After receiving the last 3,000 Goguryeo soldiers, Jang Hyun immediately led his army out of the flooded Yancheng and returned to Liucheng.

Jang Xuan ordered the whole army to rest for ten days before starting the next step of the campaign.

At noon that day, more than a dozen scholars walked on the official road south of Liucheng, and these dozen scholars were all in the dust, trekking all the way, their skin tanned by the sun, but everyone's eyes were full of joy of expectation.

The head of the scholar is tall, carrying a small cloth bag, he has a square face, the bridge of the nose is high, although the skin is dark, but the eyes are exceptionally bright, this person is Lu Han who was removed from the family head in the imperial examination, although he fell to Sun Shan in the imperial examination, but he did not want to give up, he decided to study Banchao to throw a pen from Rong, and came to Liaodong army to look for opportunities.

On the way, he met eleven scholars with the same aspirations, and they traveled together for ten days, and finally arrived at Liucheng.

"Brother Lu, that's Liucheng!" A scholar pointed to the city wall more than ten miles away and said excitedly.

"That's it!"

Lu Han had come to Liucheng eight years ago, and he still had a vague impression, he turned around and smiled at everyone: "Liucheng is coming soon, let's work hard!" ”

At that moment, a screeching sound swished over their heads, and the soldiers crouched down in fright, and the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and a cavalry rushed from the woods dozens of paces away, and surrounded them in a moment, and the leader of the group pointed at them with their spears and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

Lu Han was the leader of more than a dozen scholars, he hugged his fists and saluted, and said unhurriedly: "We are all scholars who participated in the imperial examination today, and we all hope to make contributions in the army, so we are here to join the army!" ”

The cavalry squeezed their eyebrows at each other, as if they had heard the funniest thing in the world, these powerless sour Confucians actually wanted to be soldiers to fight, and finally the cavalry laughed unscrupulously together, and the cavalry team couldn't help laughing: "It's the war period, the army doesn't recruit soldiers during the war, if you really want to join the army, you should go to Zhongdu, every time you recruit soldiers is an opportunity, how did you think of coming to Liaodong?" ”

The scholars showed a look of disappointment on their faces, and Lu Han still said unhurriedly: "We are full of enthusiasm and want to serve the country, and we have come from thousands of miles away, and even the guards of Linyu Pass feel our sincerity and let us out of the customs, how can the general decide our fate with one sentence?" ”

The team shook his head, "I'm kind enough to remind you, save you from eating closed doors, if you don't believe it, of course I won't stop you, I can send you to Liucheng." ”

Lu Han did not hesitate to catch the words of the team and said, "Then thank you!" ”

The team took a look at Lu Han, and then ordered: "Take them to the barracks!" ”

The cavalry slowed down their horses and marched with a group of soldiers to the camp east of Liucheng.

The Sui army camp was built close to Liucheng, the plate camp wall was built on three sides, covering an area of 2,000 acres, the warehouse, the prisoner of war camp and the wounded barracks were located in the city, and the rest of the army was stationed in the barracks, and the cavalry scouts escorted a dozen soldiers to the gate of the camp, and the general on duty shouted: "Who are they?" ”

The scout team was facing Lu Han and said, "Now give you a chance, you can say it yourself!" ”

Lu Han stepped forward and bowed, "We are all scholars who have come to join the army, and we are willing to serve the country, and we have come from Zhongdu for a long journey." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone behind them asked with a smile: "From all of them, are they all scholars who have failed to make the list?" ”

When they turned around, they saw behind them a group of cavalry guarding a civil official, about thirty years old, dark and thin, who was wearing a gauze hat and a blue shirt, riding on a tall horse, looking at them with a smile.

Lu Han hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The fallen scholars have all returned to their hometowns to prepare for next year's imperial examination, but we want to serve the country and come to join the army. ”

The civilian official smiled, "That's a nice thing to say, but I understand your motives, but we do urgently need some readers who can organize documents, but not civilian officers, but just servants, are you willing?" ”

All the scholars expressed their willingness, but Lu Han was silent, and the civil official glanced at it and sneered: "A small official can't satisfy your ambitions, right?" ”

Lu Han shook his head, "I am here to make meritorious contributions, I can make meritorious contributions by killing enemies, I can accumulate military merits step by step and improve, one day I can also become a general, but even if I have been an official for thirty years, I am still a knife catcher, this is not what I want to get." ”

The civil official laughed, "You are also frank, but we have not been a small official for thirty years here, and if you write three hundred documents, you will be promoted to one level, and you can be promoted to one level in five years, and you can be promoted to join the army in five years.

It's the same when you're a soldier, if you're just an ordinary soldier, without outstanding martial arts and expertise, I'm afraid you'll only be a brigade commander and a team leader for five years, and it's more cost-effective to be an officer. ”

Lu Han was also a little tempted, he thought for a while and said, "I am willing to be an official!" ”

The civil official nodded, "But I have a word in advance, it's not just that any scholar can be an official when he enters the barracks, he needs to take the exam first, and after passing the exam, he also has to investigate his background, which is to prevent enemy spies from entering the camp, and only after passing the two levels can he officially enter the camp as a servant, if he can't pass the exam, then he will be sent a little money to return to his hometown, do you understand?" ”

The crowd saluted together, "We understand!" ”

The civil official immediately instructed the general on duty, "Take them into the city and hand them over to Jia Sima, and Jia will join the army to arrange the exam!" ”

"Obey!"

The man on duty saluted, and then said to the scholars, "Come with me." ”

The scholars excitedly followed the man on duty and walked towards the willow castle.

"May I ask this general, how many ranks does a civilian officer have?" Everyone asked Lang Jiang curiously.

General Lang smiled and said: "The highest civilian officer is Changshi, which is equivalent to the level of Shangshu, originally Wei Changshi, Wei Changshi has been appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, and the Changshi is concurrently served by Fang Junshi, and then the secretary of the army and the record of the army, as well as Sima and the judge, and then down is the six Cao to join the army, and the following is to join the army, and then the following is to engage in the army, and finally to serve as an official." ”

"Who was that civil servant just now?" Lu Han asked curiously.

General Lang laughed, "He is Ji Murodu to join the army, you are lucky, you just happened to meet him, otherwise there is no chance at all, and there is no recruitment during the war." ”

Everyone suddenly realized, it turned out that the person was Du Ruhui, Lu Han pondered for a while and said: "But listening to his tone just now, it seems that Sima is under him, but just now the general said that Sima and Ji Room joined the army and tied for the second level." ”

General Lang gave a thumbs up and praised: "You are a scholar with a very clear mind, you are a talent, although Du Senjun is at the same level as Jia Sima in the military position, but Du Senjun also has the title of military advisor, which is half a level higher than Sima." ”

Everyone walked while talking, and soon entered Liucheng, and came to an official office, which was the military office, where all the civilian officers worked, and when they walked to the door, General Lang said to the guard: "These dozen people are arranged by Du to join the army to meet Jia Sima." ”

The guard pointed to the side and smiled, "Isn't that Jasma?" ”

Jia Sima is Jia Runfu, as early as the era of the Flying Eagle Army, he was the marching Sima, after he and his father fled back to Qi County, Zhang Xuan remembered the old relationship, and also knew that he was a rare talent, so he appointed Jia Runfu to serve as Sima again.

As soon as Jia Runfu came back from the warehouse, he saw a general walking towards him with a dozen young soldiers, and he asked with a smile: "But you are here to recruit officials?" ”

"Exactly! It was Du who joined the army and asked him to bring them to Sima. ”

"Lao Du knows that I am short of people!"

Jia Runfu smiled, "Give them to me!" ”

Lang Jiang bowed and hurried away, Jia Runfu glanced at everyone, nodded and said, "Come with me!" Make a test paper first, and then we'll talk slowly when we pass it. ”

When they came to a room, they were arranged to eat and rest for a while, when two people came in, took pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and twelve papers, and gave each of them a test paper, and the leader said with a smile: "Time is an hour, make a strategy, ask for no less than two thousand words, let's start!" ”

Writing 2,000 words in an hour, the time was so tight that there was almost no room for consideration, they spread out the paper and began to think for a short time.

The title of the strategy is 'trying to describe the Liaodong scripture', which is very targeted, in fact, it is mainly to test their calligraphy, and the general calligraphy is good even if it passes, but if you have insight, it is worth appreciating.

Lu Han pondered for a moment, then picked up his pen and began to write. (To be continued.) )