The night was deep, and the stars in the sky twinkled in the night sky as pure as washing, like countless naughty children blinking their eyes, looking at the vast beings on the ground.

In the barracks, every ten or so steps, a brazier was lit on a wooden frame. Outside the commander's tent, the two braziers, one on the left and one on the right, are much closer connected than the other braziers in the barracks.

Inside the brazier, the flames of the fire swayed up and down, and the red flames swayed violently under the blowing of the night wind.

Standing outside the commander's tent, Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, and his face was flushed with red luster under the reflection of the braziers on both sides. Looking up at the starry sky in the night sky, it took a long time for Liu Bian's face to show a touch of determination.

He didn't show anyone the tips he opened in Keiguan, nor did he tell anyone, including Zhao Yun, about Xu Shu's complete strategy.

The reason why he was in a hurry to lead the army away from Jiguan and come to the Wude area was not to use Cao Cao's support to defeat Zhang Ji's Xiliang army.

What attracted Liu Wei's attention the most was actually the battlefield on the Western Front in the area of Keiguan.

Xu Shu had already expected that Cao Cao had coveted Hanoi, and this time he was determined to win. The strategy he granted to Liu Wei in his bag was to give up Wang Kuang and give Hanoi to Cao Cao.

As the Taishou of Hanoi, Wang Kuang was upright and loyal to the Han family. Such a courtier, if it is in a peaceful era, must be a worthy humerus for the imperial court.

But now is not an era of peace, but a turbulent era of war. Uniting with Cao Cao, who was still loyal to the Han family and had a heroic demeanor, would naturally benefit more than offending Cao Cao in order to keep Wang Kuang.

Wang Kuang is upright and loyal, but he is very old-fashioned and does not know how to be flexible, in order to win more benefits, in exchange for the right to survive in this troubled world, Liu Wei had to give up him; Although Cao Cao is still loyal now, he will definitely become a hero in the future, but in order to better develop Lu, Liu Wei had to secretly cooperate with him to get Hanoi.

In the days when he was a special soldier, although he often faced death, every time he performed a mission, when he reached the worst point, the choice in front of him was nothing more than two, kill or not!

And now everything has become more complicated, just kill or not kill, you can't decide everything. Many times, he even has to do things that he doesn't want to do without conscience.

"Your Highness!" Standing outside the tent, looking at the starry sky, a rush of footsteps came, and with the sound of footsteps, a personal soldier rushed to Liu Wei.

When Liu Wei approached, the soldier half-knelt on the ground with his fists clenched, lowered his head and said to Liu Bian: "Fang Cai stayed in the area of Jiguan to report to the scouts, and the Hu Zhen Department of the Xiliang Army crossed the Yellow River with Li Meng as the vanguard, and pursued our army from behind, but was stopped by Cao Hong, the general of Cao Cao's Department of the Eastern County Taishou, by the Qinshui River. Cao Hong beheaded Li Meng, but he was defeated by Hu Zhen's main force, and he had already led the army to withdraw in the direction of Keiguan. ”

After getting the war report on the Western Front, Liu Wei frowned slightly. Judging from the reaction of the battle report, everything was really within Xu Shu's expectations.

If Cao Hong really wanted to defeat Hu Zhen, he didn't need to deploy defenses in the Qinshui area, he only needed to take advantage of Hu Zhen's crossing of the Yellow River and attack him halfway, and he could succeed in a battle.

Giving up and sticking to the Yellow River, beheading Li Meng, and then retreating to Jiguan, it was nothing more than wanting Hu Zhen to pursue, and wait until Wang Kuang led the army to come to the rescue, and took the opportunity to get rid of Wang Kuang!

Xu Shu had expected that this would happen, and he also made a brief analysis of Liu Wei in the bag. On the night of staying in Jiguan, lighting the bag and leaving no trace, Liu Wei had already made the decision to act according to Xu Shu's strategy.

But at the moment of making this decision, his heart was also twitching. If it wasn't Wang Kuang who was going to sacrifice this time, but any of Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others, would he still be so decisive?

"Can you find out how many men and horses there are in the Xiliang Army under Hu Zhen's department?" Looking down at the pro-soldier who was half-kneeling in front of him, Liu Wei asked him a question.

"About 30,000 people!" Half-kneeling on the ground, the pro-soldiers still clenched their hands into fists and bowed their heads, and replied: "Li Meng led 5,000 soldiers and horses first, and after being defeated by Cao Hong, the main force of Hu Zhen's department was less than 30,000!" ”

waved his hand to the pro-soldier who reported the news, and when the pro-soldier got up to leave, Liu Wei turned around and walked towards the handsome tent.

Standing in front of the door of the tent, watching a soldier guarding the tent enter the tent first and light the white candle, Liu Wei got into the tent and walked to the low table and sat down.

On the low table, there was a piece of paper with a map on it, Liu Wei leaned down to look at the map, and the soldier who lit the white candle took a white candle from the candlestick, dropped two drops of hot wax on the table, and fixed the white candle on the corner of the table, and then bowed down and retreated.

The candlelight shone on the map, and the small seal characters on the map clearly appeared in front of Liu Wei's eyes.

Pressing his finger on the place marked with the word "Wude", Liu Wei's fingertips slid westward along the map, and finally stopped on the line of Keiguan.

The Hanoi army guarding Keiguan totaled more than 20,000 people, since Cao Hong came to the rescue, the soldiers and horses would not be too small, if the two combined forces, even if they could not defeat Hu Zhen, they would definitely be able to drag them for three or five months, and the west road pursued the troops, but there was no need for Liu Wei to worry too much.

Looking at the Jiguan spread on the map, Liu Wei suddenly gasped. If it was not Hu Zhen who Dong Zhuo sent to pursue this time, but Lu Bu, I am afraid that it would not be so easy to withdraw from Hanoi with his whole body.

"Your Highness, the scout is here!" Just as he was looking at the map, thinking about how to avoid Zhang Ji and cross the Yellow River into the Yin boundary of Henan, the voice of a pro-soldier came from outside the tent.

"Come in!" There were continuous scout reports at night, there must have been something wrong, Liu Wei hurriedly raised his head and responded.

A personal soldier strode into the tent, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said: "There is news from Huai County, Hanoi General Zhou Cheng led 10,000 Hanoi troops, which have set off from Huai County, and they should arrive at Wude at noon tomorrow!" ”

"10,000 Hanoi troops!" Hearing the news of the scouts, Liu Wei lowered his head and searched on the map, and found that Huaixian was only a river away from them, and hurriedly said to the soldiers: "Please invite a few generals to come to this king's tent!" ”

Liu Bianjun's generals and partial generals have been promoted a lot, but every time Liu Biao said that he wanted to invite a few generals, his soldiers knew that he was only calling Zhao Yun and other generals with prominent status.

The pro-soldier replied and withdrew from the tent, while Liu Wei frowned slightly and looked at the map intently.

After a while, Zhao Yun's voice came from outside the tent: "Your Highness, the last general is called to come." ”

"Come in!" Hearing Zhao Yun speak, Liu Wei hurriedly responded.

Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Yang Feng, and Hu Cai got the order, opened the tent curtain and walked into the tent, first saluted Liu Wei with a fist, and then sat down on the straw mats that had already been laid out on both sides of the tent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, has already sent Cao Hong to intercept the Xiliang army pursuing our army in the Qinshui area!" As soon as everyone sat down, Liu Wei said to them: "If the officers and soldiers under Cao Hong's department and the officers and soldiers under the command of Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, even if the Xiliang army led by Hu Zhen is not defeated, there will be no time to withdraw from the eastward march within a few months. At present, our army is facing only Zhang Ji from the Yingchuan area. ”

The four people in the tent all turned their heads to look at Liu Wei, waiting for him to continue.

After looking around at the four people, Liu Wei continued: "The king of Fang Cai got the news that Zhou Cheng, the general of Hanoi, led 10,000 soldiers and horses from Huai County, and now it is only a river away from our army. This king intends that once General Zhou Cheng's headquarters is in place tomorrow, he will immediately join forces and launch an attack on Zhang Ji. What do you think? ”

The four of them glanced at each other, Zhao Yun stood up, clasped his fists with both hands and said to Liu Wei: "If you attack Zhang Ji tomorrow, the last general is willing to be the pioneer." ”

"Zhou Cang and Han Xian have already lined up in the north and are ready to meet the enemy." Pressed his hand twice towards Zhao Yunxu and motioned for him to sit down, Liu Biancai said to everyone: "We have also fought with the Xiliang Army several times, and their combat strength must be clear to everyone. The Hanoi army is only 10,000, and our army is only 20,000 people, and the number of both sides ......is equal.

"Your Highness must have already taken measures?" Zhao Yun knelt down on the straw mat again, turned his head to look at Liu Wei, and asked.

Liu Wei nodded, and said to everyone in an unusually resolute tone: "This time, the Xiliang army is divided into two ways to pursue our army, and Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, must also be divided into two ways to support. Cao Hong on the Western Front was already engaged in battle with the Western Liang Army, but the Cao Army on the Eastern Front was nowhere to be seen, and our army didn't even know which Cao Army came from the Eastern Front to reinforce it! ”

Having said this, Liu Wei said to everyone in an extremely decisive tone: "The Cao army on the Eastern Front is delaying for a long time, and it must want this king to enter Yanzhou later. Although our army is far away from Hedong and the lone army goes deep into Yanzhou to fight, we can't let others lead us by the nose in everything! This king decided to fight a quick battle, solve Zhang Ji as soon as possible, and march eastward! ”

"Obey His Highness's orders!" When Liu Wei said this, the four of them responded with their fists in unison.

"Yang Feng!" After the four of them had passed, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Yang Feng and said to him: "You lead all the two thousand cavalry to make a detour and insert it behind Zhang Jijun's back early tomorrow morning." Remember, as much movement as you can make during the march, you must let Zhang Ji know that our cavalry is interspersed behind them! ”

"No!" After receiving the order, Yang Feng hurriedly stood up and responded with his fists clenched.

"Zhao Yun, Dian Wei!" Then Liu Wei glanced at Zhao Yun and Dian Wei respectively, and said to them: "Dian Wei led the new Mo Sword Formation to face Zhang Ji head-on. Zhao Yun led the Pu Dao battalion, waited until the two armies fought in one place, and then rushed to the flank to support. ”

Zhao Yun and Dian Wei got up and clenched their fists at the same time, and took the order, and then Liu Wei looked at Hu Cai and said: "There is a flat river around Wude, which is suitable for cavalry raids but is not conducive to the use of strong crossbows. Besides, behind our army is Qinshui, and this battle can be described as dangerous, but this king wants to do the opposite this time, and give the Xiliang army a fatal blow with a strong crossbow array! Hu Cai, you will lead the strong crossbow formation, line up behind the Modao formation, remember to suppress the enemy's bow and crossbow, and attack Zhang Jizhong's army from a distance! ”

"Order!" Knowing that tomorrow's battle would be carried out by the strong crossbow battalion, Hu Cai hurriedly stood up, responded with a fist, and took over the task.