Early in the morning, somewhere outside Chang 'an City.
"All chiliarchs, gather!"
"Understood!"
There was a vast wilderness nearby, but it was not far from Chang 'an, which was a place for training.
A burly man with a dark complexion, who looked like King Kong, was the Duke of Lu, Cheng Yaojin. At this moment, his bell-like eyes stared at the person in front of him."Have all the chiliarchs arrived?"
"Reporting, all the chiliarchs have arrived!”
In front of Cheng Yaojin, a hundred men stood in formation. They were the 100 captains of this 100,000-man army.
Cheng Yaojin nodded slightly.
Then, he turned around and looked at someone. It was Duke Wei, Li Jing. He smiled and said,"Old Jing, take a look at the spirit of these chiliarchs under us. How is it? They didn't embarrass you, right?”
Old Jing?
Li Jing's face twitched.
Yuchi Jingde was also beside him, standing with Cheng Yaojin like two door gods. At this moment, he also smiled and said,"Old Jing, weren't you busy with matters in Yunzhou? Why are you here?”
Even though the Tu Jue where Jie Li was located had temporarily ceased fighting, they still had to be on guard. Moreover, the defense line in Yunzhou was very weak, and there was no guarantee that the Tu Jue would go south to plunder cattle and horses.
Seeing the two bastards calling him "Old Jing", Li Jing was too lazy to argue and went straight to the point."Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, His Majesty wants you two to pick twenty soldiers with good skills and three centurions.”
What?
Li Jing had asked them to gather the people the moment they arrived, but after such a long time, they wanted to pick twenty people?
"This is His Majesty's order. If you can't choose one within two hours, you and the Duke of E will have to receive fifty strokes of the rod.”
Li Jing looked at Cheng Yaojin calmly and said deliberately.
"This, this, this…Old Jing, we are old brothers who fought side by side. Can you make it clear? Why does His Majesty want these twenty people and the centurion?”
Cheng Yaojin was anxious.
When Yuchi Jingde heard that he had his own matters to attend to, he hurriedly said,""That's right, Old Jing. Why don't you tell us? How would we know what type to choose?”
Seeing the anxious looks of the two, Li Jing could not help but laugh in his heart. He said with a normal expression,"Three centurions and twenty clever soldiers, head to a place called Little Qin Village and protect the village!”
Protect the village?
The two of them were dumbfounded.
Fortunately, he did not want many people, but His Majesty had personally ordered the soldiers to protect the village. This was the first time a young lady had boarded a sedan chair!
Cheng Yaojin's eyes flashed,""Old Jing, tell me the truth. Is this a good job?”
"What exactly is there in the Little Qin Village? Why did they have to send troops to protect the road right after the road was fixed? Why?”
The corner of Li Jing's mouth twitched when he heard this. He shook his head and said truthfully,"I asked yesterday, but His Majesty didn't give me an explanation. He only said that I just have to do it. Why don't you ask His Majesty?”
Immediately, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde's faces turned pale, and they hurriedly shook their heads.""Forget it. We'll just do as His Majesty says. We won't go over and ask for a beating.”
Previously, when Li Er ordered the renovation of Chang 'an Fortress, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde borrowed half of the people from the Ministry of Works to repair their mansions.
Yesterday morning, after the matter of building the road was decided, the Minister of Works, Duan Lun, reported the situation of the recruitment of manpower from the Ministry of Works.
In the end, the two of them wanted the most manpower and were scolded by Li Er.
No matter what, he was unwilling to meet the Emperor.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde looked at each other and then at the army.
Soon, as the names of the 20 people were called out, this team of 20 people was selected and came before Li Jing.
After that, another three centurions stood out.
"Is this…okay?" Cheng Yaojin asked Li Jing.
The people had been chosen, but Li Jing was dumbfounded when he saw the three centurions!
The three of them were very young. They stood respectfully in front of Li Jing and bowed.
"Cheng Chumo greets Duke Wei!"
"Yuchi Baolin greets Duke Wei!"
"Qin Huaidao greets Duke Wei!"
Behind the three of them, the soldiers and the centurions and chiliarchs were all red with envy.
What the f * ck, he was going through the back door!
The training here was extremely tiring. Now that they had a good job like protecting the village, who wouldn't want to go?
What kind of danger could a village have?
When the time came, it would be like traveling. Wouldn't it be wonderful to hunt and see the mountains and rivers?
Li Jing looked at the three centurions speechlessly and rubbed his forehead as he felt a headache coming on."No need for formalities. The three of you can enter the ranks!”
He really didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would think of such a trick and directly send Cheng Chumo and the others in.
In the Great Tang, this was a task arranged by His Majesty, so it was clearly a highly sought after job.
However, Li Jing had a bad feeling.
Although Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, and Qin Huaidao had grown up in the army and had learned a few martial arts skills from their fathers, they were still far from being able to fight.
Moreover, the titles of centurions were given to them by their fathers and Li Er.
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