Five Immortals Gate

After hearing this, Li Yan looked at Li Yu and Li Shan and said, "It's nothing. If it's really like what Uncle Guoxin said, the enemy soldiers have been blocked these few times. Even if there are wars in the future, there should be no big battles for the time being. After the previous sieges, the county town was not taken, and there were so many casualties. The enemy soldiers should be afraid of Marshal Hong. They must know that unless the main general is changed, there may be a chance to attack. There may be natural disasters or the city can be broken from the inside. But Marshal Hong and his advisers have thought of this kind of thing. They are all experienced people, so they should not easily have a large army pressing in again." Hearing this, Li Guoxin couldn't help but look at Li Yan in surprise. These things are indeed as Li Yan said. Mengguo has not sent a large army to Qingshan Pass for about a year. There are only occasional harassment attacks by small groups of cavalry. But Li Yan can say these, which shows that this child is mature and not as inconsiderate as some other teenagers. "My little brother, what you said is very true. Our Marshal Hong and the Third Army Division are both powerful and talented people. The bandits of Meng State were unable to attack four or five times, and the Third Army Division took the head of the other side's deputy commander. They have been scared out of their wits. Now our army often sends troops to attack them, and these enemy bandits are complaining bitterly." At this time, a voice suddenly came from the front. It turned out that they had unknowingly arrived at the city gate. A dozen soldiers in armor were standing on both sides of the city gate. There was a man standing in the middle of the front. He was wearing a waist knife and armor, but there was a red baby on the top of his helmet. This man was of moderate build, black face and no beard, with a straight nose but a bit of eagle hook, and his eyes looked at them like lightning. He stood in the middle of the second row of soldiers, just blocking the entrance to the city gate. I think he should be the leader. It was this person who spoke just now. At this time, he looked at Li Yan with some surprise in his eyes. After all, Li Yan looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was dressed in coarse cloth, but he was not a rich and noble young man. If he was one of those young men, he would not find it strange. After all, the elders of these people would often talk about these events, and it was not uncommon for them to come out and repeat what they heard. And the North Gate they were guarding today, the visitors were generally villagers from the area under their jurisdiction or businessmen in the imperial court. Those young men in the imperial court would not come here to play in recent years. After all, some things were still hard to avoid accidents. Looking at Li Yan's dress, he would not think that the young man from the imperial court came here to play the game of incognito. Such a country boy had such an opinion, which made him feel a little interested, so he said a few words.

Seeing the other party looking at him, Li Yan immediately jumped off the carriage, bowed and said, "Please forgive my random words just now." These etiquette matters were taught to them by the old scholar in the village. Let them remember that they must not be barbarians or barbarians, and must practice well. In fact, everyone in the village is familiar with each other, and they are rural farmers, so there are still many vulgar words between each other. But the old scholar is very strict with these young people, which should be the pride of the old scholar.

The leader was just a little curious, and after hearing what Li Yan said, he didn't say much. Then he turned to Li Guoxin and asked, "What are you doing in the city at this time?"

Li Guoxin had already pulled the carriage and came to the leader-like man, and replied respectfully, "Reporting to the military master, I am the village chief of Lijia Village in Daqingshan, this is the road permit", and then took out the road permit that had been prepared and handed it over with both hands, and then said, "This is to bring a few young people to the city to be apprentices and join the army." ??????????????????

The leader-like man took the road permit and looked at it, nodded and said, "It is correct."

When he heard the words "join the army", he smiled and asked, "Are you joining the Guards?"

Li Guoxin quickly replied, "Yes."

The man then asked, "Which of these people are enlisted in the army?"

Li Guoxin pointed at Li Yan and said, "General, only he is enlisted in the army, and the other two are apprentices."

When the man heard this, he turned his head and looked at Li Yan in the direction of Li Guoxin's finger. Seeing that it was him, he said to Li Yan, "Oh, it's you. What you said before is quite insightful. It's appropriate for you to join the army. Our Marshal Hong now values ​​people with strategy and talent. After all, there are more strong soldiers."

After hearing this, Li Yan bowed again and said, "Thank you for your advice, General."

The leader waved his hand and said, "Then you can go quickly. This time, the Guards will only recruit 150 people. This is the second day. This barracks is recruiting very quickly. It is estimated that it will be full today. After all, the Guards are considered a logistics department. They don't see much blood, and they only get 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 the Battle C Battalion. We may have to deal with each other in the future."

After hearing this, Li Yan was very surprised. Are the people in the barracks so easy to talk to? But he didn't dare to ask, so he just said, "Captain Liu, if I am lucky enough to enter the barracks, please let me know if I have any orders."

After hearing this, Liu Chengyong laughed and said, "Very good, very good." Then he returned the pass to Li Guoxin, stepped aside to make way, and waved his hand to let them enter the city.

Li Guoxin took the road and introduced it into his arms. He thanked him and asked Li Yan to get in the car quickly. He drove slowly towards the city gate, but he was still wondering about what Captain Liu just said. Did he know that these soldiers Soldiers are all ruthless people who have been in the blood for countless times. Apart from seeing the officials every day, I have never seen them be so polite to people like me. The best time is to let them go with an "oh", that is Thank God, it is common to find a reason to get beaten up when you are in trouble; if you encounter trouble, you may be locked up for a few days, and you can't easily get out without taking out some silver coins. But at this time, he also had something on his mind, so he didn't say anything more. Thinking about it, he hurriedly drove 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 the 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 has been acting like a god." As if they had taken the head of their deputy marshal in the midst of thousands of troops, Marshal Hong now had the final say on many things, and in the past two years, Ji Junshi would personally do it every time he enlisted in the army. Go to the school grounds and test the registered soldiers one by one, especially those who have studied. " Speaking of this, he also looked strange. After all, every time he enlists in the army, although the number of applicants is limited, since the recruitment was launched. After subsidizing the expenses for the family in advance, there are still dozens to hundreds each time, but even so, the third division division tests the physical fitness of each candidate one by one. Although everyone knows the reason later, every time he wants to come to such a person one by one, It's a lot of work to test your physical fitness, so it still feels a little strange.

At this time, the soldier next to him said, "Yes, yes. I heard that Mr. Ji is going to choose a suitable candidate to be his successor. When it comes to this, it is enviable. Mr. Ji's appearance His martial arts is superb. He must be at least the best in the martial arts world. Otherwise, he would not have been able to take the rank of general among thousands of armies last time and bring back Marshal Hong and a team of troops. If anyone could learn this martial arts, Then you can go anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, our barracks have been tested by Mr. Ji, and so far no one can catch his eye. But I heard that Mr. Ji selected one from a small team in the Chinese army camp at the beginning of last year. He is a suitable disciple, but not many people know him. A small soldier like him in an army of hundreds of thousands usually doesn't stand out. He is usually familiar with only a few people around him, including the team leader directly under him. He was brought back to his home by Master Ji to practice. However, it was said that because he had not read any books and could not understand the direction of meridians, something went wrong while he was practicing his internal skills. He went crazy and died. Some people said they saw his whole body swollen and blackened. It's very scary, but it 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 of them started talking among themselves.

Liu Chengyong glanced at the soldiers with dissatisfaction and said, "Shut up, the superiors are not allowed to talk about the third army division outside."

After hearing this, the soldiers quickly shrank their necks and nodded in response to "yes, yes, yes", and then 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, "This is not necessarily true. I just think this guy has some insights, which shows that he is not stupid. From his conversation behind him, it seems that those who should have read the book should just take it as a casual reminder. Is there any chance?" ? Maybe it’s true. If I meet someone like this again, I might still say okay, just keep on duty.”

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.