi'er asked how far they were from the army, and he replied very nervously, not even daring to look at Hu Chi'er.

"Rubbish!" Because he was defeated by Liu Wei, Hu Chi'er, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, raised his foot and kicked the officer's heart violently, and scolded angrily.

Hu Chi'er kicked him in the chest, and the officer was kicked and rolled several times in a row, lying on the ground, but he didn't dare to say a word, for fear that a moan would attract a more violent beating.

"Send someone immediately to find out where the army is, and report to this general!" Kicking over the officer, Hu Chi'er was still angry, pointed at the officer, and said to him: "Tomorrow afternoon, if you don't get news of the army, you will cut off your head and give it to so-and-so!" ”

"No!" The officer, who had been kicked to the ground, got up, fell to the ground on both knees, answered on his knees, then stood up and ran away.

Watching the officer's back disappear into the night, Hu Chi'er gritted his teeth and muttered a curse: "King Luoyang, this time the general will definitely capture you, crush your bones and scatter ashes, in order to eliminate the hatred in your heart!" ”

Quiet nights are always easy to pass, Liu Wei led Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards to sleep on the hillside for a night, and before you know it, the sky is already cloudy.

After a fight, Liu Wei was very satisfied with the newly built dragoon guard. He had created this team with the idea that they would have the ability to march quickly and maneuver, and that they would have the strong slashing power of heavy infantry.

If you haven't experienced actual combat, you can't test the real combat power of this team. After a desperate battle, Liu Wei had a little more confidence in this small but highly qualified team. As long as Deng Zhan trains them in the future, and when they all become swordsmanship masters, their names will make the heroes of the whole world frightened.

The morning light pierced the thick night, gradually dispelling the darkness. A touch of golden brilliance shone on Liu Wei, who was standing at the top of the dirt slope.

At the end of the horizon to the southwest, a black battle flag appeared. The distance was so far away that Liu Wei couldn't see how many people and horses were holding the battle flags, but could only see the flags that were hunting and flying in the wind.

"Xiliang Army is here?" Seeing Liu Wei looking into the distance and not squeaking for a long time, Deng Zhan walked behind him, also looked at the team that was heading towards them in the distance, and whispered a question to Liu Bian.

"I don't know what to do!" Liu Wei shook his head and said to Deng Zhan: "Let the soldiers hide in the deep pit, if the Xiliang army comes, no one is allowed to fight without permission!" ”

"No!" Deng Zhan responded with a fist, turned around and waved his arm at the dragoon guards on the hillside, and shouted to them: "Soldiers, Your Highness has an order, everyone is allowed to hide in the deep pit, and without His Highness's order, you are not allowed to fight without permission!" ”

The five hundred dragoons answered in unison, and jumped into the deep pit they had dug in the night, and even the horses were led to the slope facing the Yellow River.

The dragoons crouched in the pit, poking their heads out one by one, their eyes unblinking at the southwestern horizon.

At the end of the horizon, a large army of jet-black battle flags was waving in the wind, and a large army was raising billowing smoke and dust, and quickly marched towards the hill where Liu Wei and the others were stationed.

"Our army?" When the army marched to the point where he could see the color of his clothes and armor clearly, Liu Wei opened his eyes in disbelief, turned his head to look at Deng Zhan on the side in confusion, and muttered a sentence in his mouth.

"Your Highness is out of the city, and the military advisor will not rest assured!" Deng Zhan was not as surprised as Liu Bian, he said to Liu Bian very indifferently: "Our army is coming, Your Highness can lead the army to clear the Xiliang army in the Yin and Hongnong areas of Henan......"

Looking at the approaching army, Liu Wei didn't speak, but nodded slowly.

The army under the hillside was getting closer and closer, and when the team reached a place that was only a few hundred steps away from the hillside, Liu Wei saw that the leader of the team was Zhao Yun, who was wearing silver armor and white robes.

The number of people following Zhao Yun was not as large as Liu Wei had thought earlier, but there were only two or three thousand cavalry. The reason why I thought they were numerous, it was all because the horse's hooves stepped on the hard dirt and raised a cloud of dust.

Looking at the team led by Zhao Yun, Liu Wei frowned slightly, faced down the hillside, and beckoned behind him.

Seeing Liu Wei beckoning, a dragoon guard in the nearby pit hurriedly climbed up, bowed down with fists, and stood behind Liu Wei's side, waiting for him to give an order.

"You immediately go and ask General Zhao, how many of them have left the city this time?" Looking straight ahead, Liu Wei ordered the dragoon guard standing beside him: "I want General Zhao to station the team at the bottom of the slope, and he will go up the slope with you to reply!" ”

The dragoon guard answered, turned and ran towards the place where the horse was tied behind the hillside. After a while, a fast horse rushed out from behind the slope and rushed straight towards the cavalry led by Zhao Yun.

Standing on the hillside, Liu Wei watched the dragoon guard rush in front of Zhao Yun's team, and the two or three thousand cavalry led by Zhao Yun also stopped one after another and set up a team down the slope.

Zhao Yun said a few words to the dragoon guard who stepped forward to give the order, shouted something to the cavalry behind him, and rode his horse towards the hillside, and the dragoon guard also followed him and ran up the hillside.

"Your Highness!" On the hillside, more than ten steps away from Liu Bian, Zhao Yun turned over and jumped off the horse, trotted in front of Liu Bian, hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "The last general and General Taishi, Guan Hai and Guan Qing each led two thousand five hundred cavalry out of the city to aid His Highness. The last general searched for a long time yesterday, but did not see His Highness, and His Highness Xindao went out of the city to find General Hu, and he must have traveled along the Yellow River, but he didn't want to really bump into it here. ”

"Has Zilong seen Hu Cai?" Zhao Yun mentioned Hu Cai, and Liu Wei hurriedly asked him.