Prepared for unprepared, a war that had been prepared for three years finally came to an end.

The trajectory of history is similar and overlapping as always, although Gongsun Zhan's 4,000 white horse Yicong were scattered by the Black Flag Battalion, but it was the heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Battalion in Guanhai who really caused fatal injuries to them.

When the heavily armed infantry, armed with extremely sharp knives, slammed into Bai Ma Yicong, it was all over.

Countless war horses were cut off their legs in unison, and the righteous servants on horseback fell off their horses one after another, becoming dead souls under the sword.

It wasn't until dark that the battle was over, Gongsun Zhan was smashed in the head by Li Yuanba's hammer, and immediately lost his breath, and his soldiers were suddenly leaderless and chaotic.

At night, the camp outside the city of Beizhen.

Liu Yiduan sat on the main seat, listening to the reports of Zhao Yun and others, there were joys and worries, the joy was that as soon as Gongsun Zan died, Liaoxi and Youbeiping would be his territory, and the worry was that after this battle, the war between himself and Liu Yu could not be eased.

"My lord, we have captured another 3,000 people in this battle, and these captives can be used by us with a little training!"

Li Tao swore solemnly.

Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Liaoxi who were captured last time, there are now 5,000 prisoners, which is not a small number, and if it is not operated well, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Guan Hai, these 5,000 captives are all transferred to your Qingzhou battalion, the brothers of the original Qingzhou battalion will all be added to the first rank, if something goes wrong, you are the only one who asks!"

Liu Yi Zheng commanded.

Guan Hai was overjoyed in his heart, and bowed: "The last general will never live up to the high expectations of the lord!" ”

"Lord, now in Liaoxi and Youbeiping, the dragons have no leader, it is a good time for us to forge ahead, and we can send a strong team to strike first and occupy the county."

Li Tao admonished.

"No hurry!"

Liu Yi waved his hand and shook it, and said slowly: "Gongsun Zhan, the evil wolf has been removed, and in the boundary of Youzhou, only Liu Yu, the old horseman, is left, this thief is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, gentle and excessive, conquest and little planning, although there are more than 30,000 mercenaries, but it is not enough to trouble, we can slowly try to do it." ”

Fight a city, you have to defend a city, govern a city, now Liu Yi is still too few capable people, county officials are also very lacking, although there is a pilot of open recruitment assessment, but the source of students is limited, and no genius has been found.

"Lord, the celebration banquet has been prepared, what are you still doing here, I have to start first!"

Li Yuanba strode in and said seriously, for him, eating is a very grand event, I really don't understand, why aren't these people active?

"Haha......"

Liu Yi laughed heartily and shouted: "No matter how much it is, let's eat and drink first!" ”

The group came to the open space outside the camp with a smile, and together with the lieutenant colonel, they drank and played fists.

At dawn the next day, as soon as Liu Yi got up, news came from the imperial sign-in system.

"Ding Dong, the Imperial check-in system has released a new mission, please choose the host!"

"Task 1, epic task: the host divides Liaodong, calls himself the king, establishes the national title, and makes the princes of the world bow down to the vassals, the task time, one month, the success of the mission can obtain the courage of the overlord, if the mission fails, the hostile force Liu Bei will obtain Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu."

"Task 2, high-level task: as a courtier, raise troops to fight thieves, call yourself Youzhou Mu, expel Liu Yu, complete the unification of Youzhou, task time, one year, you can get 100 points if you succeed in the mission, two thousand Great Qin Ruishi, if the task fails, Liu Yu will form an alliance with Yuan Shao and crusade against the host together."

"Host Choice!"

There is still room for choice, task one is simply self-defeating, to establish a new dynasty within a month, this is nothing foolish to talk about, and Liu Bei is cheap.

"Mission two!"

Liu Yi immediately responded.

"Ding! Mission 2 has been opened, and there are 364 days, 23 hours and 59 seconds left until the end of the mission......"

A message flashed, representing the beginning of a new journey.

Liu Yi immediately found Li Tao to discuss the matter.

"Military advisor, under the holy decree, Liu Yu is the Shang Shu Order, I am the history of the Youzhou Thorn, I was disdainful of this Youzhou Thorn History before, but today I want to be the state pastor on behalf of the Thorn History, I don't know if it is feasible?"

Li Tao raised his head and said: "Lord Mingjian, this is a righteous act, a benevolent and righteous act, you should do it quickly!" ”

"Why?"

Liu Yi asked puzzled.

Li Tao hurriedly explained: "Today, Dong Zhuo is in chaos, the orders in the world are not working, only by acting as a state pastor, and being good at the affairs of a state, can we openly crusade against Dong Zhuo with a righteous act, Youzhou is wide, but the population is sparse, and there are many foreign barbarians, only by raising the power of the whole state, can we protect the safety of the people of a state, and it is a benevolent and righteous trip." ”

Liu Yi explained that this may be the so-called justification.

"There is another matter, please ask the military advisor to help the staff officer."

"Please make it clear!"

Liu Yi said solemnly: "In view of the fact that there are very few officials available to us at present, and there are serious vacancies in local and county officials, I want to implement the recruitment order, and only meritocracy." ”

"Oh!"

Li Tao exhaled in surprise, but he didn't expect the lord to implement a new strategy again.

In the early Warring States period, the Qin State was the most backward among the Seven Heroes. In 361 BC, after Qin Xiaogong ascended the throne, he issued a "merit-seeking order" to recruit talented people to offer advice and suggestions for the reform of Qin, thus allowing Qin to embark on the road of unifying the six kingdoms.

In view of the current situation, Liu Yi can only break the ground, tear them all down, and start all over again.

You must know that the Eastern Han Dynasty is the era of scholars' momentum, due to the influence of Confucianism since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been greatly developed under the government's policy cultivation, and the scholars who can pass the scriptures at that time not only enjoy a superior position in politics and academics, but also enjoy high praise in society.

Therefore, scholars also think highly of themselves and have high requirements for their own virtues.

After the death of the Western Han Dynasty, after the war, Guangwu finally revived the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu in order to encourage the chaotic time to maintain a high style, maverick righteous people, especially praised, this move is not inappropriate, but caused a kind of to enjoy the world and deliberately hidden, or to use "good morality" to achieve the purpose of eye-catching, differentiated.

As a result, the system of selecting political talents, such as elections and mass calls, has been distorted into a tool for "moral competition."

Morality is necessary, but it is a kind of cultivation that comes from the heart and is confirmed in daily life, although it can evaluate and compare the level of a person's cultivation, but it is not suitable for competition, because after all, the purpose of moral cultivation is to correct people's behavior and social atmosphere, not to compete with others to hunt for official positions or sell fame, but this kind of moral competition has indeed become the atmosphere at that time.

Liu Yi wrote on the table: Selecting talents and abilities is the only way to move!

Li Tao suddenly felt the same way, and now only this move can attract people with lofty ideals from all over the world to take refuge in Liu Yi.