At this time, the soldiers standing behind Cao Jin had already shouted in unison, cheering for Cao Jin, and encouraging him to come out and take Guan Yu's knife. Cao Jin, the school captain, did become a lieutenant by virtue of Cao Bao's relationship, but although his martial arts were mediocre, he had brute strength and was quite famous in Xuzhou, otherwise he would not dare to openly jump out to question Guan Yu's approach.

Cao Jin originally planned to retreat, after all, Guan Yu's performance in front of the two armies was there, in case he couldn't catch his knife, he lost his rank as a lieutenant, and he lost his face. However, so many soldiers are cheering for him, if he doesn't come out to fight, even if Guan Yu is relieved of his position as a captain, he probably won't have the face to stay in the army anymore. Cao Jin hesitated for a moment, and then thought that he was Cao Bao's nephew, no matter how powerful this Guan Yu was, he couldn't ignore Cao Bao's face. He hesitated slightly, gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "Okay! Cao will come to pick you up! ”

Guan Yu stroked the long hair under his chin with one hand, took the Qinglong Yanyue Knife from the hand of the soldier beside him with one hand, pointed at Cao Jin for a long time, and said contemptuously: "If you don't know what you can do, go pick a weapon to take advantage of yourself." ”

He is going to reorganize the Xuzhou army today, and he is afraid of arousing public anger, and if it causes a mutiny among the soldiers, he will be sorry for Liu Bei, the eldest brother, so these soldiers who have gathered are not armed.

Although Cao Jin was a little apprehensive in his heart, but the matter had come to this point, he had to bite the bullet. He knew quite a bit about his own skills, and since he had no other strength, he tended to be heavier in the choice of weapons, and picked an iron rod from the weapon rack. Although this is not the weapon he is used to, he has no intention of defeating Guan Yu, as long as he can block his sword, he doesn't need to be very advantageous.

Guan Yu saw that Cao Jin picked an iron rod, and knew that his strength was not small, so he sneered and said, "You are careful, Guan has made a move." ”

As soon as he said it, he waved the Qinglong knife with one hand and slashed it at Cao Jin's head. The speed of this knife is not very fast, and there is no magic move, just straight up and down, running towards the top of Cao Jin's head.

Cao Jin really got a glimpse of it and shouted, "It's good!" He greeted him with both hands and raised his stick. All he was worried about was Guan Yu's elusive sword technique, but he was secretly relieved to see that Guan Yu was just plain and indifferent. The iron rod he picked weighed forty catties, and with the strength of his arms, were you afraid that she wouldn't be able to stop Guan Yu's knife?

I only heard a loud "dang" sound, followed by a scream of "ah".

All the soldiers couldn't help but get nervous, staring intently at the middle of the school field. I saw that Guan Yu had slowly withdrawn the Qinglong Knife in his hand, and Cao Jin was still standing there with an iron rod. The knife that Guan Yu slashed was not fast at the beginning, but when the knives and sticks were about to intersect, Guan Yu's speed increased suddenly, and all of them didn't see what was going on, and they didn't know if Cao Jin was able to block this knife, and who made that scream.

Suddenly, the iron man in Cao Jin's hand was broken into two, and Cao Jin's body was also divided into two pieces, slowly falling to both sides, blood splashed, and all organs were scattered on the ground, at this time, the two iron rods fell heavily to the ground, raising a puff of dust and smoke.

Guan Yu's knife didn't have any fancy, it was purely a competition with Cao Jin, not only splitting the iron rod in Cao Jin's hand, but also splitting Cao Jin's whole person in half from top to bottom. You must know that Cao Jin is famous for his strength in the Xuzhou army, and Guan Yu is what Cao Jin is best at. With this strength alone, looking at the entire Xuzhou, no one can catch his knife!

The entire school field was suddenly silent, everyone stared at Guan Yu blankly, and some of the timid ones had weak legs, and they involuntarily stepped back.

Guan Yu was moved by the three armies, and no one dared to shout loudly. Guan Yu snorted coldly and said loudly: "Guan Mou is still the same sentence, if anyone is convinced, even if he comes to take Guan Mou's knife to try, as long as someone can catch Guan Mou's knife, not only can he keep his current official position, Guan Mou will also let him rise to one level!" Does anyone else want to come out and give it a try? ”

Cao Jin's two corpses were lying in front of him, the scene was really miserable, and who dared to jump out of his head?

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Guan Yu slammed the big knife in his hand to the ground, waved his hand, and said, "Since no one comes out to challenge Guan Mou's knife again, then do what Guan just said!" From now on, all the lieutenants will be dismissed from their posts and selected separately! Those who are consciously able to take on great responsibilities can take the initiative to sign up. ”

There was a commotion among the army, but no one dared to come forward. Guan Yu was not in a hurry, just didn't say a word, and quietly looked at the soldiers in the school field. Because he knew that these soldiers knew better than anyone that as long as they became officers, they would no longer be in danger of being dismissed, and their lives would be guaranteed to a certain extent, so there would always be someone who would be the first to stand up, and they would not let him wait too long, after all, the positions of these officers were limited.

Sure enough, the first soldier stepped forward, followed by the second and third soldiers, and some of the former lieutenants also came forward. It didn't take long for seven or eight hundred people standing in the middle of the school grounds, all of whom had voluntarily asked to take up official positions. Among these people, some were just ordinary soldiers, and some were originally officers, and the number of people who stood up far exceeded the number of original officers. Everyone was looking at Guan Yu nervously, not knowing how Guan Yu would choose from them next.

Guan Yu saw that the people who were willing to take the initiative to stand up were almost there, so he raised his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said in a deep voice: "You all hope to be able to serve as the captain general, but the position of the captain is limited, only half of you can hold official positions, and the other half will be defeated!" ”

After looking around at everyone, Guan Yu continued: "The selection is cruel, just like on the battlefield, you live or die!" You each pick your opponent to fight each other, and if anyone wants to quit, it's still too late! ”

Such a selection was too cruel, that is, out of the 800 people present, 400 would kill their opponent on the spot, and this opponent was not their enemy, but a former comrade. Soon there were people who began to retreat, one, two, three ......, the number of people standing in the middle of the field was drastically reduced, and many of the former middle and lower rank officers withdrew from the competition, and there were only about 500 people left in the field, and most of them were ordinary soldiers, who wanted to change their fate by this desperate fight.

Guan Yu suddenly laughed and said loudly: "Okay! You are all warriors who are not afraid of life and death, and you are the pride of my Xuzhou army! From today onwards, all levels of lieutenants and generals in the Xuzhou Army will be produced from among you. Now, it is up to you to select thirty-five thousand qualified soldiers from among the remaining ones. Each of you is responsible for selecting seventy soldiers, and you are responsible for the drills. As for what kind of office you can hold, it depends on the results of your training of these seventy soldiers. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar in the army, especially those who had just taken the initiative to jump out and wanted to serve as officers, and then retreated. Someone shouted again: "It's not fair, they should be allowed to duel each other!" ”

Guan Yu followed the sound and looked over, a few cold lights flashed in his eyes, and those noisy voices were suddenly inaudible. Cao Jin's body was still lying there, and he had seen Guan Yu's methods, who was so blind-eyed that he dared to make him angry.

Sure enough, Guan Yu looked around and said in a deep voice: "If anyone is not convinced by Guan's arrangement, he can come out and try a certain knife in Guan!" ”

Guan Yu's words were domineering, but no one dared to come out to test the knife again, so he had to stay there obediently, waiting for the five hundred "alternate" officers to come and choose. Not only did no one dare to make a noise anymore, but most people had to lift their spirits, straighten their chests, and hope that they would be picked.

On a carriage not far from the school field, Liu Bei gently raised the curtain and watched the soldiers on the school field line up in a row to accept the strict selection. Because the quality of the 70 soldiers selected by himself is likely to have a direct bearing on what positions he will be able to obtain in the future, the selection process of each one of them is very serious. Since everyone lives, trains, and fights together in peacetime, and knows each other well, those soldiers who are greedy for life and afraid of death, who are cheating and treacherous, and who are weak and sickly are quickly eliminated, and those who remain are those who are powerful and capable of conscription, and these 35,000 talents are the real elite of the Xuzhou army.

Liu Bei looked at the scene in front of him and said with a smile: "Xianhe, I didn't expect that Yun Chang really had a set of things in terms of army formation. ”

Jian Yong also said with a smile: "I believe that it won't be long before the lord will be able to have an elite army that is proud of the others." ”

Liu Bei glanced at the dejected soldiers who had been eliminated, according to Guan Yu's plan, these soldiers would all be dismissed, and he couldn't help but groan again, and said, "Xianhe, according to what you can see, how should these people be settled?" ”

Jian Yong also put away his smile and arched his hand and said, "Back to the lord, this is a whole fifteen thousand people, and it is really a pity to send them all home." ”

Liu Bei said: "It's not just as simple as losing 15,000 people, if these people return to the township all at once, I'm afraid they will make the neighbors uneasy, and they have to think of a way to achieve it." ”

For these dismissed soldiers, Liu Bei will definitely not give them settling-in allowances, not to mention that Liu Bei does not have so much money and food at all, even if he has so much money and food, he will use it in more important places, and will not spend money on these useless soldiers, but for a while, he can't think of any better way.

Suddenly, I saw a person rushing out of the soldiers who had been retrenched, rushed directly in front of Guan Yu, knelt down on his knees, and said loudly: "The last general is old and young, please General Guan, don't drive the last general out of the army!" ”