The young man twisted his face to the side, and did not answer Liu Wei's question at all, but snorted coldly again.

"You got worms in your nose?" Guan Qing, who was standing behind the young man, saw that he didn't answer Liu Wei's question, but just snorted coldly, stared at him with round apricot eyes, pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword, snorted coldly, and said to him: "If you are so formless again, Hugh blames General Ben for being ruthless under the sword!" ”

"I have fallen into the hands of thieves, and I just want to die!" The young man twisted his head, didn't look at Liu Wei and Guan Qing, and said with endless resentment in his tone: "If you want to kill, you have to be killed, listen to it!" I just hate that I don't have that ability, and I can't burn the thief to the ground......"

"The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death!" Pressing his hand twice towards Guan Qingxu, Liu Wei looked up at the young man standing in front of him and said: "This king is the king of Luoyang, passing through here, I heard that some officers and soldiers have plagued the township, and I have already ordered someone to investigate. At present, the identity of the thief is still unknown, and the strong man does not know the reason, and intends to set fire to the king's army. ”

"Why not?" Liu Wei reported to his home, and the young man did not show a look of surprise, but wrinkled his brows, turned his face to Liu Wei and asked angrily: "The leader of the troops is the wife and uncle of the captain of Baima County, could it be that His Highness wants to say that they are not officers and soldiers under His Highness?" ”

"Huh?" Although he had sent several groups of scouts, Liu Wei had never heard of the identity of the leader of the troops, and when he heard the young man say this, he suddenly raised his head and asked the young man: "How does the strong man know that the leader of the troops is the wife and uncle of the captain of Baima County?" ”

"What a well-informed Highness!" From Liu Wei's surprised expression, it was clear that he was indeed unaware, not pretentious, and the young man said with a heavy sneer in his tone: "The county lieutenant of Baima and his wife and uncle were originally bandits near Baima, but it was only because His Royal Highness became the king of Luoyang that they recruited officers and soldiers from all over the country, and they all became official ......."

Listening to the young man's words, Liu Wei glanced at Guan Qing who was standing behind the young man with a shocked face.

The appointment of low-level officials, he will never ask in person, even Xu Shu, he will not worry about a small county lieutenant.

It seems that this incident may have something to do with some people in Luoyang City.

"Why didn't Your Highness speak?" Seeing that Liu Wei didn't speak again, the young man's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his eyes twitched twice, and he said to Liu Wei with a stronger sense of ridicule in his words: "I just don't know what His Highness can do with these people if he catches them?" In the eyes of His Royal Highness, I am afraid that it is not as good as ......"

"Shut up!" Before the young man finished speaking, Liu Wei snorted, stared at his unruly face with a cold face, and said to him: "When this king knows where they are now, this king will definitely go to arrest them in person, and then he will let you see how this king deals with these people!" ”

"Good!" was cheered by Liu Bian, for some reason, the young man really closed his mouth, and when Liu Biao finished speaking, he raised his face slightly, and said arrogantly: "If His Highness is really in charge of the countryside and grass people, His Highness can only take this head!" ”

"It's a deal!" Staring at the young man's unruly face with dead eyes, Liu Wei first responded, then waved his hand at Guan Qing, and said to her: "Take him down, let the soldiers take care of him, don't starve, let alone beat and scold him, even if this person wants to die, this king must let him die clearly!" ”

"No!" Guan Qing responded with a fist, tilted his head at the young man, and said to him in a cold voice: "Let's go!" ”

Before leaving the tent, the young man stopped at the curtain again, turned his head and threw a sneering and disdainful look at Liu Wei, and then raised his head and laughed a few times, and then walked out of the tent under the escort of Guan Qing.

Looking at the curtain that was still swaying after Guan Qing escorted the young man away, Liu Wei was already holding back the anger in his stomach. Especially the disdainful eyes of the young man before leaving, which made Liu Wei feel angry.

It was a look of contempt, and when he threw that glance at him, the young man seemed to be looking at a fool, and he didn't have the slightest respect for him, the king of Luoyang.

escorted the young man out, and after a while, Guan Qing turned back again.

She clenched her fists and was about to report to Liu Bian that the young man had been properly placed, but before she spoke, Liu Bian looked up at her and said lightly: "It's not early, let's go back and rest early!" ”

Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists, Guan Qing looked at Liu Wei very worriedly, and after a while, he lowered his eyes and said to Liu Wei: "Qing'er retires, His Royal Highness also rests early, don't be too tired!" ”

After Guan Qing left, Liu Wei had a sleepless night, he lay on the bed, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep.

If he doesn't make a decision about this time, I'm afraid that from now on, he will be completely abandoned by the people of Hongnong.

The difficult night finally passed, the sun was three poles, lazily shining on the earth, a team of more than 500 cavalry, under the leadership of Liu Wei, galloped out of the barracks in the sunshine and ran straight to the northeast.

The scouts had already reported that the Luoyang army, which had been plundering the people everywhere, was now in a village fifteen miles to the northeast, and was scourging the small village that had been quiet in the past.

What made Liu Wei feel very speechless was that the two thousand cavalry he led were nearby, and that team should have known their whereabouts, but they were still so bold.

Before leaving, he deliberately explained to Guan Qing, asking her to pay attention to the scout's report at any time, and once the situation changed, she would immediately lead the army to the rescue.

Compared with Liu Wei, Guan Qing was a little unimpressed with this matter. In Guan Qing's opinion, those were just a group of daring stragglers, and Liu Wei was so cautious, which was beyond her expectations.

led 500 cavalry and quickly advanced towards the invaded village, and along the way, Liu Wei constantly sent scouts to investigate the situation of the officers and soldiers.

Several times in a row, the scouts reported that the officers and soldiers were doing evil in the village, and there was no sign of ambush.

Hearing that there was no ambush, Liu Wei was a little relieved, but for some reason, every time he approached that small village, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger.

This feeling of uneasiness made him even want to order the team to stop moving forward several times, and then turn back. But if he withdraws his troops back, I am afraid that from now on, the name of the king of Luoyang will stink in the Hongnong area.

The lesser of two evils, if there is really an ambush, a fight, plus Guan Qing's reinforcements, may not win. But the withdrawal of troops brought about the consequences was unbearable for Liu Wei. Once the people's hearts are lost, let alone fighting for hegemony in the world, even if you want to keep Luoyang and steal peace, you can't get it!

His legs clamped towards the horse's belly, shook the reins, shouted, rode the horse faster, and while rushing forward, Liu Wei shouted to the cavalry who followed behind: "Soldiers, be careful, don't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Five hundred cavalry followed closely behind Liu Wei, and when they rushed to see the floating shadow of the village in the distance, the cavalry galloped and took off the round shield behind them.

"Stop!" Seeing that he was only a hundred steps away from the village, Liu Wei suddenly grabbed the reins and stopped the advance of the team.

He reined in the war horse, and the cavalry following behind all lifted the reins and restrained the war horse, and for a while, a war horse neighed behind Liu Wei.

Riding on horseback, looking at the small village not far away, Liu Wei tightly twisted his brows and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "Withdraw!" ”

The village was too quiet to show any signs of being disturbed, and it was evident that the officers and soldiers who had done evil in the village earlier had withdrawn, or they had not withdrawn at all, but were just hiding, and in short, it was all too unusual.

As soon as Liu Wei shouted "retreat", the ground in front of him suddenly moved, and countless wooden planks buried in the ground were lifted, and a large number of soldiers jumped out of the pit under the plank, pointing at Liu Wei and the five hundred heavy cavalry led by him with their blades in hand.

No wonder the scouts didn't find the ambush earlier, it turned out that the ambush here was that the other party had already laid out the game and dug out one pit after another, just waiting for Liu Wei to jump into the trap.

The soldiers who jumped out of the pit were all wearing the clothes and armor of the Luoyang Army, and they were not only one or two hundred people at all, and it could be seen at a glance that they definitely exceeded three thousand.

A general wearing the scale armor of a military general jumped out of the pit after the wooden plank above his head was lifted, and arched towards Liu Wei with his fists in both hands, and said with a smiling expression on his face: "The king of Luoyang is really worthy of his name, no wonder the former general wants the last general to make a special trip to Hongnong to greet ...... halfway."

"General Gongsun, what does this mean?" Seeing the general jumping out of the ground, Liu Wei held the reins in his hand, frowned slightly, and asked the general: "Doesn't the general know that Hongnong is the realm of this king?" The people who killed people in the villages before are also under the command of the general! ”

It was none other than Gongsun Fan, who wanted to force Liu Wei and others to stay in Bohai during Liu Bian's eastward expedition earlier.

After listening to Liu Bian's words, Gongsun Fan raised his head, laughed twice, and said to Liu Bian: "The King of Luoyang is really good, and he even knows all this. ”

"Don't hide it from the King of Luoyang!" Arching at Liu Wei with his fists clasped again, Gongsun Fan said to him with a smug face: "My Bohai army came to Hongnong, and it is with the help of the king that it can be so smooth!" ”

Gongsun Fan's face was full of pride when he spoke, and looking at his face, Liu Wei had the urge to rush forward and smash a thousand punches.

"His Royal Highness recruited people from all over the world to settle down near Luoyang, and the former general missed His Highness, and he missed him very much, so he ordered us to pretend to be people and sneak into the Luoyang area!" With a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, Gongsun Fan said to Liu Wei in a playful tone like a cat grabbing a mouse: "The last general has been waiting here for a few months, His Royal Highness has set out to conquer Zheng County, and the last general is ready to meet His Highness." At the beginning, I was worried that His Highness would walk with the army, but I didn't want His Highness to leave the army...... Wouldn't this be a credit to the general? ”

"I didn't expect that the former general was so concerned about this king, if this king is lucky enough to leave here today, he will definitely go to Jizhou to visit the former general in the future!" Riding on horseback, the corners of Liu Bian's eyes twitched twice, and he said to Gongsun Fan in a cold voice: "I just don't know how the general wants to receive this credit?" ”

"The former general intends to invite His Highness to go to Jizhou for a visit!" Gongsun Fan lowered his head, pinched his chin with one hand, and made a deep appearance, and after a while, he raised his head to look at Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian: "But the last general thinks that if you ask Your Highness to go to Jizhou, you don't know how many incidents will happen along the way, so it is better to kill Your Highness here, and come more simply!" ”

"Presumptuous!" As soon as Gongsun Fan's words fell, an officer of the Luoyang Army behind Liu Wei stepped forward, raised the Pu knife in his hand, pointed at Gongsun Fan and shouted: "How dare Pifu'an be rude to His Highness? Come up and eat a knife! ”

Glancing at the officer very contemptuously, Gongsun Fan pursed his lips and said to Liu Wei: "Under the command of the King of Luoyang, there are no generals?" I actually want a small colonel to come to fight! ”