Chapter Thirty-eight: All parties come together
Liu Chang returned home with a few bottles of good wine. When he lay on the sofa, his anxiety had already disappeared.
He fell asleep on the sofa soon. Then Liu Chang appeared in the yard with wine. Liu Chang's sudden appearance surprised Zhang Fei, who was practicing martial arts in the yard. He quickly put away the steel gun in his hand.
Zhang Fei panted and said, "Brother Liu didn't rest in the room. I almost gave it to Brother Liu."
Liu Chang replied to him: "I sat in the yard last night and thought about it. After seeing this, I still have to rest in the room, otherwise it will affect your martial arts practice in the morning. It will not be safe to go." He handed the thing in his hand to Zhang Fei and said: "This is what I promised to you before. You can't say that I don't keep my word."
"How can that be? I know that Brother Liu has always kept his word."
"Don't start drinking now. You can continue practicing, I'll go for a walk in the city."
"Brother Liu, don't worry, I'll drink it later in the evening."
Liu Chang walked out of the government gate and saw carts coming from the door. Zhao Xin was counting the numbers at the door. After seeing Liu Chang walk out of the door, he asked, "Young Master, you're awake, the journey is going smoothly."
Liu Chang looked at the truckload of supplies and said, "They sent everything so early. I thought they had to confirm how many days."
"The young master said so decisively last night that they could not believe it. They might have thought that the young master had an agreement with the great wise mentor. So they packed up their things overnight and sent them all over this morning. But how could the young master know so much? Is it true that the young master really had an agreement with the great wise mentor?"
"No, how could a great wise man tell me an outsider about such a big matter? What is the counting number?"
"The number is accurate, they will actually deliver as much as we say."
"Very good, it seems that they have at least started to cooperate with us. Since we have obtained all the money and food, let us tell Zhao Di to continue recruiting soldiers and then continue to train troops. Be prepared. Once the news is confirmed, we will find a way to take down the nearby territory. See if we can roll the snowball up."
"Okay, I'll inform him after I'll ask for some money and food."
"You count the money and food first, I'll inform him. By the way, see how he trains in the army."
Liu Chang walked along the road to the schoolyard. The venue was wide and the number was large. Only hundreds of people looked neat and unified, while the remaining people looked messy. Zhao Di was relying on hundreds of people to drive the remaining people to train. Liu Chang sat aside and watched Zhao Di train the soldiers. After the training in the previous camp, he seemed quite good.
Time passed quickly, and the team gradually became orderly. Seeing that it was almost done, Zhao Di disbanded the team. When he was stepping down, he saw Liu Chang standing aside and watching him train his soldiers.
Liu Chang said to him with praise: "It looks good, but now it is quite good."
Zhao Dize said sincerely: "It's all up to Brother Liu to teach me, otherwise I would still be a refugee."
"Don't be humble, this is the result of your own efforts. Now that you have money and food, you can hurry up and recruit some people. Now, as long as you can expand to soldiers, you must expand more, and then it will be time to speak. You don't have to worry about equipment. I will organize people to start building weapons without stopping. First, put a spear in your hands."
"Okay, I'll send someone to recruit soldiers right away."
"You worry about the soldiers, it's time to be tested soon."
"Please rest assured Brother Liu, I will do my best."
In the next few days, people who fled from time to time told Liu Chang about the various situations around him. The great wise men really launched an uprising on March 5, 7th year of Guanghe. The entire Jizhou was in chaos. The great wise men were conquering cities and territories in Jizhou. All the officials and households were killed wherever they went. Although there was no news from other prefectures and counties, they thought they had already started to take action. Chu Yan, who took this opportunity to make a decision, also brought people to gather in the mountains and forests, Yang Feng and Yu Du, also raised their own banners. Ambitions all took this opportunity to start their own businesses. Among these bandits, Liu Chang's power was the most powerful. People from time to time came to join Liu Chang. The world was already in chaos.
After the news reached Dingzhou City, the wealthy families heard about the actions of Daxian and good mentors in Jizhou, and sent Liu Chang a batch of supplies. They kept inviting Liu Chang to the banquet. Liu Chang sent someone to tell them to reassure them that they would not attack them like Daxian and good mentors. After refusing the invitation, Liu Chang began to prepare the next plan.
So, Liu Chang summoned everyone in the lobby and waited until everyone arrived.
Liu Chang said to everyone: "We don't know what the trends are in the court now, nor do we know what step the great wise and good teachers are now going. Even the surrounding situation is heard by the refugees who have escaped. The vision is pitch black. What are you good ideas about what to do next?"
Seeing that the rest of the people were speechless, Zhang Fei said carelessly: "What do you care about so much? Let's take up all the nearby territory first. Anyway, they don't know what the situation is here."
Liu Chang shook his head and said, "No, they must know our situation. We have the earliest uprising. The news has been spread. It is not guaranteed that all the troops who are preparing to deal with us have been used by the great sages. However, what Yide said is that he still needs to be strong on his own. He eventually has to rely on our own force to take down the surrounding areas."
Liu Chang asked Zhao Di: "How are the soldiers recruited?"
Zhao Di introduced in detail: "There are now 2,800 infantrymen, 300 archers and 200 cavalrymen. Among them, only 400 infantrymen were trained in military tactics. Among them, 1,200 of the remaining people participated in the previous attack on Dingzhou City, and the rest were newly recruited soldiers, and the cavalrymen may not have enough combat effectiveness. All the cavalry were led by Yide, but many of them were only generals and generals who could ride horses. Archers were basically composed of hunters and basically used bows and arrows."
"Very good, I've done a good job these days. Since that's the case, we'll go north to take Tang County. Sweep the neighborhood, lean against Taihang Mountain, and see if there is a chance to win Zhending and Boling. Then take advantage of the stalemate between the court and the great wise mentors to see if we can sell it at a good price."
Chapter completed!