Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

North Fort, military camp.

Xiao Hai was still pestering Liu Ye. At noon, the kung fu skills displayed by Liu Ye really shocked Xiao Hai and other new recruits, and they wanted to learn from Liu Ye.

Liu Ye looked at Xiao Hai and asked, "Xiao Hai, do you really want to learn?"

Xiao Hai stood up straight, clapped his hands on his chest, and said loudly, "I want to learn, I really want to learn! Brother Ye, please teach me! Not only me, but also the dozen or so new recruits in our post want to learn! In order to learn skills, we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Liu Ye laughed and scolded, "Bullshit! Why are you talking so much nonsense? If you want to learn skills, you have to be willing to endure the hardships! I solemnly tell you, this kind of hardship is not something that ordinary people can endure. It's even possible to lose your life. And there's no guarantee that you will even learn it!"

Xiao Hai curled his lips and said, "Brother Ye, no matter how hard it is, can it be as hard as carrying a shoulder pole at home? In order to make a little money, I carry more than 100 kilograms of dry firewood and sell it at the market thirty miles away. Thirty miles, it takes me nearly two hours to walk with the shoulder pole! My feet are covered with blisters and my shoulders are covered with deep sores. Brother, I have never complained about the hardship!"

Liu Ye was speechless for a while. This kid really thought that training was just a little bit of hardship like carrying a shoulder pole...

If carrying a shoulder pole is the greatest suffering, then when you accept my devilish training, you will spend your whole life thinking about carrying two loads of firewood on your shoulders!

However, Liu Ye also knew the saying, "It takes three to make a living." Coming into this world all alone, without a few friends and family, how could he possibly make it? Furthermore, he still wanted to realize his ambitions. He had finally arrived in this world, so how could he justify his journey if he didn't reverse history and crush the powerful? However, to realize his ambitions, he needed others willing to follow him. Fighting alone, he was nothing more than a skilled soldier. Only by training a group of skilled soldiers and building a million-strong army could he truly make the powerful countries no longer underestimate China!

Well, let’s give it a try first. At least, training them is much better than training those undisciplined veterans!

Liu Ye smiled and said, "Okay, brother, since you want to learn, I will officially train you from now on. Tonight, you will do the first training for me - 300 push-ups and 200 sit-ups. You are not allowed to go to bed until you finish them!"

Ah!

Xiao Hai was stunned. Three hundred push-ups! Three hundred sit-ups, how could he still survive?

I have seen my brother do this training before, and I have tried to do it myself. I can still hold on to a hundred or eighty, but three hundred would definitely make me exhausted, not to mention the two hundred sit-ups!

"Brother Ye, we don't have to be so cruel, right?"

Xiao Hai answered with a sad face.

"Nonsense, not ruthless? Can being ruthless help you develop great skills? This is just the beginning. There are more ruthless things to come, unless you give up voluntarily!"

"Okay! I'll practice!"

Xiao Hai gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to fight. Damn it! In order to stand out and not be bullied by others, I'm going to risk it all!"

After two hours, Xiao Hai finally completed all the actions. He saw that his bed was completely soaked with sweat, and water could be squeezed out of his underwear. However, Xiao Hai didn't want to move at all now. Damn it, let me die, let me die, I really want to sleep forever!

Liu Ye is too ruthless. As long as Xiao Hai is a little lazy, the needle in his hand will pierce him without hesitation and give Xiao Hai a good wake-up call! Falling into the hands of a dignified special forces soldier, the hard days are still ahead!

As soon as the sky brightened, He Zhengqing came over.

"Brother, how do you plan to train the soldiers of our North Fort?"

He Zhengqing asked bluntly.

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, how can we say this? The Anglo-French coalition forces are right before our eyes. We fought a battle last year. You should be aware of our combat power. It's summer now. According to my estimate, the British ironclad warships will reach Dagukou in about a month. It's no use cramming now..."

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I'm afraid it's too late to train well now. Elite soldiers cannot be trained in a day or two. Now the border situation is urgent and the foreigners may attack at any time. I'm afraid cramming at the last minute will not be effective."

He Zhengqing was slightly displeased and replied, "Ye Zi, you signed a military order in front of the Admiral. If you don't hurry up, you'll be in trouble the next time the Admiral comes. Although the Admiral appreciates you, military law is ruthless."

Liu Ye nodded and replied, "Brother, it's unrealistic to think that we can improve the quality of our soldiers through training now. The easiest thing to do now is to boost morale and enforce strict military discipline! A disciplined army is an army with combat effectiveness. A disciplined army is an army that can truly withstand the test of life and death! From today on, what we have to do is to enforce strict military discipline and train their courage first!"

胆？

He Zhengqing laughed and said, "Alright, Ye Zi, don't these people have the guts? Damn it, haven't they done enough illegal things? Smoking opium, stealing food from the people, chasing chickens and catching dogs, slacking off on military orders, they've done every one of them! You still need to train their courage. If they get even bolder, they'll dare to directly disobey my military orders!"

Liu Ye's face straightened as he replied, "Brother, the courage you're talking about is just dog courage at best. It's useless on the battlefield. I want to cultivate the courage of a hero!"

He Zhengqing's eyes fixed on the subject and he asked, "Heroic courage? What is heroic courage?"

Liu Ye smiled and said, "It's very simple. When the drum sounds, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, you must rush forward without hesitation. If you retreat, even if there are thousands of buckets of gold behind you, you will never advance a single step! In battle, even if you are attacked by swords and axes, you will not frown. For your family and country, you are willing to sacrifice your own life; this is the courage of a hero!"

He Zhengqing stared at Liu Ye in a daze, unable to utter a word. He had never expected that this brother could actually say such a thing. Heroic courage, this is heroic courage! For the sake of family and country, he would sacrifice his own life!

Seeing He Zhengqing standing there in a daze, Liu Ye whispered, "Brother, brother?"

He Zhengqing turned around and shouted, "To sacrifice one's life for one's family and country is a heroic act! Well said, brother! This is what a true hero is. Only a true hero can deserve such a title and possess such courage!"