A good source of soldiers was a good thing for the army in the future.
Xu Tian nodded." Circle the names on the list and show them to me tomorrow."”
Li Dian was stunned. He didn't know what Xu Tian wanted to do.
However, he received the order and went back to flip through the name list. In the end, he found that there were indeed several people with the same surname among the 800 people.
The next day, Li Dian came over with the list. Xu Tian nodded with a smile after reading it.
Li Dian couldn't help but ask," My lord, what are these people capable of? My lord seems to care about them a lot."”
Xu Tian pretended to be mysterious and said," You'll know when the time comes. I'll remind you to pay more attention to the one who performs the best during these three days of training."”
Xu Tian didn't explain further. Li Dian went to train the new recruits to see what was so special about them.
In addition, Cang Ba continued to recruit new soldiers.
But today, it was obviously half as much.
Most of them were still aiming for the position of commandant, so before the new prefect made any promises, the pure soldiers were not so enthusiastic.
Soon, three days later, after a series of selections, the strongest ten people were finally selected.
On this day, Xu Tian brought Dian Wei and the others to the drill ground.
"Greetings, Prefecture Lord!"
Everyone greeted in unison.
Xu Tian said," This is the first time I've met you all. I know that everyone is anxious, so I'll make it short. Let's start the competition. Whoever can defeat the vice-commandant Li Dian will be the commandant of the Third Corps."
Of course, you might think that if you defeat the vice-commandant, there won't be enough commandants. If that's the case, then I'll first remove Li Dian's position as vice-commandant because he didn't pass the test and was defeated repeatedly.”
Everyone held back their laughter and felt that the new mayor was quite friendly.
"Alright! Start now!" Xu Tian waved his hand, and the crowd retreated to give space to the eleven people.
"Everyone, please!" Li Dian said.
Immediately, someone rushed out impatiently and said,"Vice Commandant Li, let me meet you first.”
This person rushed out quickly, but he was also defeated quickly. He only exchanged three or four moves with Li Dian before he was defeated. Then, more and more people stood out and were defeated one after another.
In the end, only the person called Ziyi was left.
Li Dian knew who this person was. He was one of the few people Xu Tian had high hopes for. He had observed him for the past three days. This person was indeed not weak.
"Come on, you're the last one. I hope you can defeat me.”Li Dian gave his blessings humbly, but his clenched fists showed no intention of being polite.
The person opposite him said," There's no hurry. Deputy Commandant Li has just fought nine people and has exhausted his stamina. I can't take advantage of him. Otherwise, it won't be glorious to win."”
"Good! I'll just rest for a few minutes." Li Dian didn't argue. The other party was obviously much stronger than the other nine people. Since they wanted to fight, they had to fight fairly.
Soon, the time was up, and the two of them went on stage.
After greeting each other, the two of them shouted at the same time and rushed towards each other.
"Bang! Bang!"
The two of them exchanged punches and kicks. You attacked, I blocked, I advanced, you retreated. For a moment, they attacked frequently, and the fight was called exciting.
Soon, the two of them had fought for ten rounds, but there was still no winner. Everyone on the drill ground cheered and cheered.
After fifteen rounds, the two of them punched each other and retreated.
"It seems that it will be a little late to decide the winner. Why don't we use weapons instead?”
"Good! I have the same intention."
The two of them paused for a moment and then used their weapons. Coincidentally, both of them used guns.
Following that, the two of them engaged in a gunfight. It was also extremely exciting.
"Lord, I'm afraid Mancheng is going to lose.”
Dian Wei, Yu Jin, and the others reminded him.
Xu Tian said," It's fine. This is normal. Mancheng's strength has been reduced by ten percent. He will definitely lose if he fights for a long time."”
"My lord, did you expect this?" Guo Jia asked.”
Everyone looked at Xu Tian. Xu Tian had deliberately left a commandant without appointment. He had thought that it was just a simple way to appease Dong Lai.
Now that he thought about it, there seemed to be a deeper meaning to this.
Xu Tian smiled and pretended to be mesmerized.""You guess?"
Guo Jia was speechless.
"Look, that kid won. Man Cheng really lost!”
At this moment, the outcome of the battle between the two people using two spears was just as Xu Tian had said.
"Li Dian greets the lord!"
"Taishi Ci greets Lord Prefect!"
Li Dian and Taishi Ci walked up to Xu Tian and greeted him with cupped fists.
Xu Tian stood up and nodded. He gave a look of approval and said,""Very good, your fight was lively and exciting. Now, I announce that Taishi Ziyi is the commandant of the 3rd Corps.”
"Thank you, Lord Prefect!" Taishi Ci replied excitedly.
Now that he was a commandant, he still could not believe it even though Xu Tian had promised him.
He was a commoner, yet he had become a commandant without any achievements.
"It's true, it's true. Taishi Ci became a commandant.”
" Hehe, of course it's true. The Prefect Lord said it himself. How can it be fake? Let me tell you, Ziyi and I are good brothers. We're from the same village…"
When more than a thousand recruits saw Xu Tian personally acknowledge Taishi Ci's position as commandant, they all looked excited and whispered to each other in envy.
This new prefect really seemed to be a man of his word.
Moreover, he doesn't discriminate against us poor families and commoners.
"Cough cough!"
Xu Tian straightened his voice. The discussions on the drill ground were all gone. Everyone looked at Xu Tian.
Xu Tian glanced at the second to tenth place and said,""As for the nine of you, although your martial arts aren't as good as Man Cheng's, you can still be considered the best in the army. You can be the deputy of Commandant Ziyi and Vice Commandant Man Cheng. I hope you will work hard to protect Donglai, the Great Han, and the people of the Great Han.”
The nine of them were also extremely excited when they heard this. They immediately replied sonorously,"Yes, Lord Prefect. We will protect Donglai, protect the Great Han, and protect the people of the Great Han.”
"Good! Remember what you said today. If you go against what you said today, I will not let you off. I will chase you to the ends of the earth and kill you!”Xu Tian turned his head and looked at the soldiers around the drill ground. His tone was murderous and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.
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