On the low wall of Zheng County, every few steps stood a soldier wearing pure black Xiliang army armor, but with a big red silk silk wrapped around his arm.

In each soldier's hand, he carried a large square shield and a short spear that was half a man high. They all looked solemn, and their eyes looked directly at the former Tongze who had formed a phalanx outside the city.

After Liu Wei broke through Zheng County, all the soldiers of the Xiliang Army enjoyed the same treatment as the Luoyang Army, whether it was accommodation or food.

After a few days of contact with the officers and soldiers of Luoyang, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army heard many things from the officers and soldiers of Luoyang that they had never dared to think about before.

According to the theory of meritorious service, the families of officers and soldiers can receive monthly labor and military subsidies, measure the land and distribute the land, and those who are injured in the battle can be properly resettled and have not yet married can be personally appointed by the king of Luoyang to marry.

In the past, when he fought with the Xiliang Army, no matter how brave the low-level soldiers were, they did not have many opportunities for promotion. Every month, he only receives some pitiful military salaries, and there is very little meat in the meals, which is a difference of thousands of miles compared with the treatment of the Luoyang army. As for being seriously injured, I am afraid that he will only be abandoned outside the barracks and wait for death, who will be placed in a back way? Not to mention that it will be divided into women and establish a small family.

Not only has the treatment improved a lot, but the soldiers of the Xiliang Army also heard many rumors and anecdotes about Liu Wei from the officers and soldiers of Luoyang.

Although I have long heard of the name of the king of Luoyang, there are many stories, the generals of the Xiliang army deliberately smeared Liu Bian, made many deletions, and passed into the ears of the officers and soldiers of Xiliang, and Liu Bian's image is already unbearable. However, the story circulated among the officers and soldiers of Luoyang is a myth of Liu Wei. The image of the same person, in different versions of the story, is simply very different. And the Xiliang army surrendered, experienced the defeat of Zheng County, and saw Liu Wei with his own eyes, and he was convinced of the stories circulating in the Luoyang army, and he had already left behind the legends they had heard in the past.

Liu Wei killed all the generals of the Xiliang Army in the city, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army without the generals as the backbone were easier to be shaped by the Luoyang Army at will, and only a few days later, they were desperate for Liu Wei, hoping to follow the king of Luoyang back to Luoyang earlier, change their armor and equipment, and become a real Luoyang Army soldier.

The 60,000 Xiliang army outside the city was the army that Niu Fu had sent to pursue the so-called main force of the Luoyang Army earlier.

The small Luoyang army, which was used as bait, received the news that Zheng County had been breached, and immediately turned around and drove towards Zheng County in accordance with the prior agreement.

The Xiliang army that pursued them, because Zheng County was broken by Liu Wei, did not get the news that Niu Fu had been killed, and saw that the Luoyang army turned around and headed for Zheng County, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly followed, hoping to be able to attack the defenders inside and outside the city outside Zheng County and annihilate this Luoyang army.

The leader of this Xiliang army was when Liu Wei broke through the Baibo army earlier, when he learned that the main force of the Baibo army had been broken, he led the troops and horses of his headquarters to serve Niu Fu, Li Le, the commander of the Baibo Canal, and Duan Xuan, the general of the Zhonglang under the command of the former Dong Zhuo.

Pursuing the Luoyang army, when they arrived at the city of Zhengxian, when Duan Xuan and Li Le found that the city was full of battle flags of the Luoyang army, they were taken aback, and hurriedly ordered to camp outside the city to wait for the next day to attack the city.

The two of them only served as the defenders in the city were the 30,000 Luoyang army under the command of Liu Wei, in their minds, Liu Wei broke through Zheng County with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there must have been a lot of loss of men and horses, and now the 60,000 Xiliang army is besieging the city, not completely without a chance of winning.

With a plan in their hearts to attack Zheng County with more people and fewer people, the two did not order the army to retreat, but set up camp to look for fighters.

If they knew that the defenders in the city were not only the 30,000 Luoyang troops brought by Liu Bian, but also the 50,000 soldiers of the Xiliang Army who had already sworn to serve Liu Bian, I am afraid that they would immediately lead the army to leave, and they would never stay outside the city for a while.

Standing on the head of the city, looking at the Xiliang army that set up a phalanx under the city and posed in a siege posture. Liu Wei asked Pang Tong, who was standing behind him: "The 60,000 Xiliang troops outside the city, if they attack the city, there is no suspense about victory or defeat, but there are many more casualties for no reason. ”

"Li Le is the commander of Bai Boqu, and he has a very good relationship with Han Xian, Yang Feng and others, but the two generals Han and Yang are not here......" Frowning slightly, Xu Shu pinched his chin with one hand, but his eyes glanced at Guan Qing who was standing on the other side of Liu Wei.

Guan Hai and Tai Shici were presiding over the training of officers and soldiers in the city at the moment, and Liu Wei came to the city wall, bringing only Xu Shu, Guan Qing and a few guards.

Guan Qing, who was standing next to Liu Bian, didn't notice that Pang Tong's eyes were glancing at her, and when Pang Tong stopped talking, Guan Qing clasped his fists with both hands, bowed to Liu Bian, and said: "Your Royal Highness, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and the Baibo Army are in the same vein, and the last general used to fight with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and Li Le and that Li Le have also heard of each other's names......"

"No!" Before Guan Qing's words were finished, Liu Wei interrupted her words, and said to her with no doubt in his tone: "The situation is still unclear, although you have been a yellow scarf with Li Le in the past, but you don't know how Li Le behaves. This king will not let you go and risk your life! ”

"Your Royal Highness......" was categorically rejected by Liu Bian, Guan Qing wanted to say something more, but as soon as her words came out, she was stopped by Liu Bian's raised hand, so she had to hold her fists, open her mouth slightly, and look at Liu Bian with a slightly lost expression.

"General Guan Qing is the best choice to go out of the city!" Liu Wei rejected Guan Qing, but Pang Tong on the side pinched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It's just that the general must not go to the enemy camp to surrender, but lead the army out of the city and confront the enemy army!" ”

"Oh?" As soon as Pang Tong said this, Liu Wei turned his head to look at him, and asked him very curiously: "I don't know what the military advisor has to do?" ”

"The new army of Xiliang in the city, a total of more than 50,000!" Holding his chin in his hand, Pang Tongyi nodded slowly as he spoke, and said to Liu Wei: "If General Guan Qing leads 50,000 Xiliang new troops out of the city to face the battle, I don't know how the Xiliang army on the other side feels?" ”

Holding the battlements in his hand, Liu Wei's body was slightly stunned, and then he turned his head to look at Guan Qing and asked her, "I wonder if General Guan has the confidence to control the new army?" ”

"The new army is as powerful as a tiger, but Niu Fu doesn't know how to use it well!" From Liu Bian's tone, Guan Qing heard a little loose, turned his head and looked at the several Xiliang army soldiers standing not far behind him, and then hugged his fists and said to Liu Bian: "The last general has confidence and leads the new army to achieve this victory!" ”

"The general can't attack lightly!" Before Guan Qing's words fell, Pang Tong said: "After leaving the city, the general only needs to order the new army to shout loudly, tell the many benefits of my Luoyang army, and shake the hearts of the enemy, this matter can be done!" ”

"The last general will not fail in his mission!" Although Liu Wei had not yet let go of her mouth and asked her to lead the army out of the city, Guan Qing had already seen some possibilities, and hurriedly hugged his fists and expressed his attitude to Liu Bian: "Your Highness, although rest assured, the last general will go out of the city this time, and he will definitely act in accordance with the strategy of the military advisor!" ”

"Okay!" Staring at the Xiliang army lined up in a phalanx outside the city, Liu Wei held the battlements with both hands and was silent for a long time before nodding and saying, "Since that's the case, you go!" ”

"No!" After getting Liu Wei's promise, Guan Qing was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly hugged his fists in response, turned around and walked under the city wall.

"Order all the crossbowmen to go up to the top of the city!" As soon as Guan Qing left, Liu Wei said to several guards behind him: "Order General Taishi, order him to lead the cavalry to wait in the city, once the station outside the city is opened, the cavalry will immediately go out of the city to reinforce!" ”

"No!" One of the guards responded with a fist clenched and ran quickly towards the city.

It didn't take long for thousands of crossbowmen in red armor and armed with crossbow arrows to flood the walls.

Ascending the city wall, the crossbowmen quickly occupied the battlements, and the crossbow arrows that were buckled with machine springs immediately took up flat, aiming at the Xiliang army outside the city.

The camp of the Xiliang army outside the city is hundreds of steps away from the city wall, and the crossbowmen of the Luoyang army on the city wall, although they have buckled the crossbow arrows to the machine spring, it is impossible to shoot at all.

At the same time as the crossbowmen climbed the city wall, the soldiers of the Xiliang army who were originally standing on the city wall ran down the city wall one after another.

Standing on the edge of the battlements, Liu Wei could clearly hear the chaotic footsteps coming from the city, he turned around, walked to the other side of the battlements, and looked down at the Xiliang army soldiers who were gathering in a hurry in the city.

Countless soldiers of the Xiliang Army, dressed in black Xiliang army armor and with red silk wrapped around their arms, held short spears and large shields, and poured into the open space in the city like a black torrent.

Among the soldiers of the Xiliang army, there was also a cavalry of more than 5,000 people. This cavalry held a cavalry short spear in his left hand and a round shield slightly smaller than the Luoyang army's shield in his right hand, standing in front of the war horse, lined up in a neat formation.

50,000 Xiliang soldiers lined up in the open space in the city, and what is a little puzzling is that in this army of 50,000 people, in addition to cavalry, there are only heavy infantry, not even a single light archer.

Guan Qing pressed the hilt of the sword with her hand and stood straight in the open space, and behind her, there were four Luoyang soldiers holding Pu knives.

Looking around at the Xiliang army soldiers who had set up a phalanx in front of them, and when a soldier entered the array at the end of the line, Guan Qing raised his head slightly, and shouted to all the Xiliang army soldiers: "Soldiers, today is the first battle for you to follow His Highness, facing the former Tongze, do you have any concerns?" ”

"Nope!" Eating and living with the Luoyang army, the treatment that the soldiers of the Xiliang Army have received in the past few days is something they have never dared to imagine in the past, and they have already died for Liu Weizi, as soon as Guan Qing's words fell, all the soldiers of the Xiliang Army responded loudly.

"With this general out of the city this time, our army does not need to immediately attack the enemy!" Looking around at the soldiers of the Xiliang Army who were quite warlike, Guan Qing then shouted to them: "At that time, you only need to shout loudly, led by one person, and say how you feel after you and others serve His Highness, and it is a great credit to persuade the Xiliang Army outside the city to also serve His Highness!" ”

Listening to what Guan Qing said, all the soldiers of the Xiliang army showed a blank look on their faces, and they didn't know why they had to go out of the city since they didn't fight.

In the eyes of the 50,000 soldiers of the Xiliang army, if they want to shout to the Xiliang army outside the city, they can completely stand on the city wall and do it, and there is no need to make a special trip to the outside of the city to go for a walk.

There was a trace of doubt on the faces of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, but Guan Qing didn't give them any explanation, but just beckoned behind him.

A soldier of the Luoyang Army saw Guan Qing's gesture and immediately brought her a mount. Stretching out his hand to pull the mane of his mount, Guan Qing turned over and jumped on the war horse, beckoned to the Xiliang army soldiers who lined up in the open field, and shouted to them: "Go out of the city with General Ben!" ”

"Roar!" All the soldiers of the Xiliang army raised their swords and shouted in unison, thousands of cavalry got on their horses, followed behind Guan Qing, and walked at the front of the array, while the infantry followed the ranks of the cavalry, and drove towards the city gate.