On May 7th, the weather was warm, and the Central Plains was full of vibrant early summer scenery. Liu Shan, who came to the Central Plains from Liangzhou, could not forget the ice and snow scenery when he left Liangzhou. A small number of trees on the roadside showed tender yellow teeth, and most of them had no signs of sprouting. The wind blew across the cheeks and was cold. When you went out at night, you had to put on heavy clothes to dare to leave the house. If you encountered bad weather, there would be thick mist like milk in the morning, and thick white frost was stuck to the dry grass stems.

But after rushing all the way, it was already early summer. Liu Shan felt that he had missed a spring. The changes in the seasons made people feel abrupt. It seemed that he was wearing a cotton jacket just now, but in the blink of an eye, he was going to wear a light gauze. The heavy clothes would make people unable to resist the heat and the blazing sunshine. This forced Liu Shan to think of a proverb from the ancient Western Regions: Wear a fur coat early and wear gauze late, and hold the stove to eat watermelon.

The army had just replaced the Qin King's army and stationed in the Hulao area. At this time, the soldiers were still busy setting up camps, arranging food, grass, and horses, sending a raft to check the surrounding terrain, and arranging soldiers to guard the camp. At this time, the military camp was busy like a pot of boiled water, and various soldiers carrying out various tasks were shuttled through the camp. The rafting horse's hooves stepped across the dry land, raising a faint dust.

Liu Shan was already riding his horse on the grass outside the camp. It was already May. The grass was growing and the birds were flying in the Central Plains, and there was a vibrant scene everywhere. Although it was still a battlefield at this time, it did not hinder the growth and sprout of all things. The horse's hooves stepped on the shallow grass. Liu Shan looked at the boundless green and the blue-gray building in his sight. There was the Hulao. At this time, there were more than 100,000 troops of the King of Xia, and there were Turkic cavalry known as 100,000, which were rushing there. At this time, he wanted to swallow this Hulao, which was known as the world's heroic pass. Not only did he swallow the Hulao, but he also had to swallow the Xia's army.

"Liu Shan, look, there seems to be an army moving over there." Just as Liu Shan looked at the green and blue-gray Hulao Pass in his sight, Yi'er, who came out with Liu Shan, pointed to the distance and said to Liu Shan.

Liu Shan looked in the direction Yi'er pointed, and there were flocks of birds flying away by unknown things. Heavy dust rose above his sight, and the dust was flying, and the birds were flying away. He didn't expect that King Xia would move so quickly.

Just as Liu Shan looked at the dust rising over there, there were cavalry riding war horses and quickly approaching here from not far away.

"Brother Liu Shan, King Xia's army is here." The cavalry rode to Liu Shan, jumped down from the horse, pointing Liu Shan in the direction where King Xia's army came.

"Send a ranger immediately to investigate, be sure to find out the number of Xia Wang's army, and see what soldiers the Xia Wang sent to welcome us." Liu Shan said to the cavalry, who had already ridden on his horse and left in a row. But when the cavalry left, he touched his head with a pointed steel helmet, as if he couldn't figure out why Xia Wang wanted to welcome us.

"Let's go back to the camp. I originally wanted to take you out and relax and bask in the sun, but unfortunately, some people don't like us that we are too peaceful. Now, I came to welcome us as soon as I was free. I, Liu Shan, dare not refuse to accept the kindness of King Xia!" Liu Shan said to Yi'er, and Yi'er gently raised the corner of her mouth. Even if Liu Shan looked at it every day, she still couldn't see enough. However, the war was important at this time, and Liu Shan just patted Yi'er's horse with a horse whip and helped Yi'er pull the reins to the camp.

By 2 pm, the rangers sent had already returned. Liu Shan had initially confirmed based on the rangers' returns that King Xia sent about 50,000 troops to fight to the Liangzhou Army camp. The King Xia army had about 7,000 cavalry, almost all of them were light cavalry, and the rest were infantry. The size of such soldiers was undoubtedly a large army, but after Liu Shan heard about the number of Xia army and the composition of the troops, he understood that King Xia seemed to not believe that Liangzhou had 70,000 soldiers, and even more so that Liangzhou soldiers were all cavalry.

Being looked down upon is often very annoying, and there are countless disputes and even wars in history that are caused by being looked down upon. But at this time, Liu Shan was really glad that King Xia took his Liangzhou soldiers underestimated. Liu Shan even hoped that the princes in the world would look down on their Liangzhou soldiers like King Xia, the lighter they saw. The more they would have, the more likely they would have to hold their feet in the troubled times. Liu Shan knew the truth that Mu Xi was in the forest, and Liu Shan knew that his strength at this time could not ensure that he was invincible in the war between the Kings of the Central Plains.

Liu Shan was most afraid that King Xia would do his best to attack him. After obtaining the number of troops and the group of troops invading, Liu Shan breathed a deep breath in his heart. However, it only took a moment to breathe. Liu Shan was definitely not the kind of person who underestimated his opponent. It was still very difficult for the other party to dispatch an army of 50,000. He must not be taken lightly against King Xia's attack. Any negligence may lead to the loss of the whole game. Liu Shan would never do such a thing as underestimating the enemy.

At this time, the main generals of the Liangzhou army had already gathered in Liu Shan's military tent, and the cavalry in the camp were also gathering rapidly. The sound of the horns of the army gathering sounded over the camp. Teams of soldiers gathered in the camp on horseback. Black cavalry formations gathered in the camp. At first, they were tiny streams, slowly becoming rolling rivers. The more troops they were, the more and more troops, they could only see the edges of the cavalry formations. The spears formed a forest of guns in front of them. The sound of the clanging armor collided into a radical dance of heavy metal.

When Liu Shan walked out of the tent, the main generals of the Liangzhou Army had gathered around Liu Shan. Among these people were Zhang Biao and Chen Hu, who had been commensurate with his brothers from Luoyang, and Mengjiagou followed his Meng Xiaohei and Mengjiagou brothers. Lin Meng and others who came to Liangzhou and Liu Shan to meet. There were Yier and Sinan who became husband and wife with Liu Shan. Of course, Aunt Yun’s three precious apprentices must be indispensable.

Among these people, there are people who had hatred and resentment with them in the past, some who tried every means to punish them, and some who were enemies and slowly walked together with them. At this time, even Liu Shan couldn't explain the relationship between Lin Meng and Liu Shan.

These people were originally destined to be unable to get together, but at this time they were all around Liu Shan. They came from every corner of the world, but they were all gathered in front of Hulao Pass. They had a common goal and a common ambition. Liu Shan was undoubtedly the key to these people walking together. Liu Shan was like a stone-sucking stone, bringing these people who were originally scattered around the world together.

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Chapter completed!