Strategist Ji walked forward a few steps and then stopped, as if he saw that Li Yan had not caught up with him. When he slowly turned around, the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Yan had become very calm.
"You are like this, are you still worried about the upcoming Guards assessment? That's not necessary. You are my disciple now. I am in the military camp, and you are someone close to the military advisor. You are many times better than the Guards."
Having said this, his expression was filled with great pride, and then he paused and continued.
"Since you have decided to join my sect, you don't need to address me as sir anymore. From now on, just call me teacher!"
After hearing this, Li Yan's expression changed and he thought to himself.
"It turns out that being with the teacher is several times better than being with the guards. This is my blessing!"
Then he remembered something else, and his face became timid, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Strategist Ji looked at him and frowned.
"What else?"
"Teacher, this monthly salary... uh, there are parents at home..."
Li Yan was a little hesitant for a moment.
"Oh! What's wrong with me? You are a filial son. From now on, your monthly salary will be paid according to the salary of a captain in the battalion. This is 40% more than that of a soldier in the Guards."
Advisor Ji looked at Li Yan with a half-smile.
"Thank you, teacher!"
Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard this. He felt that he had reached the pinnacle of success. All this seemed like a dream to him.
He could send more money back to his parents every month in the future, and at the same time, he could call the word "teacher" more fluently!
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On the high platform outside the tent, Marshal Hong was still leaning sideways, half leaning on the wide back of a chair, his right elbow resting on the handle of the chair, his hand in a half-clenched fist resting on his temple.
At this moment, he was a little drowsy, with his eyes half closed, looking calm and composed. Occasionally, he turned his head to look at the assessment inside the fence of the military school field. After a while, he turned his head back to this look and continued to look in the direction of the tent.
Marshal Hong's name is Hong Linying. He is the Southwest Marshal of the dynasty, commanding more than 200,000 troops to guard the southwestern border.
He was originally a homeless child. By chance, when he was eleven or twelve years old, he entered the famous Fatuo Temple and became a lay disciple.
The Fatuo Temple is one of the most powerful martial arts sects in the world today. Hong Linying is just a lay disciple and it is impossible for him to learn the advanced martial arts in the temple.
But he is cruel and strong-willed, even to himself. In order to learn martial arts, he has even injured himself.
After five years in the temple, he had already mastered what he had learned to the level of a second-rate master in the martial arts world, which was extremely rare for a lay disciple.
The martial arts techniques he learned were just the most common entry-level techniques and basic boxing techniques for the lay disciples in the temple, not the secret skills of the temple.
The martial arts levels in Jianghu can be divided from high to low: masters of the realm of transformation, top masters, first-rate masters, second-rate masters, and third-rate masters. Those below that can only be classified as the lowest class, that is, those who practice martial arts without any merit.
Back then, the founding emperor of the current dynasty relied on the external martial arts "Taizu Changquan" and a group of brothers to build the country for hundreds of years.
It is said that whenever he fought with the enemy, he would often kill or injure his opponent with just one set of "Taizu Changquan".
It's not that this style of boxing is so amazing, but that the founder of this dynasty has practiced it to perfection and it is extremely fast. "The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed." So what if you know your opponent's moves
If the opponent's body movements and techniques have been perfected, and his movements and attacks are as fast as thunder and lightning, you will be unable to dodge.
Although Hong Linying has not mastered what he has learned to this level, he has also achieved a high level of proficiency.
Later, an elder in charge of law enforcement in the temple learned about this and felt that this boy had the potential to become a great man, but at the same time he also knew that with his character, it would be impossible for him to become a Buddhist.
While feeling sympathy for his talent, I also knew that if he continued to train like this, the result would be either death or disability.
So the elder used the inner sect's medicinal bath method to treat his hidden illness, and also helped him to clear his meridians and unblock his tendons.
Afterwards, he was taught the inner door method "Buddha's Golden Body" as well as boxing, kicking and club skills. Although these were not the top skills and martial arts passed down secretly in the temple, they were definitely not something that lay disciples could easily learn.
Hong Linying then practiced martial arts in Fatuo Temple for another four years. At this time, he had already cultivated both internal and external skills. In addition, he was naturally intelligent, practiced diligently, and with the guidance of the law enforcement elders, he actually became a first-class master in the martial arts world.
At this point, Hong Linying had already planned to come down from the mountains and enter the world to achieve great things.
Before leaving the mountain, the chief law enforcement officer warned him.
"Lin Ying, you must remember this time when you go down the mountain. The martial arts you have learned are not weak either. You must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and you must not rape or rob.
If you do this in the future, the temple will send out the supervising monks to take your head. Even if you are a high-ranking official or a local tyrant, you will still die. Remember this, remember this! ! ”
Hong Linying also agreed readily.
After he came down the mountain, he still abided by the rules and taboos, but if he wanted to make any difference with his martial arts, he could not do so without fighting for his life.
So he joined the army, started as a soldier, and fought in no less than a hundred battles, big and small. Because he was fierce against the enemy and not afraid of life and death, he was promoted repeatedly in the army and rose rapidly all the way.
When he became a general, he planned to retire from the army and devoted himself to studying martial arts at home. However, with the outbreak of border wars, he was appointed as the Southwest Marshal to guard the southwestern border.
Qingshanai is a border city with a capacity of garrisoning about 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses. He should have been in the central army camp about 30 miles north of it, but he loved fighting and always went to the front line in person to lead his troops to fight the enemy.
The generals knew his nature well and dared not disobey his wishes. They could only leave the deputy marshal to guard the camp and wait for an opportunity to dispatch and provide support. Hong Linying personally guarded Qingshan Pass.
Ji Wenhe, the military division commander, came here six years ago, when Hong Linying had just been stationed at Qingshan Pass. After entering the city that day, Ji Wenhe came to the gate of the Marshal's Mansion and said he wanted to meet Marshal Hong. How could the gatekeeper let him go so easily? He also wanted to extort some silver from him.
After a few words, Ji Wenhe understood the intentions of the gatekeepers and said no more.
He didn't make any movement, but just flicked his sleeves, and the soldiers were unable to move. Then he went straight into the inner palace.
They met many patrol teams along the way and surrounded and captured them, but as soon as they made contact, the soldiers became stiff in place and could not move at all.
Hong Linying was resting in the lobby of the inner palace. With his internal energy, he had already heard the shouting in the courtyard. Just as he was about to stand up to take a look, he suddenly saw a figure flash by the gate, and a scholar in a black robe came into the lobby.
His figure was ghostly and he moved silently. Hong Linying had seen countless life and death situations, but he was also frightened by this sudden scene.
With his martial arts skills, he couldn't even see how the man in black got in. What shocked him even more was that this man's light body skills were unprecedented.
As it swayed, there was not even a sound of clothes. This was something he had never seen in his life.
When people perform Qinggong, the fast movement and friction in the air will definitely cause the sound of clothes, which cannot be concealed. Therefore, people who walk at night wear tight clothes to reduce the sound.
This man, dressed in a loose black robe, was as silent as a ghost. His martial arts skills were so high that he could never match him.
It was not until the man in black robe stood still that Hong Linying could see clearly that he was a scholar in black robe.
He was about thirty years old, about seven feet tall, with a long and narrow face, a pale complexion with an abnormal blush, and a long beard floating on his chest.
The man in black robe called himself "Ji Wenhe" and was a member of a hidden sect in the martial arts world. A few months ago, he was accidentally injured by an unknown poisonous insect while collecting herbs in the mountains.
In this southwestern border area, the mountains are endless and stretch for countless miles. There are countless poisonous insects and ferocious beasts. Even for the old hunters who have lived here for generations, there are as many as 70% poisonous insects and ferocious beasts that they cannot name.
Therefore, Hong Linying was not surprised by this statement. He had been to the deeper parts of Daqing Mountain before and was quite familiar with it.
Ji Wenhe said that after several months of treatment and visiting many good friends and famous doctors, there was no way to cure the poison he had been infected with, and the poison had slowly seeped into his internal organs.
So, he joined the army and served as a staff member in the palace, on the condition that he had to select one person in the army to be his disciple.
His sect has been passed down from generation to generation, and he has not yet accepted any disciples. Now he is poisoned and his time is running out, so he is thinking about how to pass on his sect.
Hong Linying was also very surprised. He originally thought that with this man's high martial arts skills, he came to ask for some benefits, or that he was an enemy who came to assassinate him. The request he made now was far beyond his expectations.
However, given the other party's superb skills, it would be easy for him to find ten or a hundred disciples, let alone one. So why did he have to come to the army
But Ji Wenhe said that his martial arts skills were special, perhaps one in a million, so he thought of the men in the army.
After thinking about it, Hong Linying agreed. On the one hand, he couldn't see through this person, and if he used force, he was afraid that he would end up in trouble.
Secondly, there are already many aides in the office, and he has the final say on important matters. As long as Ji Wenhe does not participate in important military affairs, no one will gossip.
As for selecting someone from the army to inherit the sect, that is a small matter. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the army. As long as he has the leisure time, he can choose.
But the following events made Hong Linying more and more surprised.
This first incident happened not long after, and there were several enemy attacks in succession. During the first attack, after the scouts reported the military intelligence, Hong Linying discussed the strategy against the enemy with the military advisors and generals in the army, and then returned to the Marshal's Mansion.
Unexpectedly, Ji Wenhe came to his residence in the middle of the night and told him the enemy's attack intentions and deployment.
Although many of the things he described had already been discovered by Hong Linying and his team, there were several descriptions that Hong Linying did not know about, or that the scouts had not discovered yet.
Although Ji Wenhe had been appointed as aide-de-camp, how could Hong Linying easily trust this man, even though most of what Ji Wenhe said was similar to the information he had obtained.
But when I think about the other party's skills, if I go outside the city and follow the scouts from a distance, I can get a lot of information.
So Hong Linying laughed it off, thanked him in person, and said that he would discuss the matter with the soldiers later. Ji Wenhe just smiled after hearing this, and turned away without trying to persuade him.
In the early morning, the enemy army suddenly attacked. Hong Linying calmly led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy. This was also an enemy attack within their expectations.
The two sides fought a fierce battle outside the city, and corpses were everywhere. By dawn, the soldiers of both sides were exhausted, and they all began to retreat slowly to their rear. Hong Linying also withdrew his troops into the city.
In addition to this main attack direction, he also stationed troops to guard the mountains on the east and west sides. They had long been aware of the opponent's intention to use the woods on the mountains to launch a flank attack, and all of this was as planned.
Unexpectedly, when they withdrew their troops to the city gate, the ground suddenly shook and a loud sound like thunder rolled in from afar.
The enemy's retreating soldiers, who were exhausted and walked awkwardly, suddenly split to both sides, revealing a wide road in the middle, with billowing dust coming from behind them.
A team of heavy cavalry suddenly appeared, and in just a dozen breaths they had reached the retreating imperial soldiers.
This meant that the retreating imperial soldiers had no time to organize their heavy shields to fight the enemy. Suddenly, there were cries of killing and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hong Linying made a prompt decision and rode his horse into the city immediately and ordered the city gates to be closed immediately. Unfortunately, there were still at least 10,000 soldiers outside the city and they were unable to retreat into the city.
They could only fight desperately outside the city, but without the protection of heavy armor, how could they defeat the heavily armored and heavy horses that were charging back and forth? In only about half an hour, the imperial soldiers outside the city were completely wiped out and slaughtered.
But in just half an hour, Hong Linying had organized the remaining 20,000 troops in the city, made heavy deployments on the top of the city, and sent fast horses with orders out of the north gate to the central army camp to mobilize troops for reinforcement.
But before the army arrived to support, the enemy had already begun to attack the city desperately, and several times they even attacked and killed their way to the top of the city.
Hong Linying risked his life to personally go up to the city wall to supervise the battle and kill the enemy. Waves of soldiers fell, and another wave went up, and finally they managed to delay until their own reinforcements arrived.
When reinforcements from our side arrived continuously from the north gate, the enemy saw that the situation was hopeless and had to call off their troops.