Chapter 6662: Ghost Swordsmanship

It turned out that the deputy commander's name was Xie Jun. Lin Fan stood behind the deputy commander and heard a deep voice coming from the tent: "Come in."

The two soldiers searched Lin Fan and then asked Xie Jun to lead Lin Fan into the tent. However, before he could observe the environment as soon as he entered the tent, Lin Fan heard the voice of someone inside the tent asking for permission to see him.

"Cavalry Commander Zhuang Yiru pays homage to the general"

"Come in"

Lin Fan looked at Zhuang Yiru, who announced his name and entered the tent. He was about thirty years old, more than six feet tall and burly and strong. He looked really majestic. There was a two-fold screen on the left side of the tent, and behind the screen was a There is a bed, a rectangular wooden table on the right side, and a sand table on the table. There are a row of Taishi chairs on each side of the middle of the tent, and the owner of the deep voice is sitting in the middle of the tent.

This is General Yan Dali, the commander-in-chief of this army of more than 8,000 people. He looks about forty years old. He is sitting on the grand master's chair in the middle. His right hand is writing something on a thin book on the wooden case. There are two wooden boxes on the left side of the case, one box contains tokens, the other box contains small flags, and the right side contains paper, pen and inkstone. There is a wooden frame diagonally behind the general, with a hanging Helmet, armor and a three-foot-long sword.

"See General"

Zhuang Yiru and Xie Jun knelt down on one knee in unison.

General Yan Dali stopped the pen in his hand, looked up at the three people under the account and asked, "Why are you here?" Lin Fan glanced at the general. This general had an ordinary face, but he had a pair of hidden secrets. With sharp eagle-like eyes and a cold yet restrained killing intent, he seemed to be a battle-hardened general.

Xie Jun pulled Lin Fan who was standing and motioned for him to kneel down. Yan Dali waved his hand and said: "Forget it, people who are not from our army don't have to do this. Xie Jun, why did you bring this person to my tent?"

Xie Jun stood up and said: "General Qi, the gangsters who slipped through the net last year have been captured in one fell swoop, totaling..."

"I already know about this. Someone reported to me not long ago that the imperial court transferred our army here. Do you know why?" Before Xie Jun could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yan Dali.

"Suppress the bandits," Zhuang Yiru also stood up and replied.

"Yes, it is to suppress bandits. We have been here for more than a year and have eliminated more than 20 groups of bandits, large and small. I am afraid there are more than 3,000 people. Now the last bandits have been killed. Oh, I want to say something to you. , I have ordered all the gangsters brought back by your cavalry to be beheaded. It seems that it is time for us to move. Okay, stop standing, sit down," Yan Dali said slowly.

Xie Jun sat on the Grand Master's chair on the right, while Zhuang Yiru sat on the Grand Master's chair on the left. Lin Fan didn't care and sat on a Grand Master's chair casually.

"That's great. Although there are military merits for suppressing bandits here, they are not as many as those on the battlefield," Zhuang Yiru said in surprise.

"General Qi, I have something to report," Xie Jun stood up again and said with his hands clasped in fists.

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"After receiving the report from the sentry cavalry, I immediately led a hundred cavalrymen to the location of the caravan intercepted by the bandits. There I found that this young man actually brought thirty-one bandits to justice by himself. I specially brought him here to introduce him to the general." Xie Jun pointed at Lin Fan and reported to Yan Dali.

"General, I also have something to report. Xie Jun is a commander of a hundred soldiers and is only the deputy commander of the cavalry. According to military regulations, anyone who mobilizes a hundred soldiers needs the permission of the commander of the commander. Otherwise, he is not allowed to mobilize troops privately. Xie Jun has no military law. Please handle it, general. " Zhuang Yiru glanced at Xie Jun coldly.

The military level of Dabiao Kingdom is divided into five levels: soldiers, ten commanders, hundred commanders, thousand commanders and ten thousand commanders. The ten-ten system is implemented, that is, one ten commander manages ten ordinary soldiers, and one hundred commander manages ten ten commanders. , a thousand commander manages ten hundred commanders, and a ten thousand commander manages ten thousand commanders. At the same time, each commander also has a chief and deputy position. The thousand chief is called the chief and deputy commander, and the ten thousand chief is called the chief and deputy general. If it is a war, then in Temporarily add 100,000-year-old and 200,000-year-old chief and deputy marshals.

Yan Dali originally had 10,000 soldiers under his command, but nearly 2,000 of them died on the battlefield. Together with Yan Dali's deputy general, he has not made any replenishment of troops until now, and Xie Jun is one of Zhuang Yiru's subordinates. Bai Chang, but Xie Jun is also the deputy commander. The two have always been at odds, and everyone in the army has long known about it.

"General, my subordinates were in an emergency situation at the time and had no time to report."

"It's a joke. I was in the army at the time, not far from your cavalry. How could I not have time to report? I'm afraid you want to monopolize the military glory."

Looking at the dispute between Xie Jun and Zhuang Yiru, Yan Dali frowned. These two people were capable of fighting and were loyal to him. However, they just looked down on each other. The reason was that Xie Jun was originally going to He was promoted to the commander of Qianchang Cavalry, but the imperial military department transferred Zhuang Yiru, the commander of the cavalry, and the friction between the two began.

"That's enough, shut up."

Yan Dali made a fist with his right hand and hammered the wooden table hard. Xie Jun and Zhuang Yiru suddenly did not dare to say anything.

"Xie Jun, although you are the deputy commander, you are not yet a commander. You mobilized troops without permission. You should have served as a warning to others for thirty years. I think you have made great achievements in suppressing the bandits, and the merits and demerits are equal to each other," Yan Dali shouted.

Xie Jun quickly knelt down and thanked Yan Dali for not pursuing the matter. At the same time, his hatred for Zhuang Yiru deepened. If he hadn't interrupted in front of the general, he would have achieved military success.

Zhuang Yiru secretly sighed and secretly thought that Xie Jun was not defeated. He heard in the tent that Xie Jun's cavalry escorted the gangsters back to the military camp and brought back a one-armed boy. After thinking for a moment, he knew that Xie Jun was fighting. Whatever the idea is, he will naturally not get it.

"What's your name, and what's your ability to bring thirty-one gangsters to justice?" Yan Dali glanced at Lin Fan.

"Back to the general, his name is Lin Fan. He is mute. Although he has a broken arm, he is very skilled in martial arts and is really a rare talent." Xie Jun, who was still kneeling on the ground, quickly replied.

"Excellent in martial arts? That's interesting. Okay, you get up first." Yan Dali glanced at Lin Fan with interest, and then asked Xie Jun to get up.

"Xie Jun recommended you to me. You have to let me see your abilities. If you like me, I will recruit you into our army," Yan Dali said majestically.

"feature?"

Lin Fan didn't know what these two words meant, but how could Xie Jun and Zhuang Yiru, who had been in the army for many years, not know that the army of the Great Bian Kingdom was recruited from various places by the imperial court, and each army had no right to recruit troops to replenish its army, even if it was If a soldier is recruited privately, even if he is a ten thousand-year-old general, he will still be beheaded.

The characteristics that Yan Dali mentioned are rights that only Wan Chang can exercise. Characteristics means that a special talent is recruited into the army and needs to be recommended by a Wan Chang as a guarantee and approved by the Ministry of War. Once he is characterized, If a person does anything that violates military regulations in the military, the recommended Ten Thousand Commanders will also be held accountable, but once a person is identified, the starting point is the Hundred Commanders.

"Okay, I know what you are going to say. I have my own sense of discretion. Come with me." Seeing Zhuang Yiru about to speak, Yan Dali waved his hand, indicating that Zhuang Yiru didn't need to say anything.

The three of them followed Yan Dali to the training ground. The four soldiers with swords outside the tent also followed Yan Dali. It seemed that they should be Yan Dali's personal bodyguards.

At this time, there were thousands of people on the training ground who were practicing. Lin Fan followed Yan Dali to one of the beaches. There were more than a hundred shirtless people on the beach. They stopped to fight and practice. They all knelt down on one knee with their hands clasped in fists and shouted to Yan Dali: "See General"

Yan Dali nodded with satisfaction and shouted: "Okay, everyone, get up and step aside. Ke Ming, come here."

Ke Ming is the shirtless Centurion Guardsman, and Yan Dali has a good memory. It seems that he has memorized the names of the soldiers of Centenary Commander and above one by one.

"This is the captain of my guard, Bai Chang Ke Ming. If you can bring him to the ground, I will recruit you into the army."

Yan Dali pointed at Ke Ming who ran in front of him and said.

Lin Fan thought for a while and realized that since he was undergoing a trial in the world of mortals, it would not be a bad idea to stay in the army for a while, so he nodded and walked to the beach.

"General, if you send me to fight such a one-armed man, isn't this..." Ke Ming murmured.

"Stop talking nonsense. Go up if you are told. He is mute and has one arm. He is capable of defeating thirty-one desperadoes. I'm afraid you can't even do it. See if you can bring some people up. ", Yan Dali narrowed his eyes.

"This...General, for a one-armed man like him, I am overqualified. I don't need to lead people. I can't defeat thirty-one desperadoes. I don't believe it. Let me see what this guy is capable of." Ke Ming had an expression of disbelief and walked into the beach after speaking.

Ke Ming, with his strong, dark muscles and seven-foot height, was like a black bear walking upright, stepping towards Lin Fan.

"Listen to what the general said, you alone can defeat thirty-one people? Then I won't show mercy, please."

Ke Ming hugged Lin Fan and saw that Lin Fan just stared at him and didn't reply politely. Just when he was about to get angry, he remembered that the general said that this man was mute. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself and said to Lin Fan, "Be careful." , Ke Ming grabbed Lin Fan's waist with both hands.

Logically speaking, the thin Lin Fan should have been lifted up by Ke Ming's hands and thrown to the beach seven or eight meters away. When Ke Ming's hundreds of soldiers were about to cheer loudly, unexpectedly, the next scene shocked everyone. Extremely surprised.

I saw Ke Ming suppressing his blush, veins bulging in his hands around Lin Fan's waist, and his legs constantly shaking, but Lin Fan didn't move at all. It was obvious that Ke Ming was unable to shake this thin, one-armed young man. Lin Fan He lightly kicked Ke Ming's left leg with his right leg. At this moment, Ke Ming felt like a long iron had hit his left leg hard. He grimaced in pain and grabbed Lin Fan's waist. His hands also relaxed.

At the same time, Lin Fan's right hand suddenly pinched Ke Ming's neck. Ke Ming quickly grabbed Lin Fan's right arm with both hands, but was unable to stop him. Lin Fan's right hand pinched his neck. Then Lin Fan raised his right hand and pinched Ke Ming. He directly lifted Ke Ming off the ground by his neck, and then swung it to the left, sending Ke Ming flying more than twenty meters.

Fortunately, Ke Ming had rough skin and thick flesh, and the place was covered with sand. Lin Fan didn't do anything harsh. Apart from almost being unable to breathe, Ke Ming was fine. From the time Ke Ming launched the offensive to when he was thrown away, there was nothing wrong with him. By the time of three breaths, everyone was stunned and the air suddenly fell into silence.

"Not bad, you are quite capable."

After a moment of silence, Yan Dali clapped his hands and smiled at Lin Fan.

"Subordinates are incompetent"

Ke Ming got up from the beach, coughed a few times and quickly apologized to Yan Dali.

"I told you earlier that this young man can defeat thirty-one people by himself. If you still don't believe it, are you convinced now?"

Yan Dali put away his smile and said with his hands behind his back.

"My subordinates accepted it, and they are still convinced." Ke Ming can be regarded as a straight person.

"You continue to practice, young man, you come with me, you come too." After Yan Dali said to Lin Fan, he also asked Zhuang Yiru and Xie Jun to follow him to the tent.

"Where's your ID tag?"

As soon as he arrived at the main tent, Yan Dali asked Lin Fan.

The ID tag is a small wooden tag used to register the identity of ordinary people in the Da Bian Kingdom. You must carry this tag when traveling. Otherwise, you will be interrogated by the patrolling government officials and you will be fined at the least, or locked up for three to five days to serve as a warning.

Lin Fan was not afraid. Zhou Zhongchen had already prepared everything. He reached into his robe with his right hand, took out an identity tag from the bronze ring, and handed it to the wooden table in front of Yan Dali.

Lin Fan, a native of Lincun, Bingliang Town, Qingzhou City, was born on X, month, XX. The seal of the Bingliang Town government was engraved on the back of the wooden sign. This was the information Lin Fan took out of the wooden sign.

"You are only twenty years old this year. You are quite capable for such a young person. Your hometown is probably more than 500 miles away from here. Let me ask you, what happened to the scars on your hands and face?"

Yan Dali picked up the identity card and looked at it for a while, then asked Lin Fan how he lost his hand and the scar on his face. However, seeing Lin Fan frowning, as if he had something to hide, he said again: "Don't tell me. It’s okay”

Yan Dali then said solemnly: "Lin Fan, I am now officially informing you that in the name of the commander of this army, I offer you to join our army, are you willing?"

Seeing Lin Fan nodded, Yan Dali continued: "Well, I will now appoint you as the false hundred commander. Because you have no military merit, I am afraid that you will not be able to convince the public if you are given a military position. You were not a member of the army before, so we suppressed Bandit, you can only receive the silver reward, it does not count as a military merit. You can stay as a guard under my account. When I write a military letter and send it to the Ministry of War, and when the reply from the Ministry of War arrives, you will be the real commander. You must remember, You are not allowed to break any military regulations in the army, otherwise I will be guilty of the same crime as you, come on."

"Take him to Ke Ming and tell him that this young man's name is Lin Fan and he will work in the guard." Yan Dali said to one of the two sword-wielding guards as soon as they entered the tent.

When Lin Fan followed a guard to find Ke Ming, Yan Dali also asked Zhuang Yiru and Xie Jun to leave the tent and began to write Lin Fan's characteristic enlistment letter on the wooden case.

Characteristic enlistment is of great importance to Wan Chang. Apart from Lin Fan's ability, the most important reason is that the war may start again. For him, if Lin Fan is used well and has made great achievements, then he will Being able to join the military and enter the temple, if something goes wrong, he will naturally have other ways to deal with it. I don't know who wants to use this double-edged sword to enlist in the army.

"Captain Ke, the general ordered me to bring this fake centenarian to you and tell you that he will be working in our guard from today on." The guard leading Lin Fan seemed to belong to Ke Ming's command. of.

Ke Ming, who was training on the beach, nodded after listening to the guard's report and said: "Okay, I understand, you can go back."

"Fake Bai Chang? Not many people with Wan Chang characteristics are enlisted in the army. What should I arrange for you in the guard? Let me think about it."

After the guards left, Ke Ming looked at Lin Fan in front of him and said thoughtfully.

Fake Hundred Commander is the lowest rank in the military for special enlistment. The reason why I added the word Fake is because it has not yet been appointed and approved by the Ministry of War. However, although it is a fake Hundred Commander, it is still a Hundred Commander. Let Lin Fan serve as a guard. Inappropriate, training guards? How to train a mute? Ke Ming thought about it carefully and seriously. There really was no suitable position for Lin Fan in the guard.

"You come with me first, I will arrange a place for you, and then I will tell you about the military regulations." Ke Ming simply did not worry about this problem and solved Lin Fan's food, clothing, housing and transportation first.

When the two of them walked more than a hundred meters away from General Yan Dali's tent, they stopped at a row of more than ten tents. After Ke Ming ordered a guard to go to the military supplies department to collect military uniforms, he led Lin Fan into the middle tent. After letting Lin Fan sit on a chair in the tent, he started talking nonstop.

It turns out that there was a Ten Commander and ten soldiers living in the tent where the Da Bian Army was stationed, while the Hundred Commander had his own independent small tent and small desk.

Ke Ming rummaged through the boxes in the tent, and after searching for a while, he took out a blue book and a palm-sized light yellow book from a small box, and handed them to Lin Fan.

"The blue book records military law. As for the other small book, don't you, uh, cherish words like gold? This is for you to write." Ke Ming originally wanted to say mute, but changed it to cherish words like gold. After that, he found another piece of black charcoal, handed it to Lin Fan and said: "If you want to convey your meaning, just use black charcoal to write it in a notebook."

The place arranged for Lin Fan to stay was in Ke Ming's tent. Ke Ming ordered someone to bring a small wooden couch and place it opposite his bed. As for eating, someone would carry the food outside the guard's tent, and Lin Fan also received special care. Even if he met General Yan Dali, he did not need to pay homage. Currently, he did not need to participate in training at all, because he had to quickly familiarize himself with military law and the hundreds of thousands of commanders in this army.

In the next three days, Lin Fan spent the morning in Ke Ming's small tent reading the military law and military discipline books, and in the afternoon he visited various Qian Chang Baichang's tents, and got to know a few Qian Chang Baichang.

"This Xie Jun really pisses me off. I don't know where a mute one-armed man came out and recommended it to the general. The general said that he is too old and blind, so why did he choose this kid to join our army?" Early in the morning, The cavalry commander Zhuang Yiru was on fire in his tent.

A man in military uniform sitting on the left side of Zhuang Yiru hurriedly hissed: "Commander, be careful what you say, be careful what you say, be careful that the walls have ears."

Another man in military uniform on the right side of Zhuang Yiru said: "Don't worry, old Qian, this is Commander Zhuang's tent, and Xie Jun's people can't hear it."

Xie Jun had been in the cavalry for many years and had already accumulated a lot of connections. Seven of the ten cavalry commanders were friends with him, while the remaining two cavalry commanders were given to him by Zhuang Yiru not long after they were transferred to this army. Winning over, otherwise Zhuang Yiru would have been completely ignored by Xie Jun.

"Commander Zhuang, you don't need to worry. The three of us have just been transferred to General Yan's account not long ago. We have no military merits, so those cavalry are not convinced by us. Now that the bandits have been eliminated, the war with the Yan Kingdom The battle is about to begin, and we will soon be on the battlefield. By then, we will have some military honors. Commander Zhuang, with your father’s connections in the Ministry of War, it is very possible to become the Commander-in-Chief of Ten Thousands of People, so please bear with it for now.” Baichang, who was called Lao Qian by another person, said after thinking for a while.

Zhuang Yiru nodded and said: "The first priority for you two is to win over the other cavalry commanders and knock down Xie Jun's arrogance. Without the support of the other cavalry commanders, he won't be able to survive for long."

While the three of them were still planning how to win over the seven hundred cavalrymen in the tent, a messenger from the Ministry of War also rode outside Yan Dali's tent and delivered an urgent military report to Yan Dali's wooden case.

"Commander Zhuang, General Yan orders you to go to his tent immediately to discuss the emergency military situation." A soldier entered the tent to convey the order to Zhuang Yiru.

"I know, go right away"

After the soldier left, Zhuang Yiru said to the other two cavalry commanders: "You guys wait here while I go to see if there is any urgent military situation."

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Yiru immediately rushed to Yan Dali's tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he found that all eight thousand commanders, including himself, had already arrived. After sitting down on the fourth grand master's chair on the right side of the grand master's chair in the tent, Yan Dali looked around at the eight thousand commanders on the left and right sides, and said, "Everyone is here, then I will announce a news to you."

Under the gaze of eight people, Yan Dali picked up the military report from the wooden case and read: "I know that General Yan, your troops have completely wiped out the bandits in the Henglan Mountains and surrounding areas. You should have rewarded his meritorious soldiers, but the war with Yanguo On the verge of breaking out, when receiving the military report, we will immediately set off and rush to Baiyun Town. All the troops and horses of your unit will be controlled by the 200,000-strong commander Lu Jianming."

Yan Dali already knew the contents of the military report, so he summoned all Qian Chang to the tent, but at this time his face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were so angry that they almost burst into flames.

It was not that he was angry because he wanted to be controlled by Lu Jianming, but Yan Dali was angry because of the time when this military report was delivered. Just last night, he sorted out and wrote down on paper the list of soldiers who had contributed to the suppression of bandits and the experience of suppressing bandits in the past year, and The order was sent to the military headquarters as quickly as possible. Even if the messenger kept sending the letter to the military headquarters day and night, it would still take five days for the military headquarters to reply. But now the letter was replied to on the third day. This shows that after the last bandit was beheaded, Someone passed him and reported it to the military department privately.

The most suspicious person is Zhuang Yiru. His father is a general in charge of logistics and food supplies in the military. Transferring Zhuang Yiru to Yan Dali's command is just gold plating. Although Zhuang Yiru has some real ability, he overstepped his authority and reported it to the police. He must be given a good beating on this matter.

Being stared at by Yan Dali's cold eyes, Zhuang Yiru felt uncomfortable all over. He was the one who privately reported to the military. He was afraid that Xie Jun would take all the credit, so he quickly wrote to his father, never thinking about himself. His father actually immediately wanted to transfer Yan Dali and his troops to the border. Although this could delay the time of awarding rewards to the soldiers who had contributed to the suppression of bandits, why didn't his father wait for two days before issuing military documents? This clearly meant that he had overstepped his rank. Well, Zhuang Yiru couldn't help but think while sweating, he was deeply afraid of being punished by Yan Dali.

"Go back immediately and gather your troops to get ready. After lunch, break camp and rush to Baiyun Town." To Zhuang Yiru's surprise, Yan Dali did not settle the score with him, but asked Qian Chang to quickly return to each camp to prepare for the breakup.

"It seems that it is better not to do this kind of thing in the future, otherwise Yan Dali, who has killed countless people, will have trouble dragging me to sacrifice the flag one day when he has a seizure." Zhuang Yiru, who walked out of the tent, was frightened when he thought of Yan Dali's look in his eyes.