The backyard of the palace, not far along the bluestone pavement, there is a stone path on the side, many flowers and trees are planted on both sides of the path, the whole path is green and verdant, people walk on it, they will feel fresh and refreshing.

Follow the stone path all the way forward, and after walking a short distance, you will see a green bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest does not occupy a lot of area, and the width and width are only twenty or thirty steps. On the opposite side of the forest, there is a rockery artificially opened, a clear spring gushes out from the rockery, draws a straight silver bright vertical line when falling, falls at the foot of the rockery, like a miniature waterfall, stirs up a drop of water. The spring water pools at the foot of the mountain, forming a small pool in a pit dug by hand.

A few free-range carp, swimming back and forth in the pool, from time to time there will be one or two naughty fish, jumping up from the water, setting off a wave, jumping out of the water surface of the fish fall back into the water, spinning cone-shaped body smashed on the sparkling water, with a "pop" sound, a canopy in the sun shimmering with colorful light droplets, and then was stirred.

A pavilion with red pillars and blue tiles, built between the rockery and the bamboo forest, may fully absorb the spiritual charm of the bamboo forest and the rockery, this pavilion is located between the two, and it is also invisibly rendered on a bit of beauty.

With his hands behind his back, standing on the side of the guardrail in the pavilion, Liu Wei looked at the rockery flowing with a clear spring, and said to Pang Tong who was standing behind him: "Mr. travels the world, I don't know if you have any insights into the trend of the Central Plains?" ”

The current Pang Tong, after all, is still young, although he has experienced and heard many things, facing Liu Wei, a royal nobleman, he is still a little panicked in his heart after all.

Hearing Liu Wei ask him about his views on the situation in the Central Plains, Pang Tong hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed, and responded with sincere fear: "Tong is still young, and what he knows is only taught by books and friends, and he ...... the situation in the Central Plains."

"Sir, don't you think that this king is the same as the world, and because Mr. is young, he doesn't dare to reuse it?" Without waiting for Pang Tong to finish speaking, Liu Wei turned around, raised his hand to stop his words, and said to him: "Since this king invited Mr. to come, he recognized Mr.'s talent, could it be that Mr. Fei doesn't look down on this king and disdains to conspire with this king in the world?" ”

"His Royal Highness's words are serious, and he is terrified!" Liu Bian's words, revealing a bit of dissatisfaction, Pang Tong listened, and was immediately shocked, if it was an ordinary person, I am afraid that at this moment he was already kneeling on the ground and trembling, but although Pang Tong said that he was young, after all, he was full of poetry and books, and had experienced some big scenes, and he had also talked freely with many celebrities about the trend of the world, he did not kneel on the ground, but held his fists, bowed deeply, with a little unconcealable apprehension, and said to Liu Bian: "The grass people are just ......"

"Sir, don't call yourself a 'grass people' anymore!" Without waiting for Pang Tong to finish speaking, Liu Wei stopped him again and said to him: "This king respects Mr., and I hope that Mr. will not alienate this king!" ”

"No!" After Liu Wei was frightened, Pang Tong only felt a cold sweat on his back spine, if he was a few years older, he would definitely be able to deal with it calmly when he saw this kind of battle, but at the moment he was still young after all, although he had seen and heard something, but his psychological tolerance was not very strong.

Liu Wei and Pang Tong stood facing each other, staring at him without blinking, just when Pang Tong was uncomfortable by Liu Bian, two Yu Linwei carried a low table and walked up to the pavilion, followed by these two Yu Linwei, four maids holding trays.

The maidservants who entered the hall with a tray were all born like flowers and jade, although their enchanting and juanxiu could not be compared with Tang Ji and others, but they were also beauties that were extremely difficult to find among the people.

The maids were sprayed with unknown incense powder, all of which were full of fragrance, but it did not make people feel that the smell of fat powder was too strong and vulgar, but it added a few different kinds of elegance to them. In the pavilion, the maidservants knelt down on the low table and placed the wine and food, and as they raised their hands and feet, a faint fragrance came straight to Pang Tong.

The aroma hit people, Pang Tong's young heart fluttered non-stop, and his asymmetrical ugly face couldn't help but flush, but he never dared to raise his head, let alone dare to peek at those servants.

He has always boasted of reading poetry and books and being friends with celebrities, and Pang Tong will not transgress etiquette. He knew very well in his heart that although the servants who came to the pavilion to deliver wine and food were all handmaids, these handmaidens were also people around the King of Luoyang, whether it was out of identity or etiquette, he must not look at these handmaidens.

After the four maidservants put the wine and food in place, bowed backwards and walked out of the pavilion, Liu Wei made a gesture of invitation to Pang Tong and said to him: "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

"Your Highness, please!" Pang Tong did not sit down immediately, but bowed down and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei nodded, lifted up his shirt, and sat down at the low table. When he sat down, Pang Tong sat down in fear.

The wine was packed in a small wooden barrel, and there was a long-handled wine spoon in the barrel, Liu Wei pinched the long rod of the wine spoon, gently stirred the wine in the barrel, and after a while, scooped up a spoonful of wine and mixed it into the wine bottle in front of Pang Tong.

Liu Wei poured the wine himself, how could Pang Tong dare to accept it? He hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply, and stood aside with his fists clenched.

"Sir, just sit down, don't be intimidated! Only one table is set, it is not that the palace is so poor that he can't even afford to prepare a table, but this king specially ordered it, so that he can get closer to Mr. While pouring wine for Pang Tong and himself, Liu Wei waved his hand at Pang Tong, his eyes stayed on the bottle containing the clear wine syrup, and said to Pang Tong: "This king has already said that today you and I will drink together like friends and talk about the world's major affairs." If the gentleman is so reserved, how can he talk freely? ”

"Know what is wrong!" Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Pang Tong responded, and only after Liu Wei put the wine spoon back into the barrel did he confess his guilt and sit down again.

"Please, sir!" As soon as Pang Tong sat down, Liu Wei picked up the wine bottle, lifted the wine bottle and pushed it towards him.

Pang Tong, who was sitting opposite Liu Bian, also hurriedly picked up the wine bottle, lowered his head and raised the wine bottle above his head, and when Liu Wei took back the wine bottle and put it on his lips, he raised his neck and drank the wine in the bottle.

After three consecutive bottles, Liu Wei didn't mention that he wanted Pang Tong to analyze the form of the Central Plains, and when the fourth bottle was filled, Pang Tong's cheeks were flushed, and he was already a little drunk, so he pressed the table with one hand, bowed slightly, and asked Pang Tong: "What does this king want to ask Mr., or what Fang just said, does Mr. have any opinions on the current situation in the Central Plains?" ”

Pang Tong was young after all, and his strength was invincible, and he drank three bottles of wine, and his previous caution had already been thrown away by him to an unknown place.

Hearing Liu Bian's question, Pang Tong stood up, first walked to the edge of the pavilion, looked at the verdant bamboo forest, and then turned around abruptly and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness killed Dong Zhuo, but you think that as long as you pacify the Xiliang Army again, the world will be safe?" ”

With drunken red cheeks, Pang Tong's already ugly face made people feel even more weird, and he shook his head a little when he spoke. Pang Tong stood in the pavilion, his feet occasionally rubbed forward or backward unconsciously, looking a little staggered, Liu Wei knew that the wine had played a role, which had already made Pang Tong relax his vigilance and open the conversation.

"Mr. Mo Fei thinks that if this king exterminates the Xiliang army, there will still be people in this world who dare to disrespect the Han family?" Although his heart is like a mirror, he knows that the troubled times have risen, the heroes from all walks of life support their own troops, and the Han family is already sluggish and unable to reorganize the unification, but Liu Wei still pretended not to understand, and asked Pang Tong: "Could it be that in addition to Dong Zhuo and Xiliang Jun, there are still others in this world who covet the court?" ”

Pang Tong is young after all, although he is quite insightful, but his experience is not enough after all, he was so excited by Liu Bian, the unique wildness of the talent in his chest was suddenly stimulated, he waved his arm, pulled out a semicircle in front of him, turned to face Liu Bian, and said with a little knotted tongue: "The court of the Han Dynasty, the court has been broken, His Royal Highness has become a martial virtue, and the world knows it, but His Majesty is cowardly and afraid of things, embarrassed by the big responsibility, and often has bad intentions for His Royal Highness!" With the shrewdness of His Highness, how can he not know? I'm afraid that His Royal Highness has long had the heart to be the emperor, but now that the heroes are rising, His Highness is afraid that once he is called the emperor, he will become the target of the public, so he has been undecided for a long time! ”

"Wild and presumptuous!" Pang Tong said such a thing, followed Liu Wei to the pavilion, Deng Zhan, who had been standing outside the pavilion, strode up to the pavilion, pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and shouted to Pang Tong: "In front of His Royal Highness, you dare to say such a rebellious word, but you don't know how to write the word dead?" ”

was drunk by Deng Zhan, Pang Tong was stunned for a moment, half of the wine suddenly woke up, and he didn't stumble anymore, the flush on his face also retreated a lot, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed, and said to Liu Wei: "After drinking, your highness is not strange!" ”

"What Mr. said, this king really doesn't know how to deal with it!" waved his hand at Deng Zhan, and when Deng Zhan got out of the pavilion again, Liu Wei then said to Pang Tong: "This king doesn't want to mention this matter again, and Mr. doesn't want to say it again." Mr. just talk to this king, this time this king crusades against the Xiliang army, can he have a chance of winning? ”

"His Royal Highness crusaded against the Xiliang Army, I am afraid that he will not directly kill Chang'an!" first glanced at Deng Zhan, who walked down the pavilion, and saw that Deng Zhan pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand and did not look at him, Pang Tong said to Liu Wei with a little apprehension: "If the guess is correct, the person His Highness wants to clear is the Niu Fu Army!" ”

Pang Tong's two consecutive words were on point, and Liu Wei looked at his eyes and couldn't help but feel a little more admiration.

In terms of age, today's Pang Tong is just a minor child, but he can have such an opinion, and with time, after more experience on the battlefield, the future is really limitless.

Liu Wei just stared at Pang Tong and did not speak, but Pang Tong then asked Liu Bian: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Your Highness wants to lead to go to fight Niu Fu?" ”

"This king plans to personally lead 30,000 soldiers and horses!" Pang Tong asked, Liu Wei did not hide it, and said to him truthfully: "Among them, there are 20,000 elite infantry and 10,000 iron cavalry ......."

"20,000 infantry, 10,000 iron cavalry, I wonder if the soldiers under the command of His Highness can be one as five? Or even one as ten? Before Liu Wei finished speaking, Pang Tong took his words and asked a question.

Being asked by Pang Tong like this, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and frowned slightly, but did not speak.

When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the number of soldiers and horses led by him was not very large, but now after two years of conquest, the number of Xiliang troops has already increased geometrically.

Guo Yan and Li Wei, who besieged Chang'an, have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under their command, and Niu Fu, as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, will not have too few soldiers and horses in his hands. Only the scout reward that Liu Wei received, now there are more than 100,000 people in the Niu Fu Department, and what Xu Shu said is not alarmist.

"If it is a battle in formation, such a huge disparity in numbers, I am afraid that we will not be defeated!" After pondering for a moment, Liu Wei slowly shook his head and said to Pang Tong: "But at present, this king occupies the areas of Hedong, Hongnong, and Henan, and there are many cities, and there are already a lot of soldiers and horses required to divide troops and garrison them. This Luoyang City is now being rebuilt, and there are few people stationed in the city......"

"If you can't fight in a battle, why doesn't Your Highness win with surprise troops?" Liu Wei was talking about the difficulties, Pang Tong grinned and said to him: "Although the number of Niu Fu's army is large, it is also to fill the stomachs of the soldiers. Earlier, he sent Hu Chi'er to rob His Highness of grain and grass, but he risked provoking His Highness's thunderous anger and took a risk. It can be seen that the Niu Fu army is now short of food and grass, and it is the time for His Highness to start a decisive battle with it! ”

"Oh?" As soon as Pang Tong said this, Liu Wei held the table with his hand, got up and said to him: "Presumably, Mr. has a plan to break the Xiliang Army, and this king is willing to hear about it!" ”