A month later.

A notice has just been posted in Plains County, which looks like this:

Now the north is turbulent, thieves and evils are everywhere, and now all townships and counties are allowed to recruit strong and brave people to fight together. Whoever enlists will be rewarded with a hundred dollars, one cow and one dolphin, and I hope that people with lofty ideals in my north can join the army and ensure the safety of one party.

As soon as this notice was posted, a large number of people soon gathered to watch.

"Eh, have you heard? In this Rongzhou territory, there was a group of mountain bandits some time ago, and they were not ordinary rogues, and they were said to be very powerful!" said a man wearing a hat and plain clothes.

"You can't be talking about White Dragon Village, are you?" asked someone on the side.

"That's right!" the plain-clothed man nodded.

"Cut, that Bailongzhai is a thief near Dangyang City, but our Pingyuan County is under the management of Huyang City, although both are in Rongzhou, but the two cities are hundreds of miles away, what is there to be afraid of?" The man rolled his eyes.

“......”

The plain-clothed people looked left and right, then lowered their voices and whispered: "You don't know this, right? In the past, the rogues were very afraid of the government, and even if they did evil, it was nothing more than grabbing some food and pestering, and as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, they immediately dispersed in a hurry. But this White Dragon Village is not an ordinary thief, good guy, I heard that Dangyang City was almost knocked down last month! If it weren't for the Dangyang Taishou to find the help of immortals, maybe the entire Dangyang City would have been occupied by White Dragon Village!"

Hiss————

When everyone around heard this, they all gasped.

You must know that although Dangyang City is not big, there are also 30,000 elite soldiers stationed in it, and Bailongzhai is so powerful that it can shake a county town?

"But what do you say this have to do with our Plains County?" someone wondered.

Although Bailongzhai is powerful, it is also a hundred miles away, what does it have to do with Pingyuan County?

"Why are you so stupid? Didn't I say it? In the past, thieves were afraid of the government, but now that Bailongzhai has come out, they have begun to think that the government is easy to bully.

"Listening to you say that, there is some truth to it. The current government is indeed not as good as before, and if it is to be replaced by the Beirong 14th Army to garrison the frontier, how dare the thieves show their heads? Alas, how can you say that a good general of Wu'an has suddenly become a thief? and his whole family has been raided...... Ah, by the way, isn't your son just turned eighteen this year? Why don't you go to the army and get a hundred dollars in cash!"

"Phew, what is a hundred pennies, my son is a man who aspires to become an immortal, how much a soldier he is. Your son is twenty years old, why don't you join the army?"

"My son will also become an immortal in the future, and when I have saved enough money, I will send my son to the Qi Cultivation Sect if I say anything. ”

“......”

The citizens of the prefecture gathered in front of the proclamation, talking lively, but no one was called up for the army.

On the side, a man in black and a hat listened to their discussions, and couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

Everyone wants to become immortals, but they don't know the immortals in their mouths, and they only treat them as white bones.

A moment later, he strode into the crowd and, to the astonished gaze of the people, took the notice down.

......

"My lord, I want to join the army!"

"I'll see, huh...... The physique is not bad, what is it called? Li Erwa? Have you ever taken a weapon? No? That chicken has always been killed, right? What? Don't even dare to kill a chicken? Hurry up and take a walk... Next. ”

“......”

There was a not very long queue outside the recruitment tent, after all, the hundred yuan was still very attractive to ordinary people.

But the money doesn't seem to be as easy to get as expected.

Because the conditions for this recruitment were extremely strict, several villagers who came to answer the call were driven away in a row.

The commander in charge of recruiting troops was also a fiery temper, and after scolding a few stupid people, he simply threw a longbow in front of the case.

"I said everyone, what is written on the proclamation is clear, we recruit troops this time, as long as we are brave! Do you understand that you must have great strength and courage! In this way, you should not line up, I have a longbow here, whoever can pull it, the commander will immediately give a hundred dollars!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was amazed.

Pingyuan County is close to the Northern Wilderness, and there are not many others, but there are many hunters who are good at bows and arrows, and all of them have good arm strength.

The bow in front of him, even if it can't be full, but if it can be pulled, there will be a reward, and everyone thinks in their hearts: I'm afraid that this commander will lose a lot of money today.

"I'll try!"

Immediately, one of the Orions came out and was eager to try.

The Orion, who was tall and steady, came over and picked up the longbow on the table, pinched the bowstring, and began to exert force.

Seeing that it was quite imposing, everyone thought that they could directly pull the longbow to the full, but what was surprising was that the bowstring only moved back half a foot before stopping, and even the bowstring had a tendency to gradually close forward, no matter how hard he exerted, he could not continue to pull back a single bit.

Seeing this, there was a burst of laughter among the people who stopped to watch.

"Haha! I said Lao Liu, who usually boasts of his strength, why can't he even pull a bow today?"

"Isn't it a little lady who has squeezed it into a soft-footed shrimp?"

"Hahaha..."

“......”

The old Orion's face turned red, and he let out an unwilling roar, and continued to exert the force, but the bowstring remained unchanged as before, and it was not long before the Orion saw sweat on his head.

"Alright, stop!

Although the hunter did not pull the bow away, it was still pulled, and the commander of the army did not break his promise, and directly asked the hunter to take a hundred dollars and hand it over, and make a register for it.

With this standard, if you want to come to the fish, you have to weigh your own ability first, and after a long time, no one dares to stand up and draw a bow.

"Is there anyone else?" the commander leaned back in his chair, and when he saw that no one had come to try his bow again, he suddenly felt a little bored.

After thinking about it, he said again: "What I said just now still counts, and those who can pull this bowstring can join our army, and now add another one, if they can pull it by half, the reward will be doubled! If it can be pulled into a full string...... the commander sold a pass, and continued: "There is still a lack of a deputy general position by my side, who can fill it, and be promoted exceptionally!"

Wow! There is such a good thing!

The crowd suddenly boiled.

Directly promoted to lieutenant general? Wouldn't that be just 500 yuan a month?

Not only that, but the main thing is that there is status!

Ordinary soldiers want to move up, but they have to accumulate combat merits, but today as long as they can pull this bow, they can directly become a deputy general, who is not tempted?

"Let me try this bow!"

"I'm going to try it too! Maybe that guy Liu is pretending?"

"I'll come first, I'll come first!"

“......”

The emotions of the crowd were stirred up again, but it didn't take long for the fiery emotions to be extinguished in an instant as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them.

The first, did not pull.

The second, pull apart.

The third, not pulled.

The fourth, didn't pull ...

............

Dozens of people went to try the bow, but less than half of them succeeded, and they only pulled the bowstring, not to mention that they pulled the bow into the shape of a full moon, that is, the people who were able to surpass Liu Orion, who was the first to try the bow, were not many, only a few people.

Now, everyone finally understands that what the recruiting commander said, the reward for being promoted to a deputy general, is definitely not nonsense.

"If there is no one? If not, today's recruitment is over. The recruiting commander said.

It's getting late, and dusk is approaching. The commander looked at the register, and the number of people was almost full.

"I'll try!"

At this moment, a man in black clothes suddenly walked out of the crowd.

The body is thin, Wenwen is weak, and his figure is even more unbearable, and he doesn't even look as strong as some of the women in the township who often do rough work.

"I said, are you sure you want to draw this bow? It's not that I look down on you, it's just your body...... I guess I can't even take a mother-in-law, right?" said a sturdy soldier, drawing a burst of laughter from onlookers.

In their eyes, the word "bravery" must first look at body and physique. If you have a strong physique, your strength will naturally be greater, and your moves will naturally be fiercer and more ruthless.

But the person in front of him, thin and weak, let alone going into battle to kill the enemy, it is estimated that he can't even hold on to the daily drills in the barracks.

When the man in black heard this, he frowned slightly, there seemed to be displeasure on his face, and said, "Since you are in the army, what you are doing is to protect your family and defend the people, and you are a hero." Although the words just now are insulting to me, I still will not use your words and deeds to deny your character, so please do not judge people by their appearance. ”

These words are neither humble nor humble, and the reason is conclusive, so that no one can say anything to refute it.

The soldiers looked at each other, and finally focused their eyes on the recruiting commander, and it was up to him to decide whether to accept this person or not.

"What a man who doesn't take people by his words!"

The commander looked the man in black up and down, his eyes showed appreciation, and said: "My group of subordinates are usually open-mouthed, but their hearts are not bad, Fang Cai's words are indeed reckless, I apologize for him, but if you want to enlist in the army, you have to show some real skills." As you know, this conscription is for banditry, but there is not much time to train you. ”

The man in black nodded and said, "Since the general imitated Shang Jun's move, he will definitely not break his word, but if I just draw this bow to the full, I will become a deputy general, but I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the public." What if there is opposition?"

"Yo he, listen to what you mean, you can definitely pull this bow to the full? stinky boy, it's ...... to talk big."

Just now, the fierce soldier was about to speak, but the commander raised his hand to stop him, and said: "There will definitely be opposition! Because this is a barracks, I can elevate your status, but I can't raise your prestige, and if you want to serve the people, it is all up to your own ability." But I can assure you that as long as you don't break the military rules, I will certainly not remove this seat for no reason. ”

He looked up at the man in black, and promised him a guarantee.

"Okay!" the man in black nodded, then said no more, picked up the longbow on the case, and weighed it.

It is much heavier than the general bow, and the selection of materials is not the best wood, but the inferior bamboo, which shows that the bow body contains a lot of things, otherwise a bamboo and wood bow can be easily pulled even by an eight-year-old child.

"Iron Bow!" said the man in black suddenly.

The surface is wood, and the fetal heart is iron, so if you have the know-how not to use it, it is impossible to draw this bow to the fullest.

The expression on the Commander's face froze.

With just a few strokes in his hand, he could recognize the iron-tired bow, and he was almost impressed by the man in front of him.

If it's just an ordinary person, let alone see the iron tire in the bow body, even the materials used to make bows and arrows may not be able to recognize all the materials, and the iron tire bow is rare and rare, even if it is a veteran who lives in the barracks all year round, he may not have seen all of them.

Could it be that this person in front of him has ever had the experience of serving in the army?

"What's your name?" the Commander couldn't help but ask.

"Ho Yi. The man in black said.

He stretched his bow and pulled the strings.

In the astonished eyes of the people around him, the iron-tired bow, which almost no one could completely open, was instantly torn into a full moon shape by him at this time!

Then, He Yi loosened the strings.

Collapse!

The bow suddenly let out a deep crash, and the wind it brought with it swept to the sides, lifting the black veil under the hat backwards, revealing half of the angular cheeks.