With a million soldiers, the empress begged me not to rebel

As soon as these words were spoken, the barbarians' eyes lit up.

Everyone is ready to give it a try.

Li Kui nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that this trick really worked.

He jumped down from the reviewing platform.

He walked up to a particularly tall barbarian soldier and patted his shoulder:

"What's your name?"

The barbarian replied in a muffled voice:

"Abu."

"Good name!"

Li Kui praised.

"From now on you will be my deputy, responsible for supervising the training of these boys!"

Abu was flattered and nodded in agreement.

Li Kui then said to the other barbarians:

"Now, let's begin training! First, run ten laps around the training ground!"

When the barbarians heard that they had to run, they immediately wailed.

But intimidated by Li Kui's majesty, he obediently began to run around the training ground.

Li Kui looked at their clumsy running posture and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

These barbarians are not running, they are clearly a group of bison having fun.

Next, Li Kui gave these barbarian soldiers devilish training.

He knew that although these barbarians were extremely strong, they lacked discipline and skills.

Therefore, we developed a unique training program based on their characteristics.

He taught them how to wield the sword and how to coordinate attacks.

How to take advantage of the terrain and maximize the power of the broadsword.

During the training, Li Kui was sometimes as strict as a mountain.

The sound was like a loud bell, shaking the dust in the training ground.

"You wimps! Run! I could carry a calf when I was five!"

Kick a lazy soldier on the butt.

"You bastard! Do you think this is your own bed? You're hiding here and being lazy! Get back here and keep running!"

Sometimes he would patiently guide a soldier who was swinging his sword awkwardly and explain patiently:

"That's not how you chop with a knife! Look, it's like this, hold the handle tightly."

"Use your waist strength and chop it down hard! Just like chopping wood, understand?"

In his eyes, the soldiers seemed like a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

The roar of disappointment resounded throughout the training ground.

These barbarian soldiers were completely obedient to him and respected and feared him.

Lu Yan often came to the parade ground to watch the training of the broadsword team.

Seeing Li Kui training this group of barbarian soldiers properly, I felt very pleased.

He discovered that these barbarians had a natural control over weapons like broadswords.

Under Li Kui's training, their combat effectiveness improved very quickly.

One day, Lu Yan came to the training ground as usual to watch the training of the broadsword team.

After the training, he called Li Kui aside and asked:

"Xiao Kui, how long do you think it will take for this broadsword team to go to the battlefield?"

Li Kui pondered for a moment and replied:

"My Lord, although these guys have made rapid progress, they still lack practical experience and will need some time to hone their skills. However..."

He paused, a sly glint in his eyes.

"If adults can find them someone to practice with, I believe their fighting ability will improve faster."

Hearing this, Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Kui with a half-smile:

"Oh? Do you have any good ideas?"

Li Kui leaned close to Lu Yan's ear and smiled, revealing his big white teeth:

"Sir, I've been wondering about the nearby Black Wind Village, hasn't it? It has never surrendered."

"Why not let them serve as the sharpening stones for the broadsword team and give them some practice?"

Lu Yan touched his chin, a cold glint in his eyes.

He had previously sent people to the Black Wind Village to recruit them, but they ignored him completely. He has been holding a grudge against them ever since.

Now is a good opportunity to take advantage of the training to make an example of someone.

Let those other little hills that are not convinced see that he, Lu Yan, is not a pushover!

"You little Kui, this is a bad idea! I'll do as you say."

"However, try to minimize casualties. These barbarians will have to go to the battlefield in the future."

Li Kui took the order and ran happily to train his group of "bison".

He was secretly proud of himself because this idea was not his.

I heard it that day when I was drinking and listening to a few gamblers bragging at the next table.

I didn't expect it to be useful...

Black Wind Village is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The village chief, Black Bear, is a burly man with a face full of flesh.

He has hundreds of men under his command, all of them vicious and cruel, and they often rob and loot.

Li Kui is not a fool. A head-on attack will definitely not work. He has to use his wits to defeat the enemy.

He first sent a few clever barbarians, disguised as a merchant caravan.

He brought several carts of goods and pretended to do business with Black Wind Village.

When the black bear saw that there was business coming to his door, he immediately smiled and welcomed the "caravan" into the village.

After these barbarians entered the village, they began to inquire around.

He had a clear understanding of the layout, military strength, food reserves, etc. of the Black Wind Village.

After returning to the camp, they reported the information they had obtained in detail to Li Kui.

After listening to this, Li Kui raised a sinister smile:

"Hey hey, Black Bear, Black Bear, you're dead this time!"

He divided the broadsword team into three teams, one of which was responsible for a frontal feint attack to attract the black bear's attention.

The other two teams climbed up the mountain from the small paths on both sides and attacked the Black Wind Village's lair directly.

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, which was a perfect time for murder and arson.

At Li Kui's command, the broadsword team rushed towards the Black Wind Village like a tiger descending from the mountain.

The shouts of the team making the feint attack from the front shook the heavens, and torches lit up half the sky red.

Black Bear was frightened by the scene and quickly mobilized his men to prepare for battle.

At this time, the other two teams of broadsword soldiers had quietly reached the back mountain of Black Wind Village.

Although these barbarians had never fought in a war, each of them was extremely strong and could climb rocks and walls as if they were walking on flat ground.

They quickly climbed up the cliffs and attacked Black Wind Village from behind.

The Black Wind Village suddenly became chaotic.

The bandits were caught off guard and fled in all directions.

Li Kui also rushed into the village with a frontal feint attack team.

He brandished his broadsword, hacking left and right as if he was in an empty space.

Black Bear was commanding the battle when he suddenly saw a group of barbarians rushing out from behind him, and was immediately scared out of his wits.

Before he could react, he was knocked to the ground by a barbarian soldier with a single blow.

"The village chief is dead! The village chief is dead!"

When the bandits saw that their leader was dead, they immediately lost their fighting spirit and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Li Kui looked at the captives scattered all over the ground and laughed heartily:

"Behave yourself! If you don't want to die, just listen to me!"

In this battle, the Big Sword Team won a great victory.

A large amount of weapons, equipment and food were seized, and hundreds of bandits were captured.

Li Kui triumphantly returned to Shannan Prefecture with the spoils and captives and reported to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan looked at these captives, frowning slightly:

"So many prisoners, what do you want to do with them?"

Li Kui chuckled:

"Sir, I have an idea..."

The next day, a notice was posted on the bulletin board in Shannan Prefecture.

It says:

The bandits in Heifengzhai have been wiped out. We are now recruiting laborers to build the city wall. The treatment is generous. Those who are interested should sign up as soon as possible.