Chapter 78. Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period (16) Special Forces Scientific Knowledge

     The moment she sat down, Ye Mo looked at the officials inconspicuously, and scanned them all with her mental power.

     Focusing on observing the generals, sorcerers, alchemists, fortune-tellers, witch doctors and other professions, she divided their attitudes towards her into four categories – helpless acceptance, rejection, neutral, and malicious.

     Intermediate manipulation is really a treasure skill. It seems that mental piercing, mental suggestion, and mental manipulation must be practiced.

     After everyone was seated, the host Meng Sheng spoke first.

     According to the past inertia, the host liked to speak in Zhouyin Yayan at the banquet, which officials could understand but soldiers were confused by. However, as a master of Mo Men, he spoke the local Chu language without hesitation, and did not care whether it could be accepted in the elegant hall.

     Ye Mo followed the trend.

     Not only did she speak the local Chu dialect, but her words were simple and straightforward, yet sonorous and powerful, with a lot of chicken soup in the content, sublimating the significance of soldiers to Chuyang City into protection, and the people could all understand her.

     After that, the military band that had been communicated in advance immediately beat the exciting military drums, and many people were excited to hear it, and they wanted to sacrifice their lives for Chuyang City.

     Even some reserve soldiers couldn’t help but cover their left atrium, wondering if this survivor was a master of speech. If they were to sit in that position, many people would tremble in their legs.

     It was also the first time that Wang Xue saw Sister Jing like this. There was no doubt that she had the demeanor of a king.

     The officials had to admit that the opening of the young lady was more sassy than the opening of the spring scouting, summer training, autumn hunting and winter hunting in previous years, and the effect was much better than when Yangcheng Jun recruited soldiers.

     Meng Sheng was satisfied with Ye Mo’s theme of protection. He stroked his beard and smiled, and announced that this year’s spring recruitment officially began.

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     In the initial phase, every individual joining the military is required to participate. The purpose of this evaluation is to measure their physical data, endurance, and bones structure.

     As the Xunzi states, “Wei’s elite troops were selected based on specific standards: they wore triple-layer armor, wielded 12-stone crossbows, carried 50 arrows, carried a halberd on their back, wore a helmet, belt, and sword, and carried enough provisions for three days. They could march a hundred li at midday after passing the trial. Those who passed could return to their homes and enjoy the benefits of their land.

     The selection of soldiers in Chuyang City was not as strict as Xunzi’s. He wanted to select the elite among the soldiers, but the content model was similar. 

     Each soldier needs to wear very heavy defensive armor, hold a knife or sword or spear in their hand, and a certain amount of water, and walk about eighty miles in two hours, that is, four circles around the entire ranch in four hours.

     In ancient times, the longest thing soldiers did when they went to war was not fighting, but carrying heavy loads and rushing on the road. When they arrived at the place, they had to fight without even taking a breath. Therefore, endurance and perseverance were very important indicators.

     The serfs were used to doing work for a long time, and they took their equipment without hesitation.

     Other civilians came with the awareness of being soldiers, so they would not retreat naturally. The three survivors hidden among them were also very neat and tidy.

     In the reserve, the agents were very familiar with this kind of weighted pull-up. The first thing was to check whether the equipment they got was complete. In order to cover up the reflexive discipline, these performances were deliberately minimized.

     A small number of reserve troops were just the opposite. As soon as the heavy equipment was put on, some people immediately felt regretful, but they had already understood that they could not be deserters at the beginning, and they were preparing bitter faces.

     Amid the sound of drums, the soldiers lined up and set off one by one. If they could not bear it, they could raise their hands to withdraw. If they were physically exhausted or thirsty, they could rest temporarily on the side. The spring recruitment was time-limited.

     There were also dozens of accompanying soldiers who set off with them.

     The soldiers were no less loaded than the recruits, but their overall pace was easier. Their main task was to directly eliminate the recruits who had fallen behind the main force too much, creating pressure.

     Watching the recruits go away, the others waited for a long time, and the officials were reserved and would not say anything to encourage them. The atmosphere suddenly dropped, and the scene was quiet and boring.

     Ye Mo opened the topic by showing the good weather today, talking to Meng Sheng and the officials.

     Mayor Feitan is a good example.

     Removing Mayor Feitan’s excessive praise words, Ye Mo asked about their work, praised them a few times, asked a few questions, chatted a few words, and skipped those who were malicious to her, and held them back for a while.

     In short, some people almost confessed their wealth, and such people are suitable for inquiring about news; some people are more reliable, and they only talk about their profession or children. Some people get nervous when they speak…

     Ye Mo matched their names, appearances, and official positions one by one in her mind.

     Of course, she must not neglect her master. She has accumulated a lot of questions in the past two days, so she must take the opportunity to ask for advice.

     “At the moment, disciple can only create basic formations like these. Please, sir, could you offer some guidance?”

     Meng Sheng was surprised at her learning speed. She could make a formation in just two days? ! ! When the disciples of Mo Sect saw the simplified version of the spirit gathering formation, their eyes almost popped out.

     “Good! Good! Good!”

     Meng Sheng picked up the heavy round formation plate. It seemed that this gentleman was also a martial artist. He directly explained the five elements formation of gold, wood, water, fire and earth to Ye Mo in depth based on the formation diagram on it.

     Other officials: “…”

     They also understood that Mo Juzi took in the young lady because she had a super high talent in Mo studies. Except for the sorcerers, alchemists, witch doctors, and fortune-tellers who could understand a little bit, no one else could understand it at all.

     Wang Xue almost couldn’t open her eyes after listening. It was not hot or cold in late spring, so it was best to be sleepy.

     Xu Ruo cleared his throat: “Ahem.”

     Wang Xue immediately raised her head and smiled at her father.

     Although the parents in the copy were only parents for a period of time, they were really good to her. Other Mo Men disciples, including the Juzi Meng Sheng, also cared for her. Anyway, she was willing to guard Chuyang City!

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     About an hour later, the soldiers passed by the original place for the second time. They were sweating profusely behind the heavy armor. Many people’s shoes were worn out, and the soles of their feet were even bleeding, but they did not shout to give up.

     As expected, Wang Qi ranked in the top five among the soldiers, and the other two civilian survivors were also in the top ten.

     All of them have cleared two dungeons and come out stronger. Their physical stats have definitely improved. The locals could be similar to them, or even surpass them, which showed that there were still quite a number of talents in this spring recruitment.

     The lively public opinion in the city recently may also be one of the reasons. Advertisements can always attract some people. Just look at the number of people joining the army in this year’s spring recruitment, and you will know that it is almost the same as last year’s spring recruitment and summer recruitment combined.

     Halfway through the process, there are more than 400 people eliminated in the second round.

     Among them, 52 reservists were eliminated, leaving only 399 reservists to join the army. The number of available reservists in the second round is getting smaller and smaller.

     In fact, this project is much simpler for reservists than killing zombies. The weight help break through people’s limits. The survivors have a system breakthrough as a golden finger. When the attribute is broken through, a certain state of the whole person is restored to its original state, which is equivalent to rest.

     But 53 people were still eliminated.

     Not to mention other things, when the two alchemists looked at the eliminated people according to their birthdays, they showed disappointment four or five times. If the people who disappointed them could pass the first level, they would be left for another test.

     In the eyes of the alchemists, the gifted people who can’t pass the first level are destined to have no progress in the road of martial arts cultivation, which makes sense.

     Of course, among the 53 eliminated people, there are also those who are really not talented. They failed to break through strength and agility repeatedly, and were eliminated due to lack of physical strength.

     Among them, those who have no big character problems, especially the technicians, are listed by the scout He Shisi.

     Ye Mo had asked the servants of Chuyang Mansion to boil a pot of green-looking herbal paste under the guidance of the witch doctor. The source of this herbal paste is simple and it has a certain hemostatic effect when applied externally.

     If the eliminated soldiers are injured, they can apply medicine on the side. Countless people knelt down to thank her. When the people in the horse farm learned about this, they spread the news throughout Chuyang City with the help of caring people.

     Everyone praised the young lady for her kindness.

     Meng Sheng was getting more and more satisfied with this kind-hearted disciple, and now some officials began to look at the young lady.

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     When the soldiers were on their third and fourth laps, the officials could take a car to inspect and examine. Ye Mo took the initiative to travel for his master and sat in the first carriage.

     The speed of the carriage was faster than the soldiers wearing weights. After a while, it caught up with the main force.

     Ye Mo soon discovered that several agents including Zhang San had a little bit of leadership among the soldiers in the middle and middle back rows, and even in the middle front row. During the running process, the agents gradually discovered that many of the soldiers, including those in the reserve force, did not know the secret of the weight, wasting their energy in vain, and even falling behind due to accidents.

     For example, the simplest way of drinking water, quite a number of soldiers did not drink water for a long time, and drank a lot of water when they drank water, which was very detrimental to long-term endurance exercises like this. The more they drank, the more thirsty they became, and even the weakness of “water poisoning” appeared.

     Some soldiers also understood this. During the process, they took a small sip to moisten their throats and replenish water, but they regarded others as competitors. Even if they reminded others, they were just reminding close people.

     Zhang San and his men look at the problem differently. They hope that Chuyang City’s military strength will be as strong as possible. They are confident that they can pass the spring recruitment, and they are also confident that their cooperation with Mi Wenjing can continue.

     So they did not hesitate to remind the soldiers. Some were half-believing and half-doubting, and some doubted their purpose. Since the emergence of two soldiers with mild water poisoning, others quietly changed their way of drinking water.

     In addition, the training was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and many people with good physical strength wanted to be the first, or they were reluctant to rest for fear of falling behind the troops, or they made mistakes due to anxiety and tension, they squatted or stood up very quickly during the rest, causing physical discomfort such as hypoglycemia.

     When they saw that someone fell behind due to these choices and developed a psychological disease like anxiety, Zhang San and his team also organized verbal persuasion, gave simple spiritual encouragement, and corrected the wrong training methods.

     One person has now entered the top 50 and has continued to move forward. He has learned to train at a constant speed. Some people are participating in the conscription for the third time. If it were not for the help of the agents, they might have failed for the third time.

     Because Zhang San and his team decisively reached out to others at the critical moment, and the masses gave them just the right amount of encouragement, most of the local recruits were very grateful to them, and some of the reservists also took the initiative to join them.

     The reservists who were not eliminated also broke through some attributes more or less in this process, and they’re doing it for practical reasons.

     Compared to the reservists who have seen all kinds of tricks in the world, the locals who are simpler in thinking and know less may be more easily moved and more directly grateful. Some even regard the agents as their brothers. Sometimes friendship comes so simply.

     It is just half a military project, but agents such as Zhang San have gradually formed the current situation of a small-scale invisible leadership group.