The military camp in the north of Yuzhou has never been as lively as it has been in the past few days.

Every day, there are people who come to the barracks to participate in the selection, not only the soldiers of other battalions, but also the ordinary people in the city, and even some people who have crossed the entire prefecture and city, and specially run from the south side of the city, just to be selected for this new battalion.

Because the news has spread throughout Yuzhou City, His Majesty the Emperor will build such a new elite battalion, the military salary is the most sufficient, the treatment is also the best, and there is a better chance to become a person close to His Majesty, and really make contributions, how can it not make people tempted.

Hundreds of years of comfort have certainly made many Yuzhou people lose their enterprising spirit, but for every young person, who doesn't want to get ahead and achieve something?

If it was just the former Yuzhou military camp recruiting people, the people might be disdainful.

But this time, His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered the formation of a new battalion, and doubled the salary of each soldier, which was too attractive.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor had only established his authority in the city before, and his deeds of capturing and killing those traitors with his own strength had already become a beautiful talk talked about by the people of the city, and the emperor had also become the object of everyone's admiration and reverence.

Early this morning, there was a long queue again in front of the barracks, and many young people of appropriate age were looking forward to it, following the guidance to enter the gate, and then passing through one after another inquiries and examinations.

Wei Ting is one of these people, in his early twenties, his body looks quite strong because of the daily work in the fields, but his back is a little bent because of the need to bend over every day.

But with a much taller height than the average Sichuan and Shu man, it is not ugly to be in the middle of the team, but his psychological quality is weaker after all.

At first, he was full of longing, but after waiting in line for more than half an hour, when he was about to enter the gate, he hesitated a little: Is he really that material? I haven't even touched a knife or gun, can I really enter the barracks and become the elite of the new battalion hand-picked by the emperor?

At this moment, he even retreated, wanting to leave before he arrived.

At this moment, he was patted on the shoulder: "This brother, what are you nervous about?" It's not about what you do, it's just a selection. ”

Wei Ting's body was even more shocked, and then he looked back. I saw a man who was even burder than himself, looking quite rough, with a beard on his face looking at him with a smile, and subconsciously said, "You...... How can you tell me...... Am I nervous? ”

"Your body is trembling like this, you can't see it? Our name is Nie Long, brother, what's your name? ”

"Wei Ting. Brother Nie, aren't you nervous? ”

"What's so nervous? Lao Tzu couldn't enter this new camp, and there were other livelihoods. And I have all the strength, and I can also do martial arts, and people who want to come to the government will not be blind, and they can't even see Lao Tzu's ability. Nie Long said with a smile, looking smug.

Wei Ting said yes again and again, but his mentality was calmer.

Soon, the group was able to enter the barracks, where they were first asked one by one in front of a clerk: "Name, age, place of origin......

Faced with such questions, Wei Ting also answered them one by one, but don't keep jumping: "Wei Ting, twenty-one years old, is the ...... of Yuzhou, Yujiagou in Dongcheng"

"Hmm, have you ever studied martial arts? What did you do in the first place? ”

"The farmer who cultivates the land has never learned martial arts."

"Can you read?"

"Recognize ...... I know some words, and I read with my husband for two years when I was a child. ”

The clerk nodded: "Then look at it, can you recognize these words?" As he spoke, he opened a piece of paper, and on it was the simplest name of the local mountains and rivers in Yuzhou, Dianbaozhai and the like.

Wei Ting looked at it carefully, and really read out a part of it, which made the clerk nod with satisfaction again: "Very good, you go to the left and go inside." Next. ”

When he arrived at Nie Long's place, the situation was different, everything else was the same, but he had studied martial arts, but he was illiterate, so he was arranged to go to the passage on the right.

He was not polite, and immediately walked to the right with more people, and stood in a row in front of a wide and flat school field.

"You all say that you are good at martial arts, then show what you have learned, as long as you are good enough, you can be directly accepted by the new battalion." An armored officer said in a loud voice, then motioned for them to step forward and grab their weapons.

This row of people was not much timid, they stepped forward one after another, took the swords, guns, swords, spears and other weapons they had in hand, and waved them in front of those examiners and practiced.

However, the martial arts displayed by these people are really not even ordinary, they are more just shows, not even flowers. Not to mention those officers, even Nie Long shook his head again and again when he saw it, fortunately he didn't go with them.

And at this time, someone also found him, the guy who had been standing still: "What, is this not daring to perform?" ”

"Lao Tzu...... The best thing under is to use a bow. Nie Long raised his head and replied.

"Oh?" The officer's eyes lit up when he heard this, this crossbow shooting technique was more difficult than ordinary swords and guns, but it was easier to see the height, so he immediately asked, "How many bows can you fire?" How many steps can you shoot? ”

"Ordinary one stone and three buckets, within a hundred steps, you must hit!"

Nie Long's words immediately attracted the attention of everyone around, and those guys who were still quite embarrassed laughed and said, "You kid is really good at bragging, do you know how much a stone and three bucket bows weigh?" ”

"That is, you must be hit within a hundred steps, who do you think you are? Is this dynasty too grandfather? ”

Even the officer frowned at this time, this guy's words are too big, even in the entire Yuzhou army, no general can have such a means.

But there are no absolutes, and he didn't dare to say that the other party must not have such skills, so he could only say with a straight face: "You must know that there is no joke in the army, if it is exaggerated, you can admit your mistakes now, otherwise the ugly person will be punished for breaking the rules." ”

"I am willing to prove it with my actions!" Nie Long was not afraid at all and replied loudly.

"Someone, give him a one-stone hard bow, and put the target eighty steps away!" The officer stopped being verbose and immediately ordered.

Soon, someone took all the bow targets, handed them to Nie Long as he wanted, and put them in the distance.

At the same time, such a movement also attracted many people to watch, and many soldiers in the military camp, as well as those who came to apply for selection today, also gathered around to see what was going on.

Among them, there is Wei Ting, who just came out of the tent on the left side and was overjoyed, after some questions and answers, he was really hired by the military camp and will become a captain in this new battalion.