Chapter 8: Selecting People (Seeking Collection, Seeking Promotion)

  In front of the mountain valley, a dense crowd stood in rows and rows of phalanx formation, a vast expanse of blackness.

  "Salute General." The dense crowd knelt down on one knee and said in unison when they saw Qin Xiao Tian standing high.

  "Everyone get up!" Qin Xiao Tian casually waved his hand and said: "The enemy army will be here soon, I'm preparing to leave a small team behind to cover our retreat."

  "We swear to be loyal to our country!" The dense crowd chorused in unison, their voices deafening.

  "You have 30,000 people, but now only 1,000 are needed, and the selection will be made by our fierce tiger team's Zhang advisor." Qin Xiao Tian once again released a shocking message.

  "Adviser?" The tens of thousands of people and horses below were suddenly shocked, and the scene immediately became chaotic.

  "Quiet, I believe everyone also saw Zhang's advisor beside me. That's right, from now on he will be the advisor of our Tiger Team. This time it was also Zhang's advisor who insisted on leaving a small team to follow him and cut off the enemy's rear. As for the personnel selection, it will be decided by Zhang's advisor."

  "Yes, General." More than 30,000 eyes gathered on Zhang Huaming. Even if Zhang Huaming, who was a major general in his previous life, felt uncomfortable under the gaze of more than 30,000 people, he knew that the people in front of him were all veterans who had been to battle and possessed a fierce aura.

  Zhang Huaming took a step forward after seeing Qin Xiao Tian's hinting gaze, and simply said: "Everyone also knows what this break means. Those who want to participate take another step forward."

  Boom! The earth shook in unison, and more than 30,000 people and horses in front of Zhang Huaming took a step forward in unison at the moment his words fell, without any hesitation.

  Zhang Huaming saw this scene and secretly praised him in his heart. This is the elite soldier, no wonder the fierce tiger team would make people's heads ache in neighboring countries. If a group of soldiers are not afraid of death, how strong will their combat effectiveness be? So he opened his mouth again to ask: "Is it the only son of the family who retreated?"

  "Whoosh!" More than 30,000 people suddenly lost around 10,000.

  "My family has a wife and children, I'll step back."

  "Whoosh!" The remaining 20,000+ troops were now less than 5,000.

  Zhang Huaming's eyes scanned the crowd of less than 5,000 people in front of him, his mouth counting out loud: "Third one in the first row, fifth one, seventh one, ninth one..."

  A moment later, he stopped counting and said, "Those whose names were not called out by me just now will leave."

  In just a short time of familiar breathing, only about a thousand people were left on the field, which can be seen how accurate Zhang Huaming's selection was.

  Qin Xiao Tian looked at the thousand people left in the field with a strange gaze, because each of these thousand people had at least reached the cultivation level of a martial artist, and even half of them had already reached the cultivation level of a warrior. What surprised him was not this, but rather that if he remembered correctly, these people had made significant contributions on the battlefield in the past. It could be said that if these thousand people were to fight, their combat power would not be inferior to that of an ordinary elite squad of the Ferocious Tiger Corps.

  "This kid's eyes are really venomous! This guy's eyes are really venomous." Qin Xiao Tian and others secretly said a sentence in their hearts, while the four brothers of Wang Hu were all with painful expressions. It is worth knowing that among the thousand people who were pointed out by Zhang Hua Ming, most of them were the small team captains of the ten major teams led by the four of them! Even more than 100 were their personal bodyguards.

  Zhang Huaming saw the expressions of Qin Xiao Tian and others, how could he not know the art of mind-reading in their hearts? In his heart, he secretly said: "Sorry, for the sake of the future path, I can only let you suffer a little first."

  After deciding to stay in this space, Zhang Huaming began planning his future path. He knew that strength represents everything, and this strength is not just about personal ability. In his previous life, he was considered one of the top masters internationally, but in the end, he was still defeated by a barrage of attacks. If he had someone with similar abilities to help him back then, he wouldn't have ended up being bombed by missiles. Considering the original owner's intentions and this body's capabilities, Zhang Huaming understood that he needed to establish his own power structure. The military provided a good opportunity for development, which is why he accepted the position of chief of staff for the Ferocious Tiger Squad.

  "I'll give you ten breaths' time to consider; if anyone is unwilling to stay, leave immediately."

  Ten, nine, eight, seven... As Zhang Huaming counted down in his mouth, the thousand members standing below him stood still, not moving at all.

  "One, time's up." Zhang Huaming looked at the thousand members below with a satisfied expression, no, he should say his future subordinates.

  "I only need one confirmation from you all, that is my order and you must execute it without any doubt. If anyone can't do this, get out immediately." Zhang Huaming said with a cold expression.

  As usual, the thousand members standing in front of Zhang Huaming remained still and proud.

  "Alright, I guarantee you will be proud of today's decision later. Now disperse and arm yourselves, assemble here again in ten minutes."

  "Yes!" Standing below, the thousand members dispersed instantly, disappearing from everyone's line of sight in less than ten breaths.

  "Zhang, you must come back safely, I'll be waiting for your return in Longhua City." A moment later, on the small path behind the mountain valley, Qin Xiao Tian's face turned serious as he instructed Zhang Huaming.

  "Slowly it takes seven days, quickly three days."

  "Alright, take care." Qin Xiao Tian nodded his hands and left.

  "Adviser, everything is ready." A burly man came up to Zhang Huaming and said respectfully.

  "Qian Duoduo, order everyone to rest in place, this afternoon we will have a fierce battle." Zhang Huaming instructed, but the corner of his mouth revealed a hint of a smile. This guy's father really had talent, actually giving his son such a name, Qian Duoduo, thinking about money until he was crazy.

  "Yes."

  "Staff officer, can you really calculate the gods?" Wang Xiong asked with a surprised expression. He was originally going to retreat with Qin Xiao Tian together, but later he was left behind by Qin Xiao Tian at Zhang Hua Ming's side. Originally, Zhang Hua Ming wanted to refuse, but after Qin Xiao Tian said one sentence, Zhang Hua Ming kept him behind.

  "What if you use some big move and run out of martial energy? Let the big bear stay by your side to take care of you."

  Zhang Huaming also accepted it with a smile after hearing this sentence, because he knew that under his current situation, he was fundamentally unable to use those big moves, as this body was really too weak and could not withstand the operation of a large amount of Wu Yuan. This was also why he got injured after using the strongest move "Kang Long You Hui" from the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms in Yun Zhong City.

  "Hehe, Big Bear, you'll know by this afternoon. Oh right, Big Bear, hurry up and gather those ten small team leaders for a quick meeting."

  "Yes." Wang Xiong immediately responded.

  In the middle of a nameless mountain valley, eleven figures surrounded a circle, quietly listening to Zhang Huaming's explanation of the afternoon's battle plan. At first, the eleven people still had some disdainful expressions, but as Zhang Huaming explained, their eyes lit up immediately. By the end, even several small team leaders opened their mouths to ask questions, and even Wang Xiong, a roughneck who didn't understand military affairs, listened with excitement, not to mention those small team leaders who had some brains.

  After explaining the strategy for the first war, Zhang Huaming suddenly felt a bit strange. No, it was the eleven gazes around him that made him feel this way. Seeing his subordinates looking at him with eyes like they were watching a beautiful woman naked, he couldn't help but shiver and ask: "Do you have any other questions?"

  "Ah! What a brilliant strategist! We've been listening to the strategist's tactics today, and only now do we realize that we've been narrow-minded all along!" Qian Duoduo exclaimed, looking up at the sky.

  "We swear to follow the advisor to death." The ten small team captains, led by Qian Duoduo, knelt down on one knee and said.

  Zhang Huaming saw the actions of his subordinates, and a look of displeasure immediately appeared on his face: "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you that we're all brothers in our own family, these formalities are unnecessary, get up."

  Qian Duoduo and others saw the expression on their advisor's face, which didn't seem to be fake, and suddenly warmed up in their hearts. To know that they had been staying in the Tiger Corps all along without wanting to retire, the purpose was that the upper and lower levels of the Tiger Corps were different from other military corps. In other military corps, one level would crush a large number of people, not to mention the many rules, and superiors would often sacrifice a large group of subordinates for a little credit, calculating each other's interests every day, all of which made people feel cold-blooded.

  "Report!! Report!!"

  "Reporting to the advisor, the pursuers from Dongguo are less than a mile away."

  Zhang Huaming heard the scout's report and a faint smile appeared on his face. He waved his hand and said, "Continue to investigate."

  "Yes."

  "Here it comes." Qian Duoduo and the others immediately became excited, with sparkling eyes all around, especially Wang Xiong, who looked like he was itching for a fight.

  Zhang Huaming said seriously: "All generals listen to orders."

  "Belonging to the lower class."

  "You must follow the plan I just made, if that fails, don't blame me for being ruthless." Zhang Huaming said, and when he said the last two words "ruthless", his whole body emitted a strong killing intent, making Qian Duoduo and others shiver all over, even Wang Xiong, who had reached the high-level martial artist realm, couldn't help but shiver.

  "We will definitely follow the orders of Commander-in-Chief." Qian Duoduo and others responded in unison.

  "Alright, go and arrange it." Zhang Huaming said with a wave of his hand.

  "Yes, I will take my leave." Qian Duoduo and others hurriedly cupped their hands and retreated.

  The most poisonous sunlight at noon, and at this moment, a dense crowd of people appeared in front of the unnamed valley, with no end in sight. Each of these horses and men was marked with the emblem of Dongguo.

  "General Ma, should we set up camp first or launch an immediate attack?" Nian Geng asked with a questioning expression.

  Ma Tianyuan gazed ahead at this easy-to-defend and hard-to-attack terrain, and after a brief moment of contemplation, he spoke up: "Set up camp, we'll launch an attack in an hour."

  "Yes."

  In the middle of a mountain valley, a human dragon was crouching. This human dragon was led by Zhang Huaming's rear guard team. At this moment, Zhang Huaming was quietly crouching on the ground with his eyes closed, looking at the dense crowd and rising cloud smoke at the foot of the mountain. "Cooking? Eat quickly! Otherwise, you don't know if you can survive later."

  "Adjutant, everything is ready." A figure appeared beside Zhang Huaming and said.

  "Uh-huh."

  "Adviser, what should we do now?"

  "Wait."

  "What?"

  "That's right, just waiting for these guys to attack."

  "Yes, sir."