On the flat official road, on both sides of the road were barren weeds and corpses of people who had been dead for an unknown period of time and whose bones had weathered.

In the past, around Luoyang, which was prosperous, it was difficult to see a village or town even after traveling for hundreds of miles at this time.

Seeing this scene, Zu Ti couldn't help but feel sad from his heart.

He was ambitious in his early years, and Liu Kun was like-minded with Liu Kun, the assassin of Bingzhou, and later, in the rebellion of the Eight Kings, Liu Kun, as one of the twenty-four friends of Jingu, relied on his family strength and sat on the position of the assassin of Bingzhou early.

On the other hand, Zu Ti is still mixed at the grassroots level.

He successively followed Sima Yi, the king of Qi, Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, and others.

But after turning around, I found that among these rebellious vassal kings, except for Sima Yi, there was no good thing.

Going around and around, he made the main book of Sima Chi, the king of Yuzhang.

After Sima Chi ascended the throne, it seemed that he forgot about Zu Ti, and he didn't promote his close minister or anything.

So much so that now, the forty-two-year-old Zu Ti still has no reputation, and he has no position to power.

It's just a small city guard in Luoyang City.

These days, Wang Mi's soldiers besieged Luoyang City, and Zu Ti led hundreds of his relatives to fight day long, but they couldn't withstand Wang Mi's army at all.

Several times in the middle, the outer city of Luoyang City has to change hands.

At this time, Wang Yan, who was in a high position and was the temporary commander of Luoyang City, was still content with pleasure, and only thought about how to collect more money all day long.

Witnessing all this, Zu Ti's heart was undoubtedly sad.

As a result, Zu Ti has fallen into extreme pessimism in his heart.

In the hands of these moths, the country will no longer be able to turn over in the long run.

However, at this time, Wang Mi's army suddenly retreated.

The high-ranking officials of the Son of Heaven in the city were naturally overjoyed, and even with it, the soldiers defending the city shouted for rebirth.

In the midst of the celebration, Zu Ti unexpectedly caught a subtle message.

Then Wang Mi obviously has the advantage, how can he say that he retreated? Something must have happened in this.

So, he led his subordinates out of the city, and when Wang Mi's army was retreating, he attacked a camp of Wang Mi's army and captured more than a dozen tongues that had not had time to withdraw.

From these tongues, Zu Ti learned that the main reason for Wang Mi's retreat was because Yao Yu led the army to recover Xuchang and cut off Wang Mi's back road.

As a result, Wang Mi had no choice but to go north to seek refuge with Liu Yuan.

Hearing the news, Zu Ti jumped three feet high excitedly.

Yao Yu's Jingzhou army is powerful, Zu Ti still knows a little about it.

Not to mention the defeat of Li Xiong and Chen Min successively, when he turned his face with Sima Yue earlier, Sima Yue, who was able to fight with weak troops, complained bitterly. I had no choice but to give Yao Yu the position of general and army in Zhennan.

Now, Wang Mi's soldiers are besieging Luoyang City, and none of the princes in the world have supported him.

Gongzhang Rail, Xiping County, stationed in Liangzhou, and Jia Kai, a cavalry general stationed in Yongzhou, said to be loyal ministers, but in fact they all had their own bad ideas.

Otherwise, why two months have passed, and there are still no reinforcements in sight.

On the contrary, it was Yao Yu, who had a relationship with Sima Yue, but he worked hard to lead the army north to King Qin.

No, while thanking Yao Yu for his intentions, Zu Ti met Wang Yan with his tongue and said that the army should take this opportunity to pursue Wang Mi, not to mention defeating Wang Mi, but also to stop him from escaping.

Otherwise, if Wang Mi was allowed to flee to Hanoi and attack Sima Yue's rear, his own army would suffer heavy losses.

At that time, there would be no means to deal with Liu Yuan.

Wang Yan rejected Zu Ti's suggestion.

During the period when Luoyang City was under siege, Wang Yan was already cowardly, and he was afraid of Wang Mi in his heart.

Say anything, and you are not allowed to send troops out of the city.

Even if Zu Ti had already told Wang Yanming, as long as he dragged Wang Mi and waited until Yao Yu's army arrived, he would be able to decide the outcome in one fell swoop.

But Wang Yan is not, in his opinion, who knows if Yao Yu's soldiers and horses will arrive on time, what if he is defeated by then?

No, Wang Yan rejected Zu Ti's proposal to send troops on the grounds that the garrison of Luoyang City was insufficient.

This was not a light anger for Zu Ti, and in a fit of rage, he directly crossed Wang Yan, regardless of many, and personally led hundreds of subordinates under his command, ignoring military orders. Go out of the city to pursue Wang Mi's army.

Finally, a day later, he was in Heyin and bumped into Sima Yue, who was about to cross the Yellow River and march north to Hanoi.

"Brother, the scout has come to report that the enemy army is less than twenty miles away from our army."

Just as Zu Ti was riding on horseback, looking down and thinking about the situation in the world, his younger brother Zu Yue rushed to him and reminded him softly.

Zu Ti came to his senses when he heard the voice, it was early in the morning, and the morning dew hit Zu Ti's eyebrows and hair, adding a bit of wind and frost to this veteran who cherished his family and country.

"Order the whole army to pack up their armaments and prepare for battle. In addition, let Huan'er gather all the horses and raise dust to pretend to be a suspicious soldier. Ask Zhi'er to gather the archers and set fire to the enemy's river-crossing boats with rockets. ”

When Zu Yue heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate on his face: "Brother, won't this be too reluctant, we only have more than 300 people in total, and we have to divide the troops into three ways." If this is encountered with Wang Mi's army. It's going to be crushed in an instant. ”

Zu Ti took a deep breath and nodded: "I naturally know this, but the task of our army is to delay Wang Mi's speed of going north. Buy time for Yao Zhennan, who is about to arrive. ”

Zu Yue hesitated: "Then, what if Yao Zhennan rushes to Luoyang and goes to see the Son of Heaven first?" Aren't we working in vain? ”

"No, as soon as I come, I will let my eldest brother stay in Luoyang City, and when Yao Zhennan's army arrives, I will notify him to come. Second, Yao Zhennan is a person who is loyal to the country, upright and pure, and extremely sensitive to fighters. If he knew that we were delaying Wang Mi's footsteps, he would definitely leave the court and personally lead the troops and horses to come to support. ”

After Zu Yi finished speaking, Zu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, no, he nodded and said, "I understand brother, okay, I'll arrange it." ”

"Go ahead, let everyone be careful, Wang Mi is not ordinary. Although he crossed the river and retreated, he was not defeated and left, and with his temperament, there is a high probability that he will leave behind the broken personnel. ”

Zu Yue smiled: "Don't worry, brother, I have been by your side for so long, I naturally know to be careful." ”

After that, Zu Yue hugged his fists and went down to make arrangements.

As for Zu Ti, he looked ahead through the fog of the early morning.

He saw that twenty miles away by the river, Wang Mi's army was faintly crossing the river.

"Wang Mi, Dajin is just because there are more thieves like you who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and the world will become what it is now. My ancestors swore that with my breath, they would absolutely purge the sea. Give the people of the world a peaceful world! ”

Speaking of this, Zu Ti clenched his fists, and his gaze became extremely firm.