The three brothers hugged each other and cried. It took a long time to calm down and sit down at the table.
"Haha, Yun Chang wanted to apologize as soon as he came, but I forgot for a moment that this battle in Jingzhou was a great victory?" Liu Bei smiled helplessly.
After this battle, not only was Jingzhou not lost, but we also got Guiyang back. We didn't suffer much loss in military strength. We also extorted... ahem, and claimed a large sum of money for food.
On the contrary, it was Sun Quan who lost his troops and surrendered territory and paid compensation. Shouldn't he be the one crying?
Why are we three brothers crying like this?
Zhang Fei slapped the table: "That's right. The second brother resisted Cao Wei in the north and flooded the seven armies, and resisted Sun Quan in the east to kill the enemy and behead the generals. They just ignored the merits. What's the crime?"
It's not like when he lost Xuzhou, it was really lost. Even his brother's family members were lost there...
Guan Yu shook his head and sighed: "Although the result is like this, there will be mistakes after all. Besides, if it hadn't been for Adou, this result would not have been achieved. It was not my fault."
Liu Chan was a little helpless after hearing this, but it was not surprising that these words came from Uncle Guan's mouth.
Hearing this, Lao Liu waved his hand: "Since the losses in this battle are not big, if Guiyang is still taken back, the merits and demerits will be considered equal to each other, and there is no need for punishment."
"Thank you, brother." Guan Yu saluted with clasped fists.
After saying this, Old Liu finally turned his head to look at Liu Chan and said with a straight face: "Huh, you did a great job secretly!"
The tone and demeanor were almost exactly the same as what Liu Chan had learned on the boat.
"Pfft!" Zhang Fei just wanted to drink some water to moisten his throat. Hearing these words, a mouthful of water squirted on the ground. He coughed repeatedly but couldn't help but smile.
Looking at Guan Ping secretly pinching his thigh, even Guan Yu, who was filled with guilt, smiled faintly.
Lao Liu looked at them doubtfully: "Yide, what's the matter?"
"Ahem...well, nothing happened, I just choked." Zhang Fei waved his hand.
When Old Liu saw this, he didn't go into details. He turned around and said with a straight face: "Didn't you go to escort the surrendered soldiers? Why did you leave and never come back?"
"The military advisor once told my son that Jiangdong had always wanted to seize Jingzhou from me. At that time, his second uncle was leading the army. He was worried that his uncle's rear would be unstable, so he stayed to help." In fact, what Liu Chan said was basically the truth.
"Hmph! How can you help in such a big battle?"
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +3] (72)
[Liu Bei's favorability is 70, swordsmanship talent +15×2, equestrian talent +10×2, power skill talent +10×2]
?
What's going on? You're lecturing me with your mouth, but you're building a favorable impression on me in your heart... As your favorable impression increases, you won't delay training me, right?
"Brother, this is wrong." Guan Yu laughed and said, "We surrounded Lu Meng in Jiangling and shot him to death with one arrow. Lu Xun left 6,000 men on the bank of the river to capture the enemy lieutenant. He pretended to flee north but actually took Zhijiang, destroyed Pan Zhang, and attacked at night. Lu Xun burned his granaries and finally defeated his army...
"Every single one of these things was done by Adou. Without Adou, I might have died, but he helped a lot."
At this time, because paper was not yet popular, messages were often delivered in extremely concise words. Many of the previous battle reports only mentioned the results.
He really didn't know that Liu Chan had done so many things after Jiangling was burned down.
Although the second brother may have exaggerated on purpose, Adou still wanted to help.
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +3] (75)
Liu Bei's tone softened a lot: "Ahem. Even so, fighting on the battlefield is no better than practicing martial arts to suppress bandits on weekdays. If you make a mistake and get..."
"I can't miss it!" Zhang Fei waved his hand and said with a smile, "Brother, you didn't see it. Adou single-handedly charged into Wu Bing's formation, as if he was in a deserted place! No one at the same age was so brave.
"Adou Lian's soldiers are not afraid of death. They are very elite. Fighting the Wu soldiers is like killing chickens and dogs. How could they miss?"
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +3] (78)
"Even so, you are still young and ill-informed, so Sun Quan..."
"Sun Quan is nothing!" Mr. Zhang said with great excitement. He was obviously in high spirits. He didn't care that the face of his brother who was interrupted one after another was almost darker than his...
"Brother, you don't know that Sun Quan sent someone to sue for peace. During the interview at the riverside, Adou silenced him. In the end, he not only retreated from the police, but also ceded territory and paid compensation in order to seek a truce!"
[Family harmony trigger]
[Liu Bei’s favorability +3] (81)
[Liu Bei's favorability is 80, swordsmanship talent +15×2, equestrian talent +10×2, power skill talent +10×2]
[Swordsmanship talent upgraded to excellent talent]
Liu Bei stopped talking and just stared at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly: "Brother, go on."
Liu Bei then turned back his gaze: "..."
"What the hell do I want to say?"
Seeing Liu Chan waiting for his next words honestly, Lao Liu suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Liu Bei, whose favorability level had been raised to 81, how could he find his son so pleasing to his eyes at this moment?
"Adou really deserves a lot of credit this time. Although he lied to himself, his original intention was good after all. It is indeed a bit much to reprimand him as soon as he comes back."
"Yeah... that's all. But if you are going to do any big things in the future, you need to inform me in advance and don't take risks."
"Yes." Liu Chan readily agreed, without any hint of rebellion.
If it were the old Liu from the past, perhaps seeing Liu Chan suddenly being so honest, he would have suspected whether he was going to make any excessive demands or do something out of the ordinary.
For example, during the period before going to Jingzhou, he acted like a law-abiding, diligent and studious person every day.
But at this time, he only felt that his son had grown up and became sensible.
"It seems that since I have agreed to use your people as the prince's personal soldiers, there is no need to use your private property to support his expenses in the future." Liu Bei said again.
"Thank you, father. All you have to do is keep their original treatment unchanged."
Liu Beihao said angrily: "They have followed you through life and death, and they have made great contributions this time. From now on, when they officially form an army, their food and salary should be doubled."
Liu Chan still looked very well-behaved, but with a sly smile hidden in the corner of his mouth, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, father."
Seeing that Liu Chan did not speak loudly to him like before, Liu Bei twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Does this army have a number? Since it is an elite army, you can take a number to increase the soldiers' sense of honor and disgrace. If..."
"Let's call it the 'Red Star Army'." Liu Chan blurted out without thinking much.
Old Liu hurriedly swallowed back the words "If you don't have a number yet, why don't your father help you get one?"
[Fa Zhi Sensibility +3] (31)
[Spell sensitivity is 30, strategy (odd) talent +15×2, political strategy talent +10×2]
"Red Star..." Fazheng thought for a while and said with a smile, "The Han Dynasty inherited the virtue of fire and ruled the world. The virtue of fire is red. The prince's nickname is also related to the stars... It is not bad to use the red star as the name of a close soldier."
Liu Chan silently praised Fazheng in his heart. Although it was far from what he really meant, your explanation was so good!
How much trouble you save yourself.
Old Liu nodded when he heard this: "Okay, let's call it Red Star Army."
In the twelfth lunar month of the 24th year of Jian'an, Liu Chan's prince's personal army was officially named the Red Star Army.
"Father, I want to expand the Red Star Army to 2,000 people. What do you think?"
Now, including Liu Chan's reserve team, there are only less than a thousand people, which is not large compared to the prince's personal army.
Since Lao Liu promised to reimburse their expenses, he could also take this opportunity to expand.
It is estimated that it will not be difficult to get Lao Liu to agree if he leads his own army to accomplish this great feat.
As for whether Lao Liu would be suspicious of him because of this...that's impossible.
Although this period was the so-called "collapse of rituals and music", many inhumane massacres and other incidents also occurred.
But before Sima Yi lets out his eternal fart, ministers have many taboos about seizing power, so they must be restrained.
It is simply unbelievable that a biological son would murder his father to gain power.
Not to mention that Liu Chan naturally lacks competitors and has no such motivation and necessity at all.
Even this is a good thing for Lao Liu.
The prince has made such a great contribution and takes this opportunity to expand his power. No one will have anything to say. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the central military power.
What's more, the two factions in power now, the Jingzhou faction is led by Zhuge Liang, and the Dongzhou faction is led by Mrs. Wu, Wu Yi's Wu family, and Fazheng.
Due to Liu Chan's special status, which was respected by both Jingzhou and Dongzhou factions, he would certainly not give any resistance in this matter.
Sure enough, Lao Liu said without much hesitation: "I think it's okay, what do you think of Xiaozhi?"
Fazheng is really cruel to people he hates or has offended him, but he is also really kind to people he likes.
He immediately said: "The Red Star soldiers are elite, and the prince is wise and courageous. Expanding the personal army is a good thing for the prince's safety and for the improvement of our army's combat power. Why not?"
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others would not have any objections.
That's how things were settled.
Of course, the Red Star Army's expenses may be slightly different from Old Liu's expectations...
But Liu Chan believed that he would be able to make Lao Liu realize in the near future that his money was not wasted.
Power comes from the barrel of a gun.
Having a big fist makes it easier for others to understand your reasoning.
If you want to accomplish anything, it is necessary to have a strong armed force.
Liu Chan's military expansion and reorganization this time is not only to increase the size of the army, but also to continue to adjust the internal structure of the Red Star Army.
The Red Star Army is also his "test field". Through constant adjustments and experiments, he strives to replicate that legendary army as much as possible.
Some things are different in times, environments, and people's ideological foundations, so they cannot be copied mechanically.
But there are also some things... that are the most instinctive pursuit of human beings, even after thousands of years.
Using these unchanging things as the foundation to adjust issues that are not in line with this era is the "experiment" Liu Chan is conducting on the Red Star Army.
If he can succeed, he will have an army that can crush this era, even if it uses the same equipment of the same era, it will still be able to crush it.
After all, that army even defeated the enemy with backward equipment and fewer numbers...
At least from the current perspective, the experimental results are still optimistic.
Thank you to the boss of "Qingxianren 2022" for 100 points, once again investing in the Jihan Armed Group. Your points will be used for the expansion of the Red Star Army. Thank you for your support ~
(End of chapter)
