Leading Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and a group of Xuzhou officials, Liu Bei walked out of the council hall and along the street towards the city gate.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Liu Bei saw that there was an army outside the city, which was already waiting there.

The armor of this army was torn, and it looked very bleak, and even the generals in the team were all dusty and tired.

Leading this army was Lu Bu, who was carrying Fang Tian's halberd and riding a red rabbit horse under his crotch.

and Lu Bu in Luoyang City, there was also a relationship, and when he saw Lu Bu, Liu Bei would not feel strange, and hurriedly stepped forward.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were following Liu Bei, were afraid that he would make a mistake, so they also followed closely behind.

Seeing Liu Bei coming up, Lu Bu turned over and jumped off the horse, thrust the halberd into the ground, and walked over to Liu Bei.

"Envoy!" When he approached Liu Bei, Lu Bu arched at Liu Bei with his fists and said to him: "The down-and-out people, now that they have come to vote for the envoy, I hope that the envoy will not abandon you!" ”

"Wen is waiting to come here, and he should burn incense to welcome him, how dare he abandon it?" Holding his fists and bowing down, he gave Lu Bu a salute back, Liu Bei stepped forward and grabbed Lu Bu's hand, and said to Lu Bu: "At present, Cao thieves are attacking Xuzhou very tightly, and Tao Gong is leaving, entrusting this Xuzhou to be prepared." How can he dare to lead the post of Xuzhou pastor? Now that Wen Hou is here, he is just letting this Xuzhou go to Wen Hou. ”

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Lu Bu did not answer immediately, but turned his head to look at Chen Gong on the side.

Following Lu Bu, Chen Gong had a faint smile on his face, and when he saw Lu Bu turn his head to look at him, he slowly shook his head.

Liu Bei offered to give Xuzhou to him, Lu Bu was happy in his heart, but he didn't want to see Chen Gong shaking his head, so he said to Liu Bei with a little depression: "Make your words serious, a certain person came here, just to find a place to settle down, and has no other intention." ”

"Xuzhou must be in the hands of a virtuous person!" Lu Bu excused himself, and Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Wen Hou is brave, no one in the world is matched, and his wisdom is far away, if Wen Hou is in charge of Xuzhou, how can he not break the Cao thief?" ”

Lu Bu was about to answer, but Zhang Fei, who was standing behind Liu Bei, glared at him fiercely.

Seeing Zhang Fei's glare, Lu Bu didn't care, pursed his lips, and said to Liu Bei: "The envoy is serious, a certain person comes to serve the envoy, but if the envoy is sent, a certain person must help him!" ”

"Since Wen Hou is unwilling to accept Xuzhou, Uncle Huang doesn't have to be strong!" Mi Fang on the side saw that Liu Bei was bent on giving up Xuzhou, knew that he was hypocritical, and saw that Lu Bu wanted this Xuzhou, but when he first arrived, he didn't dare to take over immediately, so he hurriedly stepped forward to play a round and said to the two: "Uncle Huang is not in a hurry to resign from the post of pastor of Xuzhou, we still rely on Uncle Huang to lead the soldiers and people of Xuzhou and repel the Cao thief!" ”

"Exactly!" Mi Zhu came out to play a round, and Lu Bu hurriedly followed the steps and said to Liu Bei: "The envoy just sits in Xuzhou, and the Cao thief comes, and he goes to meet the enemy." ”

"Then ......" Liu Bei pretended to mutter, and then said to Lu Bu: "Since Wen Hou insists on not being able to, it is inconvenient for him to be strong, and please invite Wen Hou to enter the city to speak." ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei had already withdrawn and stood aside and made a gesture of invitation to Lu Bu.

Following Liu Bei and others, he entered Xuzhou, and after wandering for a few days, Lu Bu finally had a place to stay.

Lu Bu entered Xuzhou, and the forging workshop in Luoyang City was also busy making short spears, leather armor and other weapons and protective equipment.

More than 10,000 pieces of weapons and leather armor were sent out of the forging workshop, and they were loaded into a cart by a team of Luoyang soldiers and transported out of Luoyang City.

In addition to the partial battalion of the Luoyang Army, the rest of the battalions are all using the Pu knife as the standard weapon, and the demand for short spears is not very large, and there is no stock at all in the forging workshop.

These 10,000 short spears were made by craftsmen overnight.

As soon as the Luoyang army, which was transporting blades and leather armor, left the city, a strange team came from outside the city.

The reason why this team is strange is that the number of people in the team is not very large, not even the horses, but the small elephant with a long nose, with more than 200 heads.

Compared with Tao'er, who was sent to the palace earlier, these baby elephants are much smaller, and almost all of them are only as tall as a human chest.

In the drive of a few southern barbarian men, the baby elephant chirped and walked towards Luoyang City.

The foot plate of the baby elephant is different from that of other animals. Their legs are thick and their feet are thick, and although they have not yet grown into elephants, more than 200 baby elephants are advancing at the same time, and the ground is also being trampled with a roar, which is quite imposing.

As soon as they reached the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city blocked the way of the procession and asked the man who led the procession, "Who are you waiting for?" What's the point of entering the city? ”

Riding a horse at the forefront was the Misha who had negotiated with Liu Wei earlier to sell 200 baby elephants to the Luoyang army.

The soldiers guarding the city blocked the way, and Misha rode on horseback, clasped his fists and made a Han salute to the soldier, and said to the soldier: "We are on the order of the king of Luoyang to send the baby elephant here." ”

Liu Wei ordered two hundred baby elephants, and the strategists, generals, and officials in the city under his command all knew about it, and even the three guards knew that there was such a thing.

But the guards of the city gate are not the soldiers of the three guards, or even the soldiers of the main force of the Luoyang Army, but the soldiers of the partial battalion.

The partial battalion has always only assumed the responsibility of defending the city, and has not much understanding of many major events of the Luoyang Army.

After listening to Mishe's words, the soldier guarding the city gate looked at Misha from head to toe very suspiciously, and then walked to the side of a baby elephant, reached out and touched the skin of the baby elephant, pursed his lips, and said to Mishe: "This thing is strange, not to mention its strange appearance, and there is not even a single hair on its body. ”

Don't say that this soldier, when Mishe took Tao'er into the Luoyang Palace, those generals and officials were also startled by Tao'er, and they didn't know what the ancient monster was about.

The soldiers were able to pet the baby elephants without much fear, even because they were so small.

Smiling at the soldier, Misher clenched her fists again and arched her hand, asking the soldier, "Can I enter the city?" ”

"Let's go in, let's go in!" Seeing that there were not many people in the Misher and the others, although the animals they brought were strange, they looked very tame, and the soldiers did not delay them much, waved their hands at them, and let them go.

Leading the team, as the Misher and the others marched along the street, the people on the street retreated to the side of the road one after another, looking at the long-nosed monster in the team with stunned faces.

"What is this?" Seeing Misher lead the procession away, an old man blinked and said to the young man beside him, who was apparently his son, "I have never seen such a strange ...... after living so much for my father."

The young man pursed his lips, also with a blank expression.

My father didn't know what the past was, and how could he, at a young age, know what those long noses were.

Children are much naughtier than adults.

Seeing many baby elephants passing through the city, many children ran forward, laughed and reached out to touch the trunk of the baby elephant, and some naughty children even pulled the tail of the baby elephant.

Harassed by the children, the elephant herd immediately became a little commotional.

Misher, who was leading the procession, heard the commotion of the elephants, looked back and saw that it was a group of children chasing the baby elephant, and hurriedly shouted to the side of the road: "If the baby elephant is angry, it will swallow the child in one bite!" ”

The adults, who had been watching the children playing with the baby elephants, heard Mishe's shout, and hurriedly ran up, picked up their children, and retreated to the side of the road.

Since then, the rumor of baby elephants eating people has spread in Luoyang City, so that for many years after that, every time the elephant soldiers of the Luoyang Army go out to fight, the people on the roadside will feel a burst of fear.

Frightened off the children who were chasing and playing with the baby elephant, Misher knew that she had avoided the tragedy of the baby elephant jumping around on the road and hurting people, and let out a long sigh.

He wasn't worried about how many lives the baby elephant would hurt if he stepped on people, he was because he knew that Liu Wei cared about the people very much, for fear of annoying the king of Luoyang.

Misha led the elephant herd into Luoyang City, in the palace of the city, Liu Wei was accompanying several princesses to play by the lake, a guard ran towards him quickly, came to him, hugged his fists and said to him: "Your Highness Qiqi, Misha led a group of baby elephants, has entered Luoyang City. ”

Hearing that Misha led the baby elephant into Luoyang City, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the princesses, and muttered as if talking to himself: "This Misha is also quite efficient, saying that it is a month, and it only took less than two months to send the baby elephant." ”

"Invite him into the antechamber to speak!" Muttering in his heart that this Misher would come fast enough, Liu Wei first gave an order to the guard, and then said to the princesses: "The Misher has sent a baby elephant, and this king will go and see it." ”

"Congratulations to Your Highness!" Knowing that Liu Wei was going to meet Mishe, Tang Ji and the others hurriedly blessed him and said goodbye.

Of the four princesses, only Guan Qing did not bow to the woman, but raised her fists and bowed slightly to Liu Wei.

The reason why Guan Qing bowed slightly was not because she didn't want to make a big salute, but because her belly was already very obvious at this time, and if she bowed deeply, she was afraid of hurting the fetus in her womb.

led a few guards and strode towards the outer courtyard.

While walking, Liu Wei was still thinking in his heart that if the two hundred baby elephants were all grown up, they would be put on the battlefield, and the momentum would be quite majestic.

It's just that in the Central Plains, the understanding of the object can almost be said to be blank, and if you want to domesticate baby elephants, you must have the help of the mahouts of the Southern Barbarians.

I had told Misher earlier that I wanted to domesticate the baby elephant at full term from an early age, and there was no need for a mahout, but because I wanted to bargain with the Misher, and now that the baby elephant has been delivered, it is time to ask for a gift......

As soon as he walked out of the back garden, Liu Wei's feet stepped into the front yard, and he saw from a distance that Misha was leading the two Nanbans, who had already stood on the steps below the front hall, waiting for him respectfully.