"Quick, adjust your breathing, reduce superfluous movements, save your body, and the soldiers behind you also speed up. Officers are responsible for the soldiers of their own ranks, and if anyone is left behind, then you are not qualified. On the wilderness outside Lingling City, thousands of soldiers were running around the fortress under construction amid Wang Xu's majestic shouting.

These soldiers were the 5,000 carefully selected cavalrymen, and since they had agreed with the generals that day, they had been selected throughout the army from the next day. The recruits are completely untrained, so they certainly can't meet the requirements, and all the candidates are selected from veterans.

At first, those soldiers were very happy, and they were extremely excited to hear that they could be cavalrymen, and their food and salary were two or three tiers better than that of ordinary soldiers. In addition, if you want to be Wang Xu's direct unit, the chances of promotion are naturally greater, so you are eager to sign up. It's a pity that the current 20,000 veterans of Lingling County were brushed down more than 9,000 people in the first round, because Wang Xu's request was to let them run ten kilometers off-road with weapons all over their bodies, and set a minimum time.

This is a test of will and body, since if it is an elite ace cavalry, then it must have the toughest will and the strongest physique. Because what they have to face is often a protracted and fierce charge against the enemy at the most critical time, or even face a long period of fierce fighting, so these are the minimum standards.

And as expected, despite the strict training they had on weekdays, more than 9,000 people still failed. Either you give up on your own, or you don't exercise enough on weekdays to complete the task on time. In this regard, Wang Xu is very firm and ruthless, even if he is a little late, he will definitely not tolerate it. It's just that he still encouraged the potential soldiers, as long as they can work hard in the future, then there will be a chance to enter.

But those successful soldiers didn't have time to rejoice, and after only one day of rest, Wang Xu began the second round of tests. In fact, it is very simple, that is, do push-ups and sit-ups, and directly select the top 5,500 people. Of course, a back door was also opened at the same time, that is, people who feel that their strength is not very strong, but who are good at martial arts, can challenge alone, as long as they can take over the punch of Dian Wei's six-layer force, then they can be selected.

Dian Wei's martial arts have long been famous in the army, and even Gao Shun is not an opponent. So this option is prohibitive for many people, but although it is few, it is not nothing, at least Wang Xu has found dozens of talents with outstanding martial arts. As for the officers, they have to be assessed separately, and the person in charge of the assessment is the eldest brother Wang Kai, and those topics were discussed by Wang Xu and Guo Jia and Tian Feng.

After such a arduous selection, when the 5,500 people stood out, they couldn't stop letting out earth-shattering cheers. And Wang Xu was also happy with them, and promised to give them three days off, and gave a speech in public to encourage them. Unfortunately, the excited soldiers didn't know that this was just the beginning of the nightmare.

After the three-day vacation, the fourth day was easy, but a new establishment was made. The five hundred people with the best results in the assessment were selected to form a new guard, and the same was true for the generals, and then the specific allocation of the various ministries. The whole process was easy, Wang Xu didn't let everyone stand, whatever he wanted, he could chat, just wait for the name to be called. Moreover, Wang Xu also dined with these soldiers and communicated intimately.

He was there to get acquainted with each other, and the soldiers were looking forward to a bright future. Unfortunately, when they went back and slept soundly, they were no longer happy when they arrived outside the city.

The first is the fully armed cross-country 5-kilometer run, which is a basic training that must be carried out every day, and after the run, the individual martial arts practice will be carried out after resting for half an hour. The fighting weapon that Wang Xu chose for them was a thick-backed long-edged knife that was good at chopping, so what they needed to do was to practice a simple and extremely lethal knife technique. And this set of sword techniques is of course studied by the generals, there are not many moves, only ten moves in total, but it is very practical and can deal with almost any situation on the battlefield.

As for the afternoon, it was bow and arrow practice, although Wang Xu wanted to use a crossbow for the cavalry, but all the generals felt that it was not good for the cavalry to use a crossbow. One is that the crossbow is relatively bulky, and the cavalry is inconvenient to carry and not fast enough. The second is that it is impossible to carry out projectiles in the gallop, to respond to other armies in the rear, and to suppress enemy troops on high ground. The third is that the construction cost of a crossbow is far more than that of a bow and arrow, which is too cost-effective!

In the end, Wang Xu also adopted everyone's opinions, so he specially practiced bow and arrows. The last exercise of the day is the easiest, horseback riding. Although the horses are not yet fully arrived and cannot be used by one, they can still be trained in a rotational manner.

So far, the results of these days' training have greatly surprised Wang Xu. These "ancestor" level people adapted to various environments too quickly, and their physical and mental tenacity was far greater than that of later generations. In the beginning, those soldiers had to struggle to move even a finger at the end of the day. But after ten days, one by one they actually got used to it, although they were also very tired, but they had already begun to talk and laugh when they rested, and after returning to the camp after practice, they could still laugh and play.

In the end, Wang Xu had to sigh that people in this era not only have to face the oppression of human society, but also face the harsh natural environment and living conditions, but they can also do this, which is really admirable. It's no wonder that it can always be passed down and build such a brilliant civilization.

After that, Wang Xu also had to start increasing the training intensity in an appropriate amount and adjusting it according to the situation of most people.

Today is the third day after changing the intensity of training. And in order to motivate the soldiers like the generals, he has always received the same intensity of training as these soldiers, but he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, has a solid foundation, and has strong internal strength, so this amount of training is not a challenge for him.

"Who led the team of more than 100 people in the back? How did you fall so far? Wang Xu, who was constantly urging the soldiers forward, turned back suddenly, but found that a hundred people were far behind him, so he couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, I'll take a look." Following Wang Xu's side, Dian Wei, who was still heavily armoured, immediately turned around and ran back.

After a while, he quickly chased after him again, and said hurriedly: "Lord, there are more than 30 people in that team who can't hold their bodies, and the tun chief is taking his own soldiers to help them hold on!" ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Wang Xu said strangely: "Why can't you bear it just today at the beginning?" ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei didn't care about anything, and said bluntly: "Lord, they are not in good health, and the physical fatigue of these days of training has been backlogged. ”

"That's right." Wang Xu nodded, but didn't say much, just glanced back, and continued to move forward, but he didn't urge the soldiers anymore.

And as they continued to run, the number of people left behind began to gradually increase. After all, there is not much difference between these people's physiques, so this situation occurs one after another. In the end, the Natun soldiers who ran at the end almost helped those who fell behind to hold on to the finish line.

However, they were nearly two quarters of an hour slower than the larger army.

When they stumbled across the finish line set by Wang Xu, seeing Wang Xu's gloomy face, some soldiers showed sympathetic looks, while some soldiers laughed out loud.

The young tun chief was also relatively thin-skinned, and when he heard someone laughing shamefully, he immediately lowered his head, but he still quickly walked in front of the silent Wang Xu and fell to his knees with a pop. "The next official is late, and he is willing to be punished."

"Why are you late?" Wang Xu glanced at him carefully, but suddenly asked.

"Because I saw that there were too many soldiers who had fallen behind, the lower officer wanted to help them hold out to the end." The tun chief did not hesitate, and immediately replied honestly.

"You should know what the penalty is for being so late, and why do you do it?" Wang Xu was still stunned.

"They are brothers who get along day and night, and if they are left alone, they will fall on the road. Not only will you be punished, but you may also be expelled, and it is not worth it that all the efforts you have made for so long have been in vain. But the lower officials are willing to be punished for being late because of this! Gritting his teeth, the tun chief still calmly took the responsibility.

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but glance at this person deeply, and then said lightly: "If you were asked to do it all over again, would you still do it?" As he spoke, his eyes became extremely sharp. I'm going to hear the truth. ”

The tun chief raised his head and glanced at Wang Xu, and then looked at the soldier behind him who was depressed and had a wooden expression, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people couldn't stop letting out an exclamation, this sentence is suspected of disobeying orders, and if the sentence is severe, at least 30 military sticks will be beaten.

But the expression on Wang Xu's face suddenly eased and showed a smile. "Alright, get up! There are two soldiers and horses in the army who lack regular positions, only fake Sima, from now on, you are the military Sima, and you will be appointed to the third department! ”

"Shhh The crowd of soldiers, who had been silent, suddenly gasped in unison, and they didn't know why. The tun chief in front of him opened his mouth even more widely, and he never dreamed that it would be such a result.

Seeing this, Wang Xu ignored it, glanced at everyone, his face suddenly sank, and reprimanded loudly: "This tun chief is right, we are a whole, we are an iron army, we are comrades-in-arms who want to fight side by side, we are brothers who depend on each other for life and death!" When you watched your brothers suffer in the back and rushed to the front, did you ever think that one day in the melee of the army, you yourself were unfortunately involved in the melee, but the comrades around you ignored you one by one and rushed to retreat. How desperate should you have been? How sad should it be? ”

In the end, Wang Xu was already full of voice. The sharp gaze quickly swept over the ashamed faces, and after a long time, he continued angrily: "I sue you, unless it is a helpless decision, or there is the most severe military order. Otherwise, never abandon your comrade-in-arms, because today you abandon him, tomorrow he will abandon you. ”

"I told you, what is the honor of a soldier, this is also honor, our friendship of life and death is honor! In the crusade against the Yellow Turban, General Gao Shun was besieged by thousands of iron horsemen, and I, Zhou Zhi, Zhang Jing, and a person named Xu Huang, a total of four horsemen, broke into the thousands of troops and horses, desperately rescued each other. Why is that? Because he is my best brother, my best subordinate, and my best comrade-in-arms. ”

"And you, too! Remember, our Blue Dragon Knights are a family, and here are our brothers. Because they are the only people on the battlefield who can reassure you to entrust your back, or even the one who can block the fatal knife for you! ”

As he spoke, Wang Xu's voice slowly deepened, and his eyes were firmly fixed on everyone: "But today, I am disappointed!" Because only this tun commander, only he took a hundred people to help the brothers who had fallen behind. But you only care about your own reputation and your own future. You have abandoned the brothers who can defend you against the enemy's sword, and you have abandoned the brothers who can depend on each other for life and death! Don't you feel ashamed, don't you feel guilty? ”