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For the recruitment of the Xingtian Army, many of the displaced people outside have enthusiastically signed up, not for anything else, just to be able to have a stable meal with the Xingtian Army in the future, as for the fact that the Xingtian Army is a chaotic army, not many people have taken care of it, they don't follow the chaos, they still have no food, do they have to wait to starve to death? Anyway, it's a death horizontal, follow the Xingtian Army, at least you can live for a while, even if you die, you can be a full ghost, and after you save the underworld, you will be a starving ghost!

So the young men who had the strength to do it, after hearing the news of the Xingtian Army's recruitment of new soldiers, quickly gathered towards the recruitment platform.

"What's your name? Do you have any family members? How old are you? Where is home? What did you do before, and what kind of craft will you not have? ...... "Liu Bao, who was in charge of recruiting recruits, and the instructors under him made these people who came to apply line up and interrogate them one by one.

"Gao Cheng, nicknamed Gao Cannon, this year is twenty-five, the home is Xiaogaozhuang, Anhua County, Qingyang Prefecture, I used to follow my father to make fireworks, no one uses this this year, Lao Tzu has no food to eat, my father and mother are starving to death, only me and my brothers are left, you look at my body, don't look thin, strong! Master Bing, you can accept me! A thin man squeezed to the front, lying on the table and answering questions with the recruiter, while still boasting that the recruiter would take him.

Liu Bao looked at the thin man, frowned and asked, "How old is your brother?" Follow yours? ”

"Na! I'm thirteen brothers! Follow me! My father and mother are dead, where can I, who is a brother, ignore my brother! If you're good, why don't you even take it from my brother! My brother is clever too! Can work, can run errands! There will also be a set of rabbits! Out of the way! Gao Cheng hurriedly replied, and boasted about his brother again, but his words immediately caused a group of men behind him to laugh, Gao Cheng turned his head to look at them and glared: "What are you laughing at?" I'm telling the truth! My brother is really clever! ”。

After hearing this, Liu Bao waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go and wait!" I don't count if I accept you or not, wait for the news! Next! ”

Even though Gao Chengli was pulled aside by the people behind him, he had to go to a nearby tree and sit down next to a thin young man, waiting for news.

The thin young man on the ground, with only a layer of skin and bones left on his body, his small belly was very swollen, and his face was full of unhealthy vegetables, which was the result of severe malnutrition, and when he saw his brother squeezed out of the crowd, he asked Gao Cheng with an expectant face: "Brother! Did they take you? ”

Gao Chengqiang showed a smile to his younger brother lying on the ground, and replied: "They have written it down, who is your brother and I!" It will definitely be accepted, if my brother joins this Xingtian Army, you will be able to eat enough in the future! Brother heard that this Heavenly Army is very tight, and he is also benevolent and righteous, if you follow him, you will definitely not be offended! You can rest assured! Brother also heard that there is also Lang Zhong in this Xingtian Army, specially for their brothers to treat their injuries, as long as my brother joins the Xingtian Army, I will ask their Lang Zhong to treat you for the injury on your leg! You'll be alive again! Hehe! Don't worry! ”

The young man lying on the ground nodded excitedly, and his originally dim eyes became brighter, as if he saw a glimmer of hope again, and moved his body slightly, closer to his brother's side, as if doing so would make him feel safer.

The young man's calf was wrapped in a dirty rag, which was stained with blood and smelled, obviously his calf was injured, and he could not be treated, it was already festering, such a person in this world, it is likely that he will not live for a few days, and he can come here, I am afraid that it is all up to his brother, who forced him to carry him.

Each of the people who had their turn answered the questions of the men honestly, and the three young recruits who could write were made to act as temporary scribes, responsible for grading the questions answered by those who came to the recruitment, and they were busy with joy.

All those who have registered have stayed aside, waiting for the Xingtian Army to release the list, because the Xingtian Army has already made it clear before recruiting soldiers, all those who are recruited, not everyone can join the Xingtian Army, and they must be screened before they can decide whether they can be selected into the Xingtian Army as soldiers to eat food, so after the recruits sign up, they dare not go far one by one, waiting for the Xingtian Army to announce the screening list.

In two days, nearly six or seven hundred people applied, including old and young, Liu Bao and a group of his subordinates selected three hundred new ones, and also selected more than 20 blacksmiths, carpenters, leather craftsmen and other skilled craftsmen, and then asked a literate temporary scribe to stand on a table with a roster and call the names loudly.

Anyone whose name is called will immediately be taken aside, and the instructors of the recruit camp will organize a whole team to be taken into the cottage.

All those who were named were all happy, and they ran out of the crowd with a high face, and followed the people of the Xingtian Army to line up, while those who were not named stretched their necks, waiting expectantly for the roll call to continue, hoping that their names would be heard next.

"That's it! That's all! Those who didn't have their names scattered away! We don't accept it from everyone, but those who confiscate it don't have to worry, the Xingtian Army will also give you porridge to eat! It's all gone! After the temporary scribe called his name, Liu Bao jumped onto the big table and shouted to the people who were still crowded in front.

Suddenly there was a sigh and noise in the crowd, these people didn't know why they weren't chosen, they still refused to leave, they scrambled to argue, and let the Xingtian Army take them.

The emaciated man who signed up yesterday desperately squeezed to the front of the stage and shouted to Liu Bao: "This master in charge! Why don't you accept me! I'm very capable! Please, just take me! My brother is injured and waiting for treatment! If you don't save him, he'll probably not live for a few days! Please, soldier, have mercy on me! I'm the only one relative left in this world! Woohoo......"

After saying that, Gao Cheng cried loudly, threw himself in front of the big table, and grabbed one of Liu Bao's legs standing on it.

The other people also followed suit, hoping that Liu Bao would accept them, the scene was chaotic, and many people who had already been accepted looked at these unsuccessful people with sympathetic eyes.

Liu Bao is also very sympathetic to these people, but he can soften his heart, because when Xiao Tianjian was recruiting, he put forward several requirements, which he must abide by, one is to only recruit people who are more healthy and strong, the second is not to be tired of dragging their families as much as possible, and the third is to have craftsmen.

So Liu Bao can only do this, all those who do not meet the requirements are directly excluded, and most of these eliminated people are directly eliminated because of their bodies or drags, and that Gao Cheng, although he said that he can make firecrackers, but because he is still dragging a younger brother who is about to die of illness, and he is also very thin, so he was directly eliminated in the first round.

Although Liu Bao also sympathized with them, but the thing is, only the strong can survive in this world, and there is nothing else to say, so he turned his heart sideways, jumped off the table and strode away from the big table with those newly recruited subordinates, and returned to the cottage.

The people who were not selected had to shake their heads and lament their bad luck, and dispersed one after another, anyway, it was good to be able to mix two meals of porridge a day here! The big guy didn't have anyone to scold the Xingtian Army for anything, what should he be busy with.

Only that Gao Cheng was left, still kneeling outside the mountain gate, covering his face and crying bitterly, kowtowing to the mountain gate again and again, crying out that Xingtianjun accepted him, as long as Xingtianjun accepted him, he was willing to do anything, even if it was to let him die.

"Why don't you leave here and kneel here and cry?" At this time, a pair of big feet suddenly appeared in front of Gao Cheng, who was kneeling on the ground, and a deep male voice sounded above Gao Cheng's head.

Gao Cheng's face was full of tears, after hearing this voice, he quickly raised his head, but saw a very tall strong man standing in front of him, this person was wearing an iron armor, and a simple and unpretentious waist knife was hung around his waist, followed by a few tiger-like men, at a glance, he knew that it was the leader of the Xingtian Army, Gao Cheng had never seen Xiao Tianjian, but immediately guessed that this person should probably be the palm of the Xingtian Army, so he quickly knelt straight, The neat man kowtowed three more times to the tall man in front of him.

"Little Gaocheng! If you want to join the gang, please have mercy on me! Take me and my brother! My brother was bitten on the leg by a rich man's dog, and he couldn't survive after being dragged on for so long without treatment! I beg you to have mercy on us brothers! Save him! I, Gao Cheng, am willing to be a cow and a horse for our Xingtian Army, as long as I save my brother, even if I die! Please! Please......" Gao Cheng replied eagerly, begging this person to accept the two brothers, and kowtowed on the ground again and again.

This head banged Bangbang, and soon blood flowed from Gao Cheng's forehead.

Xiao Tianjian came out this time to see the situation of the gathered homeless people around, and when he got out of the mountain gate, he saw this emaciated man kneeling outside the mountain gate, so he was curious for a while, so he came over to ask.

After listening to this Gao Cheng's words, Xiao Tianjian was a little uncomfortable, recruiting new recruits was his arrangement, and the conditions for recruiting soldiers were also formulated by him, this Gao Cheng's physical condition obviously did not meet his requirements, so he was eliminated, and he also had an injured younger brother, so it was even more inconsistent with the recruitment requirements of the Xingtian Army, no wonder he was eliminated.

But as he, since he saw it, he always had to ask about it, so he bowed his head and persuaded: "This brother, don't be so anxious first!" Where is your brother? ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Gao Cheng quickly raised his head with tears on his face, pointed to the dirt slope not too far from the mountain gate and replied: "This master! Where my brother is lying! Please, save him! I'm very capable, as long as you save my brother, let me do anything! ”

Xiao Tianjian was in a good mood in the past two days, seeing that this Gao Cheng cared so much about his younger brother, he did not hesitate to kneel at the mountain gate for his younger brother, knocking his head into pieces, thinking that this person must not be a bad person, so he moved his heart of compassion and said: "Don't talk about this first!" Take me to see your brother! ”

When Gao Cheng heard this, he hurriedly thanked him, got up, and led the way in front of him, walking towards the place where his brother was lying.

Xiao Tianjian looked down at the angry teenager lying on the ground, the young man's face was like a withered artemisia at this time, and he was thin and no longer human, which made Xiao Tianjian very uncomfortable, if it was in the Taiping years, a teenager of this age should have enjoyed the love of his parents in front of his parents' knees, but now he would have ended up in such a miserable situation?

"What's going on with this injury? How did he get here? Xiao Tianjian untied the bloodstained rags on the young man's legs, and turned his head to ask Gao Cheng, who was squatting beside him eagerly.

Some time ago, we went to a Zhuangzi, wanted to ask for something to eat, but not only did we not get money, but we were bitten by the evil young dog in the village, and my brother was bitten! I don't have the money to invite my brother to Langzhong, so I dragged it like this, I heard that you are the head of the family, and you are here to give porridge to us who can't live, so I tied a wooden shelf and pulled my brother here, just want my brother to ask for a way out! As for me, as long as my brother can live, I will die! I have only such a relative left in this world! Please, be in charge! You have pity on me......" Gao Cheng replied, and before he finished speaking, he began to cry again.

Xiao Tianjian looked at Gao Cheng's younger brother's leg injury, and saw that his calf was very swollen, and there was pus in the wound, exuding a foul smell, and the young man's body was hot, and he had a high fever, and his eyes were looking at Xiao Tianjian in a daze.

"This uncle! Please take my brother! My brother has suffered for me, I don't know how much I have suffered! I may not survive, but please accept my brother, uncle! Leave me alone! If it weren't for my brother, I would have died a long time ago, and I can live until now, I am content, I am grateful to my brother, and I can't repay my brother in this life! Brother, don't cry! If I'm dead, you'll be gone! ......" The young man suddenly opened his mouth and said to Xiao Tianjian in a weak voice, and as he spoke, he also shed two lines of tears, which flowed down his emaciated cheeks and fell to the ground, and two furrows were opened by tears on his dirty face.

Xiao Tianjian's nose was sour after hearing this, and he was very sympathetic to the two brothers in his heart, so he gritted his teeth and stood up and ordered Tietou and the others: "Quickly carry this little brother into the village and hand it over to Doctor Lu for treatment!" Save him no matter what! Gao Cheng! I ask you! What will you do? Are you really willing to follow me? ”

When Gao Cheng heard this, he knelt down in front of Xiao Tianjian with a plop, kowtowed vigorously and said, "Thank you for your kindness!" The little brother and my brother have no teeth to forget the kindness of the big boss! The little one doesn't have any other skills, and the little one used to make fireworks! The little one has been doing this with my father since he was a child, and I don't know if I can use it or not! But the small ones still have a lot of strength, and it's no problem to do other jobs! Thank you for taking in the little ones! ”

"Oh? So, you used to deal with gunpowder? Xiao Tianjian's heart moved, and he immediately asked.

"Yes!" Gao Cheng looked up at Xiao Tianjian, seemed to sense something, and quickly replied.

"Good! You can follow me in the future! As long as you work hard, I won't treat you two badly! Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed in his heart, and reached out and patted Gao Cheng's shoulder.

Gao Huaiyuan's hands were heavy, and this slap went down, and he almost slapped Gao Cheng's legs on the ground weakly, but Gao Cheng immediately bared his teeth and laughed, and quickly kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian to thank him.

Xiao Tianjian was not in the mood to look around, so he took Gao Cheng and others, let his subordinates hold Gao Cheng's younger brother, and hurried back to the village.