Nearly 500 Dong Zhuo officers and soldiers were climbing to the top of the mountain, and a soldier suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the top of the slope and shouted to the officer who led the team: "General, it's on fire!" ”

Following the direction of the soldier's finger, the officer looked towards the top of the hill, and sure enough, he saw puffs of smoke rising from the top of the hill.

The black-blue smoke swayed and danced in the wind, and as soon as it rose, it was blown away by the wind and drifted away on the top of the mountain.

As the billowing smoke rose and the fire burned fiercely, although he was standing halfway up the mountain, Dong Zhuojun, who was chasing Liu Wei and the others, still felt bursts of scorching waves of air rushing towards them.

Twisting his brows, he looked at the top of the mountain for a while, the officer's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted to the officers and soldiers behind him with great annoyance: "Go down the mountain!" ”

On the other side of the hillside, Liu Wei led Zhou Cang, Dian Wei and others to run down the hill quickly, all the way to the north.

They ran for more than ten miles in one go, and Liu Wei raised his hand to stop the fast-moving team.

Standing in a deep bush, Liu Wei looked around and said to the officers and soldiers: "Brothers, rest and eat some dry food." ”

More than 100 men and a few soldiers of Wang Kuangjun sat down on the ground, and took out the dry food and water they brought with them and ate them.

Liu Wei walked to Zhou Cang, who had just sat down, and said to him in a low voice: "Yuanfu, do you know where the nearest ferry port is?" ”

"I don't know!" Zhou Cang stood up, first clasped his fists and saluted Liu Wei, then shook his head and said: "I am not familiar with this place, Your Highness will stay away, go and ask those soldiers!" ”

"Don't!" Glancing at the soldiers of Wang Kuangjun who were in a circle and kept some distance from more than 100 men, Liu Wei whispered to Zhou Cang: "They are just wearing that suit of armor, but we don't know anything about them, and some things are safer on our own." ”

"Your Highness said yes!" Zhou Cang replied, and did not ask the soldiers about the ferry.

Liu Wei walked a little farther away from the crowd, pressed the hilt of the long sword at his waist with his hand, and looked around.

As far as the eye could see, there was a vast expanse of green grass everywhere, and thick black smoke was still emitting from the hill where they had escaped from their pursuers.

When the fire was first set out, the black smoke was not very thick, and after running for more than ten miles, the black smoke not only did not dissipate, but became heavier and heavier, and it was seen that the fire was spreading.

Fortunately, the wind does not go from south to north. Although the fire spread quickly, it was not chasing after the butts of Liu Wei and others.

"Your Highness, eat some dry food!" Looking around, Dian Wei walked behind him with a bag of dry food and a water bladder, and said to him angrily.

Chao Dianwei nodded, Liu Wei reached out and took the dry food bag, grabbed a handful of cooked corn from the bag, stuffed it in his mouth, and then took a big sip of the water bladder.

After chewing a few times of the corn in his mouth, Liu Wei swallowed the corn and said to Dian Wei: "Tell the brothers, set off immediately after eating, I must find the nearest village tonight!" ”

"No!" Dian Wei clenched his fists in response, turned around and walked over to the men who were eating dry food, and conveyed Liu Wei's order.

After the flames on the hillside were extinguished, Dong Zhuojun, who was pursuing Liu Wei and the others, ascended the hillside.

The top of the slope was scorched black, and the hill, which used to be full of green grass blades, had become a scorched earth with no grass after the fire.

The feet stepped on the charcoal ash on the ground, and the charcoal ash flew up, raising a small black smoke screen. The officer crossed his hands on his waist, first glanced at the fire that was already far away, and then turned his gaze to the north where Liu Wei and the others had left.

"Let's go!" Looking north for a while, the officer waved his hand behind him and gave the order to continue the pursuit.

At this time, Liu Wei also led a team of more than 100 people and was marching all the way to the north.

When everyone rested, Liu Wei had already made a plan. Their whereabouts have been exposed, and although it is not known whether Dong Zhuojun knows his identity, they can choose to go west, and they will inevitably bear the risk of being intercepted by Dong Zhuojun.

Behind him was the pursuing army, which was not very numerous, but it was several times more numerous than them. Turning back to the south, you will not necessarily be defeated, but you will definitely suffer great losses.

Although there will be no Dong Zhuojun to pursue to the east, it will be farther and farther away from the Tiger Pass. If he had gone too far and turned back, the princes south of the Yellow River who had not yet known that he had arrived would have been in vain if there had been a gap and the alliance had been dissolved.

Three sides are not suitable for marching, and the only option Liu Wei has at the moment is to go all the way north, find favorable terrain, annihilate the Dong Zhuo army that pursued them, and then turn back to the bank of the Yellow River, looking for an opportunity to cross the river from the drawbridge!

The team advanced five or six miles to the north, with Zhou Cang leading the team at the front, and Liu Wei and Dian Wei following closely behind.

A white cloth on the ground caught Liu Bian's attention, it was a clean-looking white cloth, the white cloth was wrapped in a small pebble, and it fell in the grass, if it wasn't for Liu Bian who happened to see it fall from the team, it would really not be easy to find.

Dian Wei, who was following Liu Wei, bent down and wanted to pick up the white cloth, but Liu Wei grabbed his arm and slowly shook his head at him.

Turning his head to look at Liu Wei, Dian Wei's face was full of doubts. This white cloth was obviously a signpost deliberately left by someone in the team for the pursuers, and if they stayed here, the pursuers would definitely be able to catch up with them.

Liu Wei didn't give Dian Wei any explanation, and after pulling Dian Wei up, he raised his feet and walked straight forward, following closely behind the team.

During the subsequent march, Liu Wei found that every time the team advanced a mile or so, a white cloth wrapped in small stones would fall to the ground. Due to Liu Wei's obstruction, he found a white cloth on the ground several times later, and Dian Wei didn't say anything more, but just continued to march with Liu Wei.

At first two times, although Liu Wei had been paying attention, he did not find out who threw the white cloth. It wasn't until near dusk that he realized that the white cloth had fallen from the hands of a soldier of Wang Kuangjun.

Several Wang Kuangjun soldiers obviously had a clear division of labor, one person threw the white cloth, and several other people wrapped the stones in the white cloth.

"Your Highness, there's a village ahead!" As the sun set in the west, the scenery in the distance had fallen into an orange haze, and Zhou Cang, who was at the front of the team, raised his hand and pointed forward, shouting to Liu Wei who was following the team.

Following the team, Liu Wei glanced ahead, and sure enough, at the end of the low flat line, the shadow of a small village appeared.

Liu Wei was looking up at the village, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a white cloth falling from the ranks.

The corners of his mouth tugged at a smile that was imperceptible to others, Liu Wei stopped, and Dian Wei, who was following him, also stopped, stood aside, and looked at him silently.

The two of them stopped, and Zhou Cang, who was at the front of the line, glanced back at them. Liu Wei waved his hand to Zhou Cang, signaling him to continue with the team, while he and Dian Wei stood in place, silently watching the team of more than 100 people drive towards the small village.

The team walked away, and seeing that only a hazy back could be seen, Liu Wei took a few steps forward and picked up the white cloth on the ground.

"Your Highness......" Seeing that he picked up the white cloth, Dian Wei walked to his side, glanced back, and whispered: "There are many pieces of cloth left along the way, if it is a chasing soldier......"

"I deliberately let them chase after me." Looking up at the setting sun in the west, Liu Wei had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Dian Wei: "I'll wait faster, pass through the village as soon as possible, and camp outside the village!" ”

"No!" Dian Wei responded with a fist, but there was a little doubt in his expression.

It's no wonder that he is puzzled, both sides of the Yellow River, perennial war, villages and towns are far fewer than before the Yellow Turban Uprising, it is indeed not easy to meet a village on the way, Liu Wei wants to give up stationing in the village, and choose to leave the village, not only Dian Wei can't figure it out, if he tells the rest of the team, I'm afraid everyone will not understand.

Glancing back behind him, Liu Wei said to Dian Wei: "Along the way, there are people leaving marks for the pursuers, and the speed of the pursuers must be faster than we expected." Stationed in the village, in case of a short encounter with the pursuers, we and others are not superior in numbers, and even if we can win, we will inevitably suffer extremely heavy losses. ”

"Your Highness means ......" Dian Wei didn't plan to ask Liu Wei for the reason why he was not stationed in the village, but Liu Wei took the initiative to explain, but he couldn't hold back and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Till dark!" Liu Wei smiled slightly, threw the white cloth on the ground, and chased after the team that had already gone away.

When I first saw the village, it felt like it wasn't very far away. But when they really walked, it was not like that, until the sun was almost below the horizon, and Liu Wei and the others arrived at the entrance of the village.

The houses in the village are dilapidated, most of them have collapsed roofs, and several houses have half of their adobe walls collapsed.

Looking at the dilapidated village, Liu Bianzhi said that they had come to a deserted village again.

Since setting out from Woniu Mountain, he has seen more than a dozen of the same villages, and they have even found human bones in several of them.

Walking into the village with his feet raised, Liu Wei walked forward while looking at the houses on the left and right. Zhou Cang and Dian Wei followed closely behind him.

"Arrange for a brother with normal vision at night to hide outside the village, and if you find someone stationed here, report it to me immediately." was about to walk to the entrance of the village on the other side, Liu Wei whispered to Zhou Cang: "Arrange quietly, don't let others know." ”

"No!" Zhou Cang answered in a low voice, stopped, and glanced at the men following behind him, before turning around and waving to a man.

"Out of the village!" Zhou Cang called the man aside to speak, and Liu Wei beckoned to the others behind him and gave the order to leave the village.

As soon as this order was given, everyone was stunned, although their legs were still walking towards the outside of the village, their eyes were looking at Liu Wei who was walking in front with doubts.