The general frowned, as most of the Eternal Army would not agree to recruit oneself.
Because it is easy for self-recruited people to support their own party members, many military officers have well-known connections behind them.
In order to minimize the influence of Shijia Valve on the military penetration, the recruitment of soldiers is allocated by the Ministry of War and will not allow them to recruit themselves.
General Zhuang Bo said: "I have to report this matter to Lord Shangshu for instructions."
Xiang Chen nodded and said: "I understand, I'm sorry to trouble you, General."
General Zhuang Bo helped Xiang Chen ask for instructions, and not long after, news came from Ouyang Shengwu.
Two words, agree!
General Zhuang Bo was slightly shocked. From the attitude of the minister, he could tell that Li Wangchen was definitely a member of Fan Zhuguo and the Ouyang Shengwu faction!
He also valued him very much and deliberately cultivated him vigorously.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to give him such great authority to recruit people by himself.
There are many factions in this army, and it looks monolithic to the outside world, but there are also factions within the army, including those from Fan Shuyuan's faction, those from Zhong Xuanzhu's faction, those from a certain prince's faction, etc.
Xiang Chen was quite happy after receiving the order to recruit himself.
In this way, some of his ancient people can be inserted into the eternal army system.
There is a vacancy of more than 20,000 soldiers. Xiang Chen plans to mobilize 10,000 veterans from the prehistoric times to supplement the vacancies. The remaining vacancies will be recruited by Xinghai Sect.
You also can't place too many people from the ancient people, as too many people will easily reveal flaws. It's best to mix the local people and the people from the ancient times into one division.
In this way, any tasks do not have to be undertaken by veterans of the prehistoric times. Xiang Chen is also confident that he can train the locals in Hongmeng into an iron army loyal to him.
In order to recruit troops, Xiang Chen applied for permission and took some people to the Chaos Star Sea.
Their mission is to garrison and have no combat missions, so they can still ask for leave.
It took two months for Xiang Chen and others to reach the Chaos Star Sea.
Arriving at the Chaos Star Sea, Xiang Chen sensed the energy of Xiaoliu, the ancestor of the Siren, by virtue of his contract.
"This bastard has indeed returned to the Chaotic Star Sea!"
Xiang Chen snorted coldly and looked towards the Kraken Clan, in the direction of the Kraken Ancestral Spring.
Similarly, Xiaoliu, the ancestor of the Kraken clan and the Kraken ancestor in the Kraken Ancestral Fountain, also opened his eyes, his face changed with shock: "This guy is back safely!"
At first, he hoped that Xiang Chen would be killed by the emperor who was chasing him, but it backfired.
"Xiao Liu, you have three days to come see me, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!" Xiang Chen used the contract to send a message to the other party!
The Siren Ancestor smiled bitterly and could only reply yes.
When Xiang Chen came back, the first thing he did was to visit his uncle Zhengfeng.
After all, he was the former sect master, so it would be inappropriate to return to Chaotic Star Sea without paying homage to him.
Taishu Zhengfeng was very surprised when he found out that Xiang Chen had come back, so he received him on the same day.
Taishu Zhengfeng praised Xiang Chen politely, and Xiang Chen also revealed to him his idea of joining the Xinghai Sect to recruit soldiers.
"Conscription——" Taishu Zhengfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and did not reply to Xiang Chen immediately.
Xiang Chen continued: "Sect Master, this is a great opportunity for our Xinghai Sect to exert influence in the Eternal Army."
Taishu Zhengfeng asked: "How many people do you want?"
"I want five thousand disciples, and their cultivation should be above the realm of creation of heaven and earth!"
Taishu Zheng said: "Five thousand disciples are not a problem. Among the five thousand disciples, I will give you two thousand elite disciples from the original realm of heaven and earth, but I also have a small condition!"
"Sect Master, please tell me!"
"Shen Bin, come in!" Outside, a fat young man walked in.
"Second Senior Brother!" Xiang Chen was a little surprised, knowing this person.
Xinghai Sect’s successor disciple, Shen Bin!
In the past, Xiang Chen was the sixth child and he was the second child.
Judging from the aura emanating from the other party now, he is already an emperor at the beginningless realm of heaven and earth.
"Junior brother Li, long time no see." Shen Bin clasped his fists.
Xiang Chen smiled back and said, "Congratulations, second senior brother, for entering the beginningless realm of heaven and earth and achieving the Emperor's Path and Fruition."
Shen Bin smiled and said: "Junior brother Li came from behind and stepped into the realm of the beginningless world. He also became a general in the heavenly palace, which is enviable."
The relationship between the two was quite good, and Xiang Chen even saved Shen Bin once, who was Taishu Zhengfeng's disciple.
Taishu Zhengfeng smiled and said: "It's good that you two are familiar with each other. Wangchen, I will give you a disciple of the Xinghai Sect. I hope you can let your senior brother Shen find an official position in your army!"
It seems that this old guy also wants to deploy manpower in the army, Xiang Chen muttered in his heart.
"Of course there is no problem with this. Positions such as the commander of a thousand troops and the commander of a brigade still have this right."
Xiang Chen agreed immediately, and in exchange for benefits, naturally you have to give up to get something.
"Okay, I will select everyone for you in two days."
"Thank you so much, Master!" Xiang Chen bowed and saluted.
"Wangchen, if you live up to the sect, the sect will naturally support you with all its strength!"
Xiang Chen quickly expressed a few words of loyalty, saying that he would not let down the sect.
Shen Bin smiled and said: "Junior brother Li, I will trust you to take care of me more from now on."
"Senior brother, you are welcome, we are all one family!"
Xiang Chen handed over his hand, and after a moment of arrogance with the master and apprentice, Xiang Chen returned to Tianxuan City, his fiefdom.
When he returned to the Li clan, Li Mengying led a large number of clan members to welcome him.
Xiang Chen didn't talk nonsense and directly said that he would select people from the Li tribe to join the army.
Naturally, the Li people strongly supported him, and Xiang Chen selected a thousand local disciples of the Li tribe who were at the late stage of the Heavenly Realm or above, plus 15,000 veterans of the Prehistoric Army, who were nominally citizens of Tianxuan City, to join the army.
As a result, Xiang Chen's division retained certain Hongmeng natives and half of the Honghuang troops.
Two days later, all the people chosen by Xinghai Sect for Xiang Chen gathered together.
Five thousand people are all above the creation realm of heaven and earth, and another two thousand are all at the original realm of heaven and earth. There are twenty core disciples of the King of Heaven.
This group of people, trained into an army, can definitely be considered an elite force.
Maybe even train into an ace unit!
A month later, Xiang Chen left the Chaos Star Sea with more than 20,000 new recruits and headed for the Yinghuo Star Territory battlefield.
There are no combat missions in garrisoning, the main purpose is to maintain and protect the mining area.
This time Xiang Chen happens to be using it to train new recruits and do military training.
Eighty years passed without any surprise, and Tianyun City, Wuyou City, and Peach Blossom City were completely controlled by Lord Qingling.
At the same time, because Qingling Lord's replacement, Yuchichong, showed his identity and talent, he was taken seriously by the Yuchi family, and the Yuchi family provided him with a lot more resources.
However, the Shura army led by Mu Feng became silent in a short period of time, as if they had evaporated.
A hundred years have passed, outside the Merlin Mining Area.
A group of warships flew towards the Merlin mining area, hiding and difficult to detect.
The battleship was loaded with a large number of Netherland warriors from the Nether Clan, about 100,000 in number.
The star realm they are running towards is where Xiang Chen's Ninth Division and Eighth Division are stationed!