Under the leadership of Li Yongzhen, it took half an hour to come to the west camp of the city guards located outside the west gate of the capital.

"Wu Dalong, a general in the Xiacheng Guard, has seen Gonggong Li and Lord Qin."

A general in armor was already waiting at the gate of the barracks, and when he saw Li Yongzhen and Qin Du approaching, he immediately clenched his fists and said.

"I've seen General Wu."

After Qin Duan and Li Yongzhen dismounted, they saluted Wu Dalong, according to the rank, this general is a general of the third grade, which is higher than the level of Qin Duan and Li Yongzhen.

It stands to reason that Qin Duan and Li Yongzhen went to visit him, and there was no need for him, a general of the third grade, to wait for Qin Duan at the gate of the barracks.

But the reality is not like this, the Great Qin Empire emphasized literature over military force, and the status of civil officials was much higher than that of military attachés, and the status of civil officials and military attaches at the same level was higher than that of military attachés.

In terms of power, the military attache has no other power except for leading the troops, in terms of administrative power, the civil official is far greater than the military attaché, coupled with the Great Qin Empire's restrictions on the military officials, so that the status of the military attache is far lower than that of the civilian official, in the Taiping period, only when the military attache goes to ask the civilian official for help, there is no situation where the civilian official asks the military attache to do things.

Another point is that behind Qin Duan and Li Yongzhen stood Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang, and there were a few officials in the capital of the Great Qin Empire who were not afraid of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, Qin Dui and Li Yongzhen were both big celebrities in front of Wei Zhongxian, if they offended them, it would be equivalent to offending Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang, and it would be equivalent to offending Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the consequences would be very strict.

So no matter what, this general Wu Dalong was waiting for Qin Dui and them at the gate of the barracks early, wanting them to pick people as soon as possible, and he could go home to accompany his wife to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, but the second day of the Lunar New Year is the time to pay New Year's greetings.

"Yesterday, I received a notice from the Governor's Mansion that Lord Qin came to my barracks to select soldiers, and I was ready early in the morning. Wu Dalong said boldly.

"Thank you so much, General Wu, for letting you come to the barracks to deal with this matter during the Chinese New Year." Qin Duan said gratefully.

"Lord Qin is polite, everyone is doing things for the imperial court, and they should be, especially Lord Qin went to the northwest for the sake of the stability of the northwest of our Great Qin Kingdom, this kind of spirit, Wu admires it very much."

Wu Dalong said, no matter what, even the soldiers of the Great Qin State are not willing to go to that place in the northwest, and there are not a few generals who have died in that ghost place in the northwest over the years.

"Master Wu has been promoted, I came this time to trouble Lord Wu." Qin Du said.

"No trouble, no trouble, everything is already lined up and ready, Lord Qin, Gonggong Li, please." Wu Dalong said.

Qin Du and Li Yongzhen followed the leadership of Wu Dalong, the general of the city guard army, and walked into the west camp of the city guard army outside the west gate of the capital.

In the barracks, the flags were fluttering, and there was a solemn look in the barracks, and Wu Dalong, the general of the city guard army, stood beside Qin Du.

Ever since he knew that Qin Duan was going to select the sergeants who would go to the northwest from the western camp of the city guard army, Wu Dalong began to worry in his heart about whether these sergeants would give Qin Dui face, and he first sank his face and said: "The emperor wants to send Lord Qin Dui Qin to the northwest to take up his post, and he is ready to select a hundred soldiers and ten officers from among you, what an honor, if you can be selected, it means that you are the best warriors of my Great Qin Empire, today Lord Qin is here to select you, if you are willing to go to the northwest with Lord Qin, He stood up and showed the majesty and courage of the sergeant of the western battalion of the guard army of my capital. ”

Many sergeants glanced at each other, did not speak, and secretly estimated in their hearts that going to that troubled place in the northwest was very dangerous, and they could die if they were not careful, so how many people were willing to go? They all bowed their heads and stood there silent.

"Damn, don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know what you think in your hearts, you're afraid that you will lose your life when you go there, my soldiers in Daqin are just following the call of His Majesty, you look like this, touch your eggs are still there!"

Didn't you really expect it, this Wu Dalong, who looked a little sven, scolded people so ugly, Qin Duan looked at those sergeants who still looked at each other, and barely a few people stood up, and most of the others still stood in place and looked coldly at the three people on the high platform.

Tell jokes, there is only one life, and if you lose it, you don't have it, I really think that these people are really so good at fooling, this kind of dangerous errand, everyone is not willing to do it.

Wu Dalong saw Qin Du and Gonggong Li looking at him strangely, so he said with a smile, "Lord Qin, Gonggong Li, these cubs don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, or you can teach them a lesson!" ”

Qin Duan glanced at Wu Dalong, knowing that this was to give himself a step and give himself a chance to stand up for himself, nodded to Wu Dalong, and said with a smile: "Lord Wu is polite, I see the majesty of the sergeants of the West Battalion of the City Guard Army, this is the elite of our Great Qin Empire, the emperor asked me to come here to select soldiers, which shows that the emperor trusts and is very satisfied with the sergeants of the Western Battalion, and thinks that the sergeants of the Western Battalion are one of the best sergeants of the Great Qin Empire." ”

Wu Dalong looked at Qin Dui, his face was still very flat, but his heart was happy, thinking that Qin Dui was sensible in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's Lord Qin who has a good reputation, just like these kids, how can they afford the praise of the best sergeant in the Great Qin Empire?" ”

Qin Du smiled, stood up, looked at these sergeants, and said slowly: "I know that many of you are reluctant to go to the northwest, this trip is very dangerous, even I don't know if I can come back alive, you can think like this, it is also human nature, I can naturally understand." “

When the sergeants below heard Qin Dui say this, they all showed strange looks, and many of the sergeants showed anger on their faces, thinking in their hearts, "Even you don't know if you can come back alive, and you still come to the west camp of the city guard army to drag your own people to death?" It's really a terrible conscience. ”

Qin Du glanced at these people a few times, as if he didn't care very much, and continued: "What is the situation in the northwest of the Great Qin Empire now, everyone knows that it is a chaotic place, chaotic people, horse thieves, bandits, rebels, and the enemy countries on the side will not come to sneak attack, this time the people who go to the northwest with me, that is nine deaths, dare to go, not only the brave warriors of my Great Qin Empire, but also the righteous and good men of my Great Qin Empire!" ”

The sergeants below all looked at Qin Dui this time, Qin Dui saw the changes in these people, sneered, and continued: "I heard that the West Battalion of the City Guards is the most brave among the city guards in the world, so I came here to know that it is just a vain name, my Daqin's men are the most rampant, and anyone who dares to offend Daqin is the other party that my Daqin's blade is pointing at, since this is the case, I still go to other military camps to select warriors to follow me to the northwest." ”

Qin Duan turned around directly and was about to walk out, when a sergeant had already stood up and said, "My lord, a weak scholar, still dares to go to the dangerous place in person, I, Li Daring, will go to the northwest with Lord Qin to seek a military feat." ”

Hearing Li Daring's words, many people couldn't hold back anymore, they were stimulated by Qin Duan, and they were infected by Li Daring, and many of them had already walked out, one of them shouted: "Lord Qin, we are willing to go to the northwest with you, aren't we likely to lose our lives?" I have nothing to worry about, I am in my thirties, I don't even have a daughter-in-law, I will go to the northwest with you, and if I don't get it, I can mix with a daughter-in-law. ”

"Okay, your name is Ding Da Niu, don't worry, as long as I and you can go to Tokugawa County alive, your daughter-in-law's affairs will be on my lord."

Qin Duan said that as long as someone was willing to risk their lives and go to the northwest with him, Qin Duan would definitely not treat them badly.

"Okay, as long as you can get me a daughter-in-law, I will follow you, and I will give you my life." Ding Daniu said.

"Okay, your daughter-in-law will be handed over to Lord Ben, and Lord Ben promises to find you a beautiful daughter-in-law." Qin Duan said affirmatively.

"My lord, can you also find me a daughter-in-law?" A long, somewhat thin soldier asked, a little timidly.

"As long as you are willing to go to the northwest with Lord Ben, Lord Ben will take care of the daughter-in-law's problem." Qin Duan said affirmatively.

"Then my lord, I'll go to the northwest with you." The emaciated soldier whispered.

"Everyone, I know that this time I went to the northwest, it must be more than lucky, but as the old saying goes, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, follow me to the northwest to make meritorious service, what are you doing as a soldier, what are you doing as a soldier, what is it to be a soldier, why do you want to fight, it is to protect the lovely people of our Great Qin Empire, if we don't dare to fight, we are afraid of death, then what should we do with the people of Great Qin, do you let the soldiers of the enemy country kill them?"

Qin Duan said this, paused, and continued, "Of course, everyone will say these big truths, so I won't say more, I want to ask you now, why do you want to be soldiers." ”

"To have something to eat."

"My dad was a soldier, so I joined the army."

"In order to be able to marry a good daughter-in-law.

"To defend our homeland."

"To be an official for military merit."

"In order not to be bullied by others."

……

All sorts of answers came out of the soldiers' mouths, and there were all sorts of things.

Qin Duan saw that everyone was almost done, so he pressed it with his hand, and after the people below were silent, he said: "Everyone said very well, good men are not soldiers, if you have a choice, few people are willing to be soldiers, but since everyone has chosen this path, then you must have a goal, do you have a goal?" ”

"What's the target, my lord?" The soldiers below were all a little confused, and they couldn't understand Qin Duan's words, so the stupid big cow boldly stood up and asked.