After Deng Dang and Zheng Chang announced their allegiance, Pei Qing first changed their names and gave them the word "Boyan" according to the custom, gave Deng Dang the word "Boyan", and renamed Zheng En for Zheng Chang, and then ordered to appoint Zheng En as the Sima of the Right Army, Deng Dang as your other Sima, let them divide the three hundred soldiers, and at the same time recruit 2,000 captured Yellow Turban thieves in the cottage to form an army under their direct leadership.

As long as the army is formed, it will naturally be logical to make meritorious contributions in the future.

However, I didn't expect Deng Dang and Zheng Chang to reject Pei Qing's kindness in unison, and kept saying that they only wanted to be Pei Qing's personal soldiers, and they didn't want to be generals alone.

Although Pei Qing tried hard to persuade them, but seeing that they insisted on doing so, they could only fulfill them, so he readjusted his Chinese army, appointed Xie Yingdeng as the former Sima of the Chinese army, Deng Dang as the rear Sima of the Chinese army, and Zheng Chang as the left Sima of the Chinese army, and at the same time ordered the three pro-army generals to recruit prisoners, each forming an army of 1,000 people, and at the same time ordered Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang and Yin Kaishan to expand their respective recruits, expanding the number of soldiers under their command to 3,000 people.

In this way, the total number of troops fighting in the three battles was 9,000 people, and with Pei Qing's Chinese army, the number of the whole army quickly expanded to 12,000 people.

Of course, this is not to say that there are only these captives in Pei Qing's cottage, and there are some old and weak people, for these people, Pei Qing gave them two ways, one is to stay in the cottage, farm and pay taxes in the future, and live the next life well, and the other is to leave the cottage directly and make a living by themselves.

These people don't even have a home, and they can't go back to the cottage, of course, they choose to stay in the cottage to farm, so they ask to stay.

Pei Qing is naturally very happy about this, because one more person means that he can get one more person's taxes, which will contribute to his rise.

Deng Dang left early the next morning, and his army was personally commanded by Pei Qing, who then led his own army to gradually carry out extremely strict and special training.

These 3,000 people were based on 300 Yicong and Xie Yingdeng's 100 personal guards as the backbone, except for a very few people who were eliminated because they couldn't bear it, the others all gritted their teeth and persevered, and in less than half a month, these 3,000 people actually had the atmosphere of elite soldiers.

On this day, Pei Qing was personally guiding the training of the sergeants on the training ground, but when he saw Yin Kaishan coming to him, he said to him: "Duke Ming, the one who came to announce the edict last time is your own family again, and he is also holding the edict in his hand, it seems that Duke Ming is going to be an official." ”

"Oh? Mr. Wen Xing? He's finally here, hurry, let's go and meet him. Pei Qing has not been able to adapt to calling his ancestors by name directly, so he still calls him "Mr. Wenxing", he heard that Pei Qian was coming, and knew that the moment he was looking forward to was finally coming, and he was still very excited in his heart, and hurriedly led everyone to greet him.

After a while, Pei Qing led Tang De, Xie Lingyun and others to the gate of the cottage, and said to Pei Qian: "Mr. Wenxing bent over and came forward, the village is shining, please come in quickly." ”

This time, Pei Qian's attitude was not as arrogant as the first time, but with a smile on his face, he entered the Juyi Hall hand in hand with Pei Qing.

After the two sat down, Pei Qing ordered someone to entertain him with water and wine, Pei Qian didn't go around in circles, and after a few words of greeting, he suddenly stood up, held the edict in his hand, and said with a guilty face: "Qian is actually ashamed of Mr. this time, but he also has to come." Qianqian was entrusted by the Son of Heaven and his father to inspect Mr.'s talents, and he was very happy in his heart, he thought that Mr. could be entrusted with a heavy task, but how did he know that Dong Zhuo was a hindrance, and his military advisor Li Ru was even more insidious and cunning, unexpectedly, he was ......"

When Pei Qing heard this, his heart suddenly cooled, didn't he have been appointed to an official position? If this is the case, I am afraid it will not be easy for myself and these people under my command to clear their hands, and at that time, those big forces around can justifiably crusade against his team, the most important thing is that now is the period of rapid development of all forces, and when he finally gets the official position in the future, it is estimated that Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu will have already gained a firm foothold, in that case, it will be too difficult for him to develop.

However, Pei Qing also knew that Pei Qian couldn't make the decision in this matter, so he had to comfort: "Sir, don't be so depressed, there is no official position, there is no official position, it seems that Pei's talent is not enough, and then Pei Mou should be more energetic to learn, I believe that as long as he accumulates enough, he will definitely attract the attention of the Son of Heaven." ”

In fact, although he said this, Pei Qing had secretly made up his mind in his heart, if he really couldn't do it, he would lead the team to find a place with weak strength, forcibly occupy the county, accumulate strength, create a fait accompli, and force the imperial court to admit his identity, or lead the crowd to join a certain big force, and quietly develop his strength under the concealment of this big force.

"No matter what, the living can't be suffocated by urine, and now this place looks like there is a lot of room for development, but after a few years, there will be no place to stand, I can't watch myself trapped here, right?"

However, just when Pei Qing was thinking about this, he saw Pei Qian and said with a wry smile: "Actually, things are not so bad, Dong Zhuo gave Mr. an official position, and is ready to appoint Mr. Nanyang as Nanyang Taishou, Thief Captain, although this position looks very good, but now the actual controller of Nanyang is the rear general Yuan Shu, he will never give Nanyang to Mr., but will lead the crowd to drive you away as Taishou, and on the other hand, even if Mr. can occupy Nanyang, this is also for Dong Zhuo and their guards It has nothing to do with ensuring the safety of the view, In any case, it's just a sentence from Li Ru, Mr. is already Yuan Shu's mortal enemy now, the third duke of Yuan Shu IV in Runan, the protégé and the former officials are all over the world, and Yuan Shu's soldiers are full of food, even Dong Zhuo is quite jealous, although your strength is strong, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with, so I think about it, it's better for you to go to Xiangyang with me to see Liu Jingzhou, with Mr. Your talent will definitely be appointed, but in this way, my subordinates are afraid that they will have to be handed over, and I don't know if they are reluctant to ......."

Pei Qing was relieved when he heard this, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is not a matter of reluctance, the key is that although Liu Jingsheng seems to be high-spirited and owns the seven counties of Jingzhou, but this person's talent is like this, I have to say that if it is a peaceful and prosperous world, he can definitely have the talent of the three princes, but he is by no means the talent of the overlord, but he thinks that he is the king of Zhou Wen, once there is a change, this person is suspicious and indecisive, and he will not become a climate at all, not only can he not succeed, but it is even difficult to protect himself, in this case, Why should I go far and near? It's better to develop yourself in Nanyang. ”

Pei Qian thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "What Yuan Qinggong said is not unreasonable, but Yuan Shubing has enough food, and it may be extremely difficult just to capture Nanyang, I don't know if Yuan Qinggong has a way to deal with it?" ”

Pei Qing said casually: "Although Yuan Shu is entrenched in Nanyang, but the contradiction with Liu Biao is also very deep, I believe that it will not be long before Yuan Shu is forced to give up Nanyang under the attack of Liu Biao and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and then I will be able to take advantage of the situation, and then I only need to express my respect to Liu Biao, and I can gain a foothold in Nanyang, so although Yuan Shu is strong, what is there to fear?" ”