"The lord is heroic, and the villain can follow the lord, it is really a blessing for three lives." After the competition, Cheng Yong patted Guo Qi on the back.

"The big boss, the wine and meat are good, and they are all placed in the Zhongyi Hall." A guy came over and said.

"Lord, let's eat first!" Cheng Yong then said.

However, at the dinner table, although Guo Qi's guards were very greedy for the wine in front of them, none of them moved.

"Don't just eat meat! Let's have a bowl of work. Cheng Yong proposed.

Li Wu nodded at Guo Qi and said, "The lord once issued a military order, and alcohol is not allowed in the army. ”

"Lord, you see that today is a special day, why don't you let the brothers relax." Cheng Yong said to Guo Qi.

"The military order is like a mountain, if the order is changed overnight, how will this king command the army in the future!" Guo Qi said with a serious face: "Cheng Yong, you are not a soldier of the Yongjun Army now, and you can still drink, but once you join the army, you must also enforce the prohibition of alcohol." ”

"No! The villain understood. Although Cheng Yong felt a little disappointed, Guo Qi's ban on alcohol was very right, and it was easy to make mistakes when drinking in the army.

"Cheng Yong, how many men have practiced kung fu in your village?"

"My lord, as long as my Cheng family is a man, both young and old have practiced the crop style for a few days, this is the kung fu handed down by the ancestors of my Cheng family." Cheng Yong said.

"How many people are like those men who competed with me just now, and their skills are similar?"

"Almost fifty people!" Cheng Yong thought for a while and said.

"Cheng Yong, after eating for a while, can you help me ask them if they are willing to join the army? Remember that it can't be forced to be voluntary, as for the treatment after joining the army, it is the same as the Yajun guards. Guo Qi said.

"No! The villain goes now. ”

After eating, Cheng Yong brought more than 50 men to Zhongyi Hall, and Cheng Yong said to Guo Qi: "Lord, I have asked, and they are all willing to follow the lord and serve the lord. ”

"Good; Brothers, you are willing to follow this king, and this king is very happy! Guo Qi stood up and said to everyone: "The reason why this king specially recruited you to join the army is that he takes a fancy to your martial arts, although you are not many, but this king wants you to form an army of your own, which is directly commanded by this king;

There are fifty-seven of you now, and according to the establishment of the Yongjun army, there is only enough for one team, but now this king has reorganized you into a capital, and Cheng Yong is the commander of the capital, and the lack of personnel will be slowly replenished in the future, as for the following team is waiting for military positions, Cheng Yong is responsible for reporting to this king, and the appointment is ......"

"No! Bow down and thank the lord. Cheng Yong said excitedly.

Although the capital is only in charge of more than 100 people, he is not a big official, but Cheng Yong has this salary as soon as he joins the army, which is already considered high, because in the army is the most senior, no matter how high your martial arts are, you have to start from the big head soldiers, unless it is the commander's cronies or the children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the starting point will be very high.

Guo Qi appointed Cheng Yong as the commander, which means that he regards Cheng Yong as his own person; After the appointment of military positions at all levels, most of the people in the Zhongyi Hall left, leaving only Guo Qi, Tang Bi, Li Wu, and Cheng Yong; Guo Qi glanced at Li Wu, Li Hu quickly ran outside and brought in a leather bag, took out a sheepskin map from it and spread it on the table.

Guo Qi pointed to the map and said: "Our current location is in Chengjiazhai, if you want to reach Huangyuan City, you need to pass through Chenjiazhai; How long does it take for Cheng Yong to get from you to Chenjiashan. ”

"My lord, it usually takes one day to ride a horse, and two days to drive a carriage, but now the heavy snow covers the mountain and it can be reached in one day." Cheng Yongyan said.

"One day, Cheng Yong, you are not wrong!" Guo Qi said with some disbelief.

"We're not wrong about it, we'll leave early tomorrow morning, and we'll be there by about ten in the evening." Cheng Yong assured: "The lord doesn't need to be surprised, because there is a divine object in the hands of the humble official, which can make us move much faster. ”

"Oh? What is it about the fetish that is so magical? Guo Qi said with some surprise; Take this king to see it. ”

"Lord, it's getting late now, and the lights are blind outside, so let's see it tomorrow when we leave!" Cheng Yong persuaded him.

"If it is really as you say, there is such a divine object, this king will knight you first-class."

"Thank you, lord." Cheng Yong said happily.

"Let's get down to business." Guo Qi continued to ask Cheng Yong, "Are you familiar with this Huangyuan City?" ”

"Lord Yu, Huangyuan City is the Longzhou Governor, located on the north bank of Huangshui, surrounded by the remaining veins of Longdi Mountain on three sides, only the east of the Huangshui Valley can lead to Yongzhou, but there is also a road in the mountains, it is not easy to walk, from our Chengjiazhai, to the west to Chenjia Cottage, and then to the southwest for two days to arrive at Huangyuan City;

Now occupying Huangyuan City is Xirong's Zhifu Division, this tribe is a small tribe with 3,000 tents, and there are 3,000 elite armor soldiers, but the Xirong tribe is good, over 14 years old in wartime, and men under 60 years old can see, so that the number of warriors who can fight in the Fubu Department can reach 10,000 people......"

"Hiss, hiss, hiss......" After listening to Cheng Yong's introduction, except for Guo Qi, the other three couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, although they all knew that Xirong was good at fighting, but they didn't expect that a small tribe of three thousand tents would have so many people to participate in the war.

"There's nothing strange about that." Guo Qi said: "Xirong was born in a nomadic tribe, and he has been able to fight well for a long time, otherwise he would not have survived until now. ”

"The lord seems to know Xijon very well! Can you tell us about it? Li Wu asked.

"Xirong was originally a branch of Linhu, and was conquered by the Xiongnu, and was a subordinate tribe of the Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty. After the Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty, they fell apart, and Xirong took advantage of the rise to dominate the entire grassland for a time;

During the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Rong tribe split from the inside, and a part of the Xirong tribe went south and established some small states in the Central Plains; In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Rong people who stayed in the northern grasslands were defeated by the Beidi, and some of the Rong people moved to the Huangshui Valley south of the Hexi Corridor, and the Rong people in the Central Plains were assimilated by the Han people;

After the establishment of Taizu, the Rong tribe took the initiative to attach, because it was located in the western frontier of the Great Qi, Taizu changed its name to Xirong, and its place of residence was under the jurisdiction of Shanzhou, at that time Xirong was still a plate of scattered sand, until the late Jingzong period, Xirong took advantage of the north to go south before being unified by Murong Tuyuhun, so the Xirong Khanate was also called the Tuyuhun Khanate......

Today's Sijon Khanate is no longer a purely nomadic khanate, but a semi-nomadic and semi-agrarian state, but the warlike and combative characteristics of the nomads in them have not diminished; Today, the Xijon Khanate has occupied the entire Hexi Corridor......"

Guo Qi's words made everyone understand the origin of Xirong, although the current Xirong is very different from the previous Rong tribes, but it is still strong; Today's Xirong is like a strong man, while Daqi is a weak and sickly old man, and Guo Qi, the king of Yong, is a newborn child; Once Guo Qi attacked the Zhifu Division, it was tantamount to declaring war on the entire Xirong Khanate.