The two came to the martial arts training ground, which is located at the foot of the Heath Mountains, which is sparsely populated, but it is also suitable for practicing tactics and can effectively prevent others from peeping.

At this time, the soldiers had already begun their morning exercises, and when Meng Qi and Zhang Dagen arrived, Guo Da, the secretary of the military department, was guiding the newly selected twelve.

When Guo Da saw Meng Qi coming, he hurriedly trotted over, saluted, and said respectfully: "Meet Your Majesty." ”

The surrounding soldiers knelt down on one knee and said in unison, "Meet Your Majesty." ”

The voices of tens of thousands of people superimposed on each other, echoing and stirring at the foot of the mountain, causing Meng Qi's heart to be hot.

"Good! Get up, and I'm here to see what happens to the twelve you have chosen. Meng Qi got straight to the point.

"In accordance with your instructions, twelve people have been appointed, please look at your majesty." Guo Da led Meng Qi to the martial arts training ground inside, and then he saw the twelve people.

Meng Qi raised his eyes and saw that these twelve people were standing in a straight and uniform posture, each of them had a tense face, and their eyes were sharp, and it could be seen that they were all elites.

Seeing Meng Qi nodding very satisfied, Zhang Dagen next to him hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to pat the chests of the few people in front of him one by one.

The sound of "bang" came from Zhang Dagen's subordinates, startling Meng Qi, this Zhang Dagen just patted it lightly, but the strength was really not small.

None of the people who were photographed could stand it, they all took a few steps back, unable to stand up to their chests, and Meng Qi even suspected that some of these people were photographed and suffered internal injuries.

"This is the elite you chose? Not a single one can fight! Zhang Dagen snorted coldly.

Guo Da on the side had an ugly face, Guo Da was a civil official, so naturally he did not attach as much importance to force as Zhang Dagen, and according to Meng Qi's instructions, the twelve people selected were all shrewd, capable and disciplined people.

"General Zhang, even if you call all the 20,000 troops of Pingtian Country, there may not be anyone who can withstand your palm, is your selection criteria too strict?" Guo Da looked at Zhang Dagen.

"There are really few people in this army who can stand my palm." Zhang Dagen said proudly, and then said: "But you can't choose these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, when the time comes, they will go to the battlefield, and they will have no combat effectiveness at all." ”

"What do you think?" Guo Da asked.

"When I heard the news that His Majesty was going to appoint twelve people, I selected twelve people, and any one of them could fight better than the twelve people here." Zhang Dagen said with a smile.

Meng Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Zhang Dagen, you also chose twelve people?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Dagen nodded.

"Then call them in, I'll pick them myself." Meng Qi said.

"Yes." Zhang Dagen received the order, and after a short time, he brought twelve people.

Meng Qi looked at it, these twelve people looked very strong as a whole, and even a few of them had hideous scars on their faces, which showed that they were veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, Meng Qi looked at it and nodded secretly.

Guo Da on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you mean to find smart and capable people, these people brought by General Zhang are older..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Dagen glared and said: "The old wine is mellow, you know a hammer, do you want to come to the competition?" ”

Guo Da glanced at Zhang Dagen and stopped talking.

Meng Qi said with a smile: "You have each selected 12 people, a total of 24 people, so hold a selection competition now, 24 into 12, isn't it good to compete fairly?" ”

"Listen to Your Majesty's will." Guo Da bowed his head and said.

"Just as Your Majesty said!" Zhang Dagen is very confident in his twelve.

Meng Qi thought for a while and said, "Look at this Hiss Mountains, the highest peak is about eight hundred meters. As he spoke, he turned his head and pointed to a towering hill in the distance.

Everyone nodded along with Meng Qi's direction, but they still didn't understand Meng Qi's intentions in their hearts.

"That night, Qin Zhi and I went up the mountain to see the meteors... No, when I climbed the mountain and watched the sky at night, I walked at a normal speed on the mountain, and it took about half an hour. ”

"Now, you start from the foot of the mountain and climb up as soon as possible, and I have heard that there is an endemic plant called cloud mushroom growing in this Hiss Mountains, and you have to pick this cloud mushroom while climbing the mountain, and when you climb to the top of the mountain, you need to pick 15 cloud mushrooms, and if the number is insufficient, you will not climb the mountain." Meng Qi said.

The faces of the people present were strange, they didn't expect this way of competition, but they still nodded, not daring to go against Meng Qi's intentions.

What Meng Qi needs is a clever special forces, but physical fitness is also a necessary part, so it is appropriate to use this method to select.

"Can you snatch someone else's cloud mushroom in the process?" One of the soldiers spoke up.

Meng Qi turned his head to look, the person who spoke was a veteran, with three scars on his face, even if his face was expressionless, it gave people a sense of hideousness, but when Meng Qi looked at his eyes carefully, it was like seeing a pool of deep water before the storm was coming, and there was terrifying power hidden in the calm.

At the first glance of the other party, Meng Qi knew that this guy might be stronger than Zhang Dagen.

Meng Qi thought for a moment and said, "You can snatch it." ”

Guo Da hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a little unfair, several people on General Zhang's side are all killing gods on the battlefield, and the people I chose are all smart and clever, if they really fight, they will definitely not be their opponents." ”

Meng Qi said: "The twelve people I want to use need to go to the battlefield and walk on the front line, and when encountering the enemy's fighting, it is the time to test the wit, if there is no competition, then this competition is not a game?" ”

Guo Da still wanted to say something and swallowed it, his face was ugly, and Zhang Dagen next to him looked proud, with a look of certainty against the other party.

"Okay, you guys wait here first, and when we go up the hill and see the signal, the game will begin." Meng Qi said, taking Zhang Dagen and Guo Da along the mountain path uphill.

The three big men climbed the mountain very quickly, and they reached the top of the mountain in about twenty minutes, and after Meng Qi asked Zhang Dagen to send a signal, he sat and waited for the twelve people who went up the mountain first.

When they were waiting, Meng Qi asked Zhang Dagen and Guo Da: "We defeated 50,000 horses of Qu Yuguo last time, do you say, will they still send troops over?" ”

Zhang Dagen said first: "I guess it will, that Qu Yuguo has always been arrogant, and now that he has been beaten so badly by us, he will definitely think of a way to take revenge." ”

Guo Da next to him pondered and said: "I feel that Qu Yuguo's current situation is internal and external, so he didn't take the initiative to attack when he besieged the Black Forest last time, even if he took revenge, it had to be after dealing with domestic affairs." ”

"Maybe they'll bring in troops again." Zhang Dagen said.

"That's dangerous."

"They're just that stupid, haha." Zhang Dagen said with a smile.

Guo Da gave Zhang Dagen a helpless look and did not speak.

Meng Qi smiled and said, "If they transfer troops over, you say, where will the soldiers be transferred?" Is it the Forbidden Army that suppressed the rebellion, or the Iron Army that guarded the border. ”

"It should be the Iron Army, the Forbidden Army can't move, and something will happen to the country if it moves." Zhang Dagen didn't think about it and said.

Guo Da next to him nodded in agreement.

"How long will it take to transfer the Iron Army from the northeast border?" Meng Qi asked.

"If you march normally, it should be about a month."

Meng Qi nodded, lost in thought.

It didn't take long for the first person to reach the top of the mountain to appear, and it only took about five minutes.

Meng Qi hurriedly looked up, he wanted to know which party came up first.