"The housekeeper Liu Zhong paid homage to the generals, except for the chief secretary, and was responsible for the affairs of the Prime Minister's Office; Chen Wen paid homage to the tun generals, and was in charge of one hundred soldiers; Chen Wu paid homage to the tun generals, and was in charge of 70 soldiers; Wen Dai paid homage to the side generals, and was engaged as an assistant to participate in military affairs.
"Chen Chun pays homage to the guard general, Chen Xia pays homage to the guard general..." Liu Qi's voice echoed in the huge valley.
Liu Qi's voice was sonorous as he read out the merit list. All the officers and soldiers were very happy and shouted "Strong Army, Strong Army, Strong Nation Army".
Naturally, when he first organized his army, Liu Qi gave his closest guard brothers the best and most suitable official titles and positions.
Due to the restrictions, although his subordinates have many generals, they can only be regarded as middle and lower-level officers for the time being.
Even E Huan, who went north to look for the miracle doctor Hua Tuo, was pre-proclaimed as a garrison general and commanded the thirty-man personal guard selected by Chen Wu. Since E Huan did not return, the partial general Wen Dai was temporarily in charge.
The four personal guards, Chen Chun, Chen Xia, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong, were named guard generals. They were only responsible for guarding Liu Qi when traveling with the army. Other guards in the mansion such as Chen Jin, Chen Yin, Liu San, Liu Si and others guarded the six doors.
The ten bronze-armored guards were also named Guard Generals. What is a Guard General? It is Liu Qi's unique and innovative general title, which means a general who is on a special guard mission but has no soldiers under his command.
Anyway, garrison general, partial general, and guard general are all titles of generals, which belong to the positions of military officers. Whether they were the original official positions during the Three Kingdoms period or the new official positions created by Liu Qi, they were all given to Liu Qi with the permission of Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou.
Within the scope, you can award official positions to your subordinates on your own.
Setting up official positions on one's own is not uncommon in the Three Kingdoms in the Troubled Times. The official positions set up by the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu each have their own merits and there is no unified rules and regulations.
However, it can be seen from the merit list read by Liu Qi that many of the people closest to Liu Qi have been awarded the title of general, but there are differences between generals. Wen Dai was appointed as a partial general, an assistant who was engaged in military affairs, but he was not involved in military affairs.
Liu Qi did not take charge of the army. This was because Liu Qi considered that Wen Dai was still young and had only 200 soldiers. Except for the 200 soldiers under the charge of Chen Wen, Chen Wu and E Huan, there were no soldiers for Wen Dai to take charge of.
The position of partial general meant that Liu Qi could command Wen Dai's troops if he wanted to command them from now on. If he had no troops to command, he would first occupy the position and title of general. This would be considered worthy of Wen Pin, the governor of Nanyang County who was in charge of Xinye.
Liu Qi still understands this unspoken rule in interpersonal relationships. Wen Dai served as a general under Liu Qi at a young age, but he was much more promising than Wenpin under Liu Biao. How could Wenpin know that his son was highly valued by Liu Qi?
Can you be unhappy? When you are happy, you will naturally help Liu Qi to suppress the bandits in the new field.
The garrison general, on the other hand, has a real military position. He has an army in his hands. Although he may not be in charge of much for the time being, he can manage a hundred soldiers, which is considered to have combat effectiveness.
As for the generals of the Wei, Chen Chun, Chen Xia and other four-season guards who debuted together with Chen Wen and Chen Wu, how can they balance their hearts if they don’t become generals? Generals of the Wei, the generals who protect the young master Liu Qi, how happy they are, no matter what Chen Wen will do in the future.
No matter how high an official you were with Chen Wen, even if Chen Chun and the other four generals had no soldiers, the personal guards who guarded the young master Liu Qi would be lifelong and respected.
Of course, in addition to awarding rewards to the guards in the mansion, Liu Qi also awarded awards to all the three hundred soldiers, from the corps commander to the commander to Dubbo, and introduced a strict military management system.
As for Liu Qi's aunt Liu Shi and Huan'er not being appointed officials, that was because in ancient times it was not customary to grant official titles to women. Liu Qi had also consulted Liu Shi and Huan'er for their opinions in advance. They had no intention of becoming officials and just wanted the son to be safe.
What's even more interesting is that Liu Qi also made the ape king who had outstanding achievements an official title. He was an ape general. One ape is the most powerful. There is a need to go from ape king to ape general. You can't have brothers who are all generals, but you, an ape, are all generals.
What kind of thing is it to be called a king?
The steward Liu Zhong was worshiped as a partial general and could control the military. He also served as the chief secretary and the prime minister for the affairs of the son's house. There is no doubt that after Liu Qi led his troops to Xinye, the steward Liu Zhong became the spokesman for Liu Qi in Jingzhou in Xiangyang City, and even became Liu Qi's buried secretary.
A key piece in Xiangyang City to deal with the Cai Mao Incident.
After discussing the merits and awarding the rewards, Liu Qi ordered his stewards Liu Zhong and Chen Wen to deliver a letter to the governor's office, telling Liu Ming to set off at the fifth watch the next day. He also ordered the soldiers to sort out their armor, weapons and marching supplies, and add dinner and meals. It was scheduled to be made at the third watch the next day.
At the fifth watch, the troops set off to new lands.
There was no words all night, and in the early morning of the next day, at dawn, two hundred soldiers, fully armored and equipped, lined up in front of the Prince's Mansion, majestic and ready to go.
Liu Biao did not see him off in person. He only sent Liu Qi's master, Zhonglang Huang Zhong, as a representative of the governor Liu Biao, to wait in front of the prince's house to see him off. Perhaps many people were taboo about the feud between Liu Qi and Cai Mao, so no other Jingzhou officials came to the prince's house.
After bidding farewell to Liu Qi, Huang Zhong and Huang Xu, their father and son, had been waiting in front of the Young Master's Mansion for a long time.
When Liu Qi, dressed in armor and wearing a Goujian sword, walked heroically to the front of the house and saw Huang Zhong and his son, he was stunned. He did not see Huang Wudie and was a little disappointed. However, Huang Zhongneng led his son Huang Xu to see him off on a cold winter day.
, it can be regarded as a deep relationship between master and disciple.
Liu Qi stepped forward to salute and called Huang Zhong master and junior brother. However, he saw that Huang Zhong's face had a slightly vicissitudes of life. Liu Qi couldn't help but think of Huang Zhong's desire to ask about his daughter Huang Wudie's marriage rejection in front of Liu Ming.
Perhaps Aunt Liu had told Huang Zhong the bad news, otherwise Huang Wudie would have come with her father and brother to see Liu Qi off.
"I have been entrusted by the lord to see the young master off. I wish him a safe journey and a successful career." Huang Zhong's tone was slightly hoarse, as if he had not slept well.
"I wish you success in suppressing the bandits. I will go to Xinye to find you in three months." Huang Xu never forgot to follow Liu Qi.
In the early morning of winter, there was a hint of chill. A gust of north wind blew into his neck along the cold armor. Liu Qi shivered. The atmosphere was a bit wrong. The wind was blowing and the water was cold. A strong man would never return once he was gone.
A sense of tragedy.
"Thank you for your kind words, master. Take care, master." Liu Qi cupped his hands and bowed. Don't talk like a woman when you are a man. If you stay a little longer, your eyes will be wet with tears.
Liu Qi turned to Liu Zhong and said, "Steward, I really care about my junior brother, so I have to work on demolishing the mansion and building a temple."
After Liu Qi's words came out, Huang Xu automatically stood by Liu Zhong's side. In the past few months, Huang Xu would follow Liu Zhong to manage the affairs of the prince's house.
Mrs. Liu also got up early and saw her off at the door of the house. After saying goodbye to Huan'er, she walked up to Chen Wen and said a few words, expressing that Mrs. Liu had been waiting for the return of the sworn brother Chen Wen and the young master in Xiangyang City for three years.
I will wait for five years, hoping that the two brothers will help the Han Dynasty build up their merits.
The fish belly white was slightly exposed in the east, and when a wisp of morning glow rose, Liu Qi said goodbye to his housekeeper Liu Zhong, his aunt Liu, Huang Zhong and his son, as well as the guard maids and Chen mothers who stayed in the mansion, and rode on the big maroon horse, taking Wen Dai and Chen
Wen, Chen Wu, Chen Chun and other guards escorted twenty carriages of grain, grass and military supplies out of the city.
Huan'er, Yuan Jiang, several maids and Mother Chen rode in a large four-passenger carriage, and there was also an empty luxury official carriage specially driven by Liu Qi.
When the sun rose in the east, Liu Qi and his party led a group of twenty-two carriages, bearing the banner of Liu, and two hundred soldiers marched out of the main city gate of Jingzhou and headed for Xinye.
Although it was early in the morning in winter, the city gate was still noisy. Every day, a large number of people came to Jingzhou to seek refuge from the north. Under Wang Can's advice, Cai Mao obtained Liu Biao's permission on the grounds of increasing the number of troops to consolidate the city's defense.
A large iron pot was set up near the city gate to cook porridge, and a recruitment advertisement was erected. All young recruits were guaranteed to be provided with porridge and steamed buns every day to keep them fed.
As long as there is food to eat, no one will starve to death. Naturally, there will be long queues of people who eat food and serve as soldiers in front of the big iron pot.
Chen Wen was deeply moved when he saw it, and walked side by side with Liu Qi. He raised his whip and pointed at the long queue of people waiting for porridge, and said: "Master, recruiting soldiers like this is a way. We can follow suit after walking three or five miles."
, to make up for the shortage of troops."
Liu Qi shook his head, rejected Chen Wen's proposal, and said: "Although what Brother Wen said has some truth, it is ultimately inappropriate."
Chen Wendao: "Master, please tell me clearly. What's wrong?"
Liu Qi said: "When troops are sent to a new field, it is important to move quickly. If you stop midway, there may be changes in the new field. This is one of the reasons. The refugees can be accommodated with mercy, but training for the army will take time. There is no base camp before reaching the new field."
We provide a training ground and don’t have too many training materials. Soldiers are more valuable than just using random weapons to make up the numbers. This is the second. Cai Mao is recruiting troops. If we stop to suppress the bandits and grab the soldiers halfway, it will inevitably cause Cai Mao to have extraneous branches, which is not conducive to the trip to the new field. This is the third.
. Based on these three points, I think that after we arrive in Xinye, we can govern a city with strict laws and regulations, make people live in peace, develop agriculture and commerce, and liberalize childbirth. Why worry about not being able to recruit soldiers? "
Chen Wen stroked his short beard and couldn't help but nodded: "Young master is very worried." In his heart, he felt sorry for Liu Qi, missing such a good opportunity to recruit troops, not to mention that the lord Liu Biao had expressly promised that the master Liu Qi could recruit troops and suppress the bandits on his own!
After leaving the city, Liu Qi and his party accelerated their pace, and the two hundred troops, led by Du Bo and Shi Chang, marched towards Xinye.
After marching for seven or eight miles in a hurry, we passed the rocky hills. Suddenly, a horse was chasing after us, raising a cloud of smoke. Wen Dai, the general in charge of the personal escort, had sharp eyes and saw through the smoke and dust that he was wearing iron armor and carrying a bow and arrow on his shoulder.
The woman riding a horse is none other than Huang Zhong's daughter Huang Wudie.
Wen Dai put his horse in front of Liu Qi and said: "Sir, Miss Huang is chasing me."
"Miss Huang?" When Liu Qi heard this, he couldn't help reining in the bay red horse. Looking back, he saw Huang Wudie's figure getting clearer and clearer. Huang Wudie was galloping against the morning glow with skillful riding skills and graceful riding posture.
It's a picture of a chivalrous woman, but I can't figure out why Huang Wudie is chasing after her at this moment? However, judging from Huang Wudie's military uniform, she is going to join the army with Liu Qi to suppress bandits in Xinye.
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Liu Qi ordered the rapid march to stop, cleared a path in the middle, turned his horse's head to face Huang Wudie, you run to me, I will meet you. The scene was very touching.
The horses' heads are crossed and looking at each other with teary eyes. Liu Qi rides a bay red horse and Huang Wudie rides a big white horse. They are both wearing armor. The scene of a young man and woman in military uniforms looking at each other on horseback has the charm of a classical fairy tale of heroic sons and daughters.
Seeing Huang Wudie's eyes were red and swollen with tears in her eyes, Liu Qi felt heartbroken and blurted out on horseback: "Junior sister, who bullied you? I will lead the troops to kill the general."
Seeing that Liu Qi was so distressed for her, Huang Wudie's grievances disappeared into smoke. She stayed up for several nights and worked hard to sew the crocodile armor and tiger skin cloak for Liu Qi, so her hard work was not in vain. There was a sweetness in her heart, and she couldn't help but
He smiled softly and said softly: "Who dares to bully me except your eldest son?"
Liu Qi was confused by Huang Wudie, who had tears in his eyes just now, but was smiling now. He scratched the back of his head and said incomprehensively: "Junior sister, please don't accuse me unjustly. I have never bullied women, let alone my junior sister.