It was already early evening after the afternoon riding and archery test, and the candidates were taken back to their quarters for dinner and rest by their respective team leaders.

Nan Jiyun was about to go to the barracks canteen with a rice bowl and chopsticks to eat, when he saw Bai Xiaode walking in front, he hurriedly quickened his steps and walked up to say hello: "Brother Bai, how did you do in the exam today?" We don't know about the written test, but foot archery and mounted archery are your strengths, so you should have good grades, right? ”

Bai Xiaode turned his head to see that it was Nan Jiyun, and said with a smile: "It's Brother Nan, how to say it, in fact, whether it is a written test or infantry archery and mounted archery, as long as it meets the standard, it is considered to be passed, such as infantry shooting and mounted archery, the former requires eight arrows to hit the bull's-eye, or requires eight arrows to hit the arrow target, which is only the most basic requirement, as long as the requirements are met, it is considered to pass, and you can enter the next exam item, the purpose is to eliminate some people who are indiscriminate!" ”

Nan Jiyun understood, nodded and said, "Understood, then Brother Bai, are you sure about tomorrow morning's infantry and cavalry battles?" ”

Bai Xiaode shook his head with a smile and said, "How many heroes are there in the world? It should be no problem to pass the test, but if you want to enter the top three, you don't dare to think about it! ”

The two were talking, and a voice came from behind: "Is it Brother Nan in front?" ”

Nan Jiyun and Bai Xiaode stopped when they heard the voice, and when they looked back, Nan Jiyun saw that it was Guo Ziyi's two brothers, and said with a smile: "It's the Guo family brothers, are you going to the canteen?" ”

Guo Ziyi nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that you are also going to the canteen, why don't you go together?" ”

"That's right, let's go together! Let me introduce you to the two of you, this is Bai Xiaode Bai Brother, he is a descendant of the Qiuzi royal family, and he is the deputy master・・・・・・"

"Ahem・・・・・・" Bai Xiaode interrupted Nan Jiyun's words, and immediately took over the topic: "I put in a lot of effort to come to the capital to participate in this martial arts examination, I was originally a lieutenant colonel of the Anxi Army!" ”

Brother Guo Ziyi nodded, expressing his understanding of this, Anxi is too far away from Chang'an, and it is not easy to come to Chang'an from Anxi to participate in the martial arts examination. And the boss doesn't necessarily grant leave.

After the four of them came to the canteen to prepare a meal, they came out to find a vacant space on the grass and sat in a circle, chatting while eating, Nan Jiyun asked the Guo brothers: "Two Guo brothers, how did you do in the three exams today?" It should all be good, right? ”

Guo Ziyi was eating a mouthful of food, Guo Youming said: "My foot archery and mounted archery are okay, they are all hit nine arrows, I didn't do well in the written test, and I don't know the bottom of my heart!" ”

At this time, Guo Ziyi also swallowed the food in her mouth and said: "This written test seems to be quite difficult, especially the second category of arithmetic. I didn't expect that a general still needs to know arithmetic, and I may have failed in these questions, and I feel that there should be no problem in answering the art of war and arranging troops, the key is the last question, considering how to attack Tibet from both political and military aspects, this question is estimated that the ministers of the DPRK and China do not know how to solve it, otherwise I have been in the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years, but there is still no good way to take Tibet. Could it be that Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong are incompetent? It is estimated that there should be no accurate answer to this question, it should be that the examiner wants to see if the lifters have thought about this question, if a general has not even considered this question, it is estimated that he is not qualified to be a general! As for infantry and mounted archery. I wasn't very good at it, and I just barely met the requirements."

Guo Youming shouted: "Hey, big brother, the younger brother didn't expect that this martial arts written test would also test arithmetic." If I knew this, I should have learned some arithmetic before, and I wouldn't have almost bitten my pen when I took the written test in the morning! What else are the fill-in-the-blank questions. Most of them are the contents of the military book, but unfortunately I don't read the book seriously, I forgot about it tomorrow after reading it today, and there are few who are sure, and I sent troops to set up the formation, I only wrote a word of the long snake array and the fish scale array, but the others are not remembered in any way, especially the last question, I don't know what it means at all, from the political and military aspects of how to attack Tibet, what does this mean, what is politics and military? ”

Guo Ziyi hated iron and steel, patted Guo Youming's head and reprimanded: "Let you read more books on weekdays, but you just don't listen, you can't do such simple questions, I'm really angry!" Fortunately, you did well in the two martial arts exams, otherwise you would have been eliminated today! By the way, how did the two brothers do in the exam today? ”

Nan Jiyun and Bai Xiaode glanced at each other, Nan Jiyun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "In terms of the written test, a certain feeling can only be regarded as average, and a certain is the same as Brother Guo, and he didn't expect to be able to test arithmetic, he simply doesn't know anything, and the last question can only be scribbled a little bit with some simple ideas of his own, and I don't know if it is in line with the examiner's meaning. I'm afraid that there are not a few of the ten arrows! ”

After the other three people talked about their exams, they all looked at Bai Xiaode, and Bai Xiaode smiled: "My situation is similar, and I didn't expect to take the arithmetic test, which is really unexpected, but I'm afraid that most of the people didn't think of this!" ”

In fact, Bai Xiaode was temporarily asked by Zhao Ziliang to participate in the martial arts examination, he had never thought about it before, so he had no preparation at all, he could only hold on to his feet temporarily, but the written test was a mess, and he did very well in the arithmetic exam questions that others were very surprised, and he answered a total of three questions, and he answered them all confidently, because he has been staying by Zhao Ziliang's side for more than a year, and he is also very careful about the things that need to be calculated in the military. Therefore, the three questions on the test paper are not difficult for him, on the contrary, the content of the test paper on the military book, he answered very poorly, and the next few big questions are all blind, it seems that there is no hope in the written test, and the only hope is the test in the martial arts project.

On the first day of the examination, in addition to the more than 2,000 candidates who took the written test, more than half of the candidates who took the two martial arts examinations of infantry and mounted archery were eliminated, and only more than 3,600 people were left qualified to take the infantry and cavalry examinations on the second day.

The next morning, there are two martial arts exams, respectively, foot combat and an hour's long-distance rapid march, the first is the foot battle, all the candidates have received a horizontal knife, more than 3,600 people draw lots for two or two of the knockout match, this one because it is a single knockout match, so there are many people who are very good, but the strength of the opponent is stronger, which is called the master met the master, and it is considered to be extremely bad luck.

Guo Youming's luck is very bad, he happened to draw Nan Jiyun, among more than 3,600 people, he and Nan Jiyun were divided into a group of lots, just with Nan Jiyun as the opponent of the foot battle, although Guo Youming's foot combat strength is good, but compared to Nan Jiyun is a big difference.

Looking at Guo Youming in the ring, Nan Jiyun had a wry smile on his face: "I didn't expect to draw Brother Guo, this probability has been bumped into by us, it's really ・・・・・・ ・・・・・・."

Guo Youming was also full of bitterness, although he didn't know Nan Jiyun's true strength, but he felt that Nan Jiyun's martial arts skills were definitely not low, and he was only afraid that he was not his opponent, but things came to this point, and they couldn't avoid this.

Guo Youming quickly thought clearly, and immediately smiled and said: "Brother Nan, don't be like this, it is also a kind of fate that the two of us can face each other today, no matter what, I hope you can show all your strength, and I won't let you, no matter which of us wins today, we will still be friends in the future!" ”

The two of them were talking in the ring, but the examiner next to them was impatient and urged: "What are you doing, don't ink, the others are still waiting?" Let's get started! ”

Nan Jiyun took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Okay, Brother Guo is right, let's start!" ”

The two showed their blades and slowly approached, Nan Jiyun was more than ten years younger than Guo Youming, he attacked first, and slashed at Guo Youming with a horizontal knife in his hand, this knife was fast and ruthless, Guo Youming's eyes were condensed, and he immediately went out to block with a twelve-point spirit, but he didn't expect Nan Jiyun to be extremely powerful, and his arm was shocked to numbness after only one move, but this was just the beginning.

Although Guo Youming is much stronger than his brother Guo Ziyi in terms of force, and he is also the number one person in the entire Zheng County, but Nan Jiyun is not an ordinary person, although he is proficient in marksmanship, but the knife skills are also good.

With a "clang", Guo Youming's horizontal knife was cut to the ground, his handshaker kept trembling, and he was finally defeated.

Nan Jiyun put away his knife in time and said, "Brother Guo, I have conceded!" ”

Guo Youming smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you Brother Nan for your mercy!" ”

At the same time, in another ring, Guo Ziyi's luck was good, his opponent was of average strength, and he was quickly defeated by him.

Bai Xiaode's opponent's strength is also good, it's a pity that this person met Bai Xiaode, he himself is a brave person, he has been with Zhao Ziliang for more than a year and is often trained by Zhao Ziliang, although he is always beaten by Zhao Ziliang and can't find the north, but he has also learned a lot of things, especially in terms of martial arts fighting, he has been trained by Zhao Ziliang for so long, and he has made great progress, and there is also the black giant Nur This guy ravaged him all day long, so that he has made great progress in martial arts.

By about 10 o'clock in the morning, the knockout round of the foot battle was over, and more than 3,600 people were swept up to half of them, and only more than 1,800 people remained.

What followed was a long-distance march of one hour, and more than 1,800 candidates each received a pair of armor and carried their backs around the forbidden army to run laps, and after an hour, the four hundred people who ran in the front were allowed to enter the afternoon cavalry test, and the others were all eliminated.

The two hundred rings of foot combat have dazzled the audience, but the long-distance rapid march of the next hour has also made the audience shout loudly, and the audience is cheering for their relatives and friends who participated in the martial arts test.

An hour's rapid march, and it is fully armed, it is not only the physical strength and endurance of the candidates who are admitted to the graduate school, but also the screening of the candidates in terms of will, in this degree of competition, people who are not strong in willpower are absolutely unable to persevere, this is also an examination item specially added by Zhao Ziliang, that is, to screen out some people who are not strong-willed, he does not want to let those who are not strong-willed to mix into the army and become Tang Army generals. (To be continued.) )