"Enough!"
Wang Chong waved his hand.
He wanted to impeach Fomonlința not because of a personal grudge, but because the Qixi Protectorate, under Fomonlința's command, would suffer even greater casualties in the future.
In the future, Qixi would be fraught with dangers and threats from all sides. Given Fomonlința's abilities, he would only be able to hold his ground and not advance. He was simply incapable of dealing with this threat. Replacing him was the best method.
But Wang Chong would not say these things to Cheng Sanyuan and Su Shixuan.
It's fine to let them misunderstand.
Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
Putting aside the matter of Fomonlința, Dayan Mangpoje's appearance and the White Braves under his command had truly given Wang Chong a wake-up call. The defenses and guards of the City of Steel alone would not be able to deal with any major incidents.
… It's about time to transfer over Li Siye and the Wushang Army.
Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
Based on the time that had passed, Li Siye's training in Wushang Village should be about done, and the first batch of Wushang soldiers should have been born. The White Braves had swept through the world. They were slightly inferior to the Mamelukes, but they were even more valiant. In all of the Central Plains, only the Wushang Cavalry under Wang Chong's command could surpass them.
Flapflap!
A few moments later, a messenger bird soared into the sky, flying toward Wushang.
… …
"All of you, listen to me clearly. The duty of a soldier is to obey. Starting from now, you are no longer the villagers of Wushang, but professional soldiers of the Tang dynasty. Your duty is to protect the country, to protect those ordinary people who do not have the ability to protect themselves!
"With great power comes great responsibility. This is the duty of the strong! This is how it is for you, and it is also how it is for me!
"As swift as the wind, as slow as a forest, as immovable as a mountain, and as aggressive as fire. This was the ultimate goal of every professional soldier and every professional army! This is also the goal each of you must achieve in the end. Soldiers were not martial artists. It was a collective, large-scale battle, not a one-on-one fight between martial artists. Understand? "
…
In the valley of Wushang Village, Li Siye stood upright with his hands behind his back. His two-meter-tall body was like a mountain, constantly emitting a heavy pressure. The Wushang people were too strong. In order to suppress them, only tough men like Li Siye and the charismatic Invincible General could do it.
In fact, Wang Chong's judgment was not wrong. In just one month, Li Siye's outspoken, straightforward, and upright character had won the respect of the villagers in Wushang.
"Understood!"
As soon as Li Siye's voice fell, the five thousand Wushang recruits in front of him lined up in a neat formation. Each of them looked valiant and heroic as they responded in unison. Their shouts were like a great bell, resounding through the clouds.
After almost a month, these five thousand Wushang recruits were worlds apart from the other Wushang villagers in terms of spirit, energy, and other aspects. This was obvious. They were more spirited, more upright, more focused on cooperation, and more focused on obeying orders.
"Very good!"
Li Siye's eyes were like lightning as he quickly scanned the crowd. His expression was extremely solemn.
"Now, the first flag on the cliff on the right. You only have seven seconds. If you are any slower, the training will immediately fail. During the training, if there is any mistake in the team, you will immediately fail. Understood? "
"Understood!"
The crowd responded loudly again.
"If you fail, there will be punishment. Do you see those cane bearers at the side of the square? You should know what the consequences are! "
Li Siye stretched out a finger and pointed into the distance as he said sternly.
Boom!
A burst of laughter suddenly came from afar. The originally spirited Wushang recruits all lowered their heads or turned their faces away. They looked embarrassed and unnatural, no longer as spirited as before.
The people of Wushang were all powerful. Even a random child had astonishing strength. As for the ordinary villagers, they could easily lift one to two thousand kilograms with one hand. To deal with such people of Wushang, any ordinary punishment, including those in the army, was useless. Therefore, Li Siye took an unconventional approach and did not use ordinary methods at all.
If the training mission was not completed, they still needed to be caned. However, the ones responsible for the caning were not the soldiers in the army, but some ordinary women and women. Even if these Wushang people didn't care if a knife was stabbed into their stomach and half of their blood flowed out, they still couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw the women holding canes.
It was a humiliation for a man of eight feet to be beaten by a woman in front of so many people. This was also the first lesson that Li Siye wanted to teach them: the sense of honor of a soldier!
Only when they had the sense of honor of being a man could they have the sense of honor of being a soldier.
"Si Er, don't embarrass me!"
"Zhao Jie, if you dare to be beaten by other women, I will skin you alive when you come back!"
…
At the edge of the valley, the women of Wushang Village frowned and shouted. Some of them were mothers, and some were childhood sweethearts. Li Siye's military law required the offender to take off his pants and be beaten. How could they stand it when their sons, as a man, were taken off their pants and beaten by other women?
Under the double suppression, the five thousand recruits under Li Siye were most afraid of this. It was better to let them die than to have their pants taken off and be beaten by women in front of so many people.
"Now, begin!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Siye's expression was solemn. He stretched out a finger and pointed at a small red token on the cliff to his right.
"Weng!"
There was a sudden change. The five thousand Wushang recruits, who had either lowered their heads or turned their heads away, instantly raised their heads and puffed out their chests. They were full of vigor, and their bright eyes were filled with fighting spirit. "Hong," almost at the same time that Li Siye gave the order and waved his arm, the first row of forty Wushang recruits shot out like lightning. Their arms hooked, their bodies leaped, and instantly, all of them climbed up the cliff. Moreover, they neatly and quickly climbed up the cliff.
All forty Wushang soldiers moved at the same pace, without the slightest deviation. Looking from the side of the cliff, all forty Wushang soldiers were of the same height. There was not the slightest bit of dislocation. "Wushang," at the same time that this batch of Wushang soldiers rushed out, the second wave, the third wave, the fourth wave, the fifth wave … the entire troop of five thousand people was like a living carpet that quickly "floated" along the smooth and precipitous surface of the cliff toward the top.
Yes! It was "floating"!
When five thousand people moved and moved at the same speed, it gave off such a feeling. However, if one looked closely, they would discover that this "carpet" was actually made up of countless Wushang soldiers who maintained an orderly formation, like a marching army.
Steep cliffs and steep cliffs were extremely dangerous. Just climbing up was already extremely difficult, not to mention maintaining an orderly formation between the cliffs! However, these five thousand well-trained Wushang recruits did it.
"Ah!!"
On both sides of the valley, all the Wushang villagers who saw this scene could not help but exclaim.
Even for the Wushang villagers who climbed and flew between the cliffs as if they were walking on flat ground, it was not easy to do this. It was easy for one person to climb, but it was much more difficult for two people to climb at the same time. It was even more difficult for three people to climb at the same time.
But now, five thousand people were climbing at the same time, but they could still maintain an orderly formation, as if they were one person. Even for the Wushang villagers, this was unbelievable.
At this moment, everyone felt a deep respect for the two-meter-tall burly man at the bottom of the valley.
"Whoosh!"
A rapid gust of air rose up the cliff face to the sky.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds, five seconds, six seconds, seven seconds!
Once the seven seconds were up, the five thousand Wushang recruits maintained an orderly formation and quickly climbed up the cliff.
The clouds disappeared! The rain stopped!
When the last row of Wushang recruits climbed up the cliff, everything became quiet again, not a single sound could be heard. Even the five thousand Wushang recruits seemed to have become one with the mountain, not a single sound could be heard.
Sweeping like fire! Immovable like a mountain!
These five thousand Wushang recruits had completely achieved this.
Seeing this scene, even Li Siye couldn't help but nod his head. After training in Wushang Village for almost a month, there was finally an effect. Just like what Marquis said, these Wushang people were indeed born, the best warriors.
"Hualala!"
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard a fluttering sound. Li Siye's heart skipped a beat. He raised his head and saw a messenger pigeon flying down from the sky.
"Hmm?"
Li Siye's eyelids twitched as he suddenly realized something. He extended an arm and let the pigeon land on it. Then, he removed the letter from the pigeon's leg and read it carefully.
"See this as an order, return quickly!"
There were only six simple words on the letter. When Li Siye saw these words, he immediately understood what was going on.
"It's about time …"
Raising his head, Li Siye looked at the five thousand Wushang recruits at the top of the cliff. Soldiers were trained for a thousand days to be used in a single moment. Li Siye was well aware that this was the time for this army to test their skills.
"Return!"
The loud and clear voice was like thunder exploding, resounding through countless mountains.
An hour later, under the watchful eyes of the Wushang people, an army of five thousand majestically left Wushang Village. At this moment, no one knew that the future of the Central Plains and the foreign kingdoms would change with this first batch of Wushang soldiers.
… …
Several hours later, Wang Chong received news of Li Siye's return. Standing on the tall steel walls, one could see a fully-armored army in the distance, sweeping through a cloud of dust. This army of around five thousand exuded the aura of an army of fifty thousand, or even a hundred thousand. This was an astonishing momentum that could topple mountains and rend the earth.
But most astonishing of all was the speed at which these five thousand people advanced. Although they were walking, they moved with incredible speed, like galloping horses.
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