There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Liu Guanzhang and Lu Peng came to Zhang Fei's back garden together, turned the corner gate, and saw the white wall surrounding, the peach forest was dense, the peach blossoms were blooming, the fragrance of flowers filled the world, bees and butterflies shuttled in the meantime, it was really a holy scene in the world.

Some family members have already prepared sacrifices such as black cows and white horses, and everyone made an appointment to worship, but Lu Peng refused the invitation, saying that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and there is no need to do this form, go through this formality.

In fact, he was reluctant to call Liu Bei, who is twenty-eight years old this year, to be the eldest brother, and he had to achieve his own hegemony once he crossed it, that is, he could only accept others as his little brother, and could not be accepted by others as his little brother, this is the essential difference, and if he really called Liu Bei a big brother, then he would be constrained in doing things by himself in the future.

Zhang Fei was very angry about Lu Peng's not participating in the worship, and said to Lu Peng: "When you and I met, it was fate, and we made a grand wish to do great things together, but it turned out that my mother-in-law and mother came here, how could it be done by a manly husband?" ”

Guan Yu's face was also gloomy, showing a look of disappointment, but he was even more thoughtful.

Liu Bei was indeed very disappointed and invited him bitterly, Liu Bei's mind was to use this method to tie up Lu Peng and let him use it for his own use, but he could only be helpless about Lu Peng's resolute attitude.

Since Lu Peng was unwilling to participate in the worship, Liu Guanzhang and the three became brothers, Lu Peng watched the ceremony, and the three of them burned incense and bowed again: "Today, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, although they have different surnames, are brothers, and they will work together to save the poor and help the needy; Report to the country, under An Lishu. I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year. The emperor and the queen of heaven, learn from this heart, betray righteousness and ingratitude, and kill heaven and man together! "After the oath, worship Xuande as a brother, Guan Yu as the second, and Zhang Fei as the younger brother. Sacrifice heaven and earth.

Then the six big hands of the three of them clasped each other tightly, Zhang Fei was so excited that his beard trembled, Guan Yu was trembling with excitement, Liu Bei was so excited that he burst into tears, and Lu Peng was a little painful.

After the three of them finished worshipping, Zhang Fei slaughtered cattle and sheep again, held a feast on the village, gathered the young and strong people in the township, explained everyone's intentions again, and finally selected 300 warriors according to Lu Peng's meaning to become an army.

As soon as the army was established, of course, a leader had to be elected, although Lu Peng was the first to propose, Zhang Fei scattered all his family wealth, but Liu Bei, as a royal family, has a respected status, and he is also the eldest brother of Guan Zhang, so he naturally elected the leader of this army with a majority vote of the minority obeying the majority.

Liu Bei shirked in every possible way, and he had to let Lu Peng, who was the first to advocate this, be the main position, but Lu Peng knew that because he was not with the three of them, he was intentionally or unintentionally isolated from the small group by the three of them, even if he sat in that position, he would definitely not be able to sit steadily, maybe there would be some crisis in the future, it was better to leave it out now and see where the future would go, so he resolutely did not accept it, so the two of them pushed back and forth, which was very chaotic.

In the end, Zhang Fei was impatient and said loudly: "Big brother, as a royal family, your status is originally respected, and the people are willing to follow you to conquer the world, so don't push back and hinder, so it's not good." "This is what people are saying in their hearts now, follow the royal family, how to see how there is hope.

Guan Yu glanced at Lu Peng apologetically, and then turned his head and persuaded: "The eldest brother is going to fight with our brother outside, and it is inevitable that we will have to deal with the local government, and it is much more convenient to have the royal status of the eldest brother, so the eldest brother does not have to postpone it anymore." ”

What Guan Yu said is really to the point, when the army goes to fight abroad, it really has to deal with officials at all levels, with Uncle Liu's golden signboard, whether it is recruiting troops and buying horses, or asking for food and grass, it is very convenient, Liu Bei thought about it, and reluctantly agreed.

Since he agreed, Liu Guanzhang and the three brothers, then Lu Peng's identity is a little embarrassing, everyone doesn't know what to call it, and finally Liu Bei made a final decision and directly called Lu Peng Mr., which can be regarded as a name.

So the seats were rearranged, everyone drank wine and ate meat, and when the banquet was over, they were on the threshing floor outside the village to rectify the 300 villagers recruited.

In fact, Liu Bei was also full of poetry and books, and he also studied under Lu Zhi, a great Confucian in the world at that time, and he also had some strategies for the art of war in his heart, but according to the formal compilation method he taught Liu Bei at that time, these awkward titles made those people a little chaotic and at a loss.

Because these people can't read a single word, they can't figure out what military positions in the regular army you tell him.

So at this time, Lu Peng showed his hand, Lu Peng proposed, the entire army is based on simplicity, ten people for one, fifty people for a team, 100 centurions, of course, in the future, the team will grow, 1,000 people, 1,000 commanders, 10,000 people are 10,000 commanders, so concise and easy to remember, as long as you report the name and position, everyone will know how many soldiers and horses you have.

Such a simple formation immediately had an immediate effect, and those illiterate people immediately accepted the recognition, which had to make Liu Bei impressed with Lu Peng, and called Mr. Dacai again and again.

Since the training has been completed, it is to issue weapons, but it is a pity that in this era, every household even the agricultural tools are mainly wood, where do you get so many iron materials to make weapons? Especially the monopoly of salt and iron, you can't buy it even if you have money, so you have to move out of Liu Bei's identity as a royal family, ask Liu Bei to go to Zhuo County in person, and implore the local county order to allocate some weapons.

Don't say it, this Liu royal family is really a top trick, Liu Bei went to Zhuo County to see the Zhuo County Order, showing his royal identity, plus there are already yellow scarves around Zhuo County, it is the time to employ people, this county order was agreed at that time. opened the national arsenal and allocated some knives and guns, but the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the armament has long been wasted, the number of knives and guns is insufficient and most of them are rotten, and the number given to Liu Bei is pitiful, and he can only equip about 100 villagers, which is really a drop in the bucket.

As a result, when Liu Guanzhang had a headache for the ordnance, Lu Peng asked Zhang Fei to send him a jar of wine and a pot of charcoal fire alone every night, and tinkered with it in his independent room until the second half of the night.

Although Zhang Fei was puzzled and asked several times, Lu Peng always replied with a smile: "This is a heavenly opportunity, and it must not be revealed." ”

Lu Peng will stargaze, Guan Yu's honest man has already told Liu Bei Zhang Fei, since he said so again, and seeing that he is not drunk every day, he thought that he would pray for everyone, so he let him go.

After a few days, others were busy with their feet not touching the ground, but Lu Peng was busy with his blessing and sacrifice at night, and then at sunrise, he took Xiao Si assigned to him to wander outside the village, and said in a high-sounding manner that he wanted to be familiar with the local terrain.