Four people were detained here today, namely Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Li Dingguo.

These people have one characteristic: they are all extremely young officers, but they are not called generals. They are both seventeen or eighteen years old, but they have made military achievements and become officers at the level of a hundred households. You should know that Zhang Xianzhong's old camp is actually equivalent to his servants. The hundred households of the servants' army are not under the thousand households of ordinary troops.

There are even rumors that these young and promising young officers may have been adopted by their commander Zhang Xianzhong as their adopted son and trained them to become the rising stars of Zhang Xianzhong's army.

This is normal in this era, that is, every general will adopt a large number of servants, and they will even let these servants follow his surname and take them as adopted sons.

This kind of adopted son is actually not a traditional adopted son. It is just a means to win over the hearts of the people. It is to completely tie everyone's interests together, because in this era, many things are done to kill the company. If the general commits a crime, his personal soldiers and followers, and his adopted son will be liquidated, so it is considered that the two sides are completely tied together.

Most of the generals and officials in the army will only train them with all their might after being accepted by the chief general as their adopted sons. There is no doubt about this.

Moreover, this is not the traditional adopted young people by the elderly. As long as they are his subordinates and as long as they want to win over them, they can adopt them. Moreover, this system is not unique to the Ming Dynasty. These things have happened as early as the late Tang Dynasty, that is, the local governors, but they have taken all their confidant generals as adopted sons, which makes them devotedly to their lives and the two sides are completely bound together.

Liu Bu sent someone to inquire. Zhang Xianzhong had not accepted these people as adopted sons. If he accepted them as adopted sons, he would be in a little trouble. That is, he would become Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son. He must be one of the people named by the court to be killed. He was not easy to do so and intercepted them.

If it is an ordinary general and a soldier, it is different. He can operate from it. According to the court's convention, all the rebels were beheaded, and it was not an exaggeration to have all the dead. However, it was not difficult for Liu Bu to intercept some people.

The enemy army was defeated by him and captured by him. He had a great say in these people. He could even regard these people as property, hand them over as prisoners of war, or intercept them all and become his own people. It depends on his mood.

So Liu Bu ordered these people to be taken to him. He wanted to see if they were worth taking them in person. You should know that these people in later generations were the four famous generals known as the Great Western Kingdom and were considered iconic figures of the Great Western Army. After Zhang Xianzhong failed to resist the Qing Dynasty, he continued the prestige of the Great Western Army.

When the four of them were taken in, they were trembling because they had just eaten a full meal and were full of fish and meat.

You should know that they had been hungry for two or three days, and the imperial army did not treat them as human beings at all. How could they give them food? They were all held in prison, and many people were hungry and their belly was pressed against their backs, but suddenly they were called to them with big fish and meat, which frightened these people because they committed serious crimes of rebellion, and wherever they went, they would kill the nine clans and the execution of Lingchi.

I usually don’t let them eat, but now I’m letting them have a good meal. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be a slaughtered meal.

But this is also unlikely, that is, the imperial government army does not regard them as human beings at all. Even if they cut off their heads, they may not follow the ancient customs and give them a slaughtered meal. The imperial government army will not care whether they are evil spirits or full spirits.

What surprised them even more was that they were actually taken into the mansion of the chief general of the imperial court.

Although Liu Bu was just a guerrilla general and was far from the general, he now moved into the Fengyang General Mansion for office without hesitation. Moreover, no one thought there was anything wrong with him when he did this, and everyone took it for granted.

At this moment, Liu Bu was working in the Fengyang Governor's headquarters where he lived. No one would say anything about him, let alone, he just lived in a general's office.

And everyone understands that Liu Bu has made great achievements now. No matter how harsh the court is, he will reward him with one official position. At least he should start with a general, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the world.

Now, because Liu Bu is the only person in Fengyang City who holds military power and the only person who owns military and violent organizations, many powerful people come to visit him every day, ask for him to see him, flatter him, hope to gain his recognition and support, take back his fields, and steal his family and treasures.

These people were all senior people in the past. If they were to be ordinary, they wouldn't be a guerrilla general. Even if you were a general, they wouldn't look at you right away. But now they are different from the past. After the bandits' tossing against them, they are much more sensible. They all know that those who serve in the army are great people, and those who serve in the army can make you look good.

Liu Bu also knew that these are all things that cannot be offended by powerful people, so many people can help as much as possible. However, if he is asked to flatter him, he will not serve him because of his own self-setting, that is, he is a rebellious and rich second generation. If you speak well, he will naturally respond well. If you dare to put on airs and show off his face, he will not throw you away.

If Liu Bu dared to do this before this battle, he would definitely be dragged out to beat him in public or sued him, but today is different.

What's the difference? The main thing is that he defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army, captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, and became one of the famous generals in the world. As a famous general in the world, he had a temper and tyranny, which many people took for granted.

Since he knew that he was a tyrannical and temperate person and that others were in power, others would definitely not provoke him.

This created Liu Bu's unique and lofty status in Fengyang City.

At this time, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others were taken into the General Mansion, and they seemed a little panicked and scared.

Because Liu Bu sat on the chairman of the General Office, the two squads of soldiers were fierce and their eyes were cold when they looked at them.

After they entered, they were a little hesitant and didn't know what to do. As a result, they were escorted by the soldiers behind them and kicked them directly on the bend. They immediately knelt on the ground.

Liu Kang next to Liu Bu said loudly: "Who is kneeling down? Why don't you sign up?"

Sun Kewang and the others were still hesitating, but they were kicked twice by the person behind, so they immediately said loudly: "The villain Sun Kewang."

Sun Kewang is the eldest of the four of them. Even Sun Kewang has signed up, and the other Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi have also begun to issue their names.

Liu Kang said loudly: "Dengzhou guerrilla general Liu Bu is here, why don't you give him a salute?"

In fact, there are not many generals under the bandits, and there are more guerrilla generals, but the one in front of them is a great man, so they don’t know what to do. After all, this guerrilla general looks quite awesome.

They didn't know how to salute the general for a while to be able to please the general.

Liu Kang said sternly: "Kowtow!"

The four of them had no choice but to kowtow for a few times.

At this time, Liu Bu said slowly: "You seem to be a handsome talent, why don't you serve the country? Or you still surrender to the bandits to rebel. Are you not afraid of killing the nine clans and cutting them into pieces?"

Li Dingguo said: "The little man rebelled because he really didn't eat anything in one bite. The taxes he used to suck bones and marrow were too much. My parents were dead and I really couldn't survive."

Liu Bu pondered for a few moments and said, "You have been a thief for many years and should have been with Zhang Xianzhong to be executed, but I will think that God has the virtue of being a virtuous person. Are you willing to serve me?"

The status of the two sides was very different, and Liu Bu did not test anything, but directly sent out to solicit the goods immediately.

The four of them did not expect that they were the general of the Ming army who defeated them, and the guerrilla general Liu Bu, publicly solicited them. This was an unexpected surprise. They didn't know what to do for a while.

Liu Kang scolded loudly from the side: "I still don't agree. Can you still have to wait for the general? If you don't want to, you will immediately push it and kill it."

Sun Kewang and the other four were overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I'm willing, I'm willing."

There is one thing that they are very realistic, that is, if they dare to say a word here, they will probably be prompted to push them out and behead them immediately. You must know that the Ming army has been arresting the military leaders in Zhang Xianzhong's army these days. All those who committed the murder of massacre of the people were taken out and beheaded by them. They were also in panic all day long, and they didn't know when the official army took them out and beheaded, and ended up with a different body and head.

These people in the army were definitely not for their ideals or feelings, nor for their ambition to disrupt the world. They were forced to rebel directly in order to make a bite.

So they joined Zhang Xianzhong's army and fought desperately, in fact, just to make their lives better and to make themselves have enough food. In the army of bandits, just like the official army, only soldiers who fight desperately can eat enough food. As for the others, they just barely eat half full.

Now that they are defeated, they will inevitably be questioned. If they can join Liu Bu's troops, they will naturally be exempted from being held accountable. It is definitely a very ideal place to go.
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