On the bumpy trail, a team like a long snake is slowly advancing northward.

At the front of this team were cavalrymen with swords and horses; Immediately behind the cavalry was a red soldier wearing red armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right.

Walking behind the array of Pu Dao soldiers was a soldier with a mess of weapons, wearing the deep clothes of the people, who had just surrendered to Liu Wei.

After a short rest after the war, many of the soldiers had felt that Liu Bianjun's attitude towards them was very different from that of the officers and soldiers they had met in the past.

Behind the line was a red group of pikemen armed with spears. The barrels of the pikemen were pointed diagonally to the side, neatly arranged in rows, like rows of trees growing sideways.

The light of the setting sun shone on the tip of the spear, and the sharp tip of the spear shimmered with a blood-colored cold light, as if they had just drunk the blood and had not yet wiped the blood on the edge.

Walking side by side with Xu Shu between the pikemen and the soldiers, Liu Wei looked up at the setting sun, and asked Xu Shu beside him: "Military division, how far is there to reach Yucheng?" ”

"You should be able to get down the mountain before dark." Looking up at the setting sun, Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "I will go to Yucheng this evening, and His Highness can lead the army to advance eastward, forcing Guo Tai and Yang Feng to continue to retreat eastward. ”

"If you don't besiege the city, I'm afraid that Hu won't obey!" Liu Wei frowned and said to Xu Shu: "The military advisor is also unpredictable! This king plans to surround Yucheng first, wait for the military division to persuade Hu Cai, and then try Yang Feng and Guo Tai! ”

"Your Highness, don't worry!" Xu Shu smiled slightly, and said very calmly: "If His Royal Highness besieges the city, Hu Cai is afraid in his heart, and he will definitely defend it!" His Royal Highness did not besiege the city, but went to pursue Yang Feng and Guo Tai, so that I could persuade Hu Cai to surrender! ”

Riding on horseback, Liu Wei tightly locked his brows, and muttered for a long time before slowly nodding and saying to Xu Shu: "Be careful!" Before going to Yucheng, select a team of skilled martial artists from the king's own soldiers, so as to ensure that the military division is complete! ”

Although Xu Shu reassured him, Liu Wei was still a little apprehensive in his heart. Xu Shu wants to enter Yucheng, the city is full of Baibo army, Liu Wei knows very well, even if he sends a guard of hundreds of people, I am afraid it will not play a role in the city.

The half-round sun gradually set below the horizon, and the earth was immersed in a thick color of blood.

The team in front began to go downhill, walking behind the queue of descendants, stretching out their heads to look ahead, and what appeared in Liu Wei's field of vision was a vast meadow. After a half-day trek, they finally crossed the bumpy hill and were about to set foot in the wilderness north of the salt road.

As soon as the team got off the hill, the sky became dark.

"Order a bonfire to be lit, the more the merrier!" Standing with his back to the hillside, Liu Wei instructed a personal soldier behind him: "The whole army is camped on the spot and arranged for night patrol!" ”

"No!" The soldiers answered, and quickly ran towards the front of the group.

Dian Wei, who was leading the Pu Dao battalion and the cavalry at the front, received the order, raised his hand to stop the ranks, and shouted to the officers and soldiers behind him: "Light a bonfire and camp in place!" ”

The sky had already darkened, and the eyes of many officers and soldiers were already blurry. When Dian Wei shouted the words "light the bonfire and camp in place", the officers and soldiers with normal visual strength quickly moved into action, while those officers and soldiers who were blurred in their eyes sat on the ground and did not even move.

There were also many of the soldiers who followed behind the cavalry and the Pak Dao battalion who had normal vision at night. The team in front lit a bonfire, and all the soldiers who could see the surrounding scenery at night turned their attention to Zhou Cang, who led them.

"Brothers who can see with their eyes, take a hand and help the brothers build a tent!" Turning his head to look behind him, he saw that many soldiers were looking at him, Zhou Cang waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers: "Invisible brother, sit down on the spot, wait until the bonfire is lit, and then walk!" ”

Among the 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, nearly 20,000 sat cross-legged on the ground after Zhou Cang's words fell, and tens of thousands of soldiers who could see normally rushed to the Pu Dao soldiers and cavalry who were lighting bonfires and setting up tents.

Red bonfires were lit, and if you looked from the top of the hill to the place where the army was stationed, it was as if the whole wilderness was covered with fiery stars.

Yucheng is only five or six miles away from the foot of the mountain, when Liu Wei's army lit a bonfire, on the wall of Yucheng, a yellow turban general wearing scaly armor and a yellow scarf on his head was frowning, looking at the jumping fires in the distance.

"General, the army of King Hongnong is only a few ......miles away from Yucheng," a Yellow Turban officer stood behind the general, pointed to the fire in the distance, and said to him: "There are so many bonfires, I'm afraid there are not hundreds of thousands of people. The defenders of the city ......"

"Less fucking bullshit!" Before the officer's words were finished, the Yellow Turban general wrinkled his brows, looked at the bonfire in the distance and scolded him: "Lao Tzu knows that the soldiers of King Hongnong are strong and strong!" Guo Tai and Yang Feng had an army of 70,000, and he was beaten by him in half a day, and Lao Tzu is not stupid! ”

The scolding Yellow Turban general is none other than Hu Cai, who stayed in Yucheng.

Although the Bai Bo Army is a whole, they all respect Guo Tai as the commander of the Qu, but in fact, the various forces are not convinced of each other.

Mrs. Guo and Yang Feng were strong and strong, and the competition for power was the fiercest.

Hu Cai has a good personal relationship with Yang Feng, and like Han Xian, he has long wanted to find a way out and get out of the Yellow Turban Army, but the princes from all walks of life are crusading very tightly and do not give them a way out at all, so they are still doing the Yellow Turban and cannot retreat.

"I heard that King Hongnong first led a group of Yingchuan Yellow Turbans to fight against the Xiliang Army......" Looking at Hu Cai, who was entangled in his face, the officer standing behind him bowed down, lowered his voice and said, "Can the general ......?" ”

Turning his head to look at the officer, Hu Cai's brows were tightly twisted, and he did not speak.

Hu Cai, who had dealt with the officials and soldiers for several years and thought that he had a good grasp of the temperament of the officials and soldiers, still did not believe that King Hongnong could easily accept their surrender.

Now that Yucheng is besieged, Yang Feng and Guo Tai have been defeated, and Han Xian's department is still in the Xiayang area, and the defenders in the city are only less than 20,000 people.

"You mean ......?" Furrowing his brows, he muttered for a long time before Hu Cai asked the officer, "Should General Ben send someone to the camp of King Hongnong to declare his surrender?" ”

"Isn't the general's price lower when he goes to his own house?" The officer bowed down, glanced left and right, and saw that no one in the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city paid attention to them, so he lowered his voice and said to Hu Cai: "If King Hongnong has the intention to recruit, he will definitely send someone to come, if he has no intention of recruiting, just besieging the city, the general has no choice but to make a plan to fight to the death!" ”

"Whew!" Hu Cai let out a long breath, pressed the battlements with both hands, frowned, looked at the more and more bonfires in the distance, and muttered to himself: "If we really defend to the death, we can only fight to the death!" ”

At the foot of the mountain, bonfires were lit one after another, and the eyes of the officers and soldiers who could not see at night lit up, and they could barely see the surrounding environment clearly, helping the officers and soldiers with normal vision to set up camp tents.

Liu Wei pressed the hilt of the long sword and looked in the direction of Yucheng, his brows tightly locked.

Xu Shu was very sure of convincing Hu Cai to surrender, and Liu Wei also believed that he was right. But Xu Shu is the only strategist under his account at the moment, and it is okay to let Liu Wei lead the troops to fight and engage in some small-scale raids, but if he wants to plan a large army to fight, he has to rely on Xu Shu.

He can't afford to lose! I don't want Xu Shu to take risks easily. But Xu Shu seemed to be iron-hearted, and he had to go to Yucheng.

"Your Highness!" Looking in the direction of Yucheng and twisting his eyebrows in contemplation, Xu Shu's voice came from behind Liu Wei: "I want to leave immediately and go to Yucheng." ”

Hearing Xu Shu speak, Liu Wei turned to look at him, and said with a worried face: "The military advisor went to Yucheng, and this king is still a little relieved......

"Early tomorrow morning, let the head of Yucheng City be filled with His Highness's battle flag!" With both hands clenched into fists, Xu Shu bowed deeply and bowed to Liu Wei, and said to him: "Yuan Zhi will say goodbye, get Yucheng, and meet His Highness again!" ”

"Someone!" Taking a step forward, holding Xu Shu's arm with both hands, and holding him up, Liu Wei shouted to the soldiers who followed him: "Immediately select twelve good players to protect the military division!" ”

"No!" One of the soldiers answered, and then called out the names of the twelve men.

The twelve soldiers whose names were named stepped forward a few steps one after another, and lined up in a row two or three steps away from Liu Wei and Xu Shu.

"Take care!" Holding Xu Shu's arm, Liu Wei said with a bit of heaviness in his tone: "The military advisor's trip is extremely dangerous, if you feel that something is wrong, go out of the city immediately!" This king originally planned to send more men to protect him, but he was surrounded by strong enemies in the city, and it was a fetter to have more men......"

At this point, he turned his head to the twelve soldiers standing in line and said, "You and others are all warriors who protect this king, and today this king will hand over the military division to you and others for protection, and you must not let the military division be harmed in the slightest!" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured!" The twelve people bowed down with their fists in unison, and said loudly to Liu Wei: "We will swear to protect the military division, and we will definitely protect the military division!" ”

As he spoke, several soldiers were already leading more than a dozen war horses towards Liu Wei and Xu Shu.

When the soldier leading the horse approached, Xu Shu took the reins from a soldier, turned over and jumped on the horse, arched his hand towards Liu Wei, and rode his horse in the direction of Yucheng.

The twelve pro-soldiers who were selected to protect Xu Shu also jumped on horseback and followed Xu Shu.

The bonfire was blazing behind him, and Liu Wei's figure was plated with a layer of orange golden light. Looking at Xu Shu and the twelve personal soldiers who gradually disappeared into the night, his heart seemed to be covered with a heavy shadow, and he was so depressed that he couldn't breathe.

The evening breeze was light, the blades of grass made a light sound under the stirring of the wind, and the bonfires beside him were also swaying in the wind, making a "whirring" sound.

"Your Highness!" Looking in the direction of Yucheng, Zhou Cang walked behind Liu Wei and whispered to him: "Tanma returns, Yang Feng and Guo Tai are stationed ten miles east of our army, and the two seem to be a little estranged, and the places where the two armies are stationed are actually one mile apart!" ”

Liu Wei lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said to Zhou Cang: "Order the whole army to be stationed in place, early tomorrow morning, the new officers and soldiers who surrender to Cheng will open the way, if they encounter Yang Feng and Guo Tai, they will shout and persuade them to surrender!" The rest of the troops, prepare for battle, and if the two do not surrender, they will fight until they surrender! ”