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The men in the northwest are fierce, this is true, those who can run to enlist the border soldiers, look at the martial arts field, there are really few who are weak and weak, one by one, or ragged and burnt face, or leather jackets and soft boots, most people's eyes are unruly and untamed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Especially the cooked tartars who stood together in a heap, their brains were shining, and although the oily pigtails were dirty and menstrual months were not washed, the pimples on their faces and the short knives in their waists made people just want to hide away.

At the registration point of the martial arts field, it is forbidden for the Ming people with weapons to approach, but they can't help but tartar, which makes the big guy feel crooked, but he can't stand the deterrence of the captains who are riding horses with knives and bows around.

Although there were a lot of people who came to sign up for the draft, and there was a lot of noise and noise, on the earthen platform near the river to the west of the martial arts arena, around the two wooden tables, the sergeants held their guns on the side, and the various people who came forward to register were still very honest.

If nothing else, on the dry and hard dirt slope by the river, a few headless corpses in the weeds were still scattered there, and those who dared to make trouble could retract their necks into their padded jackets by looking at them first.

Inspecting the waist signs, road slips, asking for names and places of origin, a few veterans behind the wooden table, accompanied by two Sven scribes, waved their hands to the side of the guy who came to muddy the water.

What is wanted here is young and strong, not men under sixteen or over thirty, and those who are really lacking in appearance; As for those ripe tartars, hehe, they can get here on horseback, and with a little rectification, they are basically elite cavalry, the more the merrier.

Those Tartars who felt that they were superior to others, under the disgruntled gaze of everyone, proudly pressed their handprints, and got the Anjia silver on the spot, but the eyes of the military households in the team widened.

Jiang Banshuang, after Yin Fitness, couldn't help muttering, but Yin Jian, who turned his face in front, stopped him with his eyes, and more than a dozen military households from the old sheep's mouth hoarding in the back saw that the two in front were silent, so they didn't coax.

On the way here, Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang completely suppressed these military households with their extraordinary strength, and those who were not convinced were directly convinced.

If nothing else, the military households from the same place will be incorporated into a soldier, so that they will not suffer for themselves.

"Yin Jian? Gravel Fort's? It was Yin Jian's turn, the scribe took his waist card and looked twice, glanced at the indifferent old army next to him, and smiled a rare smile on his face, "There are people there who have made a fortune in the past two years,"

Seeing Yin Jian there without saying a word, the scribe wrote his name and place of origin on the booklet, and threw away the waist card, "Go to the back and wait, the next one,"

There is an old army staring, and he is not good at opening his mouth to ask for benefits, but Yin Jian also pretended to be confused, so the scribe lost interest, quite a cavalry, next life.

After the registration was completed, after passing the first level of being checked, following the direction pointed out by the scribe, Yin Jian went to the east of the martial arts arena, where there were a large number of young people and began to accept selection. On the martial arts field, there are many sergeants around, and the cavalry is cruising, who dares to run around, and the knife of the captain under Lu Nianshan is bloody.

Lifting stone locks, piercing spears, and bending bows and arrows were the practice of recruiting infantry, and those who were skilled in archery were included in the ranks of archers, and perhaps the first captains of the musketeers.

"Adults, small ones are here to enlist," Walking in front of a short and sturdy military academy, Yin Jian stood up straight, unconsciously patted his chest with his right hand, and gave a military salute.

Obviously, his young man from a military family made the military academy in front of him quite agree, "Captain Shang Rong of this school, what is your name?" ”

"The villain Yin Jian, the military household of the Thousand Households of the Gravel Castle, has fought with the wild Tartars," Yin Jian replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, which made Shang Rong, who was wearing iron armor, have a slight chill in his eyes, and directly waved his hand to stop the young man on the side.

"Okay, you go and lift the stone lock, fifty catties can lift thirty times, and you will be elected as the captain of the army," Shang Rong's voice was very loud, his voice landed, and several captains in the field next to him who were also selecting sergeants looked at him from a distance, and that look made Yin Jian frown uncomfortably.

In the open space surrounded by a circle of people, there are three stone locks, fifty catties, eighty catties, and one hundred catties, and the one hundred catties stone locks placed on the side have obviously not been touched.

"Yes," Yin Jian bowed to Shang Rong, turned around and strode into the clearing, stretched out his hand and grabbed the hundred-pound stone lock; Boom, in the crowd behind him, the exclamations and laughter became noisy.

If someone said that he could easily lift a hundred catties of stone locks, or lift thirty strokes, the people here would not believe it, that kind of person would have been recruited by the family, the government and even the officials in the command and envoy yamen to be a personal guard at a great price, so he could still stay below as a military household.

However, soon everyone's faces showed stunned expressions, even Shang Rong, who had seen the world, grew his mouth incredibly, and looked at Yin Jian in the center of the clearing in a daze; For a while, in the crowd of hundreds of people, Si Sidi's voice sounded.

Grabbing the handle of the stone lock with his right hand, Yin Jian's shoulders were slightly stiffened, and he raised the stone lock with a loud cry, and he didn't bend down much at the waist pole, and turned a huge stone lock up and down.

After playing a few laps with his right hand, turning over the gear, throwing over the top, and then continuing to play four laps with his left hand, Yin Jian, who was not red-faced or red-eared, threw down the stone lock, turned his face to look at the crowd, and saw Jiang Banshuang also coming, squeezing in the crowd and pouting.

"My lord," Yin Jian, who was arching his hand at Shang Rong, pointed at Jiang Banshuang, "My brother is also here, how about letting my lord take a look?" ”

He, this unruly tone attracted the captains around him, stopped the assessment sergeant, and came over with his waist knife to see how this wrestler could make people look at it.

Shang Rong's face trembled, so he didn't get angry, but he looked at Yin Jian a little differently, and said coldly, "Okay, if the captain of this school can't see the rarity, then you have to eat a military stick first,"

Jiang Banshuang, who was wearing a coarse cloth short jacket, with a waist card hanging on his belt, strode up to the open space, bared his teeth at Yin Jian, and came to the stone lock; This kind of 100-pound stone lock, they used to use it every day to practice, but then they stopped playing, it was too light.

Wearing black homespun shoes and big feet, leaning on the wooden handle of the stone lock, Jiang Banshuang let out a low scream, hooked up the stone lock and smashed it towards Yin Jian, and the whirring wind made the people around scream.

This lean man, I can't imagine that his legs are so strong, but he is not afraid of hurting people by dancing like this?

"Drink," Yin Jian, who was ten steps away, stepped forward and hunched his legs, supported the bottom of the stone lock with his instep, and forcibly picked the stone lock back again, and the huge stone lock flew back to Jiang Banshuang again.

Two young military households, just like this, you call me to drink, kick a hundred-pound stone lock back and forth in the air, after more than a dozen back and forth, Jiang Banshuang couldn't bear it, his feet were biased, and then he kicked the stone lock away.

At a distance of ten steps, they can play the stone lock like this, not to mention that they have never seen Shang Rong, and those young people who came to apply for the recruitment have never even heard of it.

The silence was cold for a moment, and then, "Good, good," "Strong, really strong," the applause rang out.

Shang Rong, who woke up from the shock, didn't care about anything else, stepped forward and grabbed one with one hand, and laughed at Jiang Banshuang and Yin Jian, "Okay, you two are my captains,"

As Shang Rong of the military academy, he needs five army commanders under him, and Jiang Banshuang and Yin Jian, who are obviously outstanding, how can he let go, and the rest of the other assessments, then let's play, he knows that he will strike first.

"Hey, Shang Rong, they haven't tested their marksmanship yet," the lieutenant with a long iron spear shouted loudly and dissatisfied.

Several lieutenants who assessed archery and riding skills also shouted, and their eyes couldn't wait to immediately pull Jiang Banshuang and Yin Jian away.

"Oh, that's right," Shang Rong looked left and right in embarrassment, and lowered his head to ask Yin Jian, "You two can use spears?" ”

"You two know how to bow and arrow?" "You two can ride horses?" After three questions in a row, Jiang Banshuang wanted to answer, but seeing that Yin Jian kept shaking his head, he closed his mouth.

"Look, they don't know anything, it's just a bit of strength," after asking, Shang Rong looked up at several of his officers of the same rank, and said very regretfully, "Then I have to be a firecracker,"

In Yin Jian's eyes, Shang Rong looks rude, but he is also a person who wants to be reasonable, but other military schools know the roots, and when they see that Shang Rong has a hard temper and wants to accept people, he can only shout nonsense such as not being interesting, which makes Shang Rong smile proudly.

The twelve military households who came with Yin Jian were selected by Wang Ziliang to be capable and strong, and they also successfully passed the assessment on this day and became sergeants in the border barracks.

In the large open space to the south of the martial arts arena, a large number of tents have been erected, although the old and new are different, but fortunately, Yin Jian and they have been divided into two, it seems that they are two of them.

However, before Shang Rong left, the eyes that looked at Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang made both of them have a bad feeling in their hearts.

Standing outside the tent, the two of them looked around, and the number of people here exceeded 3,600 people, both of them had been scouts for more than two years, and they were quite sensitive to numbers.

Sure enough, after dinner in the evening, Shang Rong came again, bringing a pot of spirits and a large piece of cooked beef.

Dinner was just dry bread, although Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang had long been accustomed to eating meat, but with the kindness of their future bosses, they could only greet each other with a smile.

Sitting on the felt carpet in the tent, Shang Rong waved his hand and drove the others out, beckoning Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang to sit down and drink, and the wine jug was used in turn, tearing off the meat strips and stuffing them into his mouth.

"Tomorrow, the chief soldier will come over, the captain will pick out seven hundred and twenty people from the sergeants, and there will be only a lot more to sign up, you two and I will sign up, and there are four cooked tartars," swallowing a bite of meat, Shang Rong's face turned slightly straight, and he stopped gossiping.

"Wu Chang is not afraid of casualties in the competition, the one who can survive is Wu Chang, remember not to be soft-hearted, otherwise it will be the two of you who will die,"

"In the border barracks, you can eat well and rely on a ruthless word,"

When it came to the topic, Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang glanced at each other, silently chewing the pieces of meat in their mouths, and their indifferent expressions made Shang Rong feel a little relieved; He was born as a horse thief, and only those who were brave enough or had seen human life would be so stable.

"Do a good job, lick the blood with Lao Tzu's knife, eat meat, drink wine and play with women, and have time to enjoy," patting the two on the shoulder, Shang Rong got up and left.

Sitting in the tent, Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang discussed, there can only be ten people in the two soldiers, and the remaining four people have to go to the room, and the establishment of the barracks here is one less than that of the adults.

Of course, only after tomorrow's Wu Chang competition, Shang Rong will help, and no one who has no strength will owe a favor anywhere, that is no one owes a favor.

These four guys who went to the room were the backhands left by Yin Jian and Jiang Banshuang, this place is not like Shiguantun, I am afraid that eating and drinking is not so easy, and it will be much easier to have your own people.

In the General Soldier's Mansion, Lu Nianshan had just had dinner, sat in the study and drank hot tea, and picked up a list, on which the captains signed up for more than a thousand people, and their names were clearly listed.

However, the sergeant from the Gravel Fort on the list was marked, and there were only two people who signed up, and of course he didn't know the name.

Lu Nianshan, who couldn't read people's names, threw the list on the desk, and looked thoughtfully at the lamp and candle on the desk, "Master Jiang, your plan doesn't seem to be good,"

In the corner tower of the room, there was a middle-aged man with white hair, and the light shone on his wrinkled face, it was Jiang Jie, the former Broken Stone Castle, who Xiao Ye had been thinking about.

Jiang Jie, who finally lost a gang, had an empty sleeve on his left arm, and there was always a trace of gloom on his pale face, and he didn't know when he arrived behind Lu Nianshan and became an unknown master.

"Lord Commander, Namadao Stone Fort and Shiguantun are blocked by poisonous weeds, besides, that kid from Ximen Xiaoye is in control of the Persian trade road, and if he wants to give his subordinates a lot of food and salary, he won't let them come,"

"There is news that Ximen Xiaoye colluded with the wild Tartars to recruit troops and horses on the grassland, and the disappeared Gujia Village, someone saw that it was on the grassland, and they built a stone fort to reclaim the medicine field,"

I have to say that under the inquiry of people with a heart, Xiao Ye's information can still be transmitted back to the side wall, which is more or less another matter.

"Well, Persian business, firearms," Lu Nianshan chewed these words, the green tendons on his head jumped, if it weren't for the firearm that could spit out a long tongue of fire, he was scared, he would have sent troops to the grassland a long time ago, how could he sit here and wait for the border soldiers.

Jiang Jie is his son Jiang Qinggui, eight times out of ten he died in the hands of Ximen Xiao Ye, this vengeful old thousand households, left and transferred to the family near Jingshi, and came to avenge himself.

Of course, Jiang Jie's connections here, as well as the 10,000 taels of silver he offered, and the fact that he was a peripheral member of King Ning's subordinates, Lu Nianshan was still very new to him.

"In the border barracks, whether it is the spies of the Jinyi Guard or the dark line of the government, they cannot exist," looking at Jiang Jie gloomily, Lu Nianshan said in a low voice, "In the future, when the prison army comes, his people must also keep an eye on it, and those who are in the way must not stay,"

In the seemingly flat voice, the undisguised killing intent made Jiang Jie feel a spirit, and he hurriedly bowed down.

"Yes, my subordinates know," Jiang Jie, who has a common enemy with Lu Nianshan, bowed down and said, only when Lu Nianshan is strong, his revenge can be avenged, so he will do his best to make a sharp knife in the dark.

Face, he doesn't care anymore.

"Okay, it's all your own people, you need to take care of the affairs of Huangshatang, just do your best," Lu Nianshan, who turned his face and smiled, promised Jiang Jie again, "Ximen Xiaoye's family is up and down, and this official will never let it go,"

As soon as the overseer sent from above arrived, the cavalry, artillery, and chariot troops in the border barracks would be under the direct management of the superintendent.

It's really not possible, hmph, a sinister intent appeared on Lu Nianshan's face, it is not too difficult to kill a eunuch, it seems that the person has no eyes.

Of course, with the Nanchang backer, Lu Nianshan is still willing to make friends at the wine table, and the chief military officer for a while has given him more experience.

"It's just that you need to send more people to investigate the Persian business," instructed Jiang Jie, Lu Nianshan served tea and sent guests, he couldn't see this old guy who was bitter and hateful all day long, but he appreciated his methods.

Jiang Jie withdrew from the study with a somewhat rickety back, and Lu Nianshan spat angrily, "Old man, I knew that there would be this day, and you should have destroyed the Ximen family, and the provincial Lao Tzu was also famous,"

How did he know that Jiang Jie, who had left, had already scolded his entire family and ancestors hundreds of times in his stomach, if he could kill Ximen Xiao Ye at the expense of blood on the grassland, then the Jiang family's revenge would have been avenged long ago.

In the early morning, the sky was cloudy, but fortunately, the northwest wind weakened a lot today, and outside the border barracks, the faint fog on the ground was swept by the cold wind, and a team of fast horses galloped from the city.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock," the Chinese army tent, there was a deafening drum sound, the camp patrolled day and night, the sentry team with iron guns at the gate, moved away from the firewood, and directly let the horse team rumble into the camp.

The 7,000 newly recruited sergeants, led by 100 military academies, had already gathered around the Chinese army's tent, and there was a wide hard ground here, which was the venue for today's selection of army commanders.

The 500 lieutenants under Lu Nianshan, in addition to the personal guards left behind, 100 military academies, 50 generals, 10 lowly generals, and 5 deputy generals, all of which were personally selected by him, directly erected the skeleton of five infantry sub-battalions.

Now other forces are still waiting, but let Lu Nianshan take the lead.

The A-word battalion to the B-C and D-E battalion is a sub-battalion of infantry, the self-shaped battalion is a cavalry, the Gengzi battalion is an artillery team, and the Xinzi battalion is a vehicle army, which is generally formed together with the logistics convoy.

With the name of the camp such as fierce birds and beasts or people, it must be the imperial court, Lu Nianshan will not be confused to find it uncomfortable, and only Xiao Ye did not hesitate to call the soldiers to steal the camp on the grassland.

Soon, in a piercing sound of goose chirping copper flute, Lu Nianshan, who was wearing a red big helmet and armor, sat on a high chair outside the big tent of the Chinese army.

The sergeants of the four infantry sub-battalions, under the leadership of their respective military schools, quickly lined up outside the field, although it was still chaotic, but most of the military households inside had a certain training foundation, and they also drove others to reluctantly line up the formation.

As for the sergeants who were selected for the cavalry, artillery, and chariot corps, they all gathered around from a distance to watch the excitement, and did not get too close.

The A-word battalion to the B-C-D E-shaped battalion was discharged from east to west, and the E-shaped battalion was the first row of iron-clad military schools with knives, followed by their respective commanders recommended by them; There are more than 900 people who want to grab the 625 positions of captains.

After the three-way war drum of "knock knock, knock knock, knock knock", as the drum stopped, there was silence outside the tent of the Chinese army, and only the laughter of those familiar Tartars in the distance came.

Lu Nianshan, who was sitting on the chair, raised his eyebrows on his gloomy face, turned his head to look at the deputy general beside him, and when the deputy general saw this, he hurriedly shouted angrily behind him, and a team of heavily armed lieutenants ran towards the cavalry battalion.

Soon, even the Tartars who loved to gather in the distance were silent, and it was estimated that someone had to be beheaded before they could see the military regulations of my Ming Dynasty.