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Fan Yang smiled. "Young Jiang, I'll go get it. Why must Old Zhao do it?"
"I'd like to see how arrogant he is!" Jiang Jinfu sneered. "This isn't Great Light Peak, this is Soaring Eagle Cavalry!"
"Yes, yes." Fan Yang chuckled. "It's Soaring Eagle Cavalry. But Young Jiang, what's wrong with you today? Why do you have to pick a fight with Old Zhao?"
"Old Fan, are you trying to pick a fight with me too?" Jiang Jinfu sensed that something was wrong with his tone.
Fan Yang chuckled and waved his hand. "How could I? I was just curious and wanted to ask."
The twenty death row prisoners were mostly young and middle-aged. There were no elderly people. They looked at Fan Yang and Jiang Jinfu curiously.
They were originally on death row but were suddenly told that they had a chance to live as long as they could stay in Sharp Vigor Battalion for a year.
This was a joyous occasion for them. Even if they could not stay for a year, it would be good to live for a few more days.
These people were not afraid of a commotion. They looked at Jiang Jinfu and Fan Yang excitedly, hoping that they would fight.
Jiang Jinfu's countenance became increasingly gloomy. He was delicate and pretty, not very tall, but he had a good martial art skill. As the personal Imperial Bodyguard of a general, he was used to bossing people around in the army, and had never suffered any setbacks.
Xu Cihang walked over lazily and glanced at Jiang Jinfu. "Why? Are you trying to show off in Sharp Vigor Battalion?"
Fan Yang quickly waved his hand. "Young Xu, it's not a big deal. Don't get involved."
Xu Cihang glanced at Jiang Jinfu. "I'll break your neck if you cause trouble again!"
He looked sleepy and lazy, but he had a bad temper, which was the complete opposite of Fan Yang.
"Alright, alright. Don't break your neck so easily." Fan Yang pushed him and chuckled. "Young Jiang, don't lower yourself to his level. Let's go and get the armor!"
Jiang Jinfu glared at Xu Cihang coldly.
He knew about Xu Cihang. Although he looked skinny, he was extremely strong. Back then, he had broken the neck of his colleague, a centurion, and that was why he had been sent to the Sharp Vigor Battalion. If he angered Xu Cihang, he could really break his own neck.
"Let's go." He snorted angrily and turned to leave.
Xu Cihang entered Chu Li's tent and sat down on the other bed. "What an arrogant villain!"
"This kind of person easily spoils things. We should just kill him." Chu Li shook his head. "Or else, we should be like Elder Fan and not offend him."
Being in the army, if he were to talk about benevolence, it would only be seen as weakness. Moreover, this was the Great Li Army, and he had to maintain a detached attitude.
"I've given him face, but he's insatiable. He thinks that we're really afraid of him!" Xu Cihang curled his lips. "If he dares to play any tricks, I'll find a chance to kill him!"
Chu Li nodded. "These newcomers are useless."
He had already seen these twenty people, none of them were Grandmasters, and the most powerful one was only a perfected Innate Master.
Needless to say, if these people were thrown into the Sharp Vigor Battalion, they would be sent to their deaths.
"It's better to have some people than none," Xu Cihang said. "Let's train their horsemanship. When the time comes, we'll just have to act as the vanguard."
"We have to make good use of them." Chu Li shook his head. "I have a rough understanding of formations. Since they are not good at martial arts, they should practice formations. It's better than fighting alone."
"The art of battle formations?" Xu Cihang was shocked.
Chu Li said, "I know a little."
"As expected of a disciple of the Holy Church of Light!" Xu Cihang laughed.
Chu Li smiled. It was rare for a disciple of the Holy Church of Light to know formations, but he was too lazy to explain. "We'll have to teach them a lesson first to sharpen their spirit, then we'll be able to practice."
"Leave it to me!" Xu Cihang patted his chest.
At this moment, Fan Yang and Jiang Jinfu returned with twenty sets of armor and twenty blades, and distributed them to the soldiers.
Jiang Jinfu glared at Chu Li's tent before he turned and left in a hurry.
He returned to the marshal's tent and went to Yang Ping. He gave him a fist salute. "General, the people of the Sharp Vigor Battalion have been settled."
Yang Ping was staring at a map and nodded nonchalantly.
Jiang Jinfu took a deep breath. "General, there's something I don't understand."
Yang Ping stared at the map without looking up. "Speak."
Jiang Jinfu asked, "Why didn't you send Zhao Dahe? Why did you keep him around?"
Yang Ping looked up and sized him up.
Jiang Jinfu lowered his head guiltily.
"What's wrong? Did he offend you?" Yang Ping stood up and approached him.
Jiang Jinfu smiled awkwardly. "That's not true. I just can't stand seeing him putting on airs. As soon as he arrived at the Sharp Vigor Battalion, he immediately became the leader!"
He thought about how he had been bullied when he first entered the army camp with his martial arts. In the end, he was favored by General Meng and was promoted to be a personal bodyguard.
He was a disciple of an aristocratic family while Zhao Dahe was merely an abandoned disciple whose martial arts had been crippled. How was it possible for him to gain a foothold so easily? This was the Sharp Vigor Battalion!
Yang Ping nodded and patted his shoulder. "You provoked him, didn't you?"
"I asked him to help me get the armor, but he ignored me!" Jiang Jinfu snorted.
Yang Ping said, "You're a disciple of the Holy Church of Light. It's inevitable that you won't fall even if you're down."
"He's a soldier of the Soaring Eagle Cavalry now, not a disciple of the Holy Church of Light!" Jiang Jinfu scoffed.
Yang Ping laughed. "You're just jealous of him."
Jiang Jinfu scratched his head in embarrassment. "I can't hide it from you, General."
Yang Ping pointed at him. "You're useless!"
Jiang Jinfu said indignantly, "General, I'm just angry, so I want to put an end to his arrogance!"
"His arrogance is the arrogance of the Holy Church of Light. Do you think you can put an end to it?" Yang Ping waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop humiliating yourself. Get back to business!"
"General, are we just going to sit around and not let them send out their troops?" Jiang Jinfu said, "Just let them send out their troops and destroy them!"
It would be too easy to destroy the people of the Sharp Vigor Battalion. With just one order, they would be sent to carry out an impossible mission. That would be a hopeless situation where even those with superb martial arts would not be able to survive. In the face of a military formation, an individual's strength was too weak.
Yang Ping said, "I have my own plans for this. There's no rush."
"Understood." Jiang Jinfu did not dare to say anything else when he saw Yang Ping's expression turn grim. "General, it's my fault."
Yang Ping said in a low voice, "Don't provoke him next time!"
"Understood!" Jiang Jinfu agreed helplessly.
He left the tent in displeasure.
Yang Ping stared at his back and paced in front of the table with his hands behind his back. His expression was uncertain.
It was not that he did not want Zhao Dahe to die, but he had his concerns.
Zhao Dahe was a disciple of the Holy Church of Light and a Branch Leader before he committed the crime. He was not an ordinary disciple.
Even an ordinary disciple could not die, let alone a Branch Leader. If Yang Ping used him as an ordinary soldier of the Sharp Vigor Battalion and he died in the Sharp Vigor Battalion, how could the other disciples of the Holy Church of Light forgive him?
Although he had broken the rules, he was not expelled from the Holy Church of Light. He was still a disciple of the Holy Church of Light.
The disciples of the Holy Church of Light had a lot of influence in the military and the imperial court. Although he strongly opposed the Holy Church of Light's infiltration into the military, he did not oppose the Holy Church of Light completely. He knew very well how powerful the Holy Church of Light was. He was just an ant in front of them.
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