That night, after Guan Yu was convinced, Liu He led him to get acquainted with everyone, and everyone entered Zhangzhuang, drank wine and sang, and enjoyed themselves.

Zhang's maidservant gave each person an ear cup, took a gourd, scooped the wine and poured it. The smell of meat and wine has not yet started, and it has been smoked to the point of getting drunk.

Zhang Fei couldn't wait, took the ear cup and drank it all, and said, "Good wine!" Wine! ”

After fighting for the gourd, he poured it for himself, but he still drank it all. In this way, I drank three glasses in a row before slowing down.

"It's been a long time since I've been so happy. Yun Chang is a good martial artist! I played so well. I respect you! Zhang Fei said and drank a few more glasses.

It's not that Zhang Fei has no eyes and drinks alone, which is not to blame him, the people at that time lived hard, the poor did not have enough to eat, and the better ones usually did not touch wine and meat. Although Zhang Fei's family has a small fortune, it does not fall from the sky, and the meat of the slaughtered pigs is usually sold. Although it can ensure two meals a day, wine and meat are rare.

Guan Yu said with a serious face: "Zhang Jun should know that he is inferior and inferior. The lord, Xu Jun, and Huang Jun are at the table, you are the master, you should do the master's way to admire the guests, how can you only care about yourself? He picked up the ear cup, knelt on the seat, toasted Liu He, and said, "I wish the lord to sweep away the border chaos and ascend to Zhou County as soon as possible." ”

Liu He held the cup in his right hand, protected his left sleeve outside the cup, and returned the salute to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang has a heart." ”

Guan Yu took the lead, and everyone raised their glasses together, bowed down to the seat, and said: "I wish the lord to sweep away the border chaos and ascend to the county as soon as possible." ”

Liu He said with a smile: "Drink with you!" ”

Everyone drank it all.

After three cups and two light, Liu He said: "He Shao studied from his father, and the style of Mugu heroes, he often traveled around the world and made friends with heroes from all over the world. After coming to Zhuo County, I got acquainted with all the gentlemen, and I realized that there were heroes in the recklessness. Thanks to you for not giving up, fellowship with me, this harmony is also a blessing. ”

Everyone said: "We are like a flock of birds returning to the forest, and we have the right place." ”

Liu He put the saber on his lap, drew a section, and sang lightly: "The scenery is different in autumn, and the sound of the corners rises on all sides. A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and Yan Ran has no plan. Qiang Guan is full of frost, which one is willing to admit himself? The Great Wall will never fall, the Yellow River is surging for thousands of miles, the rivers and mountains are beautiful, and the mountains are stacked with green peaks and mountains. If we want to devote ourselves to the prosperity of the country, how can we let the land be trampled on again, Yuanjia's father attacked Hu ...... in the west"

Liu He's eyes were blazing, he looked around at everyone, and said angrily: "In the Yuan Jia Year of Emperor Xiaohuan, all the Qiang in Liangzhou rebelled. South into Yizhou, Hanzhong, east copy Sanfu, extended to merge, Hebei, great harm to the people, my Han people because of the dead pillow in the road. The imperial court issued a large number of national soldiers, and ordered to go on an expedition and fight a bloody battle with thieves. Yide's grandfather was among the conscripts back then, and he also went to the border to kill thieves. From then until now, for more than 30 years, the Qiang people and the Xianbei Hu race have invaded our frontier almost every year, plundered my wealth, and killed my people, which has really been a great disaster for my Han family. The cruelty of the Qiang and the great evil of the Hu people are difficult to write. Chen Zi of the former Han Dynasty said: 'Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away'. And although he is a scholar, he also has the wish to punish the country and destroy the great evil for the people. You are all strong men, and you are all heroes of my great man. How can a big husband be ignorant and reckless? Men should be as far away as Banding, and take the seal at the border! ”

Zhang Fei drank: "Lord! Tomorrow, I will scatter all my wealth to recruit strong men, and go to the border with the lord to kill Hu! ”

After hearing this, Liu Bei completely pulled out the saber, stuck it on the ground next to the couch, held the handle of the knife, and said impassionedly: "Exactly!" Ma Fubo once said: 'When a man dies in the border field and is buried in horse leather, how can he die in bed and in the hands of his son'? The story of the former Han Yingyin Marquis irrigating the baby. Irrigating babies is the same as me, and he is a person who sells shoes, and he has been awarded the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households because of his bravery. He can do it, can't I? ”

The left one is Ban Dingyuan, and another Chen Tang is the Marquis of the Border Pass, and it is the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. Everyone here is a light-hearted, brave and light-hearted person, and they were teased by Liu He.

Guan Yu sat down with his arms folded and shouted: "What he can do, of course we can do it!" ”

None of the people refused to show weakness in front of others, and they all shouted: "We are all willing to go to the border from the king to kill the thief!" The boy should die in the border field, and the horse leather shroud should be buried. ”

"I really didn't misread you, you are all our big men! Think of me in the land of Yan Zhao, a generous person of the Duoqi Festival. You are worthy of the name of your ancestors. Liu and Huo Ran got up and happily praised everyone, and then changed their words, "However, although we are all men, although we are all worthy of the name of our ancestors, and although we all have the heart to serve the country and kill thieves, we can't just go like this." ”

"Why?"

"Although Yun Chang and Yide are both martial arts, you are not able to understand the way of the military array. Soldiers, murderous things. If you rush into battle, it will not be beautiful, and I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of our generation. We are here to kill thieves to serve the country and seek to be a marquis, not to send them to death. If you have this ambition, how about I am willing to use the art of war to practice the troops of tomorrow's recruitment? ”

"It's up to the lord."

Liu He put the sword in his sheath, held it in his hand, stood in front of everyone, looked left and right, and saw that including Xu Rong, Huang Zhong, Liu Bei, Liu Xiu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others, as well as every friend in the courtyard was hot-blooded, and he was secretly happy, and he was happy that his own plan was sold.

It must be known that these light warriors are different from those ordinary soldiers, they are all unruly and disobedient people, if there is no reason not to train them, let alone use the art of war to restrain the marching battle formation.

The next day, Zhang Fei sold his capital to recruit, plus Zou Jing, Liu Bei and others spread the news - light heroes, heroes, and evil teenagers from near and far townships came to vote.

Liu and those who came did not refuse. Whatever the purpose of coming, if you are willing to throw yourself into his door, he will accept it. There is only one rule: if you can't stand the pain, then I'm sorry. For the sake of fame, he will not drive those who are lazy and lazy away, but will give silver money, eat and drink a meal, and then send them away. Everyone has a rod and scale in their hearts, especially these rangers who are still light and dead, their right and wrong are very simple, and they are human beings. eating, drinking, dressing, and using Liu He, he still refuses to exert his strength, he just wants to be lazy and obedient, and he deserves to be driven away!

In this way, in the past 20 days, more than 100 people have gathered. Zou Jing, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu also took advantage of his reputation to summon one or twenty people each, adding up to five hundred.

Liu Bei also recommended a scribe - Jian Yong, the word Xianhe.

Guan Yu is strong, has a beautiful beard, a thick beard, dark and shiny, but is just arrogant and rigorous. Although Zhang Fei has no beautiful beard, he is also tall and majestic, with a burly appearance, and he knows that he must have courage at a glance, but his speech and demeanor are partial and polite, like a gentleman. Jian Yong's appearance is not as good as Guan Zhang, but he can observe words and feelings, be empathetic, and very human.

In these days, Liu and Yu Zhujun walked together, stayed together, pushed clothes and clothes, pushed food and food, and used all the means to entrap people, raising everyone to the ground.

These people, especially some of the leaders, are still brave and martial, most of them have their own horses, and there are more than a dozen without horses. Liu He bought good horses from the market at his own expense and distributed them to them. Everyone has weapons, including knives, swords, bows, and a few spears, halberds, and crossbows. In order to facilitate the practice, Liu He bought bows and arrows for those who did not have bows and arrows, and bamboo guns without spears, and distributed them to them. So, apart from the sword, everyone was at least equipped with a mount, a bow, and a spear. - At that time, the wealthy families often hid a lot of soldiers, and some landlords even built their own weapons, and it was easy to buy some bows and arrows from the market.

Liu He also selected from among the people the light heroes who were good at shooting and could use spears, and taught those who could not use them. Thanks to the foundation of these people's martial arts, it is not very difficult to learn. At the same time, he asked Zhang Fei's maidservants to make several pennants, divided into different colors, each color has a different meaning, or forward, or backward, or left, or right, in addition to learning archery, learning spears, and teaching them to recognize flags. And he taught them to discern the sound of the drum, and the sound of the drum had its own meaning.

It took more than a month, and by the beginning of August, everyone had learned almost everything from riding and shooting, guns and spears, and they could distinguish the flags and drums, and they were taken out to hunt.

In the process of hunting, the matter of marching troops. Liu He sat on one side, ordered Xu Rong and Huang Zhong to divide into two divisions, each with a team to obey orders, using flags and drums as signals, or two divisions marching together, or one alone, the teams were divided or scattered, or gathered or gathered, and the art of riding and archery, expelling with spears and guns, and cooperating to surround the prey. At the beginning, everyone was not adaptable, and they were often in a hurry, and they couldn't beat a few rabbits and pheasants all day. Gradually, I practiced a lot, I got used to it, I became familiar with the changes in flags and drums, I became proficient in cavalry archery and spear guns, and I cooperated more and more with each other, and I gained a lot every time.

Sometimes Liu He watched them gallop into action, although they did not dare to order and prohibit, but they had also achieved the opportunity to advance when they heard the drum and waved the flag. When hunting, spears and spears were raised, bows and arrows were fired together, war horses galloped, and everyone was fighting bravely, as if there was some marching appearance, and he was quite happy.

What surprised Liu He the most was that Guan Yu was actually good at using spears and halberds - he immediately figured out that the "Romance" was written in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and at this time, there were no three treasures of horses in the Eastern Han Dynasty - horseshoes, high-bridge saddles, and bilateral stirrups - cavalry horse battles all rely on horses to sprint.

In the Han Dynasty, "the halberd system was the most prosperous, and the spear was second", and there was no long-handled broadsword like the Qinglong Yanyue knife in the Han Dynasty. This kind of glaive knife appeared in the Tang and Song dynasties, mainly used for drills to demonstrate the majesty of martial arts, not for actual combat use. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Cao envoy Zhang Liao and Guan Yu were the vanguards, Yu looked at the good man, spurred the horse to spur the good in the crowd, and beheaded him. Chen Shou's "stab" makes people have a lot of questions, if it is a knife, it should be "split" and "cut".

Although the knife can also be stabbed, Guan Yu is fast, and Yan Liang is caught off guard. Therefore, it is called a stab, at that time, there was no Qinglong Yanyue Knife, Guan Yu may have stabbed Yan Liang to death with a spear or halberd, and then wore a ring head knife or a horse chopping sword to behead him.

At that time, in order to defend against cavalry, a new type of weapon called the "horse sword" was developed with a long handle attached to a large, double-edged sword. In fact, this kind of weapon is the same as the single knife, the big knife and the double-edged Erlang knife. One of the ways to use this "slashing sword" is to "stab". and the confusion in many historical materials about whether Guan Yu used chopping weapons or assassination weapons, perhaps because Guan Yu's weapons at that time had the functions of both weapons, that is, "chopping horse sword".