In the early morning of the next day, Zichuan Xiu summoned all the Xiuzi battalion to gather and speak, and in the early morning fog, more than 8,000 soldiers lined up in a phalanx on the edge of the forest. The soldiers stood in silence and in a neat procession—the most orderly gathering ever held in the Xiuzi Battalion. Zichuan Xiu, dressed in military uniform, appeared in front of everyone. Although his face was pale, he was dressed in a sky-blue officer uniform, and the silver star on his shoulder, which represented the rank of deputy commander-in-chief, was scorching and shining, setting off his tall body and looking heroic.

Seeing the commander wearing a formal military uniform, his expression was solemn, and his subordinates all felt that something of great historical significance was about to happen.

"Brothers!" Zi Chuanxiu's face was pale, and his tone was stern and low, he did not deliberately raise his voice, but everyone in the queue, no matter how far or near, could hear it clearly, and the deep voice echoed on the empty flat ground, and the mountains in the distance resounded with a rumbling echo.

"I believe everyone already knows what is happening these days. In short, I was too arbitrary and caused you to suffer. I'm very sorry for this, but I would like to say to you: I'm sorry!"

Facing the soldiers, Shikawa Xiu bowed deeply. There was a stir in the ranks of the soldiers, and some people moved their bodies uneasily: according to the tradition of the Zichuan family's army, the commander is like a god, and he will never make mistakes. Now, a senior officer at the rank of deputy commander should apologize to his subordinates, the lowliest privates, and there had never been such a thing in the history of the family.

"Even in this most difficult environment, I can see that everyone's loyalty to me has not changed, which makes me very happy. Here, I would like to ask you a question: What is your greatest hope?

There was silence below, and the soldiers' eyes widened as they did not understand what their commander meant. The three of Shirakawa looked at each other, and they also didn't understand Shikawa Xiu's intentions. I don't remember that any general would give such a speech to his subordinates.

Zi Chuanxiu casually pointed to a tall soldier in a black cavalry cloak in the front row: "You, get out of the ranks! Sue me, what do you want to get the most? To be honest!"

The soldier who was called out was at a loss, and for the first time, he was stared at by the eyes of nearly 10,000 people, and he stammered so much that he could barely speak: "My lord...... I...... I'm ......."

Looking at Zi Chuanxiu's stern gaze, he trembled with fright. Suddenly, as if he had blessed his soul, he spoke loudly: "My lord, my greatest hope is to eliminate the evil demon invaders as soon as possible, the family will recover the Far East as soon as possible, and our great chief highness will live forever without borders......"

Zichuan Xiu kicked him away.

The second soldier who was called stammered, "I pray that the world will be filled with peace, that humanity will be filled with love, and that this year will be smooth and ...... good."

Zichuan Xiu knocked him over with a punch and called Roger over: "Dig a pit and bury him." ”

The third soldier who was called was a very young man. Seeing the terrible fate of his two predecessors, he could barely stand on his feet.

Zichuan Xiu said to him intimidatingly: "Tell the truth: what is your wish?"

The soldier trembled, his face was blue and white for a while, and he suddenly mustered up his courage and shouted loudly: "What I hope most is to marry Ah Hua next door!"

"Hahaha!"

Thousands of people burst into laughter, and everyone leaned forward and backward with laughter, and even the officers standing in the front row couldn't help but laugh. The soldier's face was as red as the rising sun, and he did not dare to look up.

Zi Chuan Xiu didn't laugh, he looked at the young man very strictly, and suddenly asked, "Then why don't you marry?" In the noisy laughter of thousands of people, Zi Chuan Xiu's low voice of questioning spread far away, as if he was talking in his ears, and everyone heard it very clearly.

The soldier still didn't dare to raise his head, but bowed his head and said, "His family doesn't look down on me, they think I'm poor and have no status." Later, she married a wealthy official. But the person she likes is me. ”

The laughter and cacophony gradually subsided. Hearing the words of the young soldiers, everyone showed thoughtful expressions: The vast majority of the soldiers in the Xiuzi Battalion are local gangsters, ruffians, hooligans, etc., they live at the bottom of society, have no money, no status, no proper occupation, and no skills to make a proper living, and many of them have had the same painful experience.

Shikawa gave the young soldier a sympathetic pat on the shoulder and motioned for him to stand down. Then he asked the next soldier. The guy grinned widely, "My lord, what I want most is to have money!

He spread his hands and gestured: "Such a large number of ......"

"My lord, I want a big, beautiful house!"

"My wish is to marry a beautiful woman. No, it's to marry a whole bunch of beautiful women as wives!"

"I want to be a big official: it's best to be a bannerman, and if anyone doesn't like it, I'll teach him a lesson with a whip!"

The soldiers became excited, and as soon as one finished speaking, the other rushed to say it, and the more they talked, the more ridiculous it became. There was a stupid soldier who said that his greatest wish was to eat twenty fat buns a day, and everyone laughed like crazy, and another guy just said half a sentence: "My wish is ......" No matter how much everyone threatened him, he refused to say any more, but just looked at Shirakawa with sè confused eyes, and as a result, Shirakawa-sama's face blushed a little, and he cut him into twenty pieces on the spot.

Everyone shouted in a mess for a while, and Shikawa raised his hand to signal quiet, and all the noise gradually subsided.

"Brethren, I have heard your wishes and dreams. You want to get rich, you want to be an official, you want to be beautiful...... To put it mildly, on your terms, according to normal efforts, this is absolutely impossible. ”

The soldiers let out a soft laugh, and they didn't know this.

"However, now there is such an opportunity in front of you: the demon clan has invaded the Far East, and a big war between the demon clan and the Zichuan family is inevitable, and in such a chaotic era, it is the time for aspiring men to establish meritorious deeds! The princes and princes will have no seeds, thinking back three hundred years ago, didn't Zichuan Yun rise from the ruins of the Bright Empire? Who would have predicted that among you, there would not be high-ranking officials and heavy generals of the Ming Dynasty?"

The soldiers listened attentively, and one by one leaned forward, their eyes shining with longing. The venue where thousands of people gathered was silent, and Zi Chuanxiu's voice was particularly loud:

"In the establishment of a great empire and its collapse, there is also a great deal of wealth to be gained, and the latter comes sooner! This is a golden opportunity, and all I need from you is courage and daring. As long as you are brave enough to do it with me, I, Zichuan Xiu, will never treat you badly!"

"Of course, there is a danger in this, the demon forces are still very strong, and the war will shed blood and kill people. But you have nothing, you live at the bottom of society, no one looks down on you, and even a dog lives more majestic than you—"

Zichuan Xiu raised his voice: "--This kind of life, what is the difference between being alive and dead?"

"I can't guarantee that each of you will return to your hometown alive, but I can guarantee that as long as you can go back, everyone will become a general, an officer, a rich man, a nobleman, one of those—"

He stopped talking and suddenly yelled, "Do you want to have a lot of money?"

The soldiers shouted in unison, "Yes!" The loud sound frightened the birds in the forest to flap their wings and fly.

"Do you want to be a general, a commander, a bannerman, a governor, or a mayor?"

"Yes!"

Zi Chuanxiu shouted: "Respected, powerful, glorious and wealthy, surrounded by beautiful women like clouds - use your original mediocre, troublesome, and poor rì to win such a life, are you willing?"

The soldiers listened with enthusiasm, they were originally outlaws with nothing, and they were never afraid of losing, because they had nothing to lose. Now seeing a glimmer of opportunity for a change of fate, they replied with a thunderous roar: "We are willing!"

Zi Chuanxiu said loudly: "Listen to my orders, obey me, and follow me!"

In an instant, more than 8,000 people all raised their right hands, and a dense arm stood up, and there was no edge in sight. The soldiers were so excited that they screamed like wolf cubs: "Follow the adults, I'd rather die than look back!"

"Kill people and set fires, go to the soup and fire, as long as you say a word!"

"My lord, we are with you, and we have given up this life!"

The flags looked at each other, none of them had expected such a scene today, but Zi Chuanxiu actually turned more than 8,000 people into his desperate supporters with just a few simple words? Someone even thought of such a question in their heads: "Excellent troop commander, excellent oratorical talent, terrible incitement, deep knowledge of people...... It's so dangerous to have these talents come together in one person. ”

Is the person in front of him really the hippie smiling sè wolf and wealth fan he is familiar with?

Zi Chuanxiu turned his head and looked at a few flag books: "Roger, what about you?" The voice was not high, but with an irresistible majesty.

Shirakawa's reaction was the calmest, and she herself didn't understand why she wasn't surprised at all. Perhaps subconsciously, she had already felt the arrival of this moment, and a thought was quietly turning in her mind: "The dragon's dive is the dragon's ......."

She took a step forward and heard her own voice say in a low but clear voice, "I, Shirakawa." Ganamin, hereby make a blood oath: for the rest of my life, I will swear allegiance to Lord Hidekawa. Just as blood turns to ashes and water cannot be taken back, my vows can never be changed. Loyalty to the Lord, unswerving!" She drew her saber and slashed her wrist lightly, raising it flat, letting the red blood drip quietly down her white jade hand to the ground.

Roger stood up parallel to Shirakawa and shouted, "I, Roger." Luo Yan, I hereby swear: I swear allegiance to Lord Xiuchuan, and I will not hesitate to go to the soup for the sake of my lord!"

Ming Yu stood up the third, cut his wrist, and said very succinctly: "I, Ming Yu." Derian vows: Loyal to the Lord, never betrayed!"

In the early morning of May 6, 780 in the imperial calendar, at this moment, the Xiuzi Battalion, the strongest legion in the history of later generations, was finally born. No one would have imagined that in the reckless jungle of the Far Eastern Wag Province, the passionate allegiance of a group of rabble would be so powerful. In the later rìzi, this shocking cry traveled through the vast time and space, to the distant dìdū, to the icy and snowy Demon God Castle, to the hot Yuanjing, and to the far end of the continent. The history of the entire continent began to change at this moment.

It was also at this moment that the great figure who was praised and worshipped by later generations of poets and recorded by historians began the most glorious legend of his life.

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