Sun Ce stood on the platform with his hands in his hands, looked at the recruited soldiers who were demonstrating martial arts under the city, and sighed lightly.

The folk customs of Runan are very weak, and there are many people who come to apply, but there are not many who can really pass the assessment, and the morale is not as high as those celebrities who challenge him. But it's useless to be able to talk about cannons, these people are too far from the elite standard, and they are cannon fodder on the battlefield, which is a pure waste of food.

After the conscription order was issued, many people came to apply. He set three goals: for the world, for the country, for himself, it can be said that there is always one suitable for you, so it does not constitute any obstacles, and no one will even lie, and directly say that I just want to rob and make a windfall.

However, it is not an easy task to think that Sun Ce's subordinates are soldiers, and the assessment standards are not only high, but also almost perverted.

Sun Ce made Dian Wei and Qin Mu the examiners, and Dian Wei was responsible for recruiting foot soldiers, and Qin Mu was responsible for recruiting knights. The righteous who can follow the camp with righteousness has passed two moves without defeat, and can enter the camp of righteousness. If the martial arts are good and you can defeat one or two righteous servants, you will have a fight with Dian Wei, regardless of victory or defeat, and you will be awarded the post with the persistence of time, or the chief of the army, or even the chief. If you can persist to more than five strokes, you will be directly awarded the tun chief. If you have the ability to defeat Dian Wei, then the commander of the battalion will be yours.

It's a pity that so far, only more than 100 people have barely been selected into the volunteer camp, seven are the captains, three are the chiefs, and one is the tun chief, and Dian Wei is so idle that he is almost asleep.

Qin Mu's side was similar, after a few days of trying, only more than thirty people were barely able to be selected as knights, and three defeated one knight and immediately became the commander of the army. The vast majority of people can ride on horseback and wield a ring knife and slash a few times.

Qiao Rui was in a hurry. He felt that Sun Ce's standard was too strict, this was not recruitment, this was a slap in the face, a slap in the face of Runan people. After humiliating Xu Shao with words, it is purely arbitrary to use force to humiliate the entire Runan people. But he didn't dare to say it, so he could only remind Sun Ce to stop in moderation.

Sun Ce admits that the slap in the face is a fact, but he doesn't think it's a matter of will. He has his plans.

The situation in Chang'an is undecided, what move Wang Yun will make, he can roughly guess several possibilities, but he is not sure which one it will be. Yuzhou's strength is indeed very strong, but the strategic situation is obviously inferior to Jingzhou. If he had to give up one, he would rather give up Yuzhou than Jingzhou. In that case, why are you recruiting so many soldiers? It costs money to raise soldiers, and what he lacks most now is money. He would rather recruit less and supplement the pro-guard battalion and the volunteer battalion than recruit so indiscriminate at once.

If he wants an ordinary soldier, does he need to make so much effort? Tens of thousands of yellow scarves are in Runan, and he can pull up a team of 10,000 or 20,000 people in minutes. In the past two days, Wu Ba, the Yellow Turban Marshal who stayed in Runan and was on standby, had already sent someone to contact him, planning to come to Pingyu to join him. With Liu Pi, Gong Du and others demonstrating, the yellow scarf had a very good impression of Sun Ce, so he waited to vote for Sun Ce to divide the field.

In addition to the Runan Yellow Turban, there is also the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. Although no one has come to contact him yet, Sun Ce believes that without Cao Cao, a part of the millions of Qingzhou yellow turbans will always fall into his hands. He had already sent a message to Zhu Zhi to inquire about the situation, and he would reply soon.

With such a strong source of troops as Runan and Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, the strength of troops has never been a problem for him. It is better to recruit ordinary people than to recruit ordinary people. He wants elites, generals with the potential to command the army, not ordinary soldiers.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of drums from Qin Mu's side. Sun Ce was startled, exchanged a look with Qiao Rui, and turned to look at the northwest in unison. Condescendingly, they can juggle both campuses at the same time.

On the school ground, a white-robed knight was galloping on his horse, holding his bow and shooting, shooting three arrows in one go. The recipient who was responsible for reporting the results next to the arrow stack raised the pennant in his hand and waved it vigorously to show that all three arrows were on target, and one of them hit the hoof, that is, the bull's-eye. Sun Ce was a little surprised. Although the distance is not very far, it is not easy to hit the bull's-eye with an arrow on a galloping warhorse, and this man's riding and shooting are good, even among the guards who are mainly Qiang horses.

Qiao Rui clapped her hands excitedly. "General, a warrior has finally appeared."

"There's no hurry." Sun Ce was also very satisfied, but he was not as excited as Qiao Rui. It is rare to be good at riding and shooting, especially for Runan people, but the school test shot is a test shot after all, and it is not certain that it can play a few percent on the battlefield. Even if he is as good at riding and shooting as Lu Bu, he is just a fighting general. He wants more than just a fighter. Qin Mu is loyal, but his ability is limited, and he needs a more qualified personal guard cavalry general.

After two trips back and forth, the knight shot a total of twelve arrows, and ten arrows hit the target, this result is already considered excellent, if you count one arrow in the hoof, this riding and archery kung fu is properly excellent, and Qin Mu has been left far behind.

A knight of the guard rode to the bottom of the stage and shouted, "General, there is a warrior who is clever in riding and shooting, and he wants to see the general." ”

"See me?" Sun Ce was surprised. It stands to reason that after trying out the cavalry shooting, you don't wait for the end, but also try the spear and halberd and other long soldiers and ring knives, depending on the ability to fight in close combat. After trying it all, I can come to see him.

"Yes, he asked to see the general first, or he wouldn't try again."

Sun Ce nodded. "Let him come."

The knight of the guard turned his horse away, and soon led the knight to him. Qin Mu also followed, bowing his hand in the audience, with both joy and uneasiness in his eyes. The knight raised his head, looked at Sun Ce, and bowed slightly.

"Runan Chen arrived, I have seen General Sun."

Sun Ce was overjoyed. Chen Zhi, sure enough, it's you. He bowed his head. "Chen Jun's archery skills are outstanding, which is really rare, and it should not be difficult to pass the assessment. What do you mean by seeing me? ”

"Chen is bold, I want to ask the general to take the school exam in person."

"Presumptuous!" Qiao Rui was furious. "Since you have come to enlist in the army, you should know that military law is strict, and the only violators are swords and axes."

Chen Zhi raised his head, arched his hands, his eyes were bright, he just looked at Sun Ce, and didn't pay attention to Qiao Rui, as if Qiao Rui didn't exist at all. He was in his early twenties, handsome, fair-skinned, without a helmet on his head, but a martial artist, with a white lacquered iron armor and a white coat, which had a dusty atmosphere. There was no smile or anger in his eyes, he just looked at Sun Ce very calmly.

Sun Ce raised his hand and signaled Qiao Rui not to worry. He also saw that Chen Zhi was not so much recruiting as a challenge.

"You're here to challenge me, aren't you?"

"I heard that General Sun is strong in martial arts, and once defeated the Xiliang Jingcai in Nanyang, and also duel with Zhang Liao, a warrior from Bingzhou. Ru Ying is also known as the place of etiquette, this is not good at martial arts, Chen to luck, a little martial arts, willing to duel with the general. ”

"Duel?" Sun Ce smiled. "Decide the winner, or the life and death?"

Chen Zhi was slightly stunned, his eyes shrank, his tone remained unchanged, and there was not even a trace of fluctuation. "Only what the general wants."