The army marched 300 miles and arrived at Longma County in the evening. The officers of the local internal affairs department had already received orders from the flying pigeons, and prepared all the necessary things for the army, and as soon as they arrived, they were led to the marching garrison and set up camp.

Longma County is located in Jialong Province in the middle of Ruiguo, and it is still more than 3,000 miles away from Juling Pass. The province of Jialong is rich in horses, and half of the military horses of the country come from this province. Among them, the war horses of Ryoma County are even more famous, each of them is tall and long-legged, and the horses are extraordinary.

Chen Ruoping's war horse Heiyun was selected from Longma County. Its whole body is as black as ink, and when it runs, it is flat and steady like a flying cloud, hence the name. Mo Cong's war horse Flying Leopard is also from Longma County.

100,000 soldiers ran for a while, people were sleepy and tired, but fortunately when they arrived at the camp, they smelled the smell of wine and meat. The meal prepared by the Internal Affairs Department today was very sumptuous, and each small flag was set up for ten people at its own table, each table was eight dishes and one soup, and a small pot of wine. The amount of wine is not too much, not too much, which can not only allow everyone to have a few drinks and enjoy the atmosphere of the festival, but also not to be greedy for a cup and make mistakes, which can be said to be more human.

The law of Rui [***] does not prohibit alcohol, but in order to avoid mistakes, it is specifically stipulated that alcohol is not allowed during the march, and the sentries who have been arranged on duty are not allowed to drink, and the scout troops with tasks are not allowed to drink. In addition to these three, you can do it in other cases.

After eating a meal for more than half an hour, everyone was full of wine and food, and their spirits gradually recovered.

He Ming gave an order, ordered each battalion to remove the wine table, light a bonfire, and spend the festival with 100,000 troops.

As soon as a few glasses of wine were served, the recruits were hot one by one, and they all stood up to report to their homes.

This one said that my name is Zhang San, and I am good at gossip and dragon palms.

The one who said that my name is Li Si, and the ancestral Li family's marksmanship is not bad, and I hope to be able to learn from the brothers later.

Another big man stood up and said, "My name is Wang Wu, and I am a stonemason. I haven't practiced any martial arts, but I am born with great strength. One day, when he was pulling a cart of stones to his home, Chen Ruoping rode by and asked me if I wanted to join the army. And then I came. The crowd burst into laughter.

Mu Jia, the leader of the new barracks, nodded and appreciated: "Protecting the family and defending the country is the true character of a man." The five brothers are good. ”

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On the veterans' side, the selection of middle- and lower-ranking officers is also in full swing.

Rui [***] system, ten people set up a small flag, 100 people set up a middle flag, 1,000 people set a general flag.

In order to make up for the shortage of middle- and lower-ranking officers, the Left Guard had to select a total of more than 8,000 officers this time. Among them, there are more than 7,800 small flags, more than 700 middle flags, and more than 70 total flags.

The number of veterans in the 3rd Battalion of the Left Guard was only more than 21,000, and proportionally speaking, one officer would be produced out of two or three people. Such a high percentage of officers is rare in the history of Switzerland.

If we take into account the cavalry officers needed for the eighteen cavalry battalions of the front, center, right and right guards of the Central Army, which are about to be rebuilt, then this proportion will be even higher and staggeringly high.

Therefore, this opportunity is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for veterans. Three months ago, Chen Ruoping had already mobilized everyone, and asked the sergeants of the 3rd Battalion of the Left Guard to get a good grasp of training, so as to take advantage of this opportunity to carp jump over the dragon gate and get ahead.

Over the past three months, these veterans, whether they are ordinary big-headed soldiers or former middle- and lower-level officers, have been training all night and night, waiting for this selection. Tonight's opportunity finally came, and they all showed their best state and used their housekeeping skills. The entire camp was full of fists and shadows.

In a bonfire circle, a good man used his family's traditional swordsmanship to ward off evil spirits to defeat two opponents in a row, and his erratic body style made the onlookers fascinated and amazed, and they all guessed his real surname and family background. Some people even suspect that his father is the legendary eunuch Xia Gonggong who entered the palace at the age of seven.

Next to another bonfire, another hero used a powerful Vajra palm to break the opponent's five ribs, causing the opponent to fall to the ground and vomit blood. This hero cheered and thought that he had won, and at least he could be a small banner, and he could finally glorify his ancestors for his family. He Ming, who was passing by, canceled his qualification on the spot. The reason is that there is no reason.

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Mo Cong sat quietly by the bonfire and watched everyone compete one after another, but he never went up to challenge anyone.

After patrolling around the various bonfire rings for a few laps, Lei Leopard finally turned to Mo Cong's side, and when he saw Mo Cong's motionless appearance, he asked strangely: "Alas, brother, why don't you play?"

"Oh, Brother Lei. Mo Cong glanced up at Lei Leopard and asked in a low voice, "Do you think I'm a recruit or a veteran?"

"Nonsense, of course you're ......" Thunder Leopard was halfway through his words but suddenly froze.

Mo Cong has been in the Leopard Camp for three months, and he can certainly be called a veteran compared to those newcomers. But if you want to say that he is a veteran, Mo Cong has no battlefield experience at all, so he can't be regarded as a veteran in the strict sense.

Hey, that's a real question.

"Lei Leopard, how is the selection of your battalion going?" Lei Leopard was struggling left and right, and He Ming came over and asked.

"Hehe, the selection of the small flag has just been carried out for a short time, and the selection of the middle flag has not yet begun. This guy is too many people and too positive. Lei Leopard laughed.

"Okay, you have to watch the point, don't make unnecessary damage because of the selection of officers. He Ming nodded and said: "For those who hack their comrades-in-arms for the sake of being on top, don't tolerate it and directly cancel the selection qualification." Our Central Army pays attention to being close as brothers and sincerely cooperating. If this kind of person becomes an officer, he will definitely spoil a pot of soup and ruin the atmosphere of our Left Guard and even the entire Central Army. ”

"Okay, I'll let Lu Can and them look at it too. But, Lord He, occasionally misses... Doesn't that count, does it?" asked Lei Leopard tentatively.

If you hurt someone, you will be disqualified, and it will be difficult to carry out this selection further, and the final selection may not be the best talent.

"Hehe, deliberately or by mistake, all of you here are people who practice martial arts, and everyone's eyes are bright. He Ming smiled. "The reason why this selection was conducted in front of everyone was to convince everyone of the final results, and secondly, to let everyone supervise each other. ”

"Okay, then I'll have a sense of proportion. Lei Leopard nodded knowingly. "By the way, Lord He, I have a problem here, and I'm afraid I need you to make a decision. ”

"Oh, what kind of problem?" said He Mingleng.

"That's right. Do you think Brother Mo Cong is a recruit or a veteran, and is he qualified to participate in the selection?" Lei Leopard bluntly stated the entanglement of the problem.

"This ......"

He Ming was stunned, and was immediately entangled in this question.

Mo Cong is a soldier, He Ming has also heard of it. It is said that this Mo Cong's kung fu is very good, and he is not stupid, and it only took more than half a month to basically master the eighty-one changes of the nine formations of the Central Army, and he also mastered the tactical coordination between five people and ten people extremely well. And I get along well with other people.

Good kung fu, familiarity with the art of formation, and the ability to get along with recruits as soon as possible are the three criteria for selecting officers this time. Judging from these three criteria alone, Mo Cong meets them.

But Mo Cong really has no experience in fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield, and he has never even seen what the enemy looks like, and his understanding and mastery of all the techniques of battle are only at the stage of talking on paper. It's really hard to say whether there will be any problems with letting such a newcomer guide another group of newcomers.

Soldiers are big things, whether to let a soldier who has only been in the army for three months and has never been on the battlefield suddenly take charge of the life and death of another group of recruits, any military commander will inevitably mutter.

"In this way, you let him participate in the selection first, and then how to arrange it, and we will discuss it together when the final results come out. He Ming thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, then I'll let him go. Lei Leopard actually wanted Mo Cong to participate in the selection, but he was always a little undecided. Now that he has the boss to make the decision, he nodded with joy.

"Brother, you also heard it, and Commander He also agreed to let you participate in this selection. Lei Leopard turned his head to Mo Cong and said. "You go on, you have to defeat a champion first, and then accept a challenge, if you succeed in fighting and defending the ring, then you will be considered a winner, and you will be qualified to be a small flag. After waiting for all the small flag candidates to be determined, we will select the flag and the general flag. Anyway, that's probably the process, the further you go, the stronger the opponent will be. You have to be careful, and you have to be merciful. Lei Leopard Chunchun admonished.

"Okay, Brother Lei. Mo Cong nodded in agreement.

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