In February of the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1629), Li Hongji's uncle and nephew arrived in Ganzhou, and it happened that the left guard of Ganzhou recruited troops, and the two immediately rushed to the military camp to register.

This time, the left guard of Ganzhou recruited troops, a separate system, the general kingdom has appointed Wang Quan as a hundred households, Li Jun as a hundred households, they are all officers from the temporary transfer, the two general flag officers in the new army are also served by veterans, and the ten small flag officers under the general flag have to be selected from the recruits.

The new army has a total of 110 people, Wang Quan and Li Jun each have two personal soldiers, the two general flag officers also have a personal soldier, and the remaining 100 soldiers are divided into two general flags, each flag has fifty soldiers, and each general flag is under the flag, and it is divided into five small flags, each small flag together with the small flag officer, a total of ten soldiers, and the small flag officer has no additional personal soldiers.

Li Hongji changed his name to Li Zicheng, because he was strong and literate, he was appointed as a small flag officer, and Li Guo was assigned to this small banner, which was regarded as his part-time personal soldier.

Recruits naturally have to practice, and the kingdom sets a goal, the training time is two months, and the assessment will be conducted after two months, and the formal training will begin the next day.

Li Zicheng was stunned when he heard this: With only two months of training, could it be that the kingdom has any special methods? However, he was only a small flag officer, and he was appointed by the kingdom, so it was impossible to question the kingdom at all.

On the first day of training, it was running, running ten laps around the training ground, Li Zicheng visually measured it, according to the standards of later generations, a lap is at least 500 meters, and after ten laps, it must be more than 5,000 meters.

Wang Quan and Li Jun did not participate in running, and Wang Quan stood in the center of the training ground, as if he were a referee.

More than 100 soldiers, including the chief flag officer and the small flag officer led their respective soldiers, crowded at the starting point of the training ground, according to the Ming system, the chief flag officer and the small flag officer are not officers, at most they can only be regarded as cronies sent by the officer to manage the soldiers, and the identity is similar to the soldiers, like this The two chief flag officers of the new barracks are temporarily appointed by the kingdom and can be replaced at any time.

This is the first time for the recruits to train, and there is no military discipline, Wang Quan saw the chaos on the scene, but he did not interfere, until the soldiers were ready, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers around him to give orders.

The soldiers didn't speak, but waved the pennant in their hands downward, and then stood upright at Wang Quan's side.

The recruits didn't know that this was the order to set off, they didn't react at all, they still stood stupidly and chatted, and the two chief flag officers couldn't help but shout when they saw this: "Run!" "I was the first to run out of the team.

As soon as the soldiers saw that their commanders had set off, they came to their senses and ran forward, but the crowd was too concentrated and crowded together, and some of them were pushed there.

A tall and strong black soldier ran a few steps to grab the leading position, and immediately several soldiers who did not dare to lag behind accelerated their pace and chased after them, and in less than two laps, they pulled the soldiers behind them half a circle.

Li Guo and Li Zicheng walked side by side, and when they saw the big black man taking the lead, he also wanted to rush out, Li Zicheng grabbed him, "Double happiness, what are you doing?" ”

"Second uncle, I can still run faster, I can't be too far behind by him!"

"Don't worry, double happiness, the road is still long for you!" Li Zicheng glanced at Li Guo, and then quickly glanced at the big black man far in front, "If he can maintain this speed forever, you are not his opponent." ”

"I don't believe he can run so fast forever, maybe he won't be able to run for a while." Li Guo wanted to rush forward, but his eyes were full of excited fire, as if he was going to burn the big black one into charcoal.

"You know, it's good that he can't keep up this pace for long." When Li Zicheng was in his later life, he participated in military training twice in high school and college, plus he took countless track and field classes, watched many track and field competitions, and his understanding of long-distance running and sprinting was obviously much stronger than Li's.

With a distance of more than 5,000 meters, even professional long-distance runners did not dare to exert their strength at full speed at first, unless they were fighting a team battle and using their own waste materials to drag down the opponent's famous generals.

If the big black man really has such a strong strength, then he has no choice but to bow down, after all, the other party's strength is much more than his own, and it is impossible to wipe it out in a short time.

This is a long-distance run, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, you must maintain your own rhythm, once the rhythm is disrupted by the opponent, whether you can support it to the finish line is a question, don't want to get a good ranking.

"Second uncle, what should we do then?" Because he was talking while running, Li Guo was a little out of breath.

"Don't talk, follow me, keep up this pace."

Li Zicheng and Li Guo ran in most of the crowd, which is equivalent to the front position of the second group, but they are already more than half a lap away from the leading black big man in front.

Several soldiers struggled to catch up, about to catch up with the big black one, as the leader of the team, these few people were only thirty or forty steps away from the tail of the large army, as long as they added a little more force, it was easy to surpass these soldiers by a circle.

The soldiers at the back of the team also want to speed up the pace, although they are from a military household, but they have never been to the barracks for training, usually engaged in farming, producing food for the army, although the physical strength is good, but it seems that the strength is not enough, especially the breathing, especially the breathing, especially not smooth, running and running, there are soldiers with their hands covering their chests, frowning, their faces look particularly gloomy.

In less than three laps, a soldier left the ranks, crouched to the side and vomited.

Wang Quan frowned, after only three laps, he began to vomit, could it be that this is the worst soldier he has ever seen? Li Jun was calm, still smiling on his face, and his energy didn't seem to be on these running soldiers.

In the fifth lap, the soldiers around the big black man were gradually left behind by him, his speed was too fast, the soldiers who wanted to have a long relationship with him just now had already bowed to the wind, pulled away from him, and even squatted to the side to vomit, if it was on the straight, the big black man should be in a far ahead position.

Li Zicheng and Li Guo were still unhurried, they were running at their own speed, although they did not accelerate, but more and more soldiers were surpassed by them, not only the soldiers at the front of the second group were overtaken by them just now, but also the soldiers who began to want to compete with the big black man, and a few people were surpassed by them.

When the seventh lap was about to end, the two of them finally left the last opponent of the big black man behind, Li Guo glanced at Li Zicheng in front of him, and saw that Li Zicheng was still unhurried, and his heart was even more confident, he wiped the sweat on his head and followed Li Zicheng's footsteps closely.

There was only the big black man in front, but his legs were not as light as they were at the beginning, and he even tripped on a small pebble and almost fell, Li Zicheng and Li Guo looked at each other and smiled, although they had no words, they firmly believed in their hearts that this big black man might not be able to stand up.

They didn't speed up, but they were getting closer and closer to the big black one, obviously the speed of the big black one went down, but when they saw the people coming behind them, the big black man sped up again, as if he wanted to throw them away.

Halfway through the eighth lap, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to a small half-lap, and the big black man was sweating profusely, but he still gritted his teeth and held firm, intending to maintain the advantage until the end.

Li Zicheng and Li Guo one after the other, basically maintained a uniform speed, still unhurried, at this time, the other soldiers have been thrown away by the three of them, the vast majority of the soldiers are at least one lap away from them, if this is a competition, the champion should be produced between the three of them.

At the end of the ninth lap, Li Zicheng and Li Guo had caught up with the big black one, the big black one saw that the situation was not good, and quickly used his strength to eat, the distance between the two sides widened two steps again, Li Zicheng smiled slightly, and gestured to Li Guo with his eyes, Li Guo nodded, and the two suddenly accelerated, and they were about to go up from the outer road.

The big black man didn't look good, and moved his body to the outside with his voice, blocking in front of the two, he was tall and strong, and a piece of iron tower was sealed in front, and he immediately stopped Li Zicheng's uncle and nephew, and he couldn't surpass it.

Li Guo was so angry that he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, Li Zicheng waved his hand: It's a soldier in the same battalion, so you don't have to be too stiff, he slowed down, adjusted his breathing, and looked at Li Guo again, his breathing was almost adjusted.

Li Zicheng pointed to the inner road, signaling him to pass through the inner road, Li Guo saw that the remaining gap in the inner road was too small, as long as the big black man moved his body slightly, he could not surpass the past, and his eyes were a little confused.

Knowing that Li Guo only understood half of it, Li Zicheng pointed to himself, and then pointed to the outer way, Li Guo suddenly understood: The second uncle is going to make sacrifices for himself, and he also wants to let himself surpass, he also pointed to the outer way, signaling that he wants to be the one who sacrifices.

Li Zicheng frowned and glared at him, Li Guo had no choice but to be obedient, he nodded fiercely, but his eyes were fixed on the big black man in front of him.

At this time, it happened to be at the corner, and the opportunity could not be missed, Li Zicheng immediately accelerated, and his heavy footsteps really alarmed the big black man, and he repeated his old trick and moved to the outside road, wanting to block Li Zicheng again.

In this way, the gap on the inside will become larger, Li Guo "whoosh", overtook from the inside, the big black man found himself calculated, and subconsciously moved inward, but Li Zicheng took the opportunity to overtake him from the outside.

It was just a corner, and the advantage of the big black man was completely reversed, and Li Guo and Li Zicheng completed the transcendence from the inside and outside roads respectively.

The big black man was unwilling, he exerted his strength violently, wanting to overtake him back, but Li Zicheng and Li Guo, how could they fulfill his wish? Like two sika deer, they raised their hooves and whipped up, and quickly distanced themselves from the big black one.

The big black man's rhythm was messed up, and he suddenly couldn't help it, and with a "poof", he fell to the ground, he looked at the two figures in the distance in despair, and slowly got up, but fortunately, the people behind him were still far away, and no one caught up.

Li Guo had been holding his breath, he had accelerated just now, overdrawn his physical strength, and was already out of breath, and at this time, seeing that the big black man was far behind, he suddenly let out a sigh of relief, and the internal organs in his chest rolled upside down.

Li Zicheng overtook him from the outer road, and when he saw his pale face up close, he couldn't help but worry, "Double ...... Double Happiness, what's wrong? ”

"Second uncle, I'...... I can't do it......" Li Guo sweated like rain, rubbing his chest with one hand, panting heavily.

Li Zicheng knew that he was not breathing evenly, and it was the limit of the body's physical strength at this moment, so he couldn't help but glance back, "Double happiness, hurry, the big black guy is catching up!" ”

"Ah......" Li Guo was startled, and suddenly ran up like a ghost, almost surpassing Li Zicheng again.