Three Kingdoms

"Ha ha! old friend! 』

  The laughter outside the Xiangyuan camp seems to have suddenly knocked open the door of Zhang Ji's memory.

   Inside the door, everything was smashed.

"How will you be here? ! Zhang Ji's eyes widened, he couldn't believe everything in front of him, the fragments of the memory door jumped and collided, and seemed to be pierced into his body, a little painful, a little hot, "You... aren't you dead? 』

  攴Hu Chier laughed loudly, "That's right! I'm the one who died once! 』

  There is nothing wrong with Hu Chi'er saying that.

  Dong Zhuo failed in the past, and his subordinates will stage a vivid and vivid scene of what is called the falling of the tree and the scattering of the monkeys in the big man.

  攴Hu Chi'er was originally a subordinate of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, but after seeing Niu Fu's downfall, he had a different heart and took Niu Fu's head as a step forward.

   This is not a big deal at all in the moral view of the Hu people.

  Hu Chi’er, like most Hu people, worships nature.

   Or rather, worship the beast.

Just like a pack of wolves in the wild, when the head wolf is strong, all the female wolves will fall over and beg for favor, and all the meat will be eaten first by the wolf king, but once the head wolf declines, there must be some wolves in the pack. The new male wolf rushed up to bite off its throat and devour its flesh and blood.

  So when Niu Fu didn't know what to do, and couldn't bring flesh and blood to the wolves, the wolf leader naturally lost its value, and it was a natural result to be backlashed by his subordinates.

  But Hu Chier is not rolling in the desert, but wants to gain benefits in the Han court. His behavior certainly does not conform to the social values ​​advocated by the Han.

   Fei Qian was unwilling to take him in, and neither was Wang Yun.

  攴Hu Chi'er originally thought that he could get benefits, but he didn't expect that he was just sent away for three melons and two dates, and then he was thrown aside, and there was no more to follow...

"do you know? Over the years, I have been to many places...Shandong, the Western Regions, I have been to all...' Hu Chier laughed, "I am a businessman now!" I'm doing business, I don't want to fight... I can't fight anymore...』

  『Business is good...』 Zhang Ji nodded, 『Business is good...』

   After a while, neither of them spoke.

  A friend you haven’t seen for many years is like an old classmate you haven’t seen for many years. When you meet suddenly, it’s a surprise, but…

   Is there more surprise, or more joy?

  攴Hu Chi'er watched Zhang Ji's expression carefully, then turned his head intentionally, and praised Zhang Ji, "Brothers who drank together back then, now you are the only one who is the best!" Look at this camp, look at these elite soldiers, amazing! 』

  Zhang Ji laughed, then clapped his hands and said: "Brother Chi'er, you don't have to go around the bush, if you have anything to say, just say it..."

  攴Hu Chier glanced at Zhang Ji's guards around him, coughed slightly and said, "Are these people all your confidantes?" 』

   That is, only a barbarian can ask such a straightforward question.

  Zhang Ji was about to answer, when suddenly there was a baggage truck in the camp. For unknown reasons, the axle was crushed, and the goods on the truck fell down with a crash, splashing a lot of smoke and dust...

  Zhang Ji couldn't help looking back, but the guard beside him didn't look back, but stared at Hu Hu Chi'er.

"Tsk..." Zhang Ji frowned slightly, and he felt some bad feelings in his heart. It was like bumping into a dead cat or dog when he went out, or being hit by a bird on the head while walking on the street, " It's okay...these are my confidantes...if you have anything to say, just say it...』

  攴Hu Chier rolled his eyes and forced a smile, "Great wealth! Now there is a big fortune, right in front of the brothers! 』

  Zhang Ji scratched the back of his head with his hands, pondered for a while, neither happy nor angry, "Let's listen. 』

  『You and I are both brothers from Xiliang! We were born and died in Xiliang back then, and it was our brothers who equalized Xiqiang and stabilized the frontier together! But what have you gained? Grand Master Dong was killed, and many brothers died, and he still bears the infamy! Hu Chi'er said angrily, his eyes turned red because he didn't know what he thought of, "We were brothers back then, how happy we were together!" But... What did those people who pretended to be good people and accused Grand Master Dong of some crimes do? It was only later that I realized that no matter how nice you say it, it is actually not as good as these soldiers and horses under your hands! Just like these sons and confidants of Brother Zhang! This is the foundation, this is the source of wealth! 』

While Hu Chi'er was talking, the truck with a broken axle just got on the wheels, and I don't know what happened, maybe it didn't get stuck properly, and fell off, bouncing and rolling along the ground, which attracted many It was a few soldiers chasing after...

  Zhang Ji looked back again, then hummed.

  Hu Chi'er licked his lips, he felt his throat was a little dry. Before he came, he felt that things were actually very simple. They were brothers for many years. They once robbed meat in a ladle and saw each other's naked bodies in a river. As a lobbyist, wouldn't you be able to get it done with a few words?

  But when he actually got in front of Zhang Ji, he suddenly felt a strange feeling, which made Hu Chi'er a little nervous.

  『Say it straight, what exactly are you doing? Zhang Ji shook his neck, frowned and said, "You know, I'm a rough man, I can't understand the twists and turns!" 』

  攴Hu Chi'er said: "No detours! Just these guys, just these soldiers and horses! Can't Brother Zhang get a better position, higher rewards, and more wealth? Right now, Shandong is going to attack Guanzhong, this is a good opportunity! Just like when we were in Xiqiang back then, we support whoever gives more! 』

  『Xiqiang? ’ Zhang Ji asked.

   Hu Chier nodded.

   Hu Chi'er's words are very familiar.

  Because that was indeed what was said and done back then.

   Whoever pays the highest price will get his life.

  Zhang Ji back then didn’t think there was anything wrong with this matter.

   But, now...

  Zhang Ji took a long breath, and seemed to see the shadow standing at the entrance of the village in his mind again.

  Back then, it seemed that he himself had said the same thing about the bright red figure.

  『Wait until I make a lot of money! Sure to make big bucks! 』

  『Don’t worry! There must be great wealth! 』

  『Whoever pays more money, I will do it with him! I'll definitely be back for the money I've made! 』

  『What can you do here? Loess, loess, loess from the same place! 』

  『Based on my ability, where can I go in the world? ! 』

  『Two years, up to three years! I'll be right back! Three years! 』

  Three years...

hehe.

  Zhang Ji smiled.

  攴Hu Chi'er smiled nervously along with her.

  The battle of Xiqiang, three years and three years.

  Many people died, but still no money.

  Dong Zhuo went to Beijing and climbed up too fast, so fast that even Dong Zhuo couldn't react

  After I settled down, I went back to look for it, only to find that the flowers were similar every year, and the beauty of the past was gone...

  Zhang Ji spent all his blood on the Xiqiang battlefield, and his lover also spent his face and blood on waiting.

Then what?

  At this moment, Zhang Ji suddenly realized that he didn't want to face that old and weak lover because he didn't dare to admit his mistakes, and he didn't want to face the cruel reality...

   "It's a pity back then..." Zhang Ji couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

  攴Hu Chi'er quickly said: "Don't be a pity... Brother Zhang has so many people now, and they happen to be in such a critical place. Isn't this a good opportunity for brothers from heaven?" Just right for a good price! Fertile land, houses, gold and silver, jewelry, soldiers, war horses, at that time, you can have as many as you want? ! Brother, now is really the best opportunity! Great wealth! 』

  Zhang Ji laughed.

  攴Hu Chi'er seemed relieved, and also laughed.

  The guards standing on Zhang Ji's side had some changes in their eyes. Some of Zhang Ji's guards were brought from Xiliang in the early years, and of course some were added later. Although most of them were from Liangzhou and Bingzhou, they were not from the same place. Normally, as Zhang Ji's guard, there was naturally no conflict, but now that a lobbyist came suddenly, there were naturally some differences.

  When Zhang Ji seemed to be about to say something, one of the guards standing aside, who was older, suddenly coughed.

  Zhang Ji was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look.

  I saw the older guard put his hands on the shoulders of a young guard, coughing as if he was out of breath, and his face turned red...

   Zhang Ji looked at it, and suddenly his heart jumped!

  The veterans who followed Zhang Ji, the older ones, of course, everything is up to Zhang Ji, and Zhang Ji can do whatever he says. This is also a common pattern in Xiliang, and it is also the original custom of the Han Dynasty.

   And some other guards...

   will be the master.

   is both general and master.

  The end of the Han Dynasty was the era when the system collapsed, and this system naturally included the military system. In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the conscription system was the mainstream, and it created Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to expel the Huns and fight against Mobei.

  Conscription system In the early and middle Western Han Dynasty, when the centralized power was still able to control the local area, both the state and county soldiers and the central army could still fully obey the orders of the central government. The Han Dynasty also guaranteed enough soldiers because of such a system, which looks perfect.

  However, this system also hides great flaws and hidden dangers.

  It's very simple. If it's a general in the border area, he spent a lot of time last year to familiarize these peasants with the battlefield environment, taught them formation and basic marching instructions, and then he is ready to show his talents and beat the enemy. As a result, the second year has come, and the service period of the soldiers you taught last year has expired, and they must all be disarmed and return to the fields to farm. You can only take the newly transferred soldiers from the local area to deal with the raging enemies...

   New recruits are naturally vulnerable to a tyrannical enemy.

  The army was defeated.

  The imperial court sent people to pursue responsibility.

   Could this be a problem with the court system?

   It must be the general's problem!

  Qiu Hou asked to cut.

The reason after the fall is to see if you have any relationship, small money, can clear things up, just like later generations of American officials who have drunk driving accidents, always test the alcohol level the next day, always give officials Is there a little time for activities?

  Of course, if you can’t move, you should kill your head and don’t complain.

   Not only that, this military system not only relies heavily on the great demand for foreign conquest wars, but also requires strong support from a strong central government. Once the degree of centralization began to weaken, the local army began to be gradually abandoned. Therefore, after Guangwu, the recruitment system gradually rose.

  Some people in later generations said that there was no separation of civil and military families in the Han Dynasty, but in fact, a restriction was added, and it was the early Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, because of the problem of the military system, the imperial court also realized that the recruitment system provided a favorable soil for the formation of local warlords, and it also took precautions against this. The most common ones were the county soldiers or state soldiers, which were controlled by the local prefects. Command, but the local prefect will not add a general number, and the general cannot also serve as a local official, and the distinction between civil and military begins to form.

   However, something is different now...

  Everyone probably knew there was a problem before, but nothing major happened, so there was no rush.

   And at the moment, I have to be in a hurry...

   Especially seeing the coquettish figure in Guanzhong, under the influence of Fei Qian, Cao Cao and Sun Quan are also exploring and reforming the military system at the moment of the Han Dynasty.

  Different from Fei Qian's variant recruitment system, Cao Cao implemented the "Scholar System". This kind of military system became the main model in the Wei and Jin Dynasties in history, and the so-called "soldiers" in later generations came from this.

   To put it simply, it is to give a title.

After all, in the Han Dynasty, the title of "Shi" is still very good, so Cao Cao wrote "Shi" on the surface, but actually he was a "slave" underneath. The soldiers were included in the management in the name of "Shi Ji". The population in 』can only become a military population and cannot be transferred to other occupations, and all the population in the registration are subject to military needs and engage in a series of tasks such as combat and farming.

  These military systems are not completely unified, so whether it is Guanzhong, Shandong or Jiangdong, there are actually multiple military systems in parallel.

   Zhang Ji is of course the same here. There are the early part of the recognition of the master, there are private soldiers recruited later, there are professional recruits recruited by the central government for supplementary rotation, and ordinary soldiers recruited by the local government...

  So at the very beginning, Zhang Ji said carelessly that they were all confidantes, but in fact, not all of them, or it should be said not all of them. Especially after the establishment of Fei Qian's lecture hall in Chang'an, after training a large number of middle and low-level soldiers every year, the guards around the generals are not completely recruited by themselves.

this point is very important.

For the pawns, the concept of "general" has begun to shift. After all, pawns used to be attached to generals from birth to death, but now, pawns have one more choice. Choose to retire and become a local inspector, or go home to farm, or go to the lecture hall for further training.

  Military students who have completed advanced studies will also be assigned to different places.

  During such a process of constant replacement, the generals and private soldiers under Fei Qian's command were naturally not so pure.

  If in the early days, Zhang Jiruo roared, most of the soldiers under him would follow.

  But now...

  Even the guards around Zhang Ji have been vaguely distinguished.

Those old soldiers who followed Zhang Ji were naturally dominated by Zhang Ji, and they could see something strange when they stood behind, but at this time, they couldn't say that they were drunk on the spot, otherwise Zhang Ji would be forced to choose a second choice. One of the Jedi, so can only stand on one side, pretending to cough, in order to attract Zhang Ji's attention...

  The young guard held the handle of the knife, frowning and saying nothing.

  The elder guard forced a smile and waved his hands, as if to indicate that he is fine with a cough...

  Yes, there is nothing wrong with coughing, but Zhang Ji!

  Zhang Ji exhaled slowly, nodded slightly, then raised his head, and remained silent for a while.

"how? ’ Po Hu Chi’er asked, ‘Wealth and honor are right in front of us now, brothers can decide with one word! At that time, land property, houses, beauties and money will have everything! 』

"Beauty? 』Zhang Ji was taken aback.

  攴Hu Chi'er nodded and said, "That's right! Beauty! What do you like bro? The fatter ones, the thinner ones, or the beautiful women in Shandong, or the thin waists and long legs in the Western Regions? At that time, I will definitely have what I want! 』

  Zhang Ji clicked his tongue, "Brother, my mother-in-law... just passed away not long ago..."

"ah? ’ Hu Chi’er blinked, not knowing what to say for a while.

  Are you sad? Zhang Ji doesn't seem to be very "sorrowful" like this.

   Then say congratulations? It doesn't seem quite right either.

Feel sorry? I didn't kill his wife, why should I apologize?

"Back then...hehe..." Zhang Ji laughed twice, "That's what I told my mother-in-law back then...there will be great wealth in the future...I will definitely give her a big house, lots of fields, lots of cattle and sheep... I promised a lot, but I failed to deliver a few…”

  攴Hu Chi'er suddenly felt something was wrong, "Brother, this...isn't this..."

  『Listen to me first. Zhang Ji stretched out his hand and interrupted Hu Chi'er's words, "If you came a few years ago, even if you didn't have any wealth, just say you want to use me, brother, and you will walk with you...Phew...but now It's different..."

  『What’s the difference? ’ Hu Chi’er stood up and shouted, ‘Aren’t we brothers back then? Why is there anything before and now? Could it be that the brotherhood between you and me was fake back then? 』

  Zhang Ji suddenly felt a little sad, "Back then, we were really brothers... But now the times have changed... It has changed... You go, I won't send you off!" 』

  Zhang Ji waved his hands, looking a little disappointed, and then turned his back, obviously not in the mood to continue explaining to Hu Chier, or explaining something.

  Back then, there was a mouthful of meat to share, and another mouthful of wine to drink. Together they went into battle to kill the enemy, and together they sat bloodied in the pile of dead men and bandaged their wounds. On the battlefield, Zhang Ji saved Po Hu Chi'er's life, and Po Hu Chi'er also survived the sword for Zhang Ji.

   At that time, they were real brothers.

  At that time, even if there was no wealth and wealth to share, as long as they greeted each other, they would go up as soon as they said hello, and life and death were not considered...

  However, times have changed.

  Even if the contract is signed, the "brothers" of Baizi Heizi can kick out the door, saying that they are sending talents for the society, let alone the "brothers" who don't even have a contract and meet again after the disaster is approaching?

  攴Hu Chi'er's face darkened slightly, "Okay...in that case, I have no choice but to..."

  Hu Chi'er was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly pulled out a short blade from under the leather robe and stabbed straight at Zhang Ji's back!