Li Shimin said with a smile: "Guanyin, don't complain, I think the fifth brother and their selection this time is very meaningful, you look at the strength of these people, even if they are not much worse than the current generals." If you look at these strategies, some people's views are very unique, and they are very eye-catching. I'm worried about how to rank them? ”

The eldest grandson Wujian listened to her husband's words, took the exam paper he handed over and studied it carefully; Slowly, I was also attracted. The husband and wife discussed and evaluated, and it was not until the middle of the night that the evaluation was completed and they went back to bed.

The next day, Cheng Zhijie ordered someone to write a list of rankings and post them at the door of the military academy. When all the candidates arrived, they all gathered around the list and discussed it chaotically.

Wang Du and others will not surrender their identities and crowd with others to read the list of articles, they think that when it comes to the ability to write policy theories, several of their children are well-educated and write flowers, others must be difficult to look forward to, Zheng Zhao, Lu Yifang, and Wang Yizhang must be among the top three.

It didn't take long for Jia Ding to run back out of breath, and as soon as he saw the old man's gaze, he shrank his neck slightly and said, "The old man has come out." ”

Zheng Yuanshou, the head of the Zheng family, was even more anxious and hurriedly asked, "Say, who is the first." Jia Ding secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Yes, it's a person named Wang Xuance." ”

"What? Wang Xuance, who is he? How dare you claim to be the leader? So who is the second place? ”

"It's the son of the Yiguo Duke Qin Shubao's family, and it's Qin Huaiyu."

"Who's on the third side?"

"Which auditor is Xue Li?"

"What about fourth place?"

"It's Wooden."

"And what about the fifth?"

"It's an unknown junior named Gao Kan."

"Bastard! Bastard! There's an inside story here! Cheng Zhijie is nepotistic, and I am going to sue His Majesty the Emperor for using power for personal gain, which will open the door for his disciples and relatives. ”

Wang Du nodded and said, "What Brother Zheng said is not false at all. Cheng Zhijie is deliberately depressing the results of our family, I estimate that the disciples of the family must be ranked behind, we have to join hands to complain to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty give us justice. ”

The rest of the people also agreed, and Zheng Yuanshou asked angrily: "You said that Zheng Zhao, Lu Yifang, and Wang Yizhang all won the first place." ”

"Back to the master, Zheng Zhao's son is the sixth, Lu Yifang's son is the eighth, and Wang Yizhang's son is the eleventh."

A few people were slightly stunned when they heard this, although this ranking is not particularly good, but it is a bit far-fetched to insist that others suppress it. Wang Du said: "Anyway, Cheng Zhijie is nepotistic, this can't run." In addition, he abused his power and recruited auditors in violation of regulations, which is unforgivable. ”

These people were holding back to sue Cheng Zhijie, but Lao Cheng didn't have the heart to care about these, after yesterday's one-day race, there were only less than 3,000 people participating in the final long-distance running race today.

The examiner announced loudly: "This time, everyone's task is to run 10 laps around the school military field, which is equivalent to a distance of about 60 miles. All of you put on your uniforms and set out together; At the end of each lap, someone will record your results, and everyone must complete the course within an hour and a half, and those who can't finish it will not be recorded.

Don't crowd it, it's a long game, and it's a test of everyone's endurance. You don't have to rush so fast at the beginning, you have to distribute your energy evenly, adjust your breathing and pace, so that you can move forward at a uniform speed to achieve your goal.

Alright, now the game begins! Run! ”

The examiner gave the order, and the candidates began to run forward like crazy. Qin Huaiyu took a few little brothers and smiled slightly, and shuttled through the crowd unhurriedly like usual training.

Wang Yizhang and the others quickly discovered Qin Huaiyu's abnormality, and several people were now staring at Qin Huaiyu and them. As soon as I saw them running unhurriedly, I thought of what the examiner said at the beginning, so I slowed down, adjusted my breathing and slowly followed behind.

Running at the front is a small man Song Xiang, who has performed well in the previous assessments, and basically entered the top 1000. This running is his forte, and no one has ever been his opponent when it comes to running in his hometown, so everyone calls him Scud.

This time, he was holding his breath to become famous in one fell swoop, and let the gongs and drums sound for himself; So he secretly competed, and rushed out as soon as the examiner shouted. I have to say that his speed is still good, flying on the runway like flying.

Cheng Zhijie said to Li Jing: "This guy's speed is really not slow? How about I take a look at his other achievements? It's a pity to be eliminated like this. Li Jing nodded slightly and said: "This is a good scout blank, it is worth training well, even if you can't pass the exam this time, you can be recruited into the army." ”

Lao Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, there are a lot of good seedlings found this time, even if you can't get into the military academy, you can be recruited into the army as a grassroots officer training." ”

Li Jing nodded slightly and said: "Yes, let's not talk about Huaiyu and them, as well as Xue Li and Heizhi Changzhi, the two accidents, that is, Wang Yizhang, Lu Yifang, and Zheng Zhao are all generals." It's a pity that they are all children of a family, and I don't know if they can be used by me. ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "This time it can really be said that it is an elite gathering, third brother, in fact, I think there is another person who will not be worse than them in the future, this is an elite that can be compared to Xue Li." ”

"On a par with Xue Li? Who is it? This time not only Li Jing was surprised, but even Li Shiji, Luo Song and Qin Qiong next to him were taken aback. Xue Li was favored by him, but he was ready to be trained as his successor.

Lao Cheng smiled and picked up a name and said, "That's it!" "Everyone leaned over to take a look and saw that the word Gao Kan was written on it." Everyone, I dare to bet with you that this person will definitely be able to make a name for himself, and his merits will be comparable to Xue Li, but he will be inferior in terms of force. ”

Everyone shook their heads and said, "Who doesn't know the ability to know the festival and know people?" We're not going to bet on you. With a Xue Li, and then a Gao Kan, we have a successor to Datang, fortunately! ”

Not to mention their sighs above, slowly everyone ran the first lap, Song Xiang, who was running at the front, felt a pain in his throat, thirst was uncomfortable, and his legs were as heavy as lead; Others began to leapfrog him.

At this time, they arrived at a water replenishment point, someone handed over the water cup, and Song Xiang poured it in one breath. "Run slower, breathe and watch the pace! Come at a constant speed! The officer next to him reminded loudly.

Song Xiang felt his eyes sour, he nodded heavily and returned to the group again. This time Song Xiang didn't run as hard as he could, he tried to adjust his breathing according to what the officer said, and slowly ran forward with the large army.

By the time we reached the two laps, the difference between the crowds had already been revealed; The large army was also divided into several groups, and Qin Huaiyu and the others had already reached the first group of the team. They were still running unhurriedly, but they had already pulled down most of the others for half a lap.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon half of the game was already underway, and only Xue Li, Qin Huaiyu, Heiya Changzhi, Wu Deng, Shang Shan, Wang Xuance, Wang Yizhang, Lu Yifang, Zheng Zhao, Gao Kan and other more than a dozen people were left in the first group.

Hearing the sound of gongs and drums halfway through, Qin Huaiyu suddenly sped up, and he rushed to the leading position with the speed of the first group slightly improved. He led the way for about a mile, and the speed of the group slowly slowed down again.

At this time, Wooden accelerated to the first place and raised the speed of the team again, and in this way they took turns to speed up, leading the first group forward at a rapid pace.

When they ran nearly 50 miles like this, their first group had already pulled down more than one lap of the people behind them. However, after such a long run, the first group has also divided into levels.

The first ones were Xue Li, Qin Huaiyu, Wu Deng and Shang Shan, and those who were pulled down more than a dozen steps were Wang Xuance, Hei Yan Changzhi and Wang Yizhang; A few dozen steps behind are Gao Kan, Lu Yifang, Zheng Zhao and others.

When it came to the back, Qin Huaiyu and the others still ran forward in an orderly manner at their own pace; It seems that no one can stop them from winning the championship.

Seeing that it was time for the final sprint, everyone exerted all their strength, showing that they could run quickly like the finish line. At this time, Xue Li's speed was getting faster and faster, as if he had inexhaustible strength in his body. Qin Huaiyu and the others followed for a while, almost messing up their rhythm, so they could only give up their plans to compete with this pervert and recover their speed again.

At the finish line are two large hourglasses, the smaller one is one hour long, and the winner finishes the race at this time. There is also a large hourglass at the back, and this hourglass time is one and a half hours, and the results can be recorded only when it is completed at this time.

By the time Xue Li finished the first run, there was still a thick layer of sand left in the first small hourglass.

The war drums sounded, and the candidates who were taking the exam heard that someone had run to the finish line, and the last few were deflated, which had already pulled themselves almost two laps, how could it be compared? As soon as they were discouraged, they felt that their chests were like broken bellows, their throats were fishy and sweet, the pain was uncomfortable, and their legs seemed to be no longer able to move as if they were not their own, so they had to withdraw from the game in frustration.

Soon, Qin Huaiyu, Wu Deng, Shang Shan and others also arrived at the finish line one after another, and several of them stood next to the runway with water cups, cheering for the candidates behind.

The game was not completely over until 3 hours, and a large number of people were already lying flat on the school military field.

An examiner loudly announced the results of this assessment: "The long-distance running test is over, the first place is Qin Huaiyu, the second place is Wu Deng, and the third place is Shang Shan...... 999th Song Xiang ......"

Song Xiang had already fallen to the ground as if he was paralyzed, and he didn't know his ranking; He could only try to listen to the examiner's report, and his heart sank a little as time passed. When he heard that the nine hundred and ninety-nine were Song Xiang, he couldn't care about his exhaustion and yelled like crazy.