The Martial God Pavilion was in Xiangping City, and it was even very close to the City Lord's Mansion, and it didn't take long for the two of them to reach their destination.

In the distance, I saw a magnificent building standing fifteen zhang high, divided into five floors up and down, and the more you go to it, the more luxurious and magnificent the decoration becomes.

The building as a whole presents a small and large pattern, the ground floor covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, and the building of this specification can also be called majestic and magnificent in the beacon fire.

Walking in, there is a square that covers a large area in front of the main gate of the Martial God Pavilion, and in the square, a giant knight four feet high stands quietly there. The knight's spear is pierced, the horse's hooves are flying, the cloak is cold, and the murderous spirit is everywhere!

Walking in a little further, the texture of the knight's statue can already be seen clearly, the hair of the war horse, the scratches on the armor, the fluttering robes, everything looks like a living thing.

However, it is a pity that the face of the statue knight is completely blocked by the visor, and it is impossible to see where the prototype of this sculpture is sacred.

Shang Ji stood in front of the giant statue, staring intently, and after a moment, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

At first glance, this statue is just realistic, but the more you look closely, the more you can find the mystery in it. Shang Ji confronted him for five minutes, and he could even faintly feel a strong coercion from the sculpture, and this coercion was slowly becoming stronger with the passage of time.

[Dragon and Tiger Roar] unconsciously began to operate, Shang Ji looked directly at the sculpture, trying to find out where this coercion came from.

However, as Shang Ji began to resist, the pressure rose sharply, and after only a few breaths, Shang Ji had the feeling of confronting the original demon wolf.

"Whew"

It seemed to be indispensable, Shang Ji seemed to hear a dragon roar, and then the pressure of the sharp increase immediately dissipated, and in a trance, Shang Ji seemed to see the giant sculpture and smiled slightly at Shang Ji Although the sculpture's face was a face armor, and he couldn't see the specific expression at all, but Shang Ji just felt that this sculpture was smiling at himself!

It feels very mysterious, but it's very real!

"Brother, brother!"

Deng Yan's soft voice came from his ears, and Shang Ji looked at it blankly, the sculpture was still standing there quietly, and there was nothing abnormal about Deng Yan and the accompanying guards behind him.

"Brother Xian, this sculpture ......"

"This sculpture, this is the proud work of Mr. Shi Kai, the old man announced his retirement after completing this sculpture, which has also become the last work of Mr. Shi Kai! Doesn't it look very expressive."

Shi Kai's name Shang Ji knows that he is a grandmaster-level sculptor in Pingzhou, and he can be regarded as a top figure in Pingzhou's life profession.

"Master Shi's masterpiece," Shang Ji muttered, and finally glanced at the sculpture, feeling that things were not so simple. To put it mildly, Shang Ji didn't think that Shi Kai, a grandmaster-level sculptor, could carve a sculpture that was enough to deter Shang Ji, even the great grandmaster-level didn't have this ability!

Thinking of the flying wing sculpture that could turn into a giant Pegasus flying in the air, Shang Ji didn't dare to despise it, and hurriedly said: "I like this sculpture very much, arrange for people to take care of it, don't let people damage it." ”

Although Deng Yan was surprised why Shang Ji was suddenly interested in the sculpture, he still replied: "Don't worry, the Martial God Pavilion has its own Martial God Pavilion guards and temple blessings, which are enough to maintain that the Martial God Pavilion will not be damaged at night."

Shang Ji is no stranger to this mechanism, and many high-level special buildings have similar functions, with some powerful but limited range of high-level guards dedicated to protecting the building itself from damage.

"Okay, I'm suddenly a little tired today, the Martial God Pavilion will be visited again in the future, let's go back!"

When such an incident happened, Shang Ji was not in the mood to visit the Martial God Pavilion, and immediately opened his mouth to return.

Returning to the City Lord's Mansion and bidding farewell to Deng Yan, Shang Ji closed his eyes and pondered alone in the study. The Martial God Pavilion was originally a high-level special building with a strategic role, and today's strange appearance of the Martial God Pavilion revealed its mystery from the side, which made Shang Ji more and more cautious in choosing the right person to serve.

"Liu Yi, Su Huan, Qin Ping, Liu Meng, Zhao Yun, Zhang He.................."

Taking out a piece of paper, Shang Ji wrote down the names of the core generals in the army in one go.

Looking at this string of names, Shang Ji also felt a headache!

There is only one position on the fifth floor of the Martial God Pavilion, and the requirement must be the lord of power, there is nothing to choose for, and Shang Ji has become the only candidate.

Then there is a big problem, there are eight places in the fourth tier, but there are also eighteen in the army who are eligible to enter the fourth tier!

In addition to Liu Yi, the second-in-command person, the remaining seven people choose who not to choose, and one carelessness may lead to serious consequences.

In addition, Shang Ji must also consider the issue of factions in the military. There are factions in the army, and Shang Ji has long known this, and he doesn't think this is something that cannot be understood.

In general, the Shang army was mainly divided into the veteran faction and the backward faction. The patriarchal faction is very well understood, that is, Su Huan and Liu Meng, the military veterans who follow Shang Ji at the top.

The latter faction is represented by Zhao Yun and Zhang He, and the characters who came to the top.

Broadly speaking, the patriarchs were mostly non-historical generals; The backward faction is dominated by historical generals. But this is not absolute, such as Tai Shici, who has a deep friendship with Su Huan, Lu Kuang and others. Although Wang Shu is not a historical general, he has a close relationship with Zhao Yun and other backward factions.

In addition, there is Liu Meng, an outlier. Liu Meng is the patriarch of the elders, but since he inherited the inheritance of the wolf god, he has gradually become estranged from Su Huan and them. Of course, Liu Meng did not move closer to the backward faction, but became a lonely minister who wandered between the two sides! Guo Biao's situation is somewhat similar to Liu Meng's, but compared to Liu Meng, he is more inclined to the patriarchal school.

Of course, this factional distinction does not have much practical significance, and the main basis for classification is also personal relations. Shang Ji sent Su Huan of the veteran faction and Zhao Yun of the Stamina faction to carry out the task together, and they didn't dare to pull back their legs to engage in confrontation.

After staring at the list for a while, Shang Ji ticked a box under the names of Liu Meng and Tai Shici.

As the earliest veteran, Liu Meng has made outstanding achievements and is fully qualified to enter the fourth tier. And Tai Shici, as the first historical military general to serve Shang Ji, has outstanding merits and hard work, so he is naturally qualified to be listed.

After thinking about it for a while, Shang Ji ticked the names of Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Guo Biao, and Su Huan one after another!

Not to mention Zhao Yun's strength, his exploits are enough to convince the public, especially recently led 10,000 silver dragon iron cavalry to penetrate two Xianbei tribes in a row, harvested a large number of materials, and established the prestige of the top historical generals in one fell swoop.

Zhang He has not been in service for a long time, but his achievements are quite strong. At the beginning of the siege and killing of Zhang Liang, Zhang He's lifeless skills were great! Recently, there has been a feat of forcing 700,000 Wuhuan troops to be surrendered with 50,000 troops.

Although the victory in this battle was a big coincidence and luck, this could not erase Zhang He's credit.

And Guo Biao is a little worse than the above two, but with older qualifications, he is also eligible to be listed.

And Su Huan is a little cheap to balance the faction, the veteran faction needs a person who can afford to carry the banner, Shang Ji hopes that in the future the army will be a symphony of historical generals and non-historical generals, rather than historical generals to comprehensively suppress the other side.

Of course, Su Huan's achievements are also remarkable, and he has not fallen in any of the previous wars, although his performance is not particularly eye-catching, but there is nothing wrong with it. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many outstanding generals in the Shang Army, some of which overshadowed his brilliance, Su Huan's achievements might have been even more dazzling.

At this point, there was only one person left in the fourth tier, and Shang Ji became more and more hesitant.

There are also Lu Kuang, Qin Ping, Yang Cheng, Kou Xian, Gao Xiang, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and others on the candidate list, as well as a naval commander Ling Cao.

Ling is the admiral of the water division, if he doesn't even enter the top eight, it is a bit unreasonable.

However, the more embarrassing thing is that the status of the sailor in Pingzhou is getting higher and higher, but so far, Ling Cao's actual record is still zero!

Ling Cao was holding back the fire all day long and wanted to find an opponent to compete with, however, at present, there was a large-scale sailor in this sea area, and Ling Cao was completely in a state of confusion when he drew his sword and looked around.

In this case, Shang Ji is willing to promote, but he can't say it. In this way, the admiral of the sailor, who controlled hundreds of warships and 200,000 sailors, could only be relegated to the third layer.

Ling Cao was excluded, and the remaining seven choices also made Shang Ji scratch his head. Huang Zhong and Dian Wei are the best in strength, but there is a fatal flaw - their qualifications are too shallow and it is difficult to convince the public!

In the ranking of the Martial God Pavilion, personal strength is only a reference content, and it does not determine the choice of Shang Ji.

And the other people are difficult to distinguish in terms of merit, seniority and other aspects, which is really difficult for businessmen.

After struggling for a long time, Shang Ji finally made up his mind and checked Lu Kuang!

Lu Kuang usually does not show his face, but his personality is resolute and calm, and he has the style of a general. In addition, the heavy armor long knife he once led was only a special class of yellow-level lower-grade troops at the beginning, and with his hard work, he gradually promoted the heavy-armored sword soldiers to the yellow-level top-grade. Then, with the help of the power of the A-level title Sword King, he advanced it to a Xuan-level lower grade in one fell swoop, which is unique among the non-historical generals under the command of Shang Ji!

Moreover, Lu Kuang was the first military general trained by Shang Ji through the barracks, and he poured some special feelings into Shang Ji. After several hesitations, the last place fell on Lu Kuang's head!

In the end, the eight people on the fourth floor of the Martial God Pavilion were: Liu Yi, Tai Shici, Liu Meng, Zhao Yun, Guo Biao, Zhang He, Su Huan, and Lu Kuang! This ranking is basically applicable to the ranking of generals in the army.

There are thirty-six places on the third floor, so there is no need to worry about it. Directly put all the more than ten people who unfortunately failed to be elected on the third layer.

After that, there are more than ten places left, and Shang Ji plans to wait for Liu Yi to come back and ask Liu Yi's opinion, and the second person in the army is not talking about it, and he should fully listen to his opinions in actual actions.

As for the second and first tiers, there are more places, with a total of 473 places on the two tiers. It is enough to include all the Sima-level generals of other departments in the Shang Army.

This is not in a hurry, it is better to wait for all the main generals of each ministry to come back, and then discuss and decide which generals will be stationed in the second layer and those will be stationed in the first layer.

In addition, in order to keep the momentum of the generals at all levels, Shang Ji decided to redo the ranking once a year.

The main basis for the reordering is still merit, and if there are no accidents, Huang Zhong is likely to enter the fourth layer by this time next year. And the status of Su Huan and Lu Kuang is more dangerous.

However, the higher the level of the Martial God Pavilion, the better the auxiliary effect, which is very advantageous for those who are one step ahead, and those who come later must redouble their efforts if they want to catch up!