Meng Zhong decided to eliminate the soldiers from Zhao, Li and Handan, which was a last resort.

After all, in this era, the clan soldiers were basically very loyal to the clan. If the Zhao family was kept and the nobles from the Li family were in the army, it was difficult to guarantee that these people would not secretly inform Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others, which was something Meng Zhong did not want to see.

Among the military tactics he had seen, whether it was Sun Wu's military tactics, Wu Qi's military tactics, or Sun Bin's military tactics, they all focused on the "unity of the army" of soldiers and generals in the army. In order not to have trouble in the future, Meng Zhong certainly had to eliminate these soldiers with different positions and leave only those civilian soldiers from non-noble families in order to implement his orders in the future.

But it has to be said that this is a task with a large amount of engineering. After all, the army led by Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao also has a force, that is, 12,500 people. It is not easy to read all the soldiers' records. Even if each of these soldiers only has one line of words, it is not an easy task.

Fortunately, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Xiang Liao, Le Yi and others helped him.

After waiting for about the afternoon of that day, the people who worked hard for most of the day were initially deleted and selected - after removing the soldiers from Zhao, Li and Handan, about 3,000 soldiers under Yangwenjun Zhao Bao met Meng Zhong's "recruitment requirements".

Meng Zhong brought the military book copied by Xiang Liao and others and returned to the commander's tent to find Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao.

When Meng Zhong saw Zhao Bao again, the old man Zhao Bao seemed to be drunk. When he saw Meng Zhong, he asked without hesitation: "Hey, boy, why did you remove the soldiers from Zhao, Li and Handan? Are these soldiers not worthy of being included... What about Xinwei?"

Facing Zhao Bao, who seemed to be angry, Meng Zhong had no fear on his face, but instead replied with a smile: "Don't you know what you mean?"

Zhao Bao was stunned when he heard this. After laughing twice, he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of the wine, and said, "At a young age, this is quite heavy... How many people are left?"

"About 3,000." Meng Zhong replied truthfully.

"Oh?" Zhao Bao stroked his beard and asked casually: "Then how do you plan to pick out the five hundred people you want from these three thousand strokes?"

Meng Zhong chuckled after hearing this, "Since he is the guard of Master Zhao, of course he is the best choice. Please order the 3,000 people to run around the military camp for ten laps. The first five hundred people to reach will be transferred to the Xinwei Army."

Hearing this, Zhao Bao looked at Meng Zhong inexplicably and said with a smile: "Boy, do you know how to train soldiers? Good physical strength does not mean that you are the best soldier."

"I know this naturally, but the weak soldiers will definitely not be excellent soldiers."

"...Hey." Zhao Bao laughed and turned to Zhao Ben, the military assistant who followed Meng Zhong back to the tent, said: "Zhao Ben, go and give orders."

"Here!"

Zhao Ben hugged his fists and turned around and left the handsome tent.

Taking advantage of the gap between the three thousand people being "assessed", Zhao Bao invited Meng Zhong to have a drink with him.

During this period, Zhao Bao bluntly asked Meng Zhong and said, "Boy, what is the relationship between you and Mr. Zhang and Tian Buluo?"

Obviously, he still couldn't let it go.

Meng Zhong was stunned and answered truthfully: "I have no friendship with Gongzi Zhang before. Tian Buhui Xiang... He used to be a scholar-official in my Song State. My brother Hui Ann had some friendship with him. Therefore, when I came to Zhao State this time, my brother asked me to bring his handwritten letter to visit Tian Xiang so that I could take care of him."

The reason why he called Tian Buluo the Prime Minister of Tian was because Tian Buluo had been appointed by Prince Zhang as the Prime Minister of Dai County.

"oh."

Yang Wenjun nodded, Meng Zhong's explanation was similar to what he knew.

Soon, Meng Zhong said goodbye and went to inspect the three thousand soldiers to undergo the "assessment". After he left, a soldier beside Zhao Bao whispered: "June, have you really decided to let this son take away five hundred soldiers?"

This armored soldier, the guard who drew his sword from Meng Zhong from Yangwenjun's mansion yesterday, was named Zhou Zhao.

Seeing that Zhao Bao was drinking and not talking, Zhou Zhao said again: "How should I explain to Anpingjun?"

"Explanation? What do I want to explain to him?"

Zhao Bao frowned and glared at Zhou Zhao.

Indeed, he and Anping Jun Zhao Cheng are cousins ​​of the same generation, and they have the same status and status, so there is no need to be afraid of Zhao Cheng.

"But..." Zhou Zhao stopped talking.

As if he had guessed Zhou Zhao's thoughts, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, and said slowly: "Let's wait and see what happens... The soldiers led by me are not so easily surrendered..." After a pause, he said: "I have ordered Zhao Ben to make arrangements. I believe Zhao Ben will definitely try to ask a few soldiers to embarrass the boy on the spot... If this boy cannot be resolved, it proves that he is at best at this level. I can explain to Zhao Cheng; if this boy resolves this matter, then let it go... Why should I offend a brave and resourceful young man too much?"

Zhou Zhao nodded thoughtfully.

About half an hour before dusk, the three thousand soldiers met Meng Zhong's request and ran around the entire camp for ten laps. Among them, the first five hundred people were summoned to the school ground by Meng Zhong.

At this time, Zhao Ben, an army officer who led Meng Zhong and others to select soldiers, took the lead in telling the five hundred soldiers the purpose of this "assessment", and told the latter that these five hundred people would be fortunate to become members of the "Xinwei".

After hearing this, the five hundred soldiers were immediately in an uproar.

"Damn it, was that boy who let us run around the camp ten times in the cold wind?"

"Xin Weijun? Haven't he heard it before?"

"Who is that little kid who dares to call himself Sima?"

Seeing the five hundred soldiers below talking, the military servant Zhao Ben raised a smile on the corner of his mouth, and then calmly made a "please" gesture towards Meng Zhong.

『…The feelings are waiting for me here.”

Meng Zhong thought secretly.

He is not a fool, how could he not see through the purpose of Zhao Ben's actions?

But now that things have come to this point, he can only bite the bullet and go on.

"Ahu, Ajin."

Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Le Jin whispered a few times, and they nodded, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, Meng Zhong walked to the front of the five hundred soldiers and shouted loudly: "Quiet!"

The five hundred soldiers who were talking nonsense stopped hearing this and then became noisy again.

And at this moment, Meng Zhong shouted in a deep voice: "I am the Sima ordered by Master Zhao's father, Meng Zhong!"

『…』

Seeing that Meng Zhong finally took advantage of Zhao Zhufu's name, Zhao Ben snorted, but didn't say much.

Perhaps in his opinion, Meng Zhong was at best only at this level.

It has to be said that Master Zhao’s father is still very famous. After hearing Meng Zhong’s order, the five hundred soldiers finally calmed down.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong continued to say: "I am under the name of Master Zhao and trained an army of 500 people as a guard. You are fortunate to be selected into it..."

Before he could finish his words, a soldier in front of the team interrupted, "What qualifications do you have to command me?"

After hearing this, many soldiers also responded.

"I want to let me obey unless you defeat me!" The soldier raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

“…”

Meng Zhong looked at the soldier carefully and saw that the other party was about twenty-five years old, strong and burly. At first glance, he was really an excellent soldier.

To be honest, even though Meng Zhong learned martial arts since childhood, he may not be able to defeat such a trained soldier because of his age.

"What? Is the dignified Sima actually afraid?" The soldier laughed relentlessly, causing a burst of laughter from the soldiers present.

Looking at the messy scene, Jun Zuo Zhao Ben raised a smile on his lips again.

The soldier was called "Mu Li", which was arranged in advance - he was the deputy general of the army. Even if Meng Zhong eliminated Zhao, Li and the soldiers from Handan, Zhao Ben just gave a few instructions casually, so naturally some soldiers were willing to make things difficult for him.

『…』

He glanced at Meng Zhong quietly, trying to see what the latter would do.

At this time, Meng Zhong also looked at the messy scene in front of him and thought about countermeasures.

Go to compete with the soldier in person? Try your best to defeat the other party?

This is just the worst!

Not to mention that with his fifteen-year-old physique, he has not been able to defeat the opponent steadily. So what if he can win? Judging from this situation, I don’t know how many people want to challenge him - after all, his fifteen-year-old physique looks easy to "bully", and it is hard to guarantee that those soldiers will not want to use him as a stepping stone to improve their fame and military position.

Could he still defeat all the soldiers present?

"Is it inevitable that you will kill someone to establish your authority in the end..."

Meng Zhong frowned and thought to himself.

Taking a deep breath, Meng Zhong pointed at the soldier and asked, "What's your name?"

"Mu Li!" the soldier replied without fear.

Meng Zhong nodded, pointed to the soldier named Mou Li and said, "First."

『??』

Before the soldiers named Mou Li could react, they saw Meng Zhong face all the soldiers and said in a deep voice: "I was appointed as the Sima of the new army by Master Zhao. It is obvious that Master Zhao believes that I have this talent..."

Hearing this, the five hundred soldiers below laughed at each other.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong was not angry and said lightly: "I really don't understand why you are laughing at? Do you think you have the talent in this regard? If this is true, why is it Meng Zhong, who was appointed as the Sima of the Army, not everyone?"

After hearing this, the soldiers below calmed down a little. During this period, one of the soldiers in the team shouted: "We just have no chance!"

"Good words!" Meng Zhong smiled a little on his face and nodded and said, "Meng also thought so. I heard that there was a man in this world who was good at horse racing, called Bole. People in the world said that there was first Bole in this world, and then there was a thousand-mile horse. However, before Bole, was there no thousand-mile horse in this world? Not necessarily! It was just that there was no Bole who was good at horse racing to discover them... Meng also believed that you were all the best soldiers led by Yang Wenjun, but there was no chance of promotion. Now, Meng was willing to be that Bole and give you the opportunity to stand out. I, Meng Zhong, was the Sima whom Master Zhao's father, who was appointed by Master Zhao. Under my leadership, you have much more opportunities for promotion than in other armies. You don't need to care about how many talents I have. As long as you know, I have the ability to make you stand out, and even valued by Master Zhao's father..."

After hearing Meng Zhong's words, the five hundred soldiers suddenly calmed down and thought quietly about Meng Zhong's words.

『This kid…』

Beside him, Zhao Ben stood with his arms around him. After hearing these words, he looked at Meng Zhong with some surprise.

Because he found that the five hundred soldiers below actually showed a look of hesitation after hearing Meng Zhong's words.
Chapter completed!