Chapter 293: The Great Test of Martial Arts (I)

Ten miles outside the city of Wangdu starts from the Elan Mountains in the east, connects the Fenghe Gorge in the north, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the terrain is vast.

Since the beginning of the Kulan Kingdom, there have been four military exercises every year, bringing together the elites of all camps in the royal capital to show their might on the exercise ground, the best will be rewarded or promoted, and the inferior will be sent back to the battalions after the test is over.

The Gulan Kingdom is respected by martial arts, and this generation of Martial Emperor Zhen Yunze has been awarded the honor of 'Martial Emperor' since he was fifteen years old after defeating the five major generals on this martial arts platform and setting an undefeated record, and no one has surpassed him since then.

Of course, there are also reasons for this, because since the beginning of the 33rd year of the halberd, this military exercise test has long lacked the essence, and the descendants have controlled this selection system, and from the beginning they have secretly operated and brutalized loyal generals, and cronyism, such as Gao Pengfei, Gu Fei, Jin Shikang, Lan Jingshuo, etc., who are indeed superior in martial arts cultivation and quite talented, but they are very few.

Since the promulgation of the Wang Zhao of the autumn martial arts test, only 60,000 people in the Shenwu Battalion of Gongwei Wangdu remained, of which 10,000 elites came out of 30,000 of the Wangcheng Forbidden Army, 2,000 Xiaocai, and the remaining 30,000 people were temporarily dispatched to the expedition and did not return, while the black armor army of the Shenwei Battalion was 8,000 this time, and the Huoyun Cavalry was 4,000.

Because there were only three days, the soldiers of the battalions secretly scolded the king for being mediocre and brainless, and did not give time buffer at all, so that they could practice and prepare in private, and how important it was to select elites to participate in the big test, but now it is like a fair, like child's play!

can be scolded and scolded, but you can't disobey your fate.

In the autumn of the fortieth year, the twenty-fourth day of September, the sky was high but gloomy, and the wind was whistling and swirling, and the sand and withered leaves swept across the plain yellow grass.

The ten-mile battalion on the outskirts of the city is already the banners of each battalion, the trumpet is fluttering, the infantry is in front, the cavalry is behind, and the pikemen and archers are in a chess formation, standing neatly and solemnly.

The black-armored army was dressed in black armor and black clothes, and they lined up at the end of the formation, with a solemn expression.

To everyone's surprise, this time, the Shenji Battalion also sent 2,000 small soldiers to line up on both sides of the high stands, holding new sharp weapons, wearing brown armor, with a solemn expression, and their eyes were as cold as knives.

This time, the military exercise was tested, and Yun Ze was not in the royal capital, and the high-ranking generals were temporarily appointed to fight the chaos.

Therefore, when the drum music sounded, on the high platform, the lord of the Flying Eagle Castle - Lin Zijian, the Marquis of Zhenxi, sat on the main seat, Gu Fei, the new commander of the Shenwei Battalion, sat on the left, and Jincheng, the commander of the Great Inner Forbidden Army, sat on the right.

It can be seen that since Jin Shikang retired and Gao Pengfei was self-refereed in prison, there are really no veterans available in the royal capital.

Jin Cheng glanced at the Lingqi Lingjian placed on the table, and snorted coldly, when discussing last night, he didn't mention that the Shenji Battalion was also involved, I don't know what the hell that woman is doing.

At this time, the horn sounded, and the roar of tens of thousands of soldiers resounded in the sky like a mountain and a tsunami.

Wen Chang, who could not play due to an internal injury, was inexplicably arranged by You Xue to serve as a herald in front of the stage this time, only to see him raise the flag, and the school field quieted down after a while.

He turned around and bowed to several generals on the stage to ask for instructions: "The three lords, the soldiers of the fourth battalion have completed the whole army. When will the big test start?"

Gu Fei has always been low-key and introverted, this time he was forcibly promoted to the position of the commander of this Shenwei battalion, he has been criticized as if he was being roasted on fire, and there are many people who disagree, including many of the official eunuchs who were placed in it by the Lan clan to form a gang to disobey his orders, so he did not make a sound when he heard this, but looked at Lin Zijian.

Lin Zijian has an extremely lofty position in the hearts of both the royal capital and the frontier defenders, he became famous as a young man, although he has no military exploits and is not a military general, but most of the weapons and military supplies used in all the Gulan armies come from the Flying Eagle Castle, so his reputation is extremely high.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he glanced sideways at Jincheng, who was walking through the motions without saying a word, and said in his heart that the girl was really right, this person's mind was deep and unpredictable, just let him act when he had the opportunity.

So he smiled loudly, got up without hesitation, waved his sleeves, pointed his toes on the ground, and swept down the steps in a few leaps, and flew onto the stage.

Immediately, the sound of applause and applause rose and fell like waves.

With a big wave of his hand, he gestured to a brown-clad soldier led by the audience.

The soldier immediately rushed to the stage with a tray covered with red silk cloth and stood beside him.

Lin Zijian slowly lifted the red silk, and saw that under the gloomy sky, the colorful light that bloomed on the tray was eye-catching and breathtaking.

Zhenxi Hou solemnly held up the sword with both hands, only to see that the colorful streamer of the scabbard was smooth, the sword was drawn out of the sheath, and the long sword with no trace of the whole body was actually cold and pressing, the blade was like frost and snow, and the majestic sword aura of the moment the blade was unsheathed a few zhang away.

I saw Lin Zijian holding his sword and waving his hand to the falling platform three zhang away, the clear and starry sword drew a beautiful half-arc in mid-air, and only heard the sound of 'click' in the quiet school field, and the falling platform was cut off from the middle in two, and the long halberd swords and guns inserted in it were scattered all over the place.

Lin Zijian looked at the surprised and burning eyes of the crowd in the audience with satisfaction, and said loudly: "All the soldiers are the pillars of the country, this martial arts test, in addition to testing your skills, is also for the imperial court to promote a group of brave generals to fill the vacancies of the generals of each battalion, so that people with lofty ideals can show their ambitions and serve the imperial court."

On the orders of the king, Benhou was the first chief examiner of the cheeky face, and specially presented the divine sword 'Qinghong' to today's top champion!

"Roar!"

"Good!"

"Long live the King!"

"Determined to be undefeated, loyal to the country!"

Lin Zijian smiled and gently returned the sword to the scabbard and carefully placed it on the tray amid the thunder of cheers.

Inadvertently saw the brown-armored soldier holding the tray roll his eyes at him, he pursed his lips and sneered lightly, before turning around and spreading his hands, raising his arms and shouting: "The martial arts test starts now,"

He took the tray from the little soldier's hand, and smiled in her surprised eyes, with a bit of evil mockery in his eyes: "Borrowing the auspicious light of the Qinghong Sword, let's start with this young soldier of the Shenji Battalion, heroes, who will come first?"

There was an uproar in the field, and there were also eager people to try.

After performing the martial arts, Wen Chang's face was innocent, this Zhenxi Hou not only robbed him of his lines, but now he is also starting to make trouble, what is this?

On the main test platform, the two generals, one on the left and one on the right, also changed their faces, Gu Fei didn't know what he meant, and felt that Zhenxihou's move was too child's play and was suspected of making trouble.

And Jin Cheng squinted at the face of the little soldier in the brown armor, and suddenly it turned out to be Yuan Ziyue, he snorted coldly, the corners of his lips hooked a cold arc, and with a raised left hand, he gestured in the direction of the forbidden army's array.

A white-clothed silver-armored general led by him immediately came out of the ranks, and unexpectedly flew onto the martial arts platform, and bowed his hand to Yuan Ziyue, who was dressed as Lin Zijian and the little armor soldier.

Lin Zijian laughed, held the tray in one hand, raised his eyebrows at Yuan Ziyue meaninglessly, flew down the martial arts platform, handed over the Qinghong Sword to the other Shenji Battalion soldiers who were standing, and jumped back to the main test platform.

Gu Fei looked at his arrogant and arrogant appearance, and couldn't help but say: "Master Hou, this move is inappropriate," Seeing that the two of them had already fought off the field, he was powerless to recover, and still said: "There are conventions and regulations for the martial arts test, and if you come like this, you may lose your prestige." ”

"What is prestige?" Lin Zijian sneered, "In previous years, it was not nonsense to conspire to frame colleagues and kill each other?"

Gu Fei was speechless for a while.

Lin Zijian glanced at him, and said in his heart that it would be difficult for this person to become a great talent after all, but if the emperor decided to use him, then he could only help him, he reminded slowly: "Commander Gu, the Qinghong Sword is the sword of the stars, don't let down the king's expectations." ”

(End of chapter)