Liu Bei led the army out of Xuzhou City, pretending to pursue Cao's army all the way, but the speed of the march was very slow.

They were still far from Mount Tai, and Cao's army had already withdrawn from Mount Tai, leaving Liu Bei with nothing more than an empty Mount Tai County.

Led the army to withdraw from Taishan County, and Cao Cao and Guo Jia rode forward side by side.

"Feng Xiao thinks that Lu Bu will definitely attack Xuzhou?" As he walked forward, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia beside him.

"Exactly!" Nodding, he arched his fist towards Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong killed Tao Qian's family and killed Tao Qian's corpse, which is already out of the evil spirit in his chest. Our army will return to Xuchang for the time being, rectify for a few days, and wait until Xuzhou is in chaos, and then turn back, and then take Xuzhou in one fell swoop! ”

"If there is no filial piety, this crusade against Xuzhou, I don't know how many soldiers are buried in other places!" Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao nodded to him and said to Guo Jia: "If you have to be filial, this Central Plains and Jianghuai are already halfway." The restoration of the Han family is also just around the corner! ”

"Ming Gong is loyal to the Han family, and we all know it in our hearts!" Riding on horseback, Guo Jia hugged his fists and bowed to Cao Cao, before he continued: "It's just that if the Ming Duke wants to restore the Han Dynasty, after breaking through Xuzhou and attacking Huainan, he will have to fight against Yuan Shao......"

"Oh?" As soon as Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to Guo Jia: "Yuan Benchu has hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, and under a certain command, 100,000 people are still insufficient, how to fight against Yuan Benchu?" ”

"Ming Gong is safe!" Smiling slightly, Guo Jia lowered his voice to a very low level and said to Cao Cao: "At present, Ming Gong not only can't turn against Yuan Shao, but should unite with Yuan Shao to crusade against Yuan Shu." The two Yuan brothers, one south and one north, although they were born to the same father, but Yuan Shao is a concubine, but he sits in Hebei and has hundreds of thousands of soldiers; Yuan Shu was a descendant, but he was squeezed out of Huainan. Think about it, how is Yuan Shu convinced? It is precisely because of this that in the past, the Yuan brothers would often attack each other, which could be used by the Ming Duke. ”

"Would you like to hear about it?" Cao Cao is good at winning people's hearts, and at this time he is surrounded by people who are loyal to him, he is not worried that what Guo Jia said will be heard and spread to the ears of outsiders, so he hurriedly asked Guo Jia to continue the words.

"Duke Ming can order someone to go to Luoyang and reconcile with the king of Luoyang." While riding forward, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Your Majesty is in Xuchang today, and the Ming Duke should make good use of it to control the King of Luoyang!" ”

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao couldn't help nodding, although he didn't say anything, he already had a plan in his heart.

Since there was no war, Liu Wei either went to the barracks every day to watch the soldiers of each battalion train, or went to the elephant garden to see the Nanban mahouts who stayed in Luoyang to teach the newly selected elephant soldiers to tamestiate baby elephants.

At first, Liu Wei didn't know how to domesticate war elephants, and thought that they would be much different from ordinary domestication.

But after watching it a few times, he was completely impressed by the cruelty of human beings.

Not only are baby elephants able to endure loud noises, but they also have to run back and forth through the burning flames to enhance their adaptation to the flames.

Listening to the miserable howl of the little elephant, although Liu Wei said that he was very unbearable in his heart, he did not stop it.

He knew that whether a war elephant is afraid of flames and loud noises on the battlefield is the key to whether they are capable of fighting on the battlefield.

If war elephants are feared on the battlefield, the consequences will be unimaginable. Not only will it not be able to break through the enemy's army, but it will break into chaos with its own formation, causing countless officers and soldiers to die tragically on the battlefield.

Liu Wei did not personally inquire about the order of Wusha.

He handed over this matter to Xu Shu, and Xu Shu was in charge of it.

Holding on to the railing on the periphery of the elephant garden, Liu Wei was frowning, watching the elephant soldiers train the baby elephants, and a guard quickly ran behind him, bowed to him with his fists and said, "Your Highness Qiqi, the merchants of Great Qin have already transported the first batch of Wusha here. ”

Knowing that the first batch of Wusha had arrived, Liu Wei hurriedly turned around and said to Dian Wei beside him: "This king is going to see Wusha, and you are here to train your soldiers." ”

"No!" After getting Liu Bian's instructions, Dian Wei answered, and sent Liu Bian to the gate of the Elephant Garden, and watched him go far before turning around and returning to the Elephant Garden.

Out of the Elephant Garden, Liu Wei led Wang Liu and the others and went straight to the Luoyang Mansion.

Earlier, Liu Wei had explained that once the Wusha arrived, it would be sent directly to the Luoyang government without going through the official business, and the Daqin merchants who traded with the Luoyang government could trade freely.

This condition is not unattractive to foreign businessmen.

Many merchants in the Western Regions, now mentioning the Great Qin merchants who have obtained the qualifications for Wusha trading, are still envious, regretting that they gave up such a good opportunity for the sake of greedy small profits.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Luoyang official mansion, before Liu Wei got off the horse, Xu Shu led a group of officials to greet him.

"What about the Great Qin merchants?" Jumping off the horse, Liu Wei asked Xu Shu a question while walking towards the official mansion.

"Deliver Usha, hand over the goods for inspection, and have left." Following behind Liu Wei, Xu Shu replied while walking: "This time Wusha is transported, a total of five hundred catties, and the merchants of Daqin will return to Daqin after making up the goods in Luoyang, and the next delivery may not be until three or five months later." ”

"Since the king asked him to send Wusha, it has only been more than two months now, and the first batch has been sent, and this person is available!" Nodding his head and praising the Great Qin businessman, Liu Wei went straight into the front yard of the official mansion.

As soon as he entered the front yard, he saw two or three large wooden barrels in the official house, which were filled with black sand.

Walking to the wooden barrel, Liu Wei reached out and copied a handful of sand-like objects, and found that this thing was very heavy and delicate, and it felt quite good in his hand.

"Go get a blacksmith." Holding a handful of Wusha, Liu Wei turned his head and gave an order to a guard behind him.

The guard answered, turned and ran quickly.

"With so many Usha, I don't know how many blades I can forge." Looking at the Wusha in the palm of his hand, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Xu Shu on the side: "If it is enough to build a blade, this king plans to replace all the long swords of the three guards and the palace guards." ”

"The Great Qin merchant just said to his subordinates that Wusha doesn't need much to forge a blade." Standing beside Liu Wei and looking at the Wusha in front of him, Xu Shu said to him: "Five hundred catties of Wusha is enough to forge tens of thousands of long swords. ”

"Tens of thousands?" Turning his head to look at Xu Shu with a shocked face, Liu Wei blinked his eyes twice, and said a little depressedly: "That king ordered three thousand catties, isn't it that he can't use it up in this life?" ”

bowed slightly to Liu Wei, but Xu Shu did not respond.

Like Liu Wei, he didn't know how much wusha needed to be added when forging a blade.

As a traverser, although Liu Wei understands many things that people of this era do not understand, he is not omnipotent, especially Wusha forged steel.

Although he knew that he didn't need a lot to forge tungsten steel, he didn't know the specific amount of weight, and in order to ensure that the blade was sufficient, he could only make a lion open and set three thousand catties.

After a while, an old blacksmith who had been summoned by Liu Wei came to the official mansion under the guidance of the guards.

Although the main force of the Luoyang Army and the blades of the three guards were personally inquired about by Liu Wei, the weapons of the partial battalion were customized by the government.

The blacksmiths in the city were also very familiar with some lower-level officials in the government, but the old blacksmith had never been to the government and had seen so many important people in Luoyang City.

Entering the front yard of the official mansion, the old blacksmith first saluted Liu Bian, Xu Shu and others, and then bowed to the side, looking down at Liu Bian with some nervousness, and didn't dare to ask a word.

"My husband came over and talked." Seeing that the old blacksmith did not dare to approach, Liu Wei beckoned to him.

After being greeted by Liu Wei, the old blacksmith came to the front tremblingly, maintaining a bowed posture, but still did not dare to speak.

"See what it is?" Copying a handful of Wusha from the wooden barrel on the side, Liu Wei spread the Wusha in front of the old blacksmith and asked him.

Glancing at Wusha in Liu Wei's hand, the old blacksmith's eyes lit up instantly, and he subconsciously shouted: "Wusha!" ”

"Does my husband recognize this?" Throwing the Wusha in his hand back into the barrel, Liu Wei reached out and pulled the old blacksmith's sleeve, pulled him to the barrel, pointed to the Wusha in the barrel, and asked the old blacksmith, "How many blades can be forged from these Wusha?" ”

There were two large wooden barrels in front of him, and the old blacksmith's eyes widened, and he was shocked that he did not speak for a long time.

"Old man......" The old blacksmith didn't speak, and Xu Shu on the side whispered to him: "Your Highness is asking you." ”

"Ugh!" Xu Shu's reminder, the old blacksmith was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said to Liu Wei: "These wusha are hundreds of catties, forging blades, wusha should not be too little, too little will be iron and crispy, but not too much, too much will be hard and not tough." These wusha can forge more than 10,000 long swords, and more can forge 20,000 or 30,000 swords. ”

"11,000 long swords and 11,000 short swords." Looking at Wusha in front of him, Liu Wei then asked the old blacksmith: "How many craftsmen are needed to complete the forging within two months?" ”

"If Your Highness wants a long sword of sufficient quality, a long sword must be refined for more than five days." Bowing down, the old blacksmith said to Liu Wei: "Although the short sword is slightly easier to build, it also takes two days, and it takes at least a thousand craftsmen to build 11,000 long swords and short swords in two months. ”

Hearing what the old blacksmith said, Liu Wei knew that it was almost impossible to complete so many long and short swords within two months.

The quality of a long sword depends not only on its material, but also on who forged it.

A good craftsman, the long sword created is extremely sharp, and the hair is broken. The sword made by ordinary craftsmen is just a piece of something that is harder than ordinary weapons.

"In Luoyang City, how many skilled craftsmen are there now?" Thinking of this, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Xu Shu on the side and asked him.