At this moment, suddenly a sentry officer on duty outside hurriedly walked in and reported loudly: "Fourth Master Qiyu, General Dugu and they have arrived by order and are waiting outside!" ”

Shangguan Zhongzhi said: "Okay, our little overlord is coming so quickly, hurry up, hurry up, please!" ”

The sentinel said, "Besides, they are not just three people, but twenty-one people in all, so do you let them all enter the big tent?" ”

Shangguan Zhongxin said: "Good boy, is it difficult, he brought all the eighteen horsemen that he had just selected and formed." ”

The sentry said: "Back to the fifth master, General Dugu did say so just now, saying that he brought all the eighteen horsemen under him. ”

Shangguan Zhongxin said: "In this case, then you should only let General Dugu and his two major attendants come in, as for the other eighteen people." Well, well, you can take them to Xiema to rest first. ”

At this moment, a flag officer surnamed Tang who was under Li Cheng stood up and said loudly: "In this way, Fifth Master, it is better for the last general to go out and personally greet the eighteen horsemen brought by General Dugu, so as to show that we have enough respect for others." ”

Shangguan Zhongxin said: "That's fine, then according to what you said, you go down and arrange it yourself." Remember, whatever they ask for, you have to do your best to accommodate them. ”

The flag officer surnamed Tang said: "Don't worry, Fifth Master, General Dugu's subordinates, the last general will never dare to slack off in the slightest." With that, he walked out briskly with the sentry on duty.

Of course, here I have to give a general introduction to the so-called eighteen horsemen brought by the little overlord Dugu Sword.

It turned out that since Dugu Jian was officially attached to the Qi Palace, he accepted the first important task assigned by Shangguan Qingyun, the King of Qi, that is, to form an elite vanguard cavalry in the fastest possible time, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

According to the requirements of Shangguan Qingyun, the king of Qi, after this Xiaocai battalion is officially established, it must be the true elite of their entire Tsing Yi Legion.

It must be achieved "swift as thunder, coming and going like the wind; When called, the battle will be won; Invincible! ”

But on the first day, Dugu Jian made a very strange request to his immediate boss, Shangguan Zhongxin.

According to his meaning, if you want to really form a 3,000-person cavalry battalion first, you must first select the real core force - eighteen cavalry.

Then take these eighteen horsemen as the so-called benchmark of the entire horseman battalion, whether it is all future training or future charges, they will be the goal and standard.

This is the so-called point-to-point and benchmarking effect, in order to truly achieve a surge in the overall combat effectiveness of the entire Xiaocai battalion.

Fortunately, Shangguan Zhongxin was originally a person who was good at using soldiers, so he naturally understood the true intention of Dugu Sword at once.

So he immediately ordered Ouyang Qianping and Ma Xiaotian, who were in charge of co-organizing, to fully cooperate with Dugu Jian.

Even if he really needed the manpower of the guards of the Qingyun Palace, the king of Qi, or the eight generals under him, it would be absolutely unambiguous, and everything would be done with all his might.

In this way, among the entire 100,000 Tsing Yi Army, Dugu Jian really arranged it and carefully selected it. Of course, at that time, their name was not to form any cavalry battalion, but to form the personal guards of the Qi Palace, so as not to be too public.

It's just that Dugu Jian's conditions are too harsh, and he requires all eighteen people to pass the two levels of his two attendants first, and finally he himself has to personally review and inspect them.

First of all, these people must have a considerable foundation in internal kung fu, whether they are bare-handed or have blades in their hands, at least they must survive twenty rounds under the empty hands of that one-eyed man Ah Er, otherwise they will be eliminated directly. This is the first level of foot combat assessment.

In fact, these people still have to have really good kung fu, and in the wilderness fighting, they must at least take the thirty rounds of the dumb Ah Da Splitting Wind Nine Ring Knife, otherwise they will be eliminated directly. This is the second level of the horse battle assessment.

In the end, these people must not only be proficient in horsemanship and archery, but also have excellent arm strength and be able to pull a five-stone special divine arm bow on a horse, otherwise they will be eliminated directly. This is the comprehensive assessment of the third level.

In particular, this third level is the most difficult, because this level is directly controlled by Dugu Jian, the little overlord of the people, and all those who participate in the selection must personally compete with Dugu Jian to test the rapid fire of the divine arm bow, as well as the adaptability in actual combat.

As long as it is something that people Dugu Jian can't look down on, it will be eliminated directly, and there is no room for negotiation at all.

In this way, just these three points, not to mention ordinary generals, even the eight generals who are loyal to Shangguan are afraid that more than half of them will be difficult to pass.

What's more, after these people are selected, they have to go through dozens of repeated actual combat screening and elimination, if there is any mistake during this period, it can really be the destiny of each other.

In this way, after nearly a month of careful selection, only twelve people were selected out of the 100,000 Tsing Yi Legion.

And in the middle, the tragic death and cripplement directly reached nearly 100 people, not to mention anything else, just this ruthlessness and cruelty is enough to make the generals shocked.

Of course, the eighteen horsemen required by the Dugu Sword only focused on personal courage and bravery, and did not consider the so-called art of war strategy at all.

Therefore, their eighteen horsemen are just pure personal combat power, and they can't be compared with the eight masters who are loyal to other officials, and there is a considerable essential difference between them.

In the end, there was really no way, so Dugu Jian asked the dumb Ah Da to take his Heavenly Cruelty Order, returned to their Fallen Soul Valley and brought back six people, which was barely enough to make up the number of eighteen horsemen.

Originally, at first, Dugu Jian still wanted to let Ah Da and Ah Er make up the numbers, but considering that Ah Er was only suitable for being a step general, he had to give up in the end.

What's more, the two of them were originally the most powerful left and right hands of Dugu Sword, and they naturally couldn't do without them on weekdays, and it was indeed not suitable for them to charge into battle in person.

Of course, Dugu Jian didn't really go to the personal guards of the Qi Wangfu to choose, let alone the idea of hitting the eight generals of Shangguan Zhongxin.

Not only that, but their eighteen horsemen, whether it is the protective armor or their bow and arrow blades, are specially designed and created. In particular, their war horses are all battle-hardened horses, and they are used to seeing the bloody wind and rain of big battles.

Both of them are specially made armor inside and out, which can resist the sharp arrows fired by strong crossbows, and can resist the slashing of heavy weapons such as the Wind Splitting Machete.

All of them had one-legged dolls, all weighing more than eighty pounds, all of them were five-stone divine arm bows, and they also wore extremely sharp cloaks, sabers, leggings, daggers and other hand-to-hand weapons.

Not to mention anything else, it's just their one-legged doll lance weighing more than eighty pounds, and the thirty or forty pound mace of the fierce general Li Cheng mentioned earlier is not at the same level as others, let alone ordinary generals.

In this way, they can not only charge into battle, but also capture the flag; It can also be hand-to-hand and hand-to-hand; You can even temporarily abandon the war horse and directly fight on foot.

In other words, Dugu Jian, the little overlord of the people, took Ah Da and Ah Er to come in and sit down, so he didn't say anything about being verbose, and after roughly figuring out the situation here, he began to officially join the previous discussion.

Shangguan Zhongxin laughed loudly: "In this way, it seems that the fourth brother's brain is turning fast enough, why didn't I think of fighting poison with poison, hehehe." ”

Shangguan Zhongzhi said: "Actually, I just had the idea of trying it yesterday, originally I didn't expect that Huo Xiaotian would be so difficult, even our habitual fire attack and giant wood radium arrows were easily cracked." In addition, I didn't expect General Dugu to be able to draw inferences from one another, and after receiving my order, he even brought the eighteen horsemen he had just formed. ”

Dugu Jian said: "To be honest, after listening to your introduction and analysis, I Dugu Jian was also shocked. To be honest, I didn't expect that their ironclad chariot formation would actually be born from the iron sword formation of the Iron Sword Gate back then. As a result, I was very sure of it, but now it is estimated that there are only six or seven points left. ”

Lu Weixin said: "Why, could it be that General Dugu also knows the past of the Iron Sword Gate in the past?" ”

Dugu Jian said: "It's not a secret, if you talk about it, our Heavenly Remnant Gate and the Iron Sword Gate really have a certain relationship." ”