Chapter 20: First round of elimination, Qin Qiong establishes his authority

As Qin Qiong gave an order, figures walked towards the pre-prepared platform. Ning Fan had deliberately made the platform small and barely able to accommodate a hundred people. But now nearly two hundred people were squeezed up, and everyone had very little space!

"Starting immediately, all generals will fight on the platform. Those who fall off the platform will be eliminated until there are only a hundred people left!"

"The drum sound is the signal, and the battle will begin after three drums!"

As soon as Qin Qiong finished speaking, the generals on the platform all showed a look of surprise. They didn't expect that nearly a hundred people would be eliminated at the beginning. This means that in just one round, nearly a hundred of them will bid farewell to the post of lieutenant!

For a moment, everyone had different expressions, some were happy and some were worried.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a dull drum sound, a group of generals also started a chaotic battle. After just a few encounters, several figures fell off the platform. The fight was fierce.

Qin Qiong looked at the chaotic battle of more than a hundred people on the high platform, put down the double maces in his hands, flew onto the fighting stage, and personally eliminated those lucky ones who were just filling in the numbers!

Most of those who can sit firmly in the position of lieutenant in the new army are of extraordinary origin and have two brushes in their hands. Don't underestimate those young men from aristocratic families. They have been taught by famous teachers since childhood, and many of them are even from generals. Their martial arts should not be underestimated.

In the battle circle, everyone was fighting endlessly, coming and going, rubbing their hands, and from time to time someone was taken off the high platform, with a touch of loneliness on his face, and some people fell to the ground and were carried down!

Qin Qiong wandered among the crowd. In just a few breaths, he knocked more than a dozen generals off the high platform, constantly looking for lucky ones with slightly inferior strength!

Everyone seemed to have noticed Qin Qiong's extraordinaryness, and all looked solemn.

"Everyone, the rules don't say that we are not allowed to join hands. Why don't we attack together and ask General Qin to go down first?"

"That's what I mean!"

Several men saw Qin Qiong's threat and approached him at the same time, forming a temporary alliance and attacking together.

"Come on!"

Qin Qiong shouted, and his expression became more serious. He clenched his fists and calmly dealt with the attacks of several people, seeming to be at ease!

"Awesome!"

Seeing that Qin Qiong was fighting against many people with a small number of people and was not at a disadvantage at all, many generals also felt a sense of respect. When they saw him attacking Gui Chi and the other two before, they realized that his martial arts was not simple!

But now that they have really fought with him, they know that this unprepossessing man has even better martial arts skills!

For a whole stick of incense, more and more people joined the sequence of besieging Qin Qiong, but not only did they not force him off the fighting stage, but they kicked several of them off by him.

"Nineteen more people will be eliminated, and the fight will end!"

"Eighteen people!"

"Seventeen people!"

Ning Fan stood on the stage, silently counting the number of people on the stage, and shouted loudly.

The fight on the stage was getting more and more intense. Those who could hold on to this moment were all extraordinary people. Seeing that they were about to enter the ranks of the hundred, everyone gathered their strength and fought for a future!

Qin Qiong glanced around and saw that the time was almost right. He flew away from the stage and landed beside Ning Fan, and also set his eyes on the generals below.

"How is it, have you found any good seedlings?"

"They have almost reached the third-rate level, and a few have stepped into the threshold of the second-rate!"

"There are a few good seedlings, but they seem to have never seen blood!"

Ning Fan nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Most of these generals are drawn from the imperial army. The imperial army is stationed in the capital and there is no war all year round. Compared with the border army, their strength is much worse!"

"The competition is over. The hundreds of people on the stage will rest for an incense stick before entering the second round!"

With Qin Qiong's loud shout, everyone on the martial arts stage also stopped, with a touch of joy on their faces. Although they may not be able to keep the position of captain, now the situation is uncertain, they still have a great chance!

And the people who fell off the stage had complicated expressions, with envy, unwillingness, and a little jealousy and disdain!

"Your Highness, how will the second round start?"

Nie Feng, who was standing beside Ning Fan, showed a hint of curiosity on his face. Qin Qiong chuckled and said, "The second round is a cavalry battle, which is also a melee. Each person will eliminate at least one person to determine the top 40!"

"Hiss!"

Nie Feng and the other two all changed their expressions. They didn't expect that a small battle for the position of lieutenant would be so fierce. Although they didn't personally participate in the competition, in such a cruel competition, even if they took action, they might not be 100% sure to win the position of lieutenant!

For a moment, the expressions of the three were quite complicated. Now that King Xuanyong has taken full control of the military camp, how will he arrange for the three of them?

Ning Fan seemed to have noticed their strange expressions, and said calmly: "Shubao, above the twenty lieutenants, I plan to set up five generals, each of whom will command four battalions. Do you have the confidence to take on the task?"

"My lord, I will definitely live up to your trust!"

"Very good!"

Ning Fan nodded with a smile, while Nie Feng and the other two looked at each other, their eyes flashing, and their expressions were different for a while.

"The time has come, all the generals are ready to enter the second round, and the cavalry battle will determine the top 40!"

"Begin!"

Qin Qiong did not go down to participate in the battle this time. After the first round, he had achieved his goal of establishing his prestige, so he would naturally not go down again, looking at the generals fighting on horseback below.

Ning Fan's eyes fell on the horses under the generals. Saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes seemed to be fully equipped. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. In his previous life, he had read many exciting stories in which the first thing the time traveler did was to offer the three treasures of horses. But these things are not high-tech products after all.

"These generals don't seem to be skilled in cavalry warfare!"

"Your Highness, the Imperial Guards are not good at cavalry warfare, and now there are less than a thousand horses in the 100,000 new troops, so all the generals are weak in cavalry warfare!"

"So that's it!"

Ning Fan pondered for a moment and said softly: "Since it is a new army, it cannot be without cavalry. I will return to the palace tomorrow and ask my father to allocate horses and train soldiers!"

Qiu Tianlu smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, I don't know that my Dayu has been fighting for many years, the borders are unstable, and horses are in short supply. The thousand horses in our new military camp are funded by the Chen family!"

"Oh?"

Looking at Ning Fan's suspicious face, Nie Feng said softly: "Your Highness, the Chen family has a horse farm in Jiangnan, which is also one of the main sources of my Dayu military horses!"

"Military horse farm!"

Ning Fan's eyes were shining with a gleam of brilliance, and his face was also surprised. He is worthy of being one of the four great families. I didn't expect that he actually held such an important resource in his hands!

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