Chapter 118: Dark Star appears for a limited time!
Li Xingyun couldn't help but frowning as he looked at these men who had just stood up crookedly after being scolded by Quinn for a long time. Among these people, some were tall and some were short, and all of them were pale and skinny due to hunger. He could guess with his toes that if these people were not unhappy, they would never join the army. The recruitment information released by the Xuanming Sect was very simple, providing food. Just for this reason, thousands of refugees flocked to the sect within a day.

Zhong Xiaokui saw the look in Li Xingyun's eyes, stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, these have already been screened, and the others can only go to the ordinary camp for training."

Li Xingyun said calmly: "It's not enough yet. Let Quinn train these people first. When we have recruited 50,000 people, we can select them again."

Li Xingyun is very ambitious. He wants to train an army like Emperor Taizong's Black Armor Army, an army that is invincible on the battlefield. Li Xingyun is actually not good at how to train an army, but there is one thing he is very sure of, at least he cannot train a strong army relying solely on the group of people in front of him.

Qin Yong offered a suggestion: "Your Highness, if you want to select a group of people, I have a set of selection criteria for the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Guards. Although the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Guards at that time were all unqualified, it does not prevent Your Highness from using this standard to select soldiers."

Li Xingyun glanced at Qin Yong. He knew that among all the bad guys, Qin Yong was the one who knew the Tang army best, so he said, "Tell me about it."

Qin Yong cupped his hands and said, "The Tang Dynasty Imperial Army is composed of young and strong men aged between 16 and 40, who must be over 6 feet tall, have no breathing problems, no eye problems, and no ear problems. They must wear full armor and helmets, carry a 12-stone crossbow, carry 50 arrows, carry a spear, carry a sword, and pack three days' worth of food. They must run a hundred miles in half a day. This is the most basic requirement for enlistment. If you want to train a strong army as Your Highness wants, you must train every day, and test them every ten days. After screening, the remaining people can be used by Your Highness."

Li Xingyun nodded and said, "As you say."

Qin Yong's face lit up and he said, "Yes, Your Highness."

"Wait." Li Xingyun stopped Qin Yong and said, "This is just the basic requirement for new recruits. In addition, all soldiers must be taught to read and learn the art of breaking the army. Let's leave it at that for now and take it step by step."

"Learn to read?" Qin Yong said in confusion, "Your Highness, it's not very useful for a group of soldiers to know how to read. Besides, we can't provide such a large amount of writing materials to teach them to read. It would be more cost-effective to exchange this money for food."

From Qin Yong's perspective, what he said was completely from the bottom of his heart. Even if these soldiers could read and write, they would not amount to anything and they were already old. It would be better for them to concentrate on training their combat capabilities and spend money on buying food instead of paper and ink.

Li Xingyun knew that what Qin Yong said was not unreasonable, but he wanted more. He wanted to try to bring the idea of ​​specialized forces from later generations to this world. After all, this was a world of martial arts. Once the soldiers had the blessing of internal strength, their physical fitness and even combat effectiveness would be improved in all aspects. It was entirely possible to create a special army that belonged only to the world of painting.

At this time, Qin Meng also stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we may need some help from Lord Zhong Kui. We need to open the treasury of Liang State and transport the armor and swords. We cannot do it without her order."

Zhong Xiaokui said immediately: "I will go with you later. Besides, since His Highness has said so, we should expand the scale of recruiting soldiers. We should issue a conscription order throughout the country of Liang State. We will gather the strength of Liang State and get an elite division!"

The generals and officials beside him couldn't help smacking their lips when they heard this and said, "You are really cruel. You used the blood of Liang State to train Li Xingyun's troops. If Zhu Wen knew about this, he would be so angry that he would crawl out of his coffin."

Li Xingyun snorted and said, "He's just a thief who stole the country. Even if he crawls out of the coffin, I can chop off his head again!" "Oh, oh, oh, Master Li, you are so arrogant." Jiang Chen said sarcastically and asked curiously, "Since you want to use the soldiers in the Daliang military camp for your own use, you must come forward yourself, right? Or do you plan to entrust the full authority to your subordinates?"

Li Xingyun chuckled, put on his bamboo hat and the Bad Guys' mask, and said calmly, "From now on, I am the Dark Star, one of the Bad Guys' thirty-six celestial beings."

Li Xingyun had been thinking about this problem before arriving at the Liang army camp in Luoyang. It was impossible for him to not show up in front of these soldiers. At this time, he needed a hidden identity, and the identity of Tian Anxing was just right.

Jiang Chen looked at Li Xingyun in military uniform and couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He had to say, this boy looked so good in this kind of clothes. How should I put it, he looked quite handsome in it.

"Why are you staring at me?" Li Xingyun turned his head to look at Jiang Chen and felt that there seemed to be something fishy in this guy's eyes.

"Well, it's nothing. I just didn't expect that the little kid back then has grown up so big in the blink of an eye. I feel a little emotional." Jiang Chen coughed and her eyes instantly moved away from Li Xingyun. She didn't want to be labeled a nympho.

Li Xingyun felt a little puzzled, but he didn't care. There were so many people who liked him, and one more general would not be too much. Li Xingyun opened the big tent and walked out and said, "Quinn, let them line up!"

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On September 25th, Zhong Xiaokui opened the Luoyang treasury and obtained 10,000 sets of leather armor and a number of bows and crossbows. As for the heavy iron armor and artillery, Zhong Xiaokui did not have the authority to mobilize them for the time being. Although she had obtained full power to recruit soldiers, only Zhu Youzhen could mobilize strategic weapons such as heavy armor and artillery.

Speaking of artillery, after Zhu Wen of Liang State stole the country, he obtained the complete treasury of the Tang Dynasty and the manufacturing technology of gunpowder and artillery. Now among all the countries, only Liang State has the most powerful artillery. Its most famous "Daliang Invincible General" artillery has created many good results for the Liang army.

Li Xingyun was also familiar with this kind of firearm. It was not as exaggerated as in the drama. It was just that the simultaneous firing of hundreds of cannons could easily scare the enemy's horses, and the enemy's soldiers could also be easily disrupted by the artillery. This is how the invincible general of Daliang became famous.

But speaking of firearms, Li Xingyun really wanted to try to get Hanba, and then let him improve the Invincible General of Daliang. Hanba was a genius in making firearms. If he could get the essence of the Tang Dynasty's 300 years of firearms making, I really don't know what this guy could create.

Technology and martial arts, can these two things combined really create an army of monsters?
Thinking of this, Li Xingyun suddenly turned to Jiang Chen and said, "I said that you are in my hands now, the other three corpse ancestors should come to save you, right?"

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Of course, my brothers and sisters are all masters of the late Great Heaven Realm. You kid, be careful not to play too big a game."

(End of this chapter)