The time is too rushed to decide all the rankings in one day, which makes many gambling houses who want to open the market sigh that they have wasted such a good opportunity to make money.

Zhao Ziliang didn't plan to decide the ranking of the fierce generals in such a short period of time, but the time given by the emperor was only seven days in total, and the number of participants was large, and it was divided into three categories, which was not only cumbersome, but also complicated, in order to improve the ornamentation, it could only be arranged in this way.

At the beginning of the semi-finals, Fugu Huaien and Ge Shuhan turned over their horses respectively, took the weapons carried by the miscellaneous servants, and rode their horses slowly forward, stopping within the specified distance, and the referee once again emphasized the rules and signaled the official start of the fight.

"Driving—"

The two sides shouted at the same time, driving the war horses to run to each other, the distance between them, in the blink of an eye, the two sides staggered, the sound of weapons resonating spread all over the Quartet, the first round, no one took advantage, they are all arrogant people who are willing to admit defeat? Both of them had a fierce look on their faces, and their mouths were screaming non-stop.

After a few rounds, the two sides fought together, and the two horses were neck and neck, and the servants on horseback, Gu Huaien and Geshuhan, shouted loudly and beckoned each other with their weapons, as if they wanted to kill each other.

The audience was fascinated to see it, Xuanzong didn't blink his eyes on the throne, although he had been on the throne for ten years, but it was the first time he saw a heads-up between military generals, and it was a heads-up of war horses, this kind of opportunity was rare even if he was the emperor, although there were also heads-up in the previous martial arts examinations and palace tests, but he had never seen it.

Xuanzong saw that the two were fighting inextricably on the field, so he asked Zhao Ziliang, who was standing next to him: "Zhao Qing, who do you say will win between the two of them?" ”

Zhao Ziliang has experienced a hundred battles, and he is a top master of cavalry warfare, after more than a hundred rounds of fighting between the two sides, he still saw the advantages and disadvantages between the two sides, and also foresaw the result, so he saluted the emperor and said: "In the opinion of the ministers." This battle will be slightly better than Goshuhan."

Xuanzong said: "Oh, how can you see it? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty, although Ge Shuhan is twice as old as Fugu Huaien, he should have never slackened in the practice of martial arts, otherwise it is impossible to maintain the heyday of physical fitness, his offensive is fierce, but it is long-lasting, and he is not tired at all, and he has rich experience in riding and fighting, while Fugu Huaien is young." Strong physical endurance, but he has always lost in momentum, there is some timidity and scruples in his heart, on the battlefield, it has always been a narrow road to meet the brave wins, either you die or I live, Ge Shuhan has this mentality and momentum, but Fugu Huaien does not, so he is destined to lose."

Xuanzong didn't say anything. Because the situation on the field quickly developed in the direction expected by Zhao Ziliang, after more than a dozen rounds, Fugu Huaien was finally defeated and was swept off the horse by Ge Shuhan.

The second group, Bai Xiaode and Lei Wanchun, soon played. There will be a battle for a place in the finals, and soon after this competition, there will be a battle for third and fourth place, and finally the battle for first place. That is, the first place on the list of fierce generals.

The duel between Bai Xiaode and Lei Wanchun was very difficult, but it was wonderful for the audience, they were all very young. And they are both power players, and the two fought hard for an hour without a win.

Xuanzong was surprised: "Aren't they sour in fighting?" ”

Zhao Ziliang explained; "Your Majesty, the human body has a limit, as long as this limit is broken, the body will no longer be uncomfortable, but afterwards the whole body will be extremely sore, there will be several days of weakness, they have been fighting for so long because they are physically energetic, plus they are determined, in the current situation, they are all forcibly supported by will, like this, even if they divide the winner, I am afraid that the next battle will not be able to be carried out!"

Xuanzong was extremely distressed, frowning and said, "How is this good?" ”

There were many generals sitting around the emperor, and they all knew that Zhao Ziliang was right, and when they saw the problem of Xuanzong, everyone started to think of a way.

Li Linfu had a flexible brain, and was the first to come up with a way to say: "Your Majesty, it is better for Your Majesty to declare a tie, and order that Fugu Huaien and the two of them will be listed as the second place, and there will be no longer third and fourth places."

After Li Linfu's suggestion was spoken, it won the consent of many officials and praised one after another, and Xuanzong was also quite satisfied. However, the generals did not agree with this suggestion, and shook their heads and said no.

Xuanzong was puzzled and asked, "I think this method is good, why do you think it's inappropriate?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'there is no first in the text, there is no second in the martial arts', the generals are single-handed, and they will never stop if they don't distinguish a winner or loser, even if Your Majesty decrees that they are tied and let them stop, they obey Your Majesty's will, but no one is convinced, let alone let the three people tie for second?" ”

Xuanzong frowned and asked rhetorically, "You are the chief examiner, what do you think you should do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that they will not do anything, let them fight like this until the winner is decided, whoever falls first will lose, if the winner among them cannot participate in the next finals, even if he automatically abstains, he will be the third place."

Xuanzong thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's feasible, so let's decide!" ”

The ministers immediately said that the emperor was wise, and they all slapped their ass.

Bai Xiaode and Lei Wanchun became more and more courageous, the two fought for another half an hour, and their physical strength finally decreased significantly, and their movements began to slow down, and in the end, Bai Xiaode gradually lost his opponent, after all, he was a foreigner, and he practiced the combat techniques of an alien race, which was violent but could not last, and most of the martial arts in the Central Plains had a fast recovery speed, a healthy and long-lasting effect, which was related to the different cultures of the two races.

Bai Xiaode was defeated in the end, he was very clear-headed, and when he realized that he could not defeat Lei Wanchun, in order to save physical energy, he took the initiative to admit defeat, in order to be able to participate in the battle for the third.

The decisive battle and the battle for the third place were carried out separately, and the battle for the third place was carried out first, Bai Xiaode and Fugu Huaien had a half-hour break, and the rest time was a little short, but there was no way, in order to meet the needs of the emperor and the audience, they could only be given half an hour of rest.

Xuanzong saw that the more he got to the end, the higher the level of the candidates, and the longer the two sides competed, which made him puzzled, so he asked Zhao Ziliang and other generals.

Zhao Ziliang replied: "Your Majesty, in fact, when you really go to the battlefield, there are very few people who are almost the same in the real strength of the two sides of heads-up, affected by various factors, the heads-up time is rarely as long as a few hours, and when it comes to the battlefield, most of the generals can be divided into life and death within a few moves, and it is not common to fight hundreds of rounds, most of them are within a hundred moves, and one side will be killed!" Now, although this examination and the palace examination are related to their future, after all, they are restricted by the rules, and the candidates have scruples and cannot do their best."

"I see!" Xuanzong sighed, watched for a while, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Spread the decree, the decisive battle and semi-finals of the list will be postponed, postponed to the end!" The same is true for the decisive and semi-finals between the Earth Ranking and the Heavenly Ranking, even if it is extended."

Since the time can be extended, of course Zhao Ziliang is happy to see it, this martial arts test and palace test, he is actually very well prepared, each step has been carefully planned, and the time is completely sufficient, but because the officials and miscellaneous servants who implement it have no experience in this area, the time spent on each competition item is much more than he expected, which makes the time so tight.

Zhao Ziliang sent people to convey the emperor's will on the spot, which also made Ge Shuhan, Bai Xiaode, Fugu Huaien, Lei Wanchun and others breathe a sigh of relief, and it was extremely important for them to have enough rest time.

After announcing the holy decree, the emperor flicked his sleeves and left, and Zhao Ziliang sent someone to announce the end of today's event, which will continue tomorrow, and the spectators and candidates left one after another.

It was already night when Zhao Ziliang was busy with a bunch of things, and during this time he felt that someone had been following him nearby, but he sent someone to check and found nothing, which was weird, so he didn't think about it.

Walking on horseback and walking on the street, Zhao Ziliang suddenly stopped his horse, and Brehan beside him asked, "General, what's wrong?" Do you feel like you're being followed? ”

"En" Zhao Ziliang nodded, turned his head and looked left and right.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of weapons clashing from nearby, which was obviously the sound of a fight.

Zhao Ziliang's face changed, and he immediately turned over and dismounted, and beckoned to Brehan and the others: "Keep up!" ”

ran into an alley, but found a man in black lying on the ground, and there were a few pieces of broken rubble and a sharp sword around the man in black, Zhao Ziliang took out his waist knife and slowly approached, stopped a meter away and poked the man in black with his waist knife.

No response! Zhao Ziliang approached and bent down and stretched out his hand to turn the man in black over, and then reached out and pressed on the other party's carotid artery, the pulse stopped beating, and after a closer look, he saw a bloody hole in the other party's chest.

The person was already dead, Zhao Ziliang grabbed another piece of rubble, looked up, and said to Brehan: "Climb to the roof and take a look."

"No!" Brehan agreed, and with the help of several servants, climbed up to the roof, and in a few moments, Brehan jumped off the roof with an object on his back.

"General, my subordinates found this on the roof!" Brehan said as he removed something from his back and placed it on the ground.

Zhao Ziliang, who was looking down to inspect the corpse, looked up and saw that it was a bed crossbow and a thick crossbow arrow, the steel arrow of the crossbow arrow was glowing with blue light, and the arrow was obviously poisonous.

"Poisonous?" Zhao Ziliang was taken aback.

At this time, Brehan said: "General, the bed crossbow is on the roof, it has been wound, and the direction of the crossbow is exactly the direction we came, and the roof has been trampled a lot of rubble!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's expression froze, "So someone wants to shoot someone here with a crossbow arrow that has been sticky with poison?" And the person who wants to kill someone is this man in black? So who was he killed by? ”

At this time, one of the servants shouted: "General, look, there is blood here, and here!" (To be continued.) )