The semi-finals and finals of the local rankings are about directing against the enemy on the battlefield.
The morning is the semi-finals.
Four people, Ma Lin, Nan Jiyun, Wang Sili and Li Guiren, compete for the finals.
Before the civilian audience arrived, the candidates had already arrived at the examination room and were divided into groups by drawing lots under the auspices of the examiner.
The results of the drawing were that Ma Lin and Li Guiren were in the same group, Nan Jiyun and Wang Sili were in the same group, respectively.
Conduct a commanding battle battle to compete for a spot in the finals.
Shortly after the drawing of lots, Xuanzong, all civil and military ministers, and envoys from various countries came to the stand.
Zhao Ziliang immediately led a group of officials to greet them.
"Welcome Your Majesty" Xuanzong's majesty sat on the throne with a golden sword and raised his hand: "Excuse me and stay flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty" Xuanzong looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked: "Zhao Qing, how are you prepared?
Can we start?"
"Your Majesty, you can start at any time."
Xuanzong waved his hand: "Then let's get started."
Zhao Ziliang nodded to Zuo Yuanwailang, who quickly walked down the school field to preside over the semifinals.
Soon the sound of neat footsteps came from the school field.
Large groups of soldiers and horses entered from the entrances at both ends of the school field.
They were led by a general wearing armor.
Each side had 2,000 people and horses.
The two groups of soldiers and horses stopped 300 meters apart.
The generals who led the team rode down and were taken over by Ma Lin and Li Guiren respectively.
Xuanzong asked: "Zhao Qing, tell me who is playing today."
Zhao Ziliang introduced: "Your Majesty, the first group of duels are Ma Lin and Li Guiren.
Ma Lin is twenty years old this year.
He is the queen of Zhonglie.
His grandfather Ma Zhenghuiguan worshiped General Youwei and his father Ma Sheng.
You Siyu led his troops to join the army, and both of them died fighting at the border.
Li Guiren was from Hebei, and had visited him since he was a child.
The famous masters studied martial arts and warfare diligently.
Although they were born as civilians, few could match their martial arts skills.
The semi-finals of the ground ranking mainly focused on the ability to command in battle.
Each side had 500 cavalry, 500 archers, 500 spearmen, and 500 sword and shield soldiers. , a total of two thousand people, whichever side commands the army that loses will be considered the loser."
A minister immediately asked: "Using the imperial troops and horses to fight against them will inevitably cause huge casualties.
How can General Zhao be so indifferent to human life?"
Zhao Ziliang glanced at the minister as if he was an idiot, and explained to Xuanzong: "Your Majesty, the weapons of the generals and soldiers participating in the battle drill have never been fired.
The weapons are all painted with paint.
Anyone will have paint marks on their body, but Any soldier or general who has paint marks on his body means that he is dead and must voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield.
Bows and arrows have blunt tips and are wrapped in cloth.
They are also stained with paint.
Whoever is shot will have marks on his body.
The soldier will also automatically quit."
Xuanzong laughed and nodded: "Zhao Qing has thought carefully.
If it's so good, let's get started."
"In compliance with the order," Zhao Ziliang saluted and immediately ordered the semi-finals of the local rankings to begin immediately.
The previous land ranking examination also tested the command duel on the battlefield, but there was not such a large number of troops, only 200 people, and this semi-final directly increased to 2,000 people, which was also a big challenge for the four candidates participating in the semi-final.
Test, after all, the more soldiers and horses there are, the more it tests the general's commanding ability.
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Since they have already passed the battle command duel, all four candidates have some understanding of some of the flags and formations of the Tang Army's military formation command.
However, the examiner has specially assigned flag bearers and messengers to the candidates, so there is no need to worry about poor command. problem.
Under Zhao Ziliang's order, the first group showdown in the semifinals finally began.
Ma Lin deployed the sword and shield soldiers and spear soldiers crosswise, with a distance of one meter between soldiers.
He deployed the archers at the rear and the cavalry in several columns on the left wing; while Li Guiren deployed the sword and shield soldiers in the front.
On the left side of the front, the spearmen are deployed on the right side of the front, leaving a passage in the middle for the cavalry to quickly pass through.
Half of the archers are deployed at the rear of the spearmen, half of the archers are deployed at the rear of the sword and shield soldiers, and the cavalry is deployed in the middle and rear.
The cavalry can support at any time.
Li Guiren's men ordered an attack, "Send the order, the sword and shield soldiers on the left wing will advance."
The messenger immediately announced Li Guiren's order, and the flag bearer quickly waved the flag after receiving the order.
The left wing sword and shield soldiers in the school field immediately marched forward quickly with their swords and shields in neat steps.
Upon seeing this, Ma Lin immediately ordered: "Send the order, the sword and shield soldiers on the left will advance and the archers will move to the left wing."
The military order was quickly conveyed, and both sides took the lead in dispatching troops on the left.
As a result, Li Guiren's sword and shield soldiers attacked Ma Lin's right wing spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, while Ma Lin attacked Li Guiren's sword and shield soldiers and archers.
Lancers on Quy Nhon's right wing.
In this way, the spearmen on Li Guiren's right wing were in danger.
After all, Ma Lin's attacking troops were sword and shield soldiers and spearmen, both of which could restrain the spearmen.
A few minutes later, after the two sides came into contact, Li Guiren's spearmen suffered heavy losses.
Although Ma Lin's sword and shield soldiers and spearmen also suffered some losses, the losses were not significant.
Li Guiren frowned and immediately ordered: "Send the order, order the cavalry to break through the enemy's middle road and attack the enemy's archers at the rear."
"Nuo" the messenger agreed and immediately conveyed the military order.
The rumble of horse hooves was heard.
Ma Lin saw the opponent's cavalry charging out of the middle, and the troops on his left and right were staggered.
The troops at the junction were very weak.
If they were attacked by the cavalry, they would inevitably collapse.
He immediately ordered: "Order The left wing pikemen move to the center as the first line of defense to block the opponent's cavalry attack.
The right wing pikemen are ordered to move to the center as the second line of defense to block the opponent's cavalry.
The archers stare at the opponent's cavalry and enter the shooting range, immediately freeing themselves. scattering" Since there was enough room for movement in the middle, Li Guiren's cavalry attacked very quickly.
Ma Lin's spearmen had just moved to the middle and were overwhelmed before they could form a spear formation.
Fortunately, the spearmen on the second line of defense were there.
When Li Guiren's cavalry rushed over, they had already formed a long spear formation.
If there is any unit among the infantry that can restrain the cavalry to a certain extent, it is the pikemen.
Although Ma Lin's pikemen suffered heavy losses, they finally blocked the impact of Li Guiren's cavalry, while his archers When the opponent's cavalry entered the shooting range, they continued to scatter freely, which caused a lot of casualties to Li Guiren's cavalry.
After the cavalry lost speed, the spears posed a huge threat to the cavalry, and Li Guiren's cavalry continued to withdraw from the battlefield.
Ma Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew it was time to launch a counterattack, and immediately ordered: "Instruct the left-wing cavalry to attack, bypass the enemy's right-wing spearmen and attack the enemy's rear archers."
Li Guiren's right wing spearmen were restrained by Ma Lin's sword and shield soldiers.
They had already suffered heavy losses before.
How could they allocate excess troops to intercept Ma Lin's 500 cavalry at this time?
Li Guiren could only watch as Ma Lin's 500 cavalry easily bypassed the edge of the right wing spearmen and inserted themselves into the rear of his side to massacre his own archers.
Although the 500 archers attacked Ma Lin under Li Guiren's order, The cavalry carried out long-range strikes, but after all, the archers were too scattered, and they were not able to strike in a straight line, so their lethality was limited.
Both sides racked their brains and used their own methods.
This battlefield is small, intuitive, and has few troops.
Both sides can quickly see the other side's deployment.
There is no need to worry about the convenient intelligence.
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The main test is the ability of both sides to make decisions and arrange their troops on the spot. ability.
In the contest between Ma Lin and Li Guiren, Ma Lin finally won with a slight advantage.
This was the first time for the common people and most of the officials to see the confrontation between the two armies so intuitively.
This was a feast for the eyes of most of the audience.
Not only the common people and officials, but also many nobles and relatives of the emperor were the first to watch.
Once I saw the confrontation between the two armies, after the martial arts test, many nobles and officials' families They all began to raise a large number of servants and train them into military formations, and then directed the servants to show off on the battlefield.
Later, they also developed duels with servants from other families.
This formed a competition between wealthy families by directing servants to show off.
The games also have jackpots, which allow spectators to attend and thereby collect tickets.
Of course, let’s not talk about it at this time.
After the competition between Ma Lin and Li Guiren ended, it was Nan Jiyun and Wang Sili's turn.
Through Zhao Ziliang's introduction, Xuanzong and the ministers knew the personal information of Nan Jiyun and Wang Sili.
Nan Jiyun was introduced by Zhao Ziliang and started as a soldier in the army.
Due to his merit, he was promoted to team leader.
Wang Sili was a native of Goguryeo and a lieutenant colonel in the army.
Since both of them were officers in the army, they were more familiar with the Tang army's organization, military formations and command signals than Ma Lin and Li Guiren, and they were more comfortable commanding than them.
Nan Jiyun gave full play to the ability of spearmen to restrain cavalry, keeping an eye on Wang Sili's cavalry.
He also used archers to keep an eye on the opponent's spearmen, used cavalry to keep an eye on the opponent's sword and shield soldiers, and used sword and shield soldiers to deal with Wang Sili's spears. soldiers.
This arrangement made Wang Sili suppressed everywhere and unable to perform at all.
Every time he made a move, he was quickly suppressed and beaten by Nan Jiyun.
Wang Sili felt aggrieved.
Xuanzong in the stands burst out laughing, and the civil and military ministers also enjoyed watching it.
Xuanzong pointed to the field and asked: "Zhao Qing, why is this Wang Sili being beaten?
This Nan Jiyun's troop deployment seems disorganized, but he is always able to attack quickly."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Wang Sili's ability to command on the battlefield is much inferior to that of Nan Jiyun.
Nan Jiyun is very familiar with the characteristics of the military units.
He often comes first and comes last.
Moreover, he is a member of the army and is very familiar with giving orders.
He has strong decision-making ability, so he can command the army like an arm."
"I see" Wang Sili lost in the end, and lost miserably.
He was very depressed.
He had almost no ability to fight back.
It was like two people playing chess, but their level was not at the same level.
After the semi-finals in the morning, Xuanzong was very happy to watch them, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Zhao Qing, please tell me that there will be two more games in the afternoon."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Wang Sili and Li Guiren will compete for third place in the afternoon, and the last game will be the final between Nan Jiyun and Ma Lin for first place."
Xuanzong happily ordered: "Tell them to compete well and use their full strength.
No matter who wins or loses, I will give you a heavy reward."
"Follow the decree":