Liu Bei's recruitment order attracted countless talents.
This made him very happy.
But in fact, he didn't know that most of these so-called talents who came here were locals in Qingzhou or students from Taishan Academy. They were unknown in history, and their force value and intelligence were at most 40-50. The truly powerful counselors and generals were
There is only one Wu'an Kingdom.
There is no way, historically, Qingzhou has not produced talents. Like the four neighboring places, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Jizhou, there are baskets and baskets of talents, but Qingzhou has very few, and most of them focus on academic research.
So Liu Bei was happy, but only Chen Mu knew that his happiness was in vain, because none of the people who came had heard of it except Wu Anguo.
However, neither Liu Bei nor Chen Mu knew that many people wanted to come but gave up due to various reasons.
Liu Bei was well-known, Qingzhou was rich, and the knowledgeable people in the world had long realized that Liu Bei would be very powerful, so it was natural for him to seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Guo Jia.
Guo Jia is 19 years old this year. He is from a poor family and belongs to the Guo family in Yangzhai. Although he has few talents and learning, he has not yet reached the imperial examination and cannot travel far, so he has to wait until he is 20 years old before he can become an official.
And in these troubled times, for a weak scholar like him to travel all the way to Qingzhou would be to die.
Just like Chen Mu did not dare to defect to Cao Cao during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Therefore, Guo Jia could only continue to study at home.
And Xu Shu was also from Yingchuan. With his strength, he could travel more than a thousand miles with one horse, one horse and one sword. It would be no big deal to fight from Yingchuan to Qingzhou.
The problem is that Xu Shu committed murder this year in order to avenge his friends. He was later arrested by the government and almost executed. In the end, he was rescued by his gang members who were also rangers. He fled to Jingzhou for refuge and could not show up.
In addition, after Dong Zhuo came to power, Xun Yu abandoned his official position and returned home. He was invited to prepare to move his clan to Qingzhou for refuge. With his relationship with Chen Mu, he would most likely join the Qingzhou Group.
As for Xun You.
Xun You is different from Xun Yu. Xun You is Xun He's nephew and has separated from Xun Yu's family, so Xun He wrote a letter to Xun You and asked him to come to Jizhou to follow him. Jizhou is now the headquarters of the party, and Wang Fen and Yuan Shaodu
Here, Xun You abandoned Liu Bei and ran to Jizhou.
Regarding this result, Chen Mu had already guessed it. Originally, he just wanted to give it a try. If it didn't work, he would have to say goodbye in the world and hope not to meet him on the battlefield in the future.
Chen Mu still valued Xun You, a tactical genius.
Others, Chen Gong, did not want to serve as officials, while Cui Yan, Cheng Yu, and Xu Chu were tied to the clan and did not want to leave the clan and go to other places.
There are also Liu Fu, Liu Ye, Man Chong, Du Xi, Lu Su, Yu Jin and others. Some are very young, some are officials from other places, and some have already belonged to a certain force.
Due to various reasons, many of the world's heroes, many of whom admired Liu Bei and wanted to join Liu Bei, either did not come because they were far away, had an owner, or were bound by clan ties.
This is normal. In ancient times, transportation was not as developed as it is now. If a person travels alone and does not have the strength of Wang Lang, the probability of death is extremely high.
Therefore, apart from the local talents in Qingzhou, the only talents Liu Bei harvested from other places were Wang Lang and Tian Feng.
Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong are currently only joining the army and have not yet shown their prominence. Even Chen Mu does not know their existence. How could he know that there are two more fierce generals in the army.
Wang Lang came here at the invitation of Chen Mu, and Tian Feng came because he was from Julu. Han Fu, the prefect of Julu, appointed him as an official, but did not pay attention to him. Finally, his old friend Ju Shou invited him to Qingzhou with a heavy gift. This gives us two more talents.
The world is like this now. Some people want to become officials, but the journey is too far. Some people are close and can come, but they don't want to become officials. Therefore, there are not many truly useful talents if they go out to seek talents.
However, it is said that there are not many, but in fact it refers to the top talents with a force and intelligence above 90, and there are still many below 90, such as Zuo Ji, whose courtesy name is Chengzu, who was originally Kong Rong's staff and has a reputation for talent. There is also Liu Qian, whose courtesy name is Yi Xun. , was also originally a member of Kong Rong's staff and a scholar of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, compared with other princes at present, Liu Bei already has many powerful generals and advisers like clouds under his command.
Just counting the intellectuals with an intelligence above 90, there are Chen Mu, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, and dozens of staff members with a vote below 90, such as Hua Xin, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Wang Lang, Shiyi, Sun Shao, Zuo Ji, Liu Qian, etc. group.
The generals with a strength of more than 90 are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao, and then those with a strength of less than 90 are Guan Hai, Zang Ba, Gao Shun, Qianzhao, Wu Anguo, Xu He, Sima Ju, Li Bo, Guan Cheng, Wang Dan, Zhang Rao and other dozens of military generals.
Since no one knows about Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong yet, they are not among them.
The war machine in Qingzhou was rumbling, and powerful men from all over the country were frightened by the methods of Chen Mu and Liu Bei. Knowing what would happen if they resisted, they obediently handed over the food they had hoarded at home, and it was bought by the government at a low price to be used as military supplies.
Recruitment offices in counties across the country recruit a large number of young people from poor families who want to join the army and make meritorious deeds.
Because Liu Bei has already said it before, whether he kills the enemy and makes meritorious service or offers a strategy, he can get a reward. If he can kill the enemy desperately on the battlefield, even if he dies in battle, he can get a large pension, and his family can be tax-free for several years. .
Under such a heavy reward, the young men of Qingzhou enthusiastically joined the army. In the first month of spring of the next year, they had already gathered an army of 60,000 people, with a momentum like a rainbow.
In fact, this is already a careful selection, leaving only the elite. If a large number of soldiers are recruited, it will be easy to raise an army of 200,000.
After all, Qingzhou has not been without wars in the past few years. In the past, there was the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in various counties. Later, there were Xu and Sima Jutai mountain bandits. They fought in the south and in the north. There are many experienced veterans working at home and farming. These veterans do not mean their age. Large, but rich in combat experience and battle-hardened.
Some old soldiers had their fields divided due to their meritorious service and did not want to fight anymore, so they did not join the army. Some old soldiers were grateful to Liu Bei. When they heard Liu Bei's call, their blood surged. It was immediately a national crisis and they must be called up.
These old soldiers alone account for ten to twenty thousand.
There are also young people from poor families who want to change their destiny. Their desire to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy is stronger than that of the old soldiers, because if they perform meritorious service, they will be promoted and make a fortune and change their destiny. Even if they fail and die, they can still do something for them. Brings a fortune to the family and is exempt from taxes.
With such generous efforts, Liu Bei's 60,000-strong army can be said to be truly elite. A large number of veterans returned to the army and became corps commanders, chiefs, captains and other grassroots officials, and began to train soldiers.
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. In just two months, according to Chen Mu's method of training soldiers, the army has already achieved initial results, and the orders and prohibitions have been implemented.
The Han people are good at martial arts, especially with countless key veterans with battlefield experience. The quality of Liu Bei's troops, except for Gongsun Zan's troops, is more than double that of other princes' troops.
If you have food, grass and soldiers, you must have weapons and equipment.
The entire Qingzhou blacksmith shop began to mobilize, frantically building weapons. Although Liu Bei had a batch of weapons when he went to war in the north and south, Qingzhou has been at peace for too long, and the weapons are almost rusting in the warehouse.
Need to practice again.
However, Qingzhou's foundation was too strong, and everything was going on in full swing. In just two months, a large number of weapons and equipment were forged in batches, soldiers trained every day, and grain and grass were piled up in mountains. Everything was telling people -