Wang Gui and Luo Ping walked out of the big tent, and Wang Gui complained in a low voice: "I don't know anything, I smear it at a glance, where can I find someone surnamed Zhou to join the army?" ”

Luo Ping smiled slightly: "I know, you just follow me." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Wang Gui immediately clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I will ask Brother Luo to take care of me in the future." ”

"One another, one another!"

Luo Ping was very polite, he knew that Wang Gui was a commander and a martial arts scholar, and he really couldn't put his qualifications in front of him.

"To be honest, I have been in the army for five years, and I have followed the commander most of the time, and I have never had the opportunity to fight against the enemy army of Western Xia, which has always been a pity."

Wang Gui suddenly said triumphantly: "You are not as good as me in this regard, I have killed a total of twenty-one Western Xia soldiers before and after, and in terms of battlefield experience, I am indeed a little stronger than my brother." ”

"After that, when I go to the battlefield, Brother Wang Gui has to help me!"

"Definitely! Certain! ”

The two talked and walked, and soon came to Zhou Yan's big tent, Zhou Yan has been in charge of the army for several days, and he is familiar with the process, at this time, a soldier reported: "Qi Qi joined the army, and there were two people outside who asked to meet, saying that Li joined the army and asked them to come." ”

"Invite them in!"

After a while, Wang Gui and Luo Ping walked in, and Zhou Yan got up and smiled: "Who did I say!" It turned out to be Brother Luo, congratulations to my brother for his promotion. ”

"Thank you!"

Luo Ping also smiled and introduced in return: "This is the head of the royal capital, the two of us were ordered to come to handle the transfer of troops, and asked Director Zhou to take care of it." ”

Li Yanqing had already told Zhou Yan about the five hundred elite soldiers in advance, which was the top priority of the Intelligence Department, and he hoped to get the real elite soldiers.

Zhou Yan said with a smile: "I have already obtained the order arrow and the military order, and the marshal has specially approved the selection of five hundred people for you from the broken army!" ”

Luo Ping was overjoyed, "Thank you Zhou for joining the army." ”

Wang Gui asked in a low voice, "This army should be good, right?" ”

Luo Ping himself came out of the Broken Army, how could he not know, he smiled at Wang Gui and said: "This is the first elite of the Northwest Army, and it is the army directly under the Great Marshal." ”

Wang Gui suddenly woke up, "Could it be that it is the family army?" ”

"That's it, but its official name is the Breakers."

Of course, Wang Gui has also heard of this army, about 10,000 people, led by the commander himself, is the elite of the Northwest Army, everyone calls it the Seed Army, of course, Wang Gui also knows that it is really not allowed to be called the Son of Heaven of the Seed Army, it was originally called the Broken Army.

"The marshal attaches great importance to your intelligence department, and other divisions can't get soldiers from this army, how are you going to choose, do you choose according to the whole battalion, or do you use some other method?"

Wang Gui and Luo Ping glanced at each other, the two had the same mind, they had just risen from the head of the team, and the whole battalion took over and they could not be commanded, Wang Gui hurriedly said: "It's best to choose according to the guy." ”

Luo Ping didn't say anything, he also hoped to be selected according to the guys, since the commander did not explain this matter, it means that this power was delegated to the two of them.

Zhou Yan laughed, "Okay! There are twenty battalions in total, and each battalion can draw two groups for you, and finally make up ten more groups, so that there are exactly five hundred people. ”

As he spoke, he took out several thick military books from the cupboard, "This is the roster of 10,000 broken soldiers, you can choose by yourself." ”

"Do the soldiers need us to pick them up ourselves?" Luo Ping took a roster and asked.

"No, I'll transfer them here, the marshal will give them a lecture, and then you take them away, and I'll let you know when it's okay, tomorrow morning at the latest."

Wang Gui also took a thick roster, he opened it from the middle, the dense soldiers saw him dazzled, he just looked at the nationality column, he suddenly found that there were seven Xiangzhou soldiers in one of the groups, so he immediately copied the number, the third army, seven battalions, two capitals, two teams, four groups.

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On the morning of the next day, Wang Gui and Luo Ping each led 250 soldiers to appear in the open space of the Intelligence Department, which was an open space that could accommodate 100 large tents, covering an area of more than 70 acres.

It is worthy of being the most elite soldiers in the Northwest Army, Wang Gui and Luo Ping shouted, and five hundred soldiers quickly lined up, at this time, Li Yanqing came over with several civilian officials, he walked in front of the army and slowly glanced at these soldiers, all of them were full of energy, their heads were held high, their mental outlook was excellent, and their mental state and morale were closely related, and it could be seen from their momentum that the morale of this army was high.

Li Yanqing slowed down his speech and said slowly: "I believe that everyone has explained, from now on, all brothers will become a member of the Intelligence Department like me, under Li Yanqing, join the army as the head of the Intelligence Department, and at the same time serve as the commander of the Intelligence Battalion, that is to say, I am fully responsible for all civil and military affairs of the Intelligence Division, I must first tell you that the military discipline of the Intelligence Department is as strict as that of the Broken Army, and it will even be stricter, and the tasks will be more onerous, if you are not willing to stay in the Intelligence Division, you can bring it up now, I can return him, If you don't bring it up now, if you want to retreat in the future, I'm sorry, you will be punished as a deserter, and you will be punished immediately! “

Li Yanqing was silent, his eyes stared sternly at everyone's faces, and for a long time there was silence for a cup of tea, and not a single soldier stood up.

Li Yanqing nodded, and continued: "Responsibility and income are equal, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, the treatment will be improved accordingly, and the food will also be improved, I, Li Yanqing, can tell you responsibly that in my intelligence department, I don't talk about personal relationships, and all the merits and rewards are just four words: 'fairness and justice!'" I'm going to convince everybody. ”

Although the five hundred soldiers were silent, everyone showed yearning in their eyes, they were all low-level soldiers, and they cared more about fairness and justice.

At this time, Li Yanqing said slowly: "There are a total of fifty groups of five hundred soldiers, there should be ten team leaders, and two deputy leaders, and now there are no twelve officers, how can they be appointed?" Quite simply, I just said that we want to be fair and just, so I decided to use an archery competition to determine these twelve officers, and everyone can participate, and everyone can compete fairly. ”

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As soon as the new official took office, Li Yanqing was different, and he actually used an archery competition to decide the candidates for junior officers, and the news immediately caused a sensation in the battalion, and even the seed master Dao heard about it, and he hurried to the archery field accompanied by more than a dozen generals.

General Yao Pingzhong couldn't help but say to the seed master: "I really don't understand, why does Li Yanqing want to be different and not act according to the rules?" ”

More than a dozen other generals also expressed their puzzlement, but the seed master said with a slight smile: "One of Li Yanqing's identities is Jinshi Tanhua, do you think he is a nerd civil official?" His other identity is the first place in the archery and horse competition, and he is officially recognized as the first horse archery master of the Great Song Dynasty, which is his advantage, if I am not mistaken, the archery selection officer is just an excuse, his real purpose is to use mounted archery to establish prestige, and to establish a high prestige among the five hundred. ”

Only then did everyone understand that there was a secret hidden here, and another general said: "Even so, it's still a bit unruly." ”

The seed master said slowly: "It can't be said that it is not in accordance with the rules, the Broken Army is originally the capable, Tong Taiwei will also hold a bow and arrow competition every year to promote generals, and the imperial court also has an archery and horse competition every three years to select outstanding talents, and it is understandable for him to use the bow and arrow competition to compete for the head of the team, and I will make him fully responsible for the preparation of the Intelligence Department, which is also within his purview, I don't want to interfere." ”

Now that the marshal had made his position clear, the generals couldn't say anything, and when they arrived at the archery range, nearly 10,000 soldiers were already watching, all of whom were looking forward to the selection of the head of the intelligence department with great interest.

On the archery field, five hundred soldiers sat neatly on the edge of the grassland, Li Yanqing changed into a suit of armor, rode on a war horse, he held a copper bow in his hand, three iron arrows on his back, and said loudly to everyone: "The bow and arrow in my hand is the world-famous copper bow and iron arrow, it takes three hundred catties of strength to pull it away, I will shoot three arrows for everyone first, if there is a brother who can surpass me, then I can also give up the position of the commander." ”

The five hundred soldiers were silent, but the surrounding soldiers watched the lively soldiers shouting, obviously the bronze bow and iron arrows made him extremely excited.

Li Yanqing rode his horse to a hundred and fifty paces away, and there were three straw men in the distance, but the straw men were wearing the iron armor of the Western Xia Army and their faces were also covered with iron masks.

Li Yanqing began to gallop back and forth on his horse, and he suddenly stretched out his bow and arrows, 'Collapse! With a loud bang, a hundred and fifty paces away, an iron arrow shot out like lightning, this arrow was extremely powerful, the iron arrow entered from the first soldier's eyebrows, and shot directly through the iron mask, and the arrow shot out of the back of the head, nailed to the plank a foot behind the straw man, and shot through the plank.

Immediately cheers rang out, and even the five hundred soldiers shouted excitedly, and the generals who were watching the battle from a distance were shocked, they were experts, and the most powerful thing about this arrow was not the accuracy, but the fact that the mask did not fall off, how fast and how powerful it should be.

Yang Zaixing secretly exclaimed, he saw that Li Yanqing's riding and archery was more powerful than in the bow horse competition two years ago, and he already had a momentum of dominating the world.

The breeder nodded his head, he deserved to be the first place in the bow and horse competition, and Liu Kuang, the first archer of the Northwest Army, was probably not as good as him.

At this time, Li Yanqing's second arrow was shot, this arrow he changed direction, changed to holding the bow with his right hand, pulling the string with his left hand, and the opposite just now, the power of the second arrow was equally powerful, the target went straight to the throat of the straw man, just listen to 'click!' With a bang, the arrow broke the stick in the neck, and the neck of the grass could not bear the weight of the helmet, and the helmet rolled down with the head of the grass, and the second arrow also shot through a large hole in the plank behind it.

Without waiting for the crowd to cheer, the third arrow was shot straight to the chest, and the cuirass could not withstand the powerful power of the iron arrow, and was shot through a large hole, and the plank behind it was also shot through at the same time.

The cheers resounded in the sky, the five hundred soldiers shouted excitedly, and even the cultivation master couldn't help but give a thumbs up, Li Yanqing's hand was extremely beautiful, not only erected absolute authority among the five hundred soldiers, but his position in the Northwest Army was also erected because of these three arrows.