"Third brother, is eldest brother mistaken?"

On the city wall of Pingyuan, Guan Yu and Fu Shiren watched from afar.

Flags fluttered outside the city, and more than two thousand knights stood majestically, their imposing presence exuding a chilling aura.

At this moment, Zhang Fei rode up alone, saying that Guan Yu and others should line up to welcome Liu Wei and his party, which surprised Guan Yu.

"Where will we put all two thousand soldiers into the city?"

“I don’t know either. My elder brother didn’t agree to let them enter the city at first, but after listening to what the King of Clouds said, he immediately agreed.”

Zhang Fei still doesn't understand what's going on.

"What's going on? What kind of spell did they cast on my brother?" Guan Yu was even more surprised.

I never would have guessed that this King of the Clouds is such a smooth talker, so good at deceiving people!

"Second Brother, what should we do? Should we go to the city gate to greet him?" Zhang Fei remembered Liu Bei's instructions.

“Brother has his reasons for doing this.” Guan Yu stroked his long beard and squinted his eyes. “We won’t make things difficult for him.”

"However, I also want to see if this prince has changed after not seeing him for more than half a year?"

Guan Yu recalled their encounter at the Tiger-Killing Pass in Wangwu Mountain.

I've heard that Liu Wei already commands 50,000 troops in the border regions and controls vast territories in the Hexi Corridor, Hetao Plain, Inner Mongolia, and Western Regions.

He could hardly believe that the once impoverished prince, who had been banished to the border with only twenty-odd followers, was now such a powerful and well-equipped army.

This gave Guan Yu a slight misconception: was Liu Wei, at that time, pretending to be weak while actually being strong?

Before long, Fu Shiren gathered a hundred soldiers from the county government office and rushed over.

When Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden, Zhang Fei gave away all his wealth to invest in the project and recruited 500 soldiers to help quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

After the matter was over, Liu Bei dismissed the five hundred men and sent them back to their hometowns, but one hundred men stayed behind, wanting to follow Liu Bei.

Liu Bei then led them to Anxi to assume their posts, and then they arrived at Pingyuan County.

"Third brother, let's go to the city gate now. Shiren, tell the people in the city to stay inside their homes to avoid conflict with the King of Yunzhong's troops."

After Guan Yu finished instructing Fu Shiren, he led Zhang Fei on horseback, bringing a hundred soldiers to the city gate.

He thought that his hundred soldiers were soldiers who had participated in the Yellow Turban Rebellion and had been on the battlefield. In terms of morale and killing intent, they were not much inferior.

"Everyone stand up straight, don't let anyone look down on us!"

Zhang Fei also shouted loudly.

One hundred soldiers straightened up and stood ramrod straight.

Just as they finished lining up and stood in two rows, the sound of horses' hooves thundered and dust filled the air.

Two thousand one hundred and ten famous knights, one person and one horse, four riders in a line, stretching as far as the eye could see!

The warhorse was tall, its armor was gleaming, its eyes were cold and stern, and its imposing presence was like a mountain, creating an extremely strong sense of oppression.

As they approached, an aura of killing intent washed over them.

The warhorses ridden by these knights were all incredibly strong, tall, and majestic!

The warhorses that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei owned were gifts from merchants Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping when they were recruiting soldiers.

The two men selected two of the best warhorses from among more than a hundred to be their mounts.

Little did they know that now, any one of the warhorses in Liu Wei's two thousand-strong army was better than theirs.

In particular, the warhorses of the Seventeen Riders of Yanyun roaming alongside the procession were all fine horses from the Western Regions, making Guan Yu and Zhang Fei extremely envious.

They would be content if they could get a horse to ride.

"It's this pretty boy who was arguing with us earlier!"

Zhang Fei pointed at Zhang Liao, who was leading a thousand cavalrymen into the city, and whispered to Guan Yu.

Jian Yong followed Zhang Liao, leading the way.

Guan Yu squinted at Zhang Liao, slightly surprised: "I didn't expect that there would be such a young hero under the command of the King of Yunzhong!"

"Second Brother, he's the one who was angry with me just now!" Zhang Fei reminded him.

"Oh, someone who can hold a grudge against you must be quite capable!" Guan Yu stroked his long beard with an admiring expression.

"What's going on today? My eldest brother was completely bewildered by a few words from that prince, and my second brother is looking at the prince's general with such admiration!"

Zhang Fei was extremely frustrated!

After a while, a thousand cavalrymen entered the city in a long line, followed by Liu Wei and Liu Bei arriving together.

The two chatted and laughed, appearing exceptionally close, which left Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looking at each other in bewilderment.

Brother, have you lost all your morals?

However, what shocked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei even more was the hundred guards following behind Liu Wei.

Guan Yu was stunned by their gleaming armor, their Ferghana horses, their swords at their waists, and their crossbows on their backs!

Guan Yu was certainly a discerning man; this entire set of equipment was worth far more than a thousand pieces of gold.

It was something that Guan Yu had never heard of or seen before.

Especially when a hundred Ferghana horses appeared before your eyes all at once, their tall bodies, glossy coats, thick hooves, and sturdy legs created a striking visual impact.

Guan Yu wore an arrogant and disdainful expression, but inside he was drooling with envy!

Compared to the tall Ferghana horse opposite him, his little yellow horse looked like a little yellow duck meeting a white swan, utterly ashamed!

"Your Highness, this is my second brother, Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang!"

"He mentioned that he once met a prince in Hedong."

Liu Bei led Liu Wei to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Of course, he couldn't say that Guan Yu had saved Liu Wei, as that would be embarrassing for Liu Wei.

"Oh my, so this is Xuande's second brother! He's truly extraordinary, with such long hair and such a ruddy face!"

Liu Wei feigned surprise and said loudly, "Uncle is right. When I was demoted to the Hetao region, I encountered bandits on the way to Shahu Pass in Hedong."

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