On the first day of the third year of Chuping, that is, on the first day of the first lunar month, Liu He did something shocking.

The eldest prince changed into a set of clothes worn by ordinary soldiers early in the morning, and then came to the north gate of Macheng, and ordered the soldiers who were about to change the guard to hand over the weapons in their hands, and then he personally stood at the gate of the city and began the life of a small soldier!

When Liu He went out, Shi A and Ding naturally had to accompany him, so the two brothers also changed into the clothes of sergeants, and followed the eldest prince to stand under the city gate and blow the cold wind. As for Yan Laosi and Tao Kuan's group of guards, they were also divided into three groups, and one group was dispatched in turn every day to accompany Liu He as a soldier for exercise, and the remaining two groups were responsible for guarding the mansion and protecting Zhao Ai'er respectively.

Liu He also appointed Yan Laosi as the chief and Tao Kuan as the chief, and took the lead in managing himself and Shi A, Ding Kuang and others every day. Guards like Yan Laosi were originally from the old army, and they were competent for Liu He's appointment, but Shi A and Ding were a little sad, they used to appear as the leaders of the guards, but now they have to follow Liu He as subordinates.

When the military Sima guarding the north gate heard that Gongzi ran to stand guard at the city gate on the first day of the new year, he was stunned and hurriedly ran to find out, but was fooled by Liu He and drove back to the city gate.

This military Sima was the guy who accompanied Liu He to eat with him at noon yesterday, and when he persuaded Liu He, he almost knelt down, but Liu He just didn't eat hard and soft, and he had to stick to his original intention of "going down to the grassroots level to be a soldier for training". Jun Sima was helpless, and hurriedly ran to find Wei You, hoping that Lord Dong Cao Peng could persuade the eldest prince to go back.

It's just that what this military Sima didn't expect was that after Wei Caopeng heard about this incident, he didn't show much surprise, but shook his head and smiled bitterly, and told Jun Sima: "Gongzi now holds the power of 30,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou, and I can't stop what he wants to insist on." Since he said that he wants to experience military life at the bottom, then you should manage the troops, do what the son asks, and don't surround him all day long. I guess Gongzi will leave your camp on a whim on a whim, and he will naturally leave your camp in a few days. ”

The military Sima had no choice but to return to the camp, gather the two military marquis, four tun commanders, and eight team leaders under his command, and strictly ordered everyone to restrain and manage his subordinates during the period when the prince came to "be a soldier for training", and there could be no problem of violating military discipline.

In order to avoid arousing the onlookers of the people, Liu He strictly ordered the soldiers in the camp not to reveal their identities to outsiders, so the next few days were peaceful, occasionally a few traders who had seen Liu He passed under the city gate, because they couldn't believe that the eldest prince would start from an ordinary soldier, and thought that there was a soldier similar to the eldest prince standing downstairs at the city gate.

Liu He went to the camp on time every morning to patrol with the soldiers, participate in various training and drill classes, have lunch and dinner together, and sometimes slept with the soldiers on the long bunk at night to listen to their opinions and complaints about training and management.

During the training, Liu He's movements were not standardized, but he had to touch and understand a weapon with his own hands every day, and followed the demonstrations of Shi Chang and Wu Chang many times, even if he was tired and sweating like rain, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Although the soldiers couldn't understand why the dignified prince liked "self-abuse", after seeing Liu He's serious attitude, they were still very impressed in their hearts, and their enthusiasm for training was also ignited, and they became hard and serious one by one.

When he didn't live in the camp at night, Liu He naturally wanted to return to the mansion to receive Zhao Ai'er's conditioning treatment, in addition to doing this, Liu He would also seriously record what he saw and thought in the camp during the day.

In order to save time, Liu He used simplified characters in later generations when writing, and the font was also in italics, which made Zhao Aier feel incredible after reading it.

At this time, the font that people used was Lishu, and the small seal had gradually become a spring and snow, and only appeared in the official documents and orders issued by the imperial court. There is an obvious difference between official script and italics, and the difference between traditional and simplified characters is even greater, although Zhao Aier can't understand it, but she still sensitively sees that Liu He not only writes self-contained, but also makes words!

Legend has it that when Cangjie first created words, "the sky rains, the ghost cries at night", and now the son quietly creates a simple and beautiful new word, what kind of demon is this?

On the evening of the 10th day of the first lunar month, after Liu He had dinner with the soldiers, he announced the end of his "recruit training" life in the North Gate Camp. After hearing this, a team leader and a tun commander who were accompanying Liu He at that time shed tears of excitement.

Liu He hurriedly comforted the two: "Oh, even if you are reluctant to let me go, you don't have to cry and cry so excited!" ”

Tun Chang shouted in his heart: "Bastard, I can't bear to let you go!" ”

The team leader silently said to himself: "Little Ancestor, you should leave quickly!" ”

Liu He finally left the North Gate Barracks in the eyes of the soldiers' "reluctance", but the next day he ran to the South Gate Barracks again, this time he was not a small soldier, and directly appointed himself as the commander of the tun to manage a hundred soldiers.

The eldest prince wanted to be the tun chief, and no one dared to stop him, so the original tun chief had to be temporarily demoted to the team rate, and he was busy with Liu He, for fear of neglecting the "most bull tun chief" he had ever seen in his life.

Liu He stayed on the south gate for a slightly shorter time, and after seven days, he automatically "stepped down" and left, which made Sima Chang, the south gate army, sigh long, and feel that his luck was much better than that of his brothers at the north gate.

Just when the two military horses on the east gate and the west gate began to be entangled, the eldest prince appeared in the Ximen military camp again, this time he promoted himself to an official, and directly did the military Sima, but the Ximen Sima was not worried, and directly gave way to Liu He, and he became a supernumerary military marquis.

After Liu He "became" the military commander, he could be regarded as a middle-level officer in charge of 500 soldiers, and he managed and restrained the troops according to the existing style, organized his subordinates to patrol and conduct training, and gathered several subordinate military marquis, tun commanders, and team leaders every day to discuss matters and ask them what they thought and how the task was accomplished.

On the sixth day, "Liu Sima" suddenly received a report that several important guests had come from the direction of Jicheng, and now they had arrived outside the east gate, so Liu He "stepped down" again and went to the east gate with the escort to greet him.

Outside the east gate, Liu Fang and Xu Miao stood side by side, followed by a warrior with a big bow, about twenty-six or seven years old. The 200 cavalry escorting Liu Fang and Xu Miao on the road were stationed not far away.

After a short time, Liu He rode a horse to the east gate.

Liu He, who was wearing the uniform of the military horse, quickly turned over and dismounted, and came to Liu Fang and Xu Miao. "Ziqi, Jingshan, you're here! I've been waiting so much in Horse City! ”

Liu Fang looked at the son who was dressed in military clothes, and was a little puzzled, but now there are many people talking, and it is not good to ask too much, so he hurriedly said: "Childe, we set off after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and we didn't dare to delay on the road at all!" ”

Xu Miao nodded, took a step to the side, showed the martial artist behind him, and then said: "Childe, don't be busy greeting the two of us, this strong man's name is Murong Ping, he met unexpectedly on the way to Macheng, but after hearing the news of Gongzi's defeat of Kebineng, he specially came to defect!" ”

When Liu He heard the name Murong Ping, his brain was spinning rapidly, and he soon remembered someone.

"Murong Ping? Could it be the general in front of Yuan Shao's account who is very good at archery? It is recorded in the book that when Zhao Yun was fighting with Zhang He, Murong Ping suddenly released an arrow at the critical moment, which saved Zhang He's life, but was later beheaded to death by Zhao Yun in a green vat. If this is the case, there is really a pie in the sky today! ”

Liu He was overjoyed in his heart, carefully looked at the strong man with the bow in front of him, and then praised: "What a mighty warrior!" ”

"Murong Ping, grass people, meet the son!" The strong man hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted Liu He.

"Hehe, Murong Zhuangshi doesn't have to be so polite! I am very happy that you can vote, and I will not be disadvantaged to you in the future! ”

"Thank you Childe for taking me in!"

After a few polite words, Liu He led everyone into the city, and two hundred cavalry also entered the city with the military marquis who led the team.

Liu Fang came to Macheng to assist Liu He in handling various affairs at the behest of Liu He's order; Xu Miao came to report to Liu He that he had gone to the mountains of the military capital to meet Lu Zhi; The two hundred cavalry were drawn from the 500 members of the Taifu Guard, and they originally belonged to the 3,000 cavalry battalion under Xian Yufu's command, and were later selected by Zhao Yun to be filled into the Taifu Guard, and so far they have not received more rigorous and systematic training.

Liu He instructed Shi A to settle Murong Ping in the inn in the city first, accompany him in the inn during this time, and tell Shi A to pay attention to and observe this person to see how Murong Ping's martial arts and conduct were. Although Murong Ping suddenly came to vote for Liu He a little surprised this time, since he got Zhao Yun, he has developed "immunity" to the first-class generals, and he will not make a fuss when he sees a talent, and offer it like a living treasure.

Before figuring out Murong Ping's origin and origin, Liu He didn't plan to reuse this person for the time being, who knew if he was a gold medal undercover agent sent by Yuan Shao? Of course, if it is indeed as Xu Miao said, this Murong Ping heard that Liu He cherished the reputation of martial artists, and specially came to serve, hoping to fight for a future, as long as his loyalty can be guaranteed, Liu He will not let Murong Ping down.

Liu He is now too short of generals, and he has a lot of vacancies waiting for him, just waiting for martial artists with real skills to come and serve!

Liu Fang and Xu Miao did not have the problem of loyalty, they followed Liu He directly into the mansion, and after sitting down, they went straight to the point, and did not waste time on those red tapes.

Liu He asked Xu Miao: "Can Jingshan's trip to Jundu Mountain go well?" ”

Xu Miao replied: "I just went in before the heavy snow closed the mountain, everything was done according to the instructions of the son, Lu Shangshu seems to have a good impression of you, let me bring the words back, thank you for remembering an old and dying person like him." ”

Liu He frowned: "Listen to what you mean, Lu Shangshu is about to die?" ”

Xu Miao nodded: "It looks a little weak, if you don't take care of it, I'm afraid the situation is not good." ”

Liu He said to himself: "Well, it's really a problem. If that person can be invited to Youzhou, and he will treat Lu Shangshu, maybe there is a possibility of being transferred. ”

Liu Fang and Xu Miao glanced at each other, not knowing who the "person" Gongzi said was.