Before the Jian'an Year, Liu Bei's reputation was very great, but not that great.
After the Jian'an Year, Liu Bei's reputation grew year by year, and soon he was known throughout the Han Dynasty.
And as his fame spread, the news that he treated his subordinates very well, especially his close subordinates, also spread widely. Everyone said that if he could be summoned by General Liu Bei, it would be like a smoke coming out of his ancestral grave. matter.
Most people have rules to follow when recruiting their subordinates, but this general's subordinates are very particular about doing whatever they want. It doesn't matter who you are, what age you are, as long as the general likes you, he will directly summon you.
Others have no idea why Liu Bei summoned those people. They just dreamed about it and it doesn't make sense at all.
It just so happened that these guys he dreamed about all had some ability, and they were not simple things. Even if they came from a humble and ordinary background, they were still talents.
In managing government affairs, marching and fighting, everyone can come in handy, and they are all specially brewed to have the meaning of being a wise minister.
So there was an Eastern Han urban legend spread in Luoyang City that Liu Bei was good at meeting people in their dreams.
Some people even ridiculed that Liu Bei was not very good at recognizing people when he was awake, so he was tricked by Gongsun Zan, but in his dreams, he picked everyone accurately.
Therefore, what many people who think they have some ability desire most is to be dreamed of by a general, and then be summoned. Then they will immediately become famous in the world, double their worth, reverse their destiny, and usher in a new era.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei were originally little-known figures, but once they were dreamed of by Liu Bei, they immediately became the center of the local topic, making headlines and being discussed enthusiastically.
But this meant nothing to those two people. Now they just wanted to fly to Luoyang as soon as possible and fall into the warm embrace of General Liu.
In every sense, Xu Chu is much more heroic than Dian Wei.
Dian Wei came alone, and Xu Chu set off directly with two hundred strong men to Luoyang.
He expressed that he wanted to take these strong young people to join the army and join the general's team. Everyone admired the general's martial arts, so they wanted to serve for the general.
Among these people are many members of the Xu clan, as well as people with other surnames. They are basically a team of thugs for the Xu family to maintain their status and existence in the local area.
Liu Bei felt funny about this.
He only wanted one, so why did he bring two hundred along the way?
However, there is indeed one among those two hundred young people. They are all strong men. If you ask their age, they are all strong men in their teens and 20s. They are all tall and powerful, and they can tell from a glance that they have received a certain amount of training. military training.
Liu Bei curiously asked Xu Chu how these people were trained. Xu Chu said that some of his elders in the family had served in the army and held military positions. After returning from the army, they handed over this skill to their clan members and to their younger generations.
If you want to survive well in the local area these days, strong martial ethics is a necessary condition. If you don't have strong martial ethics, you won't be able to defend anything.
Liu Bei nodded, feeling that the elders in Xu Chu's family were not simple people.
Because this selection of personal guards is for the entire army, the most courageous and adept warriors in the army must be selected to become Liu Bei's personal guards, and the number is not large, only a thousand people, so the people brought by Xu Chu, including Xu Chu Together with Dian and Wei, they must participate in the selection of the whole army.
It can be said that this is a typical selection of the best. Those selected are all warriors among warriors and elites among elites. If officers above the captain level are not allowed to participate in the selection, it is estimated that many outstanding officers above the captain level will also participate in the selection.
In the subsequent selection of the whole army, the main selection items were hand-to-hand combat, rapid formation combat and rapid protection and breakthrough combat.
The most dangerous one is of course the assessment of quickly protecting people and breaking through the battle. This assessment requires swordsmen, shieldmen, spearmen and crossbowmen to maintain the military formation unwavering in an extremely chaotic and dangerous environment to ensure Liu Bei's safety.
The purpose of this selection is very clear, which is to simulate the situation when Liu Bei was assassinated and in danger.
When there are far more enemies than the headquarters, and when the enemies suddenly attack, the personal guards need to respond quickly, be good at fighting, dare to fight, and be able to quickly form a formation to protect Liu Bei in the middle, and use their lives to ensure Liu Bei's safety. of escape.
After rounds of screening, only more than 3,100 people made it to the final selection.
In the final selection, they will have to face more than seven times the number of sneak attacks by enemies without martial ethics. The guards need to face more than seven times the number of enemies in extremely dangerous situations. They need to protect Liu Bei with their lives in such a desperate situation. Escape.
The selection that Cheng Yu took the time to host closely simulated the real situation.
The elite soldiers participating in the selection need to protect the person who plays Liu Bei's protection, and fight desperately when they are surrounded by assassins or enemy troops in order to break out of the siege. They must also ensure that Liu Bei is not injured. If Liu Bei is injured, then mission failed.
To be honest, Liu Bei felt that this kind of selection criteria and this kind of assessment method were outrageous when he saw it in person... If he really fell into this situation, how stupid would he look like?
So he couldn't help but complain to Cheng Yu.
"Zhongde, I know you want to protect me, and I know your intentions are good, but is this a bit too much? In this case, if you let me personally command you, I won't even be able to escape without any injuries."
“It’s not about you, it’s about them.”
Cheng Yu whispered: "It doesn't matter what you think, it doesn't matter what you do, and it doesn't matter what you did. Their goal is to risk their lives under any circumstances to get you out of the dangerous place safely. No matter where the danger comes from."
Liu Bei immediately gave Cheng Yu a thumbs up.
Good guy, if you had planned a security plan for Cao Cao when he was in Wancheng, he and Zhang Xiu's sister-in-law would still be safe even if they had a close night together.
With Cheng Yu's overall plan, Cao Cao might not even have to get out of Zhang Xiu's sister-in-law's bed when Zhang Xiu leads a surprise attack.
People always make fun of themselves for having the ambition of being a thief but not having Dian Wei, Cao Ang and Cao Anmin to protect them. But Liu Bei now has Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cheng Yu personally handling the security plan for him and preparing everything. When it reaches its limit, does this prove...
Can Liu Xuande inherit Prime Minister Cao's ambition?
Forget it, let’s just talk, how could Liu Xuande do such a thing?
He reads Spring and Autumn Period.
But Cheng Yu was really serious.
After careful selection and a lot of effort, the strongest personal guard was finally selected from among a thousand people.
Then there is a competition within the Guards to decide who is the strongest in the end to serve as the person in charge of the Guards around Liu Bei.
They caught each other and fought hand to hand, one thousand into five hundred, five hundred into two hundred and five, two hundred and five into one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-five into sixty, sixty into thirty, thirty into fifteen, after six rounds of fighting , the last fifteen people selected were the officers of the Guards.
These fifteen people finally conducted a personal military skills competition, competing in hand-to-hand combat, sword skills, spear skills, horseback archery, strength, durability, etc., to select the best, most able to withstand pressure and always vigilant from multiple levels. .
The winner in the end was Xu Chu, and the second place was Dian Wei.
The two of them were so powerful in combat and had certain commanding abilities that the elites in the army could not win against them despite being under great pressure.
Cheng Yu had to admire Liu Bei's ability to dream.
You can find talented people like yourself in your dreams, and you can find beast-level people like Xu Chu and Dian Wei in your dreams...
His Ying Mengxianchen's statement is becoming more and more mysterious now.
Almost anything he dreams of can accomplish something. Many people say privately that Liu Bei is somewhat like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu back then, with some mysterious and mysterious abilities, and they are particularly useful.
Liu Bei did not make any comment on this.
Because it is a personal guard army, although the number is small, the military positions are higher than those of the general army. Generally, the army has a battalion of 3,000 people and is led by a school lieutenant. However, the personal guard army has an establishment of 1,000 people and has two marshals. Lieutenant.
Finally, based on Liu Bei's reference opinions and comprehensive performance judgment, Cheng Yu announced that Xu Chu and Dian Wei would serve as captains of the Guards respectively as generals, and the Guards would be divided into two parts.
The two groups usually take turns serving as Liu Bei's personal guards, one is responsible for the morning shift and the other is responsible for the evening shift. The officers take turns to take charge of their duties.
When Liu Bei needs to go on an expedition, Xu Chu and Dian Wei will go out with their guards and Liu Bei.
Wherever Liu Bei is, the Guards will be there. If Liu Bei charges, the Guards will follow suit. The highest duty of the Guards is to bring Liu Bei safely back to Luoyang from anywhere.
For this reason, Liu Bei's absolute safety must be guaranteed at any cost, even if the entire army is annihilated.
Therefore, at the end of June in the fourth year of Jian'an, the Guards specifically responsible for Liu Bei's security was formally established. Liu Bei personally named this force the Tiger Guard.
(End of chapter)
