Where Hongnong County and Jingzhaoyin are adjacent, a continuous mountain stretches between the two counties.

The mountains are continuous, and you can't see the edge at a glance; Mountains and mountains, clouds and mist, and endless green mountains and green peaks are like a natural barrier, blocking the only way between the two counties.

An army of tens of thousands of people set up tents at the foot of the mountain, and the red armor of the officers and soldiers jumped and danced at the foot of the mountain like a raging flame, as if they were going to set fire to this endless, majestic and towering mountain.

"After Taihua Mountain, it is the boundary of Jingzhaoyin!" Standing at the foot of the mountain, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at the peaks that reached into the sky, Pang Tong stood behind him and said to him: "The terrain of Taihua Mountain is dangerous, and the Xiliang army must have laid a defense line here. If you want to get around Taihua Mountain, you need to walk hundreds of miles......"

"A road from ancient Huashan!" Looking up at the cloudy mountain top, Liu Wei said to Pang Tong behind him: "The terrain is so steep, the Xiliang army is guarding the mountain road, even if our army comes another 30,000, I'm afraid it won't be able to attack!" I don't know what the military advisor has planned? ”

"The mountain road is dangerous, and it is impossible to find another road!" Looking up at the clouds and mist on the top of Mount Hua like Liu Bian, Pang Tong frowned slightly, and said to Liu Bian: "Now the plan, I'm afraid the only way to do this is to find the local mountain people and guide the way for our army, or maybe find a path that only the mountain people know and avoid the defense line of the Xiliang Army...... Other than that, just wait for it to change! But I'm afraid our army won't have much time to wait......"

"Report!" Liu Wei and Pang Tongzheng were talking, and a soldier ran towards them quickly, and when they got closer, the soldier half-knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said to them: "Your Highness Qiqi, military advisor, Niu Fu sent a general surnamed Dong, saying that he wanted to make peace with His Highness!" ”

"Peace?" Liu Wei first turned his head to look at Pang Tong on the side, then waved his hand to the soldier and said to him: "Tell the person who came that this king will not talk about any peace with Niu Fu, and ask him to go back and tell Niu Fu, let Niu Fu wash his neck, and wait for this king to go and cut off his head!" ”

"No!" After Liu Wei's order, the soldier answered, and he was about to run back.

"Wait!" As soon as the soldier ran two steps, Pang Tong, who was standing beside Liu Wei, hurriedly stopped him.

Hearing Pang Tong call him, the soldier stopped, turned to face Liu Wei and Pang Tong, and stood with his fists clenched, waiting for further instructions.

"Your Highness!" Stopping the soldiers, Pang Tong clenched his fists, first bowed to Liu Bian, and then said to Liu Bian: "Your Majesty knows that Your Highness hates Niu Fu, but now Niu Fu's move is just giving His Highness the opportunity to seize the passage of Taihua Mountain." ”

"Oh?" After listening to Pang Tong's words, Liu Wei looked at him very puzzled, and asked him: "Niu Fu sent people to come to negotiate peace, just to delay our army, wait until Chang'an City is broken, and then fight a decisive battle with our army." The garrison here will definitely not be evacuated due to the peace negotiation, how can the military advisor say that this is an opportunity for this king to seize the passage of Taihua Mountain? ”

"Niu Fu's heart, His Highness can see through!" Pang Tong smiled slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Niu Fu is a martial artist, and he is not good at resourcefulness. When our army comes, if he lays down a defensive line to strictly defend Taihua Mountain, even if our army crosses this mountain, he can also set up a large army at the foot of the other side of the mountain, and when our army descends the mountain, a decisive battle will be launched, and the victory or defeat is not yet known. But since he beat Jia Xu to serve His Royal Highness, the Xiliang Army has no more ministers, and it is precisely because of this that he will be clever enough to come up with such a ridiculous plan. His Royal Highness pretended to make peace with the general surnamed Dong, secretly sent people, quietly lurked in the mountains, found out the defense of the Xiliang army, and suddenly launched an attack while the Xiliang army was surprised......"

Having said this, Pang Tong deliberately sold a pass, and didn't say it clearly, but just looked at Liu Wei without blinking.

First looked at Pang Tong with a stunned face, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and slapped it his forehead, and said to Pang Tong: "The military advisor really sees more clearly than this king, if it weren't for the military advisor to mention it, this king would have almost broken a big deal!" ”

"Quick!" Then Liu Wei turned his head and waved his hand to the soldiers waiting on the side, and said to him: "Go and ask General Dong to wait in the tent for the time being, and this king will come immediately!" ”

"Wait!" The soldier turned around and was about to leave, but Pang Tong hurriedly called him back and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness must not go to see him immediately, and place him in a side tent to dry for a while, and wait until he is anxious, and it is not too late to see him again!" ”

Hearing Pang Tong's words, a smile appeared on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth, and he waved his hand at the soldier again, and said to him: "According to what the military advisor said, put that General Dong in a partial tent, and say that this king is busy with military affairs, and I will go to see him again in my spare time." ”

This time the soldier turned around and left, Pang Tong did not stop him again, but watched his departing back, and a trace of smugness appeared on his ugly face.

"People in the world say that this Huashan Mountain is steep, gathering the spirit of the world, but I don't want to become a dangerous pass to block the march of the king's army today!" Looking up at the cloudy mountain top again, Liu Wei said to Pang Tong on the side: "If it weren't for the military advisor, this king would probably suffer a big loss at the foot of this Huashan Mountain!" ”

"Your Highness is too humble!" Standing behind Liu Wei with his fists clenched, Pang Tong said to him: "Famous mountains and rivers are all the territory of the Han Dynasty, no matter how steep this Huashan is, it is just a hill in the back garden of His Highness's house......

"Good!" As soon as Pang Tong's words were finished, Liu Wei praised him, turned to face him, and said to him: "The military advisor said this magnificently, if this king can restore the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty in the future, expel the ghosts and ghosts of the troubled Han Dynasty, and the military advisor should be the marquis and worship the prime minister!" ”

Pang Tong clenched his fists and bowed, thanked Liu Bian, and then stepped forward, standing half a step behind Liu Bian, and looked up at the dangerous peak in front of him that plunged into the white clouds.

Drifting clouds drift past the top of the mountain, and the snow-white clouds like wool linger on the ridge, and the white clouds look even more pure against the blue sky. Even the mountain peaks that plunged straight into the clouds were invisibly contaminated with a thick ethereal atmosphere.

At the same time, in a low tent in the barracks, Dong Xian, who was wearing a Han official uniform, was pacing back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back.

When he came to Liu Wei's military camp, he did not wear a drape, nor did he carry a sword with him, only a few swords and swords followed the guards.

Dong Xian had never fought against Liu Wei in the past, and he knew very little about Liu Wei. I don't believe that this king of Luoyang will have the ability to reach the sky, and with only 30,000 soldiers and horses, he can defeat more than 100,000 Xiliang troops who can fight well.

At first, he was still a little contemptuous of Liu Wei and the Luoyang Army, but when he really entered the Luoyang Army camp and saw the Luoyang Army with outstanding discipline and strong soldiers and horses, his earlier thoughts were already a little shaken.

In terms of military appearance alone, the Xiliang Army is definitely the best among the princes and horses that Dong Xian has seen. can be compared with the Luoyang army wearing the red clothes of the Han army, but it is dwarfed and far apart.

Every Luoyang soldier walked with his waist straight, and the expression on his face seemed to be stiff. Whoever gets a little closer to them will feel a strong murderous aura coming towards them.

This is the breath that only a hundred battles should have, Dong Xian saw the officers and soldiers in the Luoyang Army barracks, and the first impression that came to his mind was not that he saw a solemn army, but that he inadvertently entered the mouth of a vicious beast that loved to kill.

What made Dong Xian even more depressed was that Liu Wei learned that he had come to the barracks, although he did not immediately order someone to cut off his head, he did not come to see him immediately, but asked a soldier to lead him to a small tent without pain, and never asked again.

"Someone!" Pacing back and forth in the tent, the more he couldn't understand why Liu Wei left him here and didn't ask, the more Dong Xian felt bottomless in his heart, and he finally couldn't suppress his irritability and shouted outside the tent.

When the shout fell, one of Dong Xian's entourages immediately opened the curtain of the tent and walked in, standing at the door of the tent with his fists clenched.

"Call the soldier who led the general here." Raising his eyes to look at the entourage, Dong Xian waved his hand at him and said to him: "Tell him that General Ben has something to ask him, and he wants him to come immediately, without delay, go!" ”

"No!" The attendant answered and withdrew from the tent.

Seeing his entourage leave the tent, Dong Xian frowned tightly, put his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth in the tent in a frustrated manner.

After a while, the curtain was lifted, and the entourage who had been ordered by Dong Xian folded back.

"What about people?" Seeing that the entourage entered the tent, but did not see the Luoyang Army soldier who had led him to this tent before, Dong Xian wrinkled his brows, and asked the entourage with a little unhappiness in his tone: "What about the people you brought?" ”

"Back to the general!" Seeing that Dong Xian was angry, the entourage lowered his head, bowed down, and said to him: "The villain found the soldier, but he refused to come......"

Hearing that a soldier was so big that he didn't take his request seriously at all, Dong Xian's brows tightened.

Seeing that his face was not good, the entourage did not dare to continue, lowered his head to his chest, and swallowed back the next half of the sentence.

"Why didn't he come?" Seeing that the entourage no longer spoke, Dong Xian was very annoyed and asked him: "Say it quickly!" Didn't he dare to underestimate General Ben? ”

"Back to the general!" With this drink, he shivered at the frightened spirit of the entourage, and hurriedly said tremblingly: "The soldier let out a big word, he only obeyed the orders of the king of Luoyang and the generals in the army, and the general asked him to come, but he didn't have the instructions of the officials, and he didn't dare to make a claim!" Please ask the general to present his generals in advance, and only after getting the promise can you come! ”

"Lie to me too much!" As soon as the entourage's words fell, Dong Xian blushed with a blue face, shouted angrily, and strode towards the outside of the tent.

Seeing Dong Xian walking out of the tent with a pale face, the entourage hurriedly followed, and waved to the other entourage guarding the tent on the side, and several people immediately followed behind Dong Xian and walked towards the Luoyang soldiers who were sitting on the ground in a group not far away.

"You! Come here! When the Luoyang soldiers approached, Dong Xian furrowed his brows, raised his hand and pointed to the Luoyang soldier who had led him into the tent before, and shouted angrily.

Hearing Dong Xian's angry shout, several Luoyang soldiers all stood up, staring at him expressionlessly, but Dong Xian was furious, and the anger in his chest also subsided a lot because of the cold eyes of these Luoyang soldiers.

"What does General Dong command?" Standing up, the Luoyang soldier who had led Dong Xian into the tent before arched his fist at Dong Xian, and asked him a little casually.

Seeing that the Luoyang soldier looked lazy, the fire in Dong Xian's heart that was almost extinguished suddenly jumped up again, he shouted, stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword from the waist of the entourage on the side.