In the autumn of the 11th year of Tianbao's reign in the Tang Dynasty, in the seventh month of the lunar month, at the Yanran Mountain, the Anxi Protectorate was stationed at the martial arts field. Early in the morning, soldiers set up a tall martial arts arena on the field.

A large flag fluttered in the wind. It was at the center of the Chinese army. What was embroidered on it was the word "Tang". Tang Chao was standing high on the stage, pressing the hilt of his sword, with powerful thoughts in his eyes. Make people feel that they are the embodiment of justice and fairness.

The team of ten thousand people can be described as heroic at this time, but the glittering gold on the high platform makes this competition full of commercial hype.

The Tang Dynasty thought in its mind that King Yan Zhao had a golden platform in the past to recruit wise men from all over the world. Our Tang Dynasty's family today is not as good as the King of Yan at that time, so he came to learn from the sages.

He thought to himself, I came from time-travel to integrate the commercial elements of modern society into it and embody the survival of the fittest. Only in this way can the overall martial arts progress of the army be stimulated to the greatest extent.

Of course he knew in his heart that even if he signed a so-called non-aggression treaty with the Turks, between the big powers, as history teachers often say, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent allies.

As long as Xu Liesheng stabilizes the Turkic situation, it is very likely that he will attack him in a year and a half, because by that time, he will have a thorough understanding of the true relationship between himself and Li Longji, and he will most likely launch an attack. After all, there is no danger in eating the piece of fat next to your mouth, so why not take it.

The morning sun rises, and the golden light makes the vast martial arts field appear magnificent, like a temple.

"I announce that the collective martial arts competition between the armies will begin now," Tang Chao's voice spread majestically, rising into the sky.

At this time, groups of soldiers began to fight against each other, adopting a chicken-catching system.

What is the chicken-catching system? In the army, you can choose one person as your opponent at will and make free choices. Ten thousand people are roughly divided into five thousand pairs to fight. However, in order to maintain fairness, the obvious disparity in strength must be divided. open.

At this time, pairs of soldiers began to fight. Some were quick to determine the winner, while others were extremely slow. All of them were judged by the personal soldiers sent by the Tang Dynasty.

After about a cup of tea, all the competitions were over. Five thousand people won and five thousand people were eliminated.

At this time, those who were not among the five thousand victors were very disappointed. Everyone made up their minds to practice martial arts hard and avenge their shame next year. However, the five thousand victors were very happy, thinking that they could With an annual salary of ten taels of silver, I feel happy. Thinking about it, I feel happy. Once I survive the war and can return to my hometown, I can use this money to marry a wife and have children, buy a few acres of thin farmland, and live a happy life. Life.

Of course, those with high martial arts skills are eyeing the top three hundred. Once they enter the top three hundred, they can get fifty taels of silver per year. A life of big fish and meat is waiting for them in the future, so they are eager to try it.

On the high platform, the Tang Dynasty saw that the troops were proficient in martial arts. He was very happy and said: "Everyone has won, so it's not too early to be happy. This is just the first round. It's time to rest for a round of 'Meng Tianxiang' and start the second round." In the round, if the person who was defeated just now thinks that his martial arts skills are comparable to those of the victorious person present, he can challenge him. After defeating him, he will be resurrected. However, there is a rule. In a big competition, two people who are the same can only Fight once, now rest,"

Mengtianxiang is a famous incense from the Western Regions. It has a simple fragrance and is pressed into a circle. It is a very short circle and can be burned in about two or three minutes. Only high-ranking generals like the Tang Dynasty had it to show their magnificence. .

As soon as these words came out, many of the previous five thousand victors were frightened away from their joyful mood, fearing that someone would come after them. Unfortunately, many of them were approached by powerful opponents.

"The second round of the great competition begins," Tang Chao shouted loudly. In fact, what he meant before was that five thousand pairs would compete against each other once. The winner would get ten taels of silver and the loser would drool. But at this moment, he suddenly An idea occurred to me. If that were the case, there would be many people who would hunt for the weak "chickens". There was an element of grudge in them, which would be unfair, so I immediately ordered a second round of competition.

Many soldiers who had previously encountered strong opponents were unwilling to lose, but as soon as this order from the Tang Dynasty came out, they were immediately encouraged and chose relatively weak opponents in order to squeeze out the opponent.

At this time, the battle started again on the martial arts field. This time, about three thousand duels were fought in full swing. The Tang Dynasty did not expect that so many people were dissatisfied. It was overjoyed and decided to continue to use this challenge strategy.

In this way, they competed four times in a row, including a lot of rest. At this time, the outcome on the field was basically clear. By the fifth competition, there were only thirteen pairs of people on the field, and obviously the rest People no longer need to compete, and basically acquiesced to the current structure. The Tang Dynasty immediately announced: "The fifth army competition, the last game of the group stage, one game will determine the outcome."

Soon, these thirteen pairs of soldiers distinguished themselves.

In this way, all the soldiers no longer had any complaints. They felt that it was really fair for the Tang Dynasty to do this, and they admired the commander very much.

The key to public trust and public trust is that you must first have public authority before you can have trust. The Tang Dynasty knew this truth very well, so it had to establish great trust with great public trust. Only with great trust can you have great majesty and an invincible iron army.

The Tang Dynasty was very satisfied and immediately announced: "The top 300 soldiers who are willing to compete will come out. Those who are unwilling to compete can immediately go to the golden platform to receive their annual salary."

No one could have imagined that the Tang Dynasty would immediately fulfill its promise. Originally, many soldiers thought that the generous treatment that the Tang Dynasty had said before was a lie and a lie, because they had never heard that the commander could do anything to his soldiers. It's so good that if you have a full meal, you should be grateful to the commander, not to mention that he will receive a lot of money in his hands.

But now they believed it, and many soldiers who thought they were incompetent in martial arts went to the golden platform to receive their annual salary of ten taels.

At this time, when they held the white money in their hands, they finally believed that the commander-in-chief was a man of faith and would definitely do what he said.

However, many soldiers, who had good martial arts skills, participated in the competition. There were more than 900 soldiers, all of whom were strong among the 10,000-strong army.

The Tang Dynasty naturally continued to host the conference, determined 300 seed players, and then asked the people below to challenge, but they could not use wheel battles to consume people's physical strength. After a battle, a person would have three rounds of sweet and sweet rest time.

Finally, after more than three hours of fierce fighting, the first three hundred people were able to fight it out. However, because there were many masters among these people, the fighting lasted extremely long and took a lot of time.

At this time, all the sergeants have eaten their war meals on the battlefield and continue to compete. At this time, everyone is looking forward to the final battle. Those who can reach the top ten will receive generous bonuses and become famous. , everyone is jealous.

At this time, the finale begins.

The first person to appear was Sheva. He easily defeated three Tang Dynasty generals who came up to challenge him, and established a huge prestige. For a while, no one came forward to challenge him anymore, and he sat down at the top of the top ten. , as stable as Mount Tai.

At this time, according to the advance preparations, the top ten people were placed in a conspicuous place on the school grounds, lined up, and announced that the martial arts competition would be held until the end. If there was an accident, the injured or disabled would be given ten taels of silver. , the deceased will be given fifty taels of silver as a pension.

The Tang Dynasty knew that the previous assessments of archery, horse riding, strategic planning, etc. were not the main criteria for its selection. What it really wanted was to train the top ten and three hundred generals with high martial arts skills into an absolute backbone. In the future, he will fight life and death and conquer the world, so this time he specially let his soldiers participate in the competition to test their quality in actual combat.

What made the Tang Dynasty very satisfied was that nearly a hundred of the eight hundred generals he had led had entered the ranks of the top three hundred, which showed that he had trained well and the longer his soldiers followed him, the more powerful they became.

Of course, things like shooting meaning and policy theory also need to be assessed, but they are not the main thing. The main thing in the Tang Dynasty is to see the real ability of these people in actual combat.

The Tang Dynasty had long known that Sheva must be the number one in the army. Seeing that he had secured the top spot, he smiled slightly. With his status as a foster father, he didn't need to come out to take action, but he still came out, obviously because he wanted to do something. A role model, unwilling to use power to overwhelm others, showing fairness.

Next, Rondo sat in a chair next to Sheva.

Sheva, Rondo and others had accumulated high prestige in previous battles against strong men like Huo Shang. In view of Sheva's ability to chop melons and vegetables, they did not dare to challenge rashly. He sat firmly on these two chairs.

At this time, Niu Sengru walked up and sat in a chair with a golden sword. He was the deputy governor of Anxi. His martial arts had long been spread among the Tang army, and no one came forward to challenge him.

Next, each of the four tigers of the Zhuan clan sat on a chair, already occupying seven seats. The remaining three will determine who is the top ten in martial arts. Below are Ban Lin, Xin Baijiang, and dozens of former generals from the Tang Army. Everyone watched with eager eyes, but no one could challenge immediately, and the atmosphere became tense.

Tang Chao felt funny in his heart. He didn’t know what position Zhuanxin would take if he came here. At this time, he began to miss the process of getting acquainted with this straight man from the Yi ethnic group in Nanzhao. He was now ordered to stay in Chang'an and be his wife. Butler, I don’t know what’s going on now.

At this time, a man with a beard on his face had already arrived in front of Zhuan Ren: "General Zhuan, I'm here to ask you for advice," he said, clasping his fists, as if he was as steady as a giant bell.

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Tang Chao was shocked. This person's popularity was extraordinary, and Zhuan Ren seemed to have met his opponent.

Originally, the moment the four Zhuan brothers went up together, Tang Chao felt something was wrong. He knew that these four people's martial arts were extremely powerful, but if they went up so early, they would be challenged by countless masters first, and they were a bit assertive and superior. , the martial arts of the four of them are not like Niu Sengru and Long Duo, who have reached the peak of their dark strength, and will definitely become the target of public criticism. Although they will have rest time, they will consume a lot of energy after all, and it will be disadvantageous to go in the morning.
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