Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 206 The Third Battalion of Qingzhou, the Talent of Huainan Zuoshi

Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it is necessary to follow the rules in the army, then this contradiction can be easily resolved.

It's not that Liu Bei doesn't want to add a new leader, but that he doesn't want a leader with a different philosophy.

It's just like Qianzhao's reluctance to train the elite battalion composed of former Yellow Turban thieves.

With different ideas, it is naturally difficult to be regarded as Pao Ze brothers, and this elite soldier will not be able to train.

After the lead was withdrawn, Liu Bei's tone was more protective: "Zi Jing and I are close friends, although a bit arrogant, it is also sensible."

Zheng Ping shook his feather fan lightly, not caring about it: "With Zilong's ability, it is not difficult to convince Zijing and these 700 people."

"Now that the two tigers are competing for food, there must be a winner between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao Gongsun Zan."

"Yuan Shu in Huainan is arrogant and conceited. He alone fights against the soldiers of Henan, Xu, Jingyang and the four prefectures. The background of the Yuan family in Runan will soon be defeated by Yuan Shu."

"The world is chaotic, only Qingzhou is the most stable."

"You can send people to spread the news in various states. Qingzhou wants to build Guanggu City. All the people who come to Qingzhou will receive three months of money and food subsidies for their homes."

"People who come to Qingzhou can voluntarily choose to join the farming, or work in iron, lacquerware, copper casting, textile, salt making and other workshops, and participate in the construction of Guanggu City to earn money and food."

"Those with talent and knowledge can participate in the selection of officials in Qingzhou."

"Gather the refugees in Qingzhou, and raise the benevolence of the envoy."

There were many wars.

Scholars and common people who have left their homes will take the initiative to seek a safe place to escape natural and man-made disasters.

For example, Yuan Shu in Huainan, extorted and extorted violently, and the scholars and common people suffered unspeakably.

If you know that coming to Qingzhou has such benefits, you will definitely follow suit.

Liu Bei understood, and his mind opened up: "Can you tell the governors of Yanzhou Zang and Xuzhou Tao, and ask them to donate part of the money and food to the refugees who came to Qingzhou, and Qingzhou can return them in full?"

Zheng Ping shook his head: "The envoy should give up this idea. If you donate money along the way, Qingzhou's money and food are not enough to support it."

"What's more, if there is no difficulty on the way to Qingzhou, how can we cherish the stability that Qingzhou provides?"

"Although it is cruel, in the chaotic world, the order is already chaotic, which makes it difficult for you to take care of the people of the world."

Liu Bei sighed softly: "I was overthinking. Can I invite Zang Inspector and Tao Inspector, like Qingzhou, to spread news and attract refugees?"

"In this way, those refugees who want to go to Yanzhou go to Yanzhou, those who want to go to Xuzhou go to Xuzhou, and those who want to come to Qingzhou come to Qingzhou."

Zheng Ping thought for a moment: "It can be implemented, but the effect may not be as envoy Jun thought. It is impossible for Governor Zang and Governor Tao to give money and grain subsidies."

Liu Bei's eyes were slightly cold: "I also know that this is a bit difficult for others, but even if they don't give it, they can provide a shelter for the refugees."

"If you can survive, there is hope."

Zheng Ping cupped his hands, and his tone was full of admiration: "It is the fortune of the world's scholars and people to make the emperor benevolent."

Liu Bei smiled wryly: "Don't flatter me if you show your plans. Now that I can barely manage Qingzhou, how can I call it a blessing for the people of the world."

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "The affairs of the world do not lie in the strategy of a moment, but in the strategy of a lifetime."

"To determine the world, you must first determine the hearts of the people."

"That's why there is a saying of the sages: the people of the region do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not use the danger of mountains and streams, and the power of the world does not use the benefits of military revolution."

"Those who gain the way will be helped more, but those who have lost the way will be helped little."

"When there is little help, relatives will be there; if there is a lot of help, the world will follow."

"As the world obeys, attack the borders of relatives, so if a gentleman does not fight, he will win the battle."

"Let the monarch benevolent and virtuous, and want to extend righteousness to the world, but there are no natural or man-made disasters in Qingzhou, and the people are happy to be safe. Other states are in chaos, but Qingzhou is stable. It is like seeing the dawn of the East in the dark night, so that the people of the world can see hope. .”

"This is the fortune of the people of the world."

Liu Bei was awe-inspiring, and his heart was ignited with infinite pride: "The words that show conspiracy can be called the strategy of the world."

The next day.

Qianzhao and Zhao Yun came to find Liu Bei.

Compared with last night's dissatisfaction, Zhao Yun has been sincerely convinced by today's pull.

Zhao Yun was outstanding no matter in terms of character, stamina or military command, which convinced Qianzhao and Qibai Liangjiazi.

"My lord, take Zilong as the main general, and I am willing to be the deputy." Qian Zhao bowed his hands to Liu Bei and begged.

Zhao Yun hastily declined: "My lord, Yun Chu has just arrived and has no achievements, so how can he take the lead? Brother Zijing is still the main general, and Yun Ruanyuan is the deputy."

Zhaozhao laughed: "Zilong, if you refuse like this, doesn't it seem that I'm jealous of talents? Gathering Liang's sons to train soldiers is for the great cause of Qingzhou, not for my personal selfishness."

"I have known the envoy for many years, and Yun Chang and Yide have also been with the envoy for a long time."

"Now Yunchang has Xiandeng camp, and Yide has Ruishi camp. Both Xiandeng and Ruishi are brave and elite."

"I am confident that I will not lose to Yunchang and Yide in military training, but I am far inferior to Yunchang and Yide in terms of military bravery and ability to command troops."

"If there is Zilong as the main general, he will definitely be able to compete with Xiandeng and Ruishi."

Seeing Zhao Yun's hesitation, Liu Bei laughed and said, "Compared to ordinary valiant soldiers, Liang Jiazi also has literary skills in his bravery. If there is no civil and military hero like Zilong as a general, how can he show his prestige?"

"Zilong doesn't need to refuse anymore."

Seeing that both Liu Bei and Qianzhao were like this, Zhao Yun stopped hesitating, clasped his fists and said, "Since that's the case, Yun is willing to give it a try."

Qianzhao laughed loudly: "With Zilong joining, we will all be famous. Please also give the new army a name!"

Liu Bei stroked his short beard, and said with a smile: "The sons of good families are all in white robes, and Zilong and Zijing are also in white robes and silver armor, so they can be called Baipaoying."

"There is a trumpet in the camp first: Dare to go forward on the mountain of swords, and the sea of ​​​​fire will never retreat; every battle must be the first, and death will not follow."

"There is a bugle in the sharp warrior battalion: if the blood is not shed, there will be no truce; the Han has sharp warriors, and they will rise like the sun."

"White-robed battalion sets the army's banner: don't demolish houses in the cold, don't plunder when hungry; thousands of troops and horses, all avoid the white-robed."

Both Zhao Yun and Qianzhao were overwhelmed when they heard it, and they bowed their hands together and said: "Yun (Zhao), you will live up to the name of the white robe, and I am willing to help Shijun destroy the gang of thieves and help the Han Dynasty!"

Liu Bei laughed heartily, and invited Zhao Yun and Qianzhao to have a long talk to show his heart.

Since then, all three battalions in Qingzhou have been completed.

First boarded the camp with Guan Yu as the leader, Qu Yi and Tian Yu as deputy, in charge of the northern part of Qingzhou.

The Ruishi Battalion was headed by Zhang Fei, Dian Wei and Yu Jin were deputy, and Man Chong was the commander of the army, responsible for the southern part of Qingzhou.

The Baipao Camp is headed by Zhao Yun, with Qianzhao as the deputy, responsible for patrolling the counties in the north and south of Qingzhou.

Although there is no fighting in Qingzhou for the time being, Liu Bei ordered all the battalions to redouble their efforts and strengthen training without any slack.

And the treatment of these three battalions is also the best among the soldiers and horses of the counties in Qingzhou.

The well-built armor and the purchased horses will be given priority to the third battalion.

Those who intend to marry are also given priority to the soldiers of the Three Battalions.

Liu Bei even adopted Zheng Ping's suggestion that the parents, wives and children of the soldiers of the three battalions are all protected by the law.

If a soldier is killed in battle, the widow of the soldier who died in battle cannot be forced to remarry. The State Shepherd's Office will issue a pension so that the widow of the soldier will not be impoverished.

If the soldiers have offspring, the prefectural pastoral government will also teach them the arts and martial arts, and they are not allowed to be hereditary soldiers.

And so on.

At the same time as the generous treatment, the soldiers of the third battalion were also given the most severe punishment.

Collaborating with the enemy, cowardly fighting, fleeing, etc., the mild ones were expelled from the barracks, the severe ones were beheaded and deprived of all powers, the widows remarried, the children changed their surnames, and their names were recorded in the book for thousands of years.

But these favors are only applicable to the soldiers of the third battalion, and the officers and soldiers of the rest of the states and counties neither enjoy this favorable treatment nor bear the most severe punishment.

In addition to the military, Liu Bei was not negligent in farming.

People eat for food.

Qingzhou has already experienced a major famine, neither Liu Bei nor Qingzhou civil and military, do not want it to happen again.

So this farming has always been the top priority!
With the second bumper harvest, Qingzhou is filled with joy that cannot be concealed.

Last year's bumper harvest barely allowed the people of Qingzhou to settle for food and clothing, and Liu Bei was also struggling with food, wishing that one grain of rice could be divided into two for use.

And this year's bumper harvest is what really gave Qingzhou a surplus of grain!

The prefectures and herdsmen have surplus food, the gentry have surplus food, and the Li Shu also have surplus food.

At the same time as Qingzhou had a bumper harvest, the news that Liu Bei sent to the states to spread the news gradually responded.

Although Qingzhou is stable, other states are in chaos.

Since Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan supported the new emperor in June, Dong Zhuo personally led the troops to Bingzhou.

The royal court of the Southern Huns, who had originally confronted Ma Teng and Han Sui, immediately changed from a hungry wolf to a good dog when Dong Zhuo personally led the troops.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan did not dare to be negligent when they saw Dong Zhuo's personal conquest, and sent troops to confront Dong Zhuo one after another.

Youji merged with the three states, and a large number of scholars and people fled to Qingzhou and Yanzhou.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, they are recruiting a large number of civilian husbands.

Together with the corvee, it depends on the fate if you want to survive.

And in the south.

Yuan Shu's excessive taxation made Huainan scholars and people miserable.

Therefore, when the news spread by Liu Bei reached Huainan, the people in Huainan suddenly had hope in their hearts.

"Brother, just now I heard people say that if you go to Qingzhou to settle down, each household can get three months of money and food subsidies to settle down. Is this true?"

"I've also heard that if you go there, you can voluntarily choose to be a farmer. Although it's a bit hard, it's said that after you become a farmer, you can also be allocated land and houses."

"Alan, you've heard that too? It doesn't feel true. Qingzhou will give us money and food for the construction of the city. Since ancient times, we have brought our own food for the construction of the city. Could it be a lie to us?"

"Cheat? Does Qingzhou Mu need to cheat? Don't forget, Qingzhou settled 50 refugees last year! At that time, the big households in Huainan also sold a lot of grain to Qingzhou."

"So, the news from Qingzhou is true?"

"I heard that those who have extra money and food at home have already dragged their families to Qingzhou. Unfortunately, I can't leave. I will starve to death before I reach Qingzhou."

"If you stay here, you will not only starve to death, but you will also be recruited by Yuan Shu as a soldier."

"It's fine to be a soldier. My wife and daughter won't see each other for two months, and I don't know if it's life or death."

"Anyway, even if I die, I will die on the way to Qingzhou. Yuan Shu extorts money violently, and doesn't treat me like a human being at all. Staying in Huainan will only wait for death."

Huainan Chengde.

Here lived a descendant of the Han family, who was the descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the king of Fuling.

The head of this generation is named Liu Pu. Liu Pu has two sons, the eldest son Liu Huan, and the second son Liu Ye.

Two years ago, Liu Ye, Liu Pu's son, did a great thing.

Liu Ye, who was only 13 years old at the time, beheaded Liu Pu's most trusted servant, and then confessed to Liu Pu frankly.

The reason is that when Liu Ye was seven years old, his mother entrusted him on her deathbed, hoping that Liu Ye and Liu Huan could get rid of this servant who liked to frame people when they grew up.

Xu Shao from Runan was good at watching people. After hearing about this, he praised Liu Ye for his ability to serve the world.

As a result, Liu Ye became famous in Huainan.

Recently, there have been frequent news in Huainan that Liu Bei, the shepherd of Qingzhou, has recruited soldiers and civilians to Qingzhou, which also made Liu Ye vigilant.

Liu Ye found Liu Pu and expressed his guess: "Father, something bad will happen in Huainan, we have to consider moving the family."

Liu Pu didn't take Liu Ye's conjecture seriously: "Are you trying to talk about Yuan Shu? Don't worry, although Yuan Shu extorted money violently, I was the first to respond to Yuan Shu's fundraising. In Huainan, I, the Liu family, can sit back and relax."

Liu Ye shook his head: "Father, my Liu family can't sit back and relax for a day when Yuan Shu is in Huainan. Have you ever heard the rumors in Huainan recently, Father?"

Liu Pu laughed and said, "Of course I've heard of it, but it's just absurd. Qingzhou was still borrowing grain from Zhuzhou counties last year. It's only been a year. How can there be so much grain to recruit refugees to Qingzhou?"

"Although you are smart since childhood, you still lack experience and can't see Liu Bei's purpose clearly."

"Liu Bei has a grudge against Yuan Shu, and he threatened to sever ties and alliances with Yuan Shu, and he would never stop dying."

"Now that Yuan Shu is in Huainan, I naturally want to try to get Yuan Shu back."

"If my Liu family migrated, wouldn't that be a reason for Yuan Shu to raid his family?"

Liu Ye condensedly said: "But father, did you ever think that if Liu Qingzhou went to war with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu would also forcibly confiscate money and food, and even forcibly conscript us to join the army."

Liu Pu frowned immediately: "Liu Bei is far away in Qingzhou, so I don't think he will come to Huainan."

Liu Ye said again: "Father, don't take chances. Before the autumn harvest, Cao Cao stationed troops on the border of Runan. Now that the autumn harvest is over, Cao Cao will definitely fight against Runan again."

"How could Liu Qingzhou let go of this opportunity?"

"If Yuan Shu loses in a row, he will definitely plunder Huainan wantonly. Why would he care about his father's gift of food in the past?"

Liu Pu was silent.

The worry in his heart caused Liu Pu to stand up and pace around.

a long time.

Liu Pu looked at Liu Ye, who was young but was asserted by Xu Shao to be a talented young man in front of him, and asked, "Ah Ye, do we really want to relocate the family? Where are we going to relocate?"

Liu Ye said categorically: "A gentleman cannot stand under a dangerous wall, and the family must move."

"Qingzhou is located in a remote place, and now there is Liu Qingzhou shepherd, there are few disasters, and it is an excellent place to avoid disasters."

Liu Pu hesitated: "But Qingzhou is too far away after all, why not take refuge in Jingzhou?"

Liu Ye shook his head: "Although Qingzhou is far away, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are on good terms. We only need to arrive in Xuzhou to go to Qingzhou unimpeded."

"In comparison, going to Jingzhou is farther and more dangerous."

"Qingzhou is now employing people again. With the ability of my father and elder brother, I can get an official position, but the governor of Jingzhou may not be willing to give it."

(End of this chapter)