Song Zhang raised his head this time, but he was still expressionless. "Origin?"

"Chengdu people."

"Age?"

"Thirty-one."

The conscription of the Han Dynasty was different from that of later generations, due to the lack of population, the age of fifteen to forty years old could be included in the scope of conscription, compared to the youth of the teens, the prime of men around thirty years old were young and strong, had a certain amount of social experience, but were favored objects.

Song Zhang nodded, pointed to a longbow and a stone lock next to him, and said, "You can choose one of these two." "The trial of a recruit is actually very simple, as long as you can draw a longbow or lift a stone lock, you are considered to be qualified. The main assessment of recruits is physical fitness, but it is such a simple assessment, but nearly eighty percent of people are discouraged and cannot pass this threshold.

Zhang Zhong glanced at it, the stone lock was about 100 catties, and it was really difficult to lift it above his head without a good strength, and the longbow was even more terrifying, it was a two-stone longbow that was standard for the Jing army, and it took at least 200 catties of strength to pull it apart. Lifting the stone lock uses brute force, only with enough force, you can lift the stone lock above the head, but drawing the bow is not pure force, it requires a little skill, and people who have not been trained in bows and arrows cannot pull the longbow to the full bow at all.

The longbow looks much lighter than the stone lock, but today the people who choose the longbow are all broken and sunk in the sand without exception, and none of them have a good reputation, but there are quite a few people who hold the stone lock. Zhang Chong didn't think about it, and walked over and picked up the bow.

Many people who failed to pass the guò assessment did not leave, but stood on the side from a distance and watched, seeing that Zhang Chong, who was not tall and not too strong, chose the longbow, and they couldn't help but laugh. Everyone had a look of schadenfreude.

Song Zhang narrowed his eyes and closed the file, it seemed that today's recruitment was over, and he seemed to be unable to wait for Zhang Chong to draw the bow and already got up and left his seat.

Zhang Zhong ignored everyone's disdainful gaze at all, put a wrench on the fingers of his right hand, and steadily took a horse step. Holding the bow in his left hand, he clasped the bowstring with his right hand, and he let out a low sigh and slowly pulled the bowstring.

The bowstring of the two-stone bow is very hard, and the experienced archer does not exert force at all, but slowly acts the force on the bowstring, and it is easy to pull the bow, but it is not easy to pull the bow to the fullest. The further back you pull, the more force you need increases exponentially. In today's assessment, many stunned young people who seemed to be quite powerful riveted their strength to draw the bow as soon as they came up, but they failed without exception, the reason was that they used too much force, lacked stamina, and were exhausted before they could pull the bow.

Zhang Zhong seemed to be very leisurely, and Ershi's longbow opened up a little bit in his hand. It turned out that the laughter was continuous, and the crowd closed their mouths tightly at this moment, looking at Zhang Zhong with a little surprise. Sure enough, people are not to be seen.

It turned out that Song Zhang, who had already left his seat, was also slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that there would be a little surprise today.

Zhang Zhong calmly pulled the bowstring to the position of the full bow, and the crowd erupted in cheers, Zhang Zhong was the first person to pass the longbow test today.

But Zhang Zhong didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, and continued to pull the bowstring, the back of the bow squeaking due to the deformation. Finally, there was a "click" and it was broken into two. Zhang Zhong threw his bow to the ground and sneered: "Your bow is too unstrong!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and after a short moment of silence. The crowd erupted in enthusiastic cheers, "Good! "Well done!" The voices of praise came and went, and a longbow stumped countless children in Shu, but it ended in the hands of Zhang Zhong, who was not good-looking, and everyone suddenly felt very relieved.

Song Zhang was also very polite, such a warrior with natural power is really rare, he immediately opened the file again, wrote Zhang Chong's name on the list of recruits, and at the same time handed Zhang Chong a set of linen military uniforms to Zhang Chong, and at the same time handed over to Zhang Chong, as well as the rank badge representing the recruits of the Jing Army.

Zhang Chong took his clothes and was just about to leave, when a man in civilian clothes reached out to stop him and said politely: "Zhang Chong, right?" Please come with me, someone wants to see you. ”

Zhang Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "Who are you?" Who wants to see me? ”

The man showed a harmless smile and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, as for the person who wants to see you, you will naturally know after you see it." ”

Zhang Chong didn't know this man, but Song Zhang did, he was Pan Feng, the commander of the Jinying Guard, and was about to salute, but was stopped by Pan Feng with his eyes, Song Zhang had to take a step back, pretending not to know Pan Feng.

Pan Fenghan smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Chong, but there was an element in it that he could not refuse.

Zhang Chong looked at it coldly, the identity of the person who came was definitely not low, judging from Song Zhang's humble expression, this person's title was definitely above Song Zhang, and it was not just a little higher, although he couldn't guess his intentions, but Zhang Chong couldn't refuse, so he had to go with him.

The destination is very close, and it only takes a while to get there. It's not a barracks, it's not an official office, it's just an ordinary residence that can no longer be used in ordinary places. Pan Feng stood at the door, smiled and made a gesture of please again. Zhang Zhong hesitated, but finally he walked into the house.

The house is not big, the light is also very dark, a man stands with his back to the window, although Zhang Chong has only seen one time, but he can't forget jì in this life, he is Liu Ze, the king of Jing. Liu Ze turned around and said with a smile: "I don't know if I should call you Zhang Ren, or Zhang Chong?" ”

"Zhang Ren see His Royal Highness King Jing." Zhang Ren bowed and saluted. After a night of deep thought, Zhang Ren already had a consideration, although he knew that as long as he was willing to submit, his position in the army would definitely not be lower than Leng Bao Deng Xian, but he didn't want to go to the Jing Army as a general, he decided to go incognito, starting from scratch, starting from the lowest level of practitioners, waving goodbye to the past and starting a new life, Zhang Ren believes that with his own ability, he is destined not to be just an unknown soldier in this life.

Liu Ze has never relaxed his attention to Zhang Ren, Jin Yingwei sends people to keep an eye on him around the clock twelve hours a day, and Zhang Ren's every move has never stolen Liu Ze's sight. Liu Ze is actually making a big gamble, he bets that Zhang Ren is unwilling to sink so much, and he will definitely make a difference. When Zhang Ren refused to surrender in Deyang, Zhuge Liang had built a yì to kill Zhang Ren, but Liu Ze did not kill him, nor did he have good words to persuade him, but adopted a cold treatment method and threw him into the prisoner of war camp. Liu Ze understood that before Liu Zhang's defeat, Zhang Ren would never surrender lightly, and the kind of loyalty in his bones was by no means comparable to ordinary people.

The fall of Chengdu and Liu Zhang's surrender made the object of Zhang Ren's allegiance no longer exist, Zhang Ren went from firm to confused, and Liu Ze released him unconditionally, so that when he felt the affection and warmth of his family, his thoughts changed again. But this result is not something that Liu Ze can control, maybe Zhang Ren will choose to join the army again, or maybe he will be indifferent to fame and fortune from now on, plough the farmland, and no longer care about the world, if this is the case, Liu Ze will also respect his choice. There is one point, but it is unacceptable to Liu Ze, that is, Zhang Ren absconded out of the country to defect to Cao Cao or Sun Quan, adding a strong opponent to himself for no reason, Liu Ze will never accept this kind of ending. If Zhang Ren really chose to be his enemy and defect to Cao Cao, then Liu Ze might not hesitate to throw Zhang Ren into prison again or even directly executed him.

Zhang Ren's final choice made Liu Ze somewhat surprised, he did not go to the enemy, nor did he take the initiative to return to Shun, but chose to mix incognito into the ranks of recruits, but this is good news for Liu Ze after all, Zhang Renken joined the Jing Army, which proves that his thinking has taken a 180-degree turn.

Looking at the rank badge of the training soldier in Zhang Ren's hand, Liu Ze smiled slightly and said: "It seems that Zizhong doesn't like to be a general, but wants to be a small soldier, but with Zizhong's talent, wouldn't it be a waste to be a small soldier?" You know, waste is the biggest crime. (To be continued......)