Liu Yu smiled and patted Liu Jingxuan on the shoulder and said: "Ah Shou, why have you never told me these things for so many years? When we were together, we talked about everything, but when it comes to your father's formation of the army,
But I never knew about it until today."
Liu Jingxuan sighed: "Because I know you too well about sending slaves. You are too noble to disdain and are unwilling to accept such a thing. To put it harshly, our Beifu Army has been composed of two groups since its establishment. They are bandits in Huaibei.
In addition, you are a good man from Jingkou. You are a good man and you fight for your beliefs and honor. But we bandits, or strongmen to say the least, fight in the way of heroes. From the beginning, we are not the same people.
, I'm afraid that if I explain this to you, you will completely become two people and stop communicating with me."
Liu Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "Ah Shou, you and I will always be brothers on the battlefield. We can risk our lives for each other. I have saved you several times, but you would rather break up with your father.
You would rather risk your life to protect me. Of course I will treat you as a brother. No matter how your father builds an army, that is his business, not yours. I will always be with you."
Liu Jingxuan shook his head gently and said: "That's what I'm afraid of, Ji Nu. When we were young, you and I were just ordinary soldiers. At most, we were just captains, building leaders, military leaders, etc. We didn't
We need to bear too many responsibilities, and we don’t have too high a military position. We can charge into battle by ourselves and go through life and death together on the battlefield without having to think about too many things.”
"But later on, when we have made more and more contributions and our official positions have been promoted higher and higher, everything will change. You have to find a future for the good brothers who were born in Jingkou, and continue to work for justice, light, and...
We fought for the ideal of expelling the barbarians and restoring the Central Plains. After the victory, the brothers were promoted and became officials. At the worst, they were rewarded and could go back to honor their ancestors and buy land and houses."
"But what about our strong men in Huaibei? From now on, both my father and I will continue to lead these brothers. They don't want official positions or even rewards. They just want to capture what they captured in battle. When the battle is over, they can be called upon.
After the battle, they were plundered and taken away. Even the captured enemy soldiers were sold to the court after the war to obtain money. Just like Lu Zongzhi, he was captured by Gao Su's subordinates and finally auctioned in the capital, and the money obtained from the auction
, the aristocratic family took half, and the other half went to these strong soldiers."
Liu Yu nodded: "It's not easy to hand over half of it. No wonder I saw many soldiers from other armies busy seizing and capturing prisoners after the Battle of Feishui, but they didn't pursue Fu Jian. I gave it to Murong
He was blocked by Lan and failed to catch up. I think if other troops had also gone after him, Fu Jian would have been captured in that battle."
Liu Jingxuan laughed and said: "I took Dali Pill and fainted directly, otherwise I would have pursued you, but Liu Yi is just like the rest of us, trying to steal your military merit for shooting Fu Rong, so actually I
We should change positions with Liu Xile, he is the best candidate to succeed my father, and I should always be your brother."
Liu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and said thoughtfully: "When you said this, I remembered that Xile's management of subordinates is very close to your father's strongman style. Could it be that,
Does his family also come from a strong family?"
Liu Jingxuan nodded and said: "Yes, Liu Yi's great-grandfather and my great-grandfather were both subordinates of General Zu Ti. However, my great-grandfather was the leader of the village and commanded thousands of brothers, while his great-grandfather
At that time, he only commanded more than a hundred people. Later, he was appreciated by other aristocratic families and was recommended as the head catcher in Pengcheng area. He traveled around to protect some transport caravans traveling between Huaibei and Wu. In the end, after accumulating merit and money, he bought
I got a household registration in Jingkou and settled in Jingkou. I'm afraid you, the slave, don't know these past events."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Our rules in Jingkou are not about the past, but only about the present. Liu Yi's family has settled in Jingkou for decades, and we Jingkou people have already regarded him as a local villager."
Liu Jingxuan shook his head: "Xile is a little more complicated than you think. After he settled in Jingkou, these old members of his family also received a lot of the rewards from their previous guarding, and they dispersed. Some of them just disappeared.
They disappeared, or even changed their names and settled down, becoming wealthy businessmen, while more people bought a remote mountainous area and became the owners of their own cottages. They still couldn't let go of their previous fighting experiences, but they were unwilling to return to Huaibei.
, so he started working as a green forest hero in the Huainan area. On weekdays, he looked like a gentleman and a landlord in the countryside, but in fact, he adopted many gangsters and green forest heroes and turned them into gangs. "
Liu Yu frowned and said: "The place in Huainan has been the fiefdom of Chun Shenjun, the prince of Chu State since ancient times. He has adopted thousands of retainers, most of whom are heroic men with lives in their hands. This custom has been passed down.
, to this day, when Zhuge Ke took control of Huainan and rebelled against the Jin Dynasty, he had more than 500 disciples under his command. They refused to surrender after Zhuge Ke's death. The enemy generals asked each person whether he would surrender, and if he did not surrender, he would kill them all.
Of the more than five hundred people, not one of them is greedy for life or afraid of death. Such heroic and righteous demeanor is famous all over the world. Now it seems that he is this kind of green forest strongman who would rather die than surrender. Perhaps it is because of this folk custom that these friends of Xile are like
I want to settle down in Huainan."
Liu Jingxuan sneered: "But these people are different from our copycat strongmen in Huaibei. They operate in the interior of Dajin. They accept the requests of their employers, kill people and steal goods, rob homes and homes, and even attack the official fleet. Sometimes they will
Killing some officials who traveled between Jing and Yang, our hands are stained with blood. We men in Huaibei do not look down upon these gangs who do not kill Hulu, but are making trouble in the mainland. However, everyone has a clear territory, as long as they do not
If they come to Huaibei to cause trouble, we will not embarrass them. Sometimes, we will have cooperative relations with these people. Liu Yi's ancestors had some friendship with these gangs, so Liu Yi's generation also had a lot of respect for these people.
Asylum, these are the foreign aids Liu Yi found, and when they attacked Diao Kui's mansion, these were the people who took action."
Liu Yu nodded and said: "These people are highly skilled in martial arts and have dark hands. The first time I saw them, I was surprised. We Jingkou people would never do this. This made me look at Xile for the first time."
, and there was a trace of fear." (End of chapter)