After knowing that the other party's name was Zou Jing, to be honest, Liu Tao was a little excited and a little nervous.

Liu Tao doesn't know much about the official history, but he only knows that in the romance, it was Zou Jing who came to Zhuojun to recruit soldiers, so that Liu Bei enlisted in the army, and the subsequent Taoyuan uprising incident. He will appear here, and there is a high probability that Liu Yan sent him here to recruit troops.

"Just ask, the general." Not to mention the purpose of his coming to Zhuo County, the identity gap between the two is there, and Liu Tao does not dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

"I just came to Zhuo County before, and I saw an army running around the city wall, and at first I thought it was a county soldier." Zou Jing looked at Liu Tao, "Later, I heard from the county order that this army actually came from the militia group...... But your subordinates? ”

"Exactly!" Liu Tao nodded, there is nothing to hide this, and it can't be hidden.

"Your militia shouldn't have been established for a long time, right? But when I see those soldiers, they don't look like recruits......" Zou Jing said with interest. This is also the most strange thing about him, even if the recruits are trained for a month, it is impossible for any army to be so elite.

But if it was prepared early, then what did Liu Tao secretly prepare for this army, for what?

"The general doesn't know something...... Liu Tao also realized that Zou Jing might have misunderstood, so he immediately explained, "This army was originally selected from the Zhang family. The Zhang family is the largest wine and meat merchant in Zhuo County, and their industries are all over Zhuo County, and there are naturally many families under their names. So 300 family members were selected to serve as caravan guards, and at the same time 700 ordinary family members were selected, and another 1,000 homeless people were recruited to form this militia group. ”

"I see, I was originally a family member who acted as a guard, so I trained much faster than a recruit." Zou Jing nodded, so it was not too strange.

Moreover, Liu Tao, as a clan member of the Han family, secretly trained a force to respond to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves, which is obviously impossible.

"Yes, it's not difficult to enforce a ban after all. Then arrange the daily training reasonably, and at the same time ensure their food, so it is not too difficult to quickly become an army. Liu Tao nodded.

"However, it is indeed quite difficult to exercise to that extent in more than ten days...... Who is responsible for training these soldiers on a day-to-day basis? Zou Jing asked curiously. In these years, he is good at training soldiers, which can be regarded as a skill.

"According to the different types of troops, they are assigned to Tao and several commanders to be responsible for training." Liu Tao didn't know why Zou Jing asked this, but said cautiously, "If the drill of the queue and the boiling of the body, I will be responsible for it......"

"Oh, you...... Can there be a table word? Zou Jing was a little curious when he heard this, and was about to ask further questions, but he felt that calling him by his name was not close enough, so he asked with a smile.

"Tao Biao Zi Deran!" Liu Tao hurriedly replied.

"Liu Tao, Liu Deran...... De Ran is Lu Zhi's high-footed? Zou Jing seemed to think of something when he heard this, and immediately asked.

"When I was young, I studied under Master Lu for a few years." Liu Tao hurriedly replied, not knowing why Zou Jing asked this.

"In my early years, I was surrounded by the Hu people, and at a critical juncture, I was rescued by Gongsun Zan of Liaoxi, and I also had a friendship with him. When chatting, I heard that he had worshiped under Lu Zhi, a master of scripture, and it seemed that he had Deran when he went with him! Zou Jing smiled.

"Oh, the general and Senior Brother Gongsun, do you have such an experience?" Liu Tao was secretly happy when he heard this, with this relationship, Zou Jing can be regarded as half of his own person...... Slowly, Liu Bei was able to start a business, could it be because of this relationship?!

"He's a great general...... You're a little worse in shape, and you're almost in battle. But your talent, apparently, is somewhere else! Zou Jing already understood at this moment that although the militia group was formed by a family, its spirit and formation could reach the point where he had seen it before, and he was afraid that it was the result of the training of the young man in front of him.

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately made an invitation: "Are you willing to serve under me, I can write the history of assassination, appoint you as the Sima of other departments, lead the army alone, and be directly responsible for the history of assassination." Nowadays, a large number of recruits will gather here in Zhuoxian County one after another, but the recruits are recruits in the end, and I need someone to help me train them! ”

So in the end, you still have to incorporate my militia group, right? When Liu Tao heard this, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

It's just that the Sima of other departments is still very attractive, which is equivalent to an independent regiment, and the key is that he remembers that the number of soldiers led by Sima of other departments is actually not fixed. Unlike the military Sima, who can only command 1,000 people, other Sima can even command more than 5,000 soldiers.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei actually served as Sima of other departments, and that was after he defected to Gongsun Zhan.

The main position is the regular army, which is much better than the volunteer army. When he met Dong Zhuo, he reported his name and said that he was Sima Liu Tao of another department under the Youzhou Thorn History Account, Dong Zhuo may still look down on him, but his attitude is better than Liu Bei's white body.

The problem lies in meritorious service, as a Sima of another department under Liu Yan, when he goes out to fight, he must be under Liu Yan's military orders. In other words, a large part of the battle merits must be allocated to Liu Yan.

Under Liu Tao, whether it is Zhang Fei or Guan Yu, or even Lu Yan and Jian Yong, which one didn't come for this credit? If the credit is thin, and in the end, everyone is either not enough to score, or can only be a petty official, who can be convinced?

In general, each has its own advantages, that is, it depends on the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

"Deran, don't you want to help me?" Seeing Liu Tao pondering, Zou Jing immediately asked, his tone a little cold.

"No, no, that's not the case...... Liu Tao hurriedly denied it, "It's just that Tao has an agreement with the two merchants in Zhongshan to escort the two back to Zhongshan County a few days later." If you accept the general's kindness, you will be afraid that you will lose your trust. ”

"It's just two businessmen, why bother!" Zou Jing was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, "Besides, now that Jizhou is erosive, isn't it dangerous for you to go in the past?" Now just to guard against the Yellow Turban thieves going north, they have to arrange enough people on the Zhuojun side! ”

"Since it has been agreed, it is natural to talk about credit. Otherwise, how can a person who is easily dishonest worthy of the general's attention? Liu Taoyi replied rhetorically.

"Hmm...... That really can't be helped...... It's a pity. Zou Jing sighed when he heard this.

"In addition, I heard that the imperial court has appointed Lu Zhi as the general of Beizhonglang, responsible for the war in Jizhou. If there is an opportunity, Tao, as a disciple, also hopes to go over to support. Liu Tao continued.

"Since you have made up your mind, then I will no longer force ......" Zou Jing said slowly, since he was unwilling to accept the appointment of Sima from other departments, there was nothing to say.

"The grass people retreat......" Liu Tao also knew what this meant, so he saluted Zou Jing, took three steps back, and then turned around and left, and soon disappeared from Zou Jing's line of sight.

Out of the yamen, Zhang Fei greeted him: "Brother, how is the situation?" ”

"I just gave up the opportunity to become a Sima of another department...... Liu Tao shook his head at him, "Go back and talk about it!" ”

"Oh, okay!" Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this, and then he didn't ask any more questions, but just followed Liu Tao back to Zhuangzi.