July 10, 4th year of Jian'an.

A selection event that has caused a great sensation in the Chaohu area in recent days is about to be held outside Chaoxian County.

In order to be able to join the Iron Guard Battalion and enjoy the top treatment in the Jinfan Army, in addition to the 11,000 Jinfan soldiers who were already qualified to participate in the assessment, there were also more than 10,000 ordinary people who flocked to sign up from other regions.

The content of the assessment is very simple, that is, to carry a 20-pound sandbag around Chaoxian County for five laps, as long as you can stick to the finish line, you have the qualification to enter the Iron Guard Reserve Camp.

About 25,000 participants were divided into five teams by Wang Chong, two teams of Jinfan soldiers, and three teams of ordinary people.

The first to conduct the assessment was the Jinfan soldiers.

With Wang Chong's order, the first team of 5,500 Jinfan soldiers began their journey under the attention of tens of thousands of Chaohu people.

The scene was unusually lively and noisy, and many family members from Chaohu local soldiers came to the scene to support and cheer them on, and many people even ran a long distance together.

The physical fitness of these Jinfan soldiers is uneven, and they only run one lap, and they have already opened a large distance before and after.

Running five laps with a weight of 20 pounds sounds like it can be completed easily, but the actual difficulty is absolutely beyond people's imagination, generally in the company of family members and countless people pointing fingers, it can often inspire participants to have a stronger fighting spirit, because falling behind or giving up too early will make them feel ashamed.

But even so, after two laps, there were still people who couldn't hold on and fell to the ground and chose to quit.

It's like a chain reaction, where there are two and then ...... It simply can't stop.

So for a long time in the future, there are people quitting the game almost every moment, these people's willpower is often not strong, they will always compare people who gave up earlier than themselves, thinking that there are people worse than them anyway, so what do they have to feel ashamed of?

In this way, it seems that every time a parent asks his child why he did so badly in the exam, his or her child will always subconsciously give an example of someone with worse grades than himself, but he will never deeply reflect on the real reason why he did poorly.

By the end of the third lap, there were more than 3,000 people who quit, but after the fourth lap, there were very few people who took the initiative to quit, because if they could run to the fourth lap, it showed that their perseverance was not a problem, and the only thing that hindered them from reaching the finish line was their own physical strength and endurance.

The weather in July was very hot, and many soldiers with very poor physical fitness began to suffer from heat stroke and coma, but fortunately, Wang Chong was prepared in advance, and whenever someone fainted, a soldier would immediately step forward to help them to a dark place to rest and replenish water in time.

By the time the first team was over, only a little over 1,000 soldiers had crossed the finish line, less than one-fifth of the total.

The scene resounded with thunderous applause, and more than 1,000 soldiers who successfully reached the finish line were heroically supported by the people of Chaohu, because they intuitively understood the difficulty of this assessment, the people of Chaohu are very clear about how difficult it is for these passers, they are the pride of Chaohu, and even many people silently shed tears of distress and excitement for them.

The assessment team of the second group, including 2,000 soldiers, has been following Wang Chong since Poyang Lake, and they have been trained accordingly before, so the number of soldiers in this team who finally ran through the finish line is almost half more than the first team.

In the next third group, the object of the assessment changed from Jinfan soldiers to Chaohu people, but this team that should have had 5,000 people participated, and finally stood on the starting line, and there were only more than 3,000 people left.

It turned out that after seeing the difficulty of this assessment, those people who thought that they could not run to the end simply withdrew from the assessment, their idea was very simple, they couldn't pass it anyway, so why should they suffer this crime?

In this regard, Wang Chong just smiled and went with them, after all, this selection is not mandatory, and whether to participate or not depends entirely on their free will.

Most of the people are far from being able to compare their physical fitness with the soldiers, so there are only more than 300 people in the third group who have crossed the finish line, and the fourth group is slightly more, around 500 people.

However, when conducting the fifth group of assessments, Wang Chong found an unexpected surprise, that is, one of the contestants, not only ran smoothly, the rhythm was consistent, and the speed was not slow, only to run to the third lap, it had already surpassed the people behind a full lap, this situation appeared for the first time in today's whole selection, and what is even more commendable is that this contestant looks like he is only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.

"Did you find a treasure again?" Wang Chong showed a casual smile at the corner of his mouth, and when the boy was the first to cross the finish line, he took a bowl of water from the hands of the guards, and personally walked in front of the young man who was holding his knees and gasping for breath, "Drink a bowl of water." ”

"Thank you...... Thank you! The young man wiped the sweat from his face, took the water from Wang Chong's hand and drank it all in one gulp, until he returned the empty bowl to Wang Chong, he saw the latter's appearance clearly, and immediately widened his eyes and said in astonishment, "You...... You're not ......."

"Do you recognize me?" Looking at the nervous teenager, Wang Chong smiled slightly and asked.

The young man was excited and immediately fell to the ground: "Grass...... The grass people have seen General Annan! ”

Of course, the boy knew Wang Chong, in fact, for this man who rose like a comet in Huainan in just a few days, the boy's heart was full of curiosity, after coming to Chaohu, he heard that everyone here was singing the praises of Wang Chong's benevolence, and it made the boy want to know more about each other, so when he learned that Wang Chong was going to hold a large-scale selection event in Chao County, the boy rushed over without saying a word.

Seeing Wang Chong for the first time in the crowd before, the young man's heart was greatly shocked, because he found that the other party's age was not a few years older than himself, but now he has laid a huge foundation in Huainan, which made the young man's sense of Wang Chong instantly rise from curiosity to admiration, you must know that his desire since childhood is to be able to get ahead, and Wang Chong has undoubtedly become the object of his learning.

"Alright, get up!" Wang Chong picked up the young man and asked, "What's your name and how old are you this year?" ”

The young man replied: "The grass people's surname is Ding Mingfeng, and he is fourteen this year, and he is a person from Anfeng in Lujiang. ”

"Ding Feng?" Wang Chong's eyelids jumped, and he dared to love the young man in front of him who assisted the four generations of monarchs of Eastern Wu and witnessed the rise and fall of the Three Kingdoms.

"You want to join the army?"

"Yes?"

"Why?"

Ding Feng's eyes were red, and he said stubbornly: "In order to get ahead, in order to let my father and younger brother no longer be bullied!" ”

Wang Chong nodded thoughtfully: "In this case, from today onwards, you will follow me and be my personal guard!" ”

When Ding Feng heard this, an irrepressible ecstasy suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he saluted Wang Chong: "Subordinate Ding Feng, meet the lord!" ”

Wang Chong said lightly: "Very good, tomorrow I will send ten guards to escort you back to Anfeng, and bring your family to Chao County as soon as possible." ”

Ding Feng was moved when he heard this, and choked up and responded: "No! ”

"By the way, do you have a table?"

"It's not yet crowned, and there are no words."

"Then how about I pick up a table for you?" Seeing Ding Feng nodding, Wang Chong paused and said, "Let's call it Chengyuan." ”

"Cheng Yuan? Ding Feng Ding Chengyuan ......" Ding Feng muttered twice, then his face showed joy and satisfaction, "Thank you for the word!" ”