Guan Qing, who was holding a big knife and his face was splashed with blood, raised his head, looked at Tai Shici, who was standing not far away, and asked him with some suspicion: "Your Highness, don't you want to keep someone to guard here?" ”

"Your Highness has a word! Thousands of soldiers are here, why do you need to keep people? Xiang Guan Qing replied with a slight smile, Tai Shi Cile turned his horse and slowly walked towards the top of the mountain, without taking two steps, he suddenly stopped again, turned back to those who were willing to serve the Xiliang army and said: "The army will take back the weapons, wait until the triumph in the future, and after returning to Luoyang, I will equip the army with our army blades!" ”

"No!" Just joined Liu Wei, who thought that every move would be closely monitored by the Xiliang army, after listening to Tai Shi Ci's words, there was an inexplicable surge of emotion in his heart, and when Tai Shi Ci's voice fell, they all hugged their fists and bowed down, and responded loudly.

Liu Wei, who had already returned to the top of the mountain and was standing on the bluestone overlooking the mountainside, saw the red Luoyang army leaving the mountainside and slowly climbed towards the top of the mountain, he frowned slightly, and asked Pang Tong, who was standing under the bluestone: "Military advisor, if they ......?" ”

"No!" Before Liu Wei's question was fully asked, Pang Tong took over and said to him: "Dong Zhuo is dead, although Niu Fu is the commander of the Xiliang army, his prestige is insufficient. The reason why the Xiliang army attacked the imperial court was because the imperial court did not leave them a way out. Now His Royal Highness has taken in these Xiliang Army, and has no scruples about them, and does not send people to supervise them at all. ”

"Since the military advisor said so, there will definitely be no difference!" Liu Wei nodded, raised his hand and pointed to Zheng County under the mountain, and said to Pang Tong: "Although Zheng County is not considered a high risk, there are 50,000 Xiliang troops in the city, and it is not easy for our army to attack!" ”

"You don't have to storm it!" Looking up at Liu Wei standing on the bluestone, Pang Tong said to him with a weird-looking smile on his face: "Hu Chi'er's return to Zheng County will definitely exaggerate the strength of our army. It is an indisputable result that Dong Xian was condemned for lying about the military situation. As for that Hu Chi'er, although he is Niu Fu's confidant, he lost more than 10,000 people this time, but he returned alone, and he will never be relied on by Niu Fu again, Niu Fu will suspect that he was deliberately put back by His Royal Highness as an internal response! The civil strife in the Xiliang Army is just a matter of time. However, if our army rashly launched an attack on Zheng County, and the Xiliang army hated the same enemy, not only would our army's casualties be incalculable, but it was also unknown whether it could break through the city! Our army does not need to attack Zheng County, but only needs to order General Taishi to lead the cavalry to burn the enemy's grain and grass, and Zheng County will be available in the near future! ”

"But where is the grain and grass of the Xiliang army, our army has no clue!" Looking at Zheng County under the mountain, Liu Wei shook his head helplessly, and said to Pang Tong: "If it drags on like this, I'm afraid that it won't take long for our army's grain and grass to be exhausted!" ”

"Your Highness, don't worry!" Pang Tong raised his hand and pointed at the Xiliang army on the mountainside, and said to Liu Wei: "Now His Highness has recruited thousands of Xiliang army, and among the thousands of people, there is not even a single ......one who knows where to store grain?" ”

Hearing Pang Tong's words, Liu Wei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly turned around and shouted to a soldier standing not far behind him: "Go quickly, call a few new officers to come, this king has something to ask them!" ”

"No!" The soldier answered, and ran down the hill as fast as he could.

When the soldier was ordered to go down the mountain, a group of soldiers from the Luoyang Army had already carried grain and copper coins to the mountainside. After fighting for a long time, the Xiliang army, which was already hungry, also built pots and stoves, led corn and meat, and made a fire to make rice.

"You! You! You! The soldiers who had received Liu Wei's order ran to the place where the Xiliang officers and soldiers were building pots and stoves, raised their hands and pointed at the three officers, and said to them: "Follow me up the mountain, Your Highness has something to ask!" ”

Knowing that it was Liu Wei who wanted to question them, the three officers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly threw the stone used to build the pot stove in their hands on the ground, and even untied the long sword at their waist and put it on the ground on the side, and then followed the soldiers who gave the order and ran towards the top of the mountain.

Standing on the bluestone, Liu Wei faced the direction of Zheng County, looking at the city wall of Zheng County, the soldier who was ordered to lead people to come, ran behind Pang Tong who was standing under the stone, and said to Liu Wei with his fists: "Your Royal Highness, bring three officers!" ”

Hearing the soldier's report, Liu Wei turned around and looked at the three officers who were more than ten steps away from him.

The servants were wearing the clothes and armor of the Xiliang Army, because they had experienced a scuffle, there were a lot of blood stains on the clothes, and they bowed to face Liu Wei with their fists in their fists, although because they lowered their heads and could not see their faces, they could be seen from their slightly trembling bodies that they were full of panic and nervousness at this time.

"You wait a little longer!" Standing on the bluestone, Liu Wei beckoned to the three surrendering officers.

"No!" The servant responded, maintained a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, raised his feet and walked a few steps forward, stopping four or five steps away from Liu Wei.

When stepping forward, perhaps because of nervousness or fear, the legs of the servants trembled slightly, and the steps did not seem natural.

Seeing that the servants didn't dare to get too close, Liu Wei had a kind smile on his face, beckoned to them again, and said to them: "How can you talk so far?" Come here, come here! Stay close to the king! ”

"Your Highness......" Although Liu Wei asked them to get closer, the servants first glanced at each other, and then stood in place with their fists clenched and bowed, and did not listen to the order to step forward, one of them lowered his head, and said with a little apprehension in his words: "We are all pawns, and we dare not ......"

"Since you have served this king, you will be the arm of this king!" Before the officer could finish speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand at him, interrupted his words, and said to him: "Just go forward, don't worry!" If this king and you also have a mustard, how will you go with you in the future? And how to fight side by side with you? ”

Although Liu Wei's words were an understatement, they could be heard in the ears of the three officers, but they had a different taste.

"Your Highness......" The three officers still did not step forward, but "poof", knelt down in unison, bowed down, and the officer who replied before said to Liu Wei with a crying voice: "We followed Niu Fu in the past and were enemies of His Highness, but His Highness has no doubt about us now!" If I put my heart like this, I will regret not being at the beginning, and my sin deserves death! Please forgive your sins! ”

"Get up!" Seeing the servants kneeling, Liu Wei jumped down from the bluestone, helped them up one by one, took one of them by the hand, and said to them: "In the past, each was his master, and I can't complain about you waiting, you are the Xiliang army, and you have to act according to orders." From this day on, you will have the same hatred and hatred as this king, and you must not have any more thoughts of alienation! ”

"Obey the teachings of His Highness!" The servants clenched their fists and bowed down, and they all responded, and then maintained this posture, but they didn't want to raise their heads, and their eye sockets were still flashing with tears.

"This king wants you to wait to come, because it is difficult to survey the place where the Xiliang army in the city is hoarding grain and grass!" Stretching out his hand and patting one of them on the shoulder, Liu Wei asked the servants, "I wonder if you know where they are hoarding grain and grass?" ”

The servants first glanced at each other, and then the person who answered the word before said to Liu Wei: "Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, there is already no food in Zheng County......

"Oh?" Hearing the officer say this, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "How long can they hold on to grain and grass?" ”

"It's only three or five days!" The officer clenched his fists and bowed, and said to Liu Wei: "In the past, the Xiliang Army fought with His Highness several times, but he never took advantage, and Niu Fu was also quite jealous of His Highness!" If it weren't for the lack of food, Niu Fu would not dare to order someone to go to Henan Yin to snatch His Royal Highness's grain and grass! ”

Listening to the officer's reply, Pang Tong on the side smiled, raised his hand and gently stroked his chin, as if he had expected things to be like this.

Turning his head to look at Pang Tong, Liu Wei waved his hand at the three officers, and said to them: "The meal should have been cooked, you wait and go to eat, so that you can live and raise, and you must attack Zheng County in the coming day, and you must work together with this king!" ”

"I'm willing to go to the city and shout to the former Tongze in the city!" The three officers clenched their fists, and one of them said to Liu Wei: "If they knew that His Highness was so benevolent, they would definitely open the city and surrender!" ”

"That's great!" With a smile on his face, Liu Wei gently patted the shoulder of the officer who spoke, and said to the three of them: "But standing outside the city and shouting inside the city, you must beware of arrows in the city." Don't be in a hurry to do this, wait a few days, and then talk about it when there is a real shortage of food in the city! ”

"No!" The servant bowed in response with a fist, first took two steps backwards, then turned around and trotted towards the mountainside.

Looking at the back of the servant leaving, Liu Wei asked Pang Tong on the side: "The military advisor thinks that what this servant said is the truth?" ”

"Your Highness don't be suspicious!" Looking at the back of the servant like Liu Bian, Pang Tong said to Liu Bian: "What they said is true, the ministers have thought that there is probably no food in the city, but they didn't expect that there would be a shortage of food so far. His Royal Highness is only stationed on the mountain, if the minister is expected to think well, Hu Chi'er will return to the city, within a day, the city will be in chaos, then our army will come to the city again, when the battle can be successful! ”

"Good at scheming, good at scheming!" The corners of Liu Wei's mouth pulled up a smile, and said to Pang Tong: "If it weren't for the military division, I'm afraid that this king would not be able to find the grain and grass of the Xiliang army, so he would lead the army to launch a strong attack on Zheng County, so that the victory or defeat is really unpredictable!" ”

"Your Highness is too praised!" Xu Shu clenched his fists and bowed, said a humble word, and then looked at the city under the mountain that was not very big, but where tens of thousands of Xiliang troops were stationed.

At the same time, in the city of Zheng County.

Hu Chi'er, who lost more than 10,000 troops, returned to Zheng County with two entourages. The officer of the Xiliang Army on duty at the head of the city saw that Hu Chi'er was returning, and while sending people to communicate to Dong Xian, he delayed the time, and after a while, he opened the city gate for Hu Chi'er.

After entering Zheng County, Hu Chi'er was about to go to the government and report to Niu Fuyu that the mountain was the main force of the Luoyang Army, and a team of people suddenly appeared on the street.

What appeared in Hu Chi'er's field of vision was a team of heavily armored infantry, and the leader of this group of infantry was Dong Xian, who had a conflict with him.

Seeing this team of people, Hu Chi'er hurriedly turned around and wanted to hide in the alley on the side, but he didn't want Dong Xian to see him first.

"Yo! Who should I be? As soon as Hu Chi'er turned around, Dong Xian pouted and shouted at him: "General Hu, where are your 10,000 soldiers and horses?" How can you not see them return triumphantly? ”

Hearing Dong Xian's words, there was a bit of ridicule in his words, but now that Dong Xian was stationed, Hu Chi'er didn't dare to be strong with him, so he had to laugh with him, bowed down slightly, and said to Dong Xian with his fists: "General Dong, I haven't seen you for half a day, and I am getting more and more powerful!" ”

"Don't talk about that! You and I don't know each other! Hu Chi'er had completely lowered his figure, but Dong Xian didn't appreciate it at all, he raised his arm high and shook it, suddenly turned his face cold, and asked Hu Chi'er: "General Ben is asking you, what about your 10,000 soldiers and horses?" How did the general return alone, and not see them return? ”