Xu Rui never revealed to anyone why he let go of the green girl, with her potential and special identity, she could do too many articles and fight for too many interests, but Xu Rui still let her go like this, and it was extremely sudden, without the slightest warning.

The appearance and departure of the green girl was like a ripple in a big river, and she didn't even kill a few small fish and shrimp, so she suddenly appeared and disappeared.

The days were quiet again until another news came.

On the last day of August of the sixteenth year of Hongwei, the holy decree of Emperor Hongwei finally came down.

The Holy Decree officially announced that a new army of the Son of Heaven called the Heavenly Apocalypse Guard would be formed, which would be directly led by the emperor himself, and would be positioned as the core elite of the northern country's combat power, capable of defeating any ace army in the world, including the three feared pro-armies of King Wuling.

As expected, the general of this pro-army is Xu Rui, and unexpectedly, the new army is not a guard, but just a battalion, and the number of people in this battalion is only one-third of the usual, and Xu Rui, the general, is not the commander of the third grade, but the commander of the sixth grade.

What can more than 1,000 people do? Not to mention the victory over tens of thousands of Wuling pro-army, even the twelve guards of the rebuilding Jingshi can easily overthrow it, is the so-called Tianqiwei just a gimmick?

Just when everyone was puzzled, another holy decree quietly came, the military department and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies will select the best soldiers from the whole army to join the Apocalypse Guard, and the sign conditions are under thirty years old, clean net, and civilian origin.

As soon as this decree was issued, it immediately caused an uproar, and there are roughly two reasons for this.

First, Da Wei started as a military aristocracy, and the soldiers with the strongest combat effectiveness have always come from aristocratic families, at least they are also a class that is close to the aristocracy.

Second, in fact, there were rumors in the court that Emperor Hongwei would draw elites from the whole army to form a new army, and the generals at that time were very disgusted by this matter.

When it comes to factions, there is no place that is more complicated than the army, and there is no place where there are more mountains than the army, and the model of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood crawling together is itself a natural factory for creating factions and mountains.

But when everyone found out that there were only more than 1,000 people in this newly formed Apocalypse Guard, things began to develop rapidly in another direction.

There are only more than 1,000 people in the Apocalypse, which means that even if all of them are allocated from a combat unit, the manpower mobilized is extremely limited, and it will not affect the foundation, and the words "choosing the best soldiers in the whole army" have become a major matter related to the face of the elites of all walks of life.

People who practice martial arts have a good face, which army has a few more people, it means that the army is more elite, such a golden sign is related to the morale of the army, and the cohesion of a force, no military commander will ignore it.

As a result, Xu Rui, who holds the right to recruit soldiers, has become a "hot person", and there is an endless stream of people who intercede and give gifts every day, and even go over the wall in the middle of the night, and are chased by the guards of the Liu Mansion as a snitch.

In the end, there were fewer people who climbed over the wall, but someone invented a new trick, that is, to paste a note with their name on the outside of a large bag of silver, and then throw it directly into the courtyard wall of Liu's mansion.

But at the turn of summer and autumn, it was when the wind was strong, and a gust of autumn wind blew, often blowing those notes several miles away, and the next day Xu Rui had to hold a lot of inexplicable baggage, set up a small stall at the gate of Liu's mansion, waiting for someone to claim it.

An Ge scoffed at Xu Rui's approach, and said in his heart that even if someone really wanted to claim it, how could he take the burden in front of so many people regardless of his face?

Whenever he asked this, Xu Rui just smiled and didn't speak, until he was annoyed by the question, Xu Rui said: "I let people claim the silver, they don't come themselves, no wonder I only collect money and don't do anything, right?" ”

This sentence made An Ge stay for a long time, and after waking up, he immediately silently gave Xu Rui two thumbs up, when it came to holding money, Xu Rui was really the most professional and the blackest, there was no one.

Entering September, everything went in an orderly manner according to Xu Rui's plan, and as time went by, the popularity of Apocalypse Guard gradually began to decline, but at this moment, Xu Rui caused another big trouble.

The cause of the trouble is very simple, it is still the words "choose the best soldier in the whole army".

Originally, the soldiers of each family were almost the same, and the best way was to have a bowl of water and pick a few.

Originally, the twelve guards of the Beijing division were all recruited in the same place, how much difference could there be in the quality of the soldiers?

But the bad thing is the whole army, Xu Rui picked nearly 1,000 people from the northwest border army and put aside the 12 health students of the Beijing Division.

This time, the soldiers will not do it.

Just kidding, the 12 guards of the Beijing division are the elite of the northern country, from the military department to the governor's mansion of the five armies, which one is not from the 12 guards?

Xu Rui put aside the twelve guards of the Beijing Division, isn't that equivalent to telling the world that the twelve guards of the Beijing Division are not as good as the miscellaneous army in the northwest?

politely asked Liu Yi and Xiao Jinwu to bring a message to express their dissatisfaction, and Liang Tongfang, Li Guangzu and other people personally came to the door to do "ideological work" for Xu Rui, and even directly sued Emperor Hongwei, saying that Xu Rui persecuted Zhongliang.

Of course, these people were naturally pushed back by Emperor Hongwei, and Xu Rui did not leave any opportunity for the elders.

He naturally has his own plans for doing this, and it is true that the Twelve Guards of the Beijing Division are elite, but it is based on a large amount of investment and long-term training.

In the big dye vat of Changxing City, those soldiers will be more or less contaminated with some bad habits, and even nepotism among officers at all levels, but Xu Rui wants a blank piece of paper to facilitate him to write from scratch.

Even if you ignore these, just in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the old soldiers of the Twelve Guards can't be compared with those bitter haha who come out of the poor mountains and bad waters.

In fact, the so-called combat effectiveness depends to a large extent on the soldiers' desire for victory, and the soldiers who have a few acres of land at home are certainly not as good as those who have just had enough to eat.

Finally survived this hurdle, and the new moths began to continue to fly all over the sky.

Some people found that after Xu Rui recruited troops, he actually used the armor produced by his own captured factory to assemble the troops, and these armors were either yellow or green, either like hay in the field or like frogs on the ridges, and the majestic northern army was gone.

If it's just like this, forget it, I didn't expect that after completing the recruitment, Xu Rui didn't organize training, but began to teach these bitter haha people to read and write.

Will he build a new army or open a school? Even if he is praised as a saint by the great master, he can't be so nonsense, right? From ancient times to the present, which family's soldiers have been paid to study abroad at collective public expense?

If you can't figure it out, you have to sue, and if you can't make it, you have to make trouble, and because of this, Tianqiwei has a friendly nickname - Scholar Army.

In this way, from the very beginning, Tianqiwei set up a stove in the midst of pointing fingers, and it was in full swing and vigorous.

At the same time, Xu Rui's Galaxy Research Institute and several factories under it are also stepping up operations.

In addition to the new crossbows ordered by the Ministry of War, under the guidance of Xu Rui, the steelmaking blast furnaces with the original temperature control function were also erected one by one, working day and night, without stopping.

A breakthrough was finally made in nitric acid, which had been researched for a long time, and the by-products produced from it began to be produced on a small scale.

It is said that Xu Rui set up the research and development base of this kind of product in the deep mountains without people, and strictly kept it secret from the outside world.

It wasn't until three months later that a heavy snow fell on the earth again, and the sound of Lang Lang's reading was finally stopped in the barracks of the Apocalypse Guard, and the next step of training began.

On this day, Xu Rui was roasting pheasants alone in the barracks, and when the chicken was just cooked, Li Kuang suddenly avoided everyone and visited alone.

The first moment he saw him, Xu Rui knew what he was going to say, and sure enough, Li Kuang tore off a chicken leg from Xu Rui's hand and said while gnawing on it.

"She shook off my people and ran alone."

Xu Rui didn't have the slightest expression on his face, paused, and asked, "Where did you run?" ”

Li Kuang said: "Outside Tianqi Pass, close to the grassland. ”

Xu Rui nodded: "It seems that she still doesn't give up, so I wish her all the best." ”

After speaking, Xu Rui stuffed the roast chicken in his hand to Li Kuang, stood up and walked towards the wind and snow.

"Where are you going?"

Li Kuang asked in surprise.

Xu Rui said without looking back: "After reading the book for so long, it's time for those rabbits to see the power of knowledge." ”