Liu Bei looked at the two strong men who came with Cao Cao and was a little puzzled.

"Mengde, who are these two?"

"Let me introduce, this is Xiahou Xuan, the word Yuan Rang, this is Xiahou Yuan, the word is wonderful, they are all descendants of Xiahou Ying, the founding father of the Han Dynasty, and the Cao family, the Cao family and the Xiahou family have been friends for generations, and the two of them have a good relationship with me, and they both have courage."

Cao Cao smiled and patted Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan on the shoulder, and said: "This time you are going to go on the expedition against the Taiping Dao thieves, I have no way to follow you on the expedition, but I don't feel at ease after thinking about it, so I ask the two of them to go with you to protect your safety."

Originally, I also wanted to choose some from the Cao clan, but the suitable candidates among the Cao clan were either officials in other places or study in other places, some were still young, and some were not good at martial arts. ”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan took a step forward and saluted Liu Bei.

"I've seen Liu Jun."

Liu Bei was suddenly a little surprised.

"Mengde, this ...... Yuan Rang and Miaocai are your world friends, follow me on the expedition but there are many crises and difficulties, if something happens to them, I ...... How can I explain it to you? ”

Cao Cao shook his head.

"Xuande, if you are willing to give my Cao family a future, it is equivalent to giving the Xiahou family a future, the Cao family and the Xiahou family have intersected for generations, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, they are all willing to follow you on the expedition and protect your safety."

Liu Bei looked at Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan.

"Two, this ......"

Xiahoudun stepped forward.

"Don't disturb Liu Jun, I'm waiting for this, it's really willing, Liu Jun is as kind to Meng De as a mountain to Cao's family, I'm honored to be in Xiahou's family, it's an honor to follow Liu Jun to fight against thieves this time."

Xiahou Yuan also stepped forward.

"My generation is not good at reading since childhood, but practicing martial arts, there is no other strength, I am willing to serve Liu Jun on the battlefield, and I hope that Liu Jun will not dislike our rudeness."

Both of them had eagerness and excitement on their faces, and it seemed that they really wanted to play for Liu Bei.

It's no wonder that the descendants of the Xiahou family have all mixed up with this, and they can use Cao Cao's door to get in touch with Liu Bei, the future star, what a good opportunity this is, how can they give it up?

If they can get Liu Bei's appreciation because of this, and get Liu Bei's slight promotion and entrapment, for example, they can let their descendants be accepted by Liu Bei as disciples, life and death are insignificant.

Having said that, Liu Bei felt that he had nothing to say, so he accepted Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan to join.

Then he took Cao Cao's hand and invited the three of them to drink and talk in his house to increase their understanding.

Later, Liu Bei learned that the Cao family had thought a lot about his own expedition.

Cao Cao is the eldest son, and his official position is higher than Liu Bei, so he is not suitable to fight with Liu Bei, but the Cao family is deeply favored by Liu Bei, and it is really unreasonable to say that he does not contribute, and there are few suitable ones in his own family.

Cao Cao called the two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, who had played well since childhood, Xiahouyuan Xiahoudun was brave and ruthless since he was a child, quite a ranger style, and his kung fu was very good, and he was quite martial, so Cao asked them to lead Cao's elite family to follow Liu Bei to fight, and to protect Liu Bei's safety no matter what.

There were a lot of families who followed Liu Bei's dispatch, but the Cao family thought that they had the highest status and must be different, so they dispatched fifty elite family members in one go, each riding a horse, good at riding and shooting, raising their own equipment, and vowed to desperately protect Liu Bei's safety.

Fifty elite knights, all the resources are matched by themselves, in case they die in battle, the Cao family needs to provide them with a generous pension and take care of their families, this expenditure is not something that can be said in a few words.

Good guy, Liu Bei suddenly felt that he was on the battlefield, and it was definitely not only his family that was most worried about his safety, but also these families who were counting on him to soar.

But as long as Liu Bei's safety can be protected, these people are really willing to exchange their lives.

This time, I guess it's really hard to die.

What do you call the top stream of Luoyang?

If it weren't for the lack of a backrest chair at this time, Liu Bei would have to lean back tactically.

This is the resource brought by status, and this is the resource that can be leveraged by an officially recognized classic inheritance family.

Liu Bei has just started, the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County has just started, and it has not even been officially inherited, and the official position is very low, but it is still so, so how huge resources can an old family like the Yuan and Yang families leverage?

Before the ruling order of the Eastern Han Empire completely collapsed, the energy of the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws was really terrifying.

Even if Liu Bei is young now, his official position is low, and he can't properly leverage more resources, but he is just a newcomer in the political arena, and he has already stood in the forefront of many people and has become an unattainable object for them.

This situation, even a year ago, was not something Liu Bei could imagine, but now it has become a reality.

So how right is the path you have chosen......

With the support and followers of so many people, of course Liu Bei himself couldn't pull his hips, he took these people who followed him to join Lu Zhi's army, and then combined with the recruited army of 1,000 people, and then participated in the unified training.

After going to the battlefield, the role of individual bravery will be compressed to a very low level, the strength of the group is the most important, and the most important thing is to understand the general's orders and follow the general's orders.

Liu Bei had been on the battlefield and knew this very well, so he took Lu Zhi's pre-war training very seriously, and asked those who followed him to join the army to also train in accordance with the requirements of the army.

They are willing to follow themselves and protect themselves, he Liu Xuande is very happy, but when he enters the army, military law is like a mountain, but if there is any violation of military orders, military law will not be merciful!

A total of four hundred and fifty-seven men who had followed him into battle, mainly to protect him, swore to him that they would obey his commands, obey his commands, and never do anything contrary to them.

The rest of the recruited soldiers who had been selected for his command followed in shouting slogans.

Of course, their slogans are not so sincere.

They are mainly fighting for money, if the money is enough, it is easy to say anything, if the money is not enough, don't blame the uncles for smearing oil on the soles of their feet.

People who exchange their lives for money have very clear values and views of right and wrong, everything looks at money, except for money, there is nothing that can really make them happy.

There is a temporary explanation for this matter, the military forces are intensively preparing for war, but at the same time, the political whirlpool in Luoyang City has no intention of stopping.

As Yuan Shao worried, although the Eastern Han Empire still had its own coping ability and coping mechanism in major matters, it was not necessarily the case outside of this.

Political struggles must be waged even in times of war, especially those that may involve internal affairs.

Dealing with the Taiping Road Incident is one track, and liquidating the Taiping Dao's forces in Luoyang City is another track, and this track is even more dangerous and terrifying.

Why?

Because Liu Hong has already made it known, it was announced to the public that it was this group of Taiping Dao thieves who assassinated him back then.

Therefore, everything related to the Taiping Dao thieves is no longer simple, not only the risk of being related to the rebellion, but also the risk of being related to the assassination of the emperor.

That's a big problem.

Once this is related, it can directly connect you to the assassination of the emperor back then, so what's the deal?

(End of chapter)