The glow of the setting sun shrouded the vast mountains, and the canopy of the trees, which were connected and could not be seen at a glance, was gilded with a thin orange light under the illumination of the slanting sun.

On a hilltop in the middle of the mountains, a team of more than 8,000 people lurked in the dense forest overgrown with old trees.

The team was disheveled, and although each of them had weapons, many of them were still dressed in the deep clothes of the people, and there were many old and weak women and children in between.

Liu Wei stood under the two tall cypress trees, holding the trunks with both hands, frowning slightly, and looking southwest.

That is the direction of Luoyang City, as long as you climb over this hill and advance southwest along a field overgrown with deep grass, it only takes one day to reach Luoyang.

The officers and soldiers in the dense forest did not set up tents, and in this mountain forest, the gap between the trees was very small, and there were bushes and thorns everywhere, and there was no room for open space to set up tents.

Wisps of thick green smoke rose up behind Liu Wei, rushed towards the canopy, swam in the closely connected canopy, and drifted out of the canopy and drifted into the sky, and the nearby forest was also filled with a choking smell of smoke.

"Strategist, it's only a day's journey from Luoyang, what should we do?" Looking in the direction of Luoyang, Liu Wei asked Xu Shu, who was standing not far behind him, covering his nose and watching the officers and soldiers make fires and make meals.

"Your Highness!" Hearing Liu Wei's question, Xu Shu walked up to him, first clenched his fists and bowed deeply, and then said: "I need to go west along the mountains and forests until we enter the Hongnong Land Boundary." ”

"To Hongnong?" Liu Wei frowned slightly, turned to look at Xu Shu, and asked him: "Dong Zhuo moved the capital, and the soldiers and horses in the city are gone, why don't we find a flaw and break it in one fell swoop?" ”

"His Highness has fought against the Xiliang Army several times, and has defeated them many times, but it is only a small victory!" Standing behind Liu Wei's side, Xu Shu said softly: "In the siege battle, our army must be at least five times more than the enemy, and we are expected to storm the city!" Luoyang is not a Tiger Prison Pass, His Royal Highness earned the Tiger Prison Pass at the beginning, but it was because the Xiliang Army was chasing the rout of the coalition army, and he was negligent enough to give His Highness a chance to take advantage of! Now that Dong Zhuo is busy moving the capital, his defense of Luoyang must be extremely strict, and Dong Zhuo also has a few talented advisers under his account, if you want to earn Luoyang, it is not easy! ”

Holding on to the trunk of the tree, Liu Wei did not speak for a while.

Xu Shu was right, when Liu Wei won the Tiger Prison Pass, it was because of Wei Xu's negligence, thinking that they were really chasing the wounded soldiers of the coalition army, that the pass was opened.

Now Luoyang City is busy moving the capital, although the emperor Luan Jia and his accompanying ministers have set off, but many treasures in the city have not yet been transported to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo is still guarding Luoyang City, and it is obviously impossible to earn the city.

"What does it mean to get closer to the west and enter the Hongnong Realm?" After being silent for a long time, the firewood pile raised by the officers and soldiers behind him was no longer emitting smoke, but jumping red flames, and the green smoke in the forest was much lighter. ”

"Yes!" Xu Shu nodded, and said to Liu Wei with a somewhat solemn expression: "But the vicinity of Luoyang City is now in ruins, and the people are displaced, and most of them are driven away by the thief army. Hongnong is the only way for Luoyang to go to Chang'an, set up an ambush in the Hongnong area, our army can intercept and kill the thief army that drives away the people, recruit Ding Zhuang, and strengthen the strength; Second, you can plunder the supply of the thief army, save more wealth and food, and also prepare the clothes and armor and weapons of the officers and soldiers! ”

"Hmm!" Thinking about Xu Shu's words, Liu Wei nodded and said to him: "What the military advisor said is true, according to the military advisor's plan, I will drive west along the mountains and forests early tomorrow morning and enter the Hongnong land boundary." ”

"To enter Hongnong, our army must first take the Maojin Ferry, break through Dayang, give the thief army the illusion of fleeing, and then quietly cross the river and occupy Caoyang Pavilion." Liu Wei made the decision of the whole army to advance to Hongnong, and Xu Shu continued: "Caoyang Pavilion is located at the key point between Luoyang and Chang'an, and the purpose of capturing it is not to defend it to the death, but to abandon the defense and attack Shaanxi County. ”

"Got it!" After listening to Xu Shu's words, Liu Wei had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at Xu Shu and said: "The military division wants to occupy Caoyang Pavilion to attract chaos among the thief army, and temporarily gather the baggage and the displaced people in the area of Shaanxi County, and the main force will go to Caoyang Pavilion to encircle and suppress us. We took the opportunity to seize Shaanxi County, and this time we went to the Luoyang area, and we will not return empty-handed! ”

"Your Highness is really delicate!" Xu Shu smiled slightly, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said, "Yuan Zhizhi has only said half of it, and His Highness has already seen the clues. ”

"Huh! That's a great plan! Liu Wei smiled, patted Xu Shu's right arm twice and said, "If Yuanzhi doesn't say that he occupies Maojin and Dayang first, this king will not be able to see through it." The occupation of Maojin is to leave a way back for our army, and the occupation of Dayang is to rely on the city to replenish and rest, and I am afraid that there will not be many days of garrisoning in Dayang. ”

"Your Highness's guess is correct!" Xu Shu bowed slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Our army returns to the north bank of the Yellow River from Maojin, the thief army will inevitably come to chase, Dayang is a lonely city, and our army is fighting alone, without strong reinforcements, abandon Dayang, turn to the east, and raid the Baibo army, this is the real purpose!" ”

Liu Wei pinched his chin, pondered for a moment, frowned slightly and said to Xu Shu: "It is said that the Baibo army has nearly 300,000 people, and the surprise attack on the Baibo army, what are the chances of me winning?" ”

"If our army can break 20,000 troops, there is a 10% chance of victory!" There was a faint smile on the corner of Xu Shu's mouth, and he said to Liu Wei: "Although the number of Baibo troops is large, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and family members of the army, and there are only more than 100,000 people who can really fight. And the commanders in the army have different intentions, although Yang Feng is temporarily the commander of the canal, most of the military power is in the hands of Mrs. Guo, and the two have long been inseparable. Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai and others each supported their own troops and lacked unified scheduling. Moreover, although Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, he sent Li Dao to lead the army to meet the Baibo army. How could such an army be Li Wei's opponent? Our army went, not to exterminate, but to recruit after a severe blow......"

"The military advisor really has a clever plan!" After listening to Xu Shu's words, Liu Wei slapped his two palms and said to him: "Since the military advisor has thought of such a far-reaching idea, please dispatch the whole army in a unified manner, and from this king downward, all of them will obey the orders of the military advisor!" ”

"No!" Xu Shu clasped his hands into fists, answered, and said to Liu Wei: "Then I will go to arrange the march!" ”

Nodding at Xu Shu, Liu Wei watched Xu Shu walk over to the officers and soldiers who were still cooking, and it was not until Xu Shu walked in front of Zhao Yun and the others that he turned around and continued to look in the direction of Luoyang.

Looking at the direction of Luoyang, Liu Wei had deep expectations for Xu Shu's calculations. Especially according to Xu Shu's strategy, they can still take the great sun.

At present, Dong Zhuojun is searching for civilians near Luoyang and moving to Chang'an, and the people who follow them will inevitably not be able to return to the village. If you take the sun, you can temporarily resettle the old and weak women and children.

"Your Highness!" was looking in the direction of Luoyang, and a sweet female voice came from behind Liu Wei.

Although his voice was soft, Liu Wei still heard that the woman who spoke was Tao Huanniang. He turned around, smiled at Tao Huanniang and asked, "Why doesn't Huanniang go to eat yet?" ”

"The slave family has served some food for His Highness!" Tao Huanniang held a pottery bowl full of rice in both hands, held it high above her head, handed it to Liu Wei, and said softly: "Please use it slowly, Your Highness." ”

In the rice bowl held by Tao Huanniang in both hands, on the golden corn, there are two green wild vegetables, the boiled wild vegetables have not lost their green color, and they are very beautiful on the corn.

Taking the rice bowl handed by Tao Huanniang, Liu Wei nodded at her, sat down with his back against the trunk of the tree, and ate the corn rice with his hand.

Liu Wei took the rice bowl, and Tao Huanniang blessed him, first took two steps back in front of him, and then turned around and walked over to a group of women who were sitting around eating together.

After eating, Liu Wei just put the rice bowl aside, and before the soldiers came to clean it up, Tao Huanniang had already walked over, blessed him, bent down to pick up the empty bowl on the ground, and turned around to leave.

"Huanniang!" Tao Huanniang was just about to leave, Liu Wei suddenly stood up, grabbed her, and said to her: "Why do you know my identity, but you have a lot of life with me?" ”

"Your Highness!" Grabbed by Liu Bian's arm, Tao Huanniang didn't dare to turn her back to him, turned to face Liu Bian, but her head hung very low, and said softly: "The slave family is just a country woman, and it is a great honor to take care of His Highness's clothes, how dare you expect to be too close to Your Highness." ”

"Since I left Luoyang, Taojiazhuang is the first village I have been to!" Letting go of Tao Huanniang's arm, Liu Wei sighed lightly and said to her: "When I slept in the wild with Tang Ji and besieged by wolves, it was your brother and some villagers who saved me, I don't know how many of the villagers were still alive that day, but in my heart, they have always been the saviors of me and Tang Ji, just like my own brothers." ”

Staring at Tao Huanniang who was standing in front of him with her head down, Liu Wei continued: "In Taojiazhuang, you also take great care of our couple, and you take care of many living expenses. The so-called grace of dripping water springs up to repay you, but I did not repay you, but brought disaster to you......"

"Your Royal Highness......" When Liu Wei said that he had brought disaster to Taojiazhuang, Tao Huanniang hurriedly raised her head, with a pair of beautiful eyes with tears in her eyes, and said with a little choking in her tone: "If it weren't for His Royal Highness, the villagers would have left their hometown by now and went to Chang'an with Dong Thief." His Royal Highness regards the villagers as relatives, and Huanniang and the villagers all know it, but His Royal Highness is a nobleman, but Huanniang is a rural woman......"

Having said this, Tao Huanniang lowered her head again, but her tears couldn't help but drop on the ground.

Liu Wei didn't know what to do, Tao Huanniang deliberately avoided him, not because he was afraid of his identity as King Hongnong, but because of this noble identity, the distance between them was much farther away.