In the seventh year of the Taiyuan Dynasty, February 13.

Snowflakes flew, the school field outside Guangling City, a piece of silver, and more than a thousand standing under the ring, fully armed sergeants, but not moving, their bodies, wearing the best armor, holding a lever in their hands, carrying a bow on their backs, frost and snow condensed into a white frost on their eyebrows, the heat blown out soon formed Xiaoice beads on their beards, but the faces smeared with yellow antifreeze grease were extremely resolute, and from time to time their eyes flashed the cold glow of longing to fight.

Liu Yu stood among these people, beside him, Tan Pingzhi, Wei Yongzhi, Liu Yi, Maoqiu and other old acquaintances are all in place, today is the open selection competition of the Tiger Army, and only the warriors above the team are eligible to participate, more than 1,000 people, competing for a hundred places.

On the stage, dozens of war drums were lined up, shirtless, and the wrestlers who were red from the cold all over their bodies beat these war drums to the sky, Xie Xuan was dressed in a robe and big armor, and he was sitting behind the handsome case with a calm expression.

Liu Gaozhi held the order flag in his hand and stood beside Xie Xuan, he looked up at the sun that had risen into the sky, hooked the corners of his mouth, and bowed slightly: "Xuan Shuai, it's past time, you see?" ”

Xie Xuan waved his hand: "Let's start." ”

Liu Jiao took a few steps forward, walked to the front of the ring, looked at the more than 1,000 tigers and wolves in the audience, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, today is the selection competition of the Tiger Army, our troops are the sharp knives and pioneers of the whole army, and only the best warriors are recruited. You've all proven your strength in various units before you came to the competition, which is why you can stand here now, but that doesn't mean you can join the Tiger Army! ”

The corners of Liu Yu's mouth hooked, Liu Jingxuan on the side smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "This time, as long as you can join, you can become an officer above the top of the team, there is no shortage of soldiers in the Tiger Army, but you need the best grassroots officers, everyone, reluctantly!" ”

Liu Gaozhi's eyes flashed coldly: "The requirements for joining the tiger army are very simple, from now on, to the end of the day later, you need to start from Guangling, climb over the mountains, cross the river, and go to the Garlic Mountain in Jingkou, where there is an enemy camp, you need to record the situation, appearance, and strength in the enemy camp, and then go to Jiangcheng and Luoluoqiao." There, I'll be waiting for you on a black chariot, and under the banner, the first to come! Remember, I'm only going with a hundred people! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Gaozhi said in a deep voice: "If there is any problem, you can ask it now." ”

Tan Pingzhi said in a loud voice: "In one day, you want us to run from Guangling to Luoluo Bridge?" Is there a ferry? ”

Liu Gaozhi shook his head: "There is no ferry, on this day, all the ferries are blocked, and you can only swim across the Yangtze River!" ”

Everyone's faces changed, this ice and snow, swimming across the Yangtze River, it was going to die.

Wei Yongzhi said in a loud voice: "Is there any antifreeze grease distribution?" ”

Liu Gaozhi said coldly: "No! On your own, and from the moment you enter the battlefield, there will be people chasing you and remembering! You can take their weapons, but you can't hurt their lives, and those who hurt people's lives will be disqualified! ”

As soon as these words came out, even Liu Yu's face changed, and Liu Jingxuan shouted directly: "The guy in our hands didn't open the blade, or didn't have an arrow, he couldn't kill anyone, and he didn't let us move seriously, it didn't benefit us to kill the pursuers, and we would withdraw from the game if they hit, which is not fair." ”

Liu Gaozhi said calmly: "If you think it's unfair, you can withdraw now, and each participant will be given two steamed buns, a dough, and a cigarette barrel, just like this!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a small hollow iron rod from his arms, everyone could see that there was a pull rope at the bottom of the iron rod, Liu Gaozhi pulled it with his hand, only to hear a "hiss" sound, and at the other end of the iron barrel, a cloud of yellow wolf smoke came out, which soon condensed into a column of smoke and rose into the air.

Liu Yu saw it very clearly, knowing that this was stuffing the military wolf smoke into the small iron bar, even in the dark night, this column of smoke could make people three miles away see clearly, it used to be used by reconnaissance scouts, and today's game seems to be a test of the survivability and ability to get rid of individual soldiers.

Liu Gaozhi said coldly: "If anyone feels that they can't hold on, or is injured and asks for help, just pull the rope of this small iron bar, as soon as the smoke pillar comes out, our cavalry will come to rescue you, please eat roast mutton!" ”

Liu Yi stood up and said with a straight face: "General, can you form a team to act this time?" ”

Liu Gaozhi hooked the corners of his mouth: "All forms are not limited, if you want to prevent others from rushing to the finish line, you can also attack other contestants." I don't care how many people will die or how many people will be injured this time, I will only take a hundred people, and if by the time the hour comes, no one hundred will reach the tiger's flag, then I will only take the people under it. Did you hear it all? ”

Liu Yu said calmly: "May I ask General Liu, how many troops came to chase and kill us, and which general led the team?" ”

Liu Gaozhi smiled slightly: "When you get to the war zone, you will know." Ben will ask one last question, is there anyone who wants to quit now? In this competition, it is possible to pay for your life, and everyone has to think about it before leaving. ”

More than a thousand men, like this, stood in the wind and snow like javelins, not moving at all, not a single one retreated, and some people's eyes flashed a trace of worry, but it was only a flash.

Liu Gaozhi's sword eyebrows were raised, and the command flag in his hand waved violently: "Begin!" ”

Before his words fell, Liu Yi turned around and ran like a fly, and behind him, several of his friends and brothers, Zhao Yi, Liu Cui, Liu Fan and others rushed out of the school field.

Liu Yu shook his head, also turned around and began to run out, the hairball on one side ran past him, and squeezed his eyes at him: "Jinnu, thank you for helping us fight for the qualifications, good luck!" ”

As he spoke, he followed a few brothers around him, accelerated and rushed forward, heading straight for Liu Yi.

Tan Pingzhi, Wei Yongzhi, and Liu Jingxuan came over, and Tan Pingzhi smiled and said: "There are a hundred places, Brother Jinu, there are many people and great strength, let's rush together, how about it?" ”

Liu Yu nodded: "This game is not simple, it is estimated that there will be very powerful ambushes and pursuers in front, let's not rush too fast, first observe the situation in the back, we are familiar with Jingkou, as long as we cross the river, we will definitely be able to complete the task!" ”

Liu Jingxuan laughed: "Then let's compare this time, who kills the enemy more before reaching the destination!" ”8)