Chapter 211 Wu Zhuangyuan
On November 15, the second year of Yuanjia, the Great Wei Dynasty, Emperor Chen Long personally visited the military camp of the Zuozong Guard Imperial Guard in Changle City and presided over the final of the Wu Ju Enke.
In the seven preliminary examinations, only 512 people ranked high are eligible to participate in today's finals. The total results of the seven preliminary examinations are not included in the finals, but they affect the grouping of the finals.
In order to enhance the martial spirit of the entire Wei Empire, the Wei court will use a ring competition to determine the final ranking of the top 512 people in this martial arts competition.
According to the setting of Tu Lin, Minister of War of the Great Wei Dynasty and Grand Marshal Tu Lin, the 512 candidates will be divided into 64 groups, each with eight candidates.
The eight candidates will have a competition with each other, and each contestant will have seven competitions. The winner will get three points. If the winner is not decided within two quarters of an hour, the two candidates will each get one point.
After all competitions in each group, the top four scores will advance, and the eliminated 256 people will be selected as the third-class martial Jinshi by Emperor Chen Long.
The 256 people who advanced will be divided into 32 groups, each group will still have eight candidates, and then the top 128 will be decided through the competition again. These 128 people will be appointed as the first-class martial Jinshi by Emperor Chen Long, and the 128 people who were eliminated will be the second-class martial Jinshi.
One hundred and twenty-eight martial Jinshis of the First Age will continue to be divided into sixteen groups and the top 64 will be decided.
The top 64 candidates will then conduct the last round of grouping to determine the top 32.
In the end, the top 32 candidates will be awarded the knockout round by drawing lots until the top scorer in the martial arts competition, the second-place martial arts candidate, and the second-place martial arts candidate, Wu Tanhua.
In order to expand the influence of this Wu Ju Enke, the Wei court also allowed the people of Changle City to enter the barracks of the Zuo Zongwei Imperial Guard to watch the finals of Wu Ju Enke.
Many large casinos in Changle City also set up gambling games for the top scorer of the martial arts, the second scorer of the martial arts and the third scorer of Wu Tanhua based on the seven preliminary competitions. Among the odds of major casinos, Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba and Tian Yi had the lowest odds.
Ordinary people may not know that the above eight people all have the strength of a great master warrior, but the real bosses of the major casinos in Changle City are all powerful people in the Great Wei court. These powerful people are very clear that eight powerful generals of the Enke War of War suddenly appeared in this martial arts competition.
On the 15th, only the first round of group competition was held, the second round of group competition was held on the 16th, the third round of group competition was held on the 17th, and the last round of group competition was held on the 18th.
Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba, Tian Yi, and Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, and Shi Jin all successfully advanced to the top 32.
Because fourteen generals from Zhennan Army participated in the martial arts encore held by the Great Wei Empire, this martial arts encore seemed to be full of talents. In the last round of group competitions, twelve masters of the master level were eliminated, but the monarchs and ministers of the Great Wei court were very happy about this.
Early in the morning of the 19th, at least tens of thousands of people from Changle City flocked to the camp of the Zuozong Guard Imperial Guard to watch the final competition for this martial arts scholar Enke, and see who will win the top martial arts scholar.
Emperor Chen Long, who was sitting on the platform, whispered to Tu Lin beside him before the first round of lottery draws began: "Ship Tu, the next competition will be draws lots, so the eight candidates with the ability of a grandmaster will not meet in advance, right?"
Tu Lin immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already arranged it. I will not let the eight candidates with the ability of a grandmaster meet before entering the quarterfinals."
Emperor Chen Long nodded slightly, "Then let's start! I can't wait to know who is the top martial arts scholar in this class!"
"Yes, your Majesty."
In the first round of the lottery, Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba, and Tian Yi, none of the eight great master-level generals met.
However, Nangong Wan drew Hu Yanzhuo and Ren Bi drew Xu Ning.
Hu Yanzhuo and Xu Ning couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook their heads when they saw the result of the lottery.
Others don’t know, but they both know very well that Nangong Wan and Ren Bi are both real master warriors, and they have no hope of winning at all.
Hu Yanzhuo whispered to Xu Ning: "The sixteen defeated people will compete for the rankings of 17th to 32th next. Since the top 20 martial arts scholars may be appointed as the commander of the Imperial Guard or the Mansion Guard. It is better for us to preserve our strength and compete for the 17th to 20th."
Xu Ning agreed: "Brother Huyan is right, and Nangong Wan and Ren Bi are not something we can defeat. It is better to keep our energy and compete for a higher ranking next, and strive to enter the top 20."
After the first round of competition on the 19th, Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba, Tian Yi, Qin Ming, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao and Shi Jin all advanced to the top 16, and two other master warriors defeated their opponents and advanced successfully.
In the draw of the second round of the competition, due to Tu Lin's arrangement, Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba and Tian Yi still did not meet. In this way, Qin Ming, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, and Shi Jin each drew a Grandmaster-level opponent.
After the second round of competition, Xian Zhen, Wei Feng, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, Du Ba and Tian Yi all advanced to the quarterfinals without any surprise. Qin Ming, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao and Shi Jin could only compete with two other master warriors for the ninth to sixteenth rankings.
In the third round of the draw, Wei Feng drew Du Ba, Meng Ben drew Tian Yi, Xian Zhen drew Ren Bi, and Nangong Wan drew Wu Huo.
Wei Feng's weapon was an iron halberd weighing 198 kilograms, and Du Ba's weapon was a two-handed sword weighing more than 100 kilograms.
After the two of them got on the ring, Du Ba said to Wei Feng aloud: "Third brother, you have to show your true skills today. If you give in to your elder brother, you won't be able to follow you!"
Wei Feng smiled, "Since my elder brother said that, I'm not pretentious anymore. Today, let's have a good fight with my elder brother!"
Emperor Chen Long heard the conversation between Du Ba and Wei Feng, and couldn't help but ask Tu Lin in confusion: "How can the two powerful generals Tu Shuai, Du Ba and Wei Feng be called brothers?"
Tu Lin explained: "Your Majesty, Du Ba, Wei Feng, and Xian Zhen, Nangong Wan, Meng Ben, Ren Bi, Wu Huo, and Tian Yi, these eight great master-level generals, appreciate each other. Three days ago, they made brothers of different surnames in a restaurant and proclaimed themselves as the Eight Tiger Generals of the Great Wei!"
"How magnificent! The eight brothers who have become righteous have entered the top eight of Wuju Enke. The Eight Tiger Generals of the Great Wei are worthy of their reputation! Haha, now I, Tu Shuai, now I have Tu Shuai, as the god of war, plus the Ten Dragon Generals and the Eight Tiger Generals, I am no longer afraid of the Zhennan Army of Yan State!"
After Wei Lu and Du Ba fought fiercely for hundreds of moves, Du Ba was eventually forced out of the arena by Wei Lu, and could only compete with the other three for the fifth to eighth rankings, while Wei Lu advanced to the semi-finals.
Meng Ben and Tian Yi also fought more than 100 moves, and Tian Yi finally defeated Meng Ben and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the other two groups, Xian Zhen defeated Ren Bi, Nangong Wan defeated Wu Huo, and in the end, Xian Zhen, Nangong Wan, Wei Feng and Tian Yi became the semi-finals of the Enke of this martial arts.
At this time, the rankings for the 17th to 32nd were also over. Hu Yanzhuo ranked 18th in the end and Xu Ning ranked 20th. However, they all entered the top 20th in this martial arts scholar Enke as they wished.
In the draw in the semi-finals, Wei Feng drew Tian Yi, while Xian Zhen was in a group with Nangong.
The weapon used by Tian Yi was an iron rod weighing 300 kilograms. After he and Wei Yuan got on the ring, they fought each other head-on. It was not until after more than 200 moves that Tian Yi, who was slightly weak, was hit by Wei Yuan with an iron halberd.
Xian Zhen and Nangong Wan's martial arts were almost equal, but before today's martial arts competition, Xian Zhen, Wei Yuan and others had agreed to make Xian Zhen, who was familiar with military strategies and strategies, become the top martial arts scholar in this martial arts examination.
So under the intentional release of Nangong Wan, Xian Zhen finally defeated Nangong Wan and met with Wei Feng in the final. Nangong Wanze will compete with Tian Yi for the Wu Tanhua of this martial arts competition.
The competition between Nangong Wan and Tian Yi for Wu Tanhua was first held. In the end, the two fought fiercely for nearly two hundred moves. Nangong Wanqi took the first step to seize the name of Wu Tanhua.
In fact, Wei Feng was a little better at the martial arts skills of Xian Zhen and Wei Feng. However, under the help of Wei Feng, Xian Zhen finally won the title of top martial arts scholar, and Wei Feng became the second best martial arts scholar.
Emperor Chen Long appointed Xian Zhen as the top scholar in martial arts, Wei Feng as the second scholar in martial arts, and Nangong Wan as the second scholar in martial arts, and Nangong Wan as the third scholar in martial arts, and announced that he would hold a banquet in the palace in the evening to entertain 128 first-class martial arts Jinshi, 128 second-class martial arts Jinshi and 256 third-class martial arts Jinshi. All the civil and military ministers in the court would also attend the palace dinner to accompany them.
However, what Emperor Chen Long would never have thought was that the top three of the Wu Ju Enke of the Great Wei Empire were actually generals under Li Bin, and the top twenty were fourteen, and they also came from the Zhennan Army, which was regarded as strong enemies by Chen Long and Tu Lin.
If the real result is known by Emperor Chen Long, it would be too embarrassing.
At the banquet at the palace that night, Emperor Chen Long announced that the top eight of the Wu Ju Enke in this term will be directly appointed as the commander of the newly formed imperial guards. The ninth to 20th of the Wu Ju Enke will be directly appointed as the commander of the newly formed imperial guards. The remaining first-class martial Jinshi, second-class martial Jinshi and third-class martial Jinshi will determine the specific official positions based on the assessment of Tu Lin, the Minister of War and the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Guards.
However, Emperor Chen Long promised that as long as he was a Wu Jinshi, his official position would be the deputy brigade leader at the lowest level.
Of course, the reason why Emperor Chen Long allowed the Wu Jinshi to take up high ranks after joining the Great Wei army was because the expansion of the Great Wei army this time was too large, and the army was in urgent need of a large number of senior generals.
Most of the martial Jinshis in this term of the Wei Dynasty were only in their twenties and could become senior generals of the Wei army at once, which made these martial Jinshis suddenly excited and kept shouting long live to Emperor Chen Long.
After the dinner, Emperor Chen Long kept Tu Lin.
"Master Tu, although Enke has recruited a large number of generals this time, especially peerless generals like the Eight Tiger Generals of the Great Wei Dynasty, we must investigate these generals clearly and never let people take advantage of loopholes. You must know that I have raised the butcher knives to many civil officials of the Great Wei Dynasty before."
Emperor Chen Long did not expect that the forces outside the Great Wei Empire would send a secret son to participate in the military encore of this Great Wei Empire. However, he thought that civil officials within the Great Wei Empire would use this military encore to arrange secret sons to the Great Wei army.
Tu Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have sent a large number of people to investigate some excellent candidates. At least the 512 martial Jinshi who entered the finals have very innocent origins. I will pay special attention to this matter next and will never let some people take advantage of the loopholes in our Great Wei army!"
Emperor Chen Long sighed and said, "Although those civil officials have been cleansed by me, my civil officials in the Great Wei Dynasty are mixed up, and I cannot kill all the civil officials of the Great Wei Dynasty in one go. Therefore, many civil officials who are hostile to me are lurking now, and maybe they will attack me at any time."
Tu Lin's eyes flashed, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, with me here, those sluts cannot cause any big waves. Anyone who dares to violate Your Majesty's dragon power will surely slaughter the whole family!"
"Haha! I am actually very at ease with Tu Shuai. Now that the martial arts encyclopedia is over, I hope Tu Shuai can train millions of elites for me as soon as possible. With millions of elites to support me, those sluts must not even dare to move."
"Don't worry, your Majesty, at most two years, 120 imperial guards and 80 civilian guards can clear away all enemies in the world for your Majesty!"
"Haha, I'm waiting for the day when Tu Shuai fulfills his promise! By the way, among the 512 martial arts scholars in this martial arts enrollment class, are there any coaches who can be created?"
Tu Lin nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that Xian Zhen, the top martial arts scholar in this martial arts exam, has the potential to be a coach! In the previous competition, Xian Zhen's analysis of military battle examples was flawless. As long as he exercised more in the army, my Great Wei will get another coach who is enough to stand alone!"
"This Xian Zhen seems to be a versatile talent in civil and military affairs. Then Tu Lin must give him more advice so that I can have another talent in the Wei Dynasty. I feel that Tu Shuai is worse than taking Xian Zhen as his disciple!"
"Your Majesty and I want to go with you. I will ask Xian Zhen if he wants to be his disciple."
"Haha, how could anyone in my Great Wei who would not be Tu Shuai's apprentice? I congratulate Tu Shuai on winning a high disciple first!"
In fact, Xian Zhen was not willing to take Tu Lin as his teacher, because in Xian Zhen's opinion, he and Tu Lin might not necessarily teach each other!
However, Xian Zhen's thoughts could not be revealed. When Tu Lin proposed to accept Xian Zhen as his disciple, Xian Zhen immediately showed great excitement and knelt in front of Tu Lin and gave the ceremony of apprenticeship.
After Tu Lin took Xian Zhen as his disciple, he soon discovered that Xian Zhen was much better than he thought. In some military strategies, Xian Zhen was even stronger than himself.
Next, Tu Lin treated Xian Zhen as his heir and trained him. You must know that even his five sons did not receive this honor.
Tu Lin's eldest son Tu Zhao was very dissatisfied with this, but after several battles with Xian Zhen, Tu Zhao had to convince Xian Zhen. The gap between the two in terms of military strategy was too big.
Chapter completed!