José also seems to be intent on recruiting these young and strong people, and he has posted notices on several streets east of the county seat where the homeless population is most dense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For a time, the news of the recruitment of new troops in the county town of Sadland was spread in the city, and under the deliberate encouragement and preferential treatment of the Sadland officials, many homeless people moved their minds to become soldiers. On the day of the official start of the conscription, several recruitment offices in the city were almost overcrowded, and the bustle was comparable to that of a slave market.

On this morning, a long queue had formed outside a conscription registration office in the east of the county town of Sadland, although it was still early. Most of the people who came to sign up for the army were homeless people in tattered clothes and yellowish faces. These people were of all ages, the old ones were gray-haired, and some of the half-grown teenagers who looked apparently underage were also mixed in with the group, presumably trying their luck.

However, these people were quickly eliminated by the soldiers on duty, and although there were many soldiers in charge of registration, it was still a little difficult to face these people. Outside the queue, from time to time, there were also groups of soldiers responsible for maintaining order who scolded and checked back and forth.

At this moment, outside the crowd, two young men dressed quite gorgeously appeared. One of the men had a grim face, dressed in samurai attire and carrying a scimitar at his waist, apparently a samurai. The other young man was tall and thin, with a faint smile on his face, but his eyes fell on the crowd of people waiting in line to register.

"Break, don't always look like this, you see, even if the people who came to register are these homeless, I'm not too disappointed!" Qiao Se shook his head, and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "It seems that I am too optimistic, these homeless people really look like refugees......"

When Jose said this, he already smiled a little bitterly: he heard Alok say that there were many homeless people who signed up for the army in the county, and he still had this excitement in his heart, but when he quietly came to the street today, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Although these homeless people are all young and strong, and there are quite a few of them, they probably only seem to be qualified for two or three layers. Obviously, the outcasts saw the conscription as a chance to try their luck, but Jose didn't want a ragtag army. In the era of cold weapons, the dependence on weapons was not as good as it is now, and the main requirement was the physical fitness of soldiers, so Joseph also attached great importance to this.

According to his requirements, these soldiers in charge of recruiting the new army are all Alok's subordinates, so the recruitment criteria are also quite strict. Those who tried to fish in troubled waters were quickly eliminated and dispersed, and the qualified one who had registered looked quite strong. There are very few qualified recruits like this, and Joseph and Duan watched for a long time, but they have only graded about a hundred people, and they are only about three or four percent of the number of applicants.

There were more than a dozen such registration points in the county town of Sadland, and according to Joseph's idea, he would select roughly the number of a legion for this conscription, that is, about fifteen thousand. Of course, this is only a preliminary selection, he will leave 6,000 people, that is, the strength of the two flag regiments, and the remaining nearly 10,000 people will be eliminated. Although Gould and Aloké are a little strange about this selection model, if only 6,000 people are selected, wouldn't it be good to directly select the 6,000 young people with the best physical fitness, why bother to do any "preliminary selection" and then eliminate a batch, doesn't this seem a bit troublesome?

Joseph did not answer their doubts, but only smiled mysteriously, because in Joseph's heart, there were some deeper considerations.

The recruitment process was busy for six or seven days, and after the preliminary selection, about 15,000 people qualified for enlistment. According to Joseph's request, these people were put outside the military camp in the south of the city, which was originally the old military camp in Sadland, but after the Northwest Army garrisoned, it occupied several good military camps, and it was left out in the cold, but it was barely able to accommodate these recruits.

Jose arranged a garrison of 1,000 people to be responsible for managing these guys, and then gave a second order, all the shortlisted recruits were to stay in the barracks for three days to repair, and no one was allowed to leave the barracks at will, otherwise it would be treated as a waiver, and the selection and evaluation would be conducted after three days. Only six thousand people will be recruited at that time, and the rest will be eliminated. Although this order made these recruits a little strange, the food and lodging for the past three days were all paid for by the county keeper. That night, everyone was given dinner with a piece of bread and a chunk of beef!

The goddess was above, and the poor recruits didn't know how long it had been since they had eaten meat, and after dinner, they all rushed to eat it, and their hearts were full of gratitude to the generous county keeper. However, after dinner, everyone was gathered on the school grounds of the barracks, and the originally empty field was also filled by the black crowd.

The soldier in charge of such a creature told them that Lord Viscount Sadland, the Lord Warden, would be here tonight to speak to them. Although these homeless recruits don't know much about the so-called county guard, after all, they have just eaten this adult's beef, so they naturally all obediently gather on the school grounds.

It didn't take long for a group of soldiers in armor to stand in line on the high platform on the east side of the school field, these guys were obviously not recruits, although they couldn't see them clearly at night, but a few recruits who approached them still felt a real evil aura from these guys!

I'm afraid these guys are all veterans who have seen blood, right?

The recruits looked at them with some respect, only to find that these guys were silent, but their eyes were calm and sharp, even more calm than those of the garrisons guarding them. However, the recruits' attention was quickly diverted from them, as the entire school yard was lit up as hundreds of torches were burning.

Then, escorted by several equally silent elite soldiers, several men dressed as officers ascended to the high platform to the east. The leader was a man who didn't look very old, he didn't wear any military uniform, just a black robe, and what appeared to be a shiny badge on his chest.

But those officers dressed as officers are standing respectfully behind this young man's god at this moment, presumably this young man's status is probably not low, just when these recruits are a little noisy, this tall and thin young man has already walked to the front of the high platform. He looked down at the crowd from afar, and then slowly spoke:

"Good evening, everyone, I am the Governor of Sadland and the Commander of the Garrison, and I am also your lord, Viscount of Sadland!"