Chapter 17: A Peculiar Assessment

As the forbidden army camp to protect the imperial city, it has never been so lively as in the past few days, first a large number of craftsmen came in to build the competition venue, as well as the equipment that the young county king came up with for the assessment. Even these forbidden soldiers, who used to stay in the barracks and fought soy sauce and mixed up with soy sauce, learned that the emperor and hundreds of officials would come in this time to witness the martial arts competition held in the barracks.

For a time, the generals who commanded more than 10,000 soldiers in the forbidden army and the ordinary soldiers in the forbidden army began to put away their slack thoughts during this time, and concentrated on practicing combat skills and formations, so as to show the majesty of the royal forbidden army like everyone when the emperor and hundreds of officials arrived.

With this time, the forbidden army barracks, which suddenly became mysterious, opened the barracks again to receive the arrival of the emperor and hundreds of officials. Those who have also been notified to come here today for the first round of martial arts. As for the items of the competition, when all the participants in the competition are all present, it will be announced by the county king who presided over the selection of the competition.

What makes many people feel a little curious is that with the advent of today's martial arts competition, the perimeter of the imperial city around the forbidden army camp has also been cordoned off by the forbidden army to prohibit the passage of ordinary people. Only the sons and daughters of the hundred officials who were qualified to participate in this martial arts competition were allowed to assemble at the designated places one after another through the cordon set up by these forbidden armies, completely ignorant.

Everyone will be given a number plate with their name and age written on it, and as for what the number plate will be used for, it will also have to wait for the announcement of the unusually mysterious county king who has engaged in this contest. Martial artists who received license plates to participate in martial arts competitions were given a friendly reminder that they should keep their number plates. Once the license plate is lost, you will immediately lose the qualification to participate in the competition.

Looking at the competitors standing beside them, dressed in armor and holding swords, guns, swords, halberds, and eighteen weapons, except for the warriors who usually knew each other, they would greet and gather together. Other, less familiar competitors will be recognized as opponents and will look at each other's odds against each other.

Accompanied by several commanders of the forbidden army, standing aside and watching these competitors participating in the competition, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't expect it. The selection of a military attache will unexpectedly attract the competition of so many martial artists. Looking at this, according to the order of entry, there are at least nearly 1,000 people in a pair of hundreds of officials and princes standing in the field.

This is when the age of 16 to 30 is required to be eligible for the selection, and so many people participate. It can be seen from this that it is a waste of resources to let so many high-quality soldiers be wasted. But from the way these people were standing, Zhao Xiaoxi knew that there were not many people who could finally enter his eyes.

However, he didn't expect to find all the officers he needed in this kind of selection. Anyway, the new army he will form in the future will take at least three to five years to become an army. These warriors who will be qualified to serve as military attachés in the future, he believes that after this cruel selection, they will understand that it is not as easy as imagined to become his officers.

Just when the warriors who participated in the selection began to be a little impatient, there was a tsunami-like sound of long live at the gate of the camp. Let these impatient warriors lift their spirits at once, and kneel on the ground to watch the arrival of the emperor and hundreds of officials.

When he enjoyed the first time that tens of thousands of soldiers shouted long live, Zhao Xu, who seemed a little excited, sat on the review stand set up in advance, and Zhao Xiaoxi, who was responsible for presiding over the selection of the competition. Dressed in armor, he informed the emperor of the number of people in the competition, and asked whether the first assessment of the selection of military attachés could begin.

Hearing that Zhao Xu was very happy, he told him that this time he and the hundred officials only acted as spectators, and the rest of the assessment of the children of the hundred officials, princes and martial artists was fully entrusted to Zhao Xiaoxi. From this attitude of decentralization, many officials also know that the children of their family will be next. Whether they can stand out from so many participants depends on their real material.

After getting the power given by the emperor, Zhao Xiaoxi, who was dressed in light armor, quickly walked to the group, looked at him in front of the warriors who were full of expectations, and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "By the grace of the saints, this king will preside over the selection of military generals." Among the people who participated in the competition today, there must have been many people who had heard about this king.

No matter how unconvinced you are, in the next selection, if you want to prove that you are worthy of the identity of a martial artist, then take out all your skills. To emphasize one point, only 100 winners will be selected in each round of this competition. The content of the assessment will also be announced one by one, and only those who have entered the 100 qualifications will be able to participate in the final martial arts competition.

Please keep in mind that this time the Holy Lord is going to select elite children who will serve as military attachés, and they will not be able to win by brute force alone. If there is much to be said of this king, now the first command is announced. Put everything you think you have extra in place and do the first physical test. The way of assessment is very simple, when you enter the barracks, you all see the section of the road guarded by the forbidden army.

The top 100 winners who run out of the barracks will have the qualification to enter the final assessment. The martial artists after the hundred will lose the qualification to advance to the final assessment in this round of assessment. There are five rounds of assessment like this, which means that there will be no more than 500 martial artists in the end, and they will enter the final selection competition.

If the five rounds of selection, all of them enter the top 100 warriors, even if the final results are not good, they will be awarded the military position of Zhengjiu Lu Zhongxunlang by the Holy Lord himself. The warriors who entered the full 80 will be personally awarded the military position from the Eight Rank Bingyilang, and the warriors who enter the top 50 will be awarded the Sho Eight Rank Tsukuro Martial Arts. The top 30 were awarded the seven-rank martial arts lang, and the top 10 were awarded the seven-grade Yiweilang.

The top three will be personally awarded from the sixth-grade Zhengshilang, the sixth-grade right martial arts doctor, and the fifth-grade pro-guard doctor. The top ten winners have the opportunity to challenge the king, and the winner will be awarded by the Holy Lord himself from the four rank guerrilla generals. But the king is looking forward to seeing any of you get this military position. Now there are only 100 actual military positions given by the Holy Lord, and whether you can get one of these places depends on your next ability.

From now on, give you half a pillar of incense time to pack up, and let you warm up first with light and battle. Remember, you only need to follow the subjects set by the king for this assessment. If you feel that you can't accept the assessment items formulated by this king, you only need to drop your license plate and go home immediately to live your leisurely life.

If you want to prove that you are the masters of the handle, let me show me what you are capable of. By the way, the military attache selected this time will become the military attache in the new army formed by the Holy Lord. Therefore, if you want to be a military attache under the command of this king, the first criterion is obedience. If you don't want to serve under this king, you can also get out of here now.

Well, after all this nonsense, this king is also a little dry-mouthed. Take off all your armor! Otherwise, the king is afraid that many of you will not hold out to the end. The road I have chosen for you is not far, only twenty miles. If you can't even travel 20 miles, and you can't run lightly, then don't tell others that you are martial arts practitioners.

If you really can't stand it halfway, you can hand over your number plate to the forbidden army guarding the street, and you will immediately regain your freedom. This king doesn't want to bring some either, and likes to give up halfway to waste military attachés. Start the timer! ”

In the face of the cynicism of this young county king, these warriors, who can be described as people who practice martial arts, are naturally holding back their anger. can be thought of as a very rare opportunity, joining this new army means becoming a military attache appointed by the Holy Lord. This honor, even the military attaches in the forbidden army, are very envious!

Wait until these warriors begin to put away the armor and weapons on their bodies, tie up their clothes and start to move their hands and feet, preparing for this kind of long-distance run that many warriors don't know if they can persevere.

Although he knew that the county king presided over the martial arts competition, he would not play cards according to common sense. But the first test of physical strength requires a long-distance run of nearly ten kilometers. For many martial artists who are only used to dancing with knives and guns, they really have some bottomless hearts. I had the heart to complain, but I didn't want the county king who made all the people involved in the competitive martial arts look down on them unpleasantly, and kicked them out of the assessment team.

With these warriors participating in the competition, when they saw Zhao Xiaoxi, who was riding on a white horse again, and several other forbidden army commanders who were also riding horses. It soon became known that these forbidden army commanders and Zhao Xiaoxi would supervise their assessment, and if they dared to cheat halfway, they would be disqualified from the assessment.

The hundred officials who were fortunate enough to witness this martial arts competition secretly sighed that this first assessment was so difficult, and it was difficult for their children to stand out. With Zhao Xiaoxi, who was riding on a white horse, saw that the time was almost up, and these young officials and eunuchs who participated in the martial arts competition were all ready.

Standing on the starting line and hearing Zhao Xiaoxi's 'start', these martial artists who participated in the martial arts competition quickly rushed out of the forbidden army's barracks like the flow of water that opened the floodgates. Following the instructions of those forbidden troops, this long-distance run began that amazed the people of the capital. When they ran out of the barracks, they began to come to the streets, looking at the people who were crowded outside the cordon raised by the forbidden army to watch the bustle.

These martial artists, who are also afraid of embarrassment, are not willing to be satisfied with others, and they are stepping on heavier and heavier feet, quickly chasing the fastest warriors in front of them, hoping to obtain the qualification to enter the final round of competition in the first round of assessment.

After all, according to this assessment model, the martial artists who are finally qualified to enter the final assessment. There will definitely not be more than five hundred, this one radish and one pit, if you can't even pass the preliminaries, how can you finally enter the hundred and be eligible to enjoy the honor of being awarded by the Holy Lord?

Especially when I saw Zhao Hyo-seok who was riding on a horse and scolded them for being a 'waste' and couldn't run on this little road, he was riding on a horse. Many martial artists have a kind of backbone, even if they die, they can't be looked down upon. Continue to grit your teeth and keep up with the team, even if you can't run into the top 100, you don't want to be eliminated halfway, and you will be ridiculed when you return to the family.

This may be the unique habit of 'losing people do not lose the battle' unique to people who practice martial arts in this era!

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