After retiring from the dynasty, Emperor Liu Hong repelled the attendants who followed him and came to the imperial garden alone to relax. Today's controversy in the court made him upset. From the bottom of his heart, he is willing to reuse Ao Lie, after all, no matter what the bloodline of the same clan is, it is always more reliable than the minister with a foreign surname.

A burst of laughter interrupted Emperor Ling's thoughts, Liu Hong looked up, and saw his favorite concubine Wang Meiren was playing in the imperial garden, and playing with her, as well as his son and Wang Mei's son, Chen Liuwang Liu Xie. Liu Xie is only seven years old this year, but he is talented and intelligent, and he is very loved by Liu Hong.

Liu Hong came to Wang Meiren and Liu Xie, and asked with a reluctant smile, "What are you mother and son playing?" Liu Xie replied crisply: "Father, my mother and I are playing butterfly catching." ”

Wang Meiren saw that Liu Hong was in a low mood, so she stretched out her jade hand to hold Liu Hong's arm, and asked softly, "Holy Lord, is there anything to worry about?" ”

Liu Hong sighed and said today's controversy in the court. After listening to Liu Xie, he waved his little fist and said: "Brother Ao Lie is really good, when Xie'er grows up, he will be like Brother Ao Lie and defeat those thieves who invade my Han territory!" ”

Liu Hong was amused by his son's appearance, and asked with a smile: "As a prince, how can you have the idea of going to the battlefield?" Liu Xie pursed his lips and said, "What's wrong with the prince?" Can't the prince fight? I, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, am the same as the descendants of Gaozu, didn't I also personally conquer the Xiongnu? ”

Wang Meiren interjected with a smile: "Xie'er has good ambitions, and he will definitely become one of the best princes in the future." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but sigh again and said, "Concubine Ai, do you think I should reward Emperor Ao Lie's nephew?" ”

Wang Meiren turned her head and looked around, and saw that there was no one else nearby, so she whispered: "Shengshang, now that the dynasty is sluggish, relatives and eunuchs are vying for power, and Bi'er and Xie'er are still young, and they still need time to grow up. ”

Liu Xiejiao said: "With Liu Yu's imperial uncle and Ao Lie's imperial brother leading the army abroad, those traitorous ministers who deceived their superiors and subordinates did not dare to act recklessly, Xie'er thought that in the future, they could also add the royal family relatives such as Liu He and Imperial Brother Liu Chong, so that they could gradually grasp some power in the court, so that my Han country could be as stable as before." ”

Listening to Wang Meiren and Liu Xie's words, Liu Hong asked strangely: "Your mother and son are usually in the deep palace, how can you know these things?" ”

Liu Xie said with a smile: "These things were all told to the child by Yuan Kui, Xie'er's wife, but the ideas behind were come up by the child himself." ”

Liu Hong touched the top of Liu Xie's head with a smile and said: "If you rule the world, my son must be a generation of Ming Jun, but unfortunately he was born in troubled times." At this moment, Liu Hong's heart has made a decision, he is determined to promote a group of capable ministers for his son Liu Xie, so that Liu Xie can calmly face the problems he is facing in the future.

Right Beiping is too guarded in the house, and Ao Lie is also depressed at the moment. Because Zhang Xiu received a letter from home, his uncle Zhang Ji, the county guard of Beidi, sent a letter, which meant that he wanted Zhang Xiu to return to Beidi. Zhang Xiu's father died when he was a child, and he was raised by his uncle Zhang Ji, and the relationship between the uncle and nephew was very good, plus Zhang Ji had no children under his knees, so the two were the same as their biological father and son. After receiving Zhang Ji's letter, although Zhang Xiu was very reluctant to be the two brothers of Master and Uncle and Ao Lie and Zhao Yun, he decided to go back to the north to help his uncle.

At the time of parting, Ao Lie and Zhao Yun were reluctant, holding Zhang Xiu's hands respectively, Zhao Yun said: "Senior Brother Youwei, if you have leisure in the future, remember to come back and see us." Ao Lie sighed and said: "Youwei, you are too anxious, you must do things in the future, try to avoid some mistakes, and if you want to stand in this troubled world, you must learn to tolerate it." ”

Zhang Xiu held Ao Lie in his left hand and Zhao Yun in his right hand, it was really difficult to give up in his heart, and he didn't want to show his weak side in front of his brothers, so he forcibly held back the sad tears of parting, and said with a forced smile: "Senior Brother Mo Han, Senior Brother Zilong, if it is convenient in the future, I will definitely come back to see you, by the way, Senior Brother Mo Han, I have already selected the war horse for Gongsun Zhan, you can send him to Liaoxi at any time." ”

The three brothers glanced at each other, and there was a strong friendship in their eyes. But no matter how reluctant the three of them are, the moment of parting will eventually come. Zhang Xiu slowly let go of Ao Lie and Zhao Yun's arms, slowly took a few steps backwards, and said in a hoarse voice: "Senior Brother Mohan, Senior Brother Long, take care, go first." After speaking, he was afraid that he couldn't hold back his tears, so he suddenly turned around and stepped on the white crane, slapped the war horse and galloped away, not even daring to turn his head.

Ao Lie looked at Zhang Xiu's back and found that his shoulders were shaking slightly, knowing that Zhang Xiu finally couldn't hold back crying, not only Zhang Xiu, Ao Lie's eyes were moist at the moment, and he gradually couldn't see Zhang Xiu's back clearly. Zhao Yun cried out even more. For more than three years, the three of them have been getting along day and night, and they have already accumulated friendship behind them. At the moment of separation, people can't help but have mixed feelings at dusk, all kinds of the past emerge like phantoms, and inexplicable sadness swept the depths of the hearts of the three people. Ao Lie knew that Emperor Ling would die soon after, and then it was the period of Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, Zhang Xiu's master Zhang Ji was a general under Dong Zhuo, it seems that history is still driven by inertia, and Zhang Xiu was arrested in Dong Zhuo's camp, and if you want to meet in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

With a faint sigh, Ao Lie wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and whispered to Zhao Yun: "Let's go back, I hope there will be a chance to see Youwei again in the future." ”

The two packed up their mood and returned to the mansion, because of Zhang Xiu's departure, the command position of the six thousand Wuhuan cavalry was vacant, and Ao Lie immediately ordered the generals to go to the court to discuss and prepare to appoint a new cavalry commander.

After several important ministers came to the hall and sat down, Ao Lie said: "Now that Youwei has left, the commander of the Wuhuan cavalry has become vacant, I think about it."

When Ao Lie was about to express his opinion, a sergeant quickly ran over from outside, knelt down in the middle of the hall and said, "My lord! The messenger of the Son of Heaven came. ”

Before Jielie and the others got up to greet him, a middle-aged man about forty years old walked into the hall with the edict of the Son of Heaven in both hands. Ao Lie hurriedly stood up, walked up quickly, and saluted: "The unknown angel has arrived, and there is a certain disappointment, forgive me." ”

The envoy said with a smile: "General Huwei is serious, the saint learned that the general showed his tiger power and broke the 100,000 army of Wuhuan, and for a while, Long Yan was happy, no, he sent a certain person to issue an edict to the general." ”

Ao Lie pushed the golden mountain and fell to the ground, waiting for the envoy to issue the edict. A cadre of important ministers under Ao Lie's command knelt behind Ao Lie in turn.

After clearing his throat, the envoy read out the edict of the Son of Heaven: "The edict of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said that General Huwei and Hou Ao Lie of Baisheng Pavilion saw through the conspiracy of the traitor Zou Fu, and broke the vanguard army in front of Wuhuan and captured the king of Wuhuan Cliff. The nephew of Emperor Ao Lie was specially sealed as the Taishou of the Right Beiping, and the bounty was fifty catties. His subordinate officers and men are brave and good at fighting, and they are each promoted to the first rank. Chin this! ”

Ao Lie and the important ministers thanked: "Wait for the ministers to thank the saint for Longen!" ”

After thanking him, Ao Lie and his military officials entertained the envoy, and after the banquet, the envoy was anxious to return to the court, and did not linger anymore, and left himself.

After the envoy left, Ao Lie brought up the old matter again: "I mentioned the position of cavalry commander before, I intend that in the future, these 6,000 cavalry will be handed over to Commander Ziyi." ”

Tai Shi Ci hurriedly stood up and bowed to Ao Lie: "Lord, Ci has just joined the command of the lord, and he has not made an inch, how dare he hold an important position?" Moreover, Ci is afraid that he will not be able to convince the public. ”

Xu Yun interjected with a smile: "General Ziyi is bad, a certain number of people have just joined the command of the lord, and they were immediately entrusted with important tasks, and the lord's actions are often unexpected, but he is as wise as a torch, and he has never missed a person." ”

Ao Lie said with a smile: "Ziyi will put his heart alone, and take your soldiers with peace of mind." ”

Tai Shi Ci said with admiration: "The Lord's knowledge of people is really rare in the world. ”

Ao Lie couldn't help but blush when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself: Where is my wisdom like a torch and the wisdom of people, it is really the knowledge of more than 2,000 years in later generations, and it is simple and clear to put the famous generals and strategists of the Three Kingdoms era in front of him, and it depends on who he is destined to recruit.

After a pause, Ao Lie continued: "General Benhou ordered, from now on, Tai Shici will serve as the captain of the Xiao cavalry, according to the edict of the Son of Heaven, the official will be promoted to one level, promoted to the general of the Xiao cavalry, and command six thousand cavalry; Zhang Liao was promoted to the rank of general of Duliao, and still commanded the Huben battalion and concurrently served as the commander of the 4,000 infantry in the county; Zhao Yun was promoted to General Weiyuan, and still commanded the bloody killing battalion; Xun Yu was promoted to military commander; Tian Chou was promoted. ”

Everyone stood up and saluted in thanks: "We are willing to bow to the Lord and do my best, and serve the dogs and horses." ”

Ao Lie waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and said: "Now our army is strong and strong, and there are more than 10,000 people in the three armies of horses. However, thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and a general is hard to find, and now Youwei has returned to Beidi County, and the people available under a certain command are limited to a few people here, and I intend to issue a recruitment order in Youzhou to strengthen the stability of our army. ”

After hearing Ao Lie's words, Xun Yu stood up and said: "My lord, Yu has an old friend, he is the son of Yingchuan Hanmen, named Guo Jia, the word Fengxiao, can be described as a genius of Tianzhong, Yu is willing to repair a book, and recommend Guo Jia to come to serve." ”

Ever since Ao Lie heard the name Guo Jia, his eyes began to glow, as if a hungry wolf who had been hungry for three days had seen a sheep. Who is Guo Jia? That is the chief strategist under Cao Cao in history, known as a ghost talent, and Xun Yu's Wang Zuozhicai is also known as Cao Ying's double master, and is in charge of internal and external affairs respectively.

There was a hint of urgency in his tone: "Wen Ruo can be sure to persuade Guo Fengxiao to vote?" Xun Yu naturally noticed Ao Lie's eyes, and he was familiar with Guo Jiacai, and couldn't help but praise in his heart again, but the wisdom of the lord and the public is worthy of the four words unparalleled in the world. Just based on Guo Fengxiao's name, it can be concluded that he is worthy of use, so that Ao Lie's eyes are full of warm expectation.

After a deep groan, Xun Yu said: "Yu is not completely sure, just give it a try." ”

Ao Lie also realized his gaffe, shook his head and smiled: "It's a certain greed, how can you wipe out all the heroes in the world?" Anyway, Wen Ruo sent a letter to Fengxiao, if Fengxiao is willing to vote, a certain city fifty miles to greet him; If Feng Xiao has other plans in his heart, he will not be reluctant. ”

After listening to the conversation between Ao Lie and Xun Yu on the side, Zhao Yun stood up and said: "Senior brother, my brother has a fellow villager, named Xiao Xiahou Lanzi Gongquan, skilled in marksmanship, and proficient in formation, why don't you send him a letter and summon him to come?" ”

Ao Lie searched in his mind for a moment, and remembered that Zhao Yun did have such a fellow villager in history, but it was recorded in history that Xiahou Lan served Cao Cao, and later in the battle of Bowangpo, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were captured alive by Zhao Yunsheng. So Ao Lie smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, if Zilong can summon the public power, it will also be a great achievement." ”

Seeing that Xun Yu and Zhao Yun had recommended talents one after another, the others were all silently thinking about the candidates suitable for recommendation in their hearts, and then they recommended them to Ao Lie one after another. Ao Lie listened to everyone's recommendation, but did not hear a familiar name, thinking that these people are not very famous in history, but, in the turbulent era of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there are too many buried talents, maybe there will be one or two unsung heroes among them? After all, a large number of middle- and lower-level officers and civil servants are also very important, and they play the role of connecting the upper and lower levels, and play an important role in the stability and benign development of the whole army.

In the end, in addition to Guo Jia and Xiahou Lan, a total of eleven people were elected, and Ao Lie immediately asked Xun Yu to write a recruitment document for these people in his own name, and sent people to these people together with the letters of recommendation from the military officials under his command.