After being wrongly married, I stabbed my husband to death and became famous throughout the world.

The loss of Lao Luo's son was a painful blow to everyone, because they all knew that no one could escape such a tragedy.

The Chen siblings and others initially didn't want to suffer with Old Yu while practicing martial arts, but after seeing the dark blood, they all became obedient.

Although Old Yu had a bad reputation, everyone still trusted his abilities. In the past, some young people followed him to practice martial arts, but none of them lasted long enough.

Now that Duan Changdong is leading a group of people in training, the elders are not surprised and are happy to see it happen.

Every extra day you practice means an extra day of progress.

Li Shu also noticed the characteristics of these people.

In Wuzhuang, there are many strong children like Duan Changdong. Even girls like Chen Ying and Qi Yu can perform a few moves and have good stamina.

According to Chen Ying, most of the girls here marry into military households. After marriage, they are likely to face the situation of managing the household and raising children on their own.

If you're not mentally or physically strong enough, the rest of your life will be tough.

"If only we weren't military households, we'd never have to go to the battlefield!" Chen Ying would sigh involuntarily during breaks.

Li Shu did not lose his mind, but said: "Some things are destined to be done by someone, it's just a matter of whether it's voluntary or forced."

"Would anyone volunteer to be a soldier? If you were a general, you'd have people to serve you and command thousands of troops, that would be better. But as a common soldier, you wouldn't dare to run away or escape; you could only obey orders and charge forward. Who would be so foolish as to willingly go to their death?" Chen Ying couldn't imagine where such a fool would come from.

Li Shu thought for a moment: "If one has no worries about the future, is respected by others, and has the will of the people, many people would be willing to risk their lives. However, here, we are of low status, receive meager pay, and have trouble at home, so of course there is no such thing as being willing."

Chen Ying listened, wanting to say something, but then swallowed her words.

Ah Li is right. Many people are afraid of death, but if the death is worthwhile, there is nothing they wouldn't dare to do.

Unfortunately, after they died, they were buried hastily, and their compensation was not as much as that of the soldiers who were civilians who joined the army.

The restrictions imposed on military households left them with no chance to even catch their breath; they had to fight desperately, yet they were looked down upon.

Even being classified as a military household was a form of punishment, so in the eyes of many, military households were almost equivalent to criminals.

But the Chen family, and even most of the military households in this area, were forcibly conscripted by the government to fight on the battlefield many, many years ago. Why should they be so unlucky generation after generation?

Everyone has thought about this kind of question.

But there is no answer.

After a period of silence, sweat began to pour down again.

This has happened before, but it usually doesn't last long.

This time was no different, but when these young people wanted to give up and relax again, they found that Li Shu had taken another step toward becoming the "boss".

The thought that they might not even be able to beat this "weak and pitiful" Ali in the future made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Keep practicing diligently.

……

Meanwhile, in the military camp.

Cheng Mian unexpectedly received a "letter from home".

This letter was sent along with other soldiers' letters home, and its origin was in the border town, which surprised Cheng Mian.

He thought it had been sent to the wrong address, but when he opened the letter, he saw... crooked and messy handwriting.

These words were written by Li Shu deliberately making herself look ugly, after all... she has a persona in Cheng Mian's eyes.

The letter was not complicated. It simply stated that he was staying there and that he wanted to send him some supplies. Then he talked about the situation at the martial arts village where he was staying and explained that he had taken a master and planned to learn some martial arts.

The content is verbose and clumsy, a thick stack of pages.

Cheng Mian watched, feeling both curious and amused.

Seeing such a response from the person he helped, who went to great lengths to learn to write, just to give him some recognition, Cheng Mian felt warm and accomplished.

But he also found Li Shu's idea too strange—a little girl, saying she wanted to learn martial arts...

Thinking of Li Shu's thin appearance, Cheng Mian felt that she must be joking.

But he felt sorry for Li Shu and thought it would be good for her to have something to do, so he couldn't bring himself to write a hurtful reply.

So he praised it highly.

He felt that simply saying these things was too empty, so he wanted to include some things that Li Shu was interested in.

"I heard there's a guy named Ma Chengting in the Poshan Army. Have you met him? How strong is he?" Soon, Cheng Mian met his friend and asked.

Upon hearing this, General Rong was speechless and said, "There are so many soldiers in the army, how can I recognize them all? What Ma Chengting? I don't know him... Wait, you're not talking about Lieutenant Ma's son, are you?"

“Yes, it’s Captain Ma.” Cheng Mian nodded immediately.

"Him..." General Rong raised an eyebrow, "I have some impression of him."

"What? Is it not good? I heard that the Ma family father and son are very loyal and good people." Cheng Mian quickly praised.

"Who told you this? Brother, it's a good thing you're just a doctor." General Rong patted his shoulder and continued without any hesitation, "As you know, the pay of the Poshan Army is several times that of other soldiers. If you can stand out in the Poshan Army, regardless of age, you will have a bright future. For someone like Captain Ma, whose family background is not strong enough, if he wants his son to achieve success, this is the fastest way."

"If he has the ability, he will have countless opportunities to make meritorious contributions once he joins the Broken Mountain Army. That is a fact."

"Is there a problem with this?" Cheng Mian didn't quite understand.

“Having ambition is a skill, but… this young master Ma has quite the airs. As soon as he joined the army, he started to win people over. In a short time, he has gathered a lot of soldiers with no status. He acts like a young master in the army. He’s just an ordinary person.” General Rong said bluntly.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Mian was somewhat shocked: "How could that be? I heard he's a kind-hearted person, and he even helped Miss Ali a lot!"

"That mountain spirit?" General Rong asked, somewhat surprised. "You actually have dealings with this mountain spirit? What, do you have too much silver?"

"..." Cheng Mian said helplessly, "Ah Li is a pitiful girl, don't say that."

"Alright, my dear sister, I won't say anything." General Rong chuckled. "But... is your mountain spirit sister stupid? Or is she just attracted to Ma Chengting's status, which is why she's seeing beauty in the eye of the beholder? You'd better advise her. In my opinion, this young master Ma is not very good, not very good at all."

"Let me put it this way," General Rong added. "After he joined the reserve army, he became a centurion because he was popular and respected by his men. He didn't go to the battlefield often, but he made many contributions."

"Isn't this a good thing? It proves he's capable!" Cheng Mian said, somewhat puzzled.

“Good brother, although I wanted to prove myself and manage the Po Shan Army and the reserve army well, I never thought of paying with my life. The orders I gave these past few times were dangerous, but the casualties were kept within a certain range. I know all this. This Ma Chengting always does better than others, even exceeding expectations. He is indeed capable, but... he is too greedy, which is why his group suffered the most losses.” General Rong no longer concealed anything and explained very clearly.