In a day and a half, after the completion of the four examination items, the candidates who had 8,000 candidates from the beginning were eliminated to only 400, and the proportion of those who entered the next examination was only 5 percent, which is not cruel.

At the end of an hour's long run, even the 400 people who made the cut were as tired as dead dogs, and most of them had almost no appetite for lunch, but from half past two in the afternoon, the next round of exams - riding battles - had to force themselves to eat and rest.

This kind of high-intensity competitive examination is unprecedented in the previous martial arts examination, not only martial arts candidates, but even the people and officials who watched from the sidelines think that it is not easy to be on the list, this is really desperate, even if you work hard, you may not be able to be on the list, without years of diligent practice, you can't cope with this kind of high-intensity competition, this is not a fake, even if someone cheats in the first three items, there are people who collude with examiners and referees to cheat, But this hour's long-distance running will also weed out these cheaters.

"Big brother, how are you?" Guo Youming asked with concern as he supported Guo Ziyi, who was weak and pale, and was about to get up.

After an hour of long-distance running, Guo Ziyi, who was already forty-four years old, almost put his old life into it, at his age, he couldn't compete with those young and strong young men who were twice as small as him, if it weren't for his strong willpower, he couldn't hold it at all, fortunately he finally entered the top four hundred, although he fell in the last few, but finally qualified to participate in the afternoon riding battle.

Guo Ziyi whispered with a chapped mouth: "Water, water!" ”

Guo Youming poured a few mouthfuls of water on Guo Ziyi, and Guo Ziyi had some strength, and said: "Second brother, eldest brother has to hurry up to eat and rest, and quickly recover his strength." Otherwise, there will be no strength to fight against people in the afternoon cavalry battle! ”

"Well, big brother, I'll go get you lunch, you eat first, and I'll give you a massage with medicinal wine, so that you can recover your strength before the start of the afternoon cavalry!"

"Okay, thank you, second brother!"

"Hey, what are we doing with kind words. Big brother, I'm eliminated. But you can't be eliminated anyway! ”

The cavalry test had to start at half past two in the afternoon, and the accommodation was a little far away from here, so the candidates who were eligible to take the afternoon cavalry test basically did not return to their residences, and the official also prepared meals for 400 candidates.

This is the only way to carry out such a high-intensity long-distance run, Guo Ziyi's mouth is bitter, and he has no appetite at all, but he has to force himself to eat and drink, and it only takes a few minutes to finish eating and drinking, and after a little activity, he lies on the grass and lets his second brother Guo Youming do massage with medicinal wine. After doing massage, Guo Ziyi sat cross-legged on the ground and meditated and breathed, using the breathing secret method to restore his strength. Therefore, Zhao Ziliang was relieved to put the long-distance running project in the morning, and Zhao Ziliang got a set of breathing and breathing methods from Chen Langzhong when he was in Shule Town.

The weather in September was still a bit hot, but that didn't stop the enthusiasm of the people at all, around two o'clock in the afternoon. Ordinary people, officials and other spectators began to enter, and the afternoon cavalry battle was a fateful test, and half of them were eliminated. However, if the people who are eliminated from the written test do well, they can enter the written test in the next link, and a hundred people can enter the army to join the army, record the army, and judge the lower rank.

The two hundred candidates who have passed the riding battle are all on the list, even if they are eliminated in the next exam, they can be at least a guide from the seventh grade, so the afternoon riding battle is the most important hurdle to determine the fate of these candidates, if they defeat their opponents and enter the next round, it is equivalent to Wuju High School.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, as the audience entered, the candidates also began to prepare, and after two hours of eating and resting, the vast majority of the candidates had recovered most of their physical fitness, and a few became energetic again.

"Attention all candidates, come and assemble in order of tallness!" Wailang, a member of the Armed Forces Selection Division of the Ministry of War, stood on the lawn and shouted at the candidates who were sitting together in twos and threes, and the candidates immediately began to assemble after hearing this, standing in a row according to the requirements.

After the left member of the foreign lang sorted out the formation, beckoned the miscellaneous servants to carry over the lottery box, according to the height of the draw, a short group, a tall group, a total of twenty groups, each group of twenty people, drawn to the same number of two people for a riding duel, there are rules for the duel knockout, both sides use real knives and guns, until one side admits defeat, can not prevent accidents, because sometimes after the fire, even the referee can not react, but if it is obvious that one side has lost combat effectiveness, The other party must not be ruthless to ask for people's lives, otherwise they will be disqualified, so the purpose of the rules is to encourage candidates to fight as much as possible, but also pay attention to martial arts, do not hurt people's lives, point to stop, if the referee is pacified by the obvious suspicion of intentional homicide or intentional revenge, it will be disqualified, candidates can choose to admit defeat in the case of obvious defeat, if they do not admit defeat, it means that the fight is not over, the other party can continue to attack, the referee will also observe, in the case of one of the parties has been added to the sword, This side must be declared lost, thus ending the fight.

When the 400 candidates received the number plates, Zhao Ziliang and other generals and officials also appeared in the examiner's seat.

Zuo Yuanwailang immediately came over and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, the four hundred candidates are all ready, and they are ready to start at any time!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang stood up and said loudly: "All candidates who are qualified to participate in the afternoon cavalry duel should pay attention, this test item is the test that will determine your fate, as long as you defeat your opponent, you will be on the list!" So you have to do your best, but General Ben also wants you to follow the rules of the exam. At the end of today's riding test, the name list of the candidates who were admitted to the written test conducted yesterday morning will be posted outside the examination room, if any of you among the four hundred people is on the list, but did not pass the next riding test, then you are also admitted, but you are not qualified to do a ******, you can only be a deputy assistant officer, and those who are admitted can at least get the military rank of the Marquis of Guide, why do you decide so much, because this is a martial arts, to be a military general, you must reach a certain degree of force value, Otherwise, no matter how resourceful you are, you can't stand the turbulence of the army because of your weak body, how can you have the energy to command the army to fight? Do you really think that you can strategize like Zhuge Wuhou and win thousands of miles away? People like Zhuge Wuhou can't come out in a thousand years, for the Tang Dynasty and the imperial court, we have to ensure that there is no Zhao Kuo among the people who are admitted! That's the first thing General Ben has to say."

"The second thing, in fact, after the end of the cavalry examination, the martial arts examination is over, but anyone who has passed the cavalry examination is eligible to participate in the palace examination that His Majesty the Emperor personally came to watch, and according to His Majesty's will, the palace examination will start tomorrow. Those who are on the written test results list, and passed the next cavalry test, you have three choices to participate in the palace test: first, only to participate in the martial arts test, we will set up a special list for ranking, called the "person list", the higher the ranking, the higher the candidate's force, therefore, the "person list" is also called the "fierce general list"; second, give up the next martial arts test, only participate in the test of arranging troops, the art of war strategy, there are both written tests, and there are actual tests for leading troops and opponents for actual combat exercises, which also has a special list, The higher the ranking, the higher the ranking, the higher the ability to command the troops, the ability to command the battle, and the higher the strategy of the art of war, so this 'place list' is also called the 'wisdom of the general list'; third, not only to participate in the martial arts examination, but also to participate in the formation of troops, the art of war strategy of the examination, I also set up a special list for this purpose, called the 'heavenly list', also known as the 'wisdom and courage of both the full list', the higher the ranking of the heavenly list, the higher his Wen Tao martial arts strategy! Some people said that if they participate in the Tianbang competition, some people have high strength and low resourcefulness, and some people have low strength and high resourcefulness, so how to pacify these two people? The general wants to explain here, Mencius Yun: 'Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people', from this sentence, it can be seen that wisdom is much greater than the lethality of force, so in the next Tianbang exam, the total score of the exam is 100 points, of which 80 points are in the class of wisdom, and 20 points are in the category of force, and the sum of the two scores of the candidate's activities is their final score, the higher the score, the higher the ranking! ”

In this speech, Zhao Ziliang put forward the next examination rules and processes, and proposed that the palace examination will be ranked in the three lists of "heaven, earth and people", the first place in the heavenly list is Wu Zhuangyuan, the first place in the earth list is Wu Bangyan, and the first place in the people list is Wu Tanhua!

Zhao Ziliang's introduction of the new system of martial arts scientific examination opened the eyes of the candidates and the audience, and the audience knew that the next few days of the exam were the real excitement, and the first two days of the examination were just a warm-up stage.

And the candidates are basically very enthusiastic, as the saying goes, "there is no first, there is no second, no one wants to lose to others, the ranking on the three lists of heaven, earth and people is related to their own face, and it is also directly related to the future of the position after the end of the exam, the higher the ranking, the higher the position must be higher, the better, at this moment, all the candidates are high-spirited."

However, the three lists of heaven, earth and people do not mean that the ability of the people in the heavenly list must be stronger than the ability in the earth list, the champion is not necessarily stronger than the example, maybe the force of the example is not good, but the wisdom and military strategy are ridiculously high, large-scale wars do not look at the commander's force value, but look at the commander's command ability, which is why Zhao Ziliang wants to position the score of the Tianbang wisdom class test score at 80 points, and the reason why the force test score is set at 20 points, the purpose is to make those force values not too low, However, candidates with high ability in wisdom and military strategy sign up for the Heavenly List, and try to let the martial artists with high resourcefulness participate in the Heavenly List exam to improve the status of the Heavenly List! (To be continued.) )