Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 618 Dong Zhuo enters Beijing
"Don't panic, just wait and see." Yan Xu's calm tone immediately calmed Liu Bei down. He took the initiative to pour tea for the gentleman and continued.

"Sir, have you anticipated this?" Without the setbacks in his original destiny, Liu Bei looked less vicissitudes and more sharp. In addition, he has been influenced by Yan Xu and no longer mentions that he is the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan all day long, as if he is afraid that others don't know about it. Now he no longer needs this identity to add weight to himself. This is the confidence that comes with strength and status.

At the same time, Liu Bei also began to question the imperial court, especially after experiencing the Yellow Turban Rebellion and deepening his local governance, he seemed to understand something.

There was no way. What Yan Xu taught went straight to the essence and was not empty talk at all. It stripped off all the beautification and fig leaves, exposing it nakedly to the sun. However, Liu Bei could not refute it and could only accept it. This led to a gradual change in Liu Bei's thinking.

Therefore, when Yan Xu proposed to reform the army, Liu Bei did not interfere, but silently supported it. It was obvious that he had something more in his heart.

The Three Kingdoms world is much larger than the Three Kingdoms in modern history, and has a larger population. A county has a population of at least one or two million, and as many as three or five million, but the conventional military force is only about ten or twenty thousand.

The main reason was that the Han Dynasty was so powerful in fighting that even at the end of the dynasty, when the world was divided into three parts, no foreign tribe dared to invade on a large scale. At most, they could only harass. Therefore, except in border counties, there would not be too many troops stationed there.

Liu Bei was awarded for his military achievements, and he led troops to fight for the court one after another. In order to ensure that there would be troops to maintain local security after the expedition, his military strength was maintained at around 30,000.

This is close to the upper limit of what the court can tolerate. If it is more, some people will become restless and suspect that he has ulterior motives.

But Yan Xu knew very well that this amount of troops was far from enough and could not even reach the upper limit of Zhuo County's support. Therefore, he organized young and strong men from all over the country to train on the pretext of training militia to resist the Yellow Turbans. He also regularly sent the bottom 5,000 men back to the countryside, and then selected skilled fighters from the trained militia to join.

In this way, the entire Zhuo County can draw tens of thousands of qualified soldiers from the civilian population at any time, and the number is steadily increasing.

Not only Liu Bei, but Chen Gong and Guan Yu also knew this, but no one asked why. It was obvious that this small group already had a deep understanding and trust.

"The world is going to be in chaos." Yan Xu took a sip of tea, holding the teacup, and said calmly.

"The Yellow Turban Rebellion has not yet been quelled, and rebellions are occurring from time to time in various places, but they can't see it!" Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and finally slapped his thigh and said angrily.

"I can see it, but compared to my own interests, it's too insignificant." Yan Xu is no longer surprised by this.

Anyone who does not consider his own interests or the interests of his family will never be able to sit in that position.

There are very few people who are truly selfless and willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good who can sit in that position alive. Even if they can, how can they defeat these people with no bottom line?

For example, if Lu Zhi had not studied under the Grand Marshal Chen Qiu, the great Confucian scholar Ma Rong, and was not a fellow student of Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, and Hua Xin, and had not accumulated great fame through compiling books and studying, he would not have lived to this day after entering the court.

Even so, he ended up being dismissed from office and living in seclusion.

After that simple conversation, the atmosphere in Zhuo County gradually became tense, but no one thought there was anything wrong. It was really that bad news came one after another from Luoyang, which made people stunned. Therefore, it was not only Zhuo County that was preparing. Yan Xu had been paying attention to this and looking for opportunities, because what he wanted was in Luoyang, but the time had not come yet and he could not touch it, otherwise his luck would backfire, and even if he did not end up like Zhang Jue, he could not stay in this world.

Although the gods of heaven disappeared and the river of fate became chaotic, the subsequent development did not deviate from the original track, because the people were still the same people and the personalities were still the same personalities, which would not change easily. So after some tricks, Dong Zhuo, the living devil, was finally released into the capital and began the peak moment of his life. He enjoyed everything the emperor had and was even above the emperor, which set a bad precedent for the subsequent chaotic times.

However, even at this time, there was still no sign of chaos or rebellion in various parts of the Han Dynasty.

The main reason is that the Han Dynasty has been passed down for 400 years and has experienced too many ups and downs. Even though there have been ruthless characters like Wang Mang who cut the Han Dynasty in half, it has still been passed down, so no one realized the seriousness of the matter.

Even Dong Zhuo himself was the same. At this time, he had not realized that after he had Lu Bu, the treasure against his adoptive father, before it backfired, there was really no one present who could fight him, so his ambition had not yet fully expanded.

But who could have let Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Li Ru and Jia Xu meet together? The reaction was like a three-phase bomb, and it got out of control in the end.

The Luoyang incident was getting worse and worse, but there was no military order. No matter how anxious Liu Bei was, it was useless. If he dared to send troops to Luoyang, someone would dare to accuse him of rebellion. In desperation, he could only make preparations according to Mr.'s suggestion and speed up the recruitment of talents. Obviously, he had made some preparations.
As Liu Bei's status and position improved, the two big merchants from Zhongshan worked harder and harder, and together with Jian Yong, who was an excellent eloquent man, they really brought some surprises.

Zhao Yun, Xu Chu.

There is no need to say much about Zhao Yun, with his white horse and silver spear, he is the idol of so many people.

In his previous life, Yan Xu had fantasized about fighting his way in and out of Changbanpo like Zhao Yun, but with A Dou behind him and Madam Gan in front of him, riding a horse and galloping, looking so happy.

The imaginary Zhao Yun is young, handsome, elegant and extremely handsome. In fact, he is several years older than Liu Bei and is now in his early thirties. He doesn't look that handsome, but he has a good temperament and gives people a gentle and reliable feeling. No wonder when they were separated at Changbanpo, some people said that Zhao Yun had surrendered to Cao, but Liu Bei didn't believe it at all. Just by looking at his appearance and temperament, you can tell at a glance that he is a positive character who would not betray his master.

Although he is older, Zhao Yun has a long shelf life. He appeared in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms when he was in his forties and could still fight in his seventies. He is now at his peak and is not much worse than the veteran Huang Zhong.

Xu Zhu was an unexpected surprise. He was supposed to be Cao Cao's close and powerful general, but was fooled by Jian Yong and came to surrender with more than a hundred strong men from his clan.

It is a waste of talent for Jian Yong to be a strategist. If he had just been a recruitment manager, Liu Bei would have been able to defeat Cao and Sun with just talent.

Looking back now, Liu Bei now has many powerful generals under his command, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Ma Teng, Zhao Yun, Xu Zhu, etc., plus the growing Guan Ping and Ma Chao, as well as the top strategist Chen Gong and the first-class lobbyist Jian Yong. This camp is enough to fight in the middle period of the Three Kingdoms.

Unfortunately, the civil service was a little weak and needed more work, so Jian Yong was sent out again before he had time to catch his breath, which made him so angry that he rolled his eyes.

(End of this chapter)