Xun Bao, the president of Bajiao City, greeted the guests of Black Earth City at the guild gate.????
Although the descendants of the ten major duke families of Shaodian Kingdom do not have senior generals who can lead the army alone, they do have mid-level and lower-level officers, plus local generals recruited for war. They will be rewarded for their military exploits.
Those whose military merits are not enough to be knighted will be assigned to serve in knight guilds across the country. Xun Bao is a descendant of the Xun family of Li Guogong. He has fought side by side with Zeng Qing before and is a good friend who has experienced life and death together.
Xun Bao looks older than Zeng Qing, and the Xun family's characteristic goat's beard on his lower jaw is trimmed very neatly.
"President Zeng is here. Welcome, welcome." Xunbao smiled when he saw Zeng Qing.
"Brother Xun, just wait for me at home. It's too polite to greet me every time when you go out." Xu Toubanao's routine started as usual.
After the two old comrades-in-arms performed a show of respecting each other as guests in front of the gate, Zeng Qing introduced the trainee knight he had brought this time to Xun Bao.
"Oh, Ding Kui, could he be..." When the last one was introduced, Xun Bao became interested.
"Let's go, let's talk as we walk." Zeng Qing grabbed Xun Bao's arm, who was about to walk towards Ding Kui, and pulled him into the Knights Guild of Bajiao City. "I have such a person in Black Earth City. You all know it."
Yes, the information is quite good."
"Haha, the dignified Crown Prince of the Protector of the Country and the Right Protector of the Internal Security Bureau are no less famous than you. I recently heard that he took a trick from the master of Funiu Mountain. Is this possible?" Xun Bao was pulled away.
I had no choice but to lead Zeng Qing and the others towards their guild hall.
"Wherever the gossip comes from, it's all nonsense. I was there that night, and it was clearly his bodyguard who blocked the sword for him. If he can really catch the fearless knight's move, I will be the 'first' this year.
I can't compete with you." In fact, Zeng Qing didn't see it, but he still firmly denied it.
"Hey, it's either you or us who end up at the bottom every year. Since the Protector of the Country has returned to Xiaxi Town, you naturally don't have to fight with me."
"That being said, this kid has only turned fourteen this year. I just brought him out to experience things, and I don't expect him to win many points." Zeng Qing looked regretful as he spoke.
Long Guoli next to him secretly pouted.
A total of one hundred young knights from each city participated in the county competition. The first place in the competition will get 100 points, the second place will get 99 points, and so on. The top five will advance to the state competition.
An additional 1o points will be awarded.
The twenty counties participating in the state competition are also calculated in the same way, except that there are ten places for those who advance to the national competition. The higher the total score, the more kingdom resources they will receive.
Each city sends five team members, and the sum of the points obtained by these five team members is the score of the Knights Guild in that city. The guild with the lowest total score is the bottom guild in the county. Naturally, the kingdom will have the smallest share of resources in the next four years.
"Really? I've been happy for you for a while." Xun Bao was half-convinced. He knew Zeng Qing so well that he could only believe five points of what this man said.
"Come on, let me see the young talents of your generation." Zeng Qing did not want to waste any more time on this topic.
Only one of the team members sent by Bajiao City to participate in the competition this year is fifteen years old, and the other four are all over sixteen years old. Not every city has talented knights, especially the knights' guilds with low strength.
The lack of strength compared to others is not caused by the guild managers. It is related to the quality of local knight inheritance and the natural blood of the young knights.
Xun Bao and Zeng Qing had a brief discussion and decided to send three people from each city to participate in today's exchange competition.
The team members from the two cities walked side by side to the martial arts arena, and Ding Kui walked at the back due to his age.
A young man with a long face and a few pockmarks around his mouth walked side by side with Ding Kui. He gave Ding Kui a push with his arm and said, "Do you remember who I am?"
Just now when Xun Bao introduced the Bajiao City team members to Zeng Qing, Ding Kui looked around and didn't even pay attention to what Xun Bao said.
"Ah?" Ding Kui only knew that the person next to him was the youngest player in Bajiao City, "I don't remember the senior's name."
"Hey, it doesn't matter, I don't know your name either. To tell you the truth, I am the most powerful newcomer in the history of Bajiao City, Ning Ye! In this knight competition, I will let all the trainee knights in Pingzhong County remember my name
!" The horse-faced boy was proud of himself.
"Ning Ye, stop talking nonsense!" the instructor leading the team from Bajiao City shouted.
The young man named Ning Ye shrank his neck with a nonchalant expression on his face.
"Haha." Ding Kui turned on the high-end taunting state.
Ning Ye raised his fist in front of Ding Kui and gestured with the subtext, "I'll let you know."
When we arrived at the martial arts arena, a row of chairs had already been placed on the sidelines. The two presidents were sitting in the middle, and the players from the two cities were lined up on both sides.
Long Guoli patted Lei Zhang and said, "You go first."
If the most powerful player in each city is the chief general, then the second most powerful player is the lieutenant general. The first game of today's exchange match is a duel between the lieutenants.
If it weren't for Ding Kui, Lei Zhang would have been the last one to appear.
The first person to appear in Bajiao City is their deputy general Mu Ze. He is about the same height and age as Lei Zhang, but he looks a little thinner.
After the two players saluted each other, they both took the "Righteous Sword" starting position. Obviously, neither of them had a good knight heritage, and they both used popular products from the Knights Guild.
The two of them were relatively cautious in the initial stage of the fight, and their moves were mainly tentative.
After twenty moves, Lei Zhang felt that he had the upper hand.
Originally the seed player of Black Earth City, Lei Zhang was skilled in swordsmanship, had a solid foundation, and was slightly ahead of Nie Ling in fighting spirit. He was the first person among the knights trained by the guild.
After being defeated by Ding Kui yesterday, Lei Zhang lost his confidence for a while.
In the first few moves, Lei Zhang was on the defensive. When the two swords crossed each other, he felt that his strength was stronger, so Lei Zhang changed his moves and took the initiative to attack.
After gaining some upper hand, Lei Zhang learned the lessons of failure, secretly learned from Ding Kui, and played attrition with his opponents. Mu Ze himself was not as strong as Lei Zhang. Faced with his opponent's steady attack, he gradually lost the initiative on the field.
After two hundred moves, Mu Ze was completely passive and was being beaten. Lei Zhang became more courageous as he fought, and his confidence returned to him.
Lei Zhang felt that his opponent was no longer able to reverse the situation, so he suddenly increased the output of his fighting spirit and used his best skills to break through the defense violently and attack continuously. Mu Ze could not resist and threw his sword to admit defeat.
"This seedling of the Lei family is quite good, why not cultivate it?" Xun Bao asked.
"I don't understand the affairs of your aristocratic families. If Lei Zhang gets the true inheritance of the Lei family, he can indeed reach a higher level." Zeng Qing replied with a smile. He was very satisfied with winning the battle.
"What a pity." In the first battle, Xun Bao didn't care that his own skills were inferior to others.