In the middle of the mountains, there are sometimes some low valleys. These valleys are not connected to each other, like a low-lying place in the center of a cauldron, interspersed with mountains in the east and west.

The verdant mountains are full of greenery, and the mountains are full of green trees, which brings a fresh freehand to people as far as the eye can see.

Liu Wei stood at the entrance of the barracks, looking up at the mountains not far away.

When he fled Luoyang, he relied on the cover of the mountains to take Tang Ji to successfully escape from Dong Zhuojun's pursuit. For him, Bishan is not only a continuous mountain range, but also a blessed land for Liu Wei's rebirth.

"Your Highness!" was standing outside the barracks looking at the mountain, and Xu Shu's voice came from behind Liu Wei.

"Yuan Zhi!" Hearing Xu Shu's voice, Liu Wei turned around and beckoned to him, and when Xu Shu walked in front of him, he pointed to the vast mountains under the sunset and said to Xu Shu: "Look at this vast mountain, which stretches for thousands of miles. The mountains and rivers are steep and dense forests, which is the best place for our army to take advantage of this to accommodate itself and develop and grow! ”

Walking to Liu Bian's side, Xu Shu first bowed deeply to Liu Wei with both hands in his fists, then shook his head with a smile and said: "The mountain is steep, it is really an excellent place to stay, but His Highness only sees one of them, and does not see the other!" ”

"Oh?" To rely on the development and growth of Pishan, it was Liu Biansi for a long time, before he finally set the strategy, he didn't expect that as soon as this strategy was proposed, it was vetoed by Xu Shu, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked Xu Shu: "With what Yuan Zhi sees, what should our army do?" ”

Xu Shu turned his head, looked at the nearby mountains, sighed lightly and said: "Luoyang is bordered by Pishan in the north, Luoshui in the south, Songyue in the east, and Qinling in the west!" The mountains are fertile for thousands of miles, which can be described as a heaven-sent treasure; Luoshui is rich and beautiful, and it is a peerless water! Since the rise of Guangwu Zhongxing, it has been prosperous for more than 100 years, and has gone through 12 emperors, but why is it now a depression and the people are not living? ”

Turning his head to look at Xu Shu, who was looking at the mountains and sighing with emotion, Liu Wei's brows twisted slightly, and he said very respectfully: "Yuan Zhi has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" This king wishes to hear the teachings of Yuan Zhi today! ”

"Don't dare to preach!" Xu Shu turned his face, bowed slightly to Liu Wei, then raised his arm, pointed to the mountains, and said to Liu Wei: "At the beginning, the Luoyang area was prosperous, and fishing and salt shipping was very prosperous!" Everyone in the government and the opposition knows the etiquette, and the officials and soldiers attack everything, but why is the society lost and the temple is in ruins? ”

"Relatives and eunuchs are in chaos, resulting in the fall of the dynasty!" At this point in Xu Shu's words, Liu Wei sighed lightly, nodded, and then said: "In the future, this king will definitely rectify the government and the opposition, and put an end to the participation of relatives and eunuchs in politics!" ”

"Your Highness only speaks of the surface, but not of the inside." Xu Shu shook his head, and said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "The relatives and eunuchs are strong, but the dynasty is sluggish, so they have a chance!" ”

"According to what Yuan Zhi sees, what should this king do to strengthen his strength, prepare troops and horses, and revitalize the dynasty?" Liu Wei turned around, faced Xu Shu, clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply to him and said, "I implore Yuan Zhi to teach me!" This king has thanked Yuan Zhi on behalf of the people of the world, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Han clan on behalf of the Han Dynasty! ”

"Your Royal Highness......" Seeing Liu Wei making this big gift to him, Xu Shu hurriedly stepped forward, supported Liu Bian's wrist with both hands, helped him up, and said with a little emotion in his tone: "Your Highness is a golden body, and you can still ask without shame." It also takes the people of the world as the first priority, and the recovery of the Han Society is just around the corner! ”

"Your Highness, please look!" Pulling Liu Bian's sleeve, Xu Shuhuan pointed to the mountains on all sides, and said to Liu Bian: "The mountains are hundreds of miles long, and the mountains and forests are dangerous, so it is really a good place to hide. But what His Highness wants is not to hide in the mountains and forests and survive in the troubled times! What His Royal Highness wants is to lead a million heroes to march westward, eradicate Dong Zhuoyu's party, and revitalize the dynasty in the future. In this way, do not lie dormant in the mountains! ”

With a flip of his wrist, Liu Wei and Xu Shu held hands, quietly waiting for Xu Shu to continue.

"For example, the general trend today does not lie in the imperial court, but in several princes!" The two men holding hands, in the late Han Dynasty, was not like today's Jiji, but a particularly intimate expression, the hand was pulled by Liu Wei, Xu Shu's mood was even more uneven, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then said to Liu Wei: "Luoyang Dong Zhuo, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, has a unique advantage; Yuan Shao of Jizhou, the fourth and third dukes, has been an important minister of the imperial court for generations, and he also has a high prestige! And Hebei Gongsun Zan is a perennial conquest and has domesticated a division that can conquer and fight! The world is not chaotic, the heroes are still attached to the court, and now that the chaos has appeared, His Royal Highness should think about how to coexist with the heroes! ”

Liu Wei pinched his chin with one hand and pulled Xu Shu with the other, his brows furrowed. He also knows the strength of these powerful parties, in today's environment, he has not yet taken into account Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others who will rise in the future, and being able to survive from the current crowd is the key to thinking about the next step.

"Dong Zhuo caused chaos in the dynasty, causing the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and he has a grudge against His Royal Highness!" Turning his head to look at Liu Wei, Xu Shu said to him: "This person must be removed!" On the same day, Dong Zhuo deposed His Royal Highness and renamed Chen Liuwang as the emperor, only Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi of Jizhou dared to speak out against it, and Yuan Shao even drew his sword with Dong Zhuo in court, and this person can be attached for the time being! And Hebei Gongsun Zhan, who is treacherous, has always been a rudder when he sees the wind, if the interests are enough, His Royal Highness can also go to form an alliance, but always be on guard! ”

"What we have to do now is to increase the strength and increase the number of officers and soldiers to 20,000 in the Luoyang area! After that, cross the Yellow River, attack the Baibo Army in the north, merge the Baibo Army, and then advance close to the Taihang Mountain area to appease the Black Mountain Army, and the world's major events can be half done! After arguing with Liu for a long time about the analysis of major events in the world, Xu Shu finally turned the topic to the current strategy, and put forward the proposal of going south to Luoyang first, and then crossing the Yellow River north.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Wei nodded, turned his head to look southwest, and said to Xu Shu: "Thirty miles ahead, there is a village called Taojiazhuang. The king and the princess have lived there for a while, and this place is very close to Luoyang, and you may find out about Luoyang......"

Xu Shu nodded and did not speak. Taojiazhuang is too close to Luoyang, and now Dong Zhuo has moved the population around Luoyang on a large scale, and Taojiazhuang is also within the range of Luoyang, whether it was attacked and disturbed by Dong Zhuo's army, it is not clear.

Although he didn't have hope in his heart that he could find the villagers in Taojiazhuang, Xu Shu didn't say it. Liu Wei had lived there for a few days, and whenever he mentioned Taojiazhuang, a touch of nostalgia flashed in his eyes, which should have been a place for him to reminisce. Xu Shu was unwilling and could not shatter Liu Wei's memories before he arrived at Taojiazhuang.

The sunset was slanting, the afterglow spread among the mountains, and the orange light reflected on Liu Wei and Xu Shu, and behind the two of them, two long figures dragged out.

Night has crept down again......

The mountain nights near summer are very noisy. The sun has just disappeared under the mountain tops in the west, and after surviving the cold winter and experiencing the cool early spring, the insects and some nocturnal animals in the mountains are also active.

In the meadow, there was a burst of insects chirping. It brings a bit of fun to the quiet night of the mountain.

With his hands behind his head, Liu Wei lay on his back in the handsome tent. A half-burned candle flickered in the breeze that had crept into the tent.

The light and shadow cast by the flames of the beans were very dim, and under the light of the fire, patches of black dark spots were imprinted on the tent, and the top of the tent was shrouded in heavy darkness.

Lying on his back on the bed, Liu Wei's brows frowned slightly. I don't know why, this time I went to Taojiazhuang, the closer he got to Zhuangzi, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, as if something was going to happen.

"Quick! I have something important to report to Your Highness! Just when Liu Wei looked at the black tent roof, wanting to dispel the heavy anxiety in his heart and sleep peacefully, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and as the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, a man's voice came into Liu Bian's ears.

After the man's voice fell, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent that was getting farther and farther away, and the soldiers who presumably were guarding the tent greeted him.

"Your Highness!" Yigulu sat up, and Liu Wei was about to get up and walk outside the tent, when the voice of the guards came from outside: "The scout sent to Taojiazhuang earlier has returned......

"Call him in!" Liu adjusted the clothes and armor on his body, sat in the tent, and gave an order to the soldiers outside.

The soldiers answered, and after a while, a soldier, accompanied by two guards of the tent, opened the curtain and walked in.

As soon as he entered the tent curtain, the soldier bowed down deeply with his fists in both hands, and said to Liu Wei: "According to the order of His Royal Highness, the villain went to Taojiazhuang to investigate, but the village was empty, and the whole village seemed to have just been ransacked!" ”

"What?" As soon as the soldier's words fell, Liu Wei stood up suddenly, narrowed his eyes and asked him, "Have you ever seen the waterwheel by the river at the entrance of the village?" ”

"The waterwheel is still spinning......" From Liu Bian's tone, the soldiers who went to investigate the situation in Taojiazhuang heard endless anger, he bowed down, didn't even dare to raise his head, and said to Liu Bian: "There are a lot of crops planted in the village, the crops are growing very well, and there are no weeds in the field, so it can be seen that they have not been arrested for a long time." ”

"Probe!" Hearing that the villagers of Taojiazhuang had not been arrested for a long time, Liu Wei frowned and said to the soldier: "Tell all the soldiers who are exploring the way, let them find the location of the villagers of Taojiazhuang!" ”

"No!" Although Liu Wei was angry, he did not lose his mind and vented his anger to the person who reported the news, and the scout who came back to report the news breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly responded and withdrew from the tent.