In the northern suburbs of the palace, the imperial guard camp, and the martial arts competition kicked off. The first level was to break the formation.

Around dozens of participants, more than 200 imperial guards surrounded them, and everyone held a shield and a short stick.

No one has more advantage in weapons, but if you want to break through this encirclement, it means that the participants must fight with one. Without strong skills, they must be covered in bruises after they have been hit.

Junshi was naturally very capable, but the order from Empress Wu cast a shadow on his heart, and he was stunned as the imperial guards outside the circle started to ignorant.

In contrast, Lunis was a little nervous. He had the confidence to defeat an ordinary imperial guard one-on-one, but in the melee surrounded by multiple people, he did not have much confidence. The imperial guard's strength was not a joke.

As for the others, they have their own thoughts.

The Hu people who followed Lunis to participate in the martial arts performance received a generous reward. As long as they win the first level, they can help Lunis in the second level, and the bounty is enough for them to be free for a year in Chang'an.

Moreover, there are many potential benefits to fighting with the imperial guards. They can not only test their own strength, but also save a certain amount of capital for themselves. Even if they only kill two, it will be enough for them to go out and brag for the rest of their lives.

So they were all ready to look at the opposing imperial guards, looking for flaws and waiting for attack.

Other imperial guards who signed up for martial arts performance are mostly some guys with low status but confident in their own strength.

They also come here with a purpose. They don’t want to reach the level, but they want their performance to be able to reach the eye of their superiors or nobles. If they are ready, they will not be far away.

Yuan Pengfei thought differently from others. He was good at this kind of in-person battle, and breaking the formation was not difficult for him. And he was even more curious about what the inside story of this competition was?

Could it be that Princess Mingyue is really a green tea bitch. She turned a blind eye to the licking dog who had followed him for several years and was hooked up by a little prince who had just arrived not long ago?

That day, he saw the princess go to deliver medicine with his own eyes. The two of them were circulating and dancing with each other. After she left, Lunis was so excited that she was like a monkey, holding the instrument, singing and dancing.

However, everything was revealed today. As long as he won the first place, the princess would agree to solve his doubts and could meet his unexcessive demand.

And he originally wanted to use this martial arts show to get the opportunity to talk to a noble person. It would be better if he could get more benefits.

"Dong, dong, dongdong..."

The attacking drums were ringing, and the muscles of the people on the martial arts field tensed in an instant.

“Ha~”

Jun Shi shouted loudly, rushed towards his opponent like a bull with a round shield. With a "bang", the imperial guard in front of him was knocked away several meters, and the formation was directly broken.

Yuan Pengfei was not willing to be outdone, and rushed to the imperial guards to focus on his calf, trip, kick, sweep... The effect was not average. In a blink of an eye, four or five of his feet had already lie down.

The other imperial guards were scared by this scene and surrounded the others as if they hadn't seen him.

For the army of battle formations, what they want is the simplest killing technique. If they stab the spear in the chest, they will lose their lives. Who cares about how to fight under their feet?

Moreover, for this kind of martial arts, the swords equipped on the normal battlefield have been replaced with wooden sticks, which greatly weakens the lethality. Even if you get a stick, there is no danger.

If you are in the real battlefield, a cunning fighting style like Yuan Pengfei, you will care about the bottom and ignore the top, and accidentally lose your life, and you will pretend to be a b.

In this way, Yuan Pengfei was the first to break through the battle formation and was in the mood to watch the fun.

Junshi has two tricks, basically fighting against those imperial guards. If he gets beaten up occasionally, he will also keep his strength. After all, they are all from the same Imperial Guards series. If the mountains and rivers do not turn, they may encounter one day.

Lunis was a little miserable. The imperial guards did not leave any face for him. They knocked on him one after another, and a buddy knocked him back with a shield.

With such a comparison, the right and wrong are judged immediately.

The greater the ambition, the more motivated people are. They have overcome all the eighty difficulties, so they are not afraid of trembling.

Lunis regrouped and fought with the imperial guards again.

However, as the drum beats accelerated, the imperial guards gradually began to let go of water. Although the sticks were as painful as they hit him, their cooperation was not so close. They were knocked to the ground by Lunis, and pretended to be too seriously injured and lying on the ground no longer got up.

I feel that the level of water release needs to be strengthened. I am as hard as the national football team, and I am not afraid that the "little brother" will not be able to stand up.

As the sand in the hourglass leaked, the drum beat ended. The first level ended here. There were 12 people who successfully passed the level, and the rest were washed down.

No one on the battlefield will give you a rest, so they don’t have time to rest, and the second level of siege begins immediately.

The main defense of the city in the war is the moat and the city wall. A soldier will threaten the arrows and rains of flying stones, wad through the narrow road paved with sand and stones, climb up the cloud ladder to kill the enemy troops who are surrounded and climb up the city wall. This is the first step.

Throughout the dynasties, the first-class people who dared to die were particularly valued. The rewards for promotion and titles, money, land, houses, and servants were almost higher than killing generals and robbing flags.

Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo of the Han Dynasty, Le Jin of the Three Kingdoms, and Zhang Shigui of the Tang Dynasty, these were all first generals, and played an immeasurable role in the victory of the war.

Of course, this is a martial arts show, so it is impossible to really play so ruthlessly. The most difficult part is to imitate the battlefield and build a narrow bridge. Several pendulums swept left and right, and they were broken when touched. In addition, behind the vertical pillars where the pendulum was set up, some imperial guards were arranged to block them, increasing the difficulty.

This level is a level that opens the gap. People like Yuan Pengfei and Jun Shi who are quick-witted are even more invincible. The other ten people can only eat dust behind them.

Lunis was a rare. Facing the trench that was more than two meters wide, he didn't dare to jump over. He watched the others jump over, and then he gritted his teeth and jumped over.

When he encountered a big pendulum, Junshi looked at the frequency, found the gap and rushed over, and then fought with the guards.

Yuan Pengfei was faster than him. Regardless of whether the pendulum was there or not, a lazy donkey rolled over with his palm and floated over. He then swept the hall leg and swept the guard down, got up and continued to rush forward.

Lunis was panicked, and his face turned pale by the wind blowing around the pendulum. Seeing the gap, he didn't dare to pass directly. He lay on the floor and rolled over, and was beaten by two guards.

Recently, His Majesty the Emperor has improved a little, and is sitting in the stands with the Queen to watch the imperial guards' martial arts exercise.

Seeing the situation of martial arts at this moment, I said with satisfaction: "There are many talents in the imperial guards! The imperial guard who took the lead is of some interest, what is his name?"

Queen Wu didn't know the name of the unknown man, and swept her eyes to the imperial guards on the side.

The Imperial Commander has seen the list of candidates for military performances, and he still has an impression of this noble child: "Your Majesty, this person is Yuan Pengfei, the second son of Pingjinhou."

"No, not bad, quite like his father's style." He exclaimed again: "I'm afraid I'm a general who climbs first after breaking the formation, which is a bit interesting."

This admiration made the people around him cheer up and looked at Yuan Pengfei.

Every ambitious emperor will pay special attention to civil and military achievements. An excellent general can play a vital role, and everyone will pay special attention to it.

Every general who can be called a first-level general must have unique skills in climbing the city first. He cannot be granted a title of marquis unless he has military achievements. However, he will definitely have a lot of military achievements in breaking the city repeatedly, and he will have the potential to be granted a title of marquis in the future.

Just as I was watching the fun here, Yuan Pengfei arrived at the last small level, climbed up to the top of the ladder, snatched his hands and snatched his stick and fell down the last two guards, and successfully climbed the city.

Standing on the top and looking down, Junshi was not far from the finish line, and Lunis was still spinning around the way, fighting with the two guards. As for the Hu people who took his money to help him, they were still fighting with the guards not far behind him!

Seeing that the time was running out, the drum beats became more urgent, and guards everywhere performed a national football team-style release.

Lunis suddenly felt no pressure, and he jumped like he was playing in the water. Except for being careful of the mechanism, he was unobstructed all the way, which made Yuan Pengfei laugh so much that he saw it.

This also reflects a situation where Empress Wu has a great influence among the imperial guards, and there are quite a few people who are willing to work for him. I guess except for a coup that goes against the righteousness, he can do anything, and I don’t know how the emperor was.

When Lunis stepped onto the city wall, the drums gradually ended. In this first level of cavalry battle, the only three of them were left.

Empress Wu, who was sitting on the platform, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Prince Kang has traveled thousands of miles to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty must also show a broad mind. It is better to let Junshi compete with Yuan Pengfei first, and the winner will then fight against Prince Kang."

She wanted to reduce the opponents of Prince Kang, but with the hat of a great country, the emperor couldn't refuse, so he had to agree.

Princess Mingyue stood aside and felt even more uncomfortable. Her winning rate dropped from 65% to 40%. What kind of deep hatred does Empress Wu have with her? Do you have to marry her to the Western Regions?

This is melancholy, Lunis is happy, but Jun is actually relieved. He looked at Yuan Pengfei, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

At first, Yuan Pengfei didn't understand what this smile meant, and he thought it was a tough battle, and at least he had to fight dozens of rounds and play a dangerous move to win.

But he immediately understood that Junshi was a bad actor. Within three rounds, the spear in his hand fell to the ground and lost.

A cavalry captain with a skilled bow and horse could not hold the spear. Is his opponent the overlord Xiang Yu or the war god Lu Bu?

This acting is really bad, and his performance is so bad, it is obvious that he doesn't want to fight against Lunis!

Sweeping the expressions of everyone in the stands, Yuan Pengfei saw Queen Wu’s stiff face and felt ten thousand grass mud horses flashing through his mind.

He suddenly understood that one of his most important goals in this trip was actually the driving force behind all this. Jun Shi wisely gave up the final duel, but left him on the fire to accept the scorching.

But he still had no choice but to put the client's task there unless he wanted the task to fail.

Thinking of this, he could only selectively forget Queen Wu's face and carefully prepare for the final competition.

Lunis changed into protective armor, held a wooden gun in his hand, and rode on a war horse to face the enemy from afar.

His eyes were not on his opponent, but on Princess Mingyue in the distance. All his efforts were for her, and all the hardships he suffered today were for her.

This is the last competition. His ambition to win the game can take the first and most important step.

He is a person who demands perfection and not only wants to get the princess, but also wants to get the princess' heart if possible.

But the princess's expression was still so calm, without sadness, without joy, and without pity, like a wooden man.

Lunis couldn't figure out what the princess was thinking at the moment. He only knew that the princess probably didn't have him in her heart.

Retracting his gaze and those complicated emotions, he looked at the opponent in front of him again.

He always thought that his opponent was the general-style Junshi Duwei. Unexpectedly, such a person came out from the way, which was beyond his expectations.

But for him, no matter who his opponent is, he must win.

"Dong~Dong~Dong!"

The war drums were ringing, and through a half-man-high wooden railing, the two of them instigated the war horses at the same time and launched an attack on their opponents.

The distance of dozens of meters was fleeting, and the two horses were in conflict, and two wooden guns left with one strike, and then returned to the location where they launched their attacks.

None of them was born to defeat people in one go. This confrontation was a very ordinary test.

In terms of strength and skills, the two are almost the same, and it is normal to be difficult to decide the winner in a short period of time. In terms of endurance, Yuan Pengfei has the advantage. Lunis has not known how many hits he has been beaten. Now he can fight on a horse, which is already his ambition and perseverance supporting him.

Bang, two wooden guns hit again, Lunis's strength was consumed, and Yuan Pengfei's winning rate increased a little.

Princess Mingyue stood in the stands with a rare smile on her lips, thinking to herself: If you buy an inconspicuous guard, you can do such a big thing, and this transaction will make a lot of money.

She looked at Empress Wu, and she was a little gloating. The method of suppressing her Aye was ineffective, which was a blow to the queen's prestige.

Moreover, when His Majesty the Emperor appeared, the ministers should have fallen with the wind like fences, and Queen Wu's life was sad.

In the martial arts field below, the eighth round was already in the blink of an eye, and Lunis's hand holding the spear was no longer stable.

But this time, before he could swing his spear, the war horse he sat down seemed to be shocked, raised its front hooves and made a painful neigh.

Yuan Pengfei, who was riding a horse next to him, shot him down on the horse, and the winner was decided immediately.

At that moment, Lunis heard a heartbreaking voice, which was his ambition.

People always pay attention to the first and the second one does not matter who it is. Even if he is a prince, no one cares.

Lunis was carried down directly, and Junshi stood in the corner below, looking at Yuan Pengfei, who was received by the Lord, in a complicated mood.

Empress Wu is not Emperor Wu after all, and the authentic emperor is still here. No matter how much dissatisfaction she has in her heart, it is difficult to express it. She can only write a note to Yuan Pengfei in her heart and wait for future rewards.

Defeating Prince Kang and promoting the prestige of the Tang Dynasty is always something worth celebrating.

Li Zhi was also very happy and looked at him with admiration: "Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Chapter completed!