Chapter 76 Multiple Assessments
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All the students were already hungry, the fast-eating students were staring at the slow-eating, and even Avi only felt barely hungry, and it shouldn't be difficult to survive the night's riding and spear test with his current physical strength. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Avi now found out that although the test items are only listed, today's all-day exam is actually testing the physical strength and willpower of the students, and maybe there will be a more severe assessment tonight.
It was only after all the cadets had eaten their own supper that Dugol announced to all the students that tonight's riding and rifle tests were not supervised by the instructors of any of the academies, but by a former student, now an officer of the Kingdom of Salins.
Just as Dugol had finished announcing this, a large group of cavalry appeared from the direction of Mallot, each armed with a long torch, which instantly illuminated the dark night, revealing the original appearance of the camp that was not very bright. The cavalry began to bypass the Kestrel Academy's camp on both sides, and then lined up on either side of the cadet ranks. There were probably hundreds of cavalrymen, all dressed in formal cavalry armor, complete with cavalry spears, knightly swords, and iris shields.
As soon as these well-trained and well-organized cavalry units appeared, all the cadets held their breath. Most of the academy students had fantasized about one day becoming such a cavalryman, even a knight or general with better equipment, higher status, and more honor. Now that they can see the neat cavalry with their own eyes, most of the students feel a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts.
Avi had never taken riding or spear riding lessons, but he had heard Stitch tell himself that there would be a theoretical component to the lessons, which was to teach students how to be brave, confident, united, and honorable riders. This kind of concept class allows students who are originally civilians to experience the will and consciousness of soldiers, and let them understand that after becoming real soldiers and officers, they are not only themselves and their families on their shoulders, but also other families, other companions, war horses under their crotches and their loyal commanders.
"Attention all!" Dugol's originally weak image suddenly changed, he straightened up like a soldier standing guard, and shouted loudly, "All the students salute your examiners tonight!"
A man in brown plate armor stepped out from behind the teachers, and in the light of the torches, Avi clearly saw the face of the eldest prince Bradley appear in front of everyone. The other party's appearance was the same as the one he had seen at the beginning, but under the background of the night and torches, the eyes of the eldest prince were brighter, and his eyes were like a lamp, reflecting the firelight.
"I'm your assessment teacher tonight, please give me a lot of advice. Bradley stood on the high platform and nodded to all the cadets, and the students of the four classes immediately saluted Bradley. Only Stitch didn't salute, because in his eyes, the other party was a prince, and he was the royal family of the Oguna Empire, everyone should be on an equal footing, and if he saluted each other now, it would be a bit degrading to himself.
The test of horsemanship was carried out in conjunction with the test of the riding spear, and each student had to ride a kingdom horse, and then carry a horse spear in hand, around the capital of the capital city of Mallot, and finally return to the starting point. There is a time limit for looping, and the Kestrel Academy has also set four levels of speed and time limit for looping, and the speed of the students will become their score, and the rule of holding the rifle is that all students must complete the circle in the posture of charging with a rifle, if they cannot maintain the charging posture due to physical reasons, or if they discard the riding gun, they will be deducted points. At the same time, each cadet will be accompanied by a regular army cavalry, who will follow the cadet through this section of the road, taking care of and supervising the cadet from the side.
This is the first part of the riding test, and the second part is a gun test, where all the students will be paired up in pairs, and the winner will compete with another winner, and the loser will compete with another loser, until everyone has competed twice, and all the students will be divided into four tiers of results. The two winners were the best, with 25 people; those who won first and then lost were excellent, and there were 25 people; those who lost first and then won were qualified, with an equal number; and the cadets who lost both times in the spear contest became unqualified, with 25 people.
In this way, every student should not only move forward at full speed in the circle test, but also try to retain physical strength, after all, the cavalry competition requires a lot of physical strength, even if it is holding a wooden cavalry gun for the competition, it is also a great test for the students who have worked hard all day.
The first class was the first to be mounted, and Stitch's physical condition had improved, but since some of the students were not yet adults, Bradley offered to have them take a circle test with the wooden riding guns used in training. Stitch himself refused to use the wooden spear, and although his stomach was upset, he only used three fingers to hold the iron cavalry gun in his hand, so that no one doubted his natural prowess.
Avi's class was the last class to set off, and Avi was also the last student in the class to ride a war horse. Avi first got acquainted with the black-haired horse, and tried to communicate with the horse in a low voice, but the horse didn't react at all. The cavalryman who accompanied him said with concern: "I didn't know how to ride a horse when I was as young as you, so don't worry, and let me know if you feel tired or feel unwell." He helped Avi get on the horse, but he didn't know that Avi was spending more time on the horse than he was.
Avi, who took the iron riding spear, immediately pulled the reins, Avi hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, although the riding gun in his hand was not very heavy, but he was not very accustomed to riding a horse while holding a gun.
"Remember that you can tell me if you have any discomfort, and you can ask any questions at any time," the cavalry accompanying Avi should be in his thirties and almost forty years old, "We are the last pair to set off in the whole exam, just do our best, maybe some students will fall behind us." ”
Avi nodded, he tugged on the reins, and rode away. The cavalry was stunned, and then immediately chased after him, "Don't be so strong!
Mallot, the capital of the Kingdom of Sahlins, was a huge city, its walls were still stretching outward, its settlements were expanding, its city expansion plans were carried out at the beginning of each year, and its gates had changed from four to six. It would take half an hour to an hour and a half to run a lap around Mallot, but Avi had only three minutes to overtake the eight classmates in front of him, and even the cavalry accompanying him had a little difficulty keeping up with Avi.
"Hey, boy, don't be so anxious, if you don't have the strength to do it later, you'll be in trouble!"
"I'm in pretty good shape," Avi said as he rode his horse as he closed his eyes to feel the cool summer night breeze, and he could feel the other horses on the road even if he didn't open his eyes, "and I haven't used my strength yet." ”
"I mean the strength of the horses, which have all traveled a long way within the day. The cavalryman told Avi what he shouldn't have said, an obstacle set up by Bradley and the head of the house, Dugol—all the horses had been exhausted all day, like the students. But the state of the war horse under Avi's crotch was not hidden from Avi, he already knew the condition of the war horse.
"No problem, it's stronger than we thought. ”
Over the next stretch, Avi overtook dozens of students in a row, and these students even included the first and second classes to set off, who either endured the torment of the bumps on their horses or had weak arms, and even though they often exchanged guns with hands, they were still a little overwhelmed.
The cavalrymen who accompanied the other students were constantly encouraging the students, but none of the cavalrymen reached for their spears or secretly helped them. The cavalryman beside Avi was also very busy, and he had to keep an eye on the cavalry and students that appeared in front of him, so as to prevent Avi from colliding with others when he overtook the other party.
Countless torches were lit on the walls of Mallot's walls, so that all the students who surrounded the city would not be in the dark, and although Avi rode with his eyes closed, he could see better than anyone else, because it was the feeling he was most familiar with.