Taiyuan, which is a city with a long history.

It is worth noting that at this time, because of history.

Jinyang and Taiyuan are not the same city.

The capital of the Han Dynasty was Jinyang, which was also called Zhongdu at this time, in Pingyao County, later.

Taiyuan City, on the other hand, is near the ruins of Jinyang City in the past.

The reason for such a strange pattern is that Emperor Xiaowen of Taizong of the Han Dynasty entered Chang'an as the king and became the Son of Heaven.

As his old capital, Jinyang, the capital of the original country, naturally has a special significance.

It is regarded as the capital city like Chang'an and Luoyang, and is called the central capital.

When Taizong was the contemporary king, he once moved the capital once.

He moved Jinyang City from the old Jinyang to Pingtao, which was later Pingyao, and built the capital here.

After being proclaimed emperor, he issued an edict to take Jinyang as the central capital.

In the second year of Xiaowen, Emperor Taizong took Liu Wu as the acting king and Liu Shen as the king of Taiyuan, dividing the acting country into two.

Jinyang, the central capital, is still the capital, and Liu Shen, the king of Taiyuan, had to establish Taiyuan City on the site of the old Jinyang City.

When King Huai of Liang fell from his horse and died, Liu Wu was moved to King Liang.

This generation of the country and the Taiyuan country, combined into one, for the generation of the country again.

Of course, Liu Shen couldn't wait to move the capital back to Jinyang immediately, and left Taiyuan City in its place.

Because of these changes.

So, in fact, Han Jinyang and Han Taiyuan City.

It is two cities that divide two places and are two or three hundred miles apart.

At this moment, the entry of the first ace of the Han family, the main force of the Xiliu Battalion, made the city a real military fortress in an instant.

Inside and outside the city, it suddenly became a sea of soldiers.

The whole army of the Xiliu Battalion, except for the more than 1,000 people who left the guard camp and as seeds in Chang'an. The remaining 11,000 cavalry had five cavalry divisions with a full complement.

According to the configuration of today's Han army, a pair of horses is a full twenty or thirty thousand war horses.

In order to take care of these horses, thousands of people had to be allocated to the grooms alone.

Furthermore. At least 30,000 people are needed for the army's diet, daily life, maintenance of weapons and equipment, and transportation of logistical baggage.

At this moment, in Taiyuan City, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the Xiliu Battalion, there are 50,000 people and county soldiers to provide logistical support for it.

In addition, heroes and heroes from Guanzhong, Beidi and Longyou, as well as Daiguo, and even Yanzhao, also brought their own dry food. Surrounded by slaves or children from their hometowns, they gather here from all directions.

Everyone is looking forward to Li Guang's miracle story and repeating it in themselves.

As we all know, at the beginning, Li Guang was just the son of a landlord in Longyou County, when the Huns entered the Kou, he took his younger brother Li Cai and dozens of children and slaves from his family to join the army, thus opening a chapter of the legendary story.

Today. Li Guang is already an official guard captain and is Han Jiuqing.

His sibling Li Cai. also became the official position of the captain of the Longyou cavalry.

The future of the two brothers can only be said to be limitless.

Huang Kuang was in such a situation, with his own house slaves, riding horses, to Taiyuan City.

"Are you here to join the army?" The county soldiers guarding the city gate saw the dress of Huang Kuang and his party. immediately laughed: "The general has an order: all those who come to join the army will go to the military camp outside the city, and after the assessment, they will be hired as appropriate!" ”

When Huang Kuang heard this, he hurriedly thanked him and took the soldiers of his family with him. Hurried to the barracks outside the city.

Although he carried his father's letter in his arms, through this letter, he was able to get in touch with an uncle who served as Sima in the Xiliu camp.

But that's not insurance.

The Han army has always been more picky about recruitment, especially between such major wars, the generals in the army can be said to be extremely picky about those who come to join the army.

The height is not qualified, brush it off!

If the physical strength is not qualified, brush it off!

Even if the bow looks too ugly, it has to be brushed off!

Relationships or something, never insured.

After all, he is not alone.

In the past, there have even been stories of people who have climbed their relationships in front of the general, but they have still been brushed down.

War, for the landlords and heroes of the north, is a luxurious feast, a reshuffling of the cards, a big gamble to decide the fate of the family.

If you want to bet at the table, in addition to relationships, you also need to have strength.

In addition to strength, you also need to have luck.

This is the so-called relationship is not as good as strength, and strength is not as good as luck.

Before coming to the barracks, Huang Kuang's conjecture was confirmed.

I saw that outside the gate, there were countless heroes and heroes from all over the world who spoke with various accents.

Everyone has his own saddle armor and a bow and crossbow.

Among these people, there are even strong men who are nine feet tall, like an iron tower, standing out from the crowd.

There are also strong figures, as strong as a buffalo, with exposed muscles and iron-like figures.

In Daiguo, Shangjun, Beidi, Guanzhong and Longyou.

The local tyrants and landlords and eunuchs all over the country have been waiting for such an opportunity to leap into the dragon gate for a long, long time.

"You're here to join the army, aren't you?" Seeing Huang Kuang and his entourage coming on horseback, a few soldiers of the fine willow battalion who were patrolling outside the gate held their heads high and said to Huang Kuang and his party: "If you come to join the army, go there and line up and wait for the general to be selected and assessed!" ”

When Huang Kuang heard this, he hurriedly thanked him, hurriedly went to the designated place, and lined up obediently.

After coming to the designated place, Huang Kuang found that his competitors were far more powerful than he imagined.

In the crowd, there were exclamations from time to time.

"See? That's the sister-in-law of the Taiyuan Wang family! Someone pointed to a group in the distance, dozens of saddle horses, standing tall in front of the crowd and said: "I can't imagine that even a strong man like the Wang family needs to join the army!" ”

The Taiyuan Wang family is a well-known family in the country, and it has a noble bloodline and an extraordinary origin.

Even Huang Kuang has heard of it.

The Taiyuan royal family came from the Ji clan of Zong Zhou, and its ancestor was the prince of King Zhou Ling of Zong Zhou.

Ziqiao lived a short life, only seventeen years old, and his younger brother Gui was able to ascend the throne.

However, at that time, Zong Zhou was already in decline. The world has also entered the troubled times of the Warring States.

Ziqiao's eldest son, Zong Jing, judged the situation and moved his family to Taiyuan.

Because it is the lineage of Zongzhou, it takes Wang as its surname and slowly multiplies in Taiyuan.

The general of the Qin State, Wang Jian and his son are from the Taiyuan Wang family.

The Wang family. It has always been an active force in the Han army, and it is a real family of military generals, and almost all generations have officers to the captains.

The descendants of the Wang family of the previous generation had a total of ten sons, four of whom sacrificed their lives for the Han family.

From this point of view, the Wang family can be regarded as full of loyalty.

What's more, legend has it that the son of the Wang family turned eight years old. They will begin to follow the elders and division commanders in the family and learn various military skills.

Moreover, the family will select the real material from the offspring, and select reliable disciples among those domestic slaves and tenants for them from an early age, so that they can get along with each other and cultivate tacit understanding and affection.

Even a famous family like the Wang family, after the gate, they still have to line up together. I look forward to selection.

Huang Kuang took a deep breath in his heart, and then silently hid his father's letter.

Relationship?

It's useless!

Wang's world's generals. You have to line up obediently, let alone others?

Let's rely on our skills!

Taking a deep breath in his heart, Huang Kuang was still confident in his martial arts.

Back then, in Huayin County, he alone defeated four rangers from other places, therefore. It is known as the Huayin Milk Tiger.

But soon, his self-confidence was devastated.

I saw that in front of Yuanmen, several heroes who had joined the army in the front line were looked at a man who seemed to be a senior general of the Xiliu Battalion. He said to him, "You can go later!" ”

Those big men who were originally full of confidence instantly changed color when they heard the words, and asked sharply: "Why?" I wait for the Guo brothers, and they are also thin and famous in the north, no one knows, my Guo brothers, everyone is a good man with ten enemies! ”

"In the market, if you are a hero?" The general sneered: "What's more, the army is arrayed, personal bravery, useless, don't say ten enemies, it is a hundred enemies, a thousand enemies, when the two armies are facing each other, it is not very useful!" ”

"I am the head of the Xiliu Battalion, and under military law, I ask for an order to prohibit it!" The general said: "Military order, no matter whether it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, or a thorn hell, you must move forward fearlessly!" And I look at you, full of alcohol and lazy behavior, obviously not enough to be a good pawn, so don't use it! ”

Then he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to leave the place.

Those 'heroes', in front of the bright swords and guns, had to leave a cruel sentence: "The dog looks down on people, I wait for the children of the Guo family, the north is famous, and I came here to join the army with good intentions, but I actually refused to leave, I will go to Chang'an and sue you for abusing your power!" ”

But everyone knows that this is just a cruel word to save face.

"Northland Guo Clan Kunzhong, ......," Huang Kuang sighed in his heart.

The Guo family of this Northland County is very famous in the ranger circle.

Although it is not a giant, it is also a local hegemon that responds to every call.

The Guo family Kunzhong, the legend is that he has the ability to hold a strong crossbow and open a double bow bravely.

But such a strongman can't get into the eyes of the fine willow camp!

It can only be said that the selection of people in the Xiliu Camp is too strict!

However, the fine willow camp has such confidence!

Just because they are the first trump card of the Han family and the strongest army in the world.

With just these three words, the small willow camp can suppress the southern army and the northern army, obediently bow their heads and ears, and let the Flying Fox Army follow the sentence and recognize the other party's status as the boss.

There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts!

Without real skills in his hands, how could the Xiliu Camp have today's prestige and fame?

But Huang Kuang had to be scared.

A good man like Guo Kunzhong can't be used by the fine willow camp.

He is a little overlord in Huayin County, I am afraid that it is impossible to be selected just by relying on physical fitness and personal bravery.

"I've got to figure out a way!" Huang Kuang pondered in his heart.

At this time, another team of people came here.

Leading the way was a young samurai riding a blue-maned horse.

He doesn't look much older than Huang Kuang, maybe about twenty-two or three, and his body is relatively strong, but in this concentration camp of muscular men and tower men, his physique is a little weak.

"Dare to ask Brother Tai...... Has this screening started? "The samurai dismounted. walked up to Huang Kuang and bowed politely.

"I just arrived, and I didn't figure ......it out," Huang Kuang replied.

"Listening to the accent of Brother Tai, it seems that people from the Northland ......" Huang Kuang looked at the other party a few times and found that this warrior was wearing a standard Han army armor, which is amazing!

In the Han Chamber. In addition to the army, the only people who can be equipped with standard ordnance are the Liehou Lords and the Knights of the Northland.

The children of the liehous do not need to come to join the army, their future has long been paved by the elders - as long as he is willing to go up, there are plenty of opportunities!

So, this person can only be a Knight of the Northlands!

Behind every northern knight of the Han family, there is a general who has been in the army for generations, at least it is also a loyal family.

O Northland Knights!

Huang Kuang sighed in his heart.

Every Northland knight is a general seed of the Han army, and at least he is trained as a team leader.

The number of Northland knights currently on the books of the Imperial Court. Definitely no more than two thousand!

It's just that why did the Northland knights come to Taiyuan to join the army?

Didn't Wei Wei Li Guang summon the Northland knights for training in Chaonasai?

"Brother guessed right...... the young man smiled and said, "Just the north of Sun Zhen, I've seen my brother ......"

This made Huang Kuang even more puzzled.

This man is not so much a soldier as an elegant scribe, personable and polite, as if he is 108,000 miles away from the world!

"Sun Zhen......" Huang Kuang pondered in his heart. Then, he suddenly thought of a possibility.

The surname is Sun. can wear the standard armor of the army, and the children of its entourage, and even some carry large yellow crossbows.

The Northland Knight Family surnamed Sun may have dozens of families.

But he can carry a rhubarb crossbow on his back and swagger through the market, and he will not be caught and sent to prison.

There will only be one family.

Huang Kuang hurriedly straightened his clothes. Solemnly bowed: "Dare to ask the foot, but after the old Governor Sun Gong of the Northland, he scolded the old man?" ”

In today's case, there is only one in Chaonasai, in order to cover the retreat of the people, leading the soldiers to fight to the death against the Huns until the last moment, and he was wounded by more than 80 and still did not retreat. With his own life, he protected more than 5,000 people in the north and safely retreated to the rear of the descendants of the hero Sun Wei, who had to have such qualifications.

The story of Sun Wei, Huang Kuang heard it from stories and legends when he was very young.

Such a hero is the object of worship and longing for every young man in Guanzhong when he is ignorant.

Unexpectedly, I could see the descendants of my childhood idol today.

Huang Kuang felt a little honored.

However, other people in the vicinity, after hearing Sun Wei's words, immediately avoided it, as if avoiding a disaster.

I was even afraid of getting too close to Sun Zhen.

Seeing this situation, Sun Zhen didn't care, but just smiled faintly and said, "After the guilty minister, you should not be praised by your brother!" ”

His grandfather was indeed a world-famous hero!

But......

He looked down and sighed.

His uncle, who was named a bottle by Emperor Taizong for the death of his grandfather, was sentenced by Ming Zhengdian and abandoned the city two years ago with the intention of rebellion.

The reputation of the Sun family also stinked on the street because of this.

How dare you make a crooked mind about the Holy Son of Heaven who is mandated by Heaven and want to rebel?

If you are condemned to heaven, there is no prayer!

The Beidi Sun family has also changed from a hero family to a thief family that is spurned.

If it weren't for the fact that Jinshang remembered his grandfather's merits and deeds, he issued a special edict to pardon the other Sun clansmen except his uncle, and only cut off the marquis, and he would still be a knight in the northern part of the Han Dynasty.

His grandson is full of bones, and at this moment it is all dry bones.

It is precisely because of this that he deliberately left the north and came to Taiyuan to join the army.

What he pursues is to use his own blood to wash away the shame left by his uncle.

Of course, Huang Kuang has also heard the story of Sun Dan's rebellion.

However, this did not stop him from worshiping and admiring Sun Wei.

"After the hero, the hero's bloodline, please be worshiped by a certain Huang Kuang!" Huang Kuang bowed.

For the young people in Guanzhong, admiring heroes and worshipping heroes is as natural as fish being inseparable from water and people having to breathe.

Don't say it's a rebellion!

Among the young people in Guanzhong, those who worship Xiang Yu also grab a handful.

Those who admire the Marquis of Huaiyin can even row from Hangu Pass to Xiao Pass.

Huang Kuang's attitude and politeness touched Sun Zhenda.

Ever since his uncle had committed a crime, he had seen too much staring and rejection.

There are very few peers like Huang Kuang who do not take colored glasses and deliberately alienate and ostracize.

"Since my brother doesn't dislike it, Zhen will stay near my brother and be elected together!" Sun Zhen said with a smile.

This is the tradition of the husband of the Northland.

Sun Zhen knew very well that if he joined the army this time, he would inevitably be selected and appointed as an officer.

Not why, just because of political correctness, the court and the country need to reshape Sun's heroic image, exclude the influence of his uncle, and polish the signboard of Sun Wei, the governor of the Northland.

And those who join the army with him, of course, will also have extra points.

In this way, in fact, Huang Kuang and him are already 100% sure to be selected! (To be continued.) )

PS: Note: According to historical records, the death of Sun Wei, the commander of the Northland, was in March of the 14th year.

In the first three years, Hou Shan rebelled and the country was eliminated.

This book uses the butterfly effect to push back Sun Dan's rebellion by two years.