Outside the south gate of Jicheng, Xia Houlan looked at the city gate from time to time anxiously, looking forward to the appearance of fellow villager Zhao Yun.

With his understanding of Zhao Yun, this time he encouraged his brothers to come to defect, and Zhao Yun would definitely welcome and accept him, but he didn't know if the eldest prince who was willing to send Anping Kingdom to Zhao Yun would be willing to accept them with so many people at once.

It is no secret that the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu has deteriorated in Youzhou, and these people have all served in Gongsun Zhan's camp, and now they have switched to the camp of the other side, which always sounds a little estranged, thinking that they are not loyal enough.

However, if the brothers don't go north to vote for Zhao Yun, where is the best place to go? Jizhou Han Fu is obviously not the master, otherwise Zhao Yun would not have led everyone to leave Jizhou at the beginning; Yuan Shao's reputation is big enough, but his soldiers are strong and strong, and there are many generals, and he is not inferior to the one hundred and ten people he carries.

The most important thing is that Zhao Yun's current status has been significantly improved compared to the military marquis he served in the Gongsun Zhan camp at the beginning, and the brothers who came to join him will definitely be taken care of and protected in the future.

Just now, when Xiahou Lan and her brothers appeared outside the south gate of Jicheng, the soldiers guarding the city were very vigilant, and stopped them without saying anything, and the leader also asked carefully, until Xia Houlan explained that these people were Zhao Yun's fellow villagers and came to serve, the leader of the gate relaxed his guard slightly, but still did not immediately let them into the city, but let them wait for news outside the city.

Xia Houlan didn't know that Jicheng was very nervous some time ago, in order to investigate and eliminate the spies in the city, the people who entered and left the city, especially the young and strong people with more than ten people, were very strict.

The military marquis who was in charge of guarding the south gate was a low-level officer under the command of the infantry commander Xian Yufu, with 300 foot soldiers under his command. In the past few days, these middle and low-level officers in the army have to go to the camp every day to discuss matters, and they have seen the eldest prince and Zhao Yunduwei several times with their own eyes, and they know that the relationship between the eldest prince and the eldest prince is very close, and he is also quite friendly with the newly promoted Zhao Duwei.

Because of this, when the military marquis on the south gate heard that everyone who came was Zhao Yun's fellow villager and came to defect on purpose, he hurriedly sent someone to the military camp to report to his boss Xian Yuyin, and happened to meet Zhao Yun who was also in the camp, which saved a lot of time.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Xiahou Lan suddenly saw that the military marquis who had just checked him led a young man on a horse to this side, and behind this son, he was followed by Zhao Yun, who was also riding on a horse.

"Brothers, cheer up! Bigwigs are coming to greet us! ”

Xia Houlan let out a low shout, and the fellow villagers who followed behind him quickly stopped talking to each other, and puffed up their chests and looked at the city gate.

Liu He saw from a distance that there was a group of young men standing outside the city with a temperament different from ordinary people, and in front of this group of people stood a young man wearing a blue cloth shirt who was looking forward to it, so he turned his head and asked Zhao Yun: "The young man who stood before the group of people in front of him is Zilong's fellow villager friend Xia Houlan?" ”

Zhao Yun responded: "Childe has good eyesight, this person is Yun's fellow countryman." ”

"Hehe, don't brag about me, as long as someone with a little eyesight, no one can see that Xia Houlan is the leader."

Liu He's horse was personally led by the military marquis of the South Gate, and after a while, he came to Xiahou Lan. The military marquis said loudly to Xiahoulan: "Xiahoulan, the eldest prince personally went out of the city to greet you, and he didn't hurry up and salute!" ”

Xiahou Lan has been in the army for nearly a year, and he has gained a lot of knowledge behind Zhao Yun, he naturally knows that the character who can ride a horse and walk in front of Zhao Yun is definitely not low, but he didn't expect that it was Liu He Gongzi who came to greet him in person, and he was immediately overjoyed, turned his head and shouted to the fellow villagers behind him: "Brothers, the eldest prince came to greet us in person, hurry up and salute him!" ”

As a result, more than 100 Zhending young men saluted Liu Dagongzi who was sitting on the horse.

Liu He returned the salute, then turned over and dismounted, came to Xia Houlan, stretched out his hands to help Xia Houlan, who was bowing his waist, up, and said enthusiastically: "Brothers, welcome to Jicheng!" ”

Everyone echoed: "Thank you for coming out of the city to welcome the eldest prince!" ”

Liu He turned his head to greet Zhao Yun, who had already dismounted: "Zilong, come and say hello to your fellow villagers!" ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he walked a few steps quickly, came to Xiahou Lan's face, and said with a smile: "Yuanqing, you came a few days later than I expected!" ”

Xia Houlan said with some indignation: "It's not because that Gongsun Zhan was too picky and dismissed everyone when he refused to sell us even a horse!" ”

Liu He joked on the side: "Gongsun Zhan is not picking the door, he is in a hurry to go south to search Qingzhou, how can he be willing to let you take away such a scarce resource as a war horse!" However, when you arrive in Jixian County, there will be high-quality horses for you to ride in the future, and I am afraid that you will grind out calluses on your buttocks when the time comes! ”

Everyone laughed and felt that Liu Gongzi was amiable.

"Brothers, go wow, follow my son into the city! The feast has been set up, and we will rest today when we get drunk! ”

Liu He said hello, and more than 100 people followed him into Jicheng.

The little soldier under the city gate waited for Liu He to go away, and muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, a group of displaced rangers are just scattered, and they actually drove the eldest prince out of the city to greet him personally!" ”

"That's it! It's just a bunch of villagers who have nowhere to go, where can they compare to us! ”

When the marquis heard these comments from the soldiers, he remembered the content of his son's lecture in the camp yesterday: "As an officer, you must have insight into the thoughts and thoughts of your subordinates, and educate and guide their words and ideas anytime and anywhere, so that you can unite and unite from top to bottom!" ”

"Shut up, you guys! These brothers from Zhending came to serve on purpose, and after today, they are our colleagues, brothers who fight side by side against the enemy! In the future, you will not say such cool words, if you have the ability, you will see the truth on the battlefield, and fight with a knife and a gun! ”

Liu He has already gone away, so naturally he can't hear the words of this military marquis reprimanding his subordinates, but his influence has begun to slowly penetrate into the army, and with time going backwards, no one can guess what kind of changes it will bring.

Liu He welcomed Xiahoulan and his group into the city, held a banquet for them in the barracks, and after a few bowls of wine, they were replaced by Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin and others who rushed to the rescue. Liu and the people around him all knew that the eldest prince of Lu Dao was not strong enough to drink, so they were worried about his health, and did not wait for him to get drunk like last time, and hurriedly sent him back to the state pastor's mansion.

When Liu He left, he personally explained to Xian Yuyin, asking him to properly arrange these one hundred and seventy or eighty people for Zhao Yun, and he couldn't neglect everyone. Now the Taifu Guards are still in the initial stage, Zhao Yun only selected 500 people from the cavalry and foot soldiers in the city, and there is no fixed camp in his hands, nor food and salary for soldiers and horses, and there is no condition to settle his fellow villagers for a while.

In the carriage, Liu He, who was already a little drunk, listened carefully to Li Yan report some things to him.

"Childe, Zhao Beijia has sent a message over there, the first batch of grain and grass sent to Macheng will be fully raised within a few days, please tell me when it can be shipped?"

"Then let's set sail at the dawn of tomorrow!"

"The leader of the generals who accompanied Gongsun Ji has not yet determined the candidate, this matter is very critical, please be cautious."

"Who do you think is the right person to send?"

"As Yan can see, sending Zilong to suppress the formation is naturally the best choice, but it is estimated that Gongzi may not be willing to send him out."

"Hehe, it's not a matter of reluctance, there are really a lot of things that Zilong needs to do, especially when the Taifu Guard was first built, how could he, the backbone, leave?"

Li Yan frowned and said, "In addition to Zilong, the two Xianyu Lieutenants are also suitable candidates, but they have to stay in charge of the second step of the grain escort task. After all the calculations, there was no suitable military general to accompany Gongsun Ji. ”

As the main person in charge of the entire grain transportation operation, Li Yan was naturally very familiar with every link of the plan he formulated, so he also had the same troubles as Liu He, and was worried about the problem of the generals.

"Zhengfang, what do you think of Xiahou Lan?" Just when Li Yan was worried, Liu He suddenly spoke.

"Childe, Yan doesn't know much about this person's past, so he is not good at making an evaluation. It's just that if he is arranged to go with Gongsun Ji tomorrow, with his identity as a newcomer, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public. ”

Li Yan said this very objectively, without any personal preferences.

After Liu He listened, he nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Maybe I'm in a bit of a hurry." The reminder from the square is timely and pertinent. I just blindly think that Zilong has the talent to be handsome, but I haven't proved it to others until now, so I guess Zilong's life in Jicheng is not easy now. ”

Li Yan nodded silently, and said in his heart: Not only is Zhao Yun's life not easy, but my life in Jixian County is not easy either.

"Alas, it's not easy to break everyone's local concept and self-consciousness!" Liu He sighed a little wistfully.

Li Yan comforted: "Gongzi sees everything in his eyes, and if it weren't for that, he wouldn't be in a hurry to form a brand new guard." Zilong and I are outsiders compared to other officials in Youzhou, and we have no foundation in Youzhou. This situation will certainly continue for some time, unless the prince completely controls a piece of territory, and appoints officials at all levels according to his own will. ”

"I don't know what the square said. It's just that time waits for no one! Now is an extraordinary period, the selection and appointment of people and then consider taking care of the interests and balance of all parties, when the time comes for Xianbei people to call, they will not pay attention to these with us! ”

"Is it based on these considerations that Gongzi only went out of the city today to greet Xiahou Lan and them?"

"Well, there aren't many people coming from Xiahoulan, but it's necessary to publicize this practice. The news that I used a country to recruit subordinates is estimated to have spread all over the banks of the Yellow River, and now with Xiahoulan coming to work, it can be regarded as complete. After returning today, he immediately drafted a 'Talent Seeking Order' for me, and I want to send a summons to the heroes of the world and invite them to come and serve! ”

"Childe, since ancient times, the people who issued the 'Seeking Order' are emperors like Qin Xiaogong and Emperor Han Gao, and with your current status, it seems that ...... There's something wrong with that. ”

"Well, I forgot about it. Let's call it 'Recruitment Notice', let's first base ourselves on the land of Youzhou and see if we can recruit a few capable people to come over and serve. ”

"That's very good, Yan will definitely get this done! It's just that Gongzi doesn't seem to have determined who will go to Macheng with Gongsun Ji. ”

"Just send Xiahoulan, I have thought of a way to enhance the prestige of Zilong and Xiahoulan in the army in the shortest possible time."

"What's the solution?"

"Hey, hey, fight with people!"