"Huff ~! Huff ~! "
After settling everything, Li Zexuan returned to his tent. Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin were already asleep.
Even though the two of them wanted to know the outcome of the matter, they couldn't withstand the fatigue. After all, to Yuchi Baolin, the training during the day was extremely tiring, and to Cheng Chumo, helping Li Zexuan with the sand table in the afternoon was extremely taxing on his brain!
"These two fellows!"
Looking at the two sleeping men, Li Zexuan couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. He thought to himself, I have to fall asleep while listening to the snoring of these two brothers again!
Even though the two of them were nominally his personal guards, Li Zexuan had never treated them as his personal guards. To him, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin were his students, and more importantly, his brothers!
"Although I didn't manage to uncover Qiu Xinggong, the mastermind behind the scenes, I did manage to cut off one of his arms. I hope that old man can take care of himself and stop causing trouble for me in the next few months!"
After washing up, Li Zexuan laid on his bed and thought to himself.
He only joined the Black Armored Army because he was given an order in the nick of time. After the Black Armored Army's expedition to the north was over, even if Li Er didn't allow him to leave, he would still ask to leave. Joining the army wasn't his ambition, but it was the best way to help Tang get rid of the Turks!
If possible, he didn't want to become enemies with Qiu Xinggong during this period of time. After all, to the Black Armored Army, he was just a passerby. After the matter was settled, the Black Armored Army would return to its original state!
However, not wanting to become enemies didn't mean that he was afraid of it. Zhang Kangnian inciting the soldiers of the Wu Battalion to mutiny not only crossed Duan Zhixuan's bottom line, it also crossed Li Zexuan's bottom line. Since someone was trying to bully him, he naturally had to retaliate. That was why when Duan Zhixuan sentenced Zhang Kangnian and the others to death, he didn't plead for mercy like the previous time!
He wanted to use this opportunity to give Qiu Xinggong a warning so that the old man wouldn't cause trouble for him anymore!
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"Dong dong dong, dong dong dong dong!"
"The Great General has ordered all soldiers to gather at the drill ground!"
"The Great General has ordered all soldiers to gather at the drill ground!"
Early the next morning, before the sun had even risen, the sound of drums could be heard in the Black Armored Army's camp. All the soldiers in the camp heard the drums and immediately after, there were soldiers shouting to and fro in the various tents.
The military camp, which had been silent for an entire night, immediately began to move!
The soldiers who had been lying on the bed a moment ago stood up and quickly put on their armor.
Because the plate armor produced by the Strange Interest Pavilion was a full-body armor, it was difficult for one person to put it on. Usually, two people had to work together to put it on in the shortest time possible!
In fact, it wasn't just the new plate armour. The armour worn by the Black Armored Troops in the past wasn't something that could be easily worn either. Hence, in actual battles, many soldiers couldn't take off their armour when they slept. This was because the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing. One moment, they could be sleeping peacefully, but the next moment, the enemy could break into their camp!
"Why do we have to gather at the drill ground today?"
Although the soldiers were putting on their armor and preparing to assemble out of the habit of "obeying orders", they still couldn't help but find it strange.
As usual, unless there was an important matter, the first thing the soldiers did when they woke up in the morning was to train according to the training schedule of each camp. The soldiers of A, D and E Camps were to run 10 li with their armour on. The soldiers of B and C Camps were to practice their swordsmanship or lance skills. They could only go for breakfast after they finished running or practicing.
Going to the drill ground directly after waking up meant that there was likely to be an important announcement!
"Xiao Xuan, what time did you come back last night?"
In the tent, Cheng Chumo, who had been woken up by the drums, asked Li Zexuan as he and Yuchi Bao Lin helped each other put on their armour.
Li Zexuan's skills were a notch higher, so he didn't need any help to put on the armor. When he heard Cheng Chumo's question, he faintly replied, "I came back around midnight. Why?"
"It's a quarter to midnight! So late? Bao Lin and I should have been asleep by then! "
Cheng Chumo frowned and muttered under his breath. Then, he suddenly looked excitedly at Li Zexuan and asked, "Then how was the battle last night? Did Bai Shanhai bring Sun Tao to the meeting? Did the Grand General go with you to catch the traitors? "
Seeing Cheng Chumo's eagerness for knowledge and that this fellow had helped him resolve a hidden danger, Li Zexuan patiently explained.
"Sun Tao didn't go last night, but the lieutenant of the Third Battalion, Zhang Kangnian, went. That bastard instigated Ding Dali and the others to mutiny on the spot. The Grand General, me, and Zhiping hid in the pile of firewood and heard their plan clearly. Then, we captured Zhang Kangnian, Bai Shanhai, Ding Dali, and the others!
"Captured all of them? And then? How did the Grand General deal with them? "
Cheng Chumo listened with great interest. After all, the reason why Duan Zhixuan and Li Zexuan were able to resolve Zhang Kangnian's plan so easily was mainly because he had informed them beforehand. Cheng Chumo waited for a long time, but Li Zexuan didn't continue, so he couldn't help but ask.
"How he dealt with them, you'll know in a while! It's getting late, why aren't you gathering at the drill ground? If you're late, you'll be the ones to be punished! "
Li Zexuan had already put on his armour. Hearing this, he rushed out of the tent and urged Cheng Chumo.
"Eh, Xiaoxuan, wait for us!"
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The Black Armored Army was an elite force, so the soldiers gathered very quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the five battalions were all gathered on the drill ground. Very quickly, the soldiers of the Third Battalion discovered an extremely abnormal and strange phenomenon. That was, their Lieutenant was actually missing!
Usually, for such a large gathering of the entire army, the Lieutenant, as the commanding officer of the battalion, couldn't and couldn't be absent. But today was just so strange. The soldiers of the Third Battalion scanned the entire drill ground with their eyes and didn't find Zhang Kangnian's figure. Not only that, some of them even discovered that there were people missing from the troop!
"Xu Jie, where's Meng Youjiang? Where did he go? "
"I don't know!"
"Isn't he staying in the same tent as you?"
"He was still here last night, but I didn't see him after I woke up early!"
"There's such a thing?"
"Guo Ming is also missing!"
Similar voices could be heard from more than one place in the Third Battalion.
The situation in the Third Battalion wasn't any better.
"Reporting! Lieutenant, there are a total of five people from our battalion that have not arrived. They are Bai Shanhai, Yang Chengyun, Wu Feibai, Tan Chengye and Zhao Xingwang! "
In front of the Third Battalion, Sun Tao, as the Lieutenant, was organizing the troops at the front. At this moment, the personal guard he sent to count the number of people ran back and cupped his fists and reported to him.
"Bai Shanhai, Yang Chengyun, Wu Feibai, Tan Chengye, Zhao Xingwang …"
When he heard these five names, Sun Tao's expression couldn't help but become unnatural. Because the five people that Zhang Kangnian "borrowed" from him were Bai Shanhai, Yang Chengyun, Wu Feibai, Tan Chengye and Zhao Xingwang!
"Where are they?"
After a moment of silence, Sun Tao forced himself to calm down and asked the personal guard.
Last night's incident happened at midnight. Most of the soldiers in the battalion were already asleep, and the secret meeting location that Zhang Kangnian chose was extremely secretive. Unless someone purposely sent someone to investigate like Qiu Xinggong, it was impossible to know what happened outside of the Fifth Battalion's kitchen last night. Sun Tao was no exception!
Sun Tao didn't participate in the entire plan to sow discord. He didn't know why Zhang Kangnian transferred Bai Shanhai and the rest, and he also didn't know that Zhang Kangnian was going to secretly meet the wounded soldiers of the Fifth Battalion in the Fifth Battalion's kitchen last night!
"Lieutenant, according to the squad leader of Bai Shanhai and the rest's tent, they were still in the tent last night, but they were all gone this morning!"
The personal guard bowed and replied.
"Gone …"
Sun Tao's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly had a very bad feeling. At this moment, Qiu Xinggong appeared on the high platform in front of the drill ground. However, compared to the past, Qiu Xinggong didn't seem to be in a good mood today. Sun Tao waved his hand at the personal guard and said, "Alright! I know, you can leave now! "
"Yes, Lieutenant!"
The personal guard cupped his fists and turned to leave.
'Looks like Zhang Kangnian must have started his operation last night, but it failed!'
Sun Tao thought to himself as he looked at the gloomy Qiu Xinggong on the high platform and the 'leaderless dragon' in front of the Third Battalion.
At this point, no matter how stupid he was, he could guess that something must have happened last night, and it was Zhang Kangnian who brought Bai Shanhai and the rest with him!
"The Grand General has arrived!"
At this moment, Duan Zhixuan appeared on the right front of the drill ground. The five battalions instantly quieted down. All the soldiers stopped moving and stood straight on the spot without moving an inch!
Duan Zhixuan quickly walked to the front of the drill ground. The Black Armored Soldiers below the stage shouted in unison, "Greetings, Grand General!"
Their voices were like a loud bell that could topple mountains and overturn seas!
"Rise, soldiers!"
Duan Zhixuan shouted loudly.
The soldiers below the stage stood straight again.
Duan Zhixuan's expression turned serious as he said in a deep voice, "I have gathered all the soldiers here today because I have something important to announce. "Last night, Lieutenant Zhang Kangnian of the Third Battalion led Bai Shanhai, Yang Chengyun, Wu Feibai, Tan Chengye, Zhao Xingwang of the Second Battalion, Zhao Fei, Sun Gang, Meng Youjiang, Han Cheng, Xu Peng, and Feng Qiang of the Third Battalion to secretly meet with Ding Dali, Yao Wude, and the injured soldiers of the Fifth Battalion in the kitchen of the Fifth Battalion.
"Zhang Kangnian instigated Ding Dali and the rest to mutiny by framing Adjunct Li and sowing discord among the soldiers. If it wasn't for Lieutenant Sun Zhiping of the Fifth Battalion arriving in time and arresting all of them, Zhang Kangnian's evil plan would have succeeded. At that time, our Black Armored Army would have become the laughing stock of the Twelve Capital Garrison Guards!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this!
Especially the soldiers of the Second and Third Battalions. They finally knew why their battalions were short of people today. It was because something so big had happened last night!
Mutiny in the army, that was a capital offense!
Although the soldiers below the General Appointment Stage were shocked, none of them whispered to each other due to their excellent military discipline. At the same time, they could feel a trace of murderous intent from Duan Zhixuan's tone!
As expected, Duan Zhixuan continued to speak.
"As the commander-in-chief of the Black Armored Army, I can't let the reputation of the Black Armored Army be ruined by such despicable people! Listen up, Zhang Kangnian led his men to secretly incite the soldiers to mutiny. His crime cannot be punished. At noon today, Zhang Kangnian, Bai Shanhai, Yang Chengyun, Wu Feibai, Tan Chengye, Zhao Xingwang, Zhao Fei, Sun Gang, Meng Youjiang, Han Cheng, Xu Peng, and Feng Qiang, a total of 11 people, will be executed in public!
As for the lieutenant of the Third Battalion, Adjunct Li will temporarily take over. From today onwards, the Third Battalion, First Battalion, Fourth Battalion, and Fifth Battalion will implement a new training program! "
The soldiers below the stage were shocked. They didn't expect Duan Zhixuan to be so ruthless. He killed one person in one breath, and one of them was even a lieutenant of the Third Battalion. It seemed like Duan Zhixuan was really angry!
On the other hand, Li Zexuan was a little surprised. He wasn't surprised by Duan Zhixuan's treatment of Zhang Kangnian. He was surprised that Duan Zhixuan had actually given him the position of lieutenant of the Third Battalion. This was something he had never expected!
"As you command!"
After hesitating for a moment, Li Zexuan saw Duan Zhixuan giving him a signal with his eyes. He could only step forward and bow.
Duan Zhixuan had helped him so much. He didn't want to disregard Duan Zhixuan's face. Furthermore, this lieutenant position was only given to him, and it wouldn't last forever. Furthermore, by taking over this lieutenant position, he had cut off one of Qiu Xinggong's arms in the Black Armored Troops. From now on, the Third Battalion would no longer be under Qiu Xinggong's personal use!
On the stage, Qiu Xinggong, who was standing behind Duan Zhixuan, had flames in his eyes and his face was twitching. Just as Li Zexuan had thought, Duan Zhixuan's action had directly cut off one of his arms in the Black Armored Troops! If he could, he really wanted to stand out and object. But he couldn't. Because he was heavily implicated in last night's incident, he still didn't know how much information Duan Zhixuan had obtained from Zhang Kangnian. Therefore, even though Qiu Xinggong had cut off one of his "arms", he could only endure it and didn't dare to act rashly!
Below the stage, after hearing Duan Zhixuan's words, Sun Tao couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Last night's incident had nothing to do with him, but Qiu Xinggong's decision had a lot to do with him! Because according to Qiu Xinggong's words, Li Zexuan would temporarily take over the position of lieutenant of the Third Battalion, and the Third Battalion would also have to start training according to the new drill. In this way, their Second Battalion would be the only battalion in the Black Armored Troops that still adhered to the old drill. This basically meant that Duan Zhixuan had tacitly acknowledged the superiority of the new drill. Then, what was the point of the competition between the Second and Fifth Battalions eight days later?
This was a competition that had already been lost before it even started!
At this moment, Sun Tao only wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, "I am so lonely!"
Of course, with this fellow's literary skills, he definitely wouldn't be able to say such a poetic sentence, but the general idea was still the same!
At this moment, Duan Zhixuan continued on the stage, "Ding Dali and the rest listened to slanderous words and disrupted the morale of the troops. They can be spared from death, but they can't escape punishment. Men, bring Sun Dali and the rest up. In front of all the soldiers, strip them of their clothes and flog them 40 times!"
"Yes, sir!"
Sun Zhiping hurriedly went up to receive the order.
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