Chapter 7 Recruitment
The most important thing for Wei Yuan in the regulations is the martial arts test, which Zhang Sheng has never mentioned.
The martial arts test is to gather all the candidates in a cave fantasy world and randomly divide them into two teams to attack each other. Each team has a key point. It is considered a victory to completely annihilate the enemy, and it is also considered a victory to capture and defend the opponent's key point.
After reading the regulations, Wei Yuan still has many questions. For example, how are the two teams divided in the martial arts test? Who will command? How do the disciples get to know each other, how do they cooperate, whether they are equipped with weapons, and whether the equipment is reasonable? Although Wei Yuan has read many real battle examples in history and learned some superficial military tactics. But there are too many unknowns and it is impossible to deduce.
Wei Yuan thought about it again and again, and it seems that he can only improvise in the exam. Anyway, the score is calculated by eliminating the enemy, and as many as he can eliminate at that time. Wei Yuan, who fought refugees with his own hands when he was three years old, is naturally not afraid of fighting.
At this time, the door suddenly knocked gently.
Wei Yuan opened the door and saw several young men standing outside. The one in the middle had delicate features and was dressed in a blue dress. He was only slightly shorter than Wei Yuan. According to the standards of the mountains in Ye County, the young man should be about eleven or twelve years old.
Each of these young men had a noble look in his eyes. Some looked at Wei Yuan because he was tall and wore coarse clothes, and their faces showed some contempt.
The young man in the middle was surprised to see that Wei Yuan was tall, and said, "I am Li Zhi, the eldest son of Duke Huien of Southern Qi. What's your name, senior brother?"
Wei Yuan was slightly surprised. He knew at a glance that the young man opposite him was of noble status, but he didn't expect that he was the son of the Duke of Southern Qi.
Although Wei Yuan had never heard of Duke Huien, he was familiar with the official system of various countries. The title of Duke Huien was not only a duke, but also a member of the royal family. Moreover, Southern Qi was now powerful, and in recent battles, it had defeated the State of Ji.
But why did the son of the Duke of Southern Qi travel thousands of miles to Fengyuan County of the State of Ji for reference?
Seeing Li Zhi asking, Wei Yuan remembered the young Taoist's advice, so he said: "I'm really sorry, the Taoist said just now that the identity and name cannot be revealed."
A teenager next to Li Zhi sneered: "Can this rule restrict us? Senior Brother Li found you, that's your chance! If you don't seize the opportunity, it will become someone else's in a while. You are so old and stupid, you can't really be a local of Fengyuan, haha!"
Another teenager said: "Judging from the clothes, the local people of Fengyuan in front are also dressed in rags."
Wei Yuan was silent.
Li Zhi did not stop the two teenagers, nor did he mock them together. Instead, he looked into the room and saw the regulations on the table. He smiled and said: "It turns out that Senior Brother is so hardworking, but the regulations are all nonsense. I, Li Zhi, don't like to beat around the bush. This time I found Senior Brother just for the martial arts test."
Martial arts test? Wei Yuan's heart moved, and he said, "I'd like to hear the details."
Seeing that he finally responded, Li Zhi perked up and said, "The military test actually tests the way to gather people. Judging from the surface of the rules, everyone will be evaluated according to their actions in the military test. The winner may not be evaluated high, and the loser may not be evaluated low. But if you think about it carefully, you will know that if you really lose, how high can the evaluation be? So if you want to win the military test, the key is actually before the test."
These were all things Wei Yuan had never thought of, so he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
Li Zhi continued, "Why do you gather us in the dormitory in advance but don't forbid us to meet each other? This is to let us organize and communicate ourselves during this period, and clarify the master-servant distinction. This time, I will act according to the military system, and decide on the positions of generals, guerrillas, and vanguards in advance. The rest of you will be soldiers. Once you enter the military test, you will assemble immediately and act according to military orders. Only in this way can we act after planning and use them as easily as if they were our own arms! When the time comes, we will use our elite division to face the enemy's mob, how can we not win?"
Having said that, Li Zhi looked Wei Yuan up and down and said with a smile, "I see from your momentum, senior brother, that you are the vanguard! As long as you successfully take the military test, how about I guarantee you a place in the third-class blessed land? If senior brother makes great contributions, a second-class cave heaven is not impossible."
Wei Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect that the place in the blessed land and cave heaven, which was usually extremely precious, was actually something that could be given away at will in Li Zhi's mouth.
Wei Yuan still remembered that before he left, his father Wei Youcai's greatest hope for him was to join the Chichao Sect and officially embark on the path of immortality so that he could live a few more decades. However, in Li Zhi's eyes, the Chichao Sect's quota was so shabby that even a gift was too shabby, so he didn't even mention it.
Wei Yuan was still young, and at the moment he just felt inexplicably depressed, but he didn't know why. But he did have some questions, and Li Zhi was willing to talk again, and continued to ask: "What if I am recruited by my senior brother and assigned to a different team?"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "My senior brother is not too old these few years, this is a good question. The division of the team is determined by the great man, and I don't know who will be in which team. If my senior brother is assigned to another team, I can turn the tables at the critical moment. Even if the evaluation will be lowered for this, the scores of other people on your side will be lower, and your ranking will rise. To put it another way, even if my senior brother's final score is not good, I will give him extra compensation, at least a place in the third-class blessed land is inevitable. How about it, are you willing to tell your name now?"
Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "The regulations stipulate that it is strictly forbidden to disclose your origin and name before the exam."
Li Zhi's smile froze on his face.
He forced a smile and said, "Rules are chains for ordinary people, but they are whips for us. Since you are following me, you don't need to care about the rules."
"Brother Li, if you have nothing else to do, I will continue to read the regulations." Wei Yuan bowed to Li Zhi, went back to his room and closed the door.
The young men around him couldn't hold back. The well-mannered ones accused Wei Yuan of not recognizing a true immortal, and the poor ones simply cursed.
In their eyes, Wei Yuan was just a native, and he was old. It was a blessing to be able to enter the Chichao Sect. The fourth-class sects, let alone new disciples, even the core disciples were not qualified to talk to them. Now Li Zhi was willing to grant a third-class favor, and they dared not kowtow and kneel to thank him?
Li Zhi did not get angry, and said calmly, "It doesn't matter. There will always be people who think they are noble. When they see the final score, they will regret it."
Li Zhi walked past Wei Yuan's room and walked towards the next door. Before he could knock on the door, it opened by itself, and a young man rushed out with a big smile on his face: "I am Lü Duan from Linghe County, Yongzhou... No, I am Lü Duan from Fengyuan County, and I am willing to follow you!"
The door beyond it also opened, and a young girl came out, bowing: "Wang Siqiao from Yanzhou, I am willing to follow you, Senior Brother Li."
Then several doors opened one after another, and several boys and girls came out.
"Duan Qian is willing to follow you!"
"Cao Wan is willing to follow you to fight!"
...
Li Zhi's smile was already blooming like a flower, and he helped the boys and girls up one by one, comforted them and promised them, his voice was gentle, like spring breeze and rain, and he created a drama of a monarch and his subjects.
In the room, Wei Yuan continued to read the rules.
The rules that Li Zhi just said were chains that bound others, but in his hands they were whips to drive them, and there was nothing wrong with that. But it was okay to fool others, but it was not so easy to fool Wei Yuan who was familiar with history books. Li Zhi had a special status, so it was okay to openly violate the rules. But if Wei Yuan revealed his name and identity before the exam, this alone would immediately disqualify him from the unified exam. So if Wei Yuan answered just now, it would be like handing the handle of life and death to Li Zhi.
There are countless examples of this in history books, so how could Wei Yuan be fooled?
(End of this chapter)