Chapter Thirty: Training Soldiers

  It's a ceasefire period, and Nalan Xianyu said that being a general sounds good, but in fact, it's just a coach, responsible for training soldiers. This task is not difficult or simple, not difficult because Nalan Xianyu is extremely familiar with training, not simple because how to show his own training level, let the people of Lianyue Country believe, and will not make the opponent's army too strong, not easy to deal with.

  Under the scorching sun, it was dazzling and people could hardly open their eyes. Nalan Xinnuo stood upright in front of the three major military units under her command, with a total of 30,000 soldiers. No matter what, being able to give a so-called "newcomer" an army of 30,000 was already a rare exception.

  The three thousand troops, with one thousand people forming a square, just enough to fill the entire campus. Nalan Xianyu stood motionless in front of the middle row, staring at the soldiers before him.

  Chen Yu and Bai Zhi stood on either side of her, also looking serious as they gazed out at the army in front of them. Chen Yu was waiting for orders, while Bai Zhi was just following along, he really didn't know why he was standing here getting scorched by the midday sun.

  Time ticked away, and gradually, the troops had **. Nalan Xixiao could see the unwillingness, depression, anger, and impatience on their faces. Of course, there were also those who maintained a calm demeanor, standing quietly, no matter what kind of reaction, Nalan Xixiao faced them with the same attitude, cold and indifferent, as if these people had nothing to do with her, which was indeed the case, because she looked down on every single one of them.

  "Is this a test of endurance?" A calm voice broke in, and Nalan Xianyu reluctantly turned around despite not wanting to.

  "I will meet the Crown Prince later." The tone of neither arrogance nor humility was her greatest limitation.

  "The two of you will meet the Crown Prince later." Chen Yu and Bai Zhi stood behind him, asking in unison.

  "Everyone get up." Huangfu Chen waved his hand and then stood beside Nalan Xianuo.

  "Look at them, one by one, drenched in sweat. It seems they've been standing for quite a while." Huang Pu Chen raised a warm smile.

  "Half an hour." A brief and crisp response.

  "In such a poisonous day for half an hour?" Huang Fu Chen retorted with a sentence, then burst out laughing, "It's exactly what we need, such strict training, when we really go to the battlefield, it will be much more difficult than here."

  "There will be no more training." Nalan Xixi replied coldly. She hadn't even started training yet, she was just thinking and waiting.

  "Huh?" Huangfu Chen obviously didn't expect Nalan Xianyu to say that, originally he still wanted to tease her a bit and praise her first, but instead he misunderstood, "Then General Nalan is..."

  "Please, Crown Prince, hand over the twenty people selected in the second round to me for training." Nalan Xianuo said directly, not caring about how impolite it was. Although those twenty people were selected using Liangxiang Country's own methods and may not meet her standards, this was still a form of selection and could be considered elite troops. Only by training elite troops could she fully demonstrate her value and quickly gain the trust of Liangxiang Country. She didn't have the patience to slowly rise through the ranks. Using the people they had selected would save her effort and also show respect for the other side.

  Huang Pu's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, seemingly very dissatisfied with Nalan Xinnuo's arrogant words. "Do you know what you're saying?" Huang Pu said half warningly.

  "I will know later." Nalan Xixi could hear the displeasure in Huangfu Chen's voice, but she wouldn't give up easily because of it. "As for training elite soldiers, I have my own methods, and I guarantee that the Crown Prince won't be disappointed."

  "Nalan General," said Huangfu Chen with a serious face, "no matter how excellent you are, in the United States of Liang, you are just a newly elected newcomer after all. You are a general, so your starting point is much higher than others, which is also the first exception in the history of the United States of Liang. Maybe you think that what we let you do now is wasting your talent, then, please do it well, like Ben Wang and Father Emperor proved, what we let you do is a great waste of resources. When the time comes, let us witness your power, naturally, we will satisfy your requirements and give you the elite army, but not for now."

  Nalan Xinnuo, who had never been one to back down from a challenge, would normally have made the person pay for saying such things about her. She, Nalan Xinnuo, was never one to suffer losses. However, from Huangfu Chen's perspective, his words were indeed very reasonable.

  "I will make it clear, can you hand over the full power of the army to me? No matter what method I use, none of you princes will question it." Nalan Xianyu decided that making them believe was the top priority.

  "Very well." Huangfu Chen's smile returned, as if the person who had just given a serious lecture didn't exist. Nalan Xianyu couldn't help but think to herself, indeed two brothers, in this aspect, are really very similar. "These soldiers originally belonged to you anyway, I won't ask about them."

  "What if there's only one-tenth of the people left in the end?" Nalan Xianuo asked tentatively, this was her maximum estimate.

  "One-tenth?" Isn't that just three thousand people left?

  "People who can't hold on must be people without perseverance and prospects. I don't think even the Crown Prince would feel sorry for such a person, right?" Nalan Xianyu asked, forcing Huangfu Chen to say let her go?

  "General Nalan is right," said Huangfu Chen after a moment of silence. "Everything will be left to General Nalan." He was actually looking forward to seeing if this powerful female martial artist was truly flawless.

  "I will follow the order." Nalan Xinnuo responded, then turned to face the crowd of generals, still without any command, just looking at them lightly, and the atmosphere returned to calmness again, with only the sound of breathing, which seemed to have grown a bit louder. Although for ordinary people like Bai Zhichen and Chen Yu, such a faint sound of breathing was negligible, but for Nalan Xinnuo, her keen ears picked up this sound, and her mood was really not good.

  Before long, half a time had passed again. Some people who were exhausted had fallen to the ground, but Nalan Xianyu did not let anyone come over to carry them away. Instead, he just let them continue lying on the ground.

  Huangfu Chen sat in the resting area of the school field, wanting to see what kind of tricks she had up her sleeve.

  "Listen up! If you have any dissatisfaction, unless you don't want to stay here, otherwise, you must unconditionally obey all orders!" Nalan Xixi's voice was small, but it had a great explosive force, and because she used her internal energy, every soldier in the entire camp could hear her voice.

  "Yes!" The officers and men responded with renewed spirit.

  "Now, everyone will exit the school grounds in order and then run around the grounds ten times. Today's task is considered complete. This is an exercise in endurance and perseverance. Even if you can't run anymore, I want you to walk back! If you can't persist, you can report to me, and tomorrow you won't need to come. And," Nalan Xianyu glanced at the people who had fallen to the ground, "those who have already fallen down don't need to come tomorrow either." With that, he walked towards the school grounds, while Bai Zhi and Chen Yu prepared to organize the soldiers to exit.

  "Just stand at the door, since you are soldiers, the so-called organizational discipline should be clearer than that. If you still need to lead them like leading little children, it's really embarrassing."

  Chen Yu and Bai Zhi heard this and walked straight towards the school gate.

  "Let's go." Huangfu Chen's mouth still had a faint smile, not thinking that this woman would train soldiers without showing any human emotions. However, it seemed like she never showed human emotions anywhere else either.

  By the time all the soldiers had finished running ten laps, it was already dark. When they gathered to count their numbers, they found that five thousand people were missing after today's training and test. Indeed, perseverance is easy to say but difficult to practice.

  Nalan Xixi returned to her own mansion, which was the residence given to her by Huangfu Song. Chen Yu and Bai Zhi, who were her guards, naturally also lived in her general's mansion.

  When eating dinner, the calmness and composure of the day completely disappeared, only to see her gobbling down food, but Chen Yu and Bai Zhi were used to it, naturally eating their own rice bowls.

  Nalan Xixiao didn't quite understand her own appetite either. In the past, it was because of her physical constitution. At that time, many skills had not recovered yet, and she could only rely on her own strength. So in terms of eating, she never dared to slack off. But now that she has recovered most of her previous skills, her appetite hasn't decreased at all. Is it because she's developed a habit? Or perhaps it's because this special physical constitution exists, with such powerful strength existing, destined to rely on food to supplement energy.

  Nalan Xixi went to bed early after taking a bath, she was also a bit tired today. Anyway, even if she didn't sleep, endless thoughts would still come, so it's better to go to bed early and get rid of that unbearable pain.

  No sooner had Nalan Xiong fallen asleep for a moment than he vigilantly opened his eyes, there was movement outside! The rustling sound must be the sound of lightness skill, and also that faint footsteps.

  For ordinary people, such a sound is basically inaudible, but what kind of person is Nalan Xixi, how could she not notice? A smug smile rose to the corner of her mouth, and someone actually came to visit her general's mansion at night, was she tired of living!

  A cold, bloodthirsty glint flashed in his eyes as he waited for the arrival of his prey. Sure enough, a moment later, the window was gently opened and the person had just jumped into the window when Nalan Xianuo caught him and tightly grasped his throat.

  He probably didn't react at all, being caught so quickly, and that person was obviously a bit stiff.

  "Who is it?" Nalan Xixi's voice was cold enough to freeze people, and the force in his hand increased a bit. Under the moonlight, Nalan Xixi wanted to see the person's appearance clearly, but as soon as he met the person's eyes, he quickly shifted his gaze away.

  Although the person was masked, Nalan Xianyu could recognize those eyes, Ruo Yue, that pair of eyes which were full of hatred half a year ago, how could she not recognize them?

  Hurriedly shifting his gaze, he didn't want her to notice that something was off about him. Now he had to think of a lie quickly.