After eating, the civil and military generals led by Chu Lianyu and Ding Feng did not leave, but sat around one after another to discuss some military affairs in the near future.

Now Lin Haotian is most concerned about the issue of troops, and everyone has just sat down, he first asked Chu Lianyu: "Lian Yu, how is the recent increase in recruits?"

Chu Lianyu came out of the ranks, bowed his hand, and replied: "Lord Hui, the 50,000 newly added and trained troops have been distributed to the large battalions of various armies, and the total strength of our army has recovered to more than 200,000 at present, in addition, Dou Bo and Tao Hua have also led the Third Army Corps to rush here, and the total strength of our army can increase to about 300,000 at that time." ”

Lin Haotian fell into deep thought, silently calculating in his heart, there are about 250,000 troops under his control at present, and when a few days later, Dou Bo's Third Army will also arrive here, then there will be more soldiers and horses under his command, so many troops, it should be enough to deal with the war against Mu.

After pondering for a while, he nodded and praised Chu Lianyu: "Well done, Lianyu, the recruitment cannot be stopped, even if our army is saturated, we must continue to recruit troops!"

Chu Lianyu knew best what Lin Haotian was going to do next, so he also understood his intentions, but Peng Qian frowned.

After a war against the two countries of Red and Wood, the remaining savings of their own side are not very sufficient, if it is such a large-scale conscription as now, I am afraid that this bit of gold and silver will soon be in vain.

After a little hesitation, Peng Qian stepped out of the queue and arched his hand and said: "If the adults continue to recruit uncontrollably, I am afraid that there will be no silver taels and grain and grass available in the army!"

Lin Haotian looked at Peng Qian, nodded, and then stood up, pacing back and forth in front of the table with his hands behind his back. He said: "I know you have difficulties, but I also have difficulties, if there is not enough reserve troops in the country, once the front battlefield is deadlocked, or even lost, the attrition is serious." Won't it be difficult for our army to support it?"

Hearing this, the hearts of everyone standing there were shocks, and the meaning of listening to the words of the adults seemed to be that there was still a war!

Peng Qian asked, "My lord, please forgive the last general, I don't know which country your lord is going to war again?"

Lin Haotian was stunned for a moment, then snorted and said with a dry smile: "I just made an analogy, and I didn't say which country I want to fight with." It's always necessary to plan ahead!"

"However, with our current national strength, we really should not maintain such a large army in peacetime......

Peng Qian still wanted to persuade him, but Lin Haotian had already broken his words and said, "Okay, I understand what you mean, but, as the saying goes: the major affairs of the country of soldiers." The land of life and death, the way of survival. It is better to be prepared than to be in a hurry when things change, so be it, so be it, no need to discuss it again. ”

Lin Haotian said a word, and stuffed all Peng Qian's stomach full of insights.

Next. Lin Haotian asked about the food and grass in the army again, and then ordered the Ordnance Department to produce as much equipment as possible needed in the army, of course, while listening to Lin Haotian's order, Peng Qian on the side was also dripping blood in his heart. The Ordnance Division is a big drain on the state treasury.

During the entire parliamentary period, looking at Lin Haotian's words and deeds, he was completely making pre-war preparations, but people couldn't understand that there was obviously no war in the Jin State at present, and although the peace with the Mu State had not been reached, the two countries had temporarily withdrawn their troops, and the Red Country had formed an alliance with itself, so who else could they go to war with?

After understanding the situation he wanted to know and explaining all the things he wanted to deal with, Lin Haotian sat back in his seat, looked around at the general and strategist below and asked, "Do you have anything else?"

Chu Lianyu came out again and said, "There will be something to do at the end." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Regarding the Nawu Order issued by the adults a while ago, now there are results, Changyu and Shangpu two counties have screened out a total of sixteen strong warriors, and they have all arrived here, and are ready to compete in the school military field tomorrow to determine the level, if the adults can go to watch the battle, it is the importance of the Nawu Order, and it can also make the sixteen strong men screened out be greatly encouraged, and they will definitely make their best during the competition!"

After Lin Haotian heard this, he suddenly realized that he had almost forgotten about it.

He nodded again and again, and said, "I want to go! ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Chu Lianyu bowed, and then retreated to his original position.

"If nothing else, you can go back. ”

"The last will retire!"

Following.

Lin Haotian, accompanied by Chu Lianyu, went to the military field of the school to watch the martial arts masters selected by each county.

Walking on the road, Lin Haotian asked Qiu Zhen for a list of sixteen people and checked them one by one.

The above records are very detailed, not only with the names of the sixteen people, but also with a brief introduction to their family backgrounds and a record of their personal cultivation realm.

Lin Haotian carefully read it from beginning to end, then pointed to the list and asked, "Lian Yu, why didn't Ling Hugao and Zhang Shun have a record of cultivation?"

Chu Lianyu said: "My lord, the person who inspected it failed to find out the cultivation of the two of them. ”

"Oh?" Lin Haotian asked, "What kind of cultivation is the person who inspected it?"

"Spiritual Realm. ”

"Spirit True Realm......" Lin Haotian rubbed his chin and said, "In this way, wouldn't the cultivation of these two people reach above the Spirit Realm." ”

"Maybe!" Chu Lianyu said vaguely.

"En!" Lin Haotian nodded, and looked at the family background of the two again.

Ling Hu Gao is from Changyu County, is an ordinary Orion family, without too much introduction, only said that his family also suffered from floods, while Zhang Shun is from Shangpu County, born in a wealthy family, since childhood, he has cultivated martial arts, fine calligraphy and painting, and fame and fortune;

After reading it, Lin Haotian knew it in his heart, put down the list, and chatted with Chu Lianyu for a while, and then returned to the tent to rest.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Lin Haotian took a carriage out of the city and entered the Jin army camp outside the city.

It is rare to have the liveliness of the competition to see, many officers and soldiers in the army have come to watch the battle, and the huge colonel military field is full of golden soldiers and generals inside and out.

After Lin Haotian's carriage arrived, the originally noisy school military field immediately became silent, most of the Jin troops present were recruits, and they had never seen Lin Haotian, at this time people were all on their feet, stretching their necks to look.

The carriage and the surrounding escorts made their way through the crowd into the arena and came to a stop in front of the high platform at the end.

At this time, the commander of the military camp hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on one knee, intervened in the salute, and said loudly: "The last general Gutian will see the king!"

Gutian was born as a partial general in the First Army, belonging to the Ding Fengyan lineage, and was mainly responsible for the training of recruits.

Lin Haotian came out of the carriage, waved his hand at him, and said, "General Gutian, please get up." ”

"Lord Xie!" Gutian stood up, stood aside, and said, "Your Excellency, please." ”

"Yes!"

Lin Haotian walked slowly to the high platform with his hands behind his back, and Chu Lianyu and Gu Tian also hurriedly followed.

Seats were already prepared on the high platform, and only one chair was placed on the spacious countertop.

Lin Haotian sat down and asked, "General Gutian, have all the sixteen people who are going to compete today?"

"Lord Hui, it's all here. As he spoke, he took out the list of sixteen people from his arms, handed it to Lin Haotian, and asked at the same time, "My lord, which two of you will compete first?"

Lin Haotian smiled and said, "Don't let me decide, let them decide by lottery, whoever is drawn will be compared with whom." ”

Gutian bowed and replied, "Yes!

Lin Haotian's decision was similar to his thoughts, he called the deputy general, explained in a low voice, the deputy general nodded again and again, and then turned around and ran down the high platform, letting the sixteen people draw lots to decide the competition.

Sixteen people are divided into eight groups, the winner advances, the loser withdraws, and so on, Zuihou determines the strongest one.

The results of the draw came out quickly, the first group Jin Cheng vs. Yang Xiu, the second group Ling Hugao vs. Wu Tao, the third group Zhang Jia vs. Zhou Hai, the fourth group Dong Sheng vs. Liu Xian, the fifth group Bai Phosphorus vs. Fang Feng, the sixth group Song Yu vs. Shen Xuan, the seventh group Leyi vs. Zhuo Pu, and the eighth group Zhang Shun vs. Dou Cong.

The deputy general first handed over the lottery results to Gu Tian, and then Gu Tian handed them over to Lin Haotian.

Lin Haotian looked at it slightly, then nodded, and said indifferently: "Since the results have been released, let's start!"

Furuta nodded heavily, then straightened up, took two steps forward, looked around the school military field, took a deep breath, and raised one arm high. (To be continued......)