The next day, the sky was surprisingly gloomy and even light rain began to float.

The winter in the north is cold, and the air is dry. Even with rain, the wind blows on people's faces like a knife cutting.

They were still at the school ground yesterday, and the imperial guards of yesterday. They were called to the school ground just before dawn. In their hearts, they only knew half of them would be accepted for selection, but no one told them how to select them. The visitor only told them one and went to the school ground to wait.

As required, they came to the schoolyard and stood upright in the order of yesterday, ready to take the test. Although the wind outside was cold, they were not moved at all.

However, things were not as many of them expected. When they came to the school ground, the test was about to begin. Apart from them, there were only some soldiers standing guard around them. Whether it was Ma Sanyuan or Fan Zhongjianglang, they did not appear on the school ground.

The entire school ground was also surprisingly quiet. Apart from the bitter cold wind blew the whistle and whistle of flags around the school ground, there was no other sound, and no one gave them other orders. So the only thing these imperial guards could do was wait!

Waiting was boring and boring. In addition, in this cold winter, although the rain was not heavy, it was surprisingly cold on people's faces. It didn't take long, and some of them began to get impatient and talked to each other to pass the time. The general was not present, and they had no estimates.

However, they did not pay attention to the guards standing around that seemed to be on guard, and they had already remembered their words and deeds in their hearts. These people were not others. Officially, Sun Yuanbiao and others, according to Jiang Lang's order, they dressed up as guards and stood around the school ground, with the purpose of remembering the performance of those people during the period of standing on the school ground, and then came down to sort them out.

Just as the soldiers on the school ground were getting wet in the rain, in a very inconspicuous house next to the school ground, Jiang Lang, Fan Zhong, and Tong Jin and Yu Rong, who were temporarily following Jiang Lang, were gathering around a charcoal stove. There was an iron pot on the charcoal stove. The pot was rolling in the pot, and the fragrance wafted out, and on the table next to it, there were lamb and other things.

He picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks, boiled it in the pot for a few times, Jiang Lang ate the meat in one bite, then let out a deep breath and smiled, "Eating some mutton this winter is so warm, it's really a good thing."

Fan Zhongze looked at the soldiers who were still frozen there with some concern. He had some questions in his heart. Jiang Lang asked himself to call these soldiers early in the morning. He was still looking forward to it and saw how he picked people, but he didn't expect that he put the two thousand people outside and stopped paying attention. Instead, he asked someone to get a pot and charcoal and ate mutton. What medicine was sold in the gourd was really unforgivable. So Fan Zhong hesitated and asked, "Don't you come out and take a look?"

Jiang Lang, who was busy struggling, raised his head when he heard this, looked at Fan Zhong with some strangeness and asked, "What am I going out for?"

This made Fan Zhong laugh and cry. He was obviously choosing the person, but he asked him if he should go out for a look, but he didn't expect that he would ask himself to go out? I don't know if he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid.

Fortunately, Fan Zhong was patient and continued to ask: "You threw them on the school ground early in the morning and didn't go out to talk. Don't you want to select people today? It's impossible for them to stand on the school ground for a day, right?"

"Select someone?"

Jiang Lang was stunned and immediately understood what Fan Zhong meant. He couldn't help but laugh, picked up a piece of mutton and put it in Fan Zhong's bowl, and then said, "In fact, this selection of people started when they came out. This was the first test they faced. It was also the selection of their first level."

It was Fan Zhong's turn to be surprised. He first looked at Jiang Lang and made sure there was no lying on his face. Then he looked at the school ground. Apart from the Imperial Guards standing in the cold wind, there was a drizzle drizzle on the school ground, but there was nothing else, and there was no way to see any selection.

Looking at Fan Zhong's appearance, Jiang Lang knew that he must have been puzzled, so he put down his chopsticks and smiled: "Do General Fan know how to choose a real Qianli horse among the many Qianli horses?"

Fan Zhong shook his head, he didn't know about these things.

Jianglang is not the only one, but said: "The so-called Thousand-mile horses are often present, but Bole doesn't. Choose Thousand-mile horses. The first thing is to thirst on them for a while, and then give them some turbid water. The real Thousand-mile horses will not drink these water even if they die of thirst. The second thing is to starve them for a while, and give them some brans. The real Thousand-mile horses will not eat these things even if they die of starvation."

Fan Zhong looked at Jiang Lang and said, "Do you still know this?"

Jiang Lang shook his head slightly and said, "I'm just reading this in the book. It's not the method I came up with."

"but……."

Fan Zhong couldn't help but look at the soldiers outside, waiting for a long time for boring, some of them were impatient, and then said, "What does this have to do with choosing soldiers?"

“It’s very relevant!”

Jiang Lang said seriously, looking at the soldiers outside, saying, "For soldiers, in addition to iron discipline, there is also steel will. What I test them now is their will and patience. In my heart, this soldier must be like a wild beast. When ambushing the prey, even if he doesn't eat or drink for a day in the wind and snow, he will not move at all. A wild beast without patience cannot catch the prey, and in the end he will only starve to death. Without steel perseverance, he cannot hold on. At the same time, on the battlefield, they must also test their calmness, whether it is a soldier or an officer,

In the face of any emergencies, you must keep your absolute calm. Even if you are surrounded, you must calm down and find the best way to break through. If you are confused, you will undoubtedly send yourself to your end. Now, they are not facing the enemy, they are only facing wind and snow and fearless waiting. If they cannot maintain their patience and cannot overcome loneliness and boredom, then they will go to the battlefield in the future. If I am going to ambush the enemy and need to ambush there for a day or two, how can I guarantee that no one among them will become deserters or expose their confidants because of boredom or other things?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Lang sighed and said in a deep voice, "I said that the elite among the elites I want are achieved through slow training. This is impossible to impatient, so my requirement for them is very simple, that is, in terms of perseverance, they must first become the elite among the elites. If they can't even do this, then they are not the person I need."

After hearing Jiang Lang's words, Fan Zhong nodded and waited for Jiang Lang to finish speaking, he said: "However, some of the soldiers in the conversation also have good strength. If they were eliminated like this, wouldn't it be a pity?"

"Nothing a pity."

Jiang Lang waved his hand and said, "They have good strength, which only means that they are stronger than others now. However, on the battlefield, the more important thing is cooperation. Xiang Yu, the King of Chu, was strong and powerful, but in the face of Liu Bang's army, he ended up committing suicide by slashing his throat in Wujiang. The so-called group of wolves tied up tigers, I now want to know how to cooperate with each other, rather than tigers alone. Those people have strength, but they are not what I want."

Fan Zhong nodded and smiled, "This is the first time I heard what you said today. In the past, when we wanted people, we focused on strength. Whoever has a strong fist is a talent. Most of these imperial guards were screened out from the soldiers through this method."

Jiang Lang knew a little about this, so he nodded and asked again: "General Fan, you are also an elder in the army. I would like to ask for something, where is the biggest threat on the battlefield?"

Fan Zhong was stunned, lowered his head and thought, and said, "If you ask me, you will be in trouble."

"good!"

Jiang Lang smiled and said, "In fact, the biggest threat is not the enemy, but from himself. Once the general is killed, the entire army will be in chaos, and then it will be defeated. Even if the enemy is small, it is not impossible to be defeated. Therefore, to defeat the enemy, you must first improve yourself."

As he said that, Jiang Lang pointed to the imperial guards outside and said, "Their current situation is that there is no master general, so no one will suppress them, so some of them will appear impatient and even talk to each other. You said that if one of these people is lost on the battlefield and one of these people is shaken and takes the lead in escaping, then the end result is that these people have lost their lives on the battlefield. Anyone is afraid of death. When facing death, they fight with their backs on the water, take a risk, seek a way out, or flee in a hurry, all come from their momentary thoughts. What I want now is actually the kind of person who dares to take risks."
Chapter completed!