The next day, on April 17, the appearance of the school grounds changed drastically.

In the huge school grounds, the Yulin warriors used ropes to circle the racecourse, set up a shooting range, and marked out areas. Others, such as large and small stone locks to test their strength, and crossbows to test their shooting skills, all responded.

Everything.

To the east of the school ground where the banners were fluttering, a high platform was set up. There were big drums on the platform, horns, golden gongs and other instruments. Amidst a melodious and low sound of horns, the Ling Emperor climbed onto the high platform. Sitting on the dragon throne, the Ling Emperor

I'm going to watch today.

Seeing this, the scholars who lined up in the school grounds were very excited.

On the high platform, Liu Bei held a big flag and waved it vigorously.

There is a signal to start the test, winter! winter! winter! winter! The war drums are beating, and the sound is like muffled thunder.

The martial arts competition has begun.

More than 8,000 scholars, led by Shi Yulin, were divided into dozens of teams and entered the school grounds at the same time.

Among the martial arts trials, the first test is to test your strength.

The scholars had to walk up to the stone ropes and lift them one by one from the largest to the smallest.

The smallest stone rope weighs forty kilograms. One person can carry one hand and one lock. The person who can walk fifty steps with eighty kilograms of weight on his body will pass the test.

If not, it will be eliminated.

The stone locks in the field are accumulated from sixty kilograms to ten kilograms, and are increased to the maximum. A single lock is one hundred and eighty kilograms. This is used to determine the talent with amazing strength.

At a certain venue, a participant who was as skinny as a stick walked up to the stone rope. He struggled to lift the stone rope. It weighed forty kilograms. This person could grit his teeth and lift it, but after lifting it, the whole person was shaking and walking.

After only two steps, Shi Suodong fell to the ground with a sound as he could no longer lift it up.

Seeing that this man could not lift even the smallest stone rope, the onlookers burst into laughter.

In this imperial examination, more than 8,000 people took part in the examination. Among them, there was a mixture of good and bad, and there were all kinds of people. Therefore, in the strength test, the performance of the candidates varied.

If a person taking the test can lift a stone lock and walk fifty steps, everyone onlookers will cheer. If a person with infinite strength can lift a heavy object that others cannot lift, the cheers will be even more enthusiastic.

The first martial arts test, like the first nine subjects of the literary test, specifically differentiates between different levels of difficulty.

The weights of different stone locks from light to heavy are detailed and over-smoothed, accurately dividing the strength of the test participants into different gradients.

Each person who takes part in the test will be able to lift the maximum weight of one hundred and twenty kilograms. If he can bear the maximum weight of one hundred and twenty kilograms, Shi Yulin will hand-write a slip saying one hundred and twenty kilograms and hand it over to the participant.

If you can't even lift the lightest weight, you won't get a score.

Different from the literary test, which takes several seconds to take, in the strength test, one person passed in a blink of an eye. Soon, it was Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's turn.

Yuan Shao was the first to take the stage. Yuan Shao honestly started with the lightest stone lock, carried it twenty-five steps to the white line in front, and then turned back.

Yuan Shao was able to bear the lightest stone rope of forty kilograms.

Yuan Shao carried the stone rope and walked all the way back and forth. When he passed the border, everyone who was not present below cheered for him.

Cao Cao was also one of the people who peeked out from the field to watch.

Seeing Yuan Shao finish testing forty kilograms of stone ropes and going to lift fifty kilograms of stone ropes, Cao Cao was thoughtful.

Soon after, Yuan Shao was defeated at 70 jins. He carried 70 jins with one hand and a total of 140 jins with both hands. Halfway through, Yuan Shao was exhausted and had to give up midway.

Before lifting the seventy kilograms, Yuan Shao lifted forty kilograms, fifty kilograms, and sixty kilograms for three rounds.

After a dozen people, it was Cao Cao's turn.

There were many pairs of large and small stone locks on the school grounds. Cao Cao looked past the smallest 40-jin lock, then past the slightly larger 50-jin lock, and finally, he wandered between sixty-jin and seventy-jin.

Cao Cao was familiar with Yuan Shao and knew Yuan Shao's strength in detail.

Cao Cao thought to himself, "The original stature is higher than mine, and when I compete with others on a daily basis, my strength is also greater than mine."

In the past few days, Ben Chu felt that the food was not good, and he had eaten very little, so he was exhausted.

He can't carry seventy pounds, but I, maybe...)

Cao Cao cleverly judged the weight he should choose based on Yuan Shao's strength and Yuan Shao's condition. After thinking about it, Cao Cao made up his mind and walked directly to the Seventy Jin Lock.

Cao Cao was the first person to skip the level without mentioning the light lock. The Yu Linshi on the side wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he acquiesced in Cao Cao's behavior.

Seventy kilograms of locks were quite heavy. Cao Cao asked Yu Lin Shi to help lift the two locks to his side. Seeing that Cao Cao was dressed luxuriously and seemed to be a very human being, Yu Lin Shi patiently helped him.

Cao Cao was so shrewd that he didn't even want to waste his energy on moving the stone lock. He could save his energy when he could.

Cao Cao bent down and grabbed the handle of the stone lock. When he tightened his grip, he groaned and lifted the stone lock with force.

As much as 140 kilograms of weight were added to his shoulders, and Cao Cao's body was swaying under the pressure. He walked forward with the lock in hand, and his walking was even more wobbly.

"Mengde, hold on! Stay calm and don't panic!"

Outside the court, Yuan Shao kindly encouraged his friends with words.

Considering that Cao Cao was a head shorter than Yuan Shao, even Yuan Shao's seventy-pound lock was broken, which was already approaching Cao Cao's limit.

In the short distance of fifty steps, Cao Cao walked and ran, beeping and squeaking, and finally finished. When he reached the end, he pushed the stone lock forward with all his strength. With two sounds of winter and winter, the stone lock fell heavily to the ground.

Even the tall Yuan Shao could not lift the seventy kilogram stone rope, but Cao Cao lifted it.

This is not because Cao Cao is really stronger than Yuan Shao, but because Cao Cao is smarter.

Yuan Shao tried three rounds of forty kilograms, fifty kilograms, and sixty kilograms, but his strength was greatly consumed. However, Cao Cao cleverly jumped to the next level without a lot of strength being consumed, so he naturally achieved better results.

Earlier, when taking the math test, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were about the same in math skills. However, Yuan Shao was upright and persisted in solving problems, while Cao Cao was smart enough to make quick decisions. Therefore, in the math test, their math skills were similar.

Of the two, Cao Cao's performance was much better than Yuan Shao's.

The same is true now. Yuan Shao is stronger than Cao Cao, but in the end, Cao Cao's results are better.

The test begins from the moment you step into the examination room. The competition of ability is not just in the test papers.

After passing the first section of the strength test and walking forward with the queue, Cao Cao looked forward and saw a shooting range in front of him. The civilians in front were shooting at the target with their bows.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He had just finished lifting the heavy object and his arm was sore. Cao Cao thought, if he tests his shooting skills like this, his hand is unstable and he will definitely not be able to shoot accurately.

Cao Cao touched the person in front of him with his hand, and the person in front looked back.

Cao Cao whispered, "Tell the people in front to slow down your hands and feet and wait a little longer. We have just finished exerting our strength, so we should take a rest."

At this time, Cao Cao's status came into play. Seeing that Cao Cao was dressed in a noble manner, the civilian scholars knew that Cao Cao was a man of status, so they followed Cao Cao's instructions and spread the news forward.

News spread to the front one after another. Everyone reacted to this reminder and realized that the longer they rested and their strength recovered, the better they could shoot the bow.

Cao Cao reminded me that when the people in front came on stage, they deliberately slowed down and delayed as much as possible.

There are more than forty people in front of Cao Cao. These forty people are deliberately delaying time, which will make the entire team's physical recovery time several times longer than that of other teams. Therefore, Cao Cao's team will have a huge advantage.

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And Yuan Shao comes on stage.

When Yuan Shao came on stage, he picked up a bow, put on an arrow, and shot ten arrows at the target sixty steps away. The person guarding the target reported that eight out of ten hits. This result is better than that of most people.

Everything is fine. Yuan Shao's ejaculation is outstanding.

Later, it was Cao Cao's turn to play. Cao Cao shot without taking the bow. He spent a long time picking among dozens of bows and chose a bow with a stiff bow.

There was a lot of digging in the basket, and I carefully selected ten good arrows, and then started shooting at the target.

Like Yuan Shao, he shot ten arrows in a row, eight out of ten. One of the two arrows Cao Cao missed almost hit the target. It can be seen that Cao Cao specially selected the bow and arrow, and it was still useful.

According to the requirements of the martial arts test, those who make five out of ten steps out of sixty are considered to have passed the test.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao achieved excellent results, and both of them got a bamboo slip of "8 out of 10 in 60 steps".

Further on, there are several shooting ranges in succession, and the targets are getting farther and farther away.

When Yuan Shao came on stage, he just took the bow and shot as usual, without any thought.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, took the trouble to select bows one after another.

Finally, at the target of seventy steps, Cao Cao hit five out of ten, and Yuan Shao only hit four. When it came to the target of eighty steps, Cao Cao only hit one, and Yuan Shao hit none.

Yuan Shao was strong, had long arms, and had better innate conditions than Cao Cao. He usually hunted, and Yuan Shao's shooting skills were better than Cao Cao's. However, Yuan Shao, who lacked consideration, once again lost to the careful Cao Cao.

In target shooting, the top test is to plant a short stake as high as a person a hundred steps away, with a red mark the size of a person's head painted on the stake. There are only a few people who can pass the test to the hundred-step shooting range. Cao Cao looked at the shooting range from a distance.

At that time, there was no one there.

In the two categories of strength and target shooting, nearly half of the contestants have been eliminated. There are nearly 8,000 contestants. Most of them are not limited to strength. The vast majority of those eliminated have been eliminated in the archery category. Many of them have acceptable strength.

In the archery category, at a distance of 60 steps, five out of ten shots were difficult to shoot. Most of these candidates who were eliminated were from the poor people at the bottom.

Although poor people have little physical strength, their family background cannot support long-term practice of archery. In the field test, they can get five out of ten out of sixty steps. This standard is above the average level in the army.

Under the high threshold, many people with poor shooting skills were eliminated.

After Cao Cao and Yuan Shao passed the target shooting test, there was a new test ahead, which Cao Cao and Yuan Shao couldn't understand.

I saw that in the examination room in front, the Yulin Army drew a white line on the ground, making people stand in front of the line and jump forward.

After watching it for a long time, Cao Cao vaguely understood that this was to test his ability to jump over ditches and streams.

After a while, it was Yuan Shao's turn to step forward.

Yuan Shao felt that the Cu Leap frog posture was too ugly, so he jumped around with a straight face and dealt with it hastily.
To be continued...