Li Yan After hearing this, he glanced at Li Yu and Li Shan and said, "It's nothing. If the enemy soldiers have been blocked these few times as Uncle Guoxin said, even if there is a war later, there should be no major battles for the time being. After the previous sieges, the county seat was not captured, and there were so many casualties. The enemy soldiers should be wary of Marshal Hong, and they must also know that unless the commander is changed, there may be a chance to invade, or there is a natural disaster, or it is okay to break through from the inside of the city. However, Marshal Hong and his counselors have already thought of this. They are all experienced in the battlefield, so they should not be easily pressed in by another large army."
Hearing this, Li Guoxin couldn't help but look at Li Yan in surprise. These things were indeed as Li Yan said. Meng Kingdom had not sent out large troops to Green Mountain Pass in the past year or so, but occasionally there were still small groups of cavalry to harass and attack. But these Li Yan can be said, which shows that this child is mature and not as ill-considered as some other teenagers.
"What this little brother is saying is that we Marshal Hong and Strategist Ji are the most powerful generals and talented people in the world. Those thieves Meng Kingdom have been unable to attack with their armies for four or five times, but Strategist Ji took the head of the opponent's deputy commander. They have already been frightened out of their courage. Now our army often sends troops to attack them, and the enemy thieves are complaining endlessly."
At this time, a voice suddenly came from the front. It turned out that they had arrived at the city gate unknowingly. A dozen soldiers in armor were lined up on both sides of the city gate. There was a man standing in front of him.
It was this person who spoke just now. He was looking at Li Yan with some surprise in his eyes. After all, Li Yan looks like he is only sixteen or seventeen years old from his body. He is wearing coarse clothes, but he is not a rich and powerful young master. If he is one of those young masters, he would not be surprised. After all, people of these backgrounds will often talk about these incidents from the mouths of the elders in the family. It is not unusual for them to imitate them after hearing them. As for the north gate they were guarding today, the visitors were usually villagers from the area under their jurisdiction or businessmen from the dynasty. Those princes from the dynasty would not come here to play in recent years. After all, some things are still unforeseen. Looking at Li Yan's attire, he would not think that the young man from the imperial family came here to have a private visit. Such a country boy had such an opinion, which made him feel a little interested, so he spoke a few words.
Li Yan Seeing the other party looking at him, he immediately jumped out of the carriage, bowed and said, "Please forgive me for what I said just now." The old scholars in the village had taught them these etiquette matters. Let them remember not to become foreigners or barbarians, and they must practice hard. In fact, everyone in the village is acquaintances and they are rural farmers, so there are still a lot of vulgar words to each other. But the old scholar was very strict in disciplining the young people like them. This should be something that the old scholar was proud of in his life.
The team leader was just a little curious. After hearing what Li Yan said, he didn't say much more. Then he turned to Li Guoxin and asked, "What are you doing in the city at this time?"
Li Guoxin had already pulled up the carriage and came to the leader-looking man. He replied respectfully, "Reporting to the army, I am the village chief of Great Green Mountain Li Family Village, and this is the road guide." He took out the road guide that had been prepared and handed it over with both hands, and then said, "This is for bringing a few young people to the city to be apprentices and join the army."??????????????????
The man who looked like the leader took the guide, looked at it, nodded and said, "It is indeed correct."
After hearing the words "join the army", he smiled and said, "But join the Guards?"
Li Guoxin quickly replied, "Exactly."
The man continued, "Which of these people have joined the army?"
Li Guoxin pointed at Li Yan and said, "Master Jun, he is the only one who has joined the army. The other two are all apprentices."
When the man heard this, he turned and followed Li Guoxin's finger to look at Li Yan. When he saw it was him, he said to Li Yan, "Oh, it's you. What you said before, little kid, has some insights. It's appropriate to join the army. Marshal Hong attaches great importance to people who are resourceful and talented. After all, there are more soldiers with strength."
Li Yan After hearing this, he bowed again and said, "Thank you, Master, for your advice."
The leader waved his hand and said, "Then you go quickly. This time the Guards only recruits 150 people. This is the second day. This barracks is recruiting very fast. It is estimated that it will be full today. After all, the Guards is a logistics department. There is little blood and only a little less than those of us on the front line."
After a pause, he said to Li Yan, "My name is Liu Chengyong, and I am the captain of the third team of Zhan C Battalion. We will never have any dealings with each other in the future."
Li Yan After hearing this, I was very surprised. Are all the people in the barracks so easy to talk to? But he didn't dare to ask, so he just said, "Captain Liu, if you are lucky enough to enter the barracks, please give me your instructions whenever I need help."
After hearing this, Liu Chengyong laughed and said, "Very good, very good." He then handed the road guide back to Li Guoxin, stepped aside to get out of the way, and waved his hand to let them enter the city.
Li Guoxin took the road and introduced him into his arms. He thanked Li Yan and quickly got in the car. He started to drive slowly towards the city gate, but he was still surprised by what Captain Liu just said. He knew that these soldiers were ruthless people who had been in the blood for countless times. Apart from seeing the official, he never saw them doing anything to him. When a person like Ji is so polite, the best time is to let him go with "Oh", which is thank God. When he is in trouble, it is common to find a reason to give him a beating; if he encounters trouble, he may be locked up for a few days, and he can't get out easily without taking out some silver coins. But at this time, he also had something on his mind, so he stopped thinking about it and hurried into the city.
Seeing them entering the city, a soldier next to him asked Liu Chengyong strangely, "Liu Tou, why are you so polite to a country boy?"
Liu Chengyong glanced at him and said calmly, "Now when it comes to fighting in this army, it is Marshal Hong who has the final say. But since the last time the Ji Army Division rescued Marshal Hong from the enemy's siege, he also acted like a god and took out the weapon in the midst of thousands of troops. The head of their deputy marshal, Marshal Hong, now has the final say on many matters. In the past two years, Ji Junshi has personally gone to the school field to test the registered soldiers one by one when recruiting soldiers. Those who have studied." When he said this, he also had a strange look on his face. After all, the number of applicants for each recruitment was limited, but since the recruitment was provided with family subsidies in advance, there were still dozens to hundreds each time. But even so, the third army division also tested the physical fitness of each applicant one by one. Although everyone knew the reason later, it was a lot of work to test the physical fitness of each person one by one every time, so it still felt a bit strange.
At this time, the soldier next to him said, "Yes, yes, I heard that Master Ji is going to choose a suitable candidate to be his successor. Speaking of which, it makes people envious. Master Ji's martial arts is superb. He must be at least the top master in the world. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to take the rank of general among thousands of armies last time., and brought back Marshal Hong and a team of troops. If anyone can learn this martial arts, he will be able to do anything in the world. Unfortunately, Master Ji has been testing the inside of our barracks one after another. So far, no one can catch his eye. But I heard that Master Ji selected a suitable one from the small team of the Chinese Army Camp at the beginning of last year. Disciple, not many people know him. A soldier like him in an army of hundreds of thousands usually has nothing to stand out about. He is familiar with only a few people around him, including the team leader directly under him. Later, he was brought back to the mansion for training by Strategist Ji. However, I heard that he had not read a book. It may be that he was unable to understand the direction of the meridians, and something went wrong while practicing his internal skills. He went crazy and died. Some people said that they saw his whole body swollen and blackened, which was very scary, but this also shows that Master Ji's martial arts is extremely domineering." Hearing this, some of the other soldiers nearby expressed that they had heard of it, and a few people started talking among themselves.
Liu Chengyong glanced at the soldiers with dissatisfaction and said, "Shut up, the superiors are not allowed to talk about Strategist Ji outside."
After hearing this, the soldiers quickly shrank their necks and nodded in response, "Yes, yes, yes," and stopped talking about it.
At this time, another soldier asked strangely, "Liu Tou, why were you so interested in this boy just now? Is there any chance that he will enter Lord Ji's sect?"
Liu Chengyong showed a smile on his dark face and said, "That's not necessarily true. I just think this guy has some insights, which shows that he is not stupid. From what he said later, those who should have read the book should just take it as a casual reminder. Is there a chance? Maybe there is really no chance. If I meet such a person again in the future, if I feel that it is okay, I may still say it. Okay, let's continue to be on duty with peace of mind."
After hearing this, these soldiers quickly stood up and took charge, but they were thinking in their hearts that they were casting a wide net.