Although Cao Cao's accession to the throne of Wei was decreed by the Son of Heaven, it was decided, but the day when he was really crowned king was set on an auspicious day after more than two months.

But the speed at which this kind of thing spreads is always very fast.

Here, Cao Cao only got the edict and was preparing for his accession to the throne, but the news spread to Xiliang and other frontier places more than half a month later.

At this time, it happened to be almost a month after Wang Xu and the mixed-race woman separated.

In the past month, Wang Xu, accompanied by Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tian, traveled to Xiliang, but he also gained a lot, and sometimes he would talk with Zhou Zhi about discussing some things about marching and fighting, after all, they are still unfamiliar with today's Xiliang, no matter how much information they get, no matter how good the map is, they can't have an intuitive feeling without experiencing it personally, and their judgments and plans will not be so accurate.

Now that they have taken the opportunity to experience all aspects first-hand, they naturally have more to communicate.

Along the way, they never stopped anywhere for more than two days, but finally stopped in Yuanwei County, south of Wuwei, and it has been three days now.

The reason is just that they happened to hear two news here, the first is that Cao Cao has received an edict and is ready to enter the throne of Wei, and the second is that Ma Teng has hoarded troops and horses on the front line, and seems to be planning to have a decisive battle with Han Sui in advance, and Wang Xu stopped in Yuanwei because this is the most important transit station on the Ma Teng front, hoarding a huge amount of food and ordnance.

The county seat of Yuanwei is located in the south of Wuwei County, west is Jincheng County, and south through part of the border area of Jincheng County, which is the only remaining territory of Han Sui, Longxi and Hanyang counties. Longxi is in the west. Hanyang is in the east!

These days. Since the decisive battle between Ma Teng and Han Sui was about to begin, this encirclement became a transit center, and a curfew began to be implemented, making it very difficult to enter the city.

On the eve of the evening, a small remote inn in the east city. Welcome a man dressed vulgarly and dusty.

After striding into the inn, he ignored the servants in the lobby who got up to greet him, and walked straight to the backyard room.

"Squeak!"

After a hurried sound of opening the door, Wang Xu and Xiangtian in the guest room looked at the comer.

"How's it going, have you gained anything from this trip?" Wang Xu asked.

This person is Zhou Zhi who went out to inquire about the news, and after closing the door with a smile, he wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and sat down in front of the two of them.

"Heck, most of the news is still the same as before. However, I just saw the list in the west of the city, saying that after closing the city gate at night today. The siege will be in a state of full war, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the city without official permission, and the city gates will remain closed for a long time. Saying that, Zhou Zhi looked at Wang Xu's face, and then continued: "According to my inference, I'm afraid Ma Teng is really not playing false, this is going to launch a decisive battle in advance." ”

Wang Xu listened quietly, his brows furrowed. "But after the autumn harvest, it is obviously more advantageous, why did he choose this time not far from the autumn harvest, in this way, but Yan zhòng will affect the grain harvest in Xiliang, even if he finally wins, Jincheng, Hanyang and Longxi, the three counties facing war, there will definitely be a shortage of food."

"I don't understand, maybe Sun Jian and Cao Cao are both kings, which makes Ma Teng a little anxious, this sees that the world is about to come to fruition, and he can't just sit and wait, after all, time waits for no one!" Zhou Zhi sighed.

Wang Xu nodded, he couldn't be sure why Ma Teng did this, so he could only get up and say, "No matter what, we have to go!" ”

"Gone?" Xiang Tian asked strangely.

"Of course let's go, this enclosure is about to be closed, if we don't leave, trapped in this city, God knows what this war will be?" Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes and said.

shrugged his shoulders to the sky and said indifferently: "I don't understand this, you can do what you say, I have no opinion, but the question is where to go next?" Get back? ”

Wang Xu immediately shook his head: "No!" Go to Yuzhong, the front line in the south. ”

"Yuzhong?" Zhou Zhi instantly shot two sharp gazes. "Boss, you don't want to ......"

"Yes, now that Ma Teng and Han Sui are in a decisive battle, it is related to the future division of Xiliang, and the two parties are bound to go all out, if I don't go to observe it in person, it's a pity. This is a great opportunity to understand the combat strength, tactical style, and ability of the generals of the Xiliang Army. ”

"That's true!" Zhou Zhi said, inadvertently looked at the sky outside the window, and immediately said urgently: "Since this is the case, then let's pack up our things and leave!" Looking at the sky, in half an hour at most, the city gate will be closed, and even the city will not be able to get out of the city at that time. ”

"Yes! Walk! ”

Wang Xu nodded, and then quickly packed his bags with the two of them and hurried out of the city.

They are very experienced in dealing with these, so it is relatively easy to get out of the city, the only trouble is that Wang Xu and Zhou Zhi are both easy to face, in this period of war preparation, there must be a master at the city gate to identify this kind of skill, so the mask must be removed first, otherwise it will become something if there is nothing to do.

It's just to roughly hide the faces of the two of them, so it's very dirty, and the hair is very messy, and it looks like a servant who works for the master's family, in Xiliang, this kind of dress is very normal, and it is not easy to attract attention.

The people guarding the city gate did not have those high-level civil and military, so no one had seen the portraits of Wang Xu, Zhou Zhi and others, plus the two were dressed so ordinarily, and they were not targeted, and no one deliberately looked for them, so there was almost no chance of exposure.

It's just that when he went outside, Wang Xu quickly used tools and materials again to change his appearance, after all, he was also afraid of bad luck, and bumped into someone who happened to know him or had seen the portrait of him and Zhou Zhi, if his identity was exposed like that, he really wanted to cry without tears.

It was not far from Yuzhong, only more than 100 miles, there were war horses to walk, although it was very slow, it still arrived at the front line in Yuzhong on the afternoon of the third day.

At this time, of course, Yuzhong County was no longer able to enter, not to mention the comprehensive military control, even outside the city, there was also the Xiliang army of the Ma family stationed, and there were elite soldiers stationed on all the main roads.

After Wang Xu discussed with Xiang Tian, he found a village very close to Yuzhong, and exchanged three war horses for the right to enter the village to live.

In fact. There are not many people left in the village. A lot of people left. Hiding from the war, there were many idle houses, but Wang Xu still used three war horses to curry favor with the only remaining people in the village. This is because he needs to mingle with these people and express his kindness, otherwise the three of them will quietly break in and live, and I am afraid that it will not take a day to be reported and then investigated as a spy.

Because three war horses were sacrificed as the property of those in the village. In addition, these villagers themselves are bold and simple, so they quickly make friends.

In the next few days, Wang Xu and the three of them lived safely, and they got along well with the left-behind villagers, and gradually became close and familiar.

It's just that as the Xiliang army moved more and more intensively, more and more transport troops and people appeared on the main road, and the villagers began to become silent. Sadness is always on the face, there is no need. Almost no one was willing to go out, and many villagers took refuge because they couldn't withstand the pressure.

At this time, Wang Xu and the three of them finally began to go out to investigate, observing the equipment, behavior, and deployment of the main force of Xiliang.

For example, because the Western Liang army has a lot of war horses and cattle and sheep, it is fast and sensitive in logistics and supply transportation, and the speed is almost twice that of the Chu army when it goes out, but they also have shortcomings, that is, because there is too much meat such as cattle and sheep, and they do not carry heavy chariots and baggage, their defense is poor, and if they encounter a surprise attack, they can only fight hard, and they cannot rely on those cars and baggage to form a defensive circle, and too many cattle, sheep and livestock will cause great confusion to their own resistance.

This is just a small detail, and more problems are all silently remembered by Wang Xu and others.

After another ten days like this, after understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the Xiliang army's expedition scheduling system, the three of them decided to leave, and walked on a remote path close to the main battlefield, intending to witness the battle between the two armies with their own eyes, which was also their final purpose, no matter how much they could know, after completing this last thing, they would return to the state of Chu.

On this day, they didn't know where they went, but when they felt that they were already very close to several main battlefields, they suddenly heard the sound of fierce fighting in the dense forest in front of them.

Zhou Zhi paused strangely: "Is there someone fighting ahead?" How could it be in such a place? ”

"There are not many people, it's definitely not the army fighting, I'm afraid it's the sentinels or spies on both sides who have met, listening to the sound of fighting, those people's martial arts should be good!" Xiang Tian's insight is amazing, and just by virtue of the faint voice, he has already made up his mind.

Wang Xu was also very curious, nodded and said, "Go!" Let's dive over and see what's going on! ”

As the words fell, the three of them had already shown their own footwork, and they approached quickly, with their strong martial arts, there was almost no sound.

After a few moments, the three of them stood silently on a tall tree, each choosing a thick branch.

Although they were still nearly 100 meters away from the battle site at this time, it was enough to see the situation in the field.

"Huh? Boss, do you think that woman is a little familiar? Zhou Zhi lowered his voice and asked.

"Female?"

Wang Xu hadn't noticed the woman yet, and after hearing the words, his eyes moved slightly, and he was stunned for a moment. "Bells?"

"It's a bell!" Xiang Tian responded softly.

"Why is she here?" Wang Xu frowned.

At this time, there were two groups of people fighting in the field, and the bell was a mixed-race beauty who had misunderstood them more than a month ago and had been with them for many days.

Now the group of people where the bell is are obviously surrounded and killed, the number of people is at a disadvantage, and the situation is also at a disadvantage, although the bell martial arts are not weak, but they can't stand up to several masters on the other side.

Zhou Zhi and Xiang Tian were not in a hurry to reply, and after looking at it for a moment, Xiang Tiancai smiled confidently and said, "Those people are all dead soldiers, how could that stupid girl in the bell provoke such a person?" ”

"The ghost only knows why, that stupid girl looks like a troublemaker, but why did she meet again, which of you two is so close to her?" Zhou Zhi scolded in a low voice and looked at Wang Xu.

In an instant, he looked to the sky. "It won't be me anyway!"

"Look at what I do, I'm even more impossible!" Wang Xu couldn't laugh or cry at the suspicious eyes of the two.

"Okay, whether it's fate or not, what now? To save or not to save? Zhou Zhi asked.

Xiang Tian was moved by compassion and said with a smile: "I think no matter what, after all, we will get acquainted, this woman's temperament is very admirable to me, how many people in the world have her chaste temperament?" I think it's better to save her life! ”

"Huh! Our Xiang Daxia also pities the jade, aren't you not interested in women? Zhou Zhi teased.

"I just admired her, never said I was interested!" Xiang Tian said lightly. (To be continued......)