Duan Zhixuan knew that it wasn't a good time to touch Qiu Xinggong. As the emperor, Li Er knew this as well.
Furthermore, due to his personal feelings, Li Er didn't want to touch Qiu Xinggong!
In the fourth year of Wude, Qiu Xinggong followed Li Er to fight against Wang Shichong. Before the battle, Qiu Xinggong followed Li Er to test the enemy's strength. He led dozens of cavalrymen into the enemy's formation and killed many of them.
Not long after, Li Er and the cavalrymen were separated due to the obstruction of the embankment. Only Qiu Xinggong followed Li Er. After which, a few cavalrymen chased after Li Er, and arrows hit Li Er's war horse. The situation was dire, and Qiu Xinggong turned his horse around to shoot at the pursuing enemy.
Thus, Qiu Xinggong dismounted from his horse and pulled out the arrow from Li Er's war horse. He then passed his war horse to Li Er while he walked in front of his horse. With a long saber in his hand, he shouted loudly to intimidate the enemy and killed many of them to protect Li Er as they returned to the Tang camp. In the end, the Tang army defeated Wang Shichong.
It was because of that battle that Li Er started to put Qiu Xinggong in an important position! Li Er had been a wanderer in the Taiyuan area in his early years, so he had a Jianghu aura about him. He knew very well that he should repay the kindness of saving his life. Although he later became the King of Qin, and even the Emperor, and his Jianghu aura gradually faded, Li Er had never mistreated those who had saved his life on the battlefield!
For example, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan, Yuchi Jingde, and the others, which one of them didn't hold important positions? Qiu Xinggong was no exception!
Thus, unless he had no other choice, Li Er wasn't willing to punish Qiu Xinggong. What Qiu Xinggong did this time had crossed his bottom line. The Black Armored Army was the key to the victory of the Kingdom War, and this Kingdom War was the key to the survival of Tang Empire. Li Er wouldn't allow anyone to sabotage it!
The 30 strikes of the military rod was Li Er's warning to Qiu Xinggong. If Qiu Xinggong didn't know what was important and insisted on doing things his way, then no one could guarantee that Li Er wouldn't cut the tumor for the Black Armored Army!
"… Maintain a straight line from your shoulders to your ankles. Place your arms on your chest and keep your hands slightly wider than your shoulders. Then, use your arms to prop your body up from the ground. During the entire process, your shoulders, buttocks, and ankles must always maintain a straight line, just like what I'm doing now …"
Li Zexuan was leading the sergeants of the Third Battalion to do push-ups on the drill ground of the Black Armor Army. The Fourth and Fifth Battalions were doing pull-ups. Because the number of horizontal bars in the army was limited, each battalion had to do "staggered" training.
Since the entire Third Battalion had never been exposed to this kind of training method before, Li Zexuan had no choice but to teach them step by step. He had done the same thing in the First Battalion, Fourth Battalion, and Fifth Battalion before, but who asked the Third Battalion to be the new training camp?
"Every time you do a push-up, you'll have to do a hundred push-ups. If you can't do a hundred today, you'll have to increase the number of push-ups tomorrow. If you can't do a hundred push-ups today, you'll have to do more tomorrow. If you still can't meet this condition after five days, you won't have the right to stay in the Black Armored Army! Do you understand? "
Li Zexuan stood up and said after he demonstrated to everyone.
"Yes, sir!"
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Only now did they realize that this newly appointed lieutenant wasn't someone easy to get along with. At the very least, in terms of training, Li Zexuan was much stricter than the previous Zhang Kangnian!
But today, Duan Zhixuan had just punished so many people on the stage, and he was even going to behead 11 people today. At this time, even if they were dissatisfied with Li Zexuan's' tyranny ', no one dared to voice it out. After all, anyone could see that Li Zexuan's position in the Black Armored Troops was second only to Qiu Xinggong, or even higher than Qiu Xinggong!
"Good! Next, you'll be in groups of two and supervise each other. The squad leader will calculate the training progress of the soldiers under the fire and report it to the platoon leader. The platoon leader will report it to the camp's deputy general. The deputy general and I will be patrolling at any time. If we find anyone hiding or making a false report, the squad leader and the platoon leader will be punished with two hundred push-ups each! "
Li Zexuan stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the soldiers of the Third Camp.
Logically speaking, a hundred push-ups shouldn't be a problem for the Black Armored Army who were strong and healthy. When the Fifth Camp first started their push-ups and pull-ups training, only a few people failed on the first day but all of them passed on the second day. The overall quality of the soldiers of the Third Camp was not worse than that of the Fifth Camp, so there shouldn't be any problems.
"Yes, sir!"
All the soldiers roared in agreement, and then spread out in all directions to train in groups.
"Gao Gong, have you memorized the main points of the push-ups?"
At this time, Li Zexuan walked towards a tall and burly soldier and said.
This person was more than six chi tall (1.89m in height), and his weight was unknown. However, looking at his size, he should at least be close to two hundred jin. This big fellow was the deputy general of the Third Battalion, and his name was Gao Gong. Li Zexuan didn't know if this fellow was in cahoots with Zhang Kangnian and Qiu Xinggong. He planned to test this deputy general properly today, and then during lunch, ask Sun Zhiping about this person while he was at it.
"Lieutenant, I've memorized it all!"
Gao Gong scratched his head and responded.
"Good! You'll do a hundred push-ups first! "
Li Zexuan said faintly.
"Good! Then, can you help me check if the movements are standard? "
Gao Gong responded, then simply lay down on the lawn in front of him. He supported his body with both hands, pointed his toes on the ground, and began to do push-ups. While he was doing them, he counted, "You're right. You're right.
"One, two, three, four, five … …"
Other than Li Zexuan correcting his movements at the beginning, Gao Gong's speed of doing push-ups was very fast. It didn't take long for him to do thirty push-ups. Moreover, this guy didn't even pant after doing thirty push-ups. It could be seen how good this guy's physical fitness was! No wonder he could become the Third Camp's deputy general!
Oh, that's not right. In terms of martial strength, this big guy completely beats Zhang Kangnian. Logically speaking, the Third Camp's commanding general should be Gao Gong!
Li Zexuan thought in his heart.
"Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred! Lieutenant, I've finished a hundred push-ups! "
In the time that Li Zexuan was lost in thought, Gao Gong had finished a hundred push-ups. In modern times, this added up to a little more than a minute. This meant that this guy only needed about a second to do one push-up! More importantly, a hundred push-ups obviously wasn't Gao Gong's limit. According to his movements, five to six hundred push-ups wouldn't be a problem!
This guy's physical fitness was really good!
"Good! Good kung fu! "
Li Zexuan smiled and praised from the bottom of his heart.
Gao Gong scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Lieutenant, you're joking. I'm just a brute force. In terms of kung fu, how can I compare to you, Lieutenant?"
He wasn't trying to flatter Li Zexuan. He wasn't someone who liked to bootlick. In fact, in terms of kung fu, he really couldn't be compared to Li Zexuan who had a famous master. After all, in terms of kung fu, Li Zexuan had gone through systematic training and even had a famous master to guide him. He, on the other hand, only had a body of brute force. In addition, he was just a person who blindly fumbled around on his own!
In fact, situations like his could be found everywhere in the army. In fact, it was the vast majority. After all, not everyone could be like Li Zexuan, who could enter a famous sect and have the guidance of a famous teacher. The vast majority of people had blindly fumbled their way here. This kind of cultivation method was destined to prevent them from reaching the highest realm on the path of martial arts!
Kung fu, to put it simply, was just some techniques to use force. But to put it in a complicated way, it included the changes of moves, prediction, restraint, as well as the circulation of inner force in the meridians and so on! Without the guidance of a famous master, it was very difficult to grasp these things through personal fumbling! This was also why most of the Black Armored Army were Body Refining Realm and Qi Gatherer Realm martial artists. Qi Transformation Realm martial artists were already considered experts in the Black Armored Army. As for Grandmaster Realm martial artists, in the entire Great Tang Army, they could be counted with two hands!
"Alright! Let's not talk too much. Next, you will be in charge of supervising the training of the soldiers. Report to me if there's any situation. After all, I'm also an Adjutant and have to patrol the other battalions! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand and instructed Gao Gong.
Just as he said, he was not only a lieutenant of the Third Battalion, but also an Adjutant of the Black Armored Army. He definitely couldn't spend all his time in the Third Battalion. Moreover, he had just arrived at the Third Battalion and wasn't familiar with the soldiers in the battalion. If he had a "native" of the Third Battalion to assist him, it would be much easier for him!
"Yes! Lieutenant! "
Gao Gong didn't hesitate and immediately cupped his fists in response.
"Mm! Go, train them well! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand and Gao Gong accepted the order and left.
"Xu Dashan, why are you sticking your butt up so high? Do you need me to help you kick it down? "
"Big Fatty Zheng, your stomach is almost touching the ground. Why aren't you pulling it in!"
"Niu Daliang, can't your shoulder go down? Do you need me to help you press it down? What you did just now doesn't count. Let's start from the beginning! "
Just as Li Zexuan expected, with the help of Gao Gong, a "native" of the Third Battalion, the soldiers quickly grasped the essentials of the push-ups. It could be seen that Gao Gong patrolled seriously and taught with great effort. He was a good helper!
Li Zexuan planned to find out more about Gao Gong's personality and temperament during his free time in the afternoon. If he didn't have any obvious misdeeds, then he planned to put Gao Gong in an important position during this period of time!
Seeing that the Third Battalion was training in an orderly manner, Li Zexuan felt relieved and left in the direction of the Fifth Battalion. After all, the Fifth Battalion was going to compete with the Second Battalion in eight days. He had to go and check on the training progress!
Although such a big incident happened last night, it didn't affect the competition between the two battalions at all!
… … …
"Clang, clang, clang ~!"
At noon, the soldiers finished their morning training. Logically speaking, they should go to the kitchen for lunch. But today was a little different.
"The Grand General has ordered all soldiers to gather at the drill ground!"
"The Grand General has ordered all soldiers to gather at the drill ground!"
A few soldiers on war horses shuttled through the various battalions and shouted loudly.
The soldiers didn't know what was going on, but they still gathered at the center of the drill ground under the lead of each battalion's chief commander.
After everyone had gathered and lined up, Duan Zhixuan went up the stage. The bright yellow silk scroll in his hand was especially eye-catching and eye-catching. Many people noticed it!
Qiu Xinggong also noticed it. His heart couldn't help but sink. He had seen a "big scene" before, so he knew that Duan Zhixuan was holding an imperial edict!
"His Majesty has decreed!"
After Duan Zhixuan stood on the stage, he opened the imperial edict and said.
"Hualala!"
In an instant, the 5,000 Black Armored Army soldiers below the stage knelt on one knee. This was the etiquette of welcoming an imperial edict in the army. Qiu Xinggong also knelt down at this moment.
Duan Zhixuan then continued reading, "The Tang Empire's Emperor decrees that Zhang Kangnian, Bai Shanhai and the rest of the 11 people are guilty of conspiring to commit a mutiny and should be executed. The Black Armored Army's General Qiu Xinggong is guilty of negligence in his management and will receive 30 strokes of the cane as punishment. The Marquis of Yong 'an, Li Zexuan, is to be appointed as the Lieutenant of the Black Armored Army's Third Battalion. All soldiers of the Third Battalion will listen to his orders and not disobey!"
The contents of the imperial edict were very short and straightforward. It was completely different from the imperial edicts that Li Zexuan had sent out to the officials previously. The content was a little too straightforward! In fact, this was a common occurrence in the army. Everyone was already used to it! This was because most of the soldiers in the army were rough men. If the contents of the imperial edict were too scholarly, no one would be able to understand it. Simple and straightforward like this was the best!
However, after Duan Zhixuan finished reading the imperial edict, everyone on the drill ground was shocked. It wasn't because Li Zexuan wanted to execute Zhang Kangnian, Bai Shanhai and the rest, nor was it because Li Zexuan had officially appointed Li Zexuan as the Black Armored Army's Lieutenant. It was because Qiu Xinggong was being punished for this incident!
30 strokes of the cane wouldn't be able to do much to Qiu Xinggong. After all, he was also a martial arts expert. However, Qiu Xinggong was a veteran in the Black Armored Army. Wouldn't this make him lose face in front of the soldiers?
It could be said that the 30 strokes of the cane were more symbolic than practical!
"I'm guilty of negligence in my management …"
Qiu Xinggong was also a little confused. He subconsciously guessed that Li Zexuan already knew that he was the mastermind behind last night's incident. However, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that something wasn't right. This was because if Li Zexuan already knew, he wouldn't just be punished with 30 strokes of the cane. He would have sent someone to arrest him directly!
Therefore, the 30 strokes of the cane were more like a warning from Li Zexuan!
At this moment, Qiu Xinggong's heart was filled with fear and vigilance. He couldn't help but secretly regret listening to that idiot Zhang Kangnian's words!
"I, Qiu Xinggong, am willing to accept my punishment!"
Qiu Xinggong bowed in the direction of the palace, then stood up and cupped his hands.
Although it was embarrassing to be hit with the cane, at this moment, losing face was better than losing his life!
"Xinggong, I'll have to trouble you then!"
Duan Zhixuan kept the imperial edict and walked over to pat Qiu Xinggong's shoulder. He then ordered his bodyguards, "Men, help General Qiu with the punishment!"
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