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"Fellow students, please listen carefully to the rules of the civil and military duels." First of all, each of them would fight in two or three matches to ensure that each student would have a duel with everyone except themselves. The test will take a total of three days, so I ask everyone to prepare. "

After the examiners finished reading the rules, Xu Qing and his group of four headed towards the arena in a routine manner. Although Xu Zhen and Xu Hong felt uneasy in their hearts, on the surface, they pretended to be calm and collected as they headed towards the arena.

"Xu Qingzhi, I wonder which round you and I will meet, I actually really want to exchange blows with you." "Sigh, it's just a pity that Wang Ping is so capable."

Li Han shook his head. It was a pity.

As for Wang Ping, Xu Qingzhi naturally knew very well that before he had followed his teacher to study, only Wang Ping was comparable to him in terms of martial arts practice. Now, because of the first three exams, Wang Ping had no choice but to step down.

Chen Zixi patted Li Han's shoulder, signaling him not to be too upset.

"No matter what, we are still here. Once we become generals, I will transfer Wang Ping to me to lead the troops!"

Chen Zixi patted his chest, looking very sure.

"Please sit down, students. We will now proceed to the first round of the written competition, where we will face the Li Dynasty and the Tong County's Luoyang." Please come on stage. Next match will be between Long Right Song Qin and Cao County's Wu Sigui... Please be prepared. "

There were already two viewing platforms built at the center of the plaza. He had to admire Chu Huainan's abilities. These two grandstands were for the civil and martial students to sit down and watch. They rose up in steps, ensuring that the students in the front and back rows could see it clearly. This kind of inconceivable design concept was first conceived by Martial King Dan.

Under each grandstand was another massive arena. On Xu Qingzhi's side, there was also a large sand table placed under the grandstand. Looking down from the stands, one could see the situation of the arena very clearly. Not only could the two stands see their own arena, but they could also see the other side participating in the civil and martial competition.

This sand table also originated from Wang Dan's design, he could not help but think, putting aside the militarist politicians, this Wang Dan is simply a rare craftsman in the world. Rumor has it that Wang Dan once wanted to introduce a new style of writing called Prose, but in the end, it did not become popular.

Just as he was thinking, two people slowly walked up from the left and right of the arena below. They were Li Chao and Luo Yang, the two people from the first round. The two of them bowed to each other and slowly walked to the sand table.

At this moment, the two of them were in a battle of offense and defense. Luo Yang was in charge of the siege, and had a total of thirty thousand sand soldiers. On the other hand, Li Chao, who only had around five thousand men under his command, had a towering mountain as a barrier.

For those sitting at the top of the hill, they could clearly see the layout of Luo Yang's forces. However, for those two who were observing from a horizontal angle, Luo Yang could not see the scene behind the mound.

Under Luo Yang's control, the thirty thousand strong army began to move slowly and charged straight at the "mound".

Li Chao was a burly man, but he did not know martial arts, and instead liked poems and songs. However, he was not very good at military formations, and when he saw that Luo Yang's army was about to leave, he quickly organized his garrison to stand on the "mound", surrounding it from all sides.

For Luo Yang, seeing himself being selected to attack the city from the beginning was a pain in his heart, because this sand table army was not comparable to the real battlefield, and the city guards had an extremely great advantage, because compared to the troops on both sides, it was based on the normal situation, in other words, Luo Yang had to face the enemy head on and the two sides would eventually perish together. As long as the city guards didn't come out by half a step, it would be hard for the siege to break through.

However, when Luo Yang saw the frantic arrangement of the "mound", his heart became calm. He smiled slightly and waved his flag. The operators at the bottom of the sand table began to change their formations.

He saw that the huge army of thirty thousand had not changed at all from the word 'mouth' on the front. The two words' mouth 'on both sides of the army suddenly separated and fanned out in a weird way to the word' mouth 'on the front of the army. Then he fanned out and wrapped the ten thousand soldiers in a circle.

In Li Chao's eyes, he could only see the rear part of Luo Yang suddenly move to the front, while the center army disappeared without a trace.

It had to be said that Li Chao looked strong and sturdy, but he still had some caution. He guessed that Luo Yang definitely wanted to attack head on and split up his troops to find a weak spot to break down the city. As long as he lost, no matter how many men Luo Yang lost, the city would be destroyed.

Having understood Luo Yang's plan, Li Chao didn't dare to send troops to support them. This was how he came into contact with Luo Yang for the first time.

Luo Yang's attack on the city wall could be said to be an all-out effort. The first attack had sent out twenty thousand men and two-thirds of his troops had been withdrawn. This gave Li Chao a fright. Was he wrong? This Luo Yang did not plan on scheming against him, he just wanted to fight head on?

Li Chao still couldn't figure out where the ten thousand man army had gone to, so he could only call the one thousand men he had prepared. The three thousand men on the other three sides of the wall still didn't dare to move.

Both sides fought passionately, but Li Chao used the terrain as an advantage to viciously block Luo Yang's army of ten thousand. After some difficulty, Li Chao finally managed to catch his breath, and suddenly, he saw a cloud of dust rise up in the distance, which was the army of ten thousand that Luo Yang's war had lost at the start of the battle. Li Chao hastily sent out eight hundred men from all three sides to supplement his army.

Luo Yang's first wave of defeated handicapped veterans did not stay idle. They did not wait for the retreating army to arrive as the remaining three thousand people rushed up to the city wall once again.

Li Chao laughed mockingly, it seemed like Luo Yang was panicking, at the moment we have over three thousand people waiting, how could they be defeated by you?

"Clang!"

With the sound of a bell, the Li Dynasty's city was breached.

As the person in question, Li Chao was stunned on the spot. He hurriedly looked over, only to discover that someone had already pushed through the north gate.

"What's going on?"

Of course, Li Chao could not see it clearly, but when Xu Qing sat at the top, he could see it clearly.

After Luo Yang had surrounded the ten thousand troops, the ten thousand men did not continue to advance forward. Instead, they slowly retreated until they reached the center of the sand table. Another group of troops split up and gathered 8000 people before making a detour towards the north gate. As for the remaining two thousand men, they formed four rows and started to run in circles, lifting up the sand and dust on the ground. As the remaining two thousand men ran, they created sand and dust on the ground, and when the sand and dust filled the sky, they all rushed forward, causing Li Chao to mistake Luo Yang's army as rushing over.

In the end, under the attraction of more than two thousand handicapped veterans in front of them, the eight thousand warriors hidden in the north gate were able to knock down the north gate in one go.