The next day, Lin Feng and a group of brothers finally calmed down, took them around Tanzhou City, looked at the primary election address of the supermarket, and visited Zhang Longxing, Yuan Weihu and other brothers by the way, and rushed to the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to see the layout of the selection site, and quickly passed the time.

Early in the morning of October 12, Lin Feng and all his subordinates rushed to the west bank of the Xiangjiang River by boat.

Before leaving, Lin Feng stated that today was a military operation, and he must show the demeanor of a soldier. In front of the team, there are energetic special soldiers and Wuchang elites as examples, and the prisoners of the crime battalion and the Tanzhou soldiers who did not bring weapons also tried their best to hold their heads up and try their best to show their spirit.

Seeing these people crossing the river on warships one by one and quickly forming a queue in the large camp on the west bank, the Langzhou infantry and navy troops who had already completed the formation immediately had some slight commotion. Seeing Lin Feng jumping off the warship with a few children, Ma Xichong, who was already waiting on the shore, as well as Xu Wei, Wang Kui, Zhou Xingfeng and others hurriedly greeted him.

After the hustle and bustle, Ma Xichong glanced at the Tang Dynasty troops lined up neatly on the shore, and joked to Lin Feng: "Your Excellency, the composition of your subordinates is really magnificent!" ”

Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh, and made a fool of himself. The composition of the people and horses he brought out today is indeed a bit complicated: the special soldiers he brought from Jinling in the Tang Dynasty, the 200 Wuchang elites who rushed over, the comrades-in-arms who were still guarded by a group of rich men a few days ago, the tribal soldiers who were still friendly a few days ago suddenly turned into enemy troops and then became their own people, the soldiers of Yuantanzhou who were still fighting the enemy two days ago, plus Zhang Longxing, Yuan Weihu and other righteous soldiers who enthusiastically asked to watch the scene, they are a veritable "miscellaneous army".

The selection is about to begin!

As usual, Ma Xichong stepped forward to speak a speech praising the unparalleled achievements of the elite of the Tang Dynasty and encouraging everyone to actively participate in the selection to win glory for the Chu State, and then respectfully invited Lin Feng to speak.

Lin Feng walked to the two military flags in the middle of the big circle in the middle of the army, looked at his own people on the left, and then looked at the Chu army on the right, and when everyone's eyes were gathered, he turned around and pointed to Li Congqian and Duan Rui behind him, and shouted:

"Today, we are conducting the selection of the joint elite troops of the Tang Dynasty and the Chu State! The rules are simple, just gear up and race around this 800-meter lap, anyone can participate!

The basic number of laps of the race is forty laps, and those who complete the task of forty laps before the Ninth Highness and rank in the top 30 are directly selected for the reserve team; If you have specialties such as archery, riding, fighting, fighting, etc., as long as you are not behind the eight-year-old Duan Rui, after completing 30 laps, you can participate in the specialty selection, and the best one will be selected! ”

Running 32,000 kilometers with a weapon on your back? But it's a competition with an eleven-year-old His Royal Highness the Ninth of the Tang Dynasty and an eight-year-old child? After listening to what Lin Feng said, the soldiers on both sides couldn't help but make a noise, and they all couldn't believe such conditions.

Lin Feng ignored the various reactions of the soldiers, and directly led Li Congqian and Duan Rui back to the front of the team and began to warm up.

At this time, Ge Chang walked up, pointed to the five tribal soldiers behind him and said, "Lin people, these guys are interested in participating in the competition, are they allowed to do so?" ”

Lin Feng looked at these thin tribal soldiers, nodded, and said, "Yes!" I just said that anyone can participate. Tell all of us about it, whoever wants to participate! ”

Ge Chang immediately took the order.

During these two days, the fact that Lin Feng awarded 500 yuan to each of the special soldiers has long been gone, and this number alone can make all the soldiers boil with blood, not to mention the rumors that every special soldier is a "king of soldiers" in private!

After the registration began, all the soldiers of the armies on both sides stood up and enthusiastically signed up. After statistics, three hundred and twenty-one soldiers finally signed up for the competition, including twenty-two tribal soldiers, twenty-nine soldiers from Yuantanzhou, and eleven younger guards such as Rao Xingyu, and even Zhang Longxing came over and shouted to participate, and was licensed by Lin Feng.

Soon, all the participants were dressed in armor, carrying a bow, a pot of arrows, and a knife at their waists, and all of them were arrayed.

However, compared to these participating soldiers who kept moving forward and striving to arch forward a little bit more, Li Congqian and Duan Rui leisurely sorted out their outfits and walked directly to the back of the team like people who had nothing to do. This small detail immediately made many soldiers start to beat a small drum in their hearts.

The big drum that symbolized the official start of the competition was beaten, and the heavy and intense drum beat made the hearts of every contestant tense. As soon as the drums fell, the soldiers in front of them rushed out of the city. Ge Chang and others had already seen a lot of such scenes, and immediately surrounded the periphery of the runway, shouting "come on" loudly, which immediately messed up the originally neat formation and successfully drove the atmosphere outside the venue.

Seeing that the soldier at the front had already run out of nearly half a circle, Li Congqian turned his head to Duan Rui and said, "Little guy, don't be thrown out too much by me!" ”

Duan Rui pouted to Li Congqian, and pretended to be angry and said, "Hmph, you lost, don't blame me for not giving the Nine Palaces a child!" ”

Li Congqian laughed loudly, shouted "Let's go" in his mouth, and started quickly. Duan Rui also screamed strangely and followed closely.

The two little guys walked together, that is, they were at full power, and began to constantly overtake the adults in front of them.

This situation immediately put great pressure on the participating soldiers, and also stunned the people outside the field, is this still two children?

In just three laps, Li Congqian and Duan Rui have surpassed more than a hundred soldiers in a row, and their speed is still increasing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. At this moment, the soldiers inside and outside the field understood one thing, Lin Feng didn't look down on them by letting these two children play, but really let them, it is estimated that as soon as those adult special forces came up, all the contestants passed!

Realizing this, whether it was the Langzhou soldiers or the Tanzhou soldiers at the scene, they all seemed to wake up suddenly, cheering loudly, cheering desperately for the soldiers who participated in their own side and the soldiers they knew. Compared with children, if you lose badly, you can't afford to lose this person!

Lin Feng was so tidy, not in a hurry or impatient. In his memory, the world record of the 10,000-meter run in later generations seems to be about 30 minutes, and this is just the beginning! He found Ma Xichong, who was also excited and nervous, and pulled him aside, discussing where to open a training base for elite troops, what to do with logistical support, and other matters.

After the tenth lap, the people on the field were naturally sweating, and the people off the field were also shouting tiredly, after all, no one can keep shouting at the throat!

Soon, the fifteenth lap passed, Li Congqian had already surpassed Duan Rui for more than half a circle, there were only seventy or eighty soldiers in front of him, and there were only twenty or thirty soldiers between Li Congqian and Duan Rui.

Just after lap 25, the soldiers, who were already several laps behind, had already left the field on their own and gave up.

By the twenty-eighth lap, all the soldiers who fell behind Duan Rui basically all withdrew, and Zhang Longxing, who had sworn that he would be selected at the beginning, also had no choice but to withdraw, and only two tribal soldiers who were slightly injured were still holding on.

At the end of the thirtieth lap, 21 "specialty candidates" immediately left the course and turned to the next examination room, where they immediately engaged in archery, riding, fighting, etc. The rules are still very simple, a target 100 steps away, shoot at least 9 arrows out of 10 arrows and hit the bull's-eye is selected; Riding around the obstacles, those who complete it within the specified time are selected, and the fighting is simpler.

After the last three laps, the soldiers who were watching were energetic again, and no matter where the soldiers were in front of them, as long as they surpassed Li Congqian or Duan Rui, or were still silently insisting, they would desperately shout "come on" for them! Although none of them knew what this "come on" meant and how it came about!

After the last lap, Li Congqian silently counted the soldiers who were still in front of him, and then looked back at Duan Rui, who had been thrown off by him for more than a full circle, and consciously slowed down.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters, one meter, to! When Li Congqian easily crossed the starting line, all the soldiers cheered for him, needless to say, this Ninth Highness won their sincere cheers with his own strength.

When the number of people was checked, there were twenty-six soldiers who were still in front of Li Congqian, and there were seven between Li Congqian and Duan Rui.

At this time, the specialty competition was also successfully completed, with five archers selected, four fighters, and eight horsemen. The number of several items adds up, fifty-two people, and this is all the selected members of the Tang United Elite Force of the Chu State.