Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 91: The fierce and powerful Beiwei Army emerges, and the Emperor Liu Hong's trust
Li Hong had no idea that Cao Cao's admiration and respect for him was growing rapidly.

The second stage of the perseverance selection lasted for another five days before it came to an end.

Of the one million young and strong people who took the first level, 70% to 80% passed the test.

However, in the second level, under the time limit, only more than 200,000 people passed the test.

Hundreds of thousands of people were eliminated. When the news was announced, the people of Luoyang were all shocked.

At this time, after the personal experiences of those who were eliminated, the people of Luoyang also understood that running 20 miles with a load of 30 kilograms was not so easy, especially at the end, when they were exhausted and could only rely on perseverance.

Moreover, even if you have the perseverance to hold on to the end, the time may have passed and you will eventually be eliminated.

All the people in Luoyang were shocked by the selection of Li Hong.

However, the hundreds of thousands of people who were eliminated in the second round were all in great pain, and some even burst into tears.

They left their homes and came to Luoyang with the hopes of their families, just to join the Beiwei Army and obtain the generous military salary.

Now that he has been eliminated and cannot even enter the Beiwei Army, it is like the pain of studying hard for decades and taking imperial examinations only to fail.

Outside the city of Luoyang, there were more and more young men crying, complaining, and fighting.

Some people wanted to enter Luoyang City to get drunk, but were directly blocked outside by the soldiers guarding the city.

If these young and strong men who failed the election entered the city and caused trouble, Luoyang would be in turmoil.

As a large number of young and strong people were eliminated, even the onlookers from Luoyang did not dare to leave the city easily.

Li Hong did not have a better solution for this. He had to build the Beiwei Army, eliminate most of the people, and only leave the elite among the elite.

However, Li Hong did not just ignore those who were eliminated.

Instead, they continued to provide porridge and grain to these young and strong people, and even began to mobilize manpower and material resources to those who were eliminated in the first and second rounds. According to the passes issued by the local government offices when they came, they distributed food and supplies for the return journey and sent them back!
In fact, this time, the travel expenses and food that were reimbursed to attract millions of young and strong people to Luoyang for selection were the result of the Li family working together with the four major families, the Zhen family, the Mi family, the Wei family, and the Lu family, to mobilize all the money and food they could.

This battle alone consumed all the food that the Li family and the four other families had accumulated over the years.

In other words, Li Hong was very confident about his own future and the future of the Li family, and he understood that this time he had to use money and food to convert power into cash, so this strategy would work.

Therefore, Li Hong has been very kind to these young and strong people who failed to be elected.

Of course, on the one hand, the young and strong people who were eliminated in the first and second rounds were sent back.

Li Hong also began to make arrangements in advance for the young and strong people who were about to be eliminated in the third round.

Before the third stage began, the five families of Li, Zhen, Wei, Lu and Mi went to advertise that they needed to set up a guard team. The young and strong men who were eliminated in the third stage could choose to join the five guard teams. Although the treatment was not as good as that of the Beiwei Army, it was also good.

The young and strong men who had been worried about the miserable fate of those who were eliminated in the second round were immediately cheered up when they heard that they could join the Li family guard team.

The reason for this is that the treatment offered by the five commercial escort teams of the Li family is still very generous.

This day.

The third round of obedience selection for the Beiwei Army kicked off in full swing.

This selection is still novel in this era.

Obedience selection is designed to select soldiers for their unconditional obedience to orders, to ensure that in combat or other stressful situations, soldiers can execute orders quickly and accurately.

These trials consist of a series of instructions that start with mild demands and gradually increase to more severe or unreasonable levels to see when the soldier will refuse to comply.

The selection of queue instructions, such as lining up, marching, turning, etc., is repeated to see who is unruly and impatient. The selection of physical training instructions is to complete the designated physical training tasks, such as long-distance running, push-ups, sit-ups, etc., within a strict and even harsh time limit to see who is willing to work hard and resolutely execute orders.

Emergency Command Selection: In simulated emergency situations, such as an ambush, fire, or attack, give orders to see who obeys and executes them resolutely.

Selection of psychological adaptability instructions: Through some tests or assessments, such as there are thorny brambles, horse traps, and piles of sharp rocks ahead, and the order is given to enter to see who obeys the order and executes it resolutely.

Another half month passed. At this time, all the young and strong men who were eliminated in the first and second levels had been sent back. The more than 200,000 young and strong men in the third level, including generals such as Ji Ling, Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Yuelu, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Wu Anguo, and Xing Daorong, were all driven to death by all kinds of tricks played by Li Hong.

A large number of young and strong people were eliminated every day until only 100,000 were left, and the selection came to an end.

A fierce and powerful Beiwei Army emerged, following orders and prohibiting going east but never west, beating dogs but never chasing chickens.

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The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Eternal Longevity.

Sitting on the dragon throne, Liu Hong held the proposal presented by Zang Min in his hand, with an unstoppable smile on his face.

"It was a good move by General Li to keep Li Li to build the Beggars' Army. Zang Min reported that Li Li led 20,000 Beggars' Army to raid the Xianbei tribes near the border counties, broke through three Xianbei tribes in a row, killed more than 10,000 Xianbei people, captured three Xianbei tribal leaders, and captured countless cattle and sheep. It was a great victory, and the key was that it also shocked the Xianbei tribes near the border counties of the Han Dynasty." Liu Hong laughed while holding the proposal.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, as Liu Hong's lackeys, knew very well that Liu Hong was very happy about the good news from the north.

Zhang Rang thought of the gold, silver and jewelry worth 20 million coins that the Li family brought to his home a month ago. Zhang Rang's eyes flickered slightly, and he bowed to Liu Hong and smiled:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the great victory in the Border County. With the Qihuo Army led by Li Li, we will surely be able to frighten the foreign tribes in the Border County and make them dare not invade our Han territory again!"

After a pause, Zhang Rang smiled flatteringly and said, "Your Majesty, if I were to tell you, General Li and the Li family are very loyal to the Han Dynasty. Li Li is the fourth-generation grandson of General Li, but because he has a talent for commanding troops, General Li directly cut off his relationship with him, stripped him of his official position, and left him in Yunzhong to form the Beggars' Army, fighting against the foreign races to defend the border counties of the Han Dynasty!"

"Also, I heard that in order to attract young men to Luoyang this time and reimburse the travel expenses and food of millions of young men, the snow salt has not sold for that much money for the time being, and it is a drop in the bucket. The Li family, the Zhen family, the Mi family and the other five families emptied their family reserves of food and money to pay for it."

Zhang Rang smiled and spoke well of Li Hong and the Li family to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong, who was already happy sitting on the dragon throne, nodded and said:
"Yes, I have seen everything that General Li and the Li family have done for the Han Dynasty."

Liu Hong already knew what Zhang Rang said.

Liu Hong was particularly shocked and moved when he learned that the Li family had joined forces with the other four families to donate their own grain and money to provide food and reimbursement to young and strong people in various places,

There are too many noble families in the Han Dynasty, but there are almost no ones who have squandered their wealth like the Li family!
"I have transferred Zhang Fei, Yue Lu and others to the Beiwei Army. Does General Li feel uncomfortable? And Jian Shuo, I have appointed you as the deputy general of the Beiwei Army for a few days. What is General Li's reaction?" Liu Hong looked at Jian Shuo beside him and asked.

Jian Shuo had followed Liu Hong for many years and was also a eunuch, so he was quite trusted by Liu Hong.

Jian Shuo knew what Liu Hong wanted to ask when he heard this, so he stood up and bowed to Liu Hong, saying:

"Your Majesty, General Li is fair. His attitude towards Zhang Fei, Yue Lu, Zhang He and others is the same as that towards Li family generals Yan Liang and Ji Ling. There is no difference at all!"

"In addition, after I joined the Beiwei Army, General Li did not reject me. Instead, he gave me more advice on military matters and asked for my opinion when issuing orders!"

Jian Shuo's words made Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong look at him sideways.

Liu Hong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help laughing:

"Haha, good, General Li is really loyal. General Li is really the pillar of our Han Dynasty!"

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