Late Tang

With Wang Qi's guidance, Wang Yanzhang found the recruitment office smoothly.

About 200 steps to the left of the gate of Tucheng, there is a huge banner with the words "recruiting troops" written on it.Under the flagpole, a small pergola was built, and there were seven or eight people sitting under it, both civil and military, who looked like the chief recruiter.On the two sides behind these people, there are about [-] soldiers standing, all of them are tall, healthy and powerful.

In front of the pergola, there was an extremely flat open field, with a row of ten arrow stacks standing on one side, and eighteen kinds of weapons on the other side, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, sticks and spears.Under the earth wall, there is also a simple stable, in which more than ten horses are tied, all on saddles.

Wang Yanzhang secretly looked around, and saw that apart from the recruiting officials and guarding soldiers, there was a black crowd standing around the field.Looking at the appearance of those people, it seems that they are all here to recruit soldiers.

Wang Qi said on the side: "As long as you can really kill four villains in the blink of an eye, then you don't have to worry about recruiting soldiers. As long as you have the ability, you will try your best to show it, don't hide it, and behave well , Let the examiner look at it, maybe you can be directly promoted to a third-class soldier or a second-class soldier. At that time, the food and salary will be more expensive! Seeing the middle ones, you can see that they are extraordinary. I haven’t seen it before, maybe it’s a school lieutenant from Dengzhou or something. If he behaves well, he might be recruited directly as a bodyguard.”

Wang Yanzhang nodded, for the sake of Lianhuaer, he would never hide it, and he would definitely go all out.

Seeing him nodding, Wang Qi took Wang Yanzhang to the other side first, where there was also a table.But the place over there is very small, and there are no such things as knives, guns, arrows, war horses, etc. Some only have a few pairs of stone locks, stone burdens, and a few big bows.

Wang Qi dragged Wang Yanzhang to the outside of the venue first, nodded and bowed to a man in short clothes, and received a bamboo stick.

"Number nine hundred and ninety-nine!" Wang Yanzhang read it softly when he saw the words on it.This attracted Wang Qi's surprised gaze, "You are actually literate and have a bright future."

"I used to read some characters with my father." Wang Yanzhang didn't explain too much.Wang Qi didn't pursue it further, the two found Lian Hua'er after receiving the lottery, and squatted there waiting for their turn.Wang Qi was still introducing that he had tried before, but he didn't even pass the first round.

When talking about this, his face was full of regret, "I used to be a good man, but I was so hungry that I didn't have any strength at all." After speaking, he seriously introduced the recruiting process to Wang Yanzhang, "First you have to go here Get a lottery with a number on it. When it is your turn, you go up. This is only a test of strength. Have you seen those stone locks and stone loads, ranging from twenty catties to one hundred catties. Pick one according to your own ability Lifting. Those who are powerful can lift a hundred catties, and those who are more powerful can lift a hundred catties with one hand. The most powerful ones are not only able to lift a hundred catties with one hand, but also can dance the stone lock. If you don’t It doesn't matter if you dance, just do the snatch, squat and lift carefully. Choose according to your own ability, don't overestimate your strength, you only have one chance. In addition to the stone lock and stone shoulder, it is to practice the bow. Fight until three stones. But so far, the strongest man I have ever seen, a seven-foot-tall man, only drew two stone bows."

Wang Yanzhang kept silent, but just stared at those people on the field.

"Nine hundred and ninety-one, come on!"

Finally it was Wang Yanzhang's turn, and Wang Qi patted him on the shoulder hopefully, "Go for it! Your wife and I depend entirely on you."

When Wang Yanzhang came on stage, there was a burst of laughter, because he had no shoes, was barefoot, and was covered in mud.

"Try the stone lock first!" The examiner said to him with a smile, and did not despise him.This made Wang Yanzhang feel grateful, he nodded to the examiner, walked to the row of stone locks, without any hesitation, he stretched out his hand and grabbed one hundred catties each.And he grabbed one with each hand, this time it caused a burst of laughter, everyone was laughing at him for being overconfident.

As a result, what made them unable to laugh immediately was that Wang Yanzhang just took a deep breath, and immediately grabbed them one by one with each hand.

Successful snatch.

Then, the pair of stone locks were as light as two pieces of wood in his hands. He lifted the weight as if it were light, and danced with the two stone locks.The people around were stunned, many of them even recognized the names of the dancers.What Su Qin carried the sword on his back and so on.Seeing the excitement, everyone couldn't help but applaud loudly.

After dancing for a quarter of an hour, Wang Yanzhang put down the two stone locks amidst the cheers of everyone.As for him, his face was slightly red, and he didn't even sweat a drop.

"Excellent power, young man, try this bow practice again!"

The practice of bow is specially used for strength training, it doesn't pay attention to accuracy, only strength.Wang Yanzhang directly picked up a one-stone bow and pulled it a little harder.

With a bang, the one-stone practice bow, which was equivalent to the standard bow force above the head of an infantry army, broke directly.Wang Yanzhang was stunned for a moment, then directly grabbed Er Shi's bow, pulled it violently again, and snapped again.

Now the onlookers became even more excited. This kid looked so earthy, but he didn't expect that he was born with supernatural powers, and his bow of two stones would break when he pulled it.The examiner also stood up in shock, and excitedly said to Wang Yanzhang: "You try to pull down the three-stone bow!"

The bow of the three stones is a full 360 catties, unless it is a Hercules who is one in a thousand, it will not be able to be pulled at all.

Seeing that the examiner did not hold him accountable for breaking the two bows, Wang Yanzhang felt relieved.Picking up the bow, gathering energy in the dantian, shouting loudly, pulling back with his right arm, Sanshi's strong bow opened in response, the bow opened like a full moon.

But this time Wang Yanzhang felt that it was not as easy as the first two times. Seeing that the bow people did not dare to use all their strength, he let go, and then he pulled the bow twice more, and the bow was like a full moon.

"The examiner shouted excitedly, he is born with supernatural power, he is really a strong man. Okay, you passed directly, let's go, I will take you to meet the superiors."

The examiner directly dragged Wang Yanzhang to the examination room at the back. This is a re-election after passing the previous audition, and the test is about martial arts and martial arts.

"General, I just met a man with natural supernatural power, who can dance various tricks with a hundred catties of stone locks in one hand without breaking a sweat. What's more, he broke the bows of one stone and two stones in succession. , even the bow of three stones can pull the full moon, and it can be pulled three times in a row, and there is still room for strength."

Today's chief examiner is Li Jing who came to Twelve City for inspection. Hearing that there are such warriors, he couldn't help but be amazed.After taking a closer look, I realized that this was just a young man, apparently only in his teens.

"Besides great strength, have you practiced other spear weapons?" Li Jing asked with a smile.

"I have practiced family spearmanship!"

"Can you show it on the spot?" Li Jing asked.

"Okay." Wang Yanzhang answered concisely, turned around and walked to the sidelines, and took the gun bag from Lian Hua'er.

He opened the gun pouch, revealing two black iron guns that were more than one foot long and gleaming with cold light.Li Jing just visually observed that these two iron guns should be similar to the one held by Langya Qin Zongshou, both of which were overweight iron guns in the early [-] jins.People who use iron spears are born with great strength.No wonder he was able to play with the hundred-jin stone lock dance just now, and he was able to pull away the strong bow of the three stones.

"I have two guns, one is called Overlord's Breaking Array Gun, and the other is called Tiger Roaring Tooth Gun, which gun does the general want to see me use?" Wang Yanzhang asked.

"It's better to show one or two each." Li Jing couldn't help smiling when he heard the names of the two guns so domineeringly.

Wang Yanzhang didn't say a word, he actually walked into the arena holding a gun in each hand.First, one of them was thrust into the ground fiercely, and the other one was held and danced.Immediately, guns were seen in the arena like flying dragons, and people were like fierce tigers. They danced to the extreme, and even faintly heard the sound of tigers roaring. Li Jing guessed that this was the origin of the tigers roaring their teeth guns.

After one shot, he switched to another Overlord's Formation Breaking Spear. This set of marksmanship took a more aggressive approach, mainly smashing, chopping and sweeping.When he finished dancing, Li Jing was the first to applaud.

After that, Li Jing asked him if he knew how to ride and shoot. Unfortunately, he had never ridden a horse, nor could he use a bow.But even so, this is an excellent step-down warrior.Especially since he is still so young, if he takes time, he will definitely become a general again.

Now Li Jing directly recruited the warrior Wang Yanzhang. On that day, a total of [-] recruits were recruited from the refugees.Each of them has their own strengths, tall and burly.Examiner Li temporarily organized the two hundred recruits into a recruit team, and after they were brought back to Dengzhou, they would be organized in detail.

After everyone was assembled, Wang Yanzhang saw that an officer wearing armor had just chosen one of the random bodyguards to be the head of the recruit, so he stepped forward and said, "I request to be the leader of the recruit team!"

Everyone saw that Wang Yanzhang was just a young man. Although he showed great strength in the assessment just now, everyone could count him as one of the best in a hundred.At this time, no one would listen to a fur boy as their leader, but they all agreed.The new team leader also felt that his prestige had been swept away, and he said angrily: "This is just a temporary appointment. When we reach Dengzhou, a new team leader will naturally be appointed. You are just a new recruit, and now even You are not even a junior soldier, how can you be qualified to be the leader of the team. The leader of the team is not a soldier, but an officer."

Hearing this, Wang Yanzhang ignored them at all, but said directly to the officer who arranged the temporary team leader: "I am born with a majestic spirit, and I think you are really inferior, so I ask to be their captain, and I will take them to fight the enemy together in the future." Meritorious service. I didn't expect them to be so ungrateful, but they talked aggressively. It seems that if you don't open your eyes to decide the outcome, you won't be convinced. Every athlete talks about life and death, and my iron gun is bound to see blood But today I am not in front of the two armies, so I will show you my kung fu on my feet, walking on the ground with thistles three or five times barefoot, and see if anyone of you can try it?"

Everyone thought he was talking big and teasing everyone at first, but Wang Yanzhang actually got people to get thistles, and walked on it a few times with bare feet, and there was nothing wrong with his feet.These recruits couldn't help but turn pale with shock, no one dared to follow suit, and they all secretly admired it.

Li Jing had already left, but when he heard about it, he couldn't help but come out again.When he saw the power of this Iron Foot Kungfu with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be amazed, and a famous general of the Five Dynasties suddenly appeared in his mind.Immediately he couldn't help asking: "I haven't asked the little brother's name just now, I don't know who's name!"

Wang Yanzhang replied: "Iron Spear Wang Yanzhang!"

When Li Jing heard that it was indeed the legendary five-generation famous general, he couldn't help but almost laughed out loud.Unexpectedly, he set up a recruiting banner and actually recruited such a famous general.He felt joyful at the moment, and said on the spot: "Wang Tieqiang, I remember your name. I don't think you need to compete for the temporary leader of the recruit team. I will appoint you as the leader of my guard battalion right now." !"

Wang Yanzhang looked at Li Jing in surprise, "You mean Li Jing, Duke of Zhendong County?"

At this time, Wang Qi has already rushed forward from behind, grabbed Wang Yanzhang and knelt down, "Prince Zhendong, please forgive me, my nephew is usually a bit brute, but sometimes his brain is not so good. Please forgive me for offending the general's majesty."

Li Jing smiled, he just won a famous general, so how could he care about these things. "A certain is indeed Li Jing, as if it were fake. Get up, from now on, you will follow me."

It wasn't until Wang Qi pulled him up that Wang Yanzhang suddenly realized that he had become the head of Li Jing's guard battalion in the blink of an eye.

And Li Jing also suddenly had a feeling of joy when Tang Taizong said that "all the heroes in the world are in my pocket".

(To be continued)