The Luoyang army occupied Puzicheng, and the residents of the original city who had fled earlier rushed back to their homes in a steady stream under the escort of the soldiers of the partial battalion, while the Montenegrin army that served Liu Wei was eliminated under the choice of the Luoyang army, and only more than 10,000 people remained in Puzicheng.

The dismissed Montenegrin Army was also sent to various places by the officers and men of the Luoyang Army's partial battalion, and the officials in various places resettled them, bought them land and property, married a wife or two, and asked them to manage the land and raise more offspring, thus making up for the population shortage caused by the war.

Due to the perennial war, the officers and men of the Montenegrin army, who had long been tired of war, did not show the slightest dissatisfaction when they were laid off, and many people were even secretly glad that they were selected to return to the countryside.

With a field and a woman, being able to live a peaceful and prosperous life is indeed better luck than those soldiers who stayed in the army in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Montenegrin army who have suffered countless hardships.

Batch after batch of the retrenched Montenegrin army left Puzicheng and went to various cities under Liu Wei to make up for the lack of strong labor in various places.

Liu Wei stood at the head of the city, holding the battlements with his hands, looking at the steady stream of people coming and going outside the city.

The eliminated Montenegrin army left the city, and under the allocation of Liu Wei, all parts of the country also continuously transported grain, grass and clothing to Puzi City.

Puzicheng will become an outpost for Liu Wei to train recruits and march into Jizhou.

Guan Qing stood beside Liu Wei, looking at the endless crowds of people coming and going under the city like him, the expression on her face was very solemn, giving people a cold and cold feeling. When she left Luoyang and went to Hedong, she thought that there would be one bloody battle after another here. But when the battle really began, she found that in front of the Luoyang Army, the Montenegrin Army, which many local officials talked about, was so vulnerable.

This conquest of Hedong confirmed an indisputable fact - grain and grass are still the key to marching and fighting after all. Liu Wei only used a small trick to make the Montenegrin army hungry for a while, and then successfully received this army under his command and completely divided and collapsed.

After these days, Guan Qing's admiration for Liu Wei in his heart has deepened a little. is also secretly glad that she will meet and finally fall in love with the man in front of her.

"Qing'er!" Standing on the edge of the battlements, Liu Wei was silent for a long time before he whispered to Guan Qing who was standing behind him: "You have made a yellow scarf, do you know how to find those green horns and Huanglong's subordinates?" ”

"It's nothing more than falling grass!" Looking out of the city, Guan Qing frowned slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Among the Yellow Turban Army, there are quite a few small leaders. They fled down the mountain, expecting that many of the little bosses would gather their men and lay down the grass nearby. At present, the army is sending grain and grass, and they dare not rob it, but once His Highness leaves, Puzi will be ...... I'm afraid it won't be peaceful. ”

"How can we lure them out and then annihilate them?" Looking at the mountains outside the city, Liu Wei frowned slightly, as if he was asking Guan Qing, and as if he was muttering to himself.

Guan Qing couldn't answer this question. Although she used to be a Yellow Turban Army, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is active in the plains, unlike the Black Mountain Army, which travels between the mountains all day long. How to exterminate the Montenegrin Army scattered between the mountains, Guan Qing is also unable to do it.

Looking at the mountains outside the city, thinking about how to pull out the spike stuck in the back, Lu Bu, who was dressed in military uniform, ran quickly up the city wall.

"Your Highness!" When he arrived behind Liu Bian, Lu Bu clenched his fists and bowed, saluted Liu Bian, and said to him: "The last general heard that there are still nearly 20,000 black mountain thieves hiding in the mountains, and he has come to ask His Highness for battle!" ”

Hearing Lu Bu's voice, Liu Wei's body shook slightly, and his eyes lit up instantly, but then dimmed again.

Once followed Dong Zhuo to kill the Yellow Turban Army, Lu Bu had a set of methods for pursuing the Black Mountain Army hiding in the mountains.

But once he is really allowed to lead the army to pursue, I am afraid that the broken Montenegrin army will be in a different place sooner or later. In this way, the reputation of cruelty spreads, and if you want to recruit the Montenegrin army logically in the future, I am afraid it will not be as easy as the first two times.

"General Lu!" After being silent for a long time, Liu Wei turned around, stared at Lu Bu, and said to him: "You immediately order someone to post a notice inside and outside the city, and all the Black Mountain troops who have been enemies of this king in the past will not be held accountable as long as they hand over their blades." ”

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Lu Bu suddenly understood that he did not want to wipe out the Montenegrin army that ran into the mountains, but wanted to use a more gentle method to recruit the Montenegrin army that fled in the mountains.

"Your Highness......" Seeing that a battle exploit came to naught, Lu Bu felt a little lost in his heart, he twisted his brows slightly, and said to Liu Wei very unwillingly: "The fleeing Montenegrin army is a stubborn and unrelenting man, and only by exterminating it is the right way......

Without waiting for Lu Bu to finish speaking, Liu Wei raised a hand to stop him from continuing, and said to him in a very flat tone: "The Black Mountain Army is different from the Huns, the Huns are a foreign race, and the heart of the Central Plains will not die, once the war starts, they will be killed!" The Montenegrin army was a poor people who were forced by the imperial court and had no food and clothing. As long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, they will not cause trouble again! ”

"General Lu just follows the king's will and goes to recruit the scattered Montenegrin army." Liu Wei turned around, looked at the mountains outside the city again, waved his hand with his back to Lu Bu, and said to him: "If it is successfully recruited, General Wang Ji will have a great achievement!" ”

When he first arrived in Hedong, Lu Bu made a contribution as a pioneer, and Liu Wei rewarded him very richly, except that he did not increase the number of soldiers, almost all of what should be given to him was given, and even on behalf of the Han court, he canonized Lu Bu the title.

Liu argued that he wanted to give him a great credit, and he would not be deceived by him. With Liu Wei's promise, Lu Bu's previous sense of loss was suddenly swept away, and he hurriedly responded with a fist: "Obey His Highness's decree, and the general will not disgrace his mission!" ”

Seeing that Lu Bu turned around and went down the city wall, Guan Qing frowned slightly, and asked Liu Wei softly, "Your Highness really wants to hand over this matter to Lu Bu?" ”

"Lu Bu is very meritorious!" Looking at the rolling mountains outside the city, Liu Wei did not look back, but said very indifferently: "Leave the matter to him to do, he will not go against the king's intentions." This man is ambitious, but he is not stupid, and knows that only by doing what the king wants can he get the most out of it......"

"If he wants His Highness to add more soldiers and horses to him, what then!" Frowning slightly, Guan Qing said very uneasily in his heart: "I don't know why, every time Qing'er sees him, she always has an ominous feeling, and she always feels that if this person becomes bigger, it may be unfavorable to His Highness......"

Liu Wei did not take over Qing's words, in his heart, he actually agreed with Guan Qing's statement. He knows better than anyone what Lu Bu is like, but now is the time to employ people, Lu Bu's bravery is the best in the world, and if he controls it properly, he should be able to use it for a long time.

However, Liu Wei would never say these words to anyone, even Guan Qing, he would not show the slightest tone. After all, Lu Bu is here to take refuge in him right now, if he shows too much jealousy of Lu Bu, it will make the world think that he has a small belly and cannot tolerate heroes.

Lu Bu got down the city wall, and after a while, a group of trapped officers and soldiers wearing red armor but not wearing helmets poured into the streets of the city.

Under the guidance of Gao Shun, this group rushed out of the city gate and ran straight towards the mountains in the distance.

Seeing that two or three thousand soldiers in the trapped camp were led by Gao Shun, they rushed to the mountains in the distance. The corners of Liu Wei's mouth tugged slightly, and he said to Guan Qing behind him: "If I were Lu Bu, Gao Shun would definitely be allowed to bring more than 100 truckloads of military rations when he left the city this time." ”

Liu Wei said that Gao Shun should bring more than 100 truckloads of military rations out of the city, Guan Qing looked at him blankly, and he didn't understand what he meant by his words for a while.

"The Montenegrin army is hungry and panicked, there are only 3,000 people in the camp......" Turning his head to Guan Qing and smiling slightly, Liu Wei continued: "Seeing so much military rations, and the number of troops guarding military rations is not very large, how can they not rob it?" ”

"Oh!" As soon as Liu Wei said this, Guan Qing suddenly realized, his eyes flashed with admiration, and he praised and said: "If everyone is as thoughtful as His Royal Highness, I am afraid that this world will be a little more complicated!" ”

"There are talents from all generations! In front of the heroes of the world, this king is just a mediocre talent. Liu Wei shook his head slowly, stretched out his hand to take Guan Qing into his arms, hugged her, looked at the continuous mountains outside the city, and said with some emotion: "These tricks of this king can only deal with stragglers like the Montenegrin army. ”

"Your Highness is too humble!" Holding Guan Qing in his arms, as soon as Liu Wei said this, Pang Tong's voice came from behind the two: "With His Royal Highness's intelligence, even if there is no help from us, in time, the world will be unified sooner or later." ”

Hearing Pang Tong speak, Liu Wei and Guan Qing both turned their heads and cast their eyes on his face.

Seeing Pang Tong coming over, Liu Wei let go of the arm that was holding Guan Qing's shoulder, waved his hand at him and said: "The military advisor said that he was laughing, this king was just chatting with Qing'er, and when he talked about the military advisor, he admired it in his heart, so he felt that he said that." ”

Pang Tong suddenly appeared, Liu Bian's expression was quite calm, but Guan Qing knew that the scene where she snuggled in Liu Bian's arms just now was already seen by Pang Tong. Although the matter between her and Liu Wei is well known to everyone in the Luoyang Army, from ordinary soldiers to generals and military advisors, it will still make Guan Qing feel very embarrassed if she is really broken by someone. Guan Qingqiao's face flushed with shame, lowered her head, first bit her lip with her teeth, and then said to Liu Wei and Pang Tong with a flushed face: "Your Highness has important matters to discuss with the military advisor, and the last general will not bother here, and retire first!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Liu Wei and Pang Tong to respond, Guan Qing blushed, turned around and trotted away.

"General Guan......" When Pang Tong came back to his senses and wanted to stop her, Guan Qing had already run down the stairs down the city wall.

Seeing Guan Qing's back disappear on the city wall, Pang Tong turned around and smiled at Liu Wei helplessly.

Liu Wei first pursed his lips at Pang Tong, and then asked him with a slight smile: "When the military advisor came, there must be something to discuss with this king, but I don't know what happened?" ”

"Your Highness Mingjian!" Liu Wei turned the topic to business, Pang Tong bowed slightly, clenched his fists and said: "The subordinates have only been rewarded by the scouts, and the war in Jizhou is probably already tight!" ”