Chapter 912: Recruiting Competition
Now that the opportunity had come, he hesitated. The long period of peace seemed to have worn away his will, and faced with such a recruitment, he hesitated.
But in the end, he still drew out his sword. The eyes reflected on the sword let him know that the fire in his heart had never been extinguished.
"So exaggerated?" Chen Xi was speechless for a moment when he looked at the documents handed in.
Almost all the original Urban Management Brigade and Jingling Guards resigned and changed jobs. Except for a few with physical disabilities, basically everyone resigned and enlisted in the army.
Moreover, the number of young and strong applicants in Luoyang alone was so large that they could line up to circle the parade ground twice.
Even though the conscription standards were raised, there was still an endless stream of applicants, and many veterans who had been kicked out by him actually took the opportunity to come back.
The most outrageous one on the file is a 79-year-old veteran. When he was young, he probably had a lot of internal energy. Now his strength has declined a lot, but he still has a level of condensed internal energy, which is definitely enough according to the conscription standards.
But he is really too old, which is why his subordinates reported it specifically.
"Accept him! Since he has met the standards, let's accept him!" Chen Xi thought about it for a long time before deciding to accept him. At worst, he could just be assigned to be an instructor among the new recruits.
"Notify the newspapers and spread the news vigorously. With the people's support, there will be no worries!"
"There is one more thing... Xiliang sent a message that the former commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhang Yu, has defected to the army. What should we do with him?"
Chen Xi frowned. Although he didn't know Zhang Yu well, as the former commander of the Imperial Guard, he must have the ability. But after all, it was a matter of royal face.
"Let him report directly to the Western Regions, and Li Ru will make the decision after he arrives!"
Chen Xi thought about it and decided to agree. There were too many problems left over from the history of the Han Dynasty. Although a group of them were whitewashed by fighting against the Northern Huns, there were still many problems left over.
It just so happens that we are still fighting the Northern Huns this time, so let’s continue washing.
There is nothing that cannot be solved by defeating the Northern Huns once. If there is, defeat them twice.
But what Chen Xi found strange was that did he kill so many soldiers using the age card?
It was originally a strategy just to adjust the economic class structure, but now it seems like hiding troops among the people.
"You don't know? Then how did you distribute the supplies over the years?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Xi as if he was looking at a monster. The welfare of the soldiers was handled by Chen Xi alone.
The procedures were so strict that even he felt Shen was out of control. However, with such a strict procedure, Chen Xi actually said that he didn't know how many veterans there were, so how did they maintain it all these years?
There has not been a single incident of withholding benefits from veterans in these years, and those who dared to show their hand were directly handed over to the Ministry of Justice for handling as soon as they showed their heads.
This is also the case when Li Ru was not around. When Li Ru was around, he was fully responsible for dealing with this matter. Once a person fell into Li Ru's hands, he was basically dead, and it would also depend on the circumstances whether his property should be confiscated.
It can be said that this is one of the absolute red lines of the Han Dynasty. Once touched, the only outcome is death.
"Over the years, I have let retired soldiers collect supplies on their own, and then make a unified accounting at the end of the year. Unless everyone commits fraud, the results will be basically the same!" Chen Xi said casually.
"Besides, I'm only responsible for distributing benefits per person. Who knows there are so many elite veterans among the retired soldiers!" Chen Xi rolled his eyes, indicating that he was not responsible for this.
"Hey, what do you think about me going to the Western Regions?" Cao Cao suddenly asked Chen Xi.
Chen Xi looked at Cao Cao in surprise. He really didn't expect Cao Cao to say this.
"I've had enough of being a capable official. Do you want to be a hero?"
Cao Cao rolled his eyes at Chen Xi and said in a rather discouraged tone.
"It doesn't matter whether you are here or not. The Western Region may need someone to keep things under control. I'm not bragging, but Xu Rong, Lu Zhi, and Li Ru are not up to the task!"
Cao Cao seemed to be talking to himself, but his expression was serious.
"If you want to go, just go! There's just a vacant position of Sikong!" Chen Xi said casually.
"I'm serious!" Cao Cao was irritated by Chen Xi's casual attitude.
"Just as you said, they really can't control the situation. It would be a good choice for you to go!" Chen Xi said seriously with a serious expression.
What Cao Cao said is actually correct. The person who leads a region does not necessarily have to be extremely smart or extremely powerful. What the status of a monarch actually tests is the ability to use people and one's courage.
Li Ru, Xu Rong, Lu Zhi all have their own shortcomings, and if they are combined together, it might even have a counterproductive effect. Someone is needed to integrate them.
There is no doubt that Cao Cao possesses such ability.
As the ruler of the three great families, he is also the only one who has not been sent out.
The world described by Cao Ang truly attracted him, and his long-dormant blood seemed to begin to boil.
However, perhaps more importantly, Cao Cao wanted to stay away from Chen Xi and Liu Ying, two lazy people who made him so angry every time.
He didn't want to go to the hospital again because of fainting from anger. Hua Tuo was always thinking about performing a craniotomy on him. Only a fool would believe in such nonsense as craniotomy could cure illness.
"Then I will go recruit soldiers. I have always wanted to form a cavalry but never had the chance. This is a good chance to give it a try!"
Cao Cao was a little excited when talking about this. He was also a master of military strategy, and he had learned the formal military tradition. He was also recognized by the Marquis of Huaiyin himself as someone who had the ability to command a large army.
However, he has always been engaged in clerical work, and he actually has an idea about forming heavy cavalry.
"I've already thought of a name. It's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry."
Chen Xi scratched his head. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was also a well-known special force. Judging from the current average level, they might be three-talent seeds, at least at the level of the Imperial Guards.
Wei Xu, who was in charge of recruiting soldiers in Luoyang, looked at the young man in front of him with great annoyance. With such aura and demeanor, he almost thought he saw Yue Fei.
As Lu Bu's brother-in-law, he had retired from the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry long ago, and had been holding a sinecure in Luoyang relying on his military exploits and his relationship with Lu Bu. This time he was transferred here to be responsible for conscripting able-bodied men.
After all, those who had the ability to leave their bodies with internal energy were spread all over the country to recruit soldiers. Even though he was a fake who had the ability to leave their bodies with internal energy, he was still a fake nonetheless, so he was pulled out to fill the numbers, and was mainly responsible for recruiting retired veterans.
The new recruits are okay, but the retired veterans are so weird that it really won’t work without a reliable one to keep things under control.
"You are so young, you should not be a veteran, right?" Wei Xu asked cautiously.
"They said that people with my abilities should report here directly. The new recruits' position is not suitable for me!" the young man said honestly.
"Show me your skills!"
The young man scratched his head, used his palm as a blade, and then swung it casually, cutting the iron spear beside him into two pieces.
"Internal Qi leaving the body?"
Wei Xu took a deep breath, it was bad that Li Gui had met Li Kui, and he was a fake.
The veterans are recruited here, but their positions are divided according to their strength. If you beat a sergeant, you will become a sergeant, and if you beat a centurion, you will become a centurion. At this point, it seems that I am the only one who can fight against the enemy.
"Come on, let's fight!" Wei Xu had no way to retreat at this time and could only rush forward.
As soon as the two sides touched hands, the air between them exploded directly, forming a circle of white mist.
Wei Xu smiled awkwardly. The young man opposite him held back, otherwise he would have been injured if he was exposed.
After one exchange of moves, he roughly understood the difference in strength between the two parties, and the opponent was no weakling in the field of internal energy leaving the body.
With the cloud, he can last more than ten moves, but without the cloud he will die in three moves.
"You win. This position is given to you. Now you are responsible for recruiting people. The requirements are written here. You can do it yourself. I will find someone to handle the procedures for you!" Wei Xu sighed helplessly.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Guo Ziyi!" The young man smiled and calmly accepted Wei Xu's abdication. The soldiers around him did not gossip much either. The strong have always been the priority in the army.
Wei Xu looked at Guo Ziyi deeply. He knew that this name would be famous throughout the Han Dynasty in the future. Such a young man would definitely not remain unknown if he encountered a war.
The situation in Luoyang is special. Coupled with the veterans of the Jingling Guard and the Urban Management, there are very few retired veterans in the opposition. This is also the reason why Wei Xu was able to be drafted.
But the situation is different in other continents.
Especially in the three places of Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou, the fighting was the fiercest in recent years, the most people were dispatched, and naturally more people retired in the end.
After hearing about the conscription, people in Youzhou near the northern border rushed to the recruitment point in Youzhou overnight.
The recruiting centurion looked at the veteran Liao Ping in front of him with a strange expression, not knowing what to say.
Liao Ping was the first soldier to be discharged from the army. He served as an instructor for new recruits for a period of time. The centurion who recruited the soldiers had also received training under Liao Ping.
"Little Li, remember this, Liao Ping, seven levels of smelting!"
Liao Ping obviously remembered this centurion. After all, he was quite outstanding when he was a new recruit to become a centurion.
"Hey, whoever is stronger among you guys will lead the team?" Liao Ping turned his head and laughed when he saw the notice next to the centurion.
When he heard that there would be no restrictions on conscription, he hurried on the way without seeing it with his own eyes. Now that he saw it, he was delighted.
"Please teach me!" The centurion, who had thought he had escaped, looked grim, but he still stood up and said with gritted teeth.
He knew that Liao Ping was the first to be discharged from the army, so as long as he could get close, he still had a chance.
As a result, Liao Ping just calmly waved his hand, and the centurion fainted with his eyes rolled back.
"So, you have to practice more. You can't withstand this ten-year attack of my will!" Liao Ping took the centurion's position with a big horse and a golden sword, and signaled the soldiers beside him to drag him away.
Looking at the most familiar scene in his memory and smelling the unique smell of iron and blood between the troops in the military camp, Liao Ping felt that he was alive again.
When Chen Xi forced them to retire, they actually understood that this was a gift .
The Han Dynasty was too powerful, so powerful that they no longer needed the old soldiers to fight for their lives, and it was strong enough for them to enjoy life.
Although he didn't know why the Han Dynasty suddenly started recruiting soldiers this time, this was his chance to return to the army.
Some people are only suitable for dying on the battlefield, not for a dull life, especially people like him who have seen all kinds of big scenes and have long been unwilling to live a dull and warm life.
So even after he retired, he always maintained high-intensity training, which is why he has this strength now.
He was a veteran soldier from Youzhou and one of the earliest people to climb the mountain. If he had not been kicked out of the team by Chen Xi, he would at least be one of the centurions who climbed the mountain first.
Seven levels of smelting, one level of physical fitness, and six levels of willpower. He can take down any enemy with one arrow. When he had a military soul, he shot and killed five Hun guards with his own hands in the battle of Northern Frontier.
Now that he has the military spirit, he is confident that he can kill even the soldiers of the Yulin Army with one arrow.
His physical condition was not good, but he unexpectedly had some talent in the path of spiritual cultivation, so when Qu Yi was doing Xiandeng, he jumped ship and then worked his way up to this level.
Now that he is back in the military camp, he feels very nice.
The situation in Bingzhou is even worse. In addition to the vanguard, Youzhou also has many other types of troops, so a hundred flowers bloom.
But Bingzhou is different. In this broken place, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is enough to cover all types of troops.
In addition, during the battle in the Northern Frontier, nearly 200,000 people carried the eternal faith. Although a large number of them fell during the subsequent decline, they had experienced it after all, so more people started to smelt.
There is nothing much to say. The person in charge of recruiting soldiers in Bingzhou changes almost every day. They are all from wolf riders, and some are from vanguards. The one who stands out is an all-round hexagon.
Without a fight, you have no idea who is strong and who is weak. The melee lasted for more than ten days before a winner was finally born.
Zhang Jiang was a wolf cavalryman, not a vanguard, but he defeated everyone and successfully became the military king of Bingzhou.
He is different from others. He did not refine other talents, but focused on adaptability and decathlon. He does not have any special effects, but his basic qualities are incredibly strong.
If the highest level of each aspect when the internal energy leaves the body is 100, then Zhang Jiang's current levels are hovering around 99.5.
These include a series of abilities such as strength, speed, burst, endurance, defense, etc.
Even the ability of will defense has been pushed to its limit.
It can be said to be an absolutely perfect blank slate, and it is a top-level blank slate that does not require any special effects.
Putting aside the golden-armored warriors of the Yellow Turbans' ultimate legion, he is basically the pinnacle of physical fitness among all the soldiers and has no shortcomings.
This path is difficult to take, because special effects usually bring out more combat power, and a physical fitness of 60 can produce the effect of 90.
But once you reach the end, it is a qualitative sublimation, and Zhang Jiang is such a mortal who has reached the end.
His current state is also the most ideal state for Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. The most important thing is that he can directly provide reinforcements to Miracle. A man of his level can directly join the Yulin Army for some training. Once he masters Miracle, he can replace any centurion in an instant.
Speaking of which, the role of the Wolf Rider back then was to provide reinforcements to Miracle.
