Although Zhuojun, where Liu Bei lived and grew up, was a hot spot for people to mingle on a daily basis, it was not really a border county. It had a large population and fairly good economic development.
Therefore, although Zhuojun cannot be compared with the major counties in the Central Plains, it is not to the point where one has to sleep with a knife in his arms day and night.
But the counties in Liangzhou are obviously not like this.
People who grow up in that kind of environment always have to think about how to survive first, and then other things. If you can't even survive, who has the mind to think about other things?
Hearing what Dong Huang said, Liu Bei couldn't help but think of Song Xiao, a devout Confucian scholar who had served as the governor of Liangzhou.
He actually said that Liangzhou people have not read Confucian classics, and that all problems can be solved by reading Confucian classics.
To deal with such people, they should be allowed to move their families to the border counties of Liangzhou. After a few years, we will see if their homes have turned into mass graves.
So Liu Bei patted Dong Huang's shoulder again.
"If you don't want to go back now, don't go back. Follow me. If you have a mouthful of food from me, you won't be hungry. But in the future, we will still have to go back to Liangzhou."
"Ah? Why? Will you not want me in the future?"
"Silly boy!"
Liu Bei slapped Dong Huang on the head: "You have come to Luoyang, you are safe, you are rich, you are fine, but what about your fellow Liangzhou people? Like you, the Liangzhou people are in danger of life anytime and anywhere, and you are still alive." There are hundreds of thousands.
We have to find a way to let them live the life of Luoyang people. Aren’t Liangzhou people just human beings? People in Liangzhou are also human beings, children in Liangzhou are also children, and old people in Liangzhou are also old people.
There is no reason why people in Liangzhou deserve not to live the same life that people in Luoyang can live. People in Liangzhou deserve to sleep with a knife in their arms every day. That’s not okay. We want people in Liangzhou to be able to hold the person they love the most peacefully. of sleep. "
Dong Huang was stunned for a while.
"This...how is this possible?"
"Why isn't it possible?"
Liu Bei smiled and said: "As long as we are strong enough, as long as our army is capable enough, we can kill all the disobedient people and leave the obedient people to live an honest life. Then we can continue to fight to the west and destroy the country." The territory continues to expand to the west, so that the people of Liangzhou don’t have to sleep with a knife every day.”
"Is this... really possible?"
Dong Huang looked at Liu Bei blankly: "No matter how much I think about it, I still think it's impossible. How to do it? How to fight? Can all those Qiang and Hu be killed? And can all the Xianbei people in the north be killed too? They If we don’t kill him, he will definitely continue to invade Liangzhou.”
"It's impossible now, because there are too many insects in the court, and they can't do anything except hold us back."
Liu Bei said slowly: "They only think about themselves and never think about other people. They just want to be comfortable themselves. They don't care whether other people are comfortable or not. It's because there are too many such people in Luoyang, so Liangzhou Only people have to sleep with a knife in their arms."
Dong Huang thought for a while, thoughtfully.
"You mean that as long as there are fewer people like this, people in Liangzhou won't have to sleep with knives in their hands?"
"Yes, as long as there are fewer or no such people, Liangzhou people can sleep with their loved ones in their arms, sleep peacefully, and sleep until dawn.
Whether they are people from Longxi, Jincheng, Wuwei, or even Dunhuang, as long as we do the right things, we can let them live the same life as the people in Luoyang. "
Liu Bei looked into Dong Huang's eyes and spoke word by word.
"Huang, I want people in Liangzhou to sleep without holding a knife. I want them to sleep until dawn. I want to do this. Do you believe me?"
Dong Huang opened his mouth slightly and hesitated for a long time.
"Can you really do it?"
“It’s not possible now, but it will be possible in the future.”
"…………"
Dong Huang was silent for a while and nodded firmly.
"I believe in you, you can do it."
"Thank you, I will definitely do it."
Dong Huang didn't know where Liu Bei had the confidence to do something that seemed completely impossible to him.
But inexplicably, on this night, in this carriage, what Liu Bei said made him want to believe it completely.
And let him long for that future.
Two days later, the army swore to fight.
The army was divided into three groups, Zhang Wen led one group, Zhou Shen and Dong Zhuo each led one group, and Liu Bei, as the cavalry captain, led the Northern Army cavalry to attack.
In addition to the Northern Army cavalry, there were also Liu family soldiers from different sources who volunteered to follow Liu Bei on the expedition.
These people formed Liu Bei's expedition army and led them. Liu Bei followed Zhang Wen on the expedition.
The Liu family soldiers who went on this expedition were not mainly Liu Bei's own Youzhou headquarters. Many families such as the Zhen family, the Cao family, the Han family, and the Yin family sent their own elite knights to prepare their own armor and weapons to follow Liu Bei on the expedition. Follow Liu Bei's identity.
They have only one purpose, not to win this war, but to protect Liu Bei's safety.
They actually didn't have to obey Zhang Wen's command. They only obeyed Liu Bei's command and only protected Liu Bei's safety.
If they die in battle to protect Liu Bei, their families will receive the best care and will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
If Liu Bei was injured and something happened, they would be punished the most severely they could imagine.
So before they all died in battle, Liu Bei would definitely be fine. If anything happened to Liu Bei, it could only mean that they had all died in battle.
These more than a thousand "Liu family soldiers" fought only for Liu Bei.
There was nothing to talk about on the march. Life was boring and boring. In addition to rushing, Liu Bei had to be responsible for many things. However, he was used to these things and was not unfamiliar with them. He handled them appropriately.
The scholars from the Ministry of General Affairs who followed him on the expedition also gave full play to their abilities and handled the logistics work well, without any noteworthy mistakes.
So Liu Bei was relatively relaxed.
With this ease, he could exchange feelings with many of his subordinates, or talk to Sun Jian about military tactics, or his past experiences in Jiangdong.
Yes, Sun Jian, Zhu Jun's younger brother from Jiangdong, because of Liu Bei's recommendation, he also brought his 500 carefully selected Jiangdong soldiers to participate in the war as a military commander in Liu Bei's army, under Liu Bei's command .
Sun Jian was obviously very happy. As a strong man, he thanked Liu Bei again for his recommendation and followed him all the way, chatting and laughing with Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was very curious about Sun Jian's past life in Jiangdong, and asked him about his life in Jiangdong, as well as the customs and customs of Jiangdong. Sun Jian told him everything, from the customs and customs of Jiangdong to his past adventures in fighting pirates.
It can only be said that the Jiangdong Tigers are indeed the Jiangdong Tigers, and Sun Jian is also a real tough guy.
He comes from an ordinary small landowner family and is from Jiangdong. At the age of seventeen, he started to get involved with hostile strangers. He suddenly made a name for himself with his fierceness and ability and became a pawn for Yuan Shu, a young man from a wealthy family.
This is an alternative rise, an alternative class improvement. Sun Jian's path fully proves that if you want to break class barriers in a desperate era, being more vigorous and able to fight than others is a very good path.
Of course, the premise is that you have a hard enough life and can survive until the quantitative changes accumulate into qualitative changes.
After Sun Jian's introduction, Liu Bei also met several tough men under Sun Jian's command, such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao. Each of them was tall and strong, and they could easily fight at first glance.
Sun Jian also expressed to Liu Bei that he was willing to be the vanguard of Liu Bei's army. If there was an enemy, he could be driven forward. He would lead the Jiangdong soldiers forward desperately and never put Liu Bei in danger.
Liu Bei would do this kind of thing without asking him. Liu Bei wanted to witness the demeanor of Jiangdong Tiger with his own eyes.
Due to the urgent military situation, in mid-July of the second year of Zhongping, Zhang Wen hurriedly led his troops to Meiyang County in Youfufeng, where he handed over to the depressed Huangfu Song.
It is worth mentioning that after seeing Liu Bei appear in front of him, Huangfusong glared at Liu Bei quite unhappily, snorted and left, which made Liu Bei a little confused.
I'm not the one who impeached you. If you want to get angry and go to Zhang Rang, what are you going to do to me? Do you think I'm a soft persimmon?
Liu Bei then wrote down Huangfu Song's attitude towards him, and also recorded this matter in his notebook, confirming that Huangfu Song was now an actual enemy, not a friend.
(End of chapter)
