"This damn Cao Agui, he can really make trouble for me."

Hatefully threw a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and Liu Bei scolded secretly.

After thinking about it, Liu Bei picked up the bamboo slips again, and ordered someone to invite Xi Zhicai.

When Xi Zhicai came, Liu Bei handed the bamboo slip to Xi Zhicai and asked, "Sir, please look, Cao Mengde invited me to join me in the army to fight against Dong Zhuo, I should reply." ”

After opening the bamboo slip, Xi Zhicai briefly looked at it and sighed: "What a Cao Mengde, in this way, I am afraid that the lord will have to raise troops." ”

It turned out that after Cao Cao raised his army in December, he sent a letter to the old department of the general He Jin, asking them to raise troops together to defeat Dong Zhuo. In order to restore the eldest son of the first emperor and the nephew of the general He Jin, the king of Hongnong, Liu Bian, that is, the young emperor who was abolished by Dong Zhuo, was on the throne.

If it was before crossing over, Liu Bei must not understand why he had to raise troops to fight against Dong Zhuo. But after more than a year of life in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei already knew what was called gate lord politics, since Cao Cao came to crusade against Dong Zhuo under the banner of why he went to seek justice, then this matter, for Liu Bei, there was no other choice at all, and he had to raise troops.

Liu Bei, as the general of Qingzhou and the general of the expedition to the east recommended by the general He Jin, was naturally also He Jin's protégé, so Cao Cao wrote a letter to Liu Bei and invited Liu Bei to raise troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and Liu Bei could not help but respond.

If Liu Bei doesn't respond, then after everyone in the world knows about it, they will despise Liu Bei, and his reputation will be ruined, but he will never be able to save it.

The relationship between the lord and the protégé is very close, and this relationship is unimaginable for later generations. For example, Wei Zi, he is He Miao's filial piety, although he didn't take office at all, he still regarded himself as He Miao's protégé and former official, and he also scattered his family wealth to recruit soldiers and horses, and wanted to avenge He Miao, just because Dong Zhuo insulted He Miao's corpse.

If you don't understand the politics of the gate valve, you can't understand Liu Bei's helplessness at this time. Liu Bei actually didn't want to fight, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos between Dong Zhuo and the Kwantung princes, honestly bury himself in farming at home and develop in a low-key manner. Wait until everyone is exhausted, and then go down the mountain to pick peaches, which is the strategy of the US imperialists in the two world wars. Who knows, I was forced to send troops by Cao Cao's letter.

At the moment, Liu Bei wrote a letter in his hand, and the letter first greatly praised Cao Cao's righteous deeds, and then said that of course he vigorously supported Cao Cao's feat of seeking justice for the general He Jin, and said that he would definitely send troops to support, but Qingzhou was newly determined, and the rest of the Yellow Turban Army was ready to move, so he had to leave the army to guard. In addition, Qingzhou suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the county was ruined, and I don't know if Cao Gong can support some grain and grass. Then it was cold in winter, and it was not a good time to send troops, and it was not too late to raise troops until spring.

After writing the letter and letting everyone see that there was no problem, Liu Bei sent someone to send it to Cao Cao, and while waiting for Cao Cao's reply, he ordered all the soldiers above level 5 in the four counties to prepare to assemble.

As for why the government soldiers above the fifth level should be mobilized, it is that when the government soldiers reach the fifth level, Liu Bei will give a family of Yellow Turban Army prisoners to be his house slaves, and mobilizing these people will not delay agricultural affairs.

When Liu Bei had just concentrated all his soldiers in Jinan County, there was another message.

The lord Bo Tao Qiuhong took out a piece of inscription from his sleeve, presented it to Liu Bei, and said, "Envoy, this is the transfer letter of the three dukes that I just received. ”

Tao Qiuhong is also one of the famous people in the plains, only less famous than Hua Xin, because Hua Xin was invited by He Jin to decorate the façade, and before leaving, he left a book to recommend Tao Qiuhong to Liu Bei.

At the beginning, Wang Fen and Haojie plotted to abolish Emperor Ling, and Hua Xin stopped Tao Qiuhong, so Tao Qiuhong had the grace to dare Hua Xin to save his life and took refuge under Liu Bei.

Liu Bei appointed Tao Qiuhong as the main secretary of the Qingzhou Thorn History, although he was not high, but he was indeed a close person around Liu Bei.

Liu Bei used Tao Qiuhong, firstly, to value his fame in the plains, and secondly, to use him to bring him closer to Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Liu Xuan, the future assassin of Yangzhou.

At the beginning, Tao Qiuhong recommended Liu Miao and wanted to make Mao Cai.

The assassin said: "The year before last, I raised Gongshan, so why should I raise it again? ”

Tao Qiuhong replied: "If the Ming envoy uses the Gongshan in front and the ceremony in the back, the so-called royal two dragons are in Changtu, and the heroes are thousands of miles, no!" ”

Liu Dai, the word Gongshan, Liu Xuan, the word is right.

Tao Qiuhong has a recommendation for Liu Dai and Liu Xuan, and Liu Bei wants to deal with these two people in the future, and using Tao Qiuhong to come forward can get twice the result with half the effort.

Liu Bei stretched out his hand to take the Sangong transfer book brought by Tao Qiuhong, unfolded it, but saw that Dong Zhuo's crimes were stated at the beginning of the book, and then wrote at the end of the book: Seeing the persecution, there is no way to save yourself, hoping for volunteers and relieving the country's troubles.

The signatures in the column are the three people of Taiwei Huang Wan, Situ Yang Biao, and Sikong Xunshuang.

After reading it, Liu Bei put down the text and ordered someone to invite his confidants.

When everyone arrived, Liu Bei asked, "What do you think of this?" ”

Originally, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others were all sent by Liu Bei to be the county captain, and they all led their troops back to the plain at this moment.

Among them, Guan Yu, the governor of Qi State, Zhang Fei, the governor of Jinan County, Zhao Yun, the governor of Le'an County, and Liu Bei himself concurrently served as the county governor of Pingyuan County.

The county captain, whose real name is the county lieutenant, was originally an official of the Qin Dynasty, and he was in charge of the military rank of the guard, with a rank ratio of 2,000 stones. At that time, some counties did not put too much defense but only put the captain, so their power was quite heavy.

In the Han Dynasty, Taishou was often called the county general, and the county lieutenant was the deputy general. Later, he was renamed Du Wei. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the commanders of each county were abolished, and they were temporarily set up when the troops were used, and the province was completed after the fact, but the border counties were still set up.

In the name of crusading against the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei took out the official position of the county governor again, and once again separated the powers and responsibilities of the county commander from the Taishou, who were in charge of civil affairs and military affairs respectively. On weekdays, the county lieutenant is still a subordinate of Taishou, in charge of the county soldiers, assisting Taishou in suppressing bandits and other affairs. It's just that the power to recruit troops on a large scale has been changed from being decided by Taishou alone, to being decided by Taishou and the county lieutenant. Under special circumstances, the Taishou and the county lieutenant can contain each other.

This was one of Liu Bei's plans to strengthen his power.

After reading the text, Xi Zhicai said: "Huang Taiwei, Yang Situ, Xun Sikong and others are all stable elders, Xun Sikong is Dong Zhongying's personal expedition, from the white body to the third prince only more than 90 days, how can he rashly send this person to Tianxia Prefecture." If my prediction is true, this must be someone who has stolen the name of the Three Princes and fraudulently spread this book. ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he was shocked and said: "This is the Three Princes' transfer book, but it can't be fake." ”

Liu Bei said: "The truth is not known yet, wait for me to find out the truth and then reason." ”

Xi Zhicai was really smart, and he could see at a glance that someone had stolen the name of the Three Princes and fraudulently spread the book. Of course, Liu Bei knew that Qiao Mao did this, but he just didn't say anything.

This bridge is really bold, and even the name of the Three Princes dares to steal it.