After the examination, dozens of officials from the Ministry of Etiquette were carefully reading the articles in Gongyuan, the place where candidates' examination papers were reviewed. After repeated deliberation and review, they finally screened out hundreds of articles from thousands of articles. The article enters the second review.
Since it is a college examination and involves the hard work of many students who have studied hard for ten years, the marking officer will check every exam paper very carefully. It was not until the three examiners signed and sealed that hundreds of candidates were finally determined. The lucky ones will be lucky enough to enter the second round of screening.
The second round of screening is personally reviewed by three examiners, with stricter checks at all levels.
After several days of careful selection, from the hundreds of examination papers, dozens of the best examination papers were selected again and prepared to be sent to the palace, where His Majesty will review and select the top ten Jinshi students in this imperial examination.
The entire imperial examination grading was in this process. While the grading was being carried out nervously at the Gongyuan side, Meng Xinghe, who had been staying in the Imperial College waiting for the imperial examination results, came to the military camp of the right army again at the invitation of Li Chengqian.
There are only a few days left for the Dragon Boat Festival, which is also an important day for the martial arts competition between the left and right armies. On the way to the right arm's barracks, Meng Xinghe still behaved in a friendly manner towards everyone, and did not think about getting into trouble with anyone in Chang'an. , and did not want to offend that powerful man, but if someone offended him, he would never be soft-hearted when it was time to fight back.
I secretly thought that it had been almost a year since I left Jiangdu, but fortunately the imperial examination was about to end. It would be a great blessing if I could pass the imperial examination and return home in fine clothes. I just don't know what is going on in Jiangdu, and I haven't had a family at home for several months. He sent a letter so that he was finally in Chang'an and connected with Jiangdu.
The military camp of the right army was particularly lively today. It may be that the school field competition was about to be held. Soldiers were training intensively. They were walking in front. Li Chengqian, the deputy commander of the right army, told Meng Xinghe that judging from the past few years of fighting and competition between the two armies, according to the past In the battle situation, the right army is slightly better in horseback archery. However, in the final division of troops for actual combat, because the right army lacks strategic strategists, it will suffer losses every year and lose to the left army. Although the competition is divided into three rounds, but After overall calculation, I am not completely sure, especially since Li Chengqian recently heard the news that a group of strange people have been gathered in the army on the left, and he is even more anxious like ants on a hot pot. The reason why he thinks so highly of Meng Xinghe is, In addition to recruiting wise men, another scheming factor is that he serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the right army. If he can win the school competition, after the two armies merge, he will become the deputy commander-in-chief of the entire Tang army. By personally leading the mercenaries of the Tang Dynasty to quell the border wars in the northwest, he would be able to further consolidate his position. Not only would he be able to consolidate his position as the crown prince, but he would also be able to control important military power. In addition, Taizong was already old, and it would not take more than a few years. He can become a king himself, and even if his ambitious brothers want to seize the throne, they will have no power or soldiers, and will only have their lives toyed with by him.
Born in an emperor's family, he was not a conspirator who had all his plans. However, Meng Xinghe didn't bother to guess what Li Chengqian was thinking. He didn't want to offend the powerful, and he was just idle as someone else's retainer. He just wanted to return to Jiangdu to live with him as soon as possible. In ordinary days, as for the dispute between princes and political parties, that is not something he considers, because history has already determined it, so why bother to stick to the present.
Li Chengqian brought Meng Xinghe to the place where troops were training. Although they were not inferior to the army on the left in terms of cavalry and shooting, they were still far behind in the use of troops. Therefore, Li Chengqian brought Meng Xinghe just because he wanted him to train in a very short time. Within, he trained an elite group of soldiers. On the day of the actual competition in the school field, with him leading the team, and Meng Xinghe and Wu Junshi as staff, they would definitely defeat the army on the left. With such careful preparation, victory would be guaranteed.
But Meng Xinghe has a headache. He is not a god. If he is allowed to train an elite army in just a few days, let alone others who don't believe it, he doesn't even have that confidence in himself. Looking at the school field , those densely packed people holding swords and guns were humming and roaring, doing stabbing, teasing, chopping, chopping, and other mechanical movements. Although they were very standard, they looked rather old-fashioned and even a little boring.
At this time, the serious-looking Military Master Wu came over and saw Meng Xinghe looking at the army she had trained. I didn’t know what this man was thinking. Military Master Wu asked softly: "Does Mr. Meng have any methods for training soldiers?" Good advice,”
"What's the point? That's great," Meng Xinghe answered very pertinently, his eyes wandering, mainly to distract himself. He didn't want to be attracted to this woman yet, so the best way was to ignore her.
"I'm afraid Mr. Meng is trying to trick Mei Niang, otherwise why wouldn't you dare to look at me?" It was obvious at a glance that Meng Xinghe was talking in a floating tone, and he must be dealing with her. Military Master Wu was such a smart person that he didn't pursue the question any further. She was silently waiting for Meng Xinghe to say it herself. A smart woman like her often has the advantage of being able to capture a man's heart, so when Master Wu spoke, he always had a sense of playfulness, as if he was teasing. But it is very serious and makes people feel itchy.
Meng Xinghe likes to do things like ambiguity and teasing with women, but in front of Wu Meiniang, who is unique in the world, Meng Xinghe definitely does not dare to think too much. It is good to take advantage once in a while, but not too often. , so that she will not have to wear her own shoes in the future. After all, she will live for seventy or eighty years. By then, she will have become the emperor, and her life will definitely not be easy.
"Master Wu is too worried. It's not that I don't dare to look at you, but Master Wu is so beautiful and fragrant that I don't dare to peek at the beauty of the country." How could Meng Xinghe be so humble? The younger sister looked all over her body and said nonsense about not seeing anyone who is not polite. This gave Meng Xinghe another very thick-skinned impression in Wu Meiniang's eyes.
Li Chengqian hurriedly smoothed things over and interrupted: "Mr. Meng, according to your opinion, how should we train this team?"
Using people's money to help others eliminate disasters, Meng Xinghe didn't want to be too dedicated to his duties, so he simply thought about it and said: "Soldier training is not something that can be accomplished overnight. In my opinion, for the time being, I will continue to train according to the martial arts master's method. However, I would like to add that starting today, each soldier will strap a five-pound sandbag on his body and run for an hour along the winding mountains in the distance as physical training."
The military counselor frowned: "Is this method of physical training appropriate? Instead of letting the soldiers run, why not let them practice formations so that they can fight bravely on the battlefield? If a soldier is not even familiar with swords and guns, how can he go into battle to kill the enemy? "Isn't that going to death?" Military Master Wu said louder.
Meng Xinghe didn't say that Military Advisor's thinking was too simple. Indeed, spending an hour every day running and training troops would have more obvious effects when killing enemies on the battlefield. But Meng Xinghe's heart was not like this. The idea was that he made the soldiers run not to train them to fight bravely, but to give them better physical strength to escape.
"If the military commander doesn't trust my suggestion, we can bet that if you divide half of these soldiers into running for an hour every day, after three months, the number of casualties they will have when they go into battle to kill the enemy will be greater than the casualties who did not participate in running. The number of people is much smaller." Meng Xinghe did not say that he was training deserters, he just changed the way of saying it, and the whole meaning was raised several levels by him.
Military Master Wu didn't believe that a runner could be braver than a person who wielded swords and guns all day long. She stretched out her hand and gave Meng Xinghe a high-five and said: "Then Mei Niang will take a gamble with the young master, but have you ever thought about what happens if the young master What should you do if you lose?"
The empress' little hand was touched first before talking. Meng Xinghe happily high-fived Wu Meiniang and said with a smile: "If I lose, how about I give my most precious thing to Military Master Wu?"
Military Master Wu blushed after hearing this, but since Meng Xinghe dared to bet so big, she was not the kind of person who couldn't afford to lose. She said softly: "If I lose, I will also give my most precious thing to Mr. Meng."
When Meng Xinghe heard this, his heart skipped a beat. What is Sister Wu's most precious thing? I'm sorry that I'm too stupid to think of it. I was a little confused in my heart and glanced at this unique thing. A beautiful woman, with willow eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and dots of crimson lips growing on her hibiscus-flowered face. The lines outlined by several prominent points from her nose to her jaw show the most standard golden proportions for a dignified and beautiful woman. Deny it, Wu Meiniang is indeed a delicate beauty, even more charming than the most beautiful woman Meng Xinghe has seen so far, Aunt Yun. It is no wonder that she will bring disaster to the country and the people in the future, causing Li Shimin and his son to compete with each other.
One smile captivates the city, two smiles captivates the country, three smiles are charming and weak, four smiles dress the ministers down, monsters appear in troubled times, and enchantresses appear in prosperous times. Since ancient times, the gentle countryside has been the Tomb of Heroes.
Meng Xinghe didn't know where he drifted as he read the not-so-gorgeous sentence above. Maybe it was his expression of joy that made Sister Wu next to her feel ashamed. Sister Wu hurriedly walked back to the distant army and continued to watch the soldiers drill. , and at this time Li Chengqian finally talked about the martial arts competition on the school field in a few days.
Two out of three rounds is the traditional rule of competition between two armies. The first round is a one-on-one duel between generals on horseback, and the second round is archery. Archery is divided into two types: mounted shooting and static target shooting. The army on the right does not come out in the first two rounds. Unexpectedly, they can completely defeat the army on the left, but in the third round of actual training, the army on the right loses miserably every year. It's not that they can't win, but the actual training is like two armies fighting, and they pay attention to formations and strategies. , and with Li Jing and Miss Du in the army on the left, they can often use strange moves to wipe them out. When both sides have equal strength, if they are not completely sure, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose. That's why Li Chengqian will Anxiously, he asked Meng Xinghe to train his soldiers for him, hoping to bring back the third game that had been losing, but now he seems to have some doubts about whether Meng Xinghe really has a strategy. After all, he hasn't come up with better ideas to share his worries. .
Meng Xinghe also heard the meaning of Li Chengqian's words. He thought for a while and said: "I want to ask, how confident are you that you can win the first game and the second game?"
Li Chengqian thought for a while: "Ninety percent," he said, but felt it was inappropriate. After all, there was news recently among the army on the left that a new young general was strong enough to deal with them. Although it was a rumor, Li Chengqian was still worried. , and said: "At least 70% sure,"
"What about the third game," Meng Xinghe continued to ask.
"Since Military Master Wu arrived at the barracks, we are 50% sure." Li Chengqian didn't know what Meng Xinghe wanted to ask, but he was only half sure about the third round.
70% for the first and second rounds, and 50% for the third round. If calculated according to a certain probability, if you focus on training for the first and second rounds within a few days, you will have a greater chance of winning than if you focus on training for the third round.
I have already calculated it in my mind and figured out which training method is more effective. As long as I catch one game, I can't lose. According to the best-of-three games system, even if I lose the third game, I will still win. By then, Meng will win. Xinghe patted Li Chengqian's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Chengqian, I don't know where the racecourse and archery range are. Can you lead the way?"
"Sir, please." Seeing Meng Xinghe's confident look, Li Chengqian became more energetic, "I don't know what you mean by going to the racecourse and archery field, sir."
"Haha," Meng Xinghe smiled cheerfully, looking like a liar who traveled around the world, and said, "If you are in panic, here is Shanren's clever plan for freedom."