Chapter 195: Elite Soldiers (1)

With such a topic, how many people could complete it! The entire army was wiped out in the first round, and the soldiers who had been full of confidence just now finally became nervous.

"Start."

The second batch of people rushed out. The first person to climb out of the deep pit looked very familiar. Gu Yun squinted slightly to look—it was—Luo Yan! In the rainforest, he had left a deep impression on her. Seeing his bones were even and his muscle explosive power was also very strong, passing the high wall was not a problem, but she didn't know if he could hit the feather.

Luo Yan passed the obstacles all the way, his movements clean and neat. As Gu Yun expected, he was the first to get a long arrow. Luo Yan glanced at the feather in the distance and, without hesitation, drew his bow to the full and fired. The pure white feather was nailed straight onto the target!

Good archery! Good eyesight! Gu Yun was secretly delighted; this person was a talent worth molding!

This group's results were very good, with four people hitting the feather.

The next few groups were not bad, and Leng Xiao and Ge Jingyun were also selected respectively, but among the new recruits Gu Yun had led at the time, only the two of them were selected. Seeing that the competition was already halfway over and those selected were basically all from the Fu Hu Camp, Liu Xing sighed in a low voice: "The Fu Hu Camp is too powerful; among our batch of new recruits, not many people have the chance to shoot arrows."

The small general who was a new recruit with him also sighed secretly: "Yeah, it's not like everyone is Leng Xiao or Ge Jingyun!"

"No way." Liu Xing shouted gloomily: "The boss originally taught us, but after the selection, there aren't many of our own people left. It's too shameful; we can't let the people from the Fu Hu Camp look down on us!" They had fought with their lives to get into the three thousand, so they were really unwilling to lose just like this!

"Exactly!" In their row, there were three or four new recruits who had been under Gu Yun's command. They were also unwilling, but they had no way to deal with it: "What should we do now? We really aren't as strong as them!"

A flash of craftiness crossed Liu Xing's eyes, and he laughed low twice. Taking advantage of the fact that the front was still competing, he lowered his head and whispered a few words to the people around him. After hearing it, the people around looked at each other, and finally pointed at Liu Xing and said: "Good! Let's do it! You go!"

Liu Xing was stunned, then nodded vigorously! Soon it was their group's turn.

"Start." At Han Shu's order, fifty people rushed into the deep pit in a swarm.

However, miraculously, a young figure jumped out of the pit almost at the same time he fell in, as light as a swallow.

After him, another person came out of the deep pit as easily as he did. Everyone was dumbfounded. Looking into the pit, they found that two people in the big pit were using their bodies as support, letting them step on them to jump up. Those soldiers who had lost in the pit were furious one after another: "How can they do this?"

The soldiers were all unconvinced, but Gu Yun on the high position only lifted her eyebrows slightly, watching all this with a smile, while Su Ling watched coldly from the sidelines. Since neither of the two masters called a stop, the competition naturally continued.

Although Liu Xing and the other two small generals grabbed the initiative, the strength of the Fu Hu Camp was after all higher than theirs. By the time they reached the high platform, four or five people had already crossed it. Liu Xing and the two small generals tried once, but they could only jump to half the height of the high wall.

Seeing two more people cross, the two small generals looked at each other, gritted their teeth, one set a horse stance, and the other stepped on his shoulders to stack an arhat, while shouting at Liu Xing: "Liu Xing, go!" "Mm!" Clenching his fists, Liu Xing used the shoulders of the two and finally got onto the high platform, jumped down from the high place, rushed over happily, and grabbed the last long arrow. At the same time, Yu Shijun also said to the people behind: "Retreat."

Many people glared at Liu Xing indignantly. A burly man who had followed Liu Xing and also crossed the high platform but failed to get an arrow couldn't help but roar: "They cheated, it's unfair!"

Once someone started, the soldiers who were already under the high platform and couldn't climb over also shouted one after another: "Right! Unfair!" The scene instantly appeared somewhat chaotic. Yu Shijun looked at Gu Yun in a dilemma; Liu Xing and the others were indeed cheating. Gu Yun ignored their clamor and said loudly: "Shoot arrows." At her command, the few people who got the arrows didn't dare to hesitate and continued to shoot arrows.

Long arrows were nailed to the targets one by one, and only three hit the feather. One of them was shot by Liu Xing.

The matter was a foregone conclusion. Everyone thought Gu Yun wouldn't pay attention to the indignant burly man, but Gu Yun suddenly looked at him and asked calmly: "Where is it unfair?"

The burly man thought he wasn't wrong, looked back at Gu Yun firmly, and said loudly: "They swarmed up like this to help one person, naturally they can cross the obstacles, but he didn't come over based on his own ability at all. To those who are stronger than him, it's unfair!"

Those soldiers who also fell behind nodded one after another, expressing the dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Gu Yun didn't get angry and said indifferently: "I made it very clear just now that as long as you cross these obstacles, the ten fastest people are qualified to shoot arrows. Did I say you couldn't collaborate as a team? Why don't you ask why they didn't push others but were willing to be stepping stones for him?"

The burly man glanced at Liu Xing, who had hit the feather with one arrow, then looked at the few small generals behind the high wall who hadn't been able to jump over but were still full of smiles, and remained silent, not answering Gu Yun's question. His expression also slowly calmed down.

He didn't speak, but Gu Yun didn't intend to give up this opportunity to let them understand what team collaboration was. Pointing to the feather still fluttering on the arrow tip, she said: "Because the last level compares eyesight, precision, and stability. In the probability of ten out of fifty, they chose to let the person most likely to win come over! I want soldiers who have brains and courage, who know how to make trade-offs, not brutes!"

The clear voice echoed on the wide drill ground, every word clear, not because of how loudly Gu Yun shouted, but because no one dared to refute.

The few who had just clamored about unfairness all lowered their heads silently. Su Ling couldn't help but smile. These burly men who had been by his side for many years, who had once made many opponents tremble with fear, were speechless in front of her today.

Gu Yun didn't even look at them again and said to Han Shu: "Continue."

Han Shu snapped back to his senses and immediately shouted: "Start." Another row lined up and rushed into the deep pit. The competition proceeded in an orderly manner, and sixty groups took two hours to finally finish.

Glancing at the pitifully few hundred people left, Han Shu let out a long sigh of relief, walked to Gu Yun, and said in a low voice: "Finished, only three hundred and twenty-one passed."

Gu Yun nodded gently, not seeming to feel there were few people, and smiled: "Dismiss the others, gather those who remain, I have something to say."

"Yes." Han Shu took the order and left. All night, Su Ling hadn't said a word; it was all that little girl directing. Those forward deputy generals who looked majestic also let her drive them. Although he had seen her performance tonight, Su Yan had some good feelings for her, but he was still not very happy in his heart: "Since when did the General's Mansion change owners!"

Compared to his awkwardness, Su Qing praised generously: "This girl is interesting, maybe she really is the person we are looking for."

"I don't think so, she only knows how to play with words, what's the use?" With such a weak body, no matter how smart she was, what could she do?

"I think this girl is not bad. Having only brute force and no brains is hard to achieve great things." After Su Quan finished speaking, he even glanced at him in a way that was neither here nor there. Su Yan's tiger eyes lifted, and he roared fiercely: "I say old third, who are you saying has brute force and no brains!"

Su Quan smiled and didn't answer. Su Yan held his breath and couldn't let it out. If he got angry, wouldn't that mean he was the one with brute force and no brains!

Gu Yun had black lines all over her head. Did they think their voices were very small? Over fifty years old and still able to argue like children. Exchanging a glance with Su Ling, Gu Yun found he was smiling at her with a calm face, looking like he was used to it. Gu Yun immediately decided to completely ignore these three old men, otherwise, she didn't know if she would be able to stop herself from doing something to them.

Turning around, the three hundred and twenty-one people had finished lining up. Gu Yun raised a brilliant smile and said: "Congratulations to everyone for passing the small test just now. The selection for tonight can now begin."

Huh?

The one just now was only—a small test!

The soldiers looked at Gu Yun blankly. At this moment, the smile on her face gave people a creepy feeling. Some remembered the painful frog jumps, some remembered the fat worms in the jungle, and more people were confused, not knowing if they were dead or alive.

The soldiers stared at her blankly. Seeing many familiar terrified eyes among them, Gu Yun was in an exceptionally good mood, and the words she said were exceptionally light: "Everyone don't be nervous, the test topic tonight is very simple." It would have been better if she hadn't said it; once she said it was very simple, the soldiers who had suffered losses before almost broke into a cold sweat. The more relaxed and simple she said it was, the more miserable they would usually die.

"Han Shu." Gu Yun raised her hand slightly toward Han Shu not far away. He lifted a huge black burlap cloth, and under the cloth were sandbags piled into a small mountain.

"Everyone come over and take ten sandbags, four tied to the legs, six tied to the waist." Han Shu's loud voice roared, and even on the empty drill ground, it could be heard clearly.

The three hundred soldiers put away the doubts in their hearts and quickly jogged to the small mountain, tying the sandbags to their bodies, their movements neat and without hesitation. Han Shu saw that there were less than thirty sandbags left on the ground, and he secretly slandered in his heart: No wonder her previous topics were so tricky; it turned out she never intended to let many people enter this level from the beginning.

After they lined up again, Gu Yun continued: "On the top of Yuquan Peak ten miles away, there is a soldier holding a red silk ribbon. You run there and bring one back. I won't limit the time, but the last ten people to return can return to the camp on their own."

According to previous experience, it was impossible for Gu Yun to come up with such a simple topic. The soldiers waited motionless for her to continue, but there was no follow-up for a long time. Finally, they only waited for Gu Yun to wave her hand at them dashingly: "Set off."

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