On April 3, Liu Xuande finally arrived in Luoyang. With the capital in sight, Liu Bei was filled with emotion.

Zuo Feng found Liu Bei and said to Liu Bei very politely, "General Xuande can camp here temporarily. After I report back to the emperor, your troops will make arrangements."

Liu Bei bowed his hands to Zuo Feng expressionlessly, "Thank you."

At the end, Liu Bei couldn't help but add, "Please angels hurry up."

Liu Bei came to fight the Baibo bandits under the orders of the imperial court. Zuo Feng was procrastinating along the way and wasted so much time that Liu Bei's patience was long gone.

The army stopped at the outskirts of Luoyang. Liu Bei looked around and found no good place to camp, so he could only find a random intersection and prepare to camp at the intersection.

Liu Bei ordered his knights to pass orders everywhere, and ordered his soldiers to get out of the way and camp on both sides of the road, not to block the way of the people.

Liu Bei patrolled back and forth, but there was no trace of Zhang Fei in the camp.

Liu Bei stopped a soldier and asked, "Where have the three generals gone?"

The soldier shook his head and claimed not to know.

Liu Bei felt strange and rode off to look for Zhang Fei.

After searching for a long time, Liu Bei found Zhang Fei beside a big locust tree far away from the army.

"Yide, what are you doing here?" Liu Bei curiously rode his horse around the tree.

Hearing Liu Bei's voice, Zhang Fei hid his hands behind his back like a thief, "Ah, I didn't do much, it's nothing."

Zhang Fei smiled at Liu Bei, his eyes a little evasive.

Zhang Fei's covert appearance made Liu Bei feel a little funny.

Liu Bei didn't tell Zhang Fei anything, so he told Zhang Fei to set up camp and told Zhang Fei not to run around.

After explaining, Liu Bei turned his horse around and went back.

Zhang Fei waited for Liu Bei to go away, then he felt guilty and stuffed the map in his clothes.

After hiding the things, Zhang Fei untied his horse from the tree and chased after Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei caught up with Liu Bei, and the two of them rode forward without saying a word.

After a while, he returned to the camp. Liu Bei looked at the soldiers who were busy setting up camp by the road. Liu Bei vaguely felt that the number of soldiers seemed to be much less. He turned his head and asked Zhang Fei doubtfully, "Third brother, are the number of soldiers less?"

"It's missing? What's missing? Aren't they all here?" Zhang Fei asked with wide eyes.

Hearing what Zhang Fei said, Liu Bei thought that he was overthinking, so he nodded and didn't think any further.

Liu Bei didn't know how to fight, but since he led his troops out of Zhuozhou and fought with the Yellow Turbans for more than thirty years, Liu Bei's vision has been sharpened. Liu Bei can already feel the changes in the strength of his troops.

Liu Bei's feeling was absolutely right. The strength of the army was indeed reduced. Of the three thousand soldiers brought from Julu, only one thousand were still in the camp, a full two thousand less.

The reason why the other two thousand people disappeared silently was Zhang Fei's secret arrangement.

Jian Yong went ahead, and Zhang Fei also sent scouts to investigate. Halfway through the journey, the scouts reported that the road ahead was guarded by strong passes. This was not considered.

Before setting off, Li Mengxi discussed all the plans and details of the trip to Luoyang with Zhang Fei. However, after all, as a person of later generations, Li Mengxi was not familiar with the ancient pass system. He did not know that Luoyang was an important capital city and there were many places around Luoyang. With eight passes to guard, the defense is simply airtight.

Li Mengxi didn't know that he had to pass the city pass before arriving in Luoyang, so he had no countermeasures related to the pass.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei is a man of quick wits. When Zhang Fei heard the report from the scouts that there was a pass blocking him in front of him, Zhang Fei was afraid that if the court only allowed Liu Bei to enter the pass and not allowed troops to enter, he was afraid that it would be difficult for both the head and the tail to respond. Zhang Fei secretly, quietly

The soldiers under his command, or groups of dozens or hundreds of people, are ordered to wear no armor or weapons, and pull horses and carriages with food and grass, pretending to be a caravan selling food and sneak through the city first.

In this way, before the army reached the Yellow River, more than 600 people in the lead had already sneaked through. When the army finally arrived at the ferry, more than a thousand people had sneaked into the pass.

Zhang Fei arranged this so that if the imperial court summoned Liu Bei to Luoyang alone, and if the imperial court had any ill intentions, the more than a thousand elite soldiers who had got through first could be retained to take care of him.

The soldiers pretended to be grain vendors and sneaked into the hinterland of Luoyang. This was just part of Zhang Fei's arrangement. After the soldiers who had stolen through the city gates arrived in the hinterland of Luoyang, they immediately broke into pieces and dispersed everywhere. They began to secretly explore the distribution of villages and traffic directions.

, the terrain is dangerous and we need to wait for information.

Among them, the city of Luoyang and the surrounding areas are the most important. When Liu Bei and Zhang Fei led a large group of troops to approach Luoyang City, the soldiers who had been operating secretly around Luoyang for a long time handed over a roll of maps bought at a large price.

Got Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was hiding behind a tree, secretly looking at the map, and was almost knocked over by Liu Bei.

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Luoyang is the center of the world, and the flow of people is indeed much denser than elsewhere.

In Julu, Julu after the war, not a single pedestrian was seen on the road for a long time.

Around Luoyang, during the camping process, people on their way bumped into the camp from time to time. The people did not dare to rush into the soldiers and horses. When they saw soldiers camping on the road, they either turned around, or hesitated and did not dare to step forward.

No one dared to pass through the camp.

When Liu Bei saw this, he ordered the centurions in the army to pick him up and see him off at the intersection, so as to appease the people and let them walk as usual.

There was a couple, the old man was wearing a straw hat and rags, holding a sheep and a dirty doll.

Seeing soldiers ahead, the old man stood there and did not dare to move forward.

Seeing this, the centurion waved to the old man, "Old man, just go ahead and live your life as usual."

After hearing what the centurion said, the old man not only did not step forward, but also turned around and prepared to take a detour.

The centurion was anxious and said to himself, "Why are you so ignorant, old man?"

The centurion walked over quickly and forced the old man to come over and take the main road.

The centurion may be warm-hearted, but he doesn't know that as a soldier, who holds a gun and a sword, the people keep away from him.

The old man did not dare to refuse the soldier's invitation and walked toward the camp uneasily.

The enthusiastic centurion also escorted the old man for a while. Seeing the old man holding a sheep, the centurion smiled and asked, "Old man, are you going to sell this sheep?"

Hearing this, the old man's heart skipped a beat, and his expression changed. He hurriedly smiled and fawned, carefully led the sheep forward, and said with some stuttering, "Jun... Master Jun, you want to buy this sheep?"

Let Ren take it?"

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The centurion glanced at the old man and then at the sheep in the old man's hand. "Wait." the centurion said, "I'll ask.

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This is how the misunderstanding occurred.

The rebels had strict military discipline and would not rob sheep. However, if the prostitutes elsewhere asked about pigs or sheep, they meant they wanted to rob them. The centurion only asked politely, but the old man misunderstood.

Standing alone in the military camp, with soldiers holding swords and guns walking around on both sides, the old man felt uneasy. Seeing that no one was watching, the old man thought to himself that he should run away quickly.

Thinking of this, he tightened the rope and his little grandson's hand, preparing to slip away quietly while no one was paying attention.

Before the old man could leave, he saw that the soldier who had just left had returned.

(Bitter!) The old man lamented in his heart.

The old man thought that the sheep could not be saved, and would either be snatched away, or someone would randomly give the sheep three walnuts and two dates to snatch the sheep away.

"Old man, do you want to sell the sheep?" A gentle voice sounded.

The old man looked up and saw a big-eared man with a kind face in front of him.

"Ah." The old man said ah before he came back to his senses.

Liu Bei pointed at the sheep and asked with a smile, "Uncle, how much are you going to sell this sheep for?"

"Sell...sell, take whatever you want!" The old man faltered timidly.

Seeing this, Liu Bei smiled and saw that the old man was somewhat reluctant. Liu Bei asked warmly, "Uncle, do you want to sell the sheep here, or do you want to sell it elsewhere?"

Maybe it was Liu Bei's kind attitude that made the old man feel less timid. The old man became a little bolder, lowered his head and looked at the sheep and said, "No matter where you put it, I will sell it."

Confirming that the old man was really going to sell the sheep, Liu Bei nodded and ordered his soldiers to get the scale and weigh the sheep.

The soldiers took the order and left.

While the soldiers were going back to get their titles, Liu Bei was chatting with the old man on the roadside. The old man's grandson was very afraid of people and hid behind the old man and looked at Liu Bei fearfully.

Liu Bei smiled and tried to coax the baby out, but the baby shrank even further inside.

After a while, the soldiers left and returned.

The soldiers came back empty-handed and said they didn't have any titles in the army.

How could he not have a nickname? Liu Bei frowned.

You can't weigh a sheep without weighing it. Liu Bei asked the old man, "Uncle, have you weighed the sheep at home?"

"It's done," the old man replied.

"How many kilograms are in the Ren system?" Liu Bei asked.

"One hundred..." The old man was about to say it was one hundred catties. He glanced at Liu Bei secretly, and the old man secretly thought, "It's one hundred and eight catties." The old man overestimated eight catties.

After counting, the old man looked at Liu Bei with a guilty conscience.

Liu Bei didn't care at all how much the sheep weighed. Liu Bei said to the old man, "I bought this sheep, but I don't know how much it costs in Luoyang?"

"The selling price of a whole sheep is twenty yuan per catty." the old man replied.

Liu Bei nodded and said to himself, "It's cheaper than my sheep in Zhuozhou."

After asking about the price, Liu Bei sent someone to get the money.
To be continued...