From the moment Zhang Fei called Zhang Xi "Army Sima", it was no longer just a casual chat about the past, but a serious official business.
Zhang Fei led Zhang Xi out of the tent and beat drums to gather the generals. In a short time, all 800 people under Zhang Fei's command had arrived.
The distribution of military strength in Liu Bei's army is actually very simple, because Liu Bei only has a few generals who can lead troops.
There are 800 people in Zhang Fei's camp, 800 people in Zhao Yun's camp, 1,000 people in Guan Yu's camp, and Liu Bei has 500 troops, for a total of about 3,100 people.
These are regular soldiers, that is, off-duty professional soldiers.
Others, such as Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and Liu Yan from Yi, also had their own private armies, but there were not many, each with no more than thirty or fifty men, and the total number did not exceed five hundred.
These people are not counted as regular soldiers. Their daily food and drink are taken care of by their masters. On the battlefield, they are only responsible for protecting their masters' safety.
Of course, recently there were 300 more people under Kou Feng's command, but these 300 people... Since the last ceremony, they have been divided among the generals. Even Kou Feng and Zhang Xi have seen He appeared in Zhang Fei's camp.
To a certain extent, Kou Feng was also unlucky. The soldiers he finally brought out were gone in an instant. He could only serve as a junior colonel in Zhang Fei's camp, regardless of the soldiers who came with him. One hundred and fifty old troops.
But Kou Feng seemed to be quite happy. He even looked silly at Zhang Xi when he saw him.
But now that the occasion was about ordering troops, Zhang Xi could only pretend that he didn't see the stupid expression on this idiot's face and watched Zhang Fei order his troops.
Zhang Xi took a closer look and found that although the overall quality of the soldiers under Zhang Fei was much better than that of the refugees recruited by Kou Feng, they were still somewhat mixed.
For example, the three hundred people in the middle of the school field are Zhang Fei's soldiers and veterans who followed Zhang Fei all the way from Xuzhou. Their overall quality is very high and they stand motionless in the middle of the field.
The remaining 500 people were not doing so well, and they looked not as neat as the 150 people brought by Kou Feng.
Most of the soldiers under the recruitment system have this characteristic, and the quality of the soldiers varies from good to bad.
Good soldiers are basically organized into generals by the generals. When charging on the battlefield, ordinary soldiers are basically cannon fodder. Only generals are the key factor in determining victory or defeat.
Of course, except Qi Jiajun.
How about Shaobao's reputation for future generations?
But no matter what, Zhang Fei's tent, plus the soldiers brought by Kou Fengxin, totaled 950 people, which looked much better than when he first trained Kou Feng's army.
At least you don’t have to start with supplementing nutrition and conditioning your body.
After ordering troops and generals, Zhang Fei officially introduced Zhang Xi, the army commander, to the entire army, and made it clear that Zhang Xi would be in charge of army training in the future.
After that, the tents were closed, and people of military rank and above came to the military tents to discuss matters, which could be regarded as supporting Zhang Xi.
There are six primary schools under Zhang Fei's tent, each in charge of 150 people, and the number of students is not large. Zhang Fei introduced them to Zhang Xi one by one.
Zhang Xi silently wrote down the names of these people, and everyone will become colleagues from now on.
Another thing, Zhang Xi also has to see if there are two people named "Fan Qiang" and "Zhang Da" here... If there are, quickly find a way to get them away.
Fortunately not.
It may also be that Fan Qiang and Zhang Da were not under Zhang Fei's account at this time, and they might have joined later.
And speaking of it, Fan Qiang and Zhang Da really cannot be entirely blamed for Zhang Fei's assassination. There are also big problems with Zhang Fei's own character and way of doing things.
Not only does he like to whip soldiers, but he is so big-hearted that he regards the soldiers he whips at every turn as his confidants... Isn't this a lack of heart? !
Anyway, there is no Fan Qiang and Zhang Da now, and Zhang Xi also has time, and wants to see if Zhang Fei can change his habit of whipping soldiers.
Although Zhang Xi thinks there is little hope.
Except for Kou Feng, none of the names of the six primary schools attracted Zhang Xi's attention. In other words, in Zhang Xi's "brain", most of these people were unknown people.
Unknown people are not necessarily incompetent people. Zhang Xi still understands this truth. Maybe it's just that the world doesn't give them the opportunity to grow up.
Therefore, Zhang Xi did not dare to underestimate these people, especially the small school who fought out from Xuzhou with Zhang Fei and took charge of Zhang Fei's army.
Those are Zhang Fei's true confidants and should not be viewed based on their official positions.
On the first day of work in Zhang Fei's tent, Zhang Xi got to know his colleagues.
Of course, I didn't drink this time. All Zhang Fei's wine had just been confiscated, so he couldn't drink it even if he wanted to.
After the accounts were settled, Zhang Xi was about to go home alone, but he didn't expect that the boy Kou Feng also followed him.
"Brother, slow down!" Kou Feng stopped Zhang Xi, came up to him with a look of disdain, and said, "I wonder if brother has any free time, uncle invites brother to his home as a guest!"
Zhang Xi was slightly stunned, somewhat surprised.
The relationship with Kou Feng can be said to be quite strong. One really regards him as an elder brother, and the other really regards him as a younger brother.
But Liu Mi... To be honest, Zhang Xi and Liu Mi were not familiar with each other, and they had never met each other a few times.
But...Liu Bi is Kou Feng's uncle and can be regarded as Zhang Xi's elder. He invited Zhang Xi to be a guest, and Zhang Xi really couldn't refuse.
Furthermore, Zhang Xi also wanted to ask Kou Feng why he ended up in Zhang Fei's camp.
But it was very strange that when Zhang Xi asked Kou Feng about this, Kou Feng just didn't answer and kept urging Zhang Xi to go to Liu Bi's house.
Zhang Xi, who had no idea what kind of medicine this boy was selling, could only temporarily put aside his doubts. After passing by the market and selling some things as door-to-door gifts, he followed Kou Feng to visit Liu Mi at his home.
Liu Mi did not come to greet him in person. Zhang Xi, led by Kou Feng, entered directly, and then met Liu Mi and Kou Feng's mother in the hall.
Zhang Xi quickly saluted and greeted.
Zhang Xi and Kou Feng are "brothers", so Liu Mi and Kou Mu are Zhang Xi's elders, and they must bow and greet each other seriously.
Moreover, in a sense, this is the friendship of "going to court to worship one's mother".
Although it is only once for the time being, it may be that Kou's mother, as the only person in charge of the Kou family, came out to meet her son's friends... But if Zhang Xi salutes Kou's mother every time he comes here in the future, it means that the two families are A life-threatening friendship.
Going to court to worship one's mother without avoiding his wife is the highest state of friendship in ancient times... This is not Guo Degang's nonsense, this is true.
After meeting Kou's mother and Liu Bi, they exchanged a few words of greetings. It was nothing more than Kou's mother asking about Zhang Xi's situation, and Zhang Xi answered them one by one.
While chatting casually, when it was time for dinner, Liu Bi held a banquet and entertained Zhang Xi with his mother Kou Feng.
Then, Zhang Xi knew why Kou Feng appeared in Zhang Fei's camp today, why Kou Feng was still having fun despite being deprived of military power, and why Kou's mother and Liu Mi invited Zhang Xi to dinner.
There is only one reason - the lord Liu Bei wanted to adopt Kou Feng as his adopted son.
Zhang Xi really didn't expect this.
Zhang Xi remembers that in history, it was because Kou Feng picked up a piece of meat that fell on the ground and ate it, and said that food should not be wasted. Liu Bei felt that this child was not only brave and brave, but also knew how to sympathize with his subordinates, so he moved to adopt his adopted son. heart of.
But these days, Zhang Xi basically hangs out with Kou Feng and doesn't see him picking up meat to eat.
Could it be that this world is based on the romance, and Liu Bei just looked at Kou Feng and accepted him as his adopted son? !
This... is too hasty!
Zhang Xi had to find out the details of this. After all, this matter was quite big.
Kou Feng didn't make any fuss, he told everything from the beginning.
Things have to start from that practice.
At that time, Zhang Xi was kidnapped by Zhang Fei. Kou Feng was very worried, and he couldn't leave the table directly, so he was a little distracted.
Liu Bei saw that something was wrong with Kou Feng, so he asked about it.
Kou Feng was really sincere. He expressed his worries smoothly and told Liu Bei that he had always regarded Zhang Xi as his elder brother, and Zhang Xi also regarded him as a wise brother. Now that his brother was kidnapped by the gangsters, what was on his mind? Chaos, no intention of feasting.
Liu Bei burst out laughing on the spot, but looked at Kou Feng with increasing pleasure.
After all, Liu Guan and Zhang Fei were also sworn brothers. After the Battle of Xuzhou, the whereabouts of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were unknown, and Liu Bei often did not think about food or food.
Liu Bei seemed to see the shadow of his youth in Kou Feng.
In addition, Kou Feng is really handsome, and he has just performed well in military training. He is also good at martial arts and has read a few books... The more Liu Bei looked at him, the more he liked Kou Feng.
After asking about his family background again, Liu Bei learned that Kou Feng was also a clan member of the Han Dynasty. After thinking about his current situation, he was somewhat tempted.
Liu Bei is already forty-five years old. In this troubled world where the average life expectancy is only thirty years old, Liu Bei has already entered the ranks of the elderly.
Liu Bei was not without children, nor was he without sons, but he had been wandering around in these years, and his sons were either missing or died... In these years, missing and dying actually meant the same thing.
Although they have settled down in Jingzhou in recent years, Liu Bei and Mrs. Gan worked hard for several years and only gave birth to two daughters... but no sons.
As Liu Bei got older day by day, some things were somewhat beyond his ability, so Liu Bei had the idea of accepting an adopted son.
What he liked was Liu Feng.
Of course, adopting an adopted son is a big deal. Accepting an adopted son in these days is different from recognizing a adopted son in modern society.
In modern society, recognizing a godson is purely a matter of liking and getting closer to one another. Two families are still two families, they just have an additional title.
But if you accept an adopted son this year, you really have to join the family tree, which is equivalent to the treatment of a real son, and you will have the right to inherit family property in the future.
This is also the reason why Meng Da was able to persuade Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang was able to persuade Liu Bei later.
If Liu Feng is just an idle prince with no inheritance rights, Zhuge Liang is afraid of "the world is difficult to control". You don't have a share in this country, right? !
It can be seen that adopted sons in this era have the same treatment and inheritance rights as biological sons.
Of course, at this time, Liu Bei had not yet completely decided to accept Liu Feng as his adopted son. He just let out a little hint to test the Kou family. If he is willing, of course it would be best. If he is not willing, don't force it.
The concept of clan in this era was very strong, and the Kou family only had one son, Kou Feng. If Liu Bei was adopted as his adopted son, the Kou family would be extinct.
Liu Bei can understand if he doesn't want to.
Kou Feng didn't think much about it, he just thought this was an opportunity.
Being Liu Bei's son means he is the heir to the great uncle of the Han Dynasty, which sounds majestic enough.
Furthermore, as Liu Bei's son, the possibility of leading an army on the battlefield will become very high in the future. It is also a good thing for Kou Feng that he does not have to go through qualifications bit by bit like now.
Therefore, Kou Feng, who is young at heart, actually does not resist this matter, and is even quite happy.
As for Kou's mother, she was naturally not happy... No matter how good the Liu family was, it was not as good as her own. Besides, who cares about this great uncle of the Han Dynasty? She was also a member of the Han family.
But Liu Bi...he was a little undecided.
If Kou Feng becomes Liu Feng, then the relationship between Liu Bi and Liu Bei will definitely go further, which will be a good thing for Kou Feng and Liu Bi.
However, Liu Bi is Kou Feng's uncle after all. His surname is Liu, Kou Feng's surname is Kou, and Kou Feng's father died early... The matter of making a person extinct, no matter in which era, will be criticized. A stab in the spine.
Therefore, Liu Bi, who was undecided, had no choice but to ask Kou Feng to invite his only "ally" Zhang Xi to discuss countermeasures together.
