Liang and Fu each returned to the camp to deal with military affairs, but Huangfu Song inspected the camps and went to Dong Zhuo's old camp first.

Dong Zhuojiu is in Xizhou, and he has a good relationship with the Qiang people in Xiliang, and there are many Qianghu in the subordinates. These Qiang people wore their hair on the left side, and their hair and clothing were different from those of the Han soldiers, and they gathered together in piles. Some of them are roasting meat on the fire, and the meat is not yet cooked and is bloodily removed from the handle of the arrow, and cut it with a knife, and the blood flows all over the hand, and it flows down the fingers, but the Qiang people who cut the meat do not dislike it at all, and they take it and stuff it into their mouths, and while chewing, they lift the mare's milk sac and pour milk into their mouths. When the generals and colonels of the Northern Army and others saw that they had never been to Xizhou, they subconsciously shuddered, almost threw up, and hurriedly covered their mouths with their hands, and turned their eyes away, and some generals and colonels chuckled, very contemptuous, and said in a low voice: What a barbarian.

Seeing Huangfu Song coming, these Qiang people stood up one after another, spoke in a language that the Han army generals and colonels could not understand, and saluted Huangfu Song enthusiastically and humbly.

Dong Min puffed his stomach, pointed at Huangfu Song, and said a few words in Qiang dialect, and the Qiang people around raised their swords and shouted loudly.

Dong Min turned his head, smiled and said to Huangfu Song: "General, they are welcoming you." ”

Huangfu Song is also from Liangzhou, he knows the Qiang language, he doesn't need Dong Min to say, he also knows what these Qiang people are shouting, smiling, standing beside Dong Min, raising his hand to signal the Qiang people to be quiet, and also said a few words in Qiang dialect. I don't know what he said, but the Qiang people laughed loudly. Compared with Dong Min, Huangfu Song is not familiar with these Qiang people, but the prestige of the Huangfu clan is not only heard by Dong Min since childhood, but also by these Qiang people.

From Huangfu Song's great-grandfather Huang Fu Ling, Huangfu two Liao generals, one Fufeng Lieutenant, these two military positions are aimed at ethnic minorities, especially Huang Fu Song's father Huang Fu Gui, brave and good at fighting, suppressing and appeasing, as early as twenty or thirty years ago, it shocked Xiqiang, "first zero all kinds of Qiang Mu Gui prestige, persuade more than 100,000 people", to talk about the old prestige in the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo is far inferior to Huangfu's.

Seeing these alien Qiang races in front of him cheering and laughing at Huangfu Song's words, Liu Bei, who was following behind Zou Jing, said in his heart: Heroes should be like this!

After inspecting the soldiers, Huangfu Song, who was walking in front, asked Zou Jing: "Captain, who is he when I saw a man with ape arms and big ears in the camp?" ”

Zou Jing replied: "The general doesn't know, this person's surname is Liu Mingbei, and he is a disciple of Duke Lu after King Jing of Zhongshan, and a native of Zhuo County. A few months ago, when he heard that Duke Lu had been ordered to fight against thieves, he was transferred to my command because he had gathered a crowd to help. ”

"I see!"

Although I know that this "ape arm and big ear" person is the Han family's clan, after Zhongshan Jingwang, but the Han family has been in the world for nearly 400 years, the Liu family has spread out and has countless clans, this "Zhongshan Jingwang" is a prince and king in the former Han Dynasty, a long time ago this year, there are no big names in the descendants for a long time, looking at Liu Bei's age and dress, he is in his twenties and is still white, so it is inferred that his family background is not as good as an ordinary scholar, so Huangfu Song did not care about it and did not take him to heart.

Ay! This Liu Bei suffered a loss, and his reputation at home was not obvious, and he had no backing in the background, so he became famous too late, so although he was talented, he had to spend half his life.

Although Liu Bei calls himself a "clan relative of the Han family", in fact, there are countless descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan, and his generation is no different from the people of Pingtou, and his ancestor Liu Xiong is only an official to the Fan County Order of Dongjun, especially his father died early, and then his family suddenly fell, in order to make a living, he had to support himself, and his mother sold mats and weaving shoes for a business, and lived an ordinary life as a Qianshou.

As a member of the Han family, but reduced to the same as ordinary people, Liu Bei is only twenty-four years old this year, just when he has ambitions, he is very dissatisfied with this, so as soon as he heard that Lu Zhi commanded the army to attack the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, he immediately brought people to "help", Lu Zhi and his county,——, when he was fifteen years old, that is, the fourth year of Xiping, Lu Zhi "went to the official with illness", wrote books at home, and taught in the mountains of the Gui family, he and the same sect Liu Deran, Liaoxi Gongsun Zan and others because of their study under Lu Zhi, that is to say, Lu Zhi is his teacher, he is Lu Zhi's disciple.

This time he brought someone to help Lu Zhi, he was ambitious, and he wanted to make a name for himself, but unexpectedly, Lu Zhi was framed by Zuo Feng because he refused to pay bribes, resulting in the threshold being sent to Beijing. As soon as Lu Zhi left, he immediately became a rootless person. Now Guangzong has gathered a large number of capable ministers and brave generals of the Han family under the city, each with its own origins, or state and county celebrities, or noble children, Dong Zhuo, who was in charge of the army before, and Huangfu Song, who was about to take charge of the army, have their own descendants, he is a rootless person, and he is white, and his reputation is not great, in such a situation, making contributions is equivalent to delusion. Because of this, after Lu Zhi left, he was inevitably a little disheartened, if it weren't for his tenacity, I'm afraid he would have left long ago.

In this life, two things are indispensable, one is opportunity and the other is talent.

In the romance, it is said that the captain Zou Jing is a subordinate of Liu Yan, the Taishou of Zhuojun, which is wrong. First, the current Zhuojun Taishou is not Liu Yan, Liu Yan was just moved to Zongzheng last year; Secondly, the lieutenant is a military position of more than 2,000 stones, or a general's subordinate, or a special position, and it is impossible to obey the orders of a taishou. Since this statement is wrong, is Liu Guanzhang now acquainted as he said in the romance?

"It's the strong men behind him who have the air of fierce generals." Huangfu Song recalled: "Captain, his subordinates are elite. ”

"The general is really discerning!" Zou Jing said: "A Guan Yu, the word Yunchang, Hedong Jieren, a Zhang Fei, the word Yide, and Xuande are from the same county, both of them are heroic and brave, and they have extraordinary bravery, and they have not been defeated in several battles."

At this time, Liu Bei didn't know that Huangfu Song and Zou Jing were talking about themselves, and after silently following them a hundred steps. Seeing Huangfu Song and others enter the tent, Liu Bei glanced into the tent, only vaguely saw that Huangfu Song and the generals were seated in priority and priority, and before he saw the generals who entered the tent sitting, the personal guards outside the tent lowered the curtain and covered his sight. He retracted his gaze, looked up at the sky, turned his eyes around, looked at the surrounding barracks and soldiers, met the eyes of a few acquaintances, he smiled and nodded, and then adjusted his standing posture, stood upright with his sword and chest, and waited for Zou Jing to come out. The expression on his face was as flat as water, but his heart was undulating.

Looking back on his past experiences, he only felt a strong desire to rush out of his chest.

This desire, of course, is the desire to get ahead, and the desire to be a "nobleman".

To be honest, before the age of fifteen, although he also wanted to get ahead, and also thought about becoming a "nobleman" in the future, but at that time it was just to get delicious food, beautiful clothes, to be able to go in and out of the carriage and horses, and to be hugged by people wherever he went, just for the sake of appetite, just to show off his "majesty". It's childish. It wasn't until he was fifteen years old that he went to Gushi Mountain to study under Lu Zhi, and after meeting Gongsun Chan and other classmates, he knew what it was to really get ahead and what a real "nobleman" was.

Lu Zhi is a disciple of Ma Rong, whose name is heavy in Jizhou, and there are not only famous families and wealthy disciples in Jizhou who come to study in him, but also those from Youzhou and even Liangzhou, such as Gongsun Zhan. The Gongsun clan has 2,000 stones, although Gongsun Chan is a concubine, but the pride and heritage are not comparable to Liu Bei. Fifteen-year-old Liu Bei opened his eyes. I also saw the appearance of some famous families and wealthy families in the north, which made Liu Bei ashamed of himself.

It's okay to say this, Gongsun Zhan had already served as a county official, and he had personally come into contact with and seen the magic of "power", and when he was chatting, he told Liu Bei about what he saw and heard in the county government, which caused a greater impact on Liu Bei's young heart. For the first time, he knew that power could make thousands of people bow their heads and submit, and for the first time, he clearly realized that behind the scenes of people are power. A husband cannot be without power for a day. From then on, he no longer longed for appetite, no longer longed for childish ostentation, but began to crave power.

In the sixth year of Xiping, Lu Zhi worshiped Lujiang Taishou, scattered his private studies, and Liu Bei returned to his hometown.

He was not very happy to study, and he stayed under Lu Zhimen for more than a year, and he did not learn anything, but he broadened his horizons. The wind of study tours in the two Han Dynasty is extremely prosperous, what is the tour? What are you learning? What you swim is your vision, and what you learn is knowledge. I didn't learn much knowledge, but I had a vision, and in the eyes of the boys in the county, county, and city, he was like a great person who had seen the world and had interacted with the big people in the state and county.

On the one hand, the adoration of the teenagers made him fluttering and enjoyable, and on the other hand, it intensified his thirst for power and to become a nobleman. He was good at making friends with heroes, but now he has ambition and thirst for power, and he is more and more able to self-denial and generosity, so "young people fight for it", and gradually gather a group of county and township teenagers under his hands, and become a young hero in a well-known county. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were made friends during this period. became a "hero", with fame, there was potential, and with potential, money naturally came.

Zhuo County is the county seat of Zhuo County, there are many businessmen who come and go through this place or come here to do business, there are two of them, one is called Zhang Shiping, the other is called Su Shuang, is a big horse businessman in Zhongshan, often brings a thousand gold to sell horses here, about to buy and sell peace, often take money to Liu Bei, the head snake, as a protection fee, buy a peace. But if mortals want to gather people, both are indispensable, one is famous, the other is money, Liu Bei has fame, money, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong as the team, "from the way it is to join the disciples", like a snowball, there are more and more people under him. ——Liu Bei's process of gathering people is very similar to the process of Xun Zhen's start.

It's just a pity that although I have gathered people, money, and some fame, I have not been allowed to go out because no one recommends me. Although Liu Bei was not satisfied with the status quo, he was helpless. This year's Yellow Turban Incident, in order to suppress the Yellow Turban, the imperial court issued an order: "Raise the generals and descendants and officials who have a strategy for the battle formation, Yi Gong", Liu Bei did not have the qualifications of "Yi Gong", but after hearing that the main leader of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou was his teacher Lu Zhi, he was keenly aware of "the opportunity is coming"! Immediately gathered his subordinates, took out all the money he had saved over the years, bought armor and soldiers, and gathered hundreds of people to join the battle to help.

He was not a good student when he was under Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi was not impressed by him, but after all, he was a teacher and student, and he was very happy to see him come to help, so he transferred him to the command of the school captain Zou Jing, and promised: If he makes military achievements, he will be recommended to be a leader.

When I arrived in the army, I saw tens of thousands of Han soldiers bowing their heads to Lu Zhi, and under Lu Zhi's order, thousands of men went to die, Lu Zhi was angry, and the generals all held their breath and trembled, which made Liu Bei's eyes hot. In order for his family to have such authority one day, he took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to fight against the Zhang Jiao brothers regardless of their lives, and he also made some contributions, but he didn't expect that at this time, Lu Zhi was actually convicted! Lu Zhi couldn't protect himself, so of course the promises he made to him would not count.

He clenched the hilt of his sword, suppressed the impulse of desire for power in his chest, and then turned his eyes to look at the handsome tent, and said in his heart: "In the early years, there was a Fang Shi named Li Ding who passed through Wuli, and the mulberry tree on the southeast corner of my house was tall and strange, and the crown was like an umbrella, and the child was like a small car cover from afar, and he pointed to my house and said: 'This family should be a nobleman'. There are many nobles who are different from ordinary people, I hang my hands and knees, take care of my own ears, and as a Han family, I shed the blood of Emperor Gaozu, and said amazing words when I was a child, my father praised me as 'very human', so all this, Li Ding's 'noble' must be me! What General Huangfu and Lu Gong can do, I will definitely be able to do in the future! I am not as good as them today, but I will surpass them in the future! ”