Chapter 149: Going north is for the future to go west
A carriage pulled by two horses slowly drove out of Dayang City, and in front of and behind the carriage, more than a dozen knights wearing dark clothes and carrying long swords at their waists were clustered.
The one who rode a horse to the front was Tao Hu. Out of the city gate, he turned his head from time to time and glanced at the carriage behind him.
In the closed carriage of the carriage, Tao Huanniang was opening the curtains of the carriage, stretching out her head to look back, and there were two tear stains clearly on her face.
At the head of Dayang City, Liu Wei, dressed in golden armor, stood straight. Looking at the carriage carrying Tao Huanniang away, he felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.
After all, Tao Huanniang went to Woniu Mountain under the escort of Tao Hu and more than a dozen guards, and from today on, he will not be able to eat the minced meat cooked by her own hands for many days, and put on the clothes she washed with her own hands.
The carriage gradually moved away, and the back of the carriage shrank smaller and smaller in Liu Wei's sight, and finally turned into a small black dot and disappeared at the end of the horizon.
"Your Highness!" Standing behind Liu Bian, watching the carriage leave, Xu Shu whispered to Liu Bian: "The convoy escorting fake grain and grass has been prepared......
"Get them out of town at once!" Looking at the direction of Tao Huanniang's departure, Liu Wei said to Xu Shu expressionlessly: "Order the whole army to prepare for the battle." ”
"The officers and men in the army are mostly invisible at night, and the daytime march is afraid that the White Polish Army will find out." Xu Shu waved his hand at a soldier beside him, asking the soldier to convey Liu Bian's order first, and then said to Liu Bian: "Dare to ask Your Highness what is your plan?" ”
"With hemp rope!" Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said to Xu Shu: "Led by the soldiers with normal visual strength, march at night. ”
"No!" After receiving Liu Wei's instructions, Xu Shu whispered a few words to another soldier, and after listening to his words, the soldier also turned around and went down the city wall.
Standing on the city wall, looking into the distance, Liu Wei heard the sound of wooden wheels crushing the road through the streets of the city.
The sound of wheels was getting closer and closer, Liu Wei did not look back, his eyes were always on the direction of Tao Huanniang's departure.
From Dayang to Woniu Mountain, although there is no need to cross the Yellow River, the road is not very close. I'm afraid that before Tao Hu and the others return to the army, his hanging heart will never be completely let go.
With the sound of "rumbling" wheels, hundreds of carts full of sacks were escorted by hundreds of soldiers armed with Pu knives and left the gate of Dayang City.
Hundreds of large cars, lined up in a long column, rushed straight to the direction of Xiayang after leaving the city.
"Tonight the army is out!" Looking down at the cart of the detachment under the city, Liu Wei instructed Xu Shu behind him: "Let Tanma closely monitor the movements of the Han Xian Department of the White Wave Army." ”
"No!" Xu Shu answered, straightened up, and stood behind Liu Wei.
The army in the city was about to be launched, and the officers and soldiers were ordered to go to Hayang and repel the Han Xian division of the Baibo army. Prior to departure, all officers and soldiers were allowed to return home to reunite with their families.
In Dayang City, there are not many aborigines, most of them are refugees rescued by Xu Shu from the south bank of the Yellow River. For these people, most of the officers and soldiers in Liu Wei's army were their children.
Knowing that the army was about to be marched, the people looked sad and sad, and every family also brought out the best meals to reunite with their relatives who were about to go on the expedition.
Dusk quietly fell, and the officers and soldiers who returned home to reunite returned to the barracks one after another.
A touch of the slanting sun hung in the sky, the red sunset reflected the clouds on the horizon, and the barracks were also covered with a layer of heavy blood.
Liu Wei stood on the high platform of the school field, pressed the hilt of his long sword, and looked at the officers and soldiers who had set up a neat line under the stage.
On the school ground, more than 20,000 officers and soldiers lined up in several phalanxes, and the eyes of all the officers and men were all cast on Liu Wei standing on the high platform.
"Soldiers!" Standing on the edge of the high platform, the golden armor on Liu Wei's body reflected the blood-colored brilliance under the sunlight, he pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and the other hand was on his waist, shouting to the red-colored officers and soldiers under the stage: "I am going to go on the battlefield tonight, and you are about to set foot on the battlefield and fight the enemy!" Tell me, are you afraid? ”
"Don't be afraid!" All the officers and soldiers raised their heads, looked at Liu Wei, and shouted in unison: "Follow Your Highness and conquer the world!" ”
"Good!" As soon as the shouts of the officers and soldiers fell, Liu Wei nodded, and then said to them: "This king knows that when you are a soldier, you want to fight Dong Zhuo the most!" It's the Xiliang Army! Isn't it? ”
"Yes!" All the officers and soldiers raised their swords and shouted in unison.
There are more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, most of whom are from ordinary people who have been bullied and oppressed by the Xiliang Army. When it comes to Dong Zhuo and Xiliang Jun, each of them gritted their teeth with hatred, and they couldn't rush to Chang'an immediately, kill Xiliang Jun without leaving a piece of armor, and break Dong Zhuo's body into thousands of pieces!
Looking at the officers and soldiers with angry faces, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his eyes twitched violently a few times, and said to them: "Don't hide it from the soldiers, this king hates Dong Zhuo's old thief more than you!" I hate the Xiliang Army even more! ”
The muscles of Liu Wei's face twitched slightly, he looked around at all the officers and soldiers present, and said in an almost low tone: "Originally, this country was mine, but Dong Zhuo's old thief abolished me and demoted me to King Hongnong. It's okay to take away the country, but the Dong thief killed the king's biological mother, Queen He, and the revenge of killing his mother is unfair! ”
"Don't share the sky! Implacable! As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, all the officers and soldiers raised their weapons again and shouted in unison.
The officers and men were excited, and their shouts were deafening, and the remnants of the sky seemed to be shocked by their shouts, and they froze in mid-air, unable to move.
The officers and soldiers pressed their hands twice, and when the officers and soldiers stopped shouting, Liu Wei said to them in a low and almost depressed tone: "You all hate the Xiliang Army, and you all hate Dong Zhuo!" This king knows the way! The king was eager to take him into the wilderness, twist a wick in his navel, and use him to light a sky lantern! ”
When he said these words, the muscles of Liu Wei's face twitched violently, and he gritted his teeth and shouted to the officers and soldiers: "But we only have 20,000 people!" With this bit of strength on our side, it is far from enough to fight against the Xiliang Army! ”
All the officers and soldiers had solemn faces, Liu Wei had already mobilized their hatred of the Xiliang Army, everyone's faces were swollen and red, and many even wrinkled their brows tightly.
"We're going to grow! We want to have our own territory! Liu Wei raised his arm, drew a semicircle in front of him, and shouted to the officers and soldiers: "The relatives of many soldiers are in Dayang City. As long as we evacuate Dayang, this city will fall into the hands of others sooner or later! Will you be willing to be separated from your loved ones and never see each other? ”
Hearing that the city would fall into the hands of others sooner or later, the officers and soldiers were boiling again, and many even had the idea of staying in Dayang and never going out.
"This king really wants to defend this city, but Dayang is a small city after all!" As soon as the officers and soldiers were boiling, Liu Wei continued to shout: "With the city wall of Dayang City, which is like a pile of mud, if there are 100,000 troops coming with siege equipment. Can it withstand the onslaught of catapults, the fierce momentum of the army's march on the city? ”
With Liu Wei's roar, the officers and soldiers fell silent, and the expressions on everyone's faces became solemn again.
"This time, our army is going to exterminate the White Wave Army! Take advantage of this to develop momentum! Looking around at the officers and soldiers on the school grounds, Liu Wei shouted to them: "We want more people!" Be better equipped! Soldiers, this king wants you to remember that today's northward march is for the future westward march! In order to allow you to take your relatives to the territory we occupy in the future! ”
Half of the red sun had sunset below the horizon, and the sky was much darker. All the officers and soldiers looked up at Liu Wei on the high platform, and everyone's eyes were covered with a layer of confusion.
"Go north and defeat the White Polish Army!" Liu Wei furrowed his brows, waved his hand to the officers and soldiers, and shouted to them: "When the number of our army is enough, we will fight back to Luoyang in the future and let the soldiers go home!" ”
"Go home! Go home! When Liu Wei shouted the word "go home", the officers and soldiers were boiling again, and all the officers and soldiers who were burned down by the Xiliang Army and forcibly moved out of Luoyang all raised their weapons high and shouted out their hearts!
Night fell quietly, and groups of people stood at the door of each house, holding torches in their hands and looking in the direction of the barracks. Pieces of torches brighten up the streets in Dayang City.
In the military camp in the city, a little general in silver armor and white robe, carrying a spear and riding a white horse, took the lead out of the camp.
Behind the little general, there was a cavalry with a black sword. The hooves of thousands of war horses stepped on the bluestone-paved ground, making a dull sound of "clang".
Immediately behind the cavalry was Liu Wei, who was wearing gold armor. Liu Wei wore a golden crown on his bun, with the golden armor and the red war horse under his crotch, which looked particularly energetic.
Behind Liu Wei were the Pu Dao infantry and pikemen under the command of Dian Wei and Zhou Cang. In the neat queue, each officer and soldier had a thick hemp rope tied around his waist, which was connected to the soldiers in the front row, but in the darkened sky, if he did not look carefully, he could not see clearly at all.
At the back of the line were strong crossbowmen with crossbows and arrows, round shields on their backs, and long swords at their waists. Walking on the side of the strong crossbowman was Xu Shu, who was dressed in big red leather armor and looked like a scribe.
The 20,000-strong procession marched out of the barracks and onto the streets, and the officers and men marched all the way, saying goodbye to the people who had come to see them off.
"Kid, kill more thieves!" An old man followed behind the team, waving his hand at the team that was heading towards the city gate, and his face was already full of old tears.
"Ahh The child will definitely kill more thieves, make war achievements, and come back to pick you up to live a good life! In the middle of the group, a soldier craned his neck and shouted at the old man as he walked forward.
Looking at his son, who was drifting away, the old man raised his sleeves and gently wiped the corners of his eyes, he was already choked up and couldn't say half a word again.