Empire

The number of the Qinghe uprising army expanded like a snowball. In a short period of time, the number of people exceeded 100,000.

The scale of the camp continued to expand. There were military tents all over the mountains and plains, and the noise of people and horses was very lively.

Zhang Dayuan became the nominal commander of the Qinghe Army, and Chen Ru and Xu Fu became deputy commanders. They were in charge of 20 battalions of soldiers, which could be said to be strong.

Chen Ziang was appointed as the commander of the 1,000-man army of the old camp. In less than two weeks, he became the commander of the 9th battalion of the Qinghe Army. The speed of promotion was astonishing.

In this war-torn year when human lives were worthless, power and status were easier to obtain.

However, Chen Ziang knew very well that he could become one of the commanders of the 20 battalions in a short period of time, which was nothing more than the appreciation of the deputy commander Chen Ru and his previous merit of beheading the general and seizing the flag.

Now the Qinghe Army is full of talents and generals. If he keeps relying on his old capital, he will be eliminated sooner or later.

Moreover, relying solely on the appreciation of others is not long-term after all. One's own strength is the cornerstone of standing firm.

Therefore, after Chen Ziang was appointed as the commander of the 9th Battalion, how to train the 9th Battalion into a roaring tiger and wolf division and build it into his own direct and trusted team became his top priority.

In addition to the 800 people that Chen Ziang originally organized from the prisoner of war camp, the rest of the thousand-man and hundred-man teams of the 9th Battalion were transferred from the villagers and volunteers who defected to their Qinghe Army.

After Chen Ziang inspected his troops, his brows twisted into a river.

There were more than 4,000 soldiers and horses allocated to him, but at least half of them were with their families, and it was good enough for half of them to be able to fight the enemy.

Moreover, these people were mixed, including former bandits and mountain bandits, as well as villagers who defected from nearby villages and towns, and the composition was quite complicated.

Among these teams, there were more than a hundred hundred generals, deputy generals of a hundred, generals of a thousand, and deputy generals of a thousand appointed by the Qinghe Army Command, far exceeding the standard.

In order to win over the villagers and the rebel army, the command gave out a lot of rewards, so that now there are generals everywhere in the Qinghe Army.

According to the standard, Chen Ziang's 9th Battalion only has ten generals and deputy generals of 1,000 men, and fifty generals and deputy generals of 100 men.

But now their officers far exceed the standard. Although some of them are generals of 1,000 men, they only have more than 100 soldiers under them, and most of them are women and children.

"Give the order. Tomorrow our 9th Battalion will hold a martial arts competition to select the commanders of the Thousand and Hundred Arms!"

Faced with so many commanders of the Thousand and Hundred Arms, Chen Ziang could not simply lay them off. The only thing he could do was to conduct the competition and admissions fairly, impartially and openly. Otherwise, it would cause a big mess and he would lose his position as the commander of the battalion.

"Boss, are all the thousand-man generals and hundred-man generals going to participate?"

Wang Hu has been following Chen Ziang. Although the public competition made it possible for him not to become a thousand-man general with real power, he still supported Chen Ziang because Chen Ziang had never treated him unfairly.

"In my 9th Battalion, no matter whether it is an existing general or an ordinary soldier, as long as they can win the arena, I can grant them positions from high to low."

""Yes!"

Although Wang Hu thought Chen Ziang's idea was a bit crazy, he felt that perhaps this was the only way to select a true warrior.

The next day, Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion set up ten rings, and more than 5,000 men, women, old and young were all present, rubbing their hands and eager to try.

Especially those soldiers who were strong but had lower military ranks were full of excitement, because as long as they won the ring, they could become a general.

The first round in the morning was an open audition, that is, no matter who it was, as long as they felt that they were strong enough, they could go on the ring.

Under such a public eye, everyone's strength was clear at a glance, and no one could cheat or play tricks.

Although the original generals felt that Chen Ziang's approach was too rough, But there are only so many positions, so they have to fight hard.

The ring competition attracted many people's attention from the beginning. Not only did the soldiers of the 9th Battalion surround each ring, but the soldiers from other battalions who heard the news also came to watch the fun.

In the ring competition, everyone showed the attitude of an eagle fighting a rabbit with all their strength. Many people were beaten to a bloody pulp. Every fierce battle would cause cheers and applause from the people around.

Chen Ziang's relatively novel way of selecting military generals also aroused the curiosity of Chen Ru, the deputy commander of the headquarters, who went to the scene to watch.

After a morning of fierce competition, more than forty ordinary soldiers stood out and entered the next round.

The ring competition in the afternoon was mainly a challenge competition, starting with a hundred generals. Anyone who entered this round would be... At this stage, as long as the challengers have their eyes on a certain military position, they can directly challenge the person concerned, and the person concerned cannot refuse.

The more than 40 ordinary soldiers who stood out can only have the opportunity to become a Hundred General if they defeat the Hundred Generals who occupy the positions, so they also took a posture of all-out attack.

Those Hundred Generals were miserable. Faced with powerful challengers, many of them had to step down sadly.

After the Hundred Generals Challenge, there will be the Thousand Generals Challenge. All Hundred Generals and Deputy Hundred Generals have the opportunity to challenge the positions of Deputy Thousand Generals and Thousand Generals.

This round of competition is even more dangerous and cruel. After all, there is a world of difference between the status of a Hundred General and a Thousand General, and everyone is trying their best.

The ring competition lasted until At night, Chen Ziang and his men had to light torches and bonfires to illuminate the ring.

After a fierce ring match, Wang Hu, Li Lang, Lin Yu, Zhang Bao and Yang Zhong were successfully promoted to thousand-man generals.

Among the other hundred-man generals, more than half were brave men who stood out from his eight hundred brothers.

Especially Zhang Bao, who was originally just an ordinary hunter who was ruthless and brave, and was just a hunting captain in their village.

This time he went directly to the ring, and he advanced step by step to become one of the five thousand-man generals of the 9th Battalion, which made people look sideways.

Chen Ziang announced the appointment of the five of them in public, and at the same time announced the appointment of each hundred-man general.

The hundred-man generals and thousand-man generals originally canonized by the headquarters have become commanders without troops because they failed to be selected.

"You are officers appointed by the command. Although you have failed to be selected now, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future. From now on, you will be organized into the 9th Battalion Army General Team. If there are vacancies, you can compete for the position at any time."

Chen Ziang organized these failed Hundred-man Generals and Thousand-man Generals into the Army General Team directly under the 9th Battalion. On the one hand, he kept them by his side and slowly trained them as officer reserves, and on the other hand, he stabilized the morale of the army.

After all, these people are new to the group, and there are still many of their subordinates in the entire 9th Battalion. They cannot be killed with one stick, and they should be given some hope.

Because it is an open and fair competition, although these people failed, they lost with conviction. Some are unwilling to accept it, and now they can only look forward to the next time.