It turned out that this letter was sent to Yangcheng by Fan Yaoshan, and the letter passed the news that the imperial court was trying to recruit the Heavenly Army, and Fan Yaoshan also said his opinion in the letter, feeling that this incident was a good thing for Xiao Tianjian, and hoped that Xiao Tianjian would think about it, and it would be best to accept the court's recruitment.

Sure enough, just a few days later, Taiyuan Shanxi Buzheng sent a small official, with a small entourage to enter the boundary of Yangcheng County, but as soon as the county seat of Qinshui was not far away, it was arrested by the township soldiers.

And the news that the imperial court wanted to recruit An Xiao Tianjian and the Xingtian Army, I don't know how to get it, but in just a few days, it spread throughout the entire Xingtian Army.

This news suddenly stirred up a thousand waves in the Xingtian Army, causing a great sensation, so many people's minds immediately became lively.

After all, their current identity of the Xingtian Army is illegal in terms of officials, and to put it bluntly, they are thieves, and at present, with the scale and ability of the Xingtian Army, although Xiao Tianjian has gradually shown his intention to win the world on some occasions, but after all, the current strength of the Xingtian Army is here, and there are not many people who really believe that Xiao Tianjian has this ability to win the world, and the reason why people are different from animals is because humans can think, so many people began to ponder.

And in this world, there are many people who rebel, large and small poles, and righteous armies can be said to be everywhere in the north, and the imperial court for these rebels is also able to suppress them, and they can not be suppressed, and they can be appeased, since the end of the apocalypse, there are more such things, and many people who have risen up have died in the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, of course, there are also many people who have been recruited by the imperial court, turned into an official army, and turned around to help the imperial court to encircle and suppress other rebels.

The reason why the imperial court has not recruited Xiao Tianjian and Xingtianjun before, it is because the reputation of Xingtianjun is too small and far from qualified in the eyes of the imperial court, so for Xingtianjun, it can be suppressed in the early stage, and now after several battles, the imperial court began to find that it was not too easy to exterminate Xingtianjun, so Xingtianjun was upgraded in the eyes of the imperial court and could be recruited, so he sent someone here to recruit Xiao Tianjian.

For this recruitment, the Xingtianjun suddenly began to have different opinions, in short, two opinions were formed, one is that some people think that with Xiao Tianjian's personality and style of acting, it is impossible to be recruited by the imperial court, and the other opinion is that this is a very good opportunity to wash white, if Xiao Tianjian can agree to the conditions of the imperial court, Zhao'an is not a good thing, so they will take off their thieves, and they will become the officials and soldiers of the imperial court in the future, and they will be able to live in peace in the future.

And this idea of supporting being recruited is really not a half-person's idea, and there is actually a considerable part of the market in the Xingtian Army.

After all, many people are forced to join the Xingtian Army because they are forced to be helpless, and they can't live to become soldiers of the Xingtian Army, some people don't want to bear a thief's name, if the court is willing to recruit them, some people are still willing to be officials, if this is not the case, many of them may not be able to be officials for a lifetime, and they don't even have to think about it.

However, for ordinary soldiers, this incident did not have a big impact on them, especially for some scholars who worked under Fu Deming because they were forced by life to help the Xingtianjun do things, this incident had a greater impact on them.

Many of them studied in order to seek fame, and one day they could become officials and glorify their ancestors, but the situation was worse day by day, and there were Jiannu in the north who continued to commit crimes, and caught up with the drought for many years, many scholars were not wealthy, and they used to be well-off families at most, and in such a year, many middle-class people also went bankrupt, so that these scholars had no way to make a living, so they had to give up the idea of continuing to study and participate in the imperial examination, and had to lower their bodies and even go to the streets to beg for food in order to eat. Became one of the homeless.

There are even some scholars who have failed many attempts, and in the absence of any way to continue, they had to give up their studies, and after going bankrupt, they merged into the homeless people, and finally threw themselves into the Xingtian Army in order to eat, doing things for Xiao Tianjian, and being named a thief.

In the past, the imperial court didn't mention the matter of appeasement, and they could still follow Fu Deming with peace of mind, but as soon as they heard the news, these people became the most restless people, and they secretly gathered together to discuss, thinking that if Xiao Tianjian accepted the appeasement of the imperial court this time, it would be a rare opportunity for them, and they didn't dare to say that they could enter the official career, at least they could get rid of the thief name on their bodies, and even if they were a small official in the future, at least it would be better than being a thief now.

This trend of thought soon entered Xiao Tianjian's ears, and immediately made Xiao Tianjian pay attention to this matter, and was about to gather his subordinates and generals together to talk about this matter, when he heard that the people sent by the Shanxi Buzheng Department to recruit an had arrived at the boundary of Yangcheng and were on the way to the Lotus Village camp.

So after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Tianjian decided to meet this Zhaoan envoy in the Lotus Village camp.

On the third day of the eighth month, this official who came to Yangcheng to recruit the Xingtian Army finally arrived in the Lotus Village camp of the Xingtian Army, and the sky was full of dark clouds, making it seem that there was a haze between heaven and earth.

On this day, all the soldiers of the Xingtian Army were ordered by Xiao Tianjian to return to the camp, and at the same time, the scribes of Fu Deming and his family were also invited to the camp, and all of them were assembled on the colonel's field, and all the soldiers and generals were required to be dressed neatly and lined up on the colonel's field.

After a while, Xiao Tianjian was also dressed in a full body, wearing a set of decent scale armor, and slowly walked into the school field, his face looked very calm, and he strode to the school platform in front of the school field.

Xiao Tianjian walked to the school platform, silently inspected the soldiers and generals on the entire school field with his eyes, the iron head standing in front of the school field stood straight, his hand pressed the handle of the knife on his waist, like a javelin, and shouted loudly to the soldiers and generals on the school field: "Salute!" ”

All the soldiers on the school field, after hearing the roar of the iron head, immediately lifted their spirits, their legs tensed, raised their right hands together, and slammed them on their left chest, making a roar.

At this time, raindrops began to fall in the sky, and raindrops fell on the dry ground, stirring up a little bit of smoke, but soon the whole ground began to get wet, and the rain became heavier and heavier.

Xiao Tianjian also tensed his legs on the school platform, stood up straight, and made a salute return with his right fist on his chest, and then the iron head shouted again: "The salute is over!" ”

Everyone immediately let out an uproar, lowered their right hands, and returned to a solemn posture.

Xiao Tianjian continued to silently inspect all the soldiers on the school field, and did not speak, letting the rain get heavier and heavier, wetting the clothes of him and all the soldiers standing on the school field, and the raindrops the size of beans began to fall, whipping everyone's bodies and faces like small whips, and then flowing down the body.

Xiao Tianjian stood on the school platform without blinking, silently looking at all the generals in the audience, and gradually the generals began to realize that something was not right today, this time Xiao Tianjian gathered them, it was not as simple as ordinary lectures, and it was definitely not to watch their drills, so they were all a little hairy, looking at Xiao Tianjian nervously, everyone closed their lips tightly, tensed their faces, and waited for Xiao Tianjian to speak.

The rain came very violently at the beginning, but it didn't last very long, about half an hour, and in this half an hour, Xiao Tianjian stood on the school platform, but didn't say a word, always maintained a military posture, stood quietly on the school platform, and all the soldiers and generals on the school field endured the baptism of the heavy rain.

The rain in August was already very cold, and the whipping on the body and face made people goosebumps, at the beginning, everyone was still a little uncomfortable, but gradually after the whole body was soaked, they didn't feel any discomfort, everyone didn't know what they were doing, why Xiao Tianjian gathered them together, but didn't say a word, just stood in the rain with them and was drenched.

But the atmosphere on the school field became more and more solemn, and gradually began to be filled with a sense of solemnity, until the rain gradually subsided, Xiao Tianjian suddenly moved, took a deep breath, and said loudly to all the soldiers and generals on the school field: "Do you know why you were gathered here today? Do you know why I'm here in the rain with you? ”

At this time, except for the sound of rain, there was no sound on the school field, and it seemed very quiet, as Xiao Tianjian spoke, as if a rolling thunder sounded on the school field, everyone was violently excited, and they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully to Xiao Tianjian's voice.

For Xiao Tianjian's question, everyone looked at each other, no one answered, just looked at Xiao Tianjian and waited for Xiao Tianjian to give them a reasonable answer.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Tianjian then spoke: "It's because some of us have started to make trouble these days after hearing about Zhao'an!" I'm starting to forget what I'm doing, so I'm going to gather everyone together today to get this rain and let everyone wake up! Including myself, I will wake up with you! ”

Everyone immediately understood Xiao Tianjian's purpose for gathering them this time, it turned out that Xiao Tianjian was going to give them an answer to this recruitment, so everyone hurriedly listened more carefully.