Chapter 43

  Chengbei Daying is located about five miles north of Yancheng City.

  The large camp covers an area of over ten li, with numerous barracks, and the drill ground alone is as big as five or six football fields.

  Tang Yin didn't have the heart to select soldiers one by one, with tens of thousands of people in a single battalion, how could he possibly go through them individually? He was looking for a chiliarch.

  The four armies of Wu are to be reorganized, and the selection of the chiliarch has gathered as many as fifty people, who are now standing in a row inside the spacious central army account.

  When Tang Yin and others arrived, everyone bowed their heads in unison and paid their respects.

  She smiled and nodded slightly, then looked at Tang Yin, waiting to see how he would choose.

  Tang Yin's eyes gleamed like a torch, slowly scanning the crowd. They were all wearing the traditional black helmet and armor of Fengguo, with red tassels on their heads and swords at their waists. Each one was handsome and spirited, full of vigor and vitality.

  After looking around, he said in a loud voice: "I am Tang Yin, the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment. Today, I will select several thousand captains from among you."

  When they heard his simple self-introduction, everyone was shocked. Tang Yin was young, in his early twenties, wearing casual clothes, and no one expected him to be the commander of the Second Legion, which made people feel unbelievable.

  The infantry regiments of the Wind Country also have their strengths and weaknesses, with those ranked higher representing stronger forces. For example, the First Infantry Regiment is a royal guard regiment directly under the king's command, with extremely strong combat capabilities.

  The commander of the army led tens of thousands of people and was an important general in the military. Generally speaking, those who can become commanders are either from a prominent background or experienced generals. Someone like Tang Yin, a young and unknown man, is extremely rare.

  Seeing the surprise on everyone's face, Tang Yin was not surprised at all. In these days, he had already seen many such expressions.

  The corners of his mouth rose, and he smiled lightly, asking: "Among you, those who have cultivated spiritual energy, please raise your hands."

  Everyone looked at each other and basically raised their hands. The position of Qianfu is not a desk job, and those who can become candidates for Qianfu are all spiritual warriors with good spiritual cultivation.

  Tang Yin said: "The cultivation of reaching the spiritual and dynamic realm is just a matter of lifting one's hand."

  All fifty people raised their hands.

  "The cultivation has reached the point of spiritual truth with just a raise of hand."

  Everyone still raised their hands in unison.

  Tang Yin nodded secretly, seeing that the strength of this batch of candidates was not bad. He said again: "Those who have reached the spiritual breaking boundary, please raise your hands."

  This time, about thirty out of fifty people raised their hands.

  Tang Yin was somewhat surprised, really didn't think that among them there were so many people whose cultivation had reached the Lingpo boundary. He continued: "Linghua boundary's hand."

  This time, out of fifty people, only three raised their hands.

  He stopped asking questions and carefully sized up these three people.

  All three of them looked like they were in their thirties but not yet forty, with eyes that shone brightly, and at a glance, it was clear that they were masters of spiritual energy cultivation.

  But Tang Yin shook his head secretly after watching and casually asked: "Among the three of you, is there anyone who has reached the spiritual origin realm?"

  Three people furrowed their brows and shook their heads simultaneously.

  The spiritual cultivation can reach the spiritualization realm, which is already a great achievement for the cultivator. To further cultivate from the spiritualization realm to the spiritual origin realm is extremely difficult. Even in the entire Feng country, there are only a handful of cultivators who have reached the spiritual origin realm. As for those who have reached the spiritual heaven, spiritual divinity, and spiritual emptiness realms, they almost exist only in legends.

  Tang Yin nodded slightly, made a mental note, and then ignored the three of them. He stretched out his hand to point at ten people in the crowd, saying: "All of you, step forward."

  Those ten people were initially stunned, then walked out of the crowd with a bewildered expression. Their cultivation was not the highest among the crowd, and they didn't understand why Tang Yin had pointed them out.

  These ten people have one thing in common: they are young, and none of them appear to be over twenty-five years old. Their cultivation is all at the Spiritual Breaking Boundary stage.

  Tang Yin smiled and looked at them with a gentle tone: "How long have you all been practicing spiritual martial arts?"

  Out of ten people, some answered 10 years, some five years, and others three or four years.

  Tang Yin fell silent for a moment, then quickly pointed to four people among the ten. The four people he pointed at smiled at Wu Mei and said: "I'll take these four."

  As soon as this remark was made, everyone present was shocked, including Wu Mei and the four people he had pointed out.

  No one had expected that Tang Ye would abandon the three most powerful Lingwu masters and choose four young people with relatively good cultivation.

  She walked up to Tang Yin with a flirtatious smile and whispered, "Tang Yin, you're not joking, are you?"

  Tang Yin smiled and replied in a low voice, "This is no laughing matter. I'll take these four men, plus Gu Yue and Le Tian, that makes six candidates for the Thousand-Man Commander position. As for the other four vacancies, I'll trouble General Wu to recommend some people, I can trust your judgment."

  "But... the four people you've chosen are all very ordinary, and also too young!" Wu Mei couldn't help but remind Tang Yin that his selections were far from the best, or rather, simply terrible.

  In Mei's view, Qian Fuzhang must not only have profound cultivation but also experience. Young people are not suitable for this position.

  But Tang Yin and her ideas were diametrically opposed.

  The four people he chose, although they only reached the spiritual breaking boundary, their cultivation was not outstanding, but they had the shortest time to cultivate spiritual martial arts and could reach the spiritual breaking boundary in a short period of time, indicating that the four people were talented and had great potential.

  In addition, they were all very young, which made it easier for Tang Yin to control and cultivate them into his own confidants. He always believed that whether he could stabilize his position in the Wind Army depended on whether he could build a loyal core force.

  Another important point is that the four of them had no experience in the military, making it easier for him to instill his ideas. He hadn't learned how to lead troops in battle, but in his view, fighting and hunting were similar; he had grown up living in the deep mountains and forests of Northeast China, and later became a hitman, a "hunting" expert.

  He smiled and looked at the worried Wu Mei, saying in a firm tone that brooked no refusal: "I only want those four."

  She knew his stubbornness all too well, and since she couldn't persuade him otherwise, she could only let him be. "Suit yourself!" she said. "But there's one thing I have to remind you of - the Second Infantry Battalion is the strongest battalion in the entire army, aside from the First Infantry Battalion. I hope that after its rebuilding, it can still maintain its original status."

  Tang Yin smiled and stretched out three fingers, waving them in front of Wu Mei.

  She looked at him inexplicably and asked: "What?"

  "Give me three months and I will restore the Second Infantry Regiment to its former state." Tang Yin said confidently.

  She gazed at Tang Yin for a long time, then let out a soft sigh.

  Tang Yin is the most confident person she has ever seen, but also the poorest and whitest with no foundation. She often can't understand where his confidence comes from, but in the end, Tang Yin can always do what he says.

  She curled up the corner of her mouth and grumbled discontentedly: "Anyone can just talk big."

  Tang Yin smiled but did not speak.

  He is now full of confidence, wanting to reorganize the Second Legion with a big knife and a broad axe. He estimated that three months should be enough time in his heart, but he could not have imagined that his position as the commander of the Second Legion would be replaced in less than three months. Of course, this is a later story, and it will not be mentioned for now.

  Leaving Chengbei Dajing, returning to Yancheng, Tang Yin bid farewell to Wu Mei and took his four carefully selected young men back home.

  The mansion borrowed by Mei was not small in size and very formal, with a main house, wing rooms, inner courtyard, outer courtyard, everything was complete. In the mansion, there were also several guards responsible for security and several servants responsible for miscellaneous tasks.

  A group of people entered the main house, took their seats as host and guest, and the servants of the mansion immediately served tea.

  Tang Yin originally lived in modern times, but he didn't find this ancient way of life uncomfortable either. At the very least, it was much more comfortable than his childhood.

  He lifted the tea cup, blew it slightly, then tilted his head back and gulped down the tea in one sound. He shook the empty teacup and smiled at the servant, saying, "Trouble you, another cup."

  He didn't have a master-slave mentality and spoke very politely. At first, the servants were surprised and somewhat unaccustomed to his attitude, but as they spent more days together, the servants also gradually got used to it.

  "General, please have some!" Before long, the servant poured another full cup of tea and placed it respectfully on the table beside Tang Yin.

  Tang Yin nodded and looked at the four young men, asking: "What are your names?"

  "General Tang, I am Li Wei, under your command."

  Liu Zhongsheng.

  "Abandon."

  "Aiya."

  When they signed their names, Tang Yin suddenly realized that the young man named Ai Jia spoke in a soft and gentle voice. He carefully examined him and found that he had delicate skin, thick eyebrows, and phoenix-like eyes. Although his appearance exuded an air of elegance, upon closer inspection, it was still possible to discern that he was different from men.

  He asked in surprise: "Aika, you... are a woman?"

  Ai Jia hesitated for a moment, nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes, General."

  Tang Yin slowly furrowed his brow.

  Although the Haotian Empire is open-minded and does not discriminate against women, women in the military, especially at the grassroots level, have many inconveniences. Moreover, from Tang Yin's inner thoughts, he thinks that the army is not suitable for women, nor does he believe that women can endure the hardships of the military, let alone go to battle.

  "Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Tang Yin's heart was dissatisfied, and his tone also turned cold. When selecting people, all fifty of them wore the same Wind Country armor, making it impossible to distinguish who was male or female, and no one had mentioned that there were women mixed in among them.

  "Tang General didn't ask at that time either." Ai Jia said calmly.

  Tang Yan raised an eyebrow, gave her a glance, hesitated for a moment, and said: "You go back to the big camp in the north of the city, I don't need you here."

  "Is it that I am not needed, or is General Tang looking down on women?"

  "What?" Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, this little woman was quite bold, actually daring to speak to him like that.

  Ai Jia said seriously: "General Tang's selection of people is unique, I thought General Tang was different from others, but now it seems that I was wrong." After finishing speaking, she stood up and made a gesture to go out.

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