Facing Liu Jie, Liu Xian directly expressed his intention to let him serve him.

This is just Liu Jie, if it is someone else, Liu Xian generally can't do this, such as Tian Feng and Cai Yong, Liu Xian can't say directly in front of them, you surrender to me, be loyal to me. If Liu Xian really did that, it would probably arouse their disgust, especially if they misunderstood what bad intentions Liu Xian had. If they decide that Liu Xian intends to rebel or something, then they may not be willing to do things for Liu Xian again.

With smart people, there are some things that don't need to be said too bluntly, even if you have that kind of mind, you don't need to say it. It's better to do it in a more tactful way, for example, by recruiting them to do something for themselves.

But in the face of Liu Jie, and even like Yi Kai, the head of the Yi family in Youbeiping, when facing them, Liu Xian can reveal some of his prospects for the future, so that they feel that it is profitable, so as to submit to themselves and serve themselves.

Let's put it this way, a lot of times it depends on the situation, it depends on who they are facing, what kind of identity background they have, and what kind of personality they are, and even according to their knowledge and knowledge. Anyway, in the face of different people, if you want to subdue them, you need to use different methods or means.

And Liu Jie faced Liu Xian's direct words, but he didn't feel that it was too abrupt.

As he told Liu Xian, he is very clear about his origin, and now although he is said to be a member of the Han family, it is really difficult to say whether it is a clan member of the Han family or not. Anyway, his background has caused him to be extremely unconfident.

This is also related to the education he received in the environment in which he lived, which was limited to his vision. Therefore, in front of Liu Xian, even if Liu Xian is just a young man, Liu Jie really admires Liu Xian in his heart, and always believes that Liu Xian is the real child of the Han family.

To put it bluntly, Liu Xian is a capable person and a person who can do things. In more vulgar terms, Liu Xian is a nobleman, the kind of noble person who will be unspeakably rich in the future. Liu Jie already felt that it was already his honor to be able to get in touch with a noble person like Liu Xian.

As for following Liu Xian and serving Liu Xian, he himself didn't think about it, not because he didn't think about it, but he didn't think about it.

Now, Liu Xian directly expressed this meaning to him, but Liu Jie thought that he should be smoking from the ancestral tomb, and he was able to make Liu Xian take a fancy to himself.

Some people will really put themselves very low, he has been in a mess all his life, relying on the shadow of his ancestors and fathers, and he has no worries.

And Liu Jie, he is almost like this, but he knows how to hug his thighs. Earlier, he hugged Liu Xuan's thigh and got an official position, but now he found that he seemed to have a thicker thigh.

After Liu Xian expressed his meaning to Liu Jie, Liu Jie's little brain flashed like a lightning flash, and he said cautiously at the moment: "This, this, Brother Liu Xian...... If I'm loyal to you, what else do I need to do? ”

"I don't need you to do anything, I won't harm you anyway, if it's dangerous, it will cost you your life, you definitely don't have to do it. As for what is required of you, it cannot be said that you want to do, but whether you yourself are capable of doing something. Seeing Liu Jie like this, Liu Xian had roughly guessed some of the thoughts in his heart, and it was estimated that he was just timid, greedy for life and afraid of death.

After Liu Xian finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Heh, do you think I will harm you?" Plotting to take your life and property? Or, do you think I want to rebel or something? Don't worry, follow me Liu Xian, you will let you rise to the top and have a safe life. ”

"Hehe, Brother Liu Xian, you're joking, how could I think that? Let's put it this way, that, that's okay, from now on, our Liu Jie will be your brother Liu Xian. This, this...... Yes, it should be called the Lord. The lord is above, please accept Liu Jie's worship, from now on, Liu Jie is willing to serve the lord of the dogs and horses! ”

Liu Jie scratched his head embarrassedly, said with a smile, and hurriedly bowed to Liu Xian in a formal manner.

Liu Xian was not polite to Liu Jie, and accepted his worship, but he didn't step forward to help him up to show his cordiality or anything, and said directly: "Okay, in the future, we will still be brothers, especially when there are outsiders, you are still you, there is no need to let outsiders know our true relationship." ”

"Oh, okay."

"Sit down and talk." Liu Xian thought for a while and said, "Since we are now our own people. Therefore, I will not hide many things from you, and these things also need you to do on the surface. Of course, I'll send someone to assist you. It's not spying on you, it's about something, and you really don't know what to do. Got it? ”

Liu Xian...... No, my lord, don't worry, your subordinates won't speculate. On the contrary, I know how much ability I have, and if the lord sends someone to assist, I can really rest assured, and I am happy to be at ease. ”

"Well, I'll be honest with you. Now those Yellow Turban thieves outside the city are actually not worth mentioning, they can be defeated today, but there is no need to rush, tomorrow, tomorrow can completely defeat them. ”

"It turns out that the lord has long been in the chest, and he has long been in the house where the lord is transporting that or something......"

"Strategize!" Liu Xian saw that Liu Jie couldn't even say such an idiom, and he was really a little speechless. It is estimated that he did not read the book for a few days.

"After defeating the Yellow Turbans, it is estimated that these Yellow Turbans will not invade the North Sea for a long time. Of course, three months at the earliest, six months at the latest, they will definitely come back. As for the men and horses who came, it's hard to say now, and whether they will continue to attack Beihai City, it's uncertain. Anyway, in the North Sea, they will definitely continue to attack and plunder. In fact, it is not only Beihai County, but other states and counties will also suffer from the invasion of the Yellow Turban Army, which is impossible to avoid. ”

"Therefore, our Beihai garrison reserve army cannot be disbanded, and this reserve army must always be retained."

Liu Jie listened to Liu Xian quietly, and when he arrived here, he couldn't help but interject: "Uh, Brother Liu Xian...... No, my lord, are we going to keep these tens of thousands of reserves in Beihai forever? But, can that be done? If the imperial court knew that our Beihai City actually had so many soldiers and horses that exceeded the upper limit of officers and soldiers, would this be a crime? Also, tens of thousands of military horses, what they eat and drink, these are all problems. ”

"Brother, you don't have to worry about this, you don't have to worry about the court. You can write a letter to the imperial court, explaining that Beihai was suffering from the Yellow Turban thieves, so he had to let the people spontaneously organize themselves to assist the officers and soldiers in defending the city. At most, these can only be regarded as the reserve men and horses to defend the city, and they are not counted in the establishment of real government officers and soldiers. The most important thing is that these horses do not need the court to pay money and food to support the army, so it is difficult for the court to ask for these things. In the face of the Yellow Turban thief army, the imperial court was unable to attack, but it did not allow the local government and the people to organize people to fight the enemy on their own, which is a bit unreasonable. ”

"Besides, compared to the imperial court Luoyang Capital, Beihai County is already a far and remote place. As the saying goes, the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, who can manage here? Even if the court wants to ask for accountability, but we have soldiers and horses in hand, do we have to obediently bow our heads and let others fish and meat? ”

Liu Xian looked at Liu Jie and asked, and then said: "That's just what I said, but I believe that things won't get to that point of being extremely bad." To put it bluntly, that is to say, we in Beihai need these people to defend the city, not only Beihai City, but also the following towns. ”

"These tens of thousands of reserve troops in Beihai City naturally don't need to stay all. After defeating the Yellow Turban Bandit Army tomorrow, the Beihai Garrison Reserve Army will be reorganized again. We will adopt the principle of voluntariness, and only select those who are strong and strong to stay, at least, they dare to fight and kill in this siege and defense battle with the Yellow Turban Army, so that they can continue to stay in the reserve army. Liu Xian said.

Liu Jie then asked with some puzzlement: "My lord, if they all defeat the Yellow Turban Thief Army, can they still voluntarily join the reserve army?" I don't think so, right? ”

"The treatment of the reserve army is on par with that of the government officers and soldiers, that is, as long as they voluntarily become the reserve army, then they have military salaries, and these military salaries are paid by themselves."

"Also, pay the military salary? Oh my God, how much does this cost? Lord, where did you, where did you get so much money? Can a trader make so much money? ”

Liu Jie was a little dumbfounded, he had his little abacus in his heart, ordinary officials, officials, soldiers below, etc., how much each person could receive per month, he knew all this.

Liu Xian said that he could raise an army of tens of thousands of people on his own? This really surprised Liu Jie.

"My natural source of money and food is not just dependent on business." Liu Xian naturally wouldn't tell Liu Jie everything.

Liu Xiandao: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated, the people who were finally selected from Beihai City volunteered to become a long-term reserve army, and it is estimated that there can be 20,000 It is not bad." After that, it is necessary to mobilize the people in each county town and form a reserve army in a unified manner, and the reserve army of each county town will remain in each county to garrison. Once it is discovered that there is a Yellow Turban thief army to attack a certain county, the reserve army of Beihai can be mobilized to rescue at any time. Anyway, the Yellow Turban Bandits must not be allowed to break through any of the county seats. ”

There are more than ten county towns under Beihai County, and even if they are the farthest, they can almost be caught up with a day's rapid march. In fact, the entire Beihai County can slowly apply some of the models of Yang's County, first need to get the support of the people, and then form an army. However, this formation of the army was carried out without affecting the normal life of the counties. In normal times, in addition to the normal training, the soldiers of the reserve army still have to return home to do farm work, at least to ensure that their fields are planted with crops.

To put it bluntly, it's actually a bit like the Tuntian system.

At that time, Liu Xian will have to send a lot of people to come, in addition to sending people to assist Liu Jie and actually control the county government of Beihai County, he will also send people to the county seat below to control the counties.

After you take control of the county government and the counties, you can do a lot of things. For example, how to develop the commercial economy, there will always be some special products in various places, which can also be purchased, and then operated by the Liu Fu caravan, trafficked to other places to sell for cash, and then returned to the local people. In this way, the local economy can be revitalized.

Liu Xian doesn't have to tell Liu Jie many things, in fact, even if he says it, Liu Jie probably won't understand, some things obviously seem impossible and can't be done. But if Liu Xian does it, many things can really be done naturally.

Liu Xian and Liu Jie talked for a while, and then Liu Xian asked Liu Jie to rest, he didn't rest well all night last night, and Liu Xian went to the city walls to inspect.

On this day, the Yellow Turban Bandits launched two more sieges, but they were both defeated by the resistance of the soldiers and civilians of Beihai City.

The Yellow Turban thieves suffered many casualties, and they were afraid that there would be thousands of casualties in total, Liu Xian estimated that these casualties had reached their critical point, and soon they could not withstand it, and did not dare to attack the city again, and wanted to withdraw.

And the soldiers and civilians of Beihai City also suffered casualties, after all, the Yellow Turban Thief Army does look fierce, and its actual combat effectiveness is definitely stronger than that of the soldiers and civilians of Beihai City. In addition, there are many archers among the Yellow Turban Bandits, and naturally there are many marksmen, and sometimes, their bows and arrows are like eyes, shooting straight at the people hiding behind the battlements at the head of the city.

Some casualties are really difficult to avoid, even if Liu Xian's Liu Mansion caravan will also have casualties when fighting with the enemy.

And with casualties, it can indeed directly reflect the harmfulness of the Yellow Turban Bandit Army.

The people of Beihai City can also feel the stakes in person, so they will be more grateful to Liu Xian.

If Liu Xian hadn't mobilized them to defend the city here, then they would have killed more people.

When his own children died, his family naturally grieved and cried, but there was nothing he could do. What Liu Xian can do is to appease them, understand their family's situation, and do a good job of bereavement as much as possible.

As the day passed, after nightfall, it was quiet both inside and outside Beihai City.

The people in the city experienced the panic when the thieves came, to the rise to defend the city, to the cruel defense of the city, to the sacrifice of their own children, and the joy and joy of finally defending Beihai City. After a day of so many emotional ups and downs, after nightfall, they were also tired and quiet.

As for the Yellow Turban Army outside the city, they have suffered more casualties, and their morale has been hit to the lowest point. At this time, they no longer had the expectation of plundering money and food women after breaking through Beihai City. They are already wondering, can we still break through Beihai City?