Three Kingdoms: Faint King, starting from forcing Dong Zhuo to offer his granddaughter

As soon as Liu Bian's team entered the Shan country, they received a report from the front.

"Zhu Rong? Is it Mrs. Zhu Rong?"

Mentioning this name, Liu Bian subconsciously thought of Mrs. Zhu Rong.

General Zhu Rong, who came to see him in advance, said in surprise, "Return to Your Majesty, my general is not married yet."

Are you not married yet?

Liu Bian calculated the time, and Mrs. Zhu Rong was indeed very young at this time.

in history,

When Zhuge Liang captured Menghuo for the seventh time, it was the third year of Jianxing in the Shu Han Dynasty, that is, 225 AD.

At that time, both she and Meng Huo were in their forties or fifties.

And now it is only the second year of Shenwu, 195 AD.

So at this moment, she should be in her early twenties.

As the female leader of her tribe, it is normal for her to be unmarried at this age.

"Has no one approached your general to propose marriage?"

Liu Bian asked.

The general is very curious, why does His Majesty care so much about the general's marriage?

Could it be that His Majesty knew that the general was a once-in-a-century beauty in the Clan Fire Tribe?

She replied seriously, "A lot of people approached the general to propose marriage, but the general rejected them all."

"The general said that she only marries real heroes. If the man she marries is not as capable as her, she would rather not marry for the rest of her life."

This general is also a gossip, talking about the general gossip endlessly.

She seemed to have the intention of recommending her own general to Liu Bian, and kept praising him as one of the most beautiful women in the Southland.

It probably means: if you can go to the battlefield, you can also go to the couch.

He also revealed, openly and secretly, Zhu Rong's admiration for His Majesty.

Xiaotao on the side was speechless: It's a pity that you don't become a matchmaker.

"Did your general send you here to propose marriage?"

Liu Bian was also amused by her eloquent mouth.

When the female general heard this, she quickly shut up.

"Return to Your Majesty, the general asked your ministers to come and tell Your Majesty that she has prepared a gift for you, not far ahead."

"Your Majesty, this is a gift prepared by the general with great effort. You will definitely like it."

"..."

Yes, start again.

"lead the way."

Liu Bian knew she had no bad intentions, but you said too much.

Sensing His Majesty's dislike, the female general dared not speak any more, and led the way quietly.

After a while

After crossing a river, I saw a row of elephants in front of me, at least hundreds of them.

There is a saddle-like seat on the elephant, let's call it an elephant saddle, and one or two soldiers sit on the elephant's back.

The elephant saddle is full of quiver, as well as long spears, short spears, iron swords and other weapons for body protection.

The elephant's head is protected by chain mail, which protects the elephant from fatal injuries.

"Elephant cavalry?"

Liu Bian instantly knew that his thinking was wrong. The gift Zhu Rong prepared for him was not what he thought, but this elephant cavalry!

Although there are only more than 100 elephants, the momentum presented is not lost to a cavalry of 5000 people!

Even the tiger cavalry among the tiger and leopard cavalry seems to be a little weaker.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Rong, pay homage to my emperor, His Majesty will live forever!"

A heroic female general led a group of generals to Liu Bian and knelt down on one knee.

At the same time as her knees were touching the ground, the elephants behind her knelt down in unison.

Such a behemoth submits to surrender, which can indeed make people feel complacent.

"All generals and soldiers are flat."

Liu Bian's eyes returned to Zhu Rong,

Just looking at her appearance, she might be slightly inferior to Diao Chan, Cai Yan and others.

Her complexion is somewhat similar to Dong Bai's, not so fair.

However, her facial features are very good-looking, with clear outlines, deep-set eyes, and a kind of exotic style.

In addition, she is dressed in a military uniform, and she is heroic and heroic, which makes people respect and love her.

"Is this the gift you prepared for me?"

Liu Bian stepped forward.

Zhu Rongdao,

"Return to Your Majesty, this is only part of them. In the capital of Shan State, there are still two hundred elephant cavalry."

She trained a total of 340 seven elephant cavalry.

The elephants were recruited from various tribes in the Shan Kingdom and southern Shu, and the soldiers were all soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

Half of them are Lu Bu's subordinates, all of whom have experienced many battles and are very brave.

A heavily armored elephant soldier has almost no weaknesses, no fear of horse refusal, no fear of cavalry impact, no fear of archer suppression.

Confronting each other on flat ground, elephant soldiers are the absolute kings.

Therefore,

Zhu Rong, this is definitely a great gift.

"Yes, I like this gift of yours very much. Tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"

Liu Bian said lightly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is the duty of a minister to serve the country, not for rewards."

"As long as His Majesty likes it, as long as it is useful to the big man, I will be satisfied."

Zhu Rong replied seriously.

It is true that she did not want to claim credit, but just wanted to show her own value and make His Majesty pay attention to her.

along the way,

Zhu Rong carefully introduced to Liu Bian the combat methods and strategic significance of elephant soldiers, as well as how to tame and control them.

"It's a pity that elephants are not as numerous as horses. They can form tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry."

The number of elephants is scarce, which makes Zhu Rong very regretful.

"If it was as common as pawns and cavalry, it wouldn't be a special unit."

Liu Bian comforted him.

he thinks,

Although elephant soldiers have great strategic significance, they also have great limitations.

First of all,

It does not have the mobility of cavalry. If it is a long-distance battle or chasing the enemy, cavalry has a greater advantage.

Elephant soldiers are only suitable for charging when the two armies are facing each other.

Secondly, elephants are tropical animals, and their ability to adapt to the environment is not as strong as that of horses.

Furthermore, elephant food is not as popular as horse food.

To sum up, elephant soldiers have great limitations, so there is no need for large-scale training.

One or two thousand is enough.

"Your Majesty, Shan King Yongyoujian has specially prepared a grand welcome ceremony when he learned that you are going south in person."

Zhu Rong said.

Shan State used to be called Ailao State, also known as Chengxiang State, and it has always been a subsidiary state of the Han Dynasty.

In the sixth year of Jianyong in the Han Dynasty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty bestowed on Yong Youjian's grandfather, Yong Youdiao, a gold seal and a purple ribbon, and granted him the official title of "Captain of the Han Dynasty".

Now that the Son of Heaven is here in person, it is a very important event for the Shan country.

Naturally, the king of Shan State will receive him grandly.

Yong was greeted by Jian personally leading the elephant team out of the city for hundreds of miles.

As an elephant country, there are still a lot of elephants in their country.

There are twelve hundred of them alone.

Yong Youjian led all the officials of the Shan Kingdom, and bowed to greet them, "Your Majesty, Yong Youjian, welcomes Your Majesty, my emperor will live forever!"

Although they have their own etiquette,

But as a vassal state of a big man, when meeting the emperor of a big man, he must use the etiquette of a big man!

But at this moment,

A sudden voice made the whole welcoming scene panic.

"Moo--"

The deafening sound of elephant calls came from the forest, and the hundreds of elephants present suddenly became restless.