The Shuofang Martial Arts Competition started four years ago, and this year is the fifth. It is a grand event where the eight inner fort families and 13 martial arts schools in Lingzhou compete for martial arts rankings.
But when it was born, it was a distribution method adopted by the eight inner fort families to compete for armor resources.
In order to resist the plundering of Xue Yantuo's army, every year Jiedu Mansion would send down a group of soldiers, including swords, spears, crossbows, armor, shields, etc.
But it was impossible to meet the needs of all families. Every family wanted more to protect their own family and property. After everyone had a big quarrel, they came up with the idea of a ranking competition.
The competition not only selects young heroes, but also allocates soldiers and armor according to their rankings. The strong ones get more, which is fair and reasonable.
This year, the Jiedushi government spent a lot of money and took out 3,000 spears, 3,000 swords, 500 pairs of Mingguang armors and 300 military crossbows.
Everyone is familiar with knives and spears, and they are basically all equipped with them, but this is the first time they have taken out the Mingguang Armor. The first member of the family can exclusively enjoy a hundred pairs of Mingguang Armor and a hundred military crossbows, which immediately makes all the families jealous.
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However, this year not only the eight wealthy families and thirteen martial arts schools in Lingzhou are participating in the competition, there are also six major families and three martial arts schools from Fengzhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and Xiazhou.
This year's competition will definitely be a battle between dragons and tigers, extremely fierce.
The martial arts meeting is held in the military camp in the north of the city. It has been held four times and everyone is familiar with the process.
Before dawn, Guo Song got up from meditating as usual. He put on a black warrior uniform, which was the uniform color of Liangbao. He wore a black scarf on his head, a gold belt around his waist, and leather boots.
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As soon as he went out, he met Liang Wu who came to call him. Of course Liang Wu also wanted to compete. He was the number one warrior of the Liang family. Like Guo Song, he also wore a black warrior uniform, but he had a black belt on his head.
, Guo Song was the foreign aid invited by the Liang family, so he wore a gold belt around his waist to show the difference.
Each family can only hire one person for foreign aid, and there are conditions. You cannot hire them casually. First of all, they must be under 25 years old, either a general or soldier below the rank of Shuofang Military Academy Lieutenant, or a retail investor with household registration in three counties of Lingzhou.
, Guo Song belongs to the latter.
"The gathering has begun!" Liang Wu ran forward and said.
"So early?"
"There are four newcomers this year. My father is going to teach you some martial arts rules. You should also come and listen!"
Each family has ten people, and each martial arts school has five people. However, the martial arts schools are not competing for soldiers and armor, but for ranking. The higher the ranking, the higher the subsidy given by the government.
Eight Liangbao warriors stood in the courtyard. Liang Wu and Guo Song walked up and stood behind them.
Liang Huihe is the leader of the Liangbao warriors. Next to him stands the family leader Liang Yundao.
"The rules are the same as last year, only people under the age of 25 are allowed to participate."
Liang Huihe said loudly: "The martial arts hall is only about swordsmanship. The family will add a step and bow skill. The step and bow skill will be up to five points, and the sword skill will be up to ten points. In the end, the family with the highest total score will win the first place."
He paused, looked at everyone and continued: "The competition adopts a duel system. This year, six families and three martial arts schools from other states have been added. There are a total of fourteen families and sixteen martial arts schools. Family versus family, martial arts
Gym versus martial arts gym, draw lots on the spot to decide your opponent.
In addition, even if the family and martial arts school are eliminated, the top three from each family and the top three from each martial arts school can still participate in the individual competition to compete for martial arts qualifications. The individual competition is only for riding and archery, and will be held on the last day. Of course,
If you don’t know how to ride and shoot, you have no choice but to give up.”
At this time, Liang Yundao stepped forward and slowly said to everyone: "The martial arts meeting is not only to compete for resources, but also to defend the honor of the family. You are all the best children of the Liang family. If you win a good ranking, the family will be generously rewarded.
I hope everyone will do their best to bring glory to the family!"
All the disciples of the Liang family roared, but Guo Song was a little silent. Next, the disciples went to eat and prepare to leave. Liang Yundao stepped forward and smiled at Guo Song: "Young Master Guo is willing to come to help our Liang family. It is our Liang family's honor.
Regardless of winning or losing, the Liang family will reward Mr. Guo with fifty taels of gold as a token of their appreciation."
Guo Song didn't show any pretense, he cupped his fists and saluted, "Thank you, Master, for your love!"
Liang Yundao waved his hand again, and a servant brought a majestic red fire horse. Liang Yundao smiled slightly and said: "This horse was given to you by Liang Wu. You need it to participate in the personal riding and shooting. If you have time, get familiar with it."
one time."
Liang Wu thought very carefully. The horse Guo Song is riding now is an ordinary horse from the family. If he wants to participate in riding and shooting, he must have a good horse.
Guo Song nodded, "Thank you, uncle."
Giving him gold was a transaction, so he called Liang Yundao the head of the family, but giving him a horse was a matter of friendship, so Guo Song changed his name to uncle.
The human touch lies in these details.
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When they set off, they turned into eleven warriors. The petite Liang Ling'er also changed into a black warrior uniform, wore a black belt on her head, and rode a white horse to mix in the crowd. Her big black and white eyes looked around, making her look particularly petite and handsome.
, of course she went to join in the fun.
There are also five or six logistics disciples who are responsible for serving tea and water, running errands, and leading horses. They wear black robes and do not wear samurai uniforms.
"Brother Guo, why didn't you call me when you went hunting outside the city yesterday?"
Liang Ling'er pouted with an unhappy look on her face. Yesterday, Guo Song brought back two fat wild sheep. She just found out that Brother Guo went to try out bow hunting outside the city, but she was bored in the house. When she heard the news, she was very angry.
She stamped her feet.
"Ling'er, don't be rude to Brother Guo!" Liang Wu's face sank and he scolded his younger sister.
Liang Ling'er snorted, pouted and remained silent.
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "Yesterday was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. I didn't really go hunting. After the competition is over, I will take Ling'er to hunt wild boars!"
"Brother Guo, this is what you said, you lied to me like a puppy." Liang Ling'er burst into laughter and couldn't help but cheer.
Later, when the children of the Liang family saw her cuteness, they also laughed.
Guo Song said to Liang Wu again: "Thank you, dear brother, for sending me the horse!"
Liang Wu touched the horse's head and said to Guo Song: "This horse is the one I told you about. It is obviously a high-quality war horse, but it is used as an animal draft. The pearl is covered in dust. I feel that I share the same problem with you, so I
Here you go."
Guo Song rolled his eyes, "Why do I feel uncomfortable hearing what you say!"
Liang Ling'er covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Guo, he is mocking you for being an animal!"
"Nonsense, how could I mean this?"
At this time, Liang Huihe shouted loudly, "Let's go!"
Everyone lined up. Liang Wu ran to the front of the team with a black flag in his hand. He was the flag bearer, while Liang Ling'er followed Guo Song on horseback. The others were all her brothers. She had long been tired of it. Only Guo Song brought her a lot of success.
The great novelty, especially when Guo Song agreed to take her to hunt wild boars, made her excited.
‘Woo——’ A member of the Liang family blew the low antler horn.
More than a dozen warriors in black rode through the castle in a procession. Both sides were lined with the Liang family and countless people with foreign surnames attached to the Liang family. Everyone applauded and cheered to see off the Liang family warriors on their expedition. Guo Song saw the fat aunt and waved to her.
Salute.
The fat aunt closed her palms and shouted: "Master Guo, try to win the first place and make the Guo family angry to death!"
At this time, horns were constantly blowing in the distance, and various families began to go to war.
Although he was going to compete in martial arts, Guo Song felt as excited as going into battle. He slowly tightened the iron sword around his waist.
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"Linjiabao has ranked first for four consecutive years. Guojiabao and our Liangjiabao have each won twice. It's hard to decide the outcome. However, their total score is higher than ours, so we ranked third and Zhaojiabao ranked third.
Four, Mengjiabao ranked fifth..."
Along the way, Liang Ling'er was introducing the strength of each family to Guo Song. She was very talkative and kept going all the way.
"Lin Tai from Linjiabao is recognized as the number one young Lingwu disciple. He is now the brigade commander of Shuofang Army. Many young ladies in the city like him and are obsessed with him. In fact, I think that's all.
He is just a pretty boy, not mature at all. With Brother Guo here this time, his number one position should give way."
Liang Ling'er had a look of contempt on her face, as if she was very mature. Guo Song estimated that this Lin Tai had defeated Liang Wu before, so the young lady had always been jealous of him.
"If you join the army and become a brigade commander, can you still participate in martial arts competitions?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
"Of course you can, as long as you are no more than twenty-five years old. Young ladies can also compete in martial arts, so Lin Feng participated. It's a pity that my second uncle doesn't like my martial arts. In fact, my martial arts are very powerful...
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The children of the Liang family next to them looked at Guo Song with sympathy. The young lady kept chattering along the way. Is his head big?
Guo Song really likes this Liang Ling'er, she is lively and cute. She always reminds Guo Song of his daughter, who is also so lively and cute.
‘Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!’ Suddenly there was a loud drumbeat from the front, signaling the arrival of the military camp.
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