In Ai County, outside the city gate, nearly a hundred people gathered here. The first person was Ma Zhong, who had disappeared for nearly a month. At this time, Ma Zhong had a dark face and a tall figure. If he did not speak, even some people who were similar to Ma Zhong
People who are not familiar with it cannot recognize it.
The more than a hundred people behind Ma Zhong also had dark faces like Ma Zhong, but each of them had eyes as sharp as knives and expressions of seriousness and deep vigilance.
These more than 100 people now have a brand new name, Jin Yiwei. During this month, Ma Zhong followed Liu Qi's order to secretly train the Jin Yiwei to be Liu Qi's bodyguard and became Liu Qi's personal bodyguard.
After a month, only 100 of the 300 people were left, and 200 people died during the training. To be able to become Liu Qi's bodyguard, one must have some ability, but even so, 200 people still died, which shows the cruelty of the training.
During this month, Ma Zhong led them to train in the mountains. He first killed the tigers, leopards and wolves in the mountains, and then led them to kill the bandits in the mountains. They faced many more people than they did.
Among bandits, death can happen at any time. These more than a hundred people are the remaining guards, who will be the Jinyi Guards in the future.
Each member of the Jinyiwei had hundreds of lives on their hands. Even their leader Ma Zhong felt chills when he led them in training. He really couldn't understand how Liu Qi, who was usually gentle and gentle, could set such a cruel training
method, and I felt a little more in awe of Liu Qi.
Ma Zhong didn't know that Liu Qi was also forced to do so. The most experienced soldiers around Liu Qi were the Flying Tiger Guards and the Jinfan Thieves. The Flying Tiger Guards were subordinate to the Flying Tiger Army and were not nominally under Liu Qi's subordinates. Although the Jinfan Thieves were
His subordinates, but the Jinfan thieves were former bandits. Although Liu Qi had no prejudice against them, the bad habits he had developed as bandits over the years could not be changed in a short time.
Another reason is that the Jinfan thieves were originally thieves. Jingzhou's hundreds of thousands of soldiers could not choose any soldiers who were more elite than the Jinfan thieves. Liu Qi, as the eldest son of Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, was somewhat embarrassed, so Liu Qi had to make a decision.
this training method.
Liu Qi has decided to use the remaining soldiers as the skeleton of the Jinyiwei, and then select elite soldiers from the army to expand the Jinyiwei. Even the future Jinfan thieves and Flying Tiger Army will have to go through selection before they can join the Jinyiwei.
The shabby clothes of Ma Zhong and others outside the city looked like a group of beggars from a distance. The soldiers in the city were all talking about it. Ma Liang, who was dressed in a snow-white Confucian robe, climbed up the city wall and looked at Ma Zhong with a dark face outside the city.
If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to recognize him at all. If Ma Liang hadn't known that it was Ma Zhong who came out to greet him, he probably wouldn't have recognized him either.
"Is this Zhengping outside the city?" Although he had recognized Ma Zhong, Ma Liang still wanted to confirm.
"It turns out it's Ji Chang, it's Ma." Ma Zhong gave Ma Liang a fist in the city.
"Zhengping, wait a minute, I'm going to order the city gate to be opened." Hearing Ma Zhong's voice, Ma Liang was sure that the person under the city was Ma Zhong. He turned to the gate general next to him and said, "Open the city gate quickly."
"No." The young general immediately ran away to deliver the order.
Not long after, the suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was opened. Ma Liang, dressed in Confucian robes, walked out quickly. He stepped forward and looked at Ma Zhong. Ma Liang asked in surprise: "Zhengping, what's wrong with you?"
Ma Zhong smiled bitterly and stepped forward and said: "Nothing, my lord ordered me to complete some tasks."
Ma Liang nodded and did not ask any more questions. He raised his head and glanced at Jin Yiwei behind Ma Zhong and asked doubtfully: "Is this Zhengping?" Apparently Ma Liang saw the extraordinary nature of Jin Yiwei.
Ma Zhong pointed to the Jin Yiwei behind him and said: "This is the lord's bodyguard. The lord has named him Jin Yiwei."
"Jinyi Guards?" Ma Liang looked surprised. The more than a hundred soldiers behind Ma Zhong looked extraordinary. Even they were on par with the Flying Tiger Guards. Ma Liang had seen some of these people before, but the difference between them was huge.
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"Zhengping, the military advisor ordered me to come and take you into the city, please." After Ma Liang said this, he turned around and extended his hand to welcome Ma Zhong into the city.
Ma Zhong clasped his fists and walked towards the city with Ma Liang. Looking at the situation in the city, Ma Zhong asked: "How is the situation here now?"
"The matter here is over. Tomorrow we will return to Xiangyang with the military advisor. Should Zhengping stay here or return to Xiangyang with us?" Ma Liang said briefly without hiding anything.
Ma Zhong smiled and said: "Of course we are going back to Xiangyang with the military advisor. We will naturally be where the lord is. Does Ji Chang have any news about the lord?"
Ma Liang glanced at Ma Zhong doubtfully. How could Ma Zhong, who was guarding Liu Qi, not even know about Liu Qi? Seemingly seeing Ma Liang's doubts, Ma Zhong said: "I haven't seen my lord for nearly a month."
Ma Liang looked enlightened and wondered why Ma Zhong didn't know the news about Liu Qi. At the same time, he was also wondering what tasks Ma Zhong had completed this month.
Ma Liang briefly told Ma Zhong the events of the past month, and finally said: "It is God's will that my lord, with great talent and strategy, can always turn disaster into good luck!"
Ma Zhong on the side also looked shocked. So many things had happened in just one day. He did not expect that Liu Qi would rush into Jiangdong with just a thousand people and then return to Jingzhou in a thrilling way. He secretly sighed in his heart that he had missed the time.
Ma Zhong turned his head and said: "So the lord is in Jiangxia at this time?"
Ma Liang nodded and said: "Yes, but according to the analysis of the military advisor, the lord is likely to take this opportunity to return to Xiangyang, so we have to rush back to Xiangyang to join the lord. Cai Mao and others will definitely obstruct the lord's return to Xiangyang this time and use various reasons.
The lord was locked outside the gate, and the military advisor was also worried about his comfort, so he decided to leave Xiushui County and rush back to Xiangyang as soon as possible."
Ma Zhong nodded. When he left Xiangyang, he knew that it would not be easy to return to Xiangyang. Cai Mao and others wished that Liu Qi would never return to Xiangyang, but Liu Qi had already anticipated the situation at this time when he left Xiangyang.
He was also ordered to secretly contact several officials who supported Liu Qi just in case.
As they talked, the two of them had arrived outside the county government. Ma Zhong told the soldiers behind him: "Wait here." After saying that, he and Ma Liang entered the county government together without waiting for everyone to return.
"Promise." Everyone behind him agreed with a loud voice.
Everyone in the county government who was about to disperse also stayed because of Ma Zhong's arrival. Seeing Ma Zhong come in, everyone stood up and came forward. Xu Shu, who was sitting on the chair, looked at Ma Zhong with a smile on his face.
Xu Shu knew something about the situation and knew that Liu Qi was secretly training Ma Zhong. At this time, he was quite satisfied to see Ma Zhong.
Calm! Xu Shu’s evaluation of Ma Zhong after seeing him. Although Xu Shu has never met Wenpin, Xu Shu can be sure that Ma Zhong’s calmness at this time is no less calm than Wenpin, who is famous for his calmness and prudence. Of course, it is just that he is not less calm.
He was just Yu Wenpin, but Xu Shu believed that Ma Zhong would definitely become a general no less than Wenpin in the near future.
In addition to being calm, Xu Shu also felt a hint of danger from Ma Zhong. Xu Shu was a ranger in his early years and was naturally sensitive to danger. Not only did Xu Shu feel the danger, but everyone in the hall also felt the danger. Zhou Cang behind Xu Shu even asked Xu Shu
He took two steps closer.
When Ma Zhong saw Xu Shu, he stepped forward and saluted and said, "See the military advisor."
Xu Shu nodded and said: "Now that you're here, come back to Xiangyang with me tomorrow. You must have not had a good rest these days, so go to bed early today."
"No." Ma Zhong clasped his fists at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu nodded slightly and got up and left the hall, leaving the space for everyone.
When they saw Xu Shu leaving, everyone came up to surround Ma Zhong and asked, and finally took Ma Zhong to drink together.
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