An army of 20,000 men, in a neat procession, approached the north in the night.

The steps taken by all the officers and men were so neat and uniform, not only the stride length was the same, but even the feet that stepped out were neat and tidy.

It is impossible for anyone to imagine that at least eighty percent of them are blind at night, unable to see at all, and the reason why they can march normally is only because they are connected by ropes to each other, and the stride length of the training and walking on weekdays is also strictly required.

"Your Highness, is it appropriate not to kill the Xiliang Army and Dayang officials who are in prison?" As he rode a horse and followed the cavalry, Zhou Cang caught up with Liu Wei and whispered a question to him.

"Leave it to the people who occupy Dayang City next time to kill!" While riding forward, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Zhou Cang, and whispered to him: "Even the Xiliang Army occupies Dayang City. Those people have also lost their sharpness, and they will definitely not keep them. As for the other heroes, once they occupy it, I am afraid that they are eager to get the support of the people in the city, and they will also be killed! A group of worthless people are just fish on the chopping board, so why should I do it myself? ”

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Zhou Cang didn't speak again, pulled the reins, and let the war horse slow down a little and fall back a little.

For two consecutive days, the sky in the east only appeared in the morning of the third day, and a phantom of a mountain appeared in Liu Wei's field of vision.

"Yusaka has arrived!" Looking at the mountains in the distance, Xu Shu got closer to Liu Wei, pointed to the hazy mountain shadow, and said to him: "More than ten miles ahead, you should be able to reach the intersection of Bumpy Mountain." ”

"Stay put!" Liu Wei raised one arm and shouted to the officers and soldiers behind him: "Pay attention to hiding your tracks!" ”

The army of more than 20,000 people, on Liu Wei's order, quickly dispersed and hid in the wilderness. The cavalry that walked in the front also let the horses lie down one after another, minimizing the possibility of exposing the target.

For two consecutive days, Liu Wei led the army to march in the middle of the night, and lay dormant at dawn. The officers and men did not even dare to make a fire to cook hot food even when they were eating, and they could only eat some dry food that they carried with them every day to satisfy their stomachs.

After getting off the warhorse, Liu Wei sat in the grass, took a cloth bag full of cooked corn from his own soldiers, picked up the corn with his hands and ate it, but his eyes looked at the mountains that appeared in the distance.

"Your Highness!" While eating corn, Xu Shu ran to Liu Wei, half-squatted on the ground, and said to him: "Tanma reported that Yang Feng and Guo Taibu have already left Yucheng and are approaching south along Yuban, and they should be able to pass through the bumpy mountain at noon tomorrow." ”

"How many of them are there?" Liu Wei withdrew his gaze towards the mountains in the distance, looked at Xu Shu who was squatting in front of him, and asked.

"More than 70,000 people!" Xu Shu raised his hand and pointed to the mountains in the distance, and said to Liu Wei: "There is only one passage in the Bumpy Mountain, our army only needs to lay an ambush at the exit of the mountain road, and attack them without waiting for the enemy army to launch, and we will definitely be able to defeat them in one fell swoop!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Wei nodded and said to Xu Shu: "Order the soldiers to camp on the spot today, eat a full meal tomorrow, sleep with their heads covered, and prepare for battle!" ”

"Your Highness!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Xu Shu said to him: "The big war is coming, it is not advisable to have a full meal!" Only by letting the soldiers eat five points full, it will be conducive to the big war! ”

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, looked at Xu Shu, and after a long while, he nodded and said to him: "Since this is the case, then it will be according to what the military advisor said." ”

With Liu Wei's promise, Xu Shu turned his head and explained to the soldiers on the side. The soldier answered, and ran to the back of the team to convey Xu Shu's order to the whole army.

The closer he got to the bumpy hill, the more complicated Liu Bian's mood became. Although he had participated in several battles, the previous battles had been skirmishes, rather than large corps concentrated battles like this one.

According to the report of Tanma, the Bai Bo army has as many as 70,000, and Liu Wei has only more than 20,000 people.

Another night came, leading the army, advancing to a place only a few miles away from the Dian Ridge, and before dawn Liu Wei issued an order for the officers and soldiers to camp on the spot.

The evening breeze blows through the deep grass, and a white imprint is clearly outlined on the slope of the bumpy mountain. Liu Bianzhi said that this was the road that the White Wave Army was about to drive, and tomorrow at noon, he would lead the army to fight with the White Wave Army here.

"Your Highness, you can sleep soundly tonight!" Standing in the deep grass, Liu Wei was looking at the path on the hillside, Xu Shu walked behind him and said to him: "Zilong's cavalry has been properly arranged on the flank, and it can intercept and kill the enemy at any time, the Chinese army is guarded by a spear array, and the main attack tomorrow will be the first to launch with a strong crossbow formation, and the Pudao battalion will pursue the enemy!" ”

"There are 70,000 enemy troops, and the mountain roads are dangerous, so it may be difficult for our army to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!" Looking at the bumpy mountain road like a white line in the night, Liu Wei asked Xu Shu: "Have you ever thought about what our army should do after this battle?" ”

"It is Hu Cai's department that guards Yu City!" Like Liu Wei, looking at the bumpy hill in the distance, Xu Shu pulled out a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and said to him: "In this battle, our army only needs to defeat Guo Tai and Yang Feng, and the Yellow Turban has always fought separately. The defenders of Yucheng will definitely not be able to retreat, and the Han Xian Department, which is about to advance to Xiayang, will not dare to turn around easily. After chasing Yuban, Yang Feng and Guo Tai were afraid of defending the dead city, and they would definitely flee eastward, and our army could pursue all the way, and it would not take many days to annihilate the Baibo army! ”

Liu Wei didn't speak again, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something. In this battle, he wanted to annex the elite of Yang Feng and Guo Taisuo's troops and expand his own strength, as for the old and weak soldiers of Han Xian and Hu Cai, they were not included in his field of vision, at least not yet, he was not listed as a target that must be annexed.

The evening breeze blows the deep weeds, and the blades of grass sway in the wind, making a rustling sound.

The officers and soldiers who had already untied the ropes, under the arrangement of the officers, each found a place to sleep, and many of them were even asleep, and they made a sweet snoring sound.

Standing side by side with Xu Shu in the wilderness, Liu Wei looked at the dark bumpy mountains and the white path marks on the mountains in the night, stood for a long time, and did not say a word more.

The night cleared and dawn came.

The soldiers who had slept soundly all night squatted in the grass, their eyes unblinking, looking at the mountain road a mile away.

Since the sky was cloudy and shining, more than a dozen fast horses had come on the mountain road.

On horseback were stout men with yellow scarves on their heads, and a few fast horses turned around after leaving the mountain pass, and then turned back the same way. There were also a few Yellow Turban soldiers on fast horses, who did not linger when they arrived at the mountain pass, but ran straight south.

The sun rises higher and higher, the sun shines on the body, warm, and the fast horses on the mountain roads appear more and more frequently.

"Your Highness, look!" Near noon, Xu Shu squatted, moved to Liu Wei's side, raised his hand and pointed to the mountain road, and said to him: "It's here!" ”

Following the direction of Xu Shu's finger, Liu Wei raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a bright yellow battle flag at the end of the mountain road.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the line walking along the mountain road to the mountain pass is lined up in a long serpentine queue, slowly advancing towards the bottom of the mountain.

The wind on the slope is much more urgent than that under the mountain, and the bright yellow battle flags are flying in a hula under the agitation of the mountain wind.

The procession on the mountain road was getting closer and closer, and the first person to enter Liu Wei's line of sight was a stout man wearing ink-colored scale armor and a yellow scarf on his head.

Although the distance is very far, Liu Wei can vaguely see that the man's figure is very ashamed, and he must be a good general.

The team on the mountain road slowly marched down the slope, and the officers and men at the front had already descended the hill and advanced to the open field.

The officers and men who were dormant in the grass clenched the blades in their hands one by one, and many officers and men who had never been on the battlefield even had beads of sweat on their nervous foreheads.

Looking at the Yellow Turban Army, which had already reached the bottom of the slope and was approaching the south, Liu Wei did not order the charge, and Xu Shu, who was squatting beside him, seemed to be in a hurry all of a sudden, and he didn't say a word, just silently looked at the army with the yellow turban in the distance.

The army on the hillside was still slowly approaching the mountain, and the team that descended the mountain first had already advanced a short distance to the south, while the army behind was still walking down the hillside.

Looking at the Yellow Turban Army approaching the mountain from a distance, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth twitched, and he had some confidence in the victory of this battle.

Although the Yellow Turbans were outnumbered, their equipment was rudimentary, and many of them even used sharpened sticks as weapons.

"Command the whole army, prepare for battle!" When the Bai Bo army went down the mountain, it had been more than half an hour, and there were about 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who walked out of the mountain pass and went up to the open field, and they were marching south in a long line, and the people at the front of the queue could not really see it, Liu Wei whispered an order to Xu Shu beside him.

Xu Shu nodded, raised his arm, and gestured back.

With his gesture, five thousand crossbowmen armed with strong crossbows bent over and quickly advanced towards the mountain pass under the cover of the grass.

The crossbowmen had just advanced not far away, and Dian Wei also followed with his 10,000 Pu Dao soldiers.

More than 10,000 people advanced rapidly, and although they did not stand up and run quickly, the grass trembled completely different from the direction of the wind because of the friction of their bodies as they marched.

A Yellow Turban general who had just descended the hill turned his head to look around, and happened to see a large patch of green grass trembling strangely, he hurriedly raised his arm and shouted to the Yellow Turban Army behind him: "Array!" Enemies are coming! ”

The shouts of the Yellow Turban generals fell, and the White Polish army, which had just descended the mountain, immediately lined up. At the same time, Liu Bianjun's strong crossbow formation, which had advanced to less than a hundred steps away from them, straightened his waist in unison, stood in the deep grass, raised his strong crossbow, and aimed at the Bai Bo army on the opposite side.