The so-called skill competition is an idea that Luo Shixin emerged from the martial arts competition and various sports competitions in history.

It is true that the army is a place where the overall situation is concerned, but the individual's combat ability is still very necessary. In particular, the cooperation between personal combat power and the team can achieve unexpected results.

This is the case with the Jiesheng Army under his command. The Jiesheng Army's tactics are extremely simple, just killing. They can kill wherever the commander goes. Luo Shixin or Xi Junmai use their own strength to guide the Jiesheng Army to launch an attack. They use their powerful martial arts to break the formation and forcefully tear a crack. The Jiesheng Army uses its terrifying and fierce lethality to expand the cracks that Luo Shixin and Xi Junmai break, complementing each other and maximizing their strength.

Ordinary soldiers may not be able to do this, but choosing the best position among them to be awarded the captain, with him as the leader, and leading the team to charge, will obviously be more effective than letting a mediocre person lead the team to charge.

Luo Shixin can tell the strength of a person's martial arts, but it is obviously impossible to identify and test one by one. The victory or defeat of the game is the most fair and just. Moreover, everyone's strengths and weaknesses are different, especially after mastering the Modao Formation, Luo Shixin became more aware of this problem. There are no invincible troops in this world, only invincible troops.

If the army wants to be invincible, a single army is definitely not good. Cavalry is known as the king tank on land, but even cavalry has relative weaknesses. They are highly mobility but weak in defense. Grasp this weakness and amplify the weakness. Then they can win by fighting cavalry in infantry. In history, Li Ling led 5,000 infantry to fight with 80,000 Huns in Junji Mountain, and used isolated troops to go deep into the army. He fought tens of thousands of troops, and relied on powerful crossbows and sharp arrows.

This is not because the Huns were not strong at that time, nor because the Han army had extinguished chicken blood, but because Li Ling magnified the weaknesses of the Hun cavalry and achieved brilliant results.

Therefore, even if Luo Shixin now has more than 60,000 war horses, he did not intend to develop all 30,000 soldiers into cavalry. Infantry has the advantages of infantry and cavalry has the advantages of cavalry. To give full play to the strengths of infantry cavalry is the king of victory, rather than blindly seeking cavalry.

The Turks made the Modao Formation tightly restrained. The reason is that they are single soldiers. The weaknesses and advantages are actually placed in front of them, so that they can be completely restrained. If the Turks had a heavy infantry to resist the killing crossbow of the Modao Formation, the power of the Modao Formation would be reduced by a level. If the Turks had a powerful crossbow that could pierce the Modao Formation, it would be difficult for the Modao Formation to operate freely.

This is the restraint between the troops. It is also the key to the success of the Modao Formation. The Turks did not have heavy infantry and powerful crossbow arrows.

As a nomadic people, the Turks had their own advantages in cavalry battles, while as a farming people, the disadvantages of soldiers in cavalry shooting were inevitable.

Luo Shixin rationally felt that there was no need to blindly teach the Turks in riding and shooting, and still decided to give full play to the advantages of their Central Plains nations and face the war that would not be possible with technology and cooperation between the troops.

Therefore, the competition events are divided into several types, including horse fighting, hiking fighting, riding and shooting, shooting skills, and elbow strength. The future will be arranged based on the soldiers' hobbies and their own strengths.

There was originally a riding technique, but Luo Shixin took a big stroke. The future combat riding technique is basic. Even the cemetery tribe must be able to ride a horse to enhance the movement and marching speed of the army. If you can't ride a basic horse, just brush it down, which is not considered in the use.

Luo Shixin was not stingy with the rewards of the winners. Those who won the first place in the project were awarded the position of team chief and also gave him war horses and weapons armor. He, the general of the Datang army, and the governor of Xiazhou, would personally present awards to the winning soldiers. The remaining top ten can receive generous rewards, and the top hundred have exquisite gifts.

Under the temptation of fame and fortune, there are endless people who actively sign up for the competition.

It took half a month of knockout rounds to select the top 50 in each event.

Those who break through the siege from 30,000 strokes have certain abilities.

Every contestant who has won the position of sergeant will be awarded the position of sergeant commander and become the grassroots leader in the army.

Those who performed well in the horses were arranged to enter the cavalry battalion, and those who performed well in the hiking martial arts were arranged to enter the infantry battalion. Whether to be a nimble jumping soldier or a spearman who was good at stabbing, they were also assigned to their respective strengths. Those who performed well in the cavalry were arranged to enter the cavalry battalion, and those who had outstanding abilities were the Modao Guards.

In order to show caution at the end of this event, Luo Shixin specially divided the top 50 competition into three days.

Especially the final victory and award ceremony were arranged on a separate day.

I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs running!

Since childhood, such award ceremony will frequently occur in schools and TV. Luo Shixin set up the award ceremony table and task process with memory, and specially let the eloquent Wang Xuance serve as the host.

Wang Xuance was wearing a handsome literati uniform, holding a gathering trumpet in his hand, saying inspiring words, and invited all the winners to the podium. He said festive words in his heart and invited Luo Shixin to the stage.

Luo Shixin gave Wang Xuance a look of praise. No wonder in history, Li Shimin arranged for Wang Xuance to serve as an envoy of other countries and to go to the Western Regions. His casual eloquence, witty conversation, and unparalleled verbal response, his linguistic talent is really outstanding. If he lived in the 21st century, he would be 100% a top diplomat.

Wang Xuance smiled without moving and continued to do what he should do now.

“Now let our generals present awards to the winners of all projects!”

Amid the celebration, Luo Shixin came to the winner of the horse's martial arts competition and awarded the winner's reward in front of the three armies.

The winner looked excited and couldn't even speak at the idol in front of him.

"Your name is Zhu Yi? Good name, I'm not old. I've watched your game. My marksmanship is very good, but I lack some tension and momentum. I'm not decisive enough when taking action. I'm optimistic about you."

Zhu Yi felt so happy that he was about to faint. The general of the army, the most famous general of the Tang Dynasty, personally guided him in martial arts and presented him with awards and encouraged him. If this is spread, isn't it enviable to die?

"More, more generals are given guidance, Zhu Yi will definitely live up to the general's high expectations." Zhu Yi only felt that his voice was trembling.

Luo Shixin nodded with a smile, walked to the winner of the hiking martial arts, and said with a smile: "You really did it, it's a surprise."

This winner was actually He Feng, who escorted Zheng Liwan, the escort of the carriage and horses who had the courage to stand in front of him.

He Feng also looked excited and said, "I hope the general can keep his promise."

Luo Shixin laughed and said, "This is natural, but I'll give you a suggestion. I've watched your game. Your kung fu doesn't seem to be outstanding in my opinion, but my basic skills are extremely solid, so I feel ashamed of myself. This is valuable. I can accept you as my personal guard, but the most suitable place for you is Mo Dao Guard. I hope you can show the value of your existence in Mo Dao Guard, instead of blindly following me."

He Feng said respectfully: "I wish to listen to the commands of the general."

Luo Shixin pointed out the shortcomings of all the winners one by one, and gave the prizes to them in person, giving them encouragement.

After doing all this, he took the horn from Wang Xuance and put it on his lips and said loudly: "In your eyes, I see envy. But I want to tell you that if you are strong enough, you can become them. But if you are defeated, you can only look at them enviously. But you don't need to be discouraged. At this time next year, I will hold a competition in the army. If you want to stand out and get rewards, you will become them. You still have a chance next year."

As soon as Luo Shixin finished speaking, the soldiers below all cheered loudly.

Luo Shixin's style of doing things has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and he said that if he has it, he will definitely have it.

This is the first competition. Some people are not used to it, some people do not perform well, some people are not prepared enough, and most of them are not strong enough...

But no one is willing to admit that they are not good today and still not good next year. They are afraid that there will be no chance, and now Luo Shixin puts the chance in front of them again.

Those who do not seek to make progress may just take advantage of the situation, but there are always some soldiers with ideals and ambitions among the 30,000 people, with strange brilliance shining in their eyes. They failed this year, and they will definitely stand on this podium next year.

Looking at the Bian Bing with high morale below, Wang Xuance, as the host, looked at the man beside him, and his eyes were not only convinced: Looking back at the time, Bian Bing's morale was low, he was completely ambitious, and he was waiting to die. But now he not only drove away the Turks, but also raised his morale. Now he held such a large-scale skill competition.

At first he thought Luo Shixin was just a decision to fool the Turks, but as time approached, he found that Luo Shixin really planned to hold such a large-scale competition, and it was held very grandly.

He never understood the purpose and significance of Luo Shixin's doing this. Until today, he understood that Luo Shixin was counting birds with one stone and counting birds with one arrow.

A competition not only excavated the strengths of the soldiers and carried out reforms of the troops, allowing the soldiers to play their strengths, but also selected powerful basic officers from them to consolidate the overall strength of the border army, and at the same time inspired the soldiers' fighting spirit and gave them a goal to work hard.

In this way, there is no need to deliberately force the soldiers who yearn for success will practice their skills in private and develop a trend, which will drive the entire army.
Chapter completed!