Special War God

After Mao Zizhuang finished speaking, he cordially led Gu Xiuzhang and another person to Liu Dabazi's command tent, as if they were already family members, without any indifference as when they first met. He also seemed to have completely forgotten the embarrassing scene of being publicly humiliated by Xia Zhongnan.

Maybe Liu Dabazi arranged Xia Zhongnan to work under Mao Zizhuang in order to ease the conflict between them. In any case, Mao Zizhuang's performance was exemplary, and his friendly attitude had long since eliminated the gap between the two.

Xia Zhongnan found it funny. Looking at people like Liu Dabaizi and Mao Zizhuang, each of them had his own methods. It was indeed not easy to do well in the army.

He said quickly, "You don't have to do this, General. Before I came here, I promised you that I would train a hundred elite soldiers for you within a month. I can't joke about what I said!"

Mao Zizhuang stopped when he heard this and said, "Really? Then we have to hurry up with the training."

He pointed at the soldiers following behind him and said, "Zhongnan, you are my first centurion. The soldiers are all here. Pick a hundred of them and take them away! Feel free to contact me if you need anything. I am waiting for you to train these hundred men into elite soldiers as soon as possible!"

He already called Xia Zhongnan by his name "Zhongnan".

Xia Zhongnan was not pretentious. He was not familiar with these soldiers and there was no need to be picky, so he just randomly selected a hundred people.

Mao Zizhuang stood there and looked at Xia Zhongnan, thinking that he would use some special method to carefully select them, but he just surrounded them casually. Mao Zizhuang couldn't help but question himself, how could he train a team of elite soldiers in just one month?

Xia Zhongnan led a hundred men out of the team and reported, "General, I have made my selection and will make the arrangements now."

Mao Zizhuang came over and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him: "Zhongnan, work hard. Our 13th Army is a new army. We don't need to be ranked according to seniority like the old army. As long as you have achievements, the general and I will not treat you unfairly. Go ahead!"

Xia Zhongnan brought Gu Xiuzhan and a hundred soldiers to officially move into the designated camp. He let everyone rest that day and sent people to the quartermaster department to collect equipment for distribution. At the same time, he notified everyone to gather at the training ground on time at 11:00 am the next morning.

As a centurion, Xia Zhongnan originally had a separate room, but he let Gu Xiuzhan live with him.

Since the last competition, Gu Xiuzhan has been holding the long sword tightly, just following Xia Zhongnan stupidly, focusing all his energy on understanding the sword skills.

After entering the room, a soldier came to him and said that Liu Dabazi had found a sword manual and gave it to Gu Xiuzhang. Gu Xiuzhang thanked him and took the sword manual, only to see the words "Chasing the Wind Thirty-six Swords" written on it.

He couldn't wait to open it and was soon fascinated...

Brother Liu was a cultivator at the level of Spiritualization. He should have seen what kind of sword intent Gu Xiu Zhang had comprehended, so he found a sword technique that suited him and gave it to him. This also showed that Brother Liu really cared about Gu Xiu Zhang and did him a favor.

Xia Zhongnan originally planned to let Gu Xiuzhang see how he trained soldiers so that he could imitate him and lead an army in the future. But now it seems that he can only let him play freely.

The next morning, at the hour of Mao, Xia Zhongnan got up and found that Gu Xiuzhang was gone. He went out to see that he was practicing swordplay alone in the yard outside, and he didn't even notice Xia Zhongnan approaching.

Xia Zhongnan did not disturb him and went directly to the training ground of their 100-man team. The soldiers all came in their newly issued military uniforms as Xia Zhongnan requested, but they were just sitting here and there, and some were talking in low voices.

Seeing Xia Zhongnan, their immediate superior, coming, everyone stood up and greeted him. Xia Zhongnan asked them to sit down in ten rows, and then said, "I am your centurion, Xia Zhongnan. You have all met me before. But I am not familiar with you yet and cannot call out your names. Now, starting with the first person, stand up and tell everyone your name, where you are from, and what you did before, so that everyone can get to know each other. If you have practiced martial arts, please tell us about it as well."

After a brief opening, he asked the soldiers to speak on stage one by one.

The first person to be called up was a young man of about 17 or 18 years old. He came forward a little shyly. When he saw everyone's gaze, his face immediately turned red, and he lowered his head and dared not speak.

The crowd below looked at him curiously, but he didn't say a word for a long time, just standing there. Xia Zhongnan couldn't help asking, "What's your name?"

The young man answered in a very small voice, but no one could hear it clearly. Xia Zhongnan raised his voice and asked again: "Say your name loudly!"

The young man's voice was a little louder: "My name is Tiedan!"

Xia Zhongnan heard it, but most people still didn't hear it clearly. He had to urge again: "Speak louder!"

By the third time, Tiedan almost shouted: "My name is Tiedan!"

This caused a burst of laughter from the audience. Xia Zhongnan had to maintain order: "Stop laughing, it will be your turn soon." He then asked Tiedan: "Where are you from?"

Tiedan then spoke more fluently: "I am the son of widow Qi from the east end of Liufang Street..."

Someone in the audience laughed again. Xia Zhongnan guessed that "Liufang Street" should be in Chifang City, so he didn't ask any more questions, nodded and let him go down, and then let the second person go on stage.

The second one was about the same age as Tiedan. Before Tiedan went on stage, he knew he was the next one and had been preparing. However, after he went on stage, his performance was not much better than Tiedan. He stammered a few words and even the people in the front couldn't hear clearly.

It was only when Xia Zhongnan urged them that everyone realized that the young man's full name was "Qu Deli" and he came from a tenant farmer family in the northwest suburbs of Chifang City... ...

One after another, each of the hundred people spoke a few words, and it took more than an hour.

After everyone finished speaking, Xia Zhongnan picked out ten of the best from among them and announced: "Zhong Zhuzi, Zhong Tiechui, Yin Daben, Mu Xingguan... You all stand at the front of each row. From today on, you will temporarily serve as the squad leaders and be responsible for leading your row."

Next, Xia Zhongnan began to train them in formation and pace. This monotonous process was repeated throughout the day.