If Dong Zhuo were to become the governor of Bing Province, he would be a smart man and would naturally understand the benefits that Liu Wei's presence at the foot of Yin Mountain would bring him.

Moreover, after Dong Zhuo became the governor, most of his men would definitely be in Jinyang.

They might just symbolically send one or two thousand people to garrison various places in Dingxiang, just to give the court an explanation!

There is a lot of room for maneuver here.

"My lord, Ding Yuan's army over at Shaling will take a few riders and head there after Captain Zhang returns from his raid on the Xianbei camp tonight."

"Presumably, Ding Yuan feels guilty about Zhang Xiaowei's appearance and is hesitant to act freely. Let's keep him occupied in Shaling for now."

"Perhaps before General Xue has even finished his great battle against the Xianbei, Dong Zhuo will be so eager to request the court to issue an edict to transfer Ding Yuan!"

Before leaving, Yao Guangxiao gave some final instructions, then took about ten Imperial Guards with him and headed straight for Shanwu from Yunzhong.

Liu Wei looked at Zhang Liao, seemingly lost in thought.

......

Night fell.

The towering Cloud City resembled a gigantic monster in the darkness.

Twenty miles to the north, in the Xianbei camp, campfires flickered.

After all, it was already late autumn, and the temperature on the grassland dropped very low as night fell.

The deserted river next to it freezes over at night.

The Xianbei soldiers lit a campfire to keep warm, roasted mutton, and drank warm mare's milk wine, preparing to get through a very boring night.

After ordering a scorched-earth policy, all the villagers outside the city entered the city and moved into places that were originally reserved for Xiongnu nobles.

The Xianbei people wanted to abduct some people to torture and amuse themselves, but they found that they could not capture any people near Yunzhong.

These Xianbei people could only warm themselves by huddling around a fire, and then perform a large-scale group dance.

They were not worried at all about the Han army launching a sneak attack!

The Han army in the clouds, seeing such a powerful Xianbei army, were too frightened to leave the city and were just waiting for the Xianbei to attack.

A sneak attack?

Isn't this just suicide?