My players are all acting

What Li Hongyun didn't expect was that after he selected the talent skill, he didn't start the trial directly, but played something similar to a cutscene first.

He was originally at the head of Cenqiao Station, but at the moment of starting the trial, his field of vision quickly rose, overlooking the whole city.

He could clearly see that the whole Cenqiao Station seemed to be in chaos!

The number of business travelers who used to come and go seems to have suddenly decreased, and they have become hurried. These business brigades were originally going north, passing through the two official roads in the north of Cenqiaoyi, they continued to go to those important towns in the north, and even some well-connected merchants were able to cross the Qi army at the frontier to do some smuggling business with the Kingdom of Jin.

But now, a large number of business travelers began to flee south instead.

Either flee to Daliang City of the capital, or flee directly to the farther south.

At the same time, the soldiers who conveyed the urgent military situation came to the post station on fast horses, and there was no time to rest, so they continued to ride another horse and continued to gallop in the direction of the capital.

What's more, it's the panicked people around.

They are doing all kinds of things like headless chickens.

Well-informed people have already started to pack up their belongings and prepare to flee to the capital. Even if they are refugees in the capital, it is better than waiting to die here;

Some unresponsive people did not realize why Cenqiaoyi was in such a state of panic. Most of them were farmers nearby, and they were still taking care of the nearby farmland as usual. After all, there was something big going on. , the farmland cannot be abandoned, once it is abandoned, it means that someone is going to starve;

There are also a large number of people who may have already felt the tense atmosphere of this kind of military front that is about to sweep the ground, but they have no way of predicting what kind of fate will be in the future, so naturally they cannot make a clear reaction.

In the eyes of most ordinary people, the world is peaceful for a long time, and here is the foot of the emperor, so what if there may be war?

There is still a natural danger of the Yellow River in the north. From the defense line of the Yellow River to the capital, there are many important military towns and a large number of soldiers. Good choice.

If the Qi army can win, that is naturally the best; if the Qi army can't win, it seems that it is not too late to find a way to flee south after hearing the news of the defeat and seeing the fleeing soldiers.

After all, it is a difficult decision to flee south to become a refugee when the news is still uncertain.

In ancient times, most ordinary people were attached to the land, and it was impossible to take away all their belongings and crops in the farmland. If the Jin soldiers did not come, they would become refugees on the way to flee south, and that kind of loss would be unbearable for them.

In this way, Cenqiaoyi, an important node that brings together merchants from the north and the south, has felt like a duck swimming on the water, feeling the harbinger of the warm water in the spring river, but there are still very few people who can really figure out what this means.

Li Hongyun's vision rose again.

His vision began to turn to the north of the entire Qi Dynasty.

At this time, the northernmost Yanyun has fallen.

The reason why it is said to be "fallen" is because a small part of Yanyun belonged to the Qi Dynasty for a short time before.

When the Jinren founded the country, the Qi Dynasty had a short-term cooperation with the Jinren. Because of their absurd performance in the cooperative war, it was the Jinren who finally defeated Yanyun.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qi Dynasty creatively redeemed Yanyun and spent a lot of money and resources to buy an empty city. Afterwards, they tried their best to transfuse blood to Yanyun, hoping to rebuild this place into a barrier to the north.

However, every single step that seems to be a no-brainer operation alone has resulted in unacceptable and serious consequences in the end.

Because the army can't beat it, and the relationship with the Jinren seems to be pretty good, so I plan to use the method of redemption to take back Yanyun;

Because what was bought was an empty city, so in order to rebuild Yanyun into a barrier to the north, it seems to be the right decision to constantly enrich Yanyun with population, money and various resources;

Moreover, the general guarding Yanyun at that time led an army that was stronger than all the troops of the Qi Dynasty, and everyone in the Qi Dynasty thought that maybe he could win over him with a high-ranking official and a high salary.

However, after the Jin soldiers went south in two ways, the general guarding Yanyun resisted for a while, and then discovered the fact that following the Qi Dynasty would not lead to any good results, and finally turned his back and became a family slave with three surnames.

As a result, the Qi Dynasty not only handed over a large amount of money to buy Yanyun to the Jinren, but also took advantage of various resources that were thrown at Yanyun, including population, supplies and a combat-capable army.

And there are a large number of craftsmen here, which further accelerated the spread of technology from the Central Plains Dynasty to the north, paving the way for the demise of the Qi Dynasty.

Li Hongyun's field of vision moved southward with the Jinren's soldiers. After passing Yanjing, the Jinren's army was flat, and the Qi army they encountered would collapse at the touch of a touch.

Or to be more precise, it is already a kind of compliment to be defeated at the first touch, because the Qi army that can really confront the Jinren is already very small, and most of them have not seen the shadow of the Jinren. without a trace.

Perhaps the Yellow River should have been a natural danger, but in this kind of ineffective defense, if the Jin people wanted to cross the river, it was nothing more than letting ships go back and forth a few times.

At that time, if there really was an army with a fighting spirit, and someone like Zhao Binfu who commanded the Qi army to defeat the Jin soldiers at Niuzhuji, it was very likely that the Jin soldiers would be blocked to the north of the Yellow River. The entire script of Jingping's Shame may change.

But that is an unfulfilled wish.

Continuing to the south, Li Hongyun's vision passed Cenqiao Station again, and came to Daliang City, the capital of the Qi Dynasty at that time.

Daliang City is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and there are no large mountains or passes around it, so it can basically be regarded as safe to defend. However, it was the capital of several dynasties after all, and the city walls were thick enough.

In fact, shortly after the establishment of the Qi Dynasty, there was also a plan to move the capital. For example, Luoyang in the Henan Province of Xijing was one of the key considerations.

But it still failed after all, because Daliang, as the capital, has a very important advantage, that is, the water transport is well developed.

This is an unsolvable endless loop.

Because there is no Yanyun, in order to fight against the powerful enemies in the north, and to absorb a large number of refugees and disaster victims into the army to maintain stability, it is necessary to support a large number of troops in the entire north;

As the capital of Daliang City, it is even more necessary to raise a large number of forbidden troops to maintain the city defense;

Since there are a large number of troops, the supply of military rations has become a big problem. The capital Daliang City has developed water transportation, which can continuously transport food from the south to support so many soldiers.

Just from a historical point of view, Qi Dynasty's move only proved one point, that is, the number of soldiers is not enough.

Sometimes, the more soldiers there are, the more burdensome it is, which further degrades one's combat effectiveness from vulnerable to self-defeating without fighting.

In Daliang City, there is also a tense atmosphere of panic, but most of the people still live as usual.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles still hang around in the brothels and Goulan, looking for fun as before.

There are only a few important officials in the court, who are arguing in the court hall.

At this time, the emperor Qi Huizong felt a little headache looking at the quarreling ministers, his eyes rolled, and he was always thinking about how to escape.

When Li Hongyun's vision passed over Cenqiaoyi and Daliang City, he saw two light spots flicker for a while, and then gradually disappeared.

"What's the point of light?

"Is it the player's birth point?"

Li Hongyun roughly guessed the possibility when he saw these two light spots appearing in Cenqiao Station and the Imperial Palace respectively.

Then his guess was verified, because as his vision moved to the northwest, he saw two other points of light.

The third spot of light is on a small village to the northwest of Daliang City. There is nothing special about this place. It is not an important military location. One can imagine that as the golden soldiers move southward, this place will be like other small villages. was ruthlessly run over.

Perhaps in the near future, it will completely disappear on the map, from the village to the ruins, from the ruins to the ruins, and then back to the wilderness again.

The fourth spot of light is a small town among mountains.

This is the west exit of a Xing Road in Weiwei Taihang, and it is located in an important place. To the west is Taiyuan City, an important town in the east of the river, and to the east is Zhending Mansion, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with roads in all directions, it is a battleground for military strategists.

It was a small military fortress planned when the Qi Dynasty attacked Taiyuan City at the beginning of the founding of the country.

There is no need for Li Hongyun to think hard about where it is, because there are place names similar to Cenqiaoyi and Daliang City in his vision: Pingding County.

"The four light spots probably correspond to four different initial identities?

"The light spot in the imperial palace in the capital is probably scribes; as for this small town in the mountains, it is said to be a county town, but it is actually a military stronghold. Most of them are soldiers.

"It's just that players who don't know the assassin's route will be assigned to Cenqiao Station, or this unnamed small village?"

After looking at the areas where these identities were located, Li Hongyun's vision dropped rapidly again, and he returned to Cenqiao Station.

Then, he found himself regaining control of his body.

This seems to be a green forest man staying in an inn.

...

At the same time, Chu Ge officially started his career as a scribe.

He woke up in his mansion.

Although this mansion is not the top in the capital, it is definitely not bad.

The Qi Dynasty is well-known in history for its preferential treatment of literati and officials, and one of the preferential treatment is money.

Even if the officials of the Qi Dynasty were not corrupt or amassing money, they could still live a good life with their salaries alone. An upright and clean official like Wang Wenchuan can also have a large house, support some servants, and his wife can save money to buy him a concubine.

As for those well-known corrupt officials and treacherous officials, the wealth they possess is even more unimaginable.

Chu Ge got up and walked around his mansion, and quickly figured out his official position.

Censor Zhongcheng!

After figuring this out, Chu Ge was both surprised and delighted.

The good news is that this official rank is actually not low, and it can play a certain role.

The censor Zhongcheng of the Qi Dynasty was Cong Sanpin, who was the highest official of the procuratorate's censor platform. When playing Wang Wenchuan before, some players wore the body of the then Yushi Zhongcheng to help Chu Ge impeach those troublesome old party officials.

The censor Zhongcheng's duty is to "prosecute the evil officials, suppress the rules and regulations, debate the court for major events, and play the piano for minor matters."

In other words, his main job is to move his mouth.

When it is discovered that officials have committed illegal acts, if it is a major matter, it will be directly debated in the court, and if it is a small matter, it will be impeached to the emperor in private.

Obviously, this is an official position that is very talkable in front of the emperor. Of course, Chu Ge is still a little happy.

But the reason why he was a little surprised was because he knew who the censor Zhongcheng of the Qi Dynasty should be at this time.

It was Qin Huizhi, the number one traitor of all ages who killed General Han Fuyue.

From a historical point of view, Qin Huizhi was still a relatively normal person at this time. In the imperial vote held by the emperor, he also voted against whether to cede the land.

But after the shame of Jingping, he was captured into the Jinying and returned, and he went on the road of traitors and traitors forever.

Chu Ge originally thought that he was playing Qin Huizhi this time, but after walking around the mansion, he realized that it was not.

He played a man named "Li Hao". Chu Ge searched in his mind and found that there was no such name among the important officials of the Qi Dynasty. From this, it can be concluded that this may be a fictional character appearing in this slice of history.

This may be due to the influence of demons, or it may be due to some special considerations. In short, he did not play the role of Qin Huizhi, but became the censor Zhongcheng of the Qi Dynasty with a brand new identity.

As for why this fictitious character identity does not use the player's real name, it may be that players are worried that players can confirm each other's identities directly through their names.

"Judging from the situation map before the official start of the game, at this time Jin Bing has captured Yanjing all the way south, and has already crossed the Yellow River. Maybe it will arrive at Cenqiao Station in three or four days, and it will be there in ten days." Arriving in the suburbs of the capital, it will take at most half a month before the siege of the city will officially begin...

"At this time, there should be a lot of noise in the court hall. As Yushi Zhongcheng, I may try to exert some influence in this discussion..."

Chu Ge was thinking about what he would say in the morning court tomorrow.

...

In a different historical slice, Zhao Haiping, who chose the military pawn route, did not appear directly in Pingding County, but first appeared in a martial arts field in Zhendingfu.

Here, recruits gathered from various surrounding states and counties are being tested for martial arts.

The Qi Dynasty implemented a recruitment system, and every year of a catastrophe would go to the disaster-stricken area to recruit troops. The quality of the recruited troops can be imagined, and they must be uneven.

Therefore, after the recruitment is completed, the salary standard of these soldiers should be determined according to their quality.

Looking around, Zhao Haiping found that the entire Martial Arts Field roughly adopted two different screening criteria for these recruits.

The first type is for those soldiers with a certain combat power. These people may have learned martial arts in their hometown before, or their families are relatively wealthy and can afford to buy bows and arrows, etc.

This type of soldiers is obviously the elite force in the army. After passing the assessment, they can directly serve as low-level officers and let them command the second type of ordinary people who have no combat power.

And for these people, the assessment standards are not the same.

If you are proficient in swordsmanship and spearmanship, then you can roughly tell the true level from the aspects of whether the footsteps are vain and whether the moves are accurate if you play a few moves in front of the officer; Or the accuracy of archery, you can also see how martial arts are.

Of course, there are also more advanced skills, that is, riding and shooting.

If these recruits can shoot arrows on the move on horseback and hit the arrow targets on both sides, then this is definitely a key training object in the army.

The second type of people is naturally those ordinary people who have no fighting power.

These people were either farmers before and had nothing to do except farming; or they were simply refugees, unkempt or even sickly, and they might be recruited into the army.

The screening method for these people is much simpler and more crude: look at their height.

During the Qi Dynasty, height was the main criterion for recruiting soldiers. For example, the height of the regular army should not be less than five feet five inches, while the height of the local army should not be less than five feet two inches. Converted to the current height according to the weights and measures of the Qi Dynasty, it is about 1.7 meters and 1.68 meters.

Even after these recruits were enlisted, they were paid according to their height.

If the height is over 5 feet 8 inches, the monthly salary is 1,000 cash; if the height is over 5 feet 7 inches, the monthly salary is only 700 cash; if the height is over 5 feet 6 inches, the monthly salary is 500 cash; if it is under 5 feet 2 inches, there is no monthly salary at all. Yes, just eat and live.

That is to say, if one person is about two inches taller than another person, their monthly salary as a soldier will be doubled.

From the perspective of later generations, this is obviously a rather nonsensical standard. After all, tall people may not be strong, and strong people may not be able to fight. To assess combat effectiveness, it is better to use a few stone bows and riding skills. It is more scientific to use how to use gun skills and so on as a standard.

But the emperor of the Qi Dynasty has always stubbornly believed that height can be directly linked to combat power, and this selection standard has not changed much.

For Zhao Haiping, he is considered lucky. At this time, his body is more than five feet eight inches tall, which means that according to ordinary standards, even if he does nothing, he can still get the highest monthly salary of 1,000 Wen by virtue of his height advantage.

But Zhao Haiping obviously won't be satisfied with this.

Because he had done his homework in advance, he knew that he had to fight for a special status: special stabbing effect.

That is to say, he should strive for the first assessment method as much as possible.

There are two main reasons for this.

The first is that soldiers in the Qi Dynasty had to have their faces tattooed. This regulation originated in the previous dynasty. Because of the large number of recruits, many soldiers had no combat effectiveness and could only serve hard labor, so many soldiers escaped. In order to prevent these soldiers from escaping, the emperor at that time slapped his head and came up with a very tricky way: tattooing on his face.

The biggest problem with the military system at this time is that it takes on the two functions of absorbing refugees and expanding the army at the same time. When the two functions are mixed together, the final result can only be that it neither improves social welfare nor increases the quality of the army. A little bit of stability maintenance effect, other disadvantages can be said to be hard to describe.

And face tattoos are a very bad by-product of this military system.

Of course, Zhao Haiping doesn't want to have tattoos on his face, even if it's just playing in the slice of history.

And the effect of the special tattoo means that, as an elite in the army, he can not tattoo his face, but tattoo on his arm to indicate the number of the army he belongs to.

The second is that the soldiers selected by the special assassination are elite, and they have the opportunity to become grassroots officers from the very beginning, and they start at a higher level than other soldiers.

In this way, it may be able to play a greater role in the entire Jingping Change.

When Zhao Haiping came to the school grounds, there were grassroots officers in charge of measuring height on one side, and grassroots officers in charge of various assessment items on the other.

"I want to test riding and archery!"

Zhao Haiping looked at the horses beside him, full of confidence.

...

At the same time, Huo Yunying was in a ruined temple outside a small village in the northwest of Daliang City.

Beside him, gathered a few strong men dressed in green forest.

"Under Zhu Tuo, people in the Jianghu gave him the nickname 'Poison Hand Judge'. I have met Master Duan Tao and Duan Duan of 'One Sword Breaks the River'. I have met all the heroes."

"Under Su Hong, people in the Jianghu are called 'Green Grass Snake'."

"I'm Yuan Zhiyong, people in Jianghu call it 'Tie Suo Town Mountain and River'."

In addition, there are four or five who seem to be of lower status, and they are called by various nicknames.

Huo Yunying looked at these people in a bewildered manner, and finally came to a conclusion based on comprehensive judgments based on factors such as their stature, weapons, and bearing.

This... seems to be a group of little thieves...

Take these three seemingly high-ranking ones as an example. Zhu Tuo's weapon is a pair of judge pens, but it is obvious that the tips of the judge pens have been worn out.

If this poisonous judge was dressed decently, then the 'Green Grass Snake' Su Hong was rather shabby, with only a hemp rope tied around his waist, no matter how you looked at it, he looked like a street rascal.

As for Yuan Zhiyong, although the title of "Tiesuo Zhenshanhe" sounds quite resounding, it may actually be because his weapon is a thick chain.

Do serious people use such things as weapons?

As the saying goes, the weirder the weapon, the faster the death. There are only two cases of using this kind of strange weapon. The first is that there is a similar inheritance, and most of them are secret masters; the second is that it is purely unconventional. A gimmick to frighten the enemy.

At present, it seems that this Yuan Zhiyong is mostly the latter.

Soon, everyone reported their names one after another, and everyone "had admired his name for a long time".

Huo Yunying's eyes narrowed slightly, she was very skeptical about whether these people were really "admired for a long time" or just a common "courtesy" in the world.

After all, most of these people's names were chosen blindly by themselves. It would be good for people in the same village to know. At this time, it obviously looks like they are gathered nearby. They are all unknown people, and it is better not to expose each other. more likely scenario.

After everyone finished introducing themselves, they looked at Huo Yunying in unison.

"Master Duan, this time the golden dog has gone south, and the brothers have jointly elected you as the leader. I don't know what we should do?"

Huo Yunying blinked in confusion before realizing it.

Oh, so I am Duan Tao who is called "One Sword Breaks the River"...

Looking at these "heroes" who claimed to be from the green forest, many of whom were actually just punks, Huo Yunying was a little confused for a while, and didn't know how to answer.

...

Cenqiao Station.

Li Hongyun had also walked out of the inn and came to the interior of this small town.

The soldiers of the Jin people were already moving towards the land of the Qi Dynasty in the south, and the two armies were pointing at Taiyuan and the capital respectively.

After the loss of Yanjing, the defense line of the Yellow River was also on the verge of collapse. No one can tell how long Cenqiaoyi will be involved in the flames of war after receiving the military situation of the Jin soldiers' invasion.

Therefore, at this time, Cenqiao Station is in a very chaotic state.

Of course, it’s not all about lack of information. In the capital and the imperial city, where the military situation was gathered, it was actually in chaos.

According to historical records, when it was known that Jin Bing was still ten days away from the capital, Qi Huizong issued an edict before abdicating to let the world suppress King Qin.

Li Hongyun walked in the chaotic streets of Cenqiaoyi, a little confused.

What should I do now?