At the moment when the affairs of Tanzhou City came out of the chaos and were on the right track, Lin Feng, who was far away in Guizhou City, was even more busy.

Originally, Lin Feng planned to set off as soon as he finished the Yihan Alliance, but first, the arrangement of 20,000 captured soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty dragged him down; Subsequently, the good news from the recruiting office made him spontaneously stop the pace of returning to the north.

On the morning of December 4, Lin Feng was discussing the handling of the prisoners with Liu Renzhen, Ma Jiwei, Wang Kui and the leaders of various ethnic groups in the Jingjiang Jiedu Embassy Hall, when Ge Chang, whose face was flushed, ran in and shouted loudly: "Lord Lin, I ask that a group of recruits be immediately transferred to the Sin Word Camp, and at the same time, you must change the Sin Word Camp to the most Sin Word Camp today!" ”

Lin Feng smiled, pointed at Ge Chang and said, "Brother Ge, you have never argued for anything, what's wrong today?" ”

Only then did Ge Chang see the full house of generals and leaders, and he was a little embarrassed to make a circle, then turned to Lin Feng and said, "Zhao Ye's Tujia soldiers have seen enough, I can't imagine that this Lingnan clan man is even more good!" ”

As soon as Ge Chang said this, Lin Feng, the "dream man", was immediately recalled by him, originally, Lin Feng just thought that there were many ethnic minorities in the Guiguan area, and various ethnic groups could be integrated through conscription, but he didn't think deeply about how the Guangxi soldiers had been strong since ancient times!

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations, Stilwell, chief of staff of the Allied Chinese Theater and American general, once said: "The soldiers of Guangxi are the best soldiers in the world." This is basically the most incisive and accurate summary of the soldiers in Guangxi.

As early as the Qin Dynasty, the monarch of Xiou (the ancestor of the Zhuang people) led 50,000 Lingnan indigenous soldiers to lead 50,000 Lingnan indigenous soldiers, and ordered the Qin army to ambush hundreds of thousands, which is why the Qin State that swept the world only put 300,000 troops on the Great Wall to defeat the Xiongnu, but wanted to release 500,000 troops in Lingnan.

In the subsequent Han Dynasty, it only used 200,000 troops to guard the Great Wall in the north, but left 300,000 troops in Xiyue (Guangxi)!

In the Ming Dynasty, the wolf soldiers used by Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese were from Guangxi, and he also left the reputation of "Guangxi wolf soldiers are strong in the world". In Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan dared to lead more than 10,000 Guangxi soldiers against 200,000 Manchu Eight Banners!

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the 30,000 Guangxi Taiping troops who were the first rebel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing! After the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the composition of the Taiping soldiers had become mainly Anhui and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Zeng Guofan once asserted: "The combat effectiveness of 300,000 in the middle and late stages of the Changmao (Taiping Army) is far inferior to the 30,000 who just left Guangxi!" ”

After the Opium War in 1840, the only anti-aggression war won by the Qing government - the victory of Zhennanguan in the Sino-French War in 1885, the key to defeating the French army was the bravery and fearlessness of the Guangxi soldiers! After that, Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army to resist France in Vietnam and resist Japan in Taiwan, and the main force of his troops were from Guangxi. Summing up this history, some people once said that in the war against foreigners in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, almost all the people of the whole country lost the war, and only the people of Guangxi won!

In the period of the Republic of China, Li Zongren's Gui troops were very strong in combat, especially the Seventh Army, which was almost never defeated in the Northern Expedition of the Nationalist Government and the warlord melee, and was known as the "Steel Army". During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the arrogant Japanese also had a very high opinion of the Gui Army and the Guangxi militia group. At this stage, the Gui Army was once considered by historians to be "the trump card of the miscellaneous army", and "the combat effectiveness can be compared with the most elite troops of the Central Army!" ”

For the Guangxi soldiers, the founding marshals and generals of New China have also left impressive comments - Marshal Peng Dehuai said during the Red Army: The Guizhou army and the Yunnan army are two sheep, and the Hunan army is a wolf; The monkey in Guangxi is the Gui army, fierce as a tiger and as evil as a wolf; Marshal Zhu De said: Hunan people are the most domineering, Guangxi people are the most arrogant; During the civil war, Marshal Liu Bocheng formulated the order of destroying the enemy after leaving the Dabie Mountain: "first attack the weakest security team, then fight the stronger Central Army, and then fight the strongest Gui Army." General Su Yu once said: "To distinguish those in the Kuomintang army from the elite troops, one must look at the equipment, and the American-style equipment must be the elite troops; Second, we have to look at the accent, and the troops with the Guangxi accent must also be elite troops. If there is both American-style equipment and a Guangxi accent, it is definitely the most elite in the Kuomintang army. ”

To summarize the previous sentence, the Guangxi soldiers in the history of the Chinese War are the best representatives of heroic battles!

After these memories flooded his mind, Lin Feng couldn't sit still any longer, stood up, bowed his hand to the people present, and said anxiously: "As for the disposal of prisoners, I would like to make two suggestions: one is to choose the best one to continue to serve in the army, but to disperse to other armies; The second is to select the stubborn ones for labor reform, and the leaders of all ethnic groups can also pay money to buy them as coolies! You will discuss the specific details carefully, and I will go first! ”

After speaking, Lin Feng took a big stride in a hurry, followed Ge Chang out of the council hall, and went straight to the recruitment point at the city gate, leaving a room of inexplicable.

When Lin Feng arrived at the recruitment point, he found that it had almost become a small battlefield: dozens of Zhuang guys were confronting the elite troops of Chu and Tang led by Cheng Yuehai.

In the middle of the two groups, a soldier was fighting with a Zhuang boy, both of whom were already painted on their bodies and faces, but they were still punching fiercely. And underground, several soldiers and Zhuang men have already fallen down.

Lin Feng was angry, rushed forward, scolded Cheng Yuehai, and stepped forward to try to pull away the two people who were fighting. Cheng Yuehai was startled when he saw Lin Feng, and hurriedly stepped forward to help pull the frame.

After successfully pulling the two apart, Lin Feng angrily asked Cheng Yuehai what was going on.

It turned out that in the past few days, Cheng Yuehai has been taking the selected Chu and Tang elites for field training. This morning, when they returned to the city after completing their training outside the city, they passed by the recruitment point, and a young man of the Zhuang nationality who was signing up suddenly said contemptuously: "This is also an elite unit? At best, we are third-rate! ”

These words were too hurtful, Cheng Yuehai was also on fire in his heart, and he didn't support or stop him, allowing his arrogant soldiers to fight one-on-one with this group of Zhuang guys. However, the result was beyond his expectations, and the number of people who fell on both sides was basically the same!

"Some of these guys can't be beaten, but they'd rather be injured than knock my people down!" Cheng Yuehai shook his head and sighed.

Lin Feng smiled angrily, pointed at Cheng Yuehai and scolded: "If you lose, you lose, why do you find so many reasons?!" Take your men and return to the city at once! ”

Cheng Yuehai was helpless, and left with someone to support the injured brothers.

Lin Feng turned to face this group of Zhuang men, and arched his hand and said, "Under Lin Feng!" I've seen all the Zhuang brothers! ”

These Zhuang men looked at each other, and an older man in front of him replied: "Lin Feng, it won't be Lin Feng, the general of the Tang Dynasty, right?" ”

Lin Feng looked down at the Confucian clothes on his body, and said with a smile: "It's exactly below!" ”

"Disrespectful! General Lin! Several Zhuang men bowed their hands slightly, which was regarded as a salute, and the expressions on their faces were still faint.

Lin Feng was not surprised, but continued to say enthusiastically: "Those soldiers just now are all good players selected from the Chu Tang Army, if Lin also conducts a competition here, I wonder if you are interested in participating?" ”

A young man asked aloud, "What is the selection method?" If you're competing to climb mountains, drive mountain roads, or play with water, we won't blink an eyebrow! ”

Lin Feng smiled, pointed at the man and said, "Okay, let's compare these!" ”

In history, before the People's Liberation Army Siye advanced to suppress Bai Chongxi's troops, Luo Ronghuan once commented on the Guangxi soldiers: "We must be vigilant against the Guangxi Corps, which is the Liangguang (Guangdong and Guangxi) troops of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. These soldiers, who wear shorts and straw sandals, fight tenaciously in battle, and are good at climbing mountains, and they run like they have rubbed oil, and it is difficult to grasp the ...... "Mountaineering, running, climbing trees, and swimming are precisely the strong points of these Guangxi people."

"It's really worth it! General Lin, what do you mean? The man immediately asked.

"You go back and let us know, let's start the selection tomorrow!" Lin Feng said excitedly.

Just do it! Lin Feng ran to the recruiting office and got pen and ink, wrote a notice on the spot and posted it:

Starting from December 5, the elite selection competition will be held here at noon for three consecutive days. The competition items are a weight-bearing ten-mile race, an 800-meter swim, and climbing five mountains; The top 10 who complete all projects every day can directly enter the special forces and be rewarded with 20 yuan on the spot; The top 11 to 20 can directly enter the elite unit and be rewarded with 10 yuan on the spot; The top 21 to the top 200 can directly enter the Datang army and be rewarded with consistent money on the spot!

In a word, this is the ancient "triathlon" that Lin Feng drummed up in advance!

In the next three days, Lin Feng threw away all the chores, and people went directly to the competition site to organize the selection.