The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Kuai Liang came to Liu Biao's mansion, and Liu Biao was still studying.

Liu Biao is still a relatively talented person. When he was young, he was well-known in the world and respected by his subordinates. A large part of the reason why Kuai Liang and others were able to submit to Liu Biao's subordinates was because they were convinced by Liu Biao's personality charm.

Liu Biao saw Kuai Liang approaching nervously, put down the letter in his hand, and got up to ask Kuai Liang.

"Zirou Kuailiang, why are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

Although the current Han Dynasty is in decline, this has nothing to do with Liu Biao. The court is still the court, and he is just a scholar, so he can just take care of his own acre of land.

Although Liu Biao once had ambitions, he only had three counties under his command, so it was difficult for him to accomplish anything.

After all, the ambitious Liu Zheng has always been in the south of him, and most of his troops have to defend Liu Zheng, so there is no extra strength to expand the territory.

This situation also made Liu Biao, who was still somewhat ambitious, gradually lose his fighting spirit and could only indulge in books.

"My lord, something is wrong. My spies reported to me that a large number of soldiers and horses are gathering in Nanyang and Yuzhang. It is very likely that Yuan Shu and Liu Zheng are colluding and want to attack me in Jingzhou."

Kuai Liang didn't hide anything, and said what he wanted to say as soon as he opened his mouth. After all, the situation was urgent, and he didn't have any spare time to talk about those messy things with Liu Biao.

However, after hearing Kuai Liang's words, Liu Biao was not too worried.

"Zirou, don't worry, the situation in the imperial court has gradually improved. General Lu Zhi has personally gone to Jizhou to judge. Some time ago, didn't you hear that the matter in Yanzhou has been resolved? Yuan Shu just occupied Nanyang In the two counties of Runan and Runan, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, and now there are only 4 or [-] soldiers left, and we still have [-] soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, so don't be too afraid of Yuan Shu."

"My lord, the problem is not Yuan Shu. I don't pay much attention to Yuan Shu. The problem is Liu Zheng."

Kuai Liang never paid attention to Yuan Shu from the beginning to the end. The only thing he worried about was Liu Zheng. After all, Liu Zheng now is not the Liu Zheng two years ago.

Two years ago, Liu Zheng only occupied one Jiaozhou, and the entire Jiaozhou had a population of only 100 million. Even if Liu Zheng was all soldiers, he could gather at most 20 troops.

Even if Liu Biao only has three counties, he can completely match Liu Zheng, but now Liu Zheng is different. After occupying Yangzhou, Liu Zheng still ruled Yangzhou for a year. During this year, Liu Zheng can recruit soldiers and horses.

At least more than 40 soldiers and horses can be recruited easily. If he recruits all his strength, he can easily pull up an army of [-] to [-].

At that time, Liu Biao had only three counties, and if he wanted to compete with Liu Zheng, it would be extremely difficult.Fortunately, Liu Zheng didn't know what went wrong. Even if Yangzhou was conquered, he didn't recruit a large number of soldiers and horses, but only increased by [-] soldiers and horses.

After calculation, Liu Zheng can directly mobilize only 10 troops, and these 10 people have to be stationed in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou respectively, so Kuai Liang is not so worried.

However, as Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu assembled troops, Kuai Liang still knew what Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu wanted to do, so he came to Liu Biao's side and reported to Liu Biao.

After hearing what Kuai Liang said, Liu Biao became a little nervous. After all, if what Kuai Liang said is true, then Jingzhou is indeed in danger.

"Zirou, what happened to Yuan Shu from Nanyang?"

Liu Biao began to inquire about Yuan Shu, wanting to know more information.

Kuai Liang didn't know much about the mobilization of soldiers and horses in Nanyang, so he could only tell Liu Biao what he knew now.

"Yuan Shu is very cunning. He didn't blatantly gather troops in Nanyang. Instead, he gathered his soldiers and horses in various counties and counties in Nanyang. According to preliminary statistics, there may be more than [-] soldiers and horses."

"With [-] troops, Huang Zu was stationed in Jiangxia. Let his troops approach Nanyang to guard against Yuan Shu."

Yuan Shu with 2 soldiers and horses is not enough to cause Liu Biao to make too much noise. After all, he also has more than [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Jiangxia. As long as Huang Zu is there, Yuan Shu's troops really don't particularly make him feel tricky.

Only, Liu Zheng, the soldiers and horses here are enough to attract Liu Biao's attention.

"What about Liu Zheng?"

"Liu Zheng didn't say that he would attack us, but he has [-] soldiers in Yuzhang County, and it is very likely that he wants to unite with Yuan Shu to attack us together. We need to make preparations as soon as possible, otherwise, once Liu Zheng really comes to attack Changsha County , if we don't have enough defense, we will be easily attacked directly and killed in Xiangyang."

Kuai Liang reminded again.

"Well, [-] soldiers and horses are indeed a lot of pressure. He still has soldiers and horses in Guiyang County. Now that he occupies Yangzhou, it is really easy to get our minds in Jingzhou."

"Isn't Cai Mao in Changsha?"

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Liu Biao remembered Cai Mao. After all, Cai Mao was his number one general and was also responsible for the defense of Changsha.

Because he believed in Cai Mao deeply, Liu Biao didn't even know how many soldiers Cai Mao had recruited in Changsha County, which gave Cai Mao a lot of autonomy.

On the contrary, the counselors like Kuai Liang are clearer.

"My lord, Cai Mao has 3 soldiers in Changsha and another 2 on the border of Guiyang, a total of [-] troops. Now we have [-] troops in Nanjun that can be mobilized."

Don't look at Liu Biao's territory in only three counties, but since he took office, he has made great efforts to rectify the army and horses. Relying on the population of the three counties, he easily recruited an army of 10 people.

The main reason was the previous battle with Liu Zheng. He didn't take advantage of it. Later, the failure of Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, made Liu Biao realize how powerful Liu Zheng was, so he focused on developing military strength.

"Then I don't worry. Even if Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu join forces to attack us, we don't have to worry. One hundred thousand troops are in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu and Liu Zheng won't take down Jingzhou so easily. Once they attack, we will immediately give Cao Cao and Liu Bei Write a letter and ask for their support, presumably, they will be happy to attack Yuan Shu and Liu Zheng for us at this time."

Now that the war in the imperial court is stable and the situation has gradually stabilized, Liu Biao no longer has so many worries.

"My lord, Cai Mao guards Changsha. It's not that I don't believe him. It's just that General Cai Mao lost to Liu Zheng back then. Now"

It's not that Kuai Liang doesn't trust Cai Mao, it's just that Cai Mao's ability is really not enough to reassure Kuai Liang. He knows Cai Mao. A few years ago, when Liu Zheng was still in the Yellow Turban Army, he captured Cai Mao alive. It was well known at the time that he also spent money to buy his own life.

Although Cai Maogui is now the head of a county and has become the commander-in-chief of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, no matter how you look at it, Kuai Liang doesn't quite trust Cai Mao.

"Then what do you say?"

Kuai Liang didn't finish his sentence, but Liu Biao knew what Kuai Liang was talking about.

"My lord, you can order my younger brother to lead the [-] troops from Nanjun to Changsha to assist Cai Mao. First, he will add more defenders to Changsha, just in case. Second, with my younger brother, he can also advise General Cai Mao, at least not The meeting was fooled by Liu Zheng, and they teamed up to defend Changsha, so there should be no big problem."

Kuai Liang came forward to recommend his younger brother Kuai Yue, not because he recommended his younger brother, but because he really wanted his younger brother to assist Cai Mao, so that Cai Mao could have someone to talk to.

"Well, this is fine. The 2 people in Nanjun are led by my nephew Zhang Yun. If he and Kuai Yue go to Changsha, there is no problem."

"But in this way, Xiangyang will only have five thousand defenders, will it?"

Liu Biao only has [-] troops under his command. If all of them are dispatched, Xiangyang's defense will be weak, and it will not be so safe at that time.

However, Changsha and Jiangxia are both portals, and if there is a loss in these two places, Xiangyang will definitely not be able to hold on. Thinking of this, Liu Biao is relieved.

"Forget it, if Changsha and Jiangxia are broken by the enemy, Xiangyang is just an isolated city. Changsha and Jiangxia are more important. Let Zhang Yun and Kuai Yue go to Changsha as soon as possible, and send Cai Mao my letter. Once Liu Zheng invades, Be sure to defend Changsha."

"Yes, my lord, I'll go over and tell them."

After receiving Liu Biao's order, Kuai Liang set off immediately to issue Liu Biao's order.

And Yuzhang County, in Yichun County.

Liu Zheng led his own soldiers from Wu County to Yichun County.

Those who went to Yichun County together included several battalions of soldiers and horses, as well as students from the old military academy.

Today's military academy has three classes of students.

The first class is the students of the Wenpin class. They are the first group of people to be trained, and they are also the group of people who have the shortest education time when Liu Zheng lacks manpower. Because the students are generally too old, only one year All the time was devoted to his military career.

Wenpin was the best among those people, he became the commander of the first battalion, and most of the rest of them served as village commanders or even deputy battalion commanders in the six major battalions.

The second class of students is Wenpin's next class of students, but these people are recruited from the entire Jiaozhou. The youngest are only twelve or thirteen years old, and the oldest are only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Therefore, not all students can graduate directly. Among those who are under 16 years old, a large part of them were chosen by Liu Zheng to repeat the grade. They must be 16 years old before they can leave the school.

Sun Ce is the second student who joined later.

There are more than 100 people in total. For this group of people, Liu Zheng did not let them choose to continue to study in the school in Jiaozhou, but let them follow the army. After all, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang and others cannot stay in the school to teach in Jiaozhou. In addition to being professors, they have another identity, that is, the generals under Liu Zheng.

When the battle happened, they shouldered the responsibility of replacing Liu Zheng in the South and North Wars. As for the students in the military school, Liu Zheng asked them to follow the army. Firstly, it allowed them to experience military life earlier, and secondly, they had to follow the army. Their ability is not just on paper, but more through practice to complete their own improvement.

Of course, Liu Zheng recruited the third class of students in Jiaozhou last year, but the third class of students were too young and physically fit to join the army, so Liu Zheng asked them to study in Jiaozhou for one year and wait for the second year Then come out to study with the army.

Zhou Yu was sent to the school of the third class by Liu Zheng, but Zhou Yu himself proposed to go to the second class to study with the students of the second class.

Liu Zheng thought for a moment that Sun Ce was also among the students in the second class, and when they got married, the two guys were already familiar with each other, so they didn't separate them, and agreed to Zhou Yu's request.

In this way, Liu Zheng's personal battalion and student battalion followed Liu Zheng to Yichun County.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu often came to find Liu Zheng, because there was a Wenpin next to Liu Zheng, and the two of them mainly came to find Wenpin to discuss.

Ever since Wenpin defeated Sun Ce at Sun Ce's home, Sun Ce has been aiming at Wenpin, wanting to surpass Wenpin.

In the past year alone, Sun Ce's martial arts has made great progress.

The 13-year-old Sun Ce and Wenpin can fight dozens of rounds without losing. Wenpin and Sun Ce also feel more and more difficult to fight, so Wenpin is under a lot of pressure. Recently, he has been practicing martial arts hard, often Ask Huang Zhong to improve his martial arts, so as not to be surpassed by Sun Ce so soon.

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In the school grounds of Yichun County.

Sun Ce and Wenpin started another duel.

It has attracted the attention of many people, especially the students of the military academy. After all, this is a battle between the first boss and the second boss.

Whether the graduates of the first batch are stronger or the graduates of the second batch are stronger, many students in the military academy are all poking their heads to observe.

Of course, some people think that Wenpin is strong, because Wenpin is already a general under Liu Zheng, and even the leader of a battalion. Many students are envious of him. They even set Wenpin as their goal and follow Wenpin as an idol.

However, some people think that Sun Ce is stronger, such as Zhou Yu. Although Zhou Yu also knew Wenpin and had a good relationship, Sun Ce came from behind. Because of the small age gap, he often fooled around with Zhou Yu. Don't talk about friends, in private, Zhou Yu naturally supports Sun Ce who is closer to him.

On the school field, people from both sides cheered, and the shouts spread, attracting more people's attention.

Even Liu Zheng was attracted by the group of people surrounding him. Liu Zheng walked over with Lu Jun, Yuan Zhou and others.

Looking at the school field, Sun Ce and Wenpin fought back and forth, and they had already fought for more than [-] rounds in the blink of an eye. Although the two were young, their martial arts were extraordinary, already better than some adults. Much more powerful.

Although the battle was not as smooth as Huang Zhong, Xu Huang and others, and it didn't look so fierce and domineering, it was still very methodical, and every move was a skill honed in actual combat.

It can give some soldiers with little combat experience some good understanding, but the two of them are not fighting with real guns, but wooden guns, so they fight a little unscrupulously. Sometimes in order to suppress the opponent, they will do Make some moves that would rather be hit, just to supplement the attack.

Liu Zheng didn't agree with this way of fighting, but after all, it was a sparring, and Liu Zheng didn't intervene too much. On the contrary, he advocated this kind of private competition in the military camp. As long as it doesn't hurt the harmony, this kind of martial arts The spirit is still worth advocating.

"These two are the students who graduated from the military academy in Jiaozhou?"

Standing beside Liu Zheng, Lu Jun was very surprised. Watching the students fighting in the barracks, the thrilling situation was not much worse than the life-and-death contest between generals on the battlefield, not to mention the people in front of them. It's just some teenagers who are not as young as the weak crown, how can they not surprise Lu Jun.

Seeing Lu Jun's surprise, Liu Zheng smiled and explained to Lu Jun.

"The older one, named Wenpin, did indeed graduate from a military school, and is now the commander of one of the six battalions under my command. As for the younger one, his name is Sun Ce, whose father is Lin The prefect of Yi, Sun Jian, the former prefect of Changsha, he has not yet graduated, and he is a second-term student of the Military Academy."

"You're already this good before you graduate?"

"Hahaha, the reason why he is powerful is because he has good martial arts, and with the help of the professors in the military academy, he absorbs and learns quickly. Naturally, he is much better than ordinary people of the same age, but There are not many children like him in the military academy."

Although Sun Ce is indeed an outstanding student among the second-term students, among the first-term students who graduated a year before Sun Ce, there are a few students who also performed well in addition to Wenpin. Among Liu Zhengjun, there are many The outstanding performance, Liu Zheng's several times of charge in Huainan before, were those students who took the lead and led the [-]-man squad under him to charge into the battle.

Several of them were also rewarded for their outstanding achievements.

Having said that, Lu Jun was quite surprised, and at the same time understood why Liu Zheng was so powerful.

Only then did Liu Zheng adopt the best of a hundred schools of thought to recruit students regardless of the poor or the rich or the noble. This approach is very different from the current social concept.

After all, at this moment, the concept of the nobles is too serious. Some families do not have any intention of teaching people outside the family, unless they are apprentices and establish relationships through the friendship of masters and apprentices.

After all, truth and knowledge are in the hands of a few people. Those big families hold books in their hands and will not pass them on to others easily.

However, Liu Zheng's selection method does not pay attention to his background, but only his own ability. No matter whether he is a poor scholar or a child of a powerful family, he can become a talent under Liu Zheng's subordinates.

Of course, the more important thing is to be able to find out those outstanding young people and contribute to the country. Such a move can win the loyalty of a large number of poor scholars.

After learning about the military academy, Lu Jun suddenly remembered that Liu Zheng had opened a large number of schools in Jiaozhou and held imperial examinations at the same time.

Although the imperial examination held by Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou has not yet fully formed a trend, it is only carried out in Jiaozhou, a small place that lives in a corner, and even Yangzhou has not synchronized, but Liu Zheng's move has already provoked many people. The humble scholar was moved, if it wasn't for Liu Zheng's identity as a traitor.

I'm afraid that many educated people will rush to Jiaozhou without hesitation.

"I heard that my lord still has an imperial examination policy in Jiaozhou, which is used to recruit civil servants?"

Since Lu Jun joined Liu Zheng's subordinates, he has taken the initiative to understand some of Liu Zheng's actions, but the more he understands, the more he admires Liu Zheng. He always feels that he is right with the wrong person. Two moves are enough to change the current situation in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou.

Although he was a traitor and a Yellow Turban thief, Liu Zheng's actions can completely reunite people's hearts, at least the hearts of those poor scholars will completely turn to Liu Zheng.

As long as there are enough talents, why not make great things happen.

"Well, the military school is for recruiting generals, and the imperial examination is for recruiting civil servants. You know, I am not from a literati background, but managing a town cannot lack those talents. I am from the Yellow Turban Army, and no one else will come to join me, so It can only be taller than the shortest among counties and counties."

Although Liu Zheng knew that the imperial examination system was popular in later generations, after all, it was only a few hundred years later. Now Liu Zheng has fiddled with it in advance, but it can shock many of you before, but most of you Scholars are actually in a wait-and-see state. Only when Liu Zheng makes the imperial examination have enough influence can people vote for it.

"These two measures, my lord, are great actions that last forever. If they can be carried out continuously, they will definitely have a huge influence on me."

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"Great influence, we can't talk about it now. Only when we occupy enough places and form an influential system in the political arena, can this kind of move be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and change the world forever. Otherwise, the implementation of the imperial examination in this place in Jiaozhou will not change much, and the truly educated scholars will all hit the Central Plains."

Liu Zheng still has a good understanding of his own situation. Although he knows that the birth of the imperial examination will inevitably change the talent structure of his subordinates and allow him to have more available people, but after all, he only occupies Jiaozhou, a remote place like Jiaozhou. Even if there are some talents, they are definitely not as many as the Central Plains.

If he really wanted to make the imperial examination and the military academy have sufficient performance, then Liu Zheng had to expand his influence, continuously promote the talents of these two places, and at the same time get more people to join the military academy.

"No matter what happens in the future, as far as the present is concerned, I have seen my lord's foresight, and I know that you are a person who is sincerely for the people. I, Lu Jun, have not misjudged the person."