Chapter 317: Personal Guard
Ning Yi and Huang Yuchen walked through the bustling streets and straight out of Pingjin City.
Huang Yuchen had previously learned that the place where the training of recruits in Pingjin City was not in the city, but a new place was opened outside the city, specifically for training recruits.
I think it is true that the training of 50,000 new recruits involves many aspects. Pingjin City is just such a big place. There are armor and weapons that need to be made with 50,000 troops. There are many people and eyes, so some chaos will inevitably occur. It is better to put it outside the city and be quieter and train new recruits better.
The two of them walked quietly without horses, but they were not slow. Following the path outside Pingjin City, not long after, they saw a military camp in the distance. The wooden walls stood tall and the flags were waving on them, which made Huang Yuchen very unfamiliar.
"Uncle Xiao should be in the camp now." Ning Yi turned around and said to Huang Yuchen: "I have taken you in. Never show your relationship with Uncle Xiao. Among the 50,000 new recruits, there are inevitably people with ill-belief. Your identity needs to be kept confidential. If someone asks about it, just say it is my relative."
When Huang Yuchen heard this, he nodded slightly. He came to Pingjincheng and said that he was surveillance of Xiao Yibao, but in fact he was just a refuge. If one person was less than his identity, he would have more protection.
Although Huang Yuchen didn't know why his elder brother had to let him come to Pingjincheng, he no longer thought about these things that he couldn't see clearly. The elder brother gave the order and he just did it.
When he arrived at the gate of the military camp, Ning Yi took out a token. The guards immediately let the token go. Huang Yuchen followed Ning Yi and entered the recruit camp directly.
The Gobi Mountains near Pingjin City is in the Gobi Mountains. There are not many water and plants here. The recruit camp is just a few miles outside the city, so it is convenient to travel every day.
Following Ning Yi into the military camp, Huang Yuchen checked around. The entire military camp covers a very wide area and is surrounded by wooden city walls. The place I just entered is the daily resting place for soldiers. Tents are tied in the military camp, densely packed. In the distance, it should be the military training ground for soldiers. At this moment, they are training, and there are endless shouts of killing.
This was the first time Huang Yuchen entered the recruit camp. He felt everything was fresh, but after Ning Yi, he was not good at asking about everything.
The layout of the new recruit camp is very different from that of the wartime military camp. There are many things. Among them, what makes Huang Yuchen feel the most new is that outside each tent, there are stones used to hone their strength. Two stones are linked with wooden sticks, and move up and down to hone their strength. This kind of thing will never appear during the marching.
Ning Yi saw Huang Yuchen's expression and knew that he saw the stone carp. He chuckled and explained: "Every time he trains the recruits, he needs to pick up ten stone carp every time he wants to go back to the tent to rest, otherwise he will not be able to make an account. This is also the order issued by Uncle Xiao, and only these will appear in the recruits' camp."
When Huang Yuchen heard this, he nodded slightly. He had already known the arrangement of the military camp during the war before, but now he still felt that the new camp was fresh everywhere.
There were not many people in the tents on both sides. At this moment, most of the soldiers were in the martial arts field and were stepping up training. Ning Yi led Huang Yuchen and walked straight to the big tent in the middle. If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Yibo would be in it at this moment.
Following Ning Yi, the two of them went straight into the big tent, and there were no soldiers guarding outside the tent. When they entered the tent, they were empty. Ning Yi immediately looked back at Huang Yuchen with a hard face and said, "Uncle Xiao is in the martial arts field. Do you think you want to go find him?"
Huang Yuchen was slightly stunned when he heard this and said, "Since you are here, you will naturally have to go to the martial arts venue to see it, otherwise you will only look at some tents and stone carvings. What's the point?"
Ning Yi sighed softly when he heard this. Huang Yuchen was even more confused when he sighed. He only heard Ning Yi say, "This is what you are going to, I didn't force you to go, let's go."
As he said that, without waiting for Huang Yuchen to speak, he left the tent. Huang Yuchen was confused and followed Ning Yi.
The two of them walked straight to the martial arts performance venue not far away.
In the martial arts performance, yellow smoke rolled.
At this moment, 50,000 new soldiers were practicing. There was a hilly landform near Pingjin City, and there was no grassland. The martial arts performance scene was very active and paved with yellow sand. At this moment, 50,000 soldiers were practicing, causing waves of sand and dust from time to time.
The sound of shouting and killing are endless.
Huang Yuchen followed Ning Yi, and the more he walked in, the more excited he felt.
From childhood to adulthood, what he likes the military is the most, and what he yearns for the military camp. He had long wanted to know how the tiger and wolf army in the Eastern Palace was trained, but now he is about to see it, and he can't hide his excitement in his heart.
Ning Yi was a little frowning along the way, not knowing what he was thinking, but at this moment Huang Yuchen was excited and had no time to think about this.
When you enter the martial arts court, the first thing that comes to your eye is a team of neat soldiers. At this moment, they are fully equipped. At the command of the general, they hold long spears and keep doing basic actions such as stabbing, picking, and boring. Every time they move, they shout like thunder.
Looking further back, a large group of sergeants were running fully armed, and each sergeant was sweating profusely. He looked like that and had run more than a lap.
Many new soldiers were based on the brigade in the martial arts field and practiced their own training. The entire martial arts field was shouting like thunder.
On one side of the martial arts field, there was a huge platform. On top of the platform, there were several huge drums, and flags were waving. Behind it was a Taishi Chair. Behind it, a small group of sergeants stood neatly, fully armed and firm in their faces.
Xiao Yibo was sitting on the throne chair at this moment, with a calm expression on his face, quietly watching the exercises on the martial arts field without saying a word.
Ning Yi took Huang Yuchen and walked straight to the platform. Huang Yuchen also restrained his expression, followed Ning Yi and stepped forward steadily.
When he arrived in front of Xiao Yibo, Ning Yi bowed deeply and said loudly: "Ning Yi, I have met the Lord of City Xiao." Huang Yuchen knelt on one knee behind Ning Yi, without saying a word.
He entered the recruits' camp without any identity, nor showed any tokens, and wore the costumes of the people. When he saw Xiao, he should give a gift.
Xiao Yibo nodded faintly, his eyes turned to Huang Yuchen, he pointed his hand and asked Ning Yi: "Who is this person?"
"Go back to City Lord Xiao, this person is a distant relative of me. I heard that the royal mansion had expanded its recruitment of soldiers and wanted to enlist in the army." Ning Yi said respectfully.
Xiao Yibo nodded and did not speak. At this moment, a young man with a general appearance behind Xiao Yibo smiled, looked at Ning Yi, and said, "The date for recruiting new soldiers has passed long ago. Military Advisor Ning, aren't you planning to be favored?"
Ning Yi frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "I brought him here, and I have a reason to bring him here. When is it your turn to speak here?"
The soldier was not angry when he heard this, but just smiled and said nothing more.
"Lord Xiao, my relative is powerful. Aren't you still a guard? I think he is just right." Ning Yi took a step forward and said to Xiao Yi.
As soon as this was said, Huang Yuchen was shocked. What was missing a guard, what was enlisted in the army, and when did this happen? Why didn’t I know?
Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Yibo said, "Well, I do lack a personal guard, but this guard requires a high level of cultivation. What's the child you brought with him has this ability?"
"Of course there is." Ning Yi chuckled and said firmly.
Hearing this, Huang Yuchen felt a little bad. He looked at Ning Yi and Xiao Yibao again, but neither of them looked at him. However, the few soldiers behind Xiao Yibao looked at him, but his eyes were a little bad.
"Ning Yi... Are you going to kill me?" Huang Yuchen cursed in his heart, but in such an occasion, he could not directly say that Ning Yi was lying. If he was a young man without a certainty, he would not refute Ning Yi in front of everyone, unless he took out the Eastern King's Order. But if he took out the Eastern King's Order, then the incident of his secret coming to Pingjin City would be obvious.
I felt afraid in my heart. Although I was very unhappy, I could only kneel on one knee and lower my head without saying a word.
"Military Ning, you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue." Another soldier behind Xiao Yibo said contemptuously: "I see that Xiaonian is at most fifteen or sixteen years old, and she is thin. No matter how you look at her, she doesn't look like a trainer. How can she take on the responsibility of guarding the city lord?"
Ning Yi was happy when he heard this, but his face was slightly angry and said, "Why, are you not convinced?"
"I am naturally submissive to the military commander Ning, someone else?" The soldier glanced at Huang Yuchen contemptuously, and his contempt was unconcealed.
It is true that these people can stand behind Xiao Yibo to guard the guard, which means they must be outstanding and save the ordinary training in the martial arts field. You must know that Xiao Yibo never needs any guard. With his own combat power alone, the entire Dongwang Mansion, besides the Dongwang King, may be able to compete with Yu Sheng in the future. If you want to assassinate him, there are not many masters above the martial arts. It is simply a delusion.
Hearing the words of the soldier and seeing the expression on his face, Huang Yuchen complained in his heart and scolded Ning Yi thousands of times, but now in front of everyone, he could not say anything, he could only let it go.
"Don't accept it? It's easy to deal with." Ning Yi showed a bright smile on his face, looked at Xiao Yibo, and said, "Lord Xiao, how dare you ask the seven soldiers behind you, are they the top seven with the highest cultivation level of the new recruits this time?"
After asking this, Xiao Yibo stood up straight. Ning Yi was right. They were the new soldiers with the highest cultivation level selected by the 50,000 soldiers through layer by layer. They only rely on the folk last-stage cultivation method to practice the cultivator, with an average age of no more than twenty years old. These people are already considered extremely talented. However, there is still a big gap compared to Huang Yuchen.
"Yes." Xiao Yibo nodded slightly and said, "What? Do you have to let this young man be my guard?"
"Go back to City Lord Xiao." Ning Yi smiled and said, "My relative really has some tricks, otherwise I wouldn't dare to bring them to you rashly. Please give me a chance to fulfill one or two."
Xiao Yibo obviously frowned, glanced at Huang Yuchen kneeling on the ground, then looked at Ning Yi, and said angrily: "Ning Yi, why have you started doing these things? You know I don't like this the most. Anyone who wants to get on the throne must use his own abilities. Even if you go through the back door, you must be able to match the position."
"Don't worry, Lord Xiao, I'll ask him to take any test." Ning Yi's eyes showed a bright look, and he glanced at the seven soldiers behind him with a smile.
Xiao Yibo frowned, turned slightly, asked the seven young soldiers behind him, and said, "What do you think? Are you willing to give him a chance?"
"I followed the orders of the city lord." Several people said in unison, and then Huang Yuchen felt several gazes falling on him, and he felt a burst of groan in his heart.
"Okay!" Xiao Yibo patted the armrest of the Grand Master's chair and said, "It's just the day before yesterday. It's time to decide the candidate for my guard. There are eight people. You will fight each other. The winner will be my personal guard, and he will be promoted to the general."
"Ode to the Lord!" The seven people behind him immediately knelt on one knee, shouting like thunder.
Chapter completed!