, Lots of Talents

Time flies, and before we know it, another year has come to an end.

On the second day after Guo Yi was born, it snowed heavily in Bingzhou, as if to support the birth of the Guo family's Qilin'er.

A few days later, Liu Bei and his party returned to Jinyang despite the wind and snow.

The originally empty government office hall was already overcrowded, with many new faces appearing out of thin air. In addition to Zhao Yun and Dian Wei brought back by Liu Bei, more people also came as a result of the call.

Huang Zhong, a man from Nanyang, went north with his wife and children, hoping to attack the barbarians together with the Marquis of Jinyang.

Liu Ye, a native of Huainan and a clan member of the Han Dynasty, came upon the call.

Sun Qian from Beihai came in response to the call.

Liu Bei's young friend took the initiative, and Tian Yu set off after receiving a letter from Jinyang.

Guan Yu unexpectedly found a useful general named Xu Huang, whose courtesy name was Gongming.

In addition, many young generals emerged from the Bingzhou Army, who fought bravely and made meritorious deeds during the Xiongnu Rebellion and the northern attack on Xianbei.

Such as Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others.

Liu Bei looked at the crowded hall and was filled with emotion. He now had many talented military generals under his command, but there was still a shortage of civil servants.

Although there are two top leaders, Guo Jia and Xun Yu, the talent of county guards is scarce. Although many literati have come to serve in the past six months, most of them only have the talent to govern a county and have been assigned to various places by Xun Yu.

The generals had already stood in two rows, but the civilian officials could not even stand in one row.

This is because most scholars come from aristocratic families and tend to be more cautious when making choices. Maybe they are still waiting and watching, or maybe they feel that Bingzhou is a bitter and cold place and are unwilling to go north.

In comparison, military generals are much simpler. Huang Zhong, Qian Zhao and others immediately set off after receiving the letter. This shows the influence of Feng Langjuxu on military generals.

Fortunately, his two friends are both civil and military, so they can be used as civil servants first.

Liu Bei crossed over and came to Qianzhao and Tian Yu, and said with a smile: "Bei has been looking forward to it day and night. It can be said that [Zi Jing] and [Guo Rang] are here."

Qian Zhao, courtesy name Zi Jing.

Tian Yu, courtesy name Guorang.

The two looked at each other, Qianzhao sighed: "I just regret that I came a step too late and failed to catch up with such a feat as Fenglang Juxu."

He and Liu Bei were young friends. Liu Bei had invited him when he went north, but he was studying with the famous scholar [Le Yin] at that time, so he declined temporarily.

Now I regretted it too much. After receiving the letter again, I immediately headed north without stopping.

Tian Yu also shook his head and said: "I just wish I was born a few years later." Because he is still young, he just started training this year.

Liu Bei smiled and said nothing. There were various reasons why the three of them could not come to the same camp in the previous life, so let’s not mention them. However, due to a tacit understanding, although they were not on the same front, they never faced each other on the battlefield.

Now I can make up for this regret.

Liu Bei walked up to Huang Zhong who was standing behind Zhang Fei. In his previous life, the old general Huang was known as "Incorruptible at seventy years old, but still brave enough". He was now in his prime.

He couldn't help but wonder whether the second brother at this time could defeat Old General Huang.

Both of their sword skills are powerful and powerful, so they should be equally matched opponents.

Liu Bei put away his thoughts and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I lied to General Huang. The miraculous doctor Hua Tuo has not been found yet, and it will take a few days for the miraculous doctor Zhang Ji to arrive in Jinyang."

Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu was frail and sickly since childhood, even worse than Guo Jia. After all, the former was a congenital disease, while the latter was caused by his own indulgence in sex.

Huang Zhong was a little flattered and said hurriedly: "My lord has already said that although my son is weak, he is not in a hurry for this moment."

He secretly thought in his heart: The Marquis of Jinyang has a noble status, but he has no airs at all. He is indeed a gentleman of courtesy and virtuous people, and he is also my true lord!

But there are still doubts in my heart.

"The general will be bold enough to ask, where did my lord learn about my name?"

Liu Bei was well prepared for this and said with a smile: "In my early years, I liked to travel around the world. Han Sheng's name is very famous in Nanyang, and he is known to hate evil as much as he hates it."

It is true that people traveled around the world. It was a common practice in the Han Dynasty to practice martial arts, and many warriors would travel during their youth.

As for Huang Zhong’s deeds, I learned about them when I was making tea and discussing Taoism in my previous life, and now it comes in handy.

Liu Bei walked up to Liu Ye again, bowed and cupped his hands and said: "Brother Ziyang is willing to go north to help. I am very grateful."

As a member of the Han clan, his status would not be comparable to that of Liu Ye if not for his contributions during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Of course, things are different now. After all, Liu Bei has been granted the title of Marquis and can be regarded as a glorious lintel.

Liu Ye hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Liu Bei.

"My lord, this move is really a disgrace to me. In terms of talent, I am absolutely inferior to Xun Wenruo and Guo Fengxiao."

Liu Bei could not respond to this sentence. He could neither agree with Liu Ye's words nor belittle Guo Jia and Xun Yu.

However, it is not that the two of them did not know how to observe words and expressions. Xun Yu stepped out and said: "Brother Ziyang is too modest. With your talent, you should be ten times better than me."

In terms of humility, who can compare with him, King Xun Zuo?

Liu Ye: You are killing me with a stick!

Guo Jia originally wanted to add twenty times, but when he saw Liu Ye blushing and unable to speak, he gave up the idea. After all, he had just arrived, so don't lose your popularity.

In the end, Liu Bei sealed the coffin and made the final decision.

"You two, please don't be humble anymore. You two are both talented in the world."

After saying that, he returned to his original position and looked at the people below, feeling proud again in his chest.

His current team is almost comparable to the peak of his previous life, but there are still shortcomings in the civil service department.

Of course, Bingzhou's land, population, money and food are inferior to those of Yizhou, and its reputation as the world's largest granary is not in vain.

"I hope you will be diligent and self-restrained and help me guard the northern frontier."

Everyone said in unison: "We are willing to follow you to the death."

Liu Bei paused and then said: "The scouts in the north reported military information. A month ago, Kebineng had annexed Budugen's tribe, and he had the potential to dominate Xianbei. How should we deal with it in the future?"

As a nation that rose up after the Xiongnu, the unified Xianbei was very powerful. Even if it was not as powerful as the Xiongnu Empire at its peak, it was not far behind.

Ten years ago, the great defeat of the Han army was still vivid in my mind.

Of course, there are various reasons for this. At its peak, Xianbei under the rule of Tan Shihuai had nearly 200,000 string controllers.

In that battle, the Han army only had 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, so the gap in strength was too big.

But even so, this matter deserves vigilance.

Liu Bei looked at Liu Ye, expecting the newcomer to come up with a plan.

Liu Ye seemed to have been prepared for it. He only thought for a moment before replying: "I think we can continue to implement the previous strategy of "driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf"."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

"Since the death of Tan Shihuai, Xianbei has been in disarray. Now that Kebineng has annexed Budugen's tribe, everyone in western Xianbei will surely be in danger."

"My lord may wish to secretly support Xianbei in the west and make the Xianbei tribes fight among themselves. Our Han army can also send troops to help when necessary."

"All in all, Kebi can never be allowed to become the second Tanshihuai."
Chapter completed!