After punishing Xin Peng and Han Chao, Long Yuandong convened the main generals of the Longjia Army to discuss the matter, and opened with a clear and righteous statement:

"At present, there are five major matters before us, the first is the training of soldiers, the second is the reserve of materials, the third is the rectification of military discipline, the fourth is the cultivation and promotion of core generals, and the fifth is the expansion of the army.

Of these five major events, the first three have already been done, and there have been some achievements, so today I will mainly talk about the last two.

Everyone knows that our opponent, the Five Elements Sect, the masters of the five altars are all ninth-order soul killing Luo, and there are more than a dozen eighth-order masters under him, and there are dozens or hundreds of seventh-order soul saints.

On the other hand, our Longjia Army, although it is known as the elite of the country, but when it comes to high-end combat power, it is more than one grade behind others. There are no eighth-order and ninth-order, and there are only a few of us in the seventh-order.

We must admit that at the current level of the Dragon Armor Army, it is absolutely incapable of defeating the Five Elements Sect. If we want to make a real difference, we must find ways to improve our combat effectiveness.

Where does the combat effectiveness of the army come from?

The first is that the generals must be strong, and the second is that the soldiers must be fine and numerous.

Therefore, if we want to improve the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Armor Army, we must first improve our own cultivation! We must become the tip of the entire army, not a bottleneck. ”

Xiong Zhuangzhuang smiled: "This is nature. At all times, cultivation comes first. A few of us made a bet on the ship, and whoever reached level 80 first, each of us would give him a valuable gift!"

Dugu Wen's eyes lit up and said, "This bet is interesting." Do you think any of us will be the first to reach level eighty?"

Xiong Zhuangzhuang smiled and said, "At the beginning, the cultivation of the military commander, deputy military commander, and fat man was not as good as mine, but later he overtook me in the Star First Academy. After the Star Calculation Tower, I worked hard in anger, and now I am almost tied again. I don't think my full potential has been fully realized, and the odds are not small. ”

Pippi Xiang Zhong Dinghe laughed and said: "You just pull it down, you don't have any drama at all." Be self-aware, and I advise you to quit the gambling contract as soon as possible. Look at me, I'm so talented, when have I ever bragged about myself?"

He vigorously said: "In the First Star Academy, Yuntian Jia's cultivation has improved the fastest, from being inferior to us to surpassing us by six or seven levels. During the period of the Star Calculation Tower, including the later period, Yun Tianjia was a little decadent. The fastest improvement in cultivation is the dragon shovel, and I think the dragon shovel is more promising to break through first. Of course, I'm not bad, it's not a bad thing. ”

"That's a good point!"

Gong Luoluo clapped his hands and said: "I finally understand why the Tuhao Empire is called the Tuhao Empire, there is nothing else, everyone is as thick as soil! When I first entered the First Star Academy, my cultivation was much higher than yours, and now although I am being equaled by you, it is only because I have no strength." Once I exert my strength, you can only look at the ocean and sigh. I advise you to prepare your gifts first, I don't want them if they are too bad!"

Long Yuandong said with great interest: "Since everyone is so confident, and they happen to be about the same in cultivation, if you ignore one or two levels, you can be regarded as on the same starting line, so let's compare them together!"

Gong Luoluo, He Dali, Dugu Wenjiao, Xiong Zhuangzhuang, Zhong Ding and responded in unison, and Yun Tianjia was indifferent.

As for Feng Asan, Li Siyun, Zhang Changjian, Zhang Changyu, Han Yiliang, Hong Liang, Yang Chun, Shen Jian, Zhang Linyue, Yu Jiaming, Wu Zhen and other second-level generals, they only applauded and shouted.

Long Yuandong smiled and said, "The matter of cultivation is so decided, let's talk about the expansion of the army." Previously, the county lord asked us to expand the army to 10,000, and after so many days of reorganization, now the shelves have basically been set up, and the weapons, materials, money and food are also available, so we will recruit people.

I thought about it, the west of Lotus Xiangwu is Luyidang, surrounded by the Five Elements Sect, but there is no enemy in the south, we can send elites to secretly recruit soldiers with money and food. To the south of Xiangheli, it is the scope of Jianzhou, and the power of the Five Elements Sect has not yet penetrated, and no matter how few folk talents there are, it may be a little difficult to recruit all eight thousand at once, but I think it should be no problem to recruit three or two thousand people. ”

Xiangheli itself has no military resources, and outside of Xiangheli, the east and north are surrounded by the Five Elements Sect, and only the south has a chance.

The recruitment of troops from the south was expected.

Recruiting troops is a hard job, but it is also a good thing to accumulate prestige and contacts in the army.

In the end, Dugu Wen made a military order to ensure that at least 3,000 soldiers were recruited, and then he competed for the task.

The plan had been decided, and everyone discussed some trivial matters in a mixed manner, and a signal corpsman from the staff department came in to report that more than 30 young men had come to the account and wanted to sign up to join the army.

Long Yuandong said happily: "Where are they all from?Is it a soul master?"

"It's all fishermen from Lotus Dock. More than half of them are soul masters, but their cultivation is generally below level 30. ”

Long Yuandong said: "As long as it is a soul master, it will be." It doesn't matter if your cultivation is low, you can practice slowly!"

Dugu Wenwaist said with a smile: "The fishermen of Lotus Xiangwu took the initiative to join the army, which shows that Tianjia handled the Xin Peng and Han Chao hammer bull incidents properly and won the hearts of the people. And that's a good thing. Danger is also an opportunity, maybe the name of the Dragon Armor Army will be played out like this. ”

Long Yuandong got up and said, "Go out and have a look!"

"Wait!" Yun Tianjia stretched out his palm to stop: "I went to Xiangheji this time and met Luxia's eldest sister Xianghe White Lotus, she once made it clear to me that she didn't want us to recruit the people of Xianghe to join the army. I made a promise at the time. ”

Long Yuandong stopped, stared at Yun Tianjia, and said, "People take the initiative to join the army, do they really want to turn them away?"

Yun Tianjia said: "To be a man of his word, you must be trustworthy. If we really can't bear to discourage the enthusiasm of the people, we need to at least let them get permission from the lotus root first. ”

Long Yuandong paced back and forth a few steps and said, "Since this is the case, it is inconvenient for me to force it. Brother Wenjiao, you are responsible for recruiting soldiers, so you can continue this matter. First, select the people with good potential, register them, and then ask them to send a letter to Xianghe White Lotus and ask her for permission. If you really don't agree, that's it. For the sake of a dozen or twenty soldiers, you can't break your promise. ”

Dugu Wen's waist quickly sent away the young man who signed up for the army in Lotus Xiangwu, and when he came back, he brought a person, in his forties, with a white scarf and a head, a short beard, black and thin, eyes with a god, a wooden flute in his hand, a nine-section whip wrapped around his waist, and the essence was introverted, he was a character.

He hurriedly stepped forward, leaned over and said: "Under the prince Sun Liang, the former deputy envoy of the Matai County, after the fall of Matai County, he followed Zhao Donghui, the chief of the soldiers, and fought in various places in the southeast mountains of Matai County. Due to the lack of food and clothing for the troops, it was difficult to move forward, and now they are fighting in a narrow area north of Jianzhou and west of Tongzhou in order to gain a foothold. When Director Zhao heard that General Long and General Yun were famous, he longed for them, and he was willing to raise his troops to vote and ordered me to be the vanguard envoy to visit. ”

Long Yuandong was overjoyed, helped Gongsun Liang up, and said, "How many of you are there?"

He Dali didn't wait for Gongsun Liang to answer, Huo Ran got up and shouted, "You are a subordinate nicknamed Scar Fish Zhao Donghui?"

Gongsun Liang didn't know what he meant, and said respectfully: "Exactly." ”

He vigorously asked: "There is a small village in Matai County, and all the sixty people in the village were killed by you, is there such a thing?"

Gongsun Liang was not afraid and said, "Yes, we did it." We slaughtered not only this one village, but six more. ”