At the cottage gate of Woniu Mountain, Tang Ji held the wooden stake next to the walled gate, half leaning on the pile, and stared at the hill in the distance with a pair of tearful eyes.

Liu Wei had already led the men and horses down the mountain, and they were about to rush to the Tiger Prison Pass, while Tang Ji stayed in Woniu Mountain.

Since fleeing Luoyang, this is the first time she has been separated from Liu Wei. When Liu Wei led the team out of the cottage and drove towards the opposite hill, a strong sense of helplessness swept over her.

She was accustomed to having Liu Wei by her side, and she was used to accepting shelter under his wing, and Liu Wei left, leaving Tang Ji with endless helplessness.

Leaving Woniu Mountain, Liu Wei did not lead the team to move closer to the bank of the Yellow River, but chose the road away from the Yellow River and advanced all the way to the direction of Hugao Pass.

The stars shifted, all the way east, and before they knew it, they had been rushing for three days in a row.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the Tiger Prison Pass, the villages and towns that Liu Wei and the others passed through along the way were all depressed. Where the population is relatively large, all that remains are old men, children, and women, and the able-bodied men seem to have disappeared into thin air.

In some villages, there is not even a single person alive, and the houses have collapsed and the houses are covered with dust, and it is clear at a glance that they have been uninhabited for a long time.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and seeing that night was coming again, Liu Wei turned his head and shouted to the men behind him: "Brothers, hurry up, if we can't find the village or town tonight, we will sleep in the wilderness again!" ”

Looking up at the orange sun on the edge of the sky, Zhou Cang trotted behind Liu Wei and said to him in a low voice: "Your Highness, seeing that it is getting late, at night, most of the brothers are like blind people, and now they have not seen the shadow of the village and town, I am afraid that the brothers will really have to sleep in the wild tonight." ”

"It's not dark yet!" While trotting, Liu Wei said to Zhou Cang: "As long as it doesn't fall at night, I won't necessarily sleep in the wild!" ”

Zhou Cang didn't speak again, but just followed Liu Wei to speed up his pace. Dian Wei, who was running on the other side of Liu Wei, turned his head and waved at the men again: "Hurry up, if you don't want to be frozen in the field, run faster!" ”

"Stop!" A team of more than 100 people was running fast, and Liu Wei suddenly raised his arm to stop the team's advance.

With a low shout, everyone stopped, and a pair of eyes full of vigilance kept looking around.

"Get down!" Quietly listening to the movements around him, Liu Wei suddenly fell to the ground and shouted to the people behind him.

At his command, everyone fell to their stomachs, holding their breath, listening to whatever sound they could hear.

Soon after they lay down, the sound of horses' hooves roaring like thunder reached their ears.

Liu Wei raised his head slightly, looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and saw hundreds of war horses galloping at a gallop in the northwest direction.

The cavalry rushing from a distance was not marching in the same straight line as Liu Wei and the others, lying on the ground and waiting for a while, Liu Wei and the others watched the cavalry with hundreds of people pass through the field of vision.

The backs of hundreds of cavalrymen were getting farther and farther away, Liu Wei turned his head and lowered his voice and asked Zhou Cang: "Yuanfu, you have fought on the battlefield with several different official armies, do you know who is under the command of the people who just passed?" ”

"Look at the armor like Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Jizhou." Zhou Cang, who was lying on the ground, frowned slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "However, the armor of Hebei Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses is very similar to the armor of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses. ”

"Yanyun Iron Rider?" Liu Wei twisted his brows slightly, although the speed of those cavalry was very fast, he didn't see it really, but Zhou Cang had a saying that was very right, those cavalry and horses were very skilled, and they were much more skilled than the cavalry that Liu Wei had seen in the past.

The figure of the cavalry disappeared under the sunset, Liu Wei put his ear to the ground and listened carefully for a while, but did not hear any abnormal movements, and then waved to the more than 100 men who were still lying on their stomachs and said: "Brothers, hurry up!" ”

Night finally fell before Liu Wei and the others found the village, and more than 90 of the more than 100 men were unable to see normally at night.

It has been three days since they set off from Woniu Mountain, and in these three days, they will rush to the Tiger Prison Pass at the speed of a rapid march every day when the sky is just dawning, and after calculating the distance, at most more than 20 miles, they can reach the boundary of the Tiger Prison Pass.

When they set out, Liu Wei and the others did not carry tents and did not find a village, so they could only sleep in the wilderness. Fortunately, the weather has warmed up now, and even if you sleep in the wild, it will not be as cold as when you just escaped from Luoyang.

Choosing a leeward place for the team to station, Liu Wei found a relatively flat ground to sit down, and beckoned to Zhou Cang, who was pointing the men to find a place to sleep not far away.

"As far as you know, how far is it from the Tiger Prison Pass?" As soon as Zhou Cang walked to him, Liu Wei, who was sitting on the ground, looked up at him and asked him, "How long does it take to arrive?" ”

"Twenty miles at most!" Turning his head and glancing at the southeast, Zhou Cang said to Liu Wei: "If you set off early tomorrow morning, you should be able to arrive after noon." ”

"Is there a way to bypass the Tiger Pass and go straight out?" patted the ground beside him, motioned for Zhou Cang to sit down, and Liu Wei asked him again.

Looking at the ground that Liu Wei patted with his hand, Zhou Cang did not sit down, but bowed down and clenched his fists and said: "In the area of Tiger Prison Pass, Yuanfu is not very clear, and he does not know that there is a path leading to the outside of the pass. ”

Seeing that Zhou Cang was not sitting, Liu Wei understood that he was unwilling to transgress his identity, so he was no longer reluctant, turned his head and glanced at the southeast and said: "The purpose of our coming here is to find the princes from all walks of life who are attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, not to stab Dong Zhuo in the back......"

"Yuanfu understands!" Zhou Cang bowed slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness, rest, Yuanfu will lead people to explore the way." ”

"When you find the way, it's time for dawn!" Turning his face to look at Zhou Cang, Liu Wei said to him: "The distance is still long, and we haven't crossed the Yellow River yet, so I don't think we will encounter Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses!" Tomorrow the team will advance to the bank of the Yellow River, and it will not be too late to explore the way. ”

"No!" Zhou Cang responded, clasped his fists and saluted Liu Wei and asked, "Does Your Highness have any other orders?" ”

"No, you go get busy." He smiled at Zhou Cang, who was standing in front of him, and after Zhou Cang left, Liu Wei put his hands behind his head, lay on his back on the flat ground, and closed his eyes.

After several days of hurrying, not only the men who followed Liu Wei were very tired, but even Liu Wei felt very tired. It didn't take long for him to lie down, and he entered the dream.

While he was immersed in his sleep, Liu Wei faintly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps, as if many people were rushing towards them.

Most of the men who came with them were night blind, and if they met an army without night blindness, their team would not even be able to organize a defense, and they would be completely annihilated by the other party.

Liu Wei opened his eyes violently and pressed his ears to the ground. Sure enough, the voice he heard just now was not an illusion in the dream, but a real existence.

Lying in the grass and following the direction from which the footsteps came, Liu Wei saw a team of about 100 people running towards them quickly.

"Your Highness......" Zhou Cang bowed and jumped to Liu Bian's side, looking at the more than a hundred black shadows groping forward in the night, and whispered to Liu Bian: "The brothers have all woken up, but most of them are ......."

"I know the way!" Looking at the black shadow that was getting closer and closer, Liu Wei whispered to Zhou Cang: "Let the brothers keep quiet, don't make a noise." If the other party is marching at night, he will be able to see things at night, and if he really fights, we will definitely suffer! ”

"No!" Zhou Cang answered, bowed, turned his head and ran towards the men who had woken up, but couldn't see anything with their eyes at all.

The more than 100 people who were marching towards Liu Wei and the others were getting closer and closer, and when they walked to a place that was only more than thirty steps away from Liu Wei, Liu Wei beckoned to Zhou Cang and Dian Wei who were not far away.

Seeing Liu Wei beckoning, the two hurriedly came to his side, looked at him, and waited for his orders.

"It's just a bunch of defeated soldiers!" Pointing to the group of black shadows in front of him, Liu Wei said to the two: "They are connected to each other by ropes, and it can be seen that just like us and others, most people are unable to see at night. ”

"They seem to be Jizhou soldiers and horses." The group of people had already arrived very close, and because the distance was too close, although it was night, Zhou Cang still saw the clothes and armor they were wearing, and whispered to Liu Wei on the side.

"Go over and ask!" Looking at the team that had approached and looked a little lifeless, Liu Wei gave an order to Zhou Cang and Dian Wei, stood up, and took the lead in walking towards the oncoming team.

Walking towards Liu Wei and the others were the defeated soldiers who had just been dispersed from the front line, and although they were far away from the battlefield, they still felt that they were not very safe, for fear that there would be pursuers coming up from behind, so they chose to force their way at night.

More than a hundred defeated soldiers were hurrying away with their heads bowed, and a few people suddenly came out of the grass in front of them, startling the few defeated soldiers who could see at night.

There were two timid defeated soldiers, and they even screamed strangely, turned around and wanted to escape. But they forgot that they had tied a long rope around their waists so that everyone could walk normally at night, and behind the rope were twenty or thirty soldiers who were blind at night.

The two frightened defeated soldiers jumped to the side, and the rope tied to their waists was suddenly forced, tightened, and pulled them back, and the soldiers behind them who couldn't see anything and didn't know what was going on in the road were pulled by them without knowing it, like dominoes, and "hulala" was pulled down a large piece.