The Wuding River stretches for hundreds of miles, forming a fork in the eastern foothills of the West Mountain, where the river flows from both sides of the foothills and eventually joins again.

Gu Jia, the head of Jiangwutang Mountain, discussed with the three brothers of the Qi family, and transformed this place into a comprehensive training ground, woodland, river, plain, mountain, rock climbing......

After three months of renovation, the Wuding Martial Arts Field, which was named the No. 1 training base, finally ushered in its first debut.

Just today, the Wuding Martial Arts Arena will be put to the test, and at the same time, the 1,800 young disciples of the first phase of the Martial Arts Hall will be tested.

After a year of assessment, precipitation, and elimination, there were 2,000 students in the first phase, and 1,824 people were finally left.

More than 1,000 people were divided into red and blue teams by drawing lots, and waited for the order to advance at the reserved places on both sides of the mountain.

"Commander Deng, the Mongolian barbarian on the other side is not easy to deal with, are you sure?" On the southeast side, a group of soldiers dressed in the standard uniforms of the Ming army were crowded, and Zhang Chaogui, the leader of the team, was elected as the commander of the red side of the exercise.

Nine hundred of them were carrying rifled muskets on their backs and a red scarf pinned to their right arm to identify themselves.

Deng Hu stared at his team with a solemn face, most of them he knew, but because the duel was decided by drawing lots, his best partner Xingping was assigned to the blue team.

"What Mongolian barbarian, the mountain elder has repeatedly said that all those who belong to the Ming Dynasty are Han families, don't talk nonsense, although Le Shulu seems to be rough, but inside he is a thoughtful person." Deng Hu glared at Zhang Chaoguidao.

"When the exercise begins, we only need to line up to kill the kid on the top of the mountain as quickly as possible, and we must not queue up during the march, and we will directly judge defeat!" Deng Hu raised his voice and made the final mobilization.

Dozens of 'referees' carrying binoculars were arranged in the exercise ground, and these people were all served by the instructors of various sections of the martial arts hall, and as an all-firearms team, the queue was the first priority.

If the queue is observed to be scattered, it will be judged as a failure.

Boom-boom-boom-three cannon shots rang out in the direction of Jiangwutang, which was the signal for the start of the battle.

"All of them, forward!" Deng Hu gave an order and took the lead with a musket.

The team of more than 900 people first walked in a neat square step, and Zhang Chaogui, the leader of the team, shouted the slogan of 'left, right, left' as he walked, so as to keep the team neat and uniform.

After a few breaths, Zhang Chaogui increased the frequency of the slogan, and more than 900 people jogged, but the queue was still neat.

A quarter of an hour later, the red team marched to the Wuding River, where a row of human-shaped wooden stakes had been erected, as an imaginary enemy.

The river here is about a dozen paces wide, which is the best distance for muskets to shoot.

"First platoon, ready, fire!" Deng Hu said loudly.

Bang bang - bang bang - fifty people in the first row pulled the trigger at the same time.

After the first row of guns was fired, the second row followed suit, and after the first round was over, Deng Hu frowned, because many people didn't hit at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he looked at the referee who was watching not far away.

The exercise guidelines stipulate that this first level can only be qualified if the instructor waives the flag, and the passing standard is based on the degree of damage to the humanoid stake, and the comprehensive judgment is based on the part of the hit.

The more time delayed in this level, the greater the chance of being eliminated by the other party, and Deng Hu directly had to order to continue firing.

The young leaning teacher finally waved the flag in his hand, and Deng Hu couldn't help but feel relieved.

"All of them, cross the river!" After speaking, he took off the paper shell bullet and musket on his chest and raised it high, and stepped into the cold Wuding River.

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Hiss - the river is so cold!

On the other side of the mountain, the blue side led by Le Shulu had just crossed the Wuding River, and although it was already spring, the river in the north was still cold, and many soldiers were shivering and the whole team was shivering.

"Hurry up, the old Deng on the other side is climbing the mountain, and if you don't want to go back and be ridiculed, you will work harder!" Le Shulu said in a deep voice.

The temperature of the river was completely insensitive to Leshulu, and the winter in the Mongolian steppes outside the Guanwai was much colder than that.

Passing through a wooded area, a row of human-shaped wooden stakes appeared, but due to carelessness in crossing the river, the paper shells of a dozen soldiers hit the water, and Leshuru had to have the others change some.

The bullets were all distributed in quantities, and Le Shulu didn't know what the levels behind him had, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

After the woodland, it was an open flat ground, but everyone knew that Gu Jia couldn't let them go so easily.

Sure enough, as soon as they reached the edge of the woodland, the soldiers saw rows of barbed wire pulled in front of them, and under the barbed wire was a mixture of cement and mud and water, and then a series of regular obstacle courses in the lecture hall.

"What are you doing in a daze, open up!" Lesturu glanced at the edict not far away, and took the lead in running towards the barbed wire.

There is only one task, he must rescue the target person before Deng Hu and them, and according to what he learned from his sister Qiqige, the prince will also come to watch this competition, so he must win.

It's just that he doesn't know the current progress of Deng Hu's gang, according to the previous briefing to the extreme, after this obstacle area, it is rock climbing.

Although the mountain surrounded by the Wuding River is not very high, it is a barren mountain and there is no road at all, and you have to deal with obstacles and human-shaped wooden stakes set up by the priests on the mountain.

And on the top of the mountain, a strangely dressed guy was lying bored by a rock.

This guy's name is Wang Daorong, and he is also a student of the martial arts hall, and he is notoriously timid and afraid of things in the martial arts hall, and is nicknamed Wang Ranran.

Nearly 200 students have withdrawn from the first year of the lecture hall, and most of them are the sons and daughters of the nobles who can't suffer.

When the hunting target of the red and blue side was Wang Daorong's voluntary, the reason was that all the students of the lecture hall were very much looking forward to this exercise, and they wanted to really participate, rather than lying on the top of the mountain to bask in the sun.

After all, all the teachings, including Mountain Chief Gu Jia, were staring at this exercise, and the results of the exercise were likely to affect the arrangements after graduation.

Although they are already low-level generals in the garrisons in various places, the generals who do not want to be the general soldiers are not good soldiers, and after a year of hard training and diligent study, they think that they have already surpassed their colleagues in the original army in terms of knowledge and physical fitness.

And Wang Daorong is different, this guy said that the martial arts hall was purely beaten by his father Wang Gang with a stick, according to Wang Gang, he must join the army to fight for military merits, otherwise he is sorry for his ancestors.

Xincheng Bo was not Xincheng, but Xinchenghou, or hereditary, but because of the Hongmen banquet, Chongzhen forcibly picked up the earl, and the iron coupon was withdrawn.

This means that if Wang Gang dies, the inheritance of the Marquis of Xincheng will end here, and the title earned by the ancestor from birth to death must not be lost in his Wang Gang's generation.

As a result, Wang Daorong, who was still fooling around in the capital, was assigned to the martial arts hall by Lao Tiefa.

Wang Daorong didn't care about the results of the exercise, he said that Wutang was a fresh picture from the beginning, and the results were not up or down.

Later, I got acquainted with Deng Hu, Xingping, Le Shulu and several other like-minded brothers, and went all the way.

According to the arrangement above, after completing his studies in more than half a year, he may be sent to a certain border army garrison to serve as a hundred households, and then earn military merits.

But he didn't care at all, as long as he could be with his brothers in the future, it would be the same everywhere.

While thinking about it, Wang Daorong suddenly heard a sound from the left rear, and this guy quickly picked up the iron helmet from the ground and buckled it to his head.

At about the same time, a man appeared on the right, a clay figure to be exact, because this man was covered in mud, and his hair was gray and yellow, except for his eyes.

And the barrel of the gun that is still shiny in his hand.

"Don't shoot, your own people!" Wang Daorong was frightened.