Chapter 904 Joining the Army

The huge Yingzhao Mansion has a rather solemn and imposing hall on its south side. On the lintel plaque outside the hall, there are three ink-colored "Recruiting Hall" characters, which fully explain that this is the registration office for new recruits in the entire Yingzhaotian. Any cultivator who wants to join the army in Yingzhaotian must come here to report a path, and after multiple reviews, it is possible to truly change from a civilian to a soldier.

At this moment, somewhat inconsistent with the solemn and imposing appearance of the hall, the hall is sparsely populated, and the hall is even more deserted.

The Recruiting Hall is deserted, not because the military power of Yingzhaotian is not developing well, but because this is not the time to recruit soldiers. Therefore, even if someone wants to join the army, they have to wait at least three months. Three months later, Yingzhao Mansion will hold the annual recruiting ceremony, and this place will become lively.

There is only one person in the entire hall now. On the table in front of this man, the rosters were piled up like a small mountain, blocking his short and fat body. However, he never turned over any of the rosters from beginning to end. He just sat lazily, yawning, and looked drowsy.

This person is a clerk in charge of managing the roster files in the Recruiting Hall. When he is busy, such as when he encounters a recruitment ceremony, his main job is to register the new recruits and guide them to the appropriate place to report. When he is not busy, such as now, he is responsible for sorting out various information rosters or files.

Today he came to the Recruiting Hall because his superiors ordered him to come on duty and also asked him to sort out the information files. However, he knew that he still had three months of free time, so he couldn't get up the energy to do things. After he finally piled the information on the table slowly, he was already sleepy. So he let the information be placed in front of him, pretending to do it, but actually fell asleep.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, he heard footsteps outside the hall. The clerk frowned slightly, thinking that maybe the superior leader came to check on him. So he quickly perked up, his cloudy eyes instantly became sharp, focused on the information in front of him, took a list and flipped through it. However, his peripheral vision always stayed at the door, always paying attention to who the person was.

After a while, two people, one big and one small, walked into the hall. The big one was a young man, with white clothes like snow and hair of the same color, looking quite handsome and elegant. The small one was even whiter than the big one, but she looked very young.

"Sir, we come to join the army." The young man quickly came to the clerk, bowed politely, and then said.

The clerk's brows had already been deeply frowned at this moment, because the two people in front of him not only disturbed his rest, but also came to join the army on this day when it was not a day for recruiting soldiers. Isn't this looking for trouble?

Without even raising his head, the clerk said coldly: "Now is not the time to recruit soldiers. Come back in three months. Also, girls cannot join the army. Let her grow up first."

"Pah!" The clerk was about to wave his hand to drive the man away, but a jade slip fell in front of him, a jade slip made purely of fairy jade.

Seeing such a jade slip, the clerk suddenly felt familiar, and instinctively perked up. This time he finally looked up and looked carefully at the two people in front of him for a long time, and then carefully picked up the jade slip.

When he opened it, let alone anything else, just the three words "Yue Xiaoxian" at the signature made him stand up immediately, his body straight, and he said: "So... So you are the people recommended by Miss Yue, I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."

The two people who came to join the army were actually Huan Yin and Bai Kui. Huan Yin smiled casually and said, "Sir, can we arrange it now?"

The clerk nodded repeatedly: "Since Miss Yue recommended them, they can join the army at any time. But...but this little girl...may I ask if you really want to take her to join the army?"

Under the clerk's strange gaze, Huan Yin and Bai Kui nodded at the same time. So, the clerk said: "Well, since Miss Yue recommended them, there is no need to verify their identities. Please wait a moment, I will ask the military manager to let him lead you to join the army."

That day, Huan Yin and Bai Kui's names were registered by the clerk, and they officially joined Ying Zhaotian's army and became new soldiers. Of course, Huan Yin's registered name was "Xue Buping".

However, since Huan Yin and Bai Kui arrived a little late and were not notified in advance, they did not receive formal assignments and arrangements that day, and only spent a day casually in the military camp.

The next morning, Huan Yin received a notice from the military camp and brought Bai Kui to report to the tent of a commander named Puhe.

Huan Yin was naturally very clear about the rank division of officers in the heavenly realm. He knew that in the military camp, except for the soldiers who had no official titles, there were seven levels, namely corporal, lieutenant, commander, deputy general, general, general and marshal.

The corporal was the youngest officer and the leader of a squad in the army. For example, the leader of the Bull Run Squad, which had business dealings with Huan Yin, should be a corporal. The corporal could manage a small number of people, and the regular establishment in the army was generally about ten to fifteen people. However, there was an unwritten rule in the army, that is, everything depends on one's ability. Therefore, a capable corporal, relying on his own ability to recruit soldiers and horses, even if he led thirty or fifty people, although it was rare, there were such cases.

A lieutenant is slightly higher than a sergeant. He usually manages three to five sergeants and commands at least thirty to fifty soldiers, and at most one or two hundred soldiers.

The commander is neither big nor small. If an ordinary person does not have special skills and profound cultivation, does not have any connections or background, and has not made significant contributions in the army, it is basically the limit for him to get to this level with his own ability. The commander can manage about ten lieutenants, so the number of soldiers he can lead is already in the order of five hundred to one thousand. Under the condition of leading troops independently, the commander can already organize a small-scale battle.

The deputy general is not a small official. The man called "yellow dog" before was in this position. Below the deputy general, there are at least five commanders. Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses that the deputy general can command is at least several thousand.

In addition, although the title of the general is not as majestic as that of the general, it can barely be regarded as a small general. Below the general, there are basically three or so deputy generals, so the troops that the general can command are already in the order of ten thousand.

Then there are generals, who can be regarded as real high officials. If placed in a place where the military and politics are integrated, such as the Eastern Eight Heavens, the general is basically concurrently held by the Little Heavenly King. Take the Shadow Heaven for example, the general here should be Yue Xiaoxian's father Yue Fengyun. Therefore, the army that the general can command is directly all the troops of a small heaven.

As for the last marshal, it can no longer be described as a high official, but a real heavenly official. Because the marshals are all appointed by the emperor himself, they are the existence with the greatest military power under the emperor.

There are two types of marshals, one of which is the four marshals who are now in the central Shanxian Heaven and are the right-hand men of Luohou. They are also called Tianwei Marshal, Dinu Marshal, Xuantong Marshal and Huangming Marshal, named after the heaven and earth Xuanhuang. The other type is not beside Luohou, distributed in the four directions and eight heavens, with only one in each big heaven, a total of four great marshals. According to the different great heavens they are in, the four marshals are also called the Marshal of the East, the Marshal of the West, the Marshal of the South, and the Marshal of the North. These four marshals, in the great heaven where the military and politics are integrated, are actually concurrently held by the Great Heavenly King. For example, in the Eastern Eight Heavens where Huanyin is located, the Marshal of the East is the Great Heavenly King in the Golden Palace Heaven.

The status of the four marshals of heaven and earth is actually higher than that of the four marshals of the east, west, south, and north. However, in any case, there are only eight marshals in the entire heaven, and they are directly under the command of Luohou. Now, none of the officers and soldiers in the entire heaven can escape the jurisdiction of these eight marshals. Therefore, in the army, the marshal is the sky, the king, and the overlord. Even for many officers and soldiers, the emperor is too far away, and the marshal has a higher prestige in their eyes.

Knowing the division of military ranks in the heavenly realm, Huanyin also knew that the new recruits who had just joined the army were generally responsible for arranging their destinations by the lieutenant, and some were even directly handed over to the sergeant for management. However, he and Bai Kui were able to see the commander when they first arrived, which meant that the army treated him and Bai Kui differently. This reason was probably related to Yue Xiaoxian.

He had just estimated that he might be able to get a small official position directly. Sure enough, when Huan Yin and Bai Kui met the commander named Pu He, Huan Yin was soon directly awarded the position of sergeant. Although it was just a small official position, it was a real exception for new recruits. What's more, Pu He didn't even examine the strength of Huan Yin and Bai Kui, which was equivalent to buying Yue Xiaoxian's face.

The sergeant's token was a special waist badge with the word "Wu" written on it. After taking this thing from Pu He, Huan Yin quickly left Pu He's tent and walked to his own camp with a messenger.

The team Huan Yin was going to was called Fei Peng Team, which was a somewhat spiritual name. However, Huan Yin had no idea about the specific situation of this team. He just remembered that when Pu He said that he was assigned to this team, many officials in the account cast strange looks at him, and some even looked at him with a bit of teasing.