"Martial arts warrior..."

In the main hall, Gao Xi, Tian Tao, Lian Chen, Bao Shu, Guan Zhong and other officials, after hearing that the left prime minister Zhao Zhao made this suggestion, they looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Two groups of people who had different political views in the past found a rare agreement on this matter.

This made King Lu Bai of Qi feel inexplicably curious, so he asked: "What is...a martial artist?"

In view of the fact that this is the tradition of Qi State, Zhao Zhao, the Prime Minister of the Left, raised his right hand and said: "Master Gao Xi, it is up to you to explain it to the king."

Gao Xi looked at Zhao Zhao thoughtfully and nodded, then stroking his beard and explaining to the young monarch Qi Wangbai: "Your Majesty, martial arts warriors are the powerful strategy of the late king to defeat the Chu State... Thinking back to those days

When the late king first ascended the throne, he first competed with King Jian of Han for supremacy, and a fierce battle broke out in Julu County. Later, King Xiong Xu of Chu in the south took advantage of our Daqi to fight fiercely with Han, and his troops were seriously damaged, so he took the opportunity to attack... In times of crisis...

At this time, the late king used the gold stored in the treasury as a temptation to recruit wild rangers and desperadoes, and finally defeated the Chu State..."

Following Gao Xi's narration, Qi King Lu Bai finally understood this so-called martial artist.

"Martial warriors", to put it bluntly, are a special Qi army composed of rough rangers and desperadoes in the early days of the Qi King Lu Xi's era.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. This army seemed to be a rabble, but under the temptation of money, this rabble defeated the Chu army led by Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, and not once, and made Qi cross the border.

The most difficult period has passed.

Later, when the State of Qi, with the help of the State of Lu, greatly improved the weapons and equipment of its own army and built countless terrible war weapons, the State of Chu had almost no hope of defeating the State of Qi. From then on, it suffered repeated defeats.

So in the end, the kings and nobles of Chu State considered that the war with Qi State would only cause them heavy losses and no benefits, so they no longer wanted to contribute. Whenever the King of Chu recruited troops, they would

He made various excuses and refused to use the regular army. He simply used food to recruit troops to perfunctory the King of Chu.

Over time, Chu State, a powerful country with the largest base in the Central Plains and a population of tens of millions, was suppressed by Qi and Lu, and had almost no counterattack power. Of course, in fact, it was not that Chu State had no counterattack power at that time, but Chu Dong

The nobles of the city are not willing to sacrifice the power of their families.

If the battle between Han Wang Jian and Qi Wang Xi made Qi Wang Xi famous all over the world, then the confrontation between Qi Wang Xi and Chu Wang Xiong Xu really contributed to Qi's dominance in the Central Plains.

During this period of time, martial arts warriors played an indispensable role. It was this army that helped Qi survive the most difficult period.

But later on, Qi's army got on the right track, and martial arts warriors inevitably gradually became history.

This is no wonder. After all, in the eyes of generals who know how to fight, no matter how brave the martial arts warriors are, in the final analysis they are just a ragtag group with no military discipline at all, just like the tattooed army of the Qin State. Although the Wei State

Prince Zhao Run would praise the bravery of this army and admire them, but he would never envy them, let alone imitate them.

After all, the difference between the regular army and miscellaneous soldiers is not only reflected in their strength, but also in the military discipline of enforcing orders and prohibitions.

But for today's Qi State, this may be a life-saving straw to save the country. After all, although Qi State's national strength has declined due to civil strife, during the civil strife, Shang Qing Gao Xi protected the king from the hands of former right minister Tian Huan.

The capital was Linzi, so the state treasury did not suffer much losses and was fully capable of paying for the losses caused by this war - to put it bluntly, what Qi lacked was sufficient troops to cope with Chu's all-out attack.

On that day, after receiving the approval of King Lu Bai of Qi, Shang Qing Gao Xi personally drafted a proclamation for recruiting martial arts warriors, and quickly sent people to post it in counties across the country. He even commissioned businessmen from Qi to sell this document.

The news spread throughout the world.

This message quickly swept through the entire city of Linzi and reached the ears of Ya Wu, the leader of the Qing Crows.

After learning about this, Yawu immediately took two Qingya people to a bulletin board in the city where the proclamation was posted to confirm the authenticity of the proclamation.

He was a little surprised: The King of Qi was not thinking about resisting the Chu army, but he was recruiting reckless rangers...

No matter how you look at it, Ya Wu feels unreliable.

It is undeniable that there may indeed be powerful people among the Cao Mang Rangers, such as Cai Qinhu, the general of the Wei State. This man was originally a grass bandit who occupied the mountains in the Shangcai area and became the king.

So he had no choice but to plead with Xu Yin, the general stationed in the Fenxing Army at that time, to send troops to suppress the attack.

But you must know that when Cai Qinhu first arrived at the Fenxing Army, he was a thorn in the army. He just went his own way on weekdays and did not obey orders during battle. He only knew how to blindly charge into the battle. If it weren't for the Fenxing Army at that time,

General Xu Yin was very fond of Cai Qinhu, a reckless man. Cai Qinhu had long been punished with military discipline.

Later, it took a full year or two for Cai Qinhu to gradually integrate into the Fenxing Army's combat lineup and become a special force of the Fenxing Army, which was good at defense.

This is the reason why regular military generals never like to cooperate with motley crews recruited temporarily: The brave are brave, and they can't cooperate with each other on the battlefield. What's the use of you? War is not determined by one or a few people.

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Within two days, the Cao Mang Rangers from Beihai County rushed to Linzi, and the Qi court temporarily built a military camp outside Linzi City to recruit these Cao Mang Rangers.

"...Would you like to go take a look?"

Yawu thought for a moment, and finally decided to go to the military camp to see what was going on in person, to see if this ragtag group of people gathered together because of the temptation of money had the potential to defeat the Chu army.

When he arrived at the military camp, the outside of the military camp was already crowded with people. Most of them were fierce-looking guys, with their hair covered and disheveled, and scars all over their faces and hands.

"Boy, what are you looking at?!"

There was a rough man who seemed to notice Ya Wu looking at them, stared at them and cursed.

"...A guy who can be killed in two strikes."

Ya Wu curled his lips secretly, but on the surface he pretended to be frightened by the rude man, lowering his head and not replying, which made the rude man very proud.

"Next."

In the distance, the voice of the Qi general responsible for the screening came.

Ya Wu turned around and saw a man dressed as a civilian walking into the open space between the fields.

"Isn't Qi a prosperous country where even the common people are wealthy? How come ordinary common people come here?"

Yawu was very surprised.

I have to say that he misunderstood. In fact, the reason why Qi is called a prosperous country where even the common people are quite wealthy is because it refers to the average wealth of the people in Qi. This does not mean that Qi is not impoverished.

people.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the young man, who looked like he was only in his teens, walked to the field, picked out a stone lock in the middle, and tried to lift it.

It turns out that this is how this military camp was selected: place three stone locks, large, medium, and small. Those who can lift the smallest stone lock will be admitted as soldiers, and those who can lift the other two stone locks will be awarded accordingly.

Military positions, such as corps commander, chief officer, chief uncle, etc.

It was a pity that the young man tried all his strength and his face turned red, but he could only lift the smallest stone chain off the ground.

Seeing this, the group of reckless rangers around burst into laughter, and some even used vulgar and harsh words to attack the middle-aged man, probably saying something like "The baby should go home to nurse."

However, the Qi official in charge of deletion did not make fun of the young man. Instead, he persuaded the young man in a friendly manner: "Little brother, the battlefield is dangerous. You'd better not go through this muddy water and go home."

However, the young man did not accept this kindness. He shook his head firmly and pleaded: "I... I have many brothers and sisters in my family, and I need this bounty."

The official tried to persuade him several times, but when he saw that the young man still refused to leave, he finally added the young man's name to the list.

This surprised Crow Five: Didn’t he fail? Can he join now?

After thinking about it, Ya Wu understood that Qi State was currently short of troops. Even if they were cannon fodder, what reason would there be to refuse?

The official's advice was only out of good intentions and did not want the young man to die on the battlefield at a young age.

"Next one," the officer shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the rude man who had just glared at Yawu, pushed through the crowd and rushed into the venue, shouting: "I, I, let me come!"

After that, he directly picked the largest stone lock, took a deep breath, exerted all his strength, and actually lifted it up.

"...Hey, this guy is really quite capable."

Ya Wu glanced at it, feeling a little surprised.

But it just feels a little surprising. After all, for assassins like them, how come they have never encountered a target with brute force? There is brute force but no corresponding skills. In front of them like the Blue Crows, it is purely

Just a lamb to the slaughter.

But it cannot be denied that the strength of this reckless man really amazed the official. He confirmed the position of uncle on the spot, which made the reckless man even more proud.

After going back and forth, it was finally Crow Five's turn.

After thinking about it for a while, Yaowu chose the stone lock in the middle. Firstly, he didn't want to attract attention, and secondly, he really couldn't lift the stone lock that was as big as a millstone.

But even so, the official was not disappointed. He decided on the spot what commander Ya Wu would be, and then asked Ya Wu to report to the military camp.

After waiting for the two accompanying Qingyas to pass the examination, Yawu took them to the military camp. He thought there would be another examination in the military camp, but what he didn't expect was that he met the Quartermaster.

——This quartermaster directly distributed Qi’s copper coins to the soldiers who passed the examination.

The quantity was not much. After I bought it, I weighed it and found that it was only about eight taels. This amount of money was only enough to live in Linzi for a few days, but if I wanted to drink and eat meat, I would probably lose it in one meal.

However, the quartermaster made it very clear that as long as they killed a Chu soldier after going to the battlefield, they could get another bounty, and the reward for Chu soldiers with titles would be doubled in turn.

After telling this, Ya Wu and others were sent to the tents in the military camp.

"Is this the end?"

Crow Five and the two accompanying Blue Crows looked at each other in confusion.

They originally thought that there would be another assessment after entering the military camp, such as to see if they had any skills in killing enemies, but they did not expect that it would be so careless.

But after thinking about it, Ya Wu finally understood.

Yes, they are all cannon fodder, what is there to test? After a few battles, you can immediately screen out those who are truly capable.

When they came to the barracks to rest, Ya Wu and others carefully looked at the "companions" in the barracks. They saw that most of these people were in groups of twos and threes, had their own small circles, and did not communicate with others. They only discussed what they had done after receiving the bounty.

How to spend it; or just holding the weapons with you and closing your eyes to meditate; only a few people showed fear and uneasiness in their expressions.

Just like the teenage boy who barely passed the exam earlier.
To be continued...