On the day Zhuge Song selected the people, the sun was shining, and I heard that the Taishou was going to choose the pro-guards, and the age was still limited to under 30 years old, and the young soldiers of each battalion were eager to try. After all, if you can become a Taishou guard, you will definitely receive more money per month than being an ordinary soldier in the barracks, and in the event of a war, the security will be much better than charging into battle in the army.

So all the awesome young men stood straight, and their eyes were full of anticipation and looked at Zhuge Song. Zhuge Song also tried to choose some sturdy guys according to what they looked like on the surface, and none of them who were selected by him were not ecstatic. But when he arrived at the sixth battalion, Zhuge Song saw a burly and slightly dark guy shrinking in the back row, and deliberately lowered his head, as if he was afraid of being selected by him.

Zhuge Song couldn't help but be curious in his heart, and thought: "Obediently, what kind of truth is this." Then he asked him to come out for questioning, and the rest of the soldiers looked at him with envious eyes, but he was very reluctant, Zhuge Song asked him to raise his head, and he looked very unhappy.

Zhuge Song asked him, "What's your name?" ”

The man whispered, "My name is Zheng Liang." ”

Zhuge Song said: "I see that everyone is very eager to try when I choose people, for fear that I will not be able to choose, why do you have such good conditions to shrink behind, why?" Are you so afraid of being chosen by me? ”

Zheng Liang's face showed a difficult color, and he looked like he wanted to say something. Gong Zhi, who was beside Zhuge Song, couldn't stand it anymore, and reprimanded him: "Taishou asked you something!" Answer quickly! ”

Zheng Liang saw that he couldn't drag it out, and the embarrassed look on his face was even heavier, so he reluctantly said to Zhuge Song: "Lord Taishou, you should choose someone else!" A small untouchable, I can't serve you. ”

But the more he did this, the more Zhuge Song wanted to know why, so he told him that if he couldn't explain it, he would have to go with him today.

There was an uproar in the army, and they all envied Zheng Liang's good luck, but Zheng Liang gritted his teeth and raised his head as if he had made a lot of determination, and said loudly to Zhuge Song: "Zheng Liang wants to stay in the barracks and rely on his military merits to become a leader in the future, and in the future, he will capture the flag and stand alone!" Taishou you just want to find a guard of honor, the kind of work that accompanies you to play in the mountains and rivers, you can only waste my body, of course I, Zheng Liang, am not willing to live or die! ”

"Presumptuous!" Before Zhuge Song could react, Gong Zhi next to him was already furious: "It's really shameless, come here!" Drag these criminals down and beat me up with a hundred sticks! ”

Gong Zhi's entourage guards came to frame Zheng Liang, and Zheng Liang subconsciously resisted, and suddenly broke free from two big men who came to press his movements.

Seeing this, Gong Zhi was even more angry, and shouted: "Dare to resist!" Are you going to rebel? ”

As Gong Zhi's words fell, two more people came up, a total of four people to press Zheng Liang. After Zheng Liang listened to Gong Zhi's words, after all, he was in the barracks, and he didn't dare to continue to resist, so he was tied up by two big men behind him and dragged down alive.

Generally, cane punishment is to be carried out outside the military gate, Zhuge Song actually thinks that Zheng Liang's physical condition is good, and although he came to the camp to select people in the name of the escort team, this is actually to hide people's eyes. These 100 Zhuge Song are intended to be used as the backbone of the army in the future, and these people must be young, have potential, and be absolutely loyal to him. Although what Zheng Liang said just now sounded like a big rebellion to Gong Zhi, it really hit Zhuge Song's heart.

However, Zhuge Song didn't want to intercede for Zheng Liang immediately, he felt that Zheng Liang's strength and ambition were not enough to be a centurion, and he wanted to see if he could give in under the power, if he begged for mercy loudly after a few beats, Zhuge Song would look down on him and abandon him.

The sticks used for cane punishment in the military camp are all very thick, and Zhuge Song's small body is estimated to be half paralyzed after three or five strokes. This Zheng Liang was pressed there and tied to the shelf with a rope, like a tiger tied up by a hunter, with no strength but no way to break free.

The big man in charge of the execution was not polite, picked up the stick and began to beat. This cane punishment has spanking, there are back, like Zheng Liang, who is tied to the rack, is generally beaten on the lower side of the back, close to the buttocks but not yet to the buttocks.

After a few sticks, flowers bloomed on Zheng Liang's back, and Qing'er couldn't bear to watch Zhuge Song beside him, so she hid behind Zhuge Song and secretly pulled his sleeve and told him to let others continue to fight.

Zhuge Song saw that although Zheng Liang was beaten and screamed, he didn't mean to beg for mercy, so he felt that it was okay, after all, he wanted Zheng Liang to become his person in the future, so he couldn't be too ruthless at this time.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song ordered him to stop, walked in front of Zheng Liang and said to him word by word: "If you don't want to follow me, I want you to follow me, if you dare to escape from my personal guards, if I catch me, I will destroy your entire clan!" ”

Zhuge Song saw that Zheng Liang showed a trace of fear in his eyes when he heard the words "whole clan", so he waved his hand to let him go and follow the other selected soldiers to the next barracks.

Since then, Zhuge Song's 100-person personal guard team has been established, Zhuge Song has served as the captain, and Zheng Liang Zhuge Song has also promoted him to a level compared to when he was a soldier, making him the captain of a ten-person team. He is only eighteen years old this year, although he is "older" than Zhuge Song, but he is still young after all, although he received a few canes, and was brought out of the military camp by Zhuge Song, but after all, he can have nine subordinates to listen to his orders, and it can be regarded as the first step to become a general, so although he still looks a little depressed when he travels with Zhuge Song, there is no big dissatisfaction.

After Zhuge Song's banquet to entertain the three generals, Zhang Fei, who was a little drunk, went to rest, leaving Ma Liang and Gong Zhi to check the situation of money, food, military horses in the county, Zhuge Song only sat on the side, and when the official business was over, he pulled Ma Liang to his room and said that there was something important to discuss.

Gong Zhi thought that Zhuge Song wanted to find Ma Liang to inquire about Kong Ming's recent situation, so he took his leave and left first. Ma Liang was a little confused, and when he sat down in Zhuge Song's room, he didn't expect Zhuge Song to say to him: "I don't know what position Brother Ling is now in the official residence under the lord's account?" ”

Ma Liang was stunned, and Zhuge Song said directly: "I'm talking about Ma Yan, Ma Youchang." ”

Ma Liang pondered for a moment and still couldn't think of what Zhuge Song did to mention Ma Yan, so he had to answer seriously: "My brother is young, and he actually doesn't have any official position, now he just helps me sort out some paperwork and learn things!" ”

Zhuge Song heard that Ma Jian had not been reused, and couldn't help but say with joy on his face: "Then there is a reluctant invitation below." ”

Ma Liang asked, "What is the Taishou asking for?" ”

Zhuge Song said to Ma Liang: "The lord allows me to guard here, although everything is decided by Gong Zhi, but the things in my house are also quite enough for me to have a headache, since the young man has not been reused, it is better for you to tell the lord to let him come to me to be the master bookkeeper, take care of everything for me, and usually exchange some knowledge and the art of war or something." ”

Being able to give a county's Taishou as the master book is actually already considered a very high status in the official rank system of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Liang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and he said hurriedly when he heard Zhuge Song say this: "Thanks to the wrong love, this is very good for the younger brother, but the younger brother usually thinks too highly of himself and refuses to be down-to-earth, I am afraid that it will cause you trouble after I come." ”

"Don't worry, I'm here, I treat him like a brother, Song'er is still young, as long as he is willing to help me with his heart, I will be compatible with many things!" Zhuge Song saw that Ma Liang's words had revealed the meaning of agreement, so he hurriedly made a wish.

So the matter was settled, and after Ma Liang went back, he said to Liu Bei, maybe Liu Bei didn't like Ma Jian to always appear in front of him, so he made a favor and wrote a document ordering Ma Tan to be Zhuge Song's main book, and asked him to bring him to Wuling to belong to Zhuge Song.

Zhuge Song knew that although this Ma Jian was a bit on paper, and many years later, he ruined Zhuge Liang's major affairs because he couldn't defend the street pavilion, but this can only show that he is not a good commander, judging from the suggestions he put forward during Kong Ming's southern expedition, he should be a good staff officer.

Zhuge Song felt that of course he could be the commander himself in the future, and having such a guy as Ma Jian around him who could come up with ideas should be of great help to his future development, so he took advantage of Ma Tan's current reputation and begged him from Ma Liang.

Zhuge Song was full of joy and waited for Ma Jian to report in Wuling City, but he didn't expect Ma Jian to come, but the urgent document arrived first.

Gong Zhi summoned the military generals in the county, and handed over the documents to Zhuge Song to see, it turned out that the barbarians in the county had friction when trading with the Han people, and the barbarian leader let his son and daughter lead the troops to break the Qianling County, and now they surrounded Youyang County, and the soldiers in Youyang County were only hundreds, and it was estimated that they would not last long.

As soon as Zhuge Song heard about the barbarians, he thought of Shamoke who had helped Liu Bei fight in Yiling, and now Gong Zhi said that it was the son of the barbarian leader who led the troops. But how did she take the lead, and the daughter of the barbarian leader?

Zhuge Song, who is accustomed to seeing Han women, wants to see how hot the girls of ethnic minorities can be, and if he can capture a few, hehe, it will be even more interesting.

And how did the civil officials and generals in the hall know that he was still thinking about this, and they all looked at him with a look at him when they saw Zhuge Song's evil smile in a daze.