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Chapter 5 Recruiting Soldiers

"Brother, the three of us brothers have recovered a county town." Zhao Yun seemed very excited. You know, he was no longer as mature as Liu Yu and Guan Yu who had been wandering for six or seven years.

"Yes, third brother, this is also a great contribution to the court." Guan Yu smiled along the long beard under his blushing face.

"Second brother and third brother, from now on, Wu County will be the first base for our three brothers. We will recruit and train troops in Wu County, and then we will regain more county towns and kill all the Yellow Turbans." Liu Yu's bold words were extremely inspiring, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun both yearned for it.

After occupying Wu County, the next step was to rectify the county town and recruit troops.

The three brothers did not know how to manage the county town, and Liu Yu did not intend to stay in Wu County for a long time. Now, he has made enough contributions. After the Yellow Turbans are pacified, he will get an official position from the court. At that time, the territory he obtained was the real territory. Now, he can't keep it even if he wants to. It is meaningless to waste energy to govern. Instead, it may attract suspicion from the court.

The more than 600 Yellow Turban soldiers captured, apart from the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, as well as those involved in the women, there were only more than 120 people left.

Wu County is just a small county, with only more than 7,000 people in total, including even fewer young and strong men. Liu Yu barely recruited more than 370 people, which was enough for 500 people.

During the training of troops, Liu Yu did not forget to send people to the court to win, and asked the court to send a county magistrate to take over Wu County again.

Knowing the corruption of the Eastern Han Dynasty court at this time, in order to make the three brothers' victory reach the heavens, Liu Yu also asked someone to bring a thousand guan of money to the Ten Changshou.

When Wang Dang and the Yellow Turban soldiers robbed the government and all the wealthy families of Wu County. Except for the Yellow Turbans that were dispersed and lost some, they naturally all benefited Liu Yu. However, in order to win people's hearts and show his kindness, Liu Yu distributed part of the money and grain directly to the people of Wu County. Speaking of which, Liu Yu was able to recruit more than 370 people and relied on this kind of kindness that won people's hearts.

After distributing part of the money and grain to the people of Wu County, there was still a lot left, less than a quarter of the 1,000-century sent to the Ten Constables.

Of course, you have to raise 500 soldiers, and there are actually not many left, and you can only last for a month or two. It is even more impossible to build regular weapons for all 500 soldiers.

Guan Yu felt heartbroken: "Brother, one thousand guan, I gave it to the eunuchs and other eunuchs who were like Shi Changshi for free, you, you..."

Zhao Yun felt extremely uncomfortable too.

Liu Yu knew that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were both jealous of evil. If they didn't give them a good explanation, there would be a gap between the brothers.

After thinking about it, Liu Yu looked up at the void and shed two lines of tears silently.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were shocked: "Brother, you, this is..."

Liu Yu said: "Two brothers, the court has fallen into today's situation. Both the Ten Eunuchs and some villains deceive the Holy Listen. How could you not know that the Ten Eunuchs are hateful and should be killed? How could you not know that Brother Wei's actions are extremely shameful, but, but..."

Liu Yu said, looking up at the void and crying silently.

"Brother..." Guan Yu and Zhao Yun felt very sad when they looked at Liu Yu like this, thinking that they might have blamed the eldest brother for wrongly.

Liu Yu continued: "Although I am the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, I am now just a white man. My brother and three horsemen seized the city with three horses. If I cannot reach the heavens, I will definitely be buried. The so-called serving the country and seizing the people. If I do not obtain some official positions, how can I win the trust of others? It is important to know that if I want to kill the thief, I must first obtain a status and strength that is different from the thief."

"The two virtuous brothers only see that they are not ashamed of doing this, but they don't know that they have already felt so painful. They are beaten! Slap! Slap!" After saying that, Liu Yu even slapped himself twice.

"Brother!"

"How can brother hurt himself so much!"

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were shocked and quickly grabbed Liu Yu's hand. They all knew that they had misunderstood Liu Yu. It turned out that their elder brother had a heartache and was even more ashamed of his actions than theirs.

Seeing that he had finally successfully comforted Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, Liu Yu felt relieved. He knew that if he did such a thing again in the future, he would not be as troublesome as the first time to explain.

Yes, Liu Yu must have done such a thing more than once. He knew too well how to get benefits from a corrupt court, Dong Zhuo, Sun Ce, even Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and more princes, who did not do this to get enough official positions after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, etc.

Dong Zhuo was just a captain. The battle of the Yellow Turbans damaged their troops and was not worth much credit. However, after the Yellow Turbans were pacified, they became the governor of a state, and their power was extremely inflated. How did you come from it?

In the late Han Dynasty, without an official position, there would be no righteousness, and there was no one. He won the world by fighting for nothing. Like Liu Bei in history, the Yellow Turbans had only a small county magistrate after the Yellow Turbans, and they were framed and lost their official positions. After years of tumbling, they did not have a real territory of their own. Unlike Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, etc., they commanded several counties early and even conquered one or two states.

If it weren't for Zhuge Liang and conquering Yizhou at the last moment, Liu Bei would have been just a cannon fodder.

One thousand guan coins, but in the end, it was only about five hundred guans to be in the hands of the ten regular attendants. The ten regular attendants looked down on just five hundred guan coins at all. However, after hearing that Liu Yu and the three brothers of three cavalry captured the city, the ten regular attendants immediately took the attention.

It was also the good news from the three brothers Liu Yu that came quickly enough. Not long after the Second Yellow Turban Rebellion began, all regions were still in the recruitment and training stage. Only Liu Yu and the three brothers did not train one soldier, and three men and three cavalry directly recovered a county town, which was exciting enough.

"Then Liu Yuzhen said that he had gained very little in his first battle with the Yellow Turbans. If he gained something in the future, he would continue to be filial?" Gao Wang, the ten regular attendant, asked.

"Yes, the person sent by Liu Yu did indeed pass the message like this." Xiaohuangmen replied.

Zhang Rang made a decision: "He called himself the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, regardless of whether he was right or wrong, because he was successful in time and so sensible, in addition, Your Majesty also needs a good news that is exciting enough, so let's give it to Your Majesty."

They didn't care whether Liu Yu was the King Jing of Zhongshan or not, and they would not verify that the Han Dynasty had been in the four hundred years, and there were too many descendants of the royal family, and most of them were down-and-outs who had turned white.

In fact, it is mainly to please Emperor Ling of Han, so that Emperor Ling of Han would be relieved and happy, and he would trust them more. Liu Yu's identity as a relative of the Han family would be even happier.

Sure enough, when the Ten Eunuchs reported the news of Liu Yu's brothers' three cavalry capturing the city to Emperor Ling of Han, he mentioned Liu Yu's "identity" behind King Jing of Zhongshan, which immediately made Emperor Ling of Han excited.

The world was chaotic, and yellow turbans were everywhere. Even around Chang'an, the figures of yellow turbans appeared, which directly threatened Chang'an. Emperor Ling of Han, who had been busy with pleasure, was frightened. He needed a lot of comfort.

"Okay! OK! My Han clan relatives still have such a capable person. Hurry up, hurry up, I will issue an order to call him to the capital. I will personally worship him as a general." Emperor Ling of Han said happily.

Zhang Rang and the Ten Changshou were immediately shocked. How could Emperor Ling of Han do this? Seeing that Emperor Ling of Han was so excited, he would have to personally worship Liu Yu as a general. If Liu Yu was really recruited into the capital, wouldn’t he soon gain the trust of Emperor Ling of Han and distribute the interests of their Ten Changshou? How could this be done? So they hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty cannot."

"Hmm?" Emperor Ling of Han looked at the Ten Changshi in confusion.

Zhang Rang explained: "Your Majesty, although Liu Yu calls himself the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, it has not been verified yet. Now he is just white and is far away in Jizhou. It will be criticized for rushing him into the capital. The Yellow Turban Front also needs him to fight hard."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please think twice." The other ten regular attendants also persuaded them.

Emperor Ling of Han had no bottom line in his trust in the Ten Changshou. Seeing that all the Ten Changshou said this, he did not persist anymore.

However, Emperor Ling of Han did believe in the "identity" of Liu Yu's Han family clan from the bottom of his heart. Although he did not issue an order to invite Liu Yu to Beijing, nor did he explicitly recognize the "identity" of Liu Yu's Han family clan, he issued an order to promote the fierce achievements of Liu Yu's brothers and three horses to seize the city, and encouraged all counties to step up the extermination of the Yellow Turbans. At the same time, Emperor Ling of Han also appointed Liu Yu as a partial general, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun each won the position of a hundred general.

It’s worth it to get a position of a single general and two hundred generals after spending a position of a hundred people!

"A surprise!" Liu Yu smiled brightly.

Originally, he thought he could win the title of a general or even a hundred general for himself, but he did not expect that Emperor Ling of Han directly gave him a general and two hundred generals. Emperor Ling of Han even promoted the deeds of the three cavalry capturing the city for their three brothers. There was no doubt that the three brothers had already spread the reputation of the whole world.

In the late Han Dynasty, he was very important in his background and reputation.

After the publicity of Emperor Ling of Han, the three brothers had a reputation. In terms of origin, although Emperor Ling of Han did not explicitly recognize his "identity" of the Han clan, since he did not pursue the investigation, it means that he did not deny it. At least his identity as a Han clan was registered in Emperor Ling of Han. Who knows if one day, Emperor Ling of Han suddenly revealed it. It would be impossible for Liu Bei to not call him "uncle" at that time...

What Liu Yu didn't know was that if the Ten Constables had not "persuaded" by the Ten Constables, Emperor Ling of Han planned to directly grant him the title of the lieutenant, but he would only be a lower official position than the General of the Central Army. From white body to the lieutenant, he could have reached the sky in one step. Only the unreliable Emperor Ling of Han could think of it.
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