Chapter 5: Recruiting Soldiers

"Big brother, the three of us brothers have actually recovered a county seat." Zhao Yun looked very excited, you know, he is just starting out of the mountain, and his heart is far less mature than Liu Yu and Guan Yu, who have been adrift for six or seven years.

"Yes, third brother, this is also a great credit in the imperial court." Guan Yu smiled at the long beard under his red face.

"Second brother, third brother, from now on, this Wuxian is the first base of our three brothers, we will recruit and train soldiers and horses in Wuxian, and then recover more county seats, and kill all the yellow turbans." Liu Yu's heroic words were extremely inspiring, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun both yearned for it.

After occupying Wuxian, the next step is undoubtedly to rectify the county seat and recruit soldiers and horses.

The three brothers will not govern the county, and Liu Yu does not plan to stay in Wuxian for a long time, now, he has made enough contributions, and after the Yellow Turban is pacified, he will get an official position with the imperial court, and the territory obtained at that time is the real territory, and now he has beaten it, and he can't keep it if he wants to, and it makes no sense to waste energy to govern, but it may attract the suspicion of the imperial court.

Of the more than 600 Yellow Turban pawns captive, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as those who participated in the ** women, there were only more than 120 people left.

Wuxian County is only a small county, and the total population is only more than 7,000 people, including even fewer young and strong men, so Liu Yu only barely recruited more than 370 people, enough for 500.

In addition to training, Liu Yu did not forget to send people to the imperial court to report victory, and asked the imperial court to send a county order to take over Wuxian.

Knowing the corrupt urine nature of the Eastern Han Dynasty at this time, in order to let the results of his three brothers reach the heavens, Liu Yu also asked people to bring a thousand yuan to the ten permanent servants.

At the beginning, Wang Dang and other Yellow Turban soldiers ransacked the Wuxian County government and all the big households, except for the Yellow Turbans that were scattered and lost, the others were naturally all cheaper Liu Yu, but Liu Yu in order to buy people's hearts and show his benevolence, he distributed part of the money and grain directly to the people of Wuxian County, speaking of which, Liu Yuneng recruited more than 370 people and relied on this benevolence to buy people's hearts.

After distributing some of the money and grain to the people of Wuxian, there was still a lot left, and the 1,000 Guan given to the ten permanent servants was less than a quarter.

Of course, it is necessary to raise 500 soldiers, and the rest is actually not much, and it can only last for a month or two, and it is even more impossible to build regular weapons for all 500 soldiers.

Guan Yu was heartbroken: "Big brother, a thousand yuan of money, just like this, I gave it to the eunuch villain like the Ten Standing Servants for nothing, you, you ......"

Zhao Yun was also extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

Liu Yu knows that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are both jealous and hateful people, if they don't give a good explanation to the two, I'm afraid there will be a gap between the brothers.

Thinking about it, Liu Yu looked up at the void and silently shed two lines of tears.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were shocked: "Big brother, you, you are ......"

Liu Yu said: "Two virtuous brothers, the situation that the court has fallen to today is all the ten permanent servants and some villains who are blinded to the holy hearing, how can the brother not know that the ten permanent servants are hateful and should be killed, how do you not know that the actions of the brother are extremely shameful, but it is ......"

Liu Yu said, looking up at the void and crying silently.

"Big brother ......" Guan Yu and Zhao Yun looked at Liu Yu like this, and they only felt very sad in their hearts, thinking that they might be wrong to blame the eldest brother.

Liu Yu continued: "Although my brother is the king of Zhongshan, but now he is only white, my brother three and three horses to seize the city, such a merit, if you can't reach the heavens, you will definitely be buried, the so-called service to the country, under the peace of the people, if you don't get some official positions, how to win the trust of people, you must know, if you want to punish the thief, you must first obtain the status and strength of the thief. ”

"The two virtuous brothers only saw that they were ashamed of their brother's actions, but they didn't know that they were already in their hearts, and they were suffering! Syllable! Syllable! After speaking, Liu Yu even slapped himself twice.

"Big brother!"

"How can the eldest brother hurt himself so much!"

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were shocked, and hurriedly grabbed one of Liu Yu's hands, they all knew that they had misunderstood Liu Yu, it turned out that their eldest brother was more painful than their hearts, and they were even more ashamed of their own actions.

Seeing that he had finally succeeded in appeasing Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that if he did such a thing again in the future, it would not be as painstaking and laborious as this first time.

Yes, Liu Yu must have done such a thing more than once, he knows too well how to get benefits from a corrupt imperial court, Dong Zhuo, Sun Ce, and even Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and many more princes, which one did not do this to get enough official positions and land to rise after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, etc.

Dong Zhuo is just a school captain, the battle of the Yellow Turban lost soldiers and generals, and he didn't make much credit, but after the Yellow Turban was pacified, he directly became a state assassin, and his power was extremely inflated, how did you come here.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was no righteousness without an official position, there was no both, and he was a fart in the world, like Liu Bei in history, after the Yellow Turban, he only got a small county lieutenant, and he was framed and lost his office, and he didn't have a real territory of his own for many years, like Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, etc., who led several counties early, and even laid down one or two states.

If he hadn't met Zhuge Liang and defeated Yizhou at the last moment, Liu Bei would have been just cannon fodder in the end.

1,000 guan money, in fact, in the end, it is only about 500 guan can reach the hands of the ten permanent servants, and the ten permanent servants can't look down on the mere 500 guan money at all, but when they heard that Liu Yu's three brothers and three horsemen captured the city, the ten permanent servants immediately paid attention to it.

It is also that the three brothers of Liu Yu have good news fast enough, not long after the second Yellow Turban Rebellion began, all places are still in the stage of recruiting and training, only the three brothers of Liu Yu do not practice a soldier and a pawn, and the three people and three horsemen directly recover a county seat, which is exciting enough.

"Then Liu Yuzhen said that he gained very little from the Yellow Turban in the first battle, and if he gains something in the future, he will continue to pay respect?" Gao Wang, one of the ten permanent attendants, asked.

"Yes, the person sent by Liu Yu did spread the word like this." Little Yellow Door replied.

Zhang Rang decided: "After he proclaimed himself King Jing of Zhongshan, regardless of whether he was or not, for the sake of his timely victory and being so sensible, in addition, Your Majesty also needs a good enough good news, so we will report it to Your Majesty." ”

They don't care whether Liu Yu is the king of Zhongshan or not, and they won't check it, in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there are too many descendants of the royal family surnamed Liu, and most of them are down-and-out people who have become white.

In fact, the main thing is to please Emperor Han Ling, so that Emperor Han Ling is relieved and happy, and he will trust them more, and Liu Yu's identity as a clan relative of the Han family will make Emperor Han Ling even happier.

Sure enough, when the Ten Standing Attendants reported the good news of Liu Yu's brothers' three horsemen seizing the city to Emperor Han Ling, they mentioned Liu Yu's 'identity' after claiming to be King Jing of Zhongshan, which immediately made Emperor Han Ling stand up excitedly.

The world is in chaos, yellow scarves are everywhere, and even the figures of yellow turbans have appeared around Chang'an, directly threatening Chang'an, Emperor Han Ling, who has been busy with pleasure, was frightened, he needed a comfort too much.

"Good! Good! My Han clan relatives still have this capable person, quickly, quickly, I issued an order to recruit him into Beijing, and I want to worship him as a general in person. Emperor Han Ling said happily.

Zhang Rang and the other ten permanent servants were immediately shocked, how could they let Emperor Han Ling do this, seeing that Emperor Han Ling was so excited, and he had to worship Liu Yu as a general in person, if Liu Yu was really recruited into Beijing, wouldn't he quickly gain the trust of Emperor Han Ling and thin the interests of their ten permanent servants, how could this be done, so they hurriedly spoke.

"Your Majesty, no."

"Huh?" Emperor Han Ling looked at the Ten Standing Servants in confusion.

Zhang Rang explained: "Your Majesty, although Liu Yu claims to be the King of Zhongshan, he has not yet been verified, and he is now only white, and he is far away in Jizhou, and he will be recruited into the capital in a hurry, which will cause criticism, and the Yellow Turban front line also needs him to fight." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, please think again." The other ten permanent attendants also persuaded one after another.

Emperor Han Ling's trust in the Ten Constant Servants has no bottom line, and when he saw that the Ten Constant Servants all said so, he didn't insist anymore.

However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did believe in the 'identity' of Liu Yu's Han clan from the bottom of his heart, although he did not issue an order to recruit Liu Yu into Beijing, nor did he explicitly recognize the 'identity' of Liu Yu's Han clan, but he ordered all counties to publicize the fierce achievements of Liu Yu's brothers and three horsemen to seize the city, and encouraged the counties and counties to step up the extermination of the Yellow Turban, at the same time, Emperor Han Ling also named Liu Yu as a partial general, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun also got the position of a hundred generals.

A thousand yuan went out in exchange for the positions of a partial general and two hundred generals, it was worth it!

"What an accident!" Liu Yu smiled brightly.

Originally, he thought that he would be satisfied if he could win the title of a general or even a hundred generals for himself, but he didn't expect that Emperor Han Ling directly gave a partial general and two hundred generals the name, and even Emperor Han Ling publicized the deeds of the three brothers who captured the city with three horses, there is no doubt that the three of them have become famous all over the world.

In the late Han Dynasty, birth was important, and reputation was equally important.

And after the propaganda of Emperor Han Ling, the reputation of the three brothers has been established, and in terms of origin, although Emperor Han Ling did not explicitly admit the 'identity' of his Han clan relatives, since he has not been investigated, he has not denied it, at least his identity as a Han clan relative has been registered in the heart of Emperor Han Ling, who knows if one day, Emperor Han Ling will suddenly admit it clearly, and it will be impossible for Liu Bei not to call him 'uncle' at that time.

What Liu Yu didn't know was that if it weren't for the 'persuasion' of the Ten Standing Servants, Emperor Han Ling planned to directly make him a captain, which was an official position only one level lower than that of Zhonglang General.

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