Chapter 734: Battle between Three Armies

When he mentioned it, Xinbao suddenly remembered: "Has Brother Yuan turned white?"

"It's white now," Hao Huashi knew everything. "I just saw it two days ago. Anyway, it's a lot whiter than that time."

Xinbao made the decision: "Then let's call him Brother Yuan!!"

Yuan Shenjue nodded and said, "When the time comes, let Big Brother, Brother Chang, and Uncle Shen sit in the front, Hua Shi and I will sit on both sides, and the shadow guards will stand in the back. You will be in the middle, it will be safer."

Xinbao nodded repeatedly and wrote a letter, asking his third brother to deliver it to Shen Shouyan, and asked Hua Shi to deliver it to his eldest brother Yuan early the next morning.

The next day, Xinbao remembered and wrote another letter to Brother Yuan, asking him to wear military uniform.

Emperor Mingpei carried out many reforms to the military examinations. Now, events that purely tested brute strength, such as stone lifting, had been abandoned. Skills such as archery on horseback, archery on foot, and mounted spear had been put at the back of the list, and martial arts competitions became the main focus.

Moreover, after he came back last time, Emperor Mingpei once again improved the military examination and lowered the "threshold". Both the prefectural and provincial examinations for the military examination only tested the original text of Wujing Zongyao. In other words, if you could recite and write it, you would be considered qualified.

Of course, the imperial examination cannot be that simple. You will be required to write relevant policy questions as long as the format is correct and the sentences are fluent, which is the level of the civil service examination and county examination.

Only after passing the test are you eligible to participate in the competition.

The main assessment is all in the martial arts competition, which is divided into three levels according to various detailed rules. Those who are in these three levels are admitted, and those who are below these three levels are failed. Then the admitted people will take tests on archery, horsemanship and spearmanship, which are equivalent to extra points. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know them, and the final ranking is determined.

All these designs can be said to be very well-intentioned.

For example, if you fail a written test, for them, it is not too embarrassing because everyone knows that you are not good at it... But in martial arts competitions, which they are good at, there is no specific ranking, only first, second, and third place. After all, there is no first in literature and second in martial arts. There is also the factor of luck, so it is easier for them to step down and accept it.

All these seemingly inadvertent points, which most warriors cannot even detect, are for a smooth transition and to pull them on board.

While Xinbao and his little brother were waiting anxiously, the written examination for the martial arts examination was finally over.

More than 70% of the people were eliminated at once.

Although they already knew that the military examination would include policy questions, and they also knew that they would not pass, many people still could not accept it.

This is a typical case of a poor student taking a gamble with a fluke mentality, and ultimately failing and feeling a little disappointed. Although there was a lot of noise, in fact, nothing could be accomplished.

But now the scholars are still in the capital and have not yet attended the banquet. They are in high spirits and have nothing to do, so they immediately began to fight back secretly.

Why do warriors need to learn martial arts classics?

Because you want to be an official! What else can you learn if you are a military officer but not the art of war? You say the military classics are hard to test? Look at the books we are going to test, they are tens or even hundreds of times more than yours!! You say it is hard to write articles? Let me put it this way, we can write a hundred articles like this in a day.

The key point is that these people probably really have nothing to do, so they actually got together a group of people, each of whom wrote a dozen or so, and put them together to form a booklet to "assist" the martial arts examination! !

Is this booklet useful? It is indeed useful.

If you read 300 Tang poems carefully, you will be able to recite them even if you can't compose them. If you read them enough, you will be able to copy them.

But this behavior was too cruel and it touched upon the stubborn character of the warriors, so the two sides quarreled every day. You don’t like me and I don’t like you either.

Amidst the chaos, the competition finally began.

Originally, Rangshanwei's new clothes had not been made yet, but because Xinbao wrote to him specifically about it, Brother Yuan went to ask about it, then asked for his clothes and put them on first.

Early in the morning, Brother Yuan was waiting for them at the palace gate.

Xinbao was also wearing the military uniform. When he saw Brother Yuan was also wearing it, he was immediately very happy. He ran over, held his hand and looked at him.

Rangshanwei's weapon is also a waist knife, and the scabbard is black and gold, which matches the clothes very well and looks very majestic.

Xinbao's eyes sparkled, and he asked him cutely, "Brother Dayuan, is your knife heavy?"

Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Brother Yuan still understood instantly and said with a smile: "Try it and see if it's heavy."

He untied it and hung it around her waist, stretching the small belt by half a circle on the spot.

Brother Yuan laughed and said, "Why don't you hold it?"

Xinbao held her with both hands, and he adjusted it to hold her sideways so as not to trip her legs.

But the dagger was really long, longer than the three-foot sword, and the handle was taller than Xinbao. Xinbao walked with his short legs, dragging his feet, and tried to hold on for a while, but he always felt that he didn't look very handsome.

Brother Yuan and the others walked backwards while looking at her with a smile...

Xinbao blinked, stopped, and thought about how to politely return the knife to Brother Yuan.

The next moment, the third brother said, "I'm tired, I'll take it..."

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At the same time, Yuan Shenjue said: "Xinbao is great, I..."

At the same time, Hao Huashi said: "..."

Yes, because the three people spoke at the same time, Brother Yuan didn’t hear clearly what Hao Huashi said.

There was a brief silence among them.

Then Brother Yuan sighed twice: "It's been a while since we last met, and the situation has become so intense?? Well, when three armies are fighting, we won't kill the messengers. I'll take a knife first, and you guys take your time."

He took the knife back.

Yuan Shenjue stretched out his hand, and Xinbao also stretched out his hand, wanting to hold hands with him, and then was hugged by the third brother.

Just as Xinbao was about to say that he was leaving, Hao Huashi said nervously, "Master, hurry up. It's too late. The junior masters have already watched several games, right?"

So Yan Shichang ran all the way. Shen Shouyan was waiting for them outside the training ground. When he saw Xinbao, he couldn't help but laugh. Xinbao opened his hand and said, "Uncle Shen!"

Shen Shouyan smiled and bowed, then stood up, took the treasure, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since we last met."

Because it was announced in advance that Xinbao and the others would be coming, the stands where the examiners were sitting were tidied up and seats were given to them at the top.

Ke Xinbao and the others didn't want to sit so far away, so they all sat at the edge of the stage. Xiaowu and the others were more hardy, so they just stood and watched, shouting and yelling with inexplicable excitement.

At this moment, the people below are divided into four groups for fighting, and there are people guarding each group.

When he saw Xinbao coming over, Xiaowu quickly pointed and said, "Xinbao, look at that one, the one closest to you, it's so exciting!!"

Xinbao was also surprised when he saw it: "Uncle Shen, I know that!!"

"That's right," Shen Shouyan said with a smile, "I taught you that in Shengping Palace."

Xinbao sat down quickly. Her chair was specially raised, while her third brother's chair in front of her was very low. Once she sat down, it was like having an extra guardrail in front. Xinbao grabbed the back of her brother's collar and stared at him.

(End of this chapter)