Ma Su took more than 20 guards to Liujiazhai in the Lantian Fuche Mountain.

Liujiazhai was originally a deserted canyon with many arable land. After Liu Xiongming found out about herbs, he thought the environment here was good, so he used it as his base.

Because at the beginning, only the Liu family lived in it, and it was called Liujiazhai.

After so many years of development, in addition to thousands of young and strong troops, there are thousands of old, young, women and children, and tens of thousands of people live here.

Although this place is not a paradise, it produces a lot, and everyone is diligent in working, so they can be self-sufficient.

Such a place is difficult for ordinary people to find. Ma Su received the topographic map of Fangshan and knew that Liu Xiongming was recruiting people in a big way and held a "martial contest to seize the commander". Then he wanted to go and join Liu Xiongming's army.

Although Ma Su didn't know how many people participated in the competition to win the commander, he was confident that he would join the team and gain certain rights.

Because his escort leader Fang Shan, when he was inspecting the terrain of Liujiazhai, he became a good friend and had become Liu Xiongming's deputy.

He led nearly one thousand troops from Liujiazhai with twenty guards, accounting for nearly one-third of Liu Xiongming's army.

Recently, because Cao Cao wanted to solve the situation of warlords in Guanzhong, completely control Guanzhong, and frequently make moves, the situation in Guanzhong is relatively tense.

Chang'an prefect Zhong Yao received a document from Cao Cao and asked him to recruit Liu Xiongming's team.

He did not dare to neglect, so he had sent someone to contact Liu Xiongming and asked him to lead the crowd to join Cao Cao. The conditions given were quite favorable, which made Liu Xiongming a little moved.

Because Zhong Yao told Liu Xiongming that Cao Cao promised to give him a general and five deputy generals. As for which level of general he was, it all depends on the number of soldiers under him, and suggested that he recruit more soldiers and generals.

Although Liu Xiongming is quite famous, many outsiders even regard him as a god under the rumors of locals. Cao Cao also heard about him and became interested in attracting him.

However, Liu Xiongming did not have many military horses, only more than 3,000, all of which were mainly infantry and lacked leading generals with high martial arts skills, and his combat effectiveness was not too high.

Liu Xiongming is over fifty years old, and becoming an official was something he dreamed of when he was young. The family background he accumulated can be said to be his lifelong achievement. Now that he has the opportunity to become an official, he is of course unwilling to let it go.

If Liu Xiongming brought his current strength to join Cao Cao, the position he could obtain would be the lowest-level miscellaneous general, which made him feel unwilling.

He did not have the strength to recruit a large number of military soldiers. Not to mention military equipment such as weapons and armor, even if it was food and grass, these more than 3,000 people had reached his limit.

But Zhong Yao promised that he would convince some people to come to compete for the competition to seize the commander, and he would provide the weapons and food.

It is not useless for Liu Xiongming to achieve this. After careful inquiry, he learned that these major families wanted to use "competition to seize the commander" to undermine himself and seize official positions.

He had no choice but to really open the mountain gate, recruit more soldiers, strengthen his own team, and compete with several major families.

Therefore, Fang Shan was able to easily join Liu Xiongming's army and was entrusted with important tasks.

Fang Shan did not disappoint and recommended Ma Su and others to participate in the competition to win the commander. Before the person arrived, Liu Xiongming treated him as his direct descendant.

As a left-behind Chang'an, Zhong Yao had no friendship with Liu Xiongming, and he would not give him any advice or food to enhance his strength for no reason.

This is equivalent to increasing the difficulty of recruiting himself! In fact, Zhong Yao has his own little plan to do this.

Chang'an was once the capital of the Western Han Dynasty. It was extremely prosperous at that time, and there were many aristocratic families here.

But after Liu Xiu was restored and established his capital in Luoyang, Chang'an would have lost its former glory. Although there were still many aristocratic families left behind, they all moved their center of gravity and family subjects to Luoyang.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he controlled the government affairs, but because he could not resist the attacks and attacks of the eighteen princes including Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, etc., he swept the civil and military officials of the court and moved the capital to Chang'an.

Although Dong Zhuo forced the aristocratic families to move with him, the effect was counterproductive. Instead, many aristocratic families moved away from Guanzhong.

During the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si, the rioters broke through Chang'an. Their army robbed them, which brought great damage to the Guanzhong area and caused a depressing scene of "the strong scattered and the widowed fostered each other. In the past two or three years, there was no trace of people in Guanzhong." Almost all the Guanzhong families moved to foreign lands.

It was not until the first year of Jian'an that Emperor Xian of Han successfully moved eastward to Luoyang and moved the capital to Xudu under Cao Cao's control that the Li Guo rebellion was over. The Guanzhong area gradually recovered some vitality, and some aristocratic families began to move back one after another.

Although there are many aristocratic families in Chang'an now, they are all mainly branches. There are only four powerful families, namely the Zhong family, the Fu family, the Yang family and the Zhang family, who control the military and political power and economic lifeline of the Guanzhong area.

These big families can have a place in Guanzhong, in addition to the strong financial resources of the family, it is mainly because these families have people who serve as officials under Cao Cao. Although in terms of the family's wealth, they are not high-level.

Zhong Yao of the Zhong family served as the prefect of Chang'an, and was naturally the leader of all major families.

Fu Xun of the Fu family was originally an official under Liu Biao. Because he persuaded Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao, he was named the Marquis of Guannei and served as the attendant of the Sanqi. He was not inferior to Zhong Yao by his official position, but because Zhong Yao was a local snake in Chang'an, the Fu family was willing to rank second.

Zhang Ji of the Zhang family was the county magistrate of Chang'an County and the county soldiers in charge of Chang'an. It can be said that they have the right to live and kill. The power is only below Zhong Yao, so they are naturally ranked third.

The Yang family's head is in Hongnong, Luoyang, and the Yang family in Guanzhong is just a small branch. The outstanding representative of the family is Yang Fu. Although Cao Cao only appointed him as the chief of Anding County, because the Grand Marshal Yang Biao served in the court, his brother Yang Xiu was appointed as the chief of Cao Cao's head, so he naturally rose and was ranked fourth.

There is also a Hu family who has been stable for hundreds of years. Although no one has been an official in the court yet, they have been in Guanzhong for the longest time. Even in the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si, they have stabilized their positions. They have the strongest economic strength and are only one backer of the government and have been led by the four families as alliances.

Because Cao Cao selected poor talents everywhere and gave many officials to aristocratic families, there were not many monks and few porridges, and the competition encouraged him, the Hu family never obtained an official position.

This time, Cao Cao recruited Liu Xiongming and gave at least one general and five deputy generals. If the army is strong enough, it may also be five generals and five deputy generals.

It is impossible to say that these families are not jealous! Naturally, they don’t want to miss the opportunity to find a way out for outstanding disciples of the family.

Therefore, after discussions among several major families, Zhong Yao came forward to give Liu Xiongming advice, asking him to recruit troops and expand his army.

In fact, they took the opportunity to let the outstanding disciples of the younger generation of the family lead their five hundred private soldiers to join Liu Xiongming's subordinates, striving to obtain the position of a miscellaneous general after the recruitment.

The Zhong family was originally a heir of poetry and books. This time the tribe was named Zhong Yue, whose courtesy name was Nanshan. He was a rare brave general of the Zhong family. Therefore, he was entrusted with important tasks by Zhong Yao and sent to Liu Xiongming's army to serve as Liu Xiongming's deputy and control the real power of the army.
Chapter completed!