"Young general, are you willing to be a commander under me?”
Zhang Mu was afraid that Xu Zhu would get a cerebral hemorrhage from anger, so he ignored him and turned to Chen Dao to invite him.
"Military commander?"
Chen Dao seriously suspected that he had been defeated by Xu Chu and that his ears were hallucinating or even hallucinating.
Otherwise, the conversation between Xu Chu and Zhang Mu was a little funny. The latter was a little too approachable.
The official positions of the Great Han Dynasty ranged from the three dukes and nine ministers with a rank of ten thousand stones, the general, the general of hussars, the general of chariots and horses, to the county officials with a rank of one hundred stones. The attack was divided into sixteen grades.
The county town would have a county magistrate or a county head according to its size. The county captain was the county head and the subordinate officer of the county magistrate. They were also divided into grades. The county magistrate's rank was 1,000 stones, which was the seventh grade among the 16 grades. His official position was above average.
Feng County was a county with a large population and had a county magistrate. Zhang Mu was a county magistrate with a rank of 400 stones. His official position was ranked tenth.
As for the military commander, his rank was higher than a thousand stones, one level lower than the county magistrate, and two levels higher than the county captain.
Was Zhang Mufeng qualified to be the commander?
"Is County Lieutenant Zhang joking with me?”Chen Dao forced a smile.
"I will soon be the Minister of Pei Country. What do you think?”Zhang Mu asked with a smile.
Guo Xiang was the prefect of the same prefecture and had the same rank of 2000 koku as the Prefecture Overseer. He was in charge of the military and political affairs of the prefecture and was ranked at the end of the fourth tier of the Great Han Dynasty. He was definitely a high official.
"State Minister!" Chen Dao's pupils constricted.
Everyone knew that Zhang Mu had just reached the age of coronation, but they didn't expect him to be promoted to the position of Prime Minister of a country. Just like Liu Bei, who was a relative of the Han clan, although he couldn't compare to Gan Luo, he was still terrifyingly outstanding.
And this Minister naturally had the right to confer the title of Commander.
Chen Dao did not suspect that Zhang Mu was lying to him, and his heart instantly burned.
He was born in a poor family and was just a captain of a county captain in Runan. He was between a scholar and a worker. Now, as long as he nodded his head, it could be said that he had risen to the top.
Zhang Mu had a good reputation in Yuzhou, and he had experienced it in Qiao County these past two days. He was someone he could follow.
Learn literature and martial arts, sell to the emperor's family.
Translated, it meant to learn to be capable, to find someone worthy of loyalty, and to gain merit and fame.
Generals were not like civil officials and strategists, so there were not many twists and turns in recognizing a master. Zhang Mu directly promised the position of military commander, which made Chen Dao have the urge to die for his confidant.
He immediately wanted to agree.
"You can't use your identity as a defeated Yellow Turban!”
Chen Dao's expression darkened.
If they were labeled as bandits, it would be a stain that would go down in history.
Thinking of this, he said seriously," Lord County Officer, I am not a Yellow Turban. Although I was defeated by this general, I would rather die than surrender.”
Chen Dao's unspoken meaning was that he could join them, but he could not surrender.
If they surrendered, he would be a Yellow Turban, a traitor.
Zhang Mu understood what he meant and wanted to tell him that the person who surrendered now would also become a traitor of the Han Dynasty in the future. There was no difference.
However, if a new dynasty was established, the result would be different.
"What's the name of the warrior?" Zhang Mu asked knowingly.
The word 'warrior' made Chen Dao heave a sigh of relief. He stood up and bowed."I'm Chen Dao from Runan, also known as Shuzhi!”
Zhang Mu reached out to grab Chen Dao's fist and praised,""Hero Chen, you're a loyal man who helped me when I was conquering the Yellow Turbans. Your martial arts are outstanding.”
Zhang Mu's words turned Chen Dao into one of his own.
Chen Dao was grateful and wished he could agree.
However, because he acknowledged Zhang Mu, he hesitated and said,""County Lieutenant, I have something to say.”
"What is it?" Zhang Mu raised his eyebrows.
Why didn't Chen Dao agree?
"Three days ago, I killed an officer!”Chen Dao braced himself and said,"It's under Marquis Wu Cheng. If I work under the county captain, I'm afraid…"
Zhang Mu instantly understood and his brows relaxed.
Han Ming was the younger brother of Han Dang, one of the four generals under Sun Jian. Chen Dao obviously knew this and was afraid that he would be implicated when Han Ming came to seek revenge.
This was for his sake.
It seemed that the performance just now was not in vain.
Zhang Mu felt comforted.
However, he didn't care about what Chen Dao was worried about.
It could be seen from studying history.
Dongwu and Shuhan had a honeymoon period. Liu Bei even lived in Jiangdong for a long time and almost completed the achievement of "forgetting his hometown" ahead of time.
During this period, there was no news of any conflict between Chen Dao and Han Dang. There was no news at all. Obviously, they did not know that the other party was actually an enemy.
Moreover, he had specially investigated in the past two days and found that Chen Dao and Liu Pi had a dirty relationship. The latter needed to break through Qiao County and intimidate Yuzhou to gain fame, so he forced Chen Dao to come and help.
At that time, Liu Pi would definitely not publicize the former's achievement of capturing Qiao County with three arrows.
And Chen Dao didn't want to have the stain of being a thief, so he wouldn't spread it around.
It was normal that no one knew!
However, Chen Dao did not know about this yet.
Zhang Mu didn't plan to tell him.
"You don't have to worry about that!"
"Leading the army in battle is just for each of us.”
"At that time, I will hand over Liu Pi's head. Marquis Wu Cheng is a hero, so he will definitely not mind.”
"If that Han Dang or Marquis Wu Cheng is really unreasonable, I will protect you since you are working under me."”
"I will also protect you!" Xu Chu suddenly said.
Chen Dao was very touched and no longer hesitated. He knelt on one knee and said,"Chen Dao greets the lord!"
Ding! The second general was in the bag!
Zhang Mu made a fist in his heart.
"My lord!"
At this moment, Gong Du brought the Yellow-scarved Strongman to Zhang Mu to report. He was very respectful.
This war had come to an end.
Zhang Mu's side won.
After that, he led the army into the Provincial Governor's Office and ordered Liu Pi to cooperate with Xu Chu to reorganize the Yellow Turban Army. After eliminating the young and old, there were only five thousand strong soldiers left. Together with the three thousand elite soldiers under Han Ming, they formed a total of eight thousand soldiers into the Pei Army.
The 8,000 Pei Army troops were temporarily led by Xu Ding, with Gong Du as the deputy general.
At the same time, he arranged for three thousand black armored guards to guard the city gates and control the entry and exit of people.
At this point, other than the few aristocratic families and some merchants, Qiao County was under Zhang Mu's control.
At this moment, Zhang Mu found Guo Jia and asked,
"Fengxiao, how are the preparations for the Hongmen Banquet?”
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