Chapter 112: Military Might on the Drill Ground (3)

Originally, he had been extremely disdainful of this woman, but he seemed to have been wrong; she really had some ability. Since his skills were inferior, he had nothing to say. Standing tall with his robust figure, he replied loudly, "Ge Jingyun."

Gu Yun looked at the cold man beside Ge Jingyun, whose face looked as foul as if someone owed him a hundred thousand or eighty thousand. After a long time, he replied coldly, "Leng Xiao."

Leng Xiao? Truly, the person lived up to his name. The three stood at the top of the mountain, facing each other. However, their eyes didn't clash for long before the soldiers surged to the top like a tide. After seeing Gu Yun half-leaning on the mountain rock, everyone widened their eyes in disbelief, and then could only lower their heads in frustration. They had actually lost—lost to a woman!

Gu Yun squinted and looked over. Five hundred people reached the top with almost the same speed. Obviously, although they were new recruits, they had also received strict training, and their physical strength and endurance were not bad. Sure enough, they were good seedlings. Gu Yun was secretly happy.

Standing straight, Gu Yun shouted, "Line up!" Regardless of whether they were squatting or standing, the soldiers immediately got up and lined up.

Gu Yun stood on the mountain rock, looking down at these new recruits who were still unconvinced but didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and smiled with a friendly voice, "Is there anyone who is still unconvinced?"

Losing to a woman was truly humiliating, but the fact was, they had indeed lost.

"Speak!" Gu Yun shouted impatiently.

Gritting their teeth secretly, with a bit of spite and stubbornness, the soldiers still roared in unison, "No!"

Gu Yun nodded with satisfaction, her cold face slightly darkened, and she said loudly, "Since no one is unconvinced, I now announce that during the half month I train you, there are three military disciplines. First: obey orders; second: absolutely obey orders; third: must obey orders under any circumstances! Do you understand?"

The woman was in black with ink-black hair, cold and resilient, and her words were firm and resonant. On the top of the high mountain, that kind of overbearing aura was not inferior to any man. Ge Jingyun and Leng Xiao beside him looked at each other, both shaken by the aura of the woman before them.

"Understand!" Whether it was because they were shaken by Gu Yun's aura or because they were humiliated by the loss, the soldiers roared like tigers, shaking the birds in the mountain ridges into a chaotic flight.

Very good, Gu Yun laughed inwardly. The day had just begun, and the road ahead was still long!

At noon, the sun hung high in the sky. Even with the shade of the trees, the heat still struck fiercely. Coming down from the back mountain, these young soldiers wrote their frustration and unwillingness on their faces.

"Line up!"

Since their skills were inferior, they had nothing to say. They all understood in their hearts that no matter what, they would be trained under this woman for the next half month.

Staring at the face that had returned to its original state, expressionless and unusually cold, Gu Yun didn't care and said loudly, "After the warm-up just now, you should be able to determine your abilities and positions. In the next half month, I will be your instructor. My name is Qing Mo. You can call me Boss or Instructor in the future."

"Ge Jingyun, Leng Xiao, step out!"

Waves secretly flashed in the depths of their eyes. What does this woman want to do? Doubts filled their hearts, but the two still stepped forward with normal expressions and walked to the front of the line. When the two walked in front of her, Gu Yun announced, "From now on, the team will be divided into two. You performed well in the test just now, so I appoint you as the captains of these two squads..."

Before Gu Yun could finish, a low, cold male voice replied, "I won't be a captain."

Gu Yun raised her eyebrows slightly, but ignored Leng Xiao's words and continued loudly, "As a captain, one must be the most outstanding elite in the whole team. He not only needs to accept challenges from members of his own team but also lead his team to surpass the other team. Therefore, only the most outstanding person can become a captain."

Her cold eyes swept toward Leng Xiao again, and Gu Yun asked with disdain, "Leng Xiao, do you not want to be one, or do you not dare to be one?"

Leng Xiao remained silent, looking back at Gu Yun's face with an unchanging expression. Gu Yun's face was full of coldness, but she was very happy in her heart. She had finally found a person who was calm and wouldn't be provoked into a red-faced rage at every turn. However, such a person was also tricky and not easy to control. The man in front of her was only twenty years old, and the dead-water-like eyes made him seem to be surrounded by an aura of "strangers stay away." However, Gu Yun still discovered a fierce and powerful aura hidden under the dead water in those cold eyes.

Her lips curled slightly. Gu Yun turned her back and stopped looking at him, saying indifferently, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. If you don't want to be one, go home quickly, marry a wife, have children, and live a stable life; there's no need to come here to suffer. If you don't dare to be one, then leave quickly; I don't keep cowards here! Whether you want to be one or not is up to you." Leng Xiao remained silent, and Gu Yun didn't force him. The five hundred people in the forest were silent, so long that the soldiers below couldn't help but stir, and then that low, cold male voice suddenly sounded again, "I will!"

Gu Yun was secretly happy. She didn't look back at him and continued to issue orders, "Using this row as the standard, the left side is the first team, and the captain is Ge Jingyun; the right side is the second team, and the captain is Leng Xiao. Both teams listen to the order: all squat down, with your hands clasped behind your backs."

The soldiers were confused, but still followed suit. The scene of hundreds of burly men squatting in the lush green forest was quite ridiculous.

"Maintain the squatting posture and jump forward. The destination is the forest where you lined up and set off just now."

When the soldiers heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then anger immediately surged in their hearts. What did she mean? Squatting on the ground with hands behind backs and jumping forward? What kind of posture was this? A group of people squatted on the ground, not moving at all. Gu Yun frowned and shouted sternly, "Execute the order!"

At this time, a young soldier standing not far from Gu Yun suddenly stood out, his tall body radiating heavy anger, and he roared, "Although we lost to you just now, no matter what, we are warriors who fight bravely to kill the enemy. You cannot insult us like this!"

Insult? Facing this group of stubborn stones who didn't understand anything, a fire also gathered in Gu Yun's chest. "This is training! A soldier's duty is to obey orders. If you can't even do this, you are not worthy of being a soldier at all, let alone talking about being a warrior! Those who are not soldiers, get out immediately!"

"Frog jump forward!" As soldiers, they had no choice! The soldiers gritted their teeth, their hands clenching so hard they rattled. While cursing Gu Yun in their hearts, they jumped forward as if their lives depended on it! For a time, the five hundred Su Army soldiers in the forest all turned into "frogs," jumping and thumping on the ground in a clumsy manner! And behind them was the woman with her arms crossed over her chest, looking leisurely.

Cursing me in your hearts, are you? In a moment, I'll make you unable to curse!

From the foot of the mountain to the forest where they gathered, it was at least three kilometers. If they ran forward, it would naturally be a piece of cake for these young and strong guys, but frog-jumping forward was killing them! This amount of exercise was definitely no less than a twenty-kilometer armed cross-country.

They had jumped less than a kilometer, and the men who were just full of anger were already exhausted and out of breath. Ge Jingyun had always been proud of his physical strength, but now he also felt unusually hot all over, his throat felt like it was about to burn, his head was buzzing, and his feet felt numb as if they weren't his own. He was like this, let alone the others. The team that was originally neat had lost its formation at this time, and many people fell to the back in a scattered manner.

Sweat flowed from his forehead into his eyes. Leng Xiao wiped it hard with his sleeve, and his sore and swollen feet were almost uncontrollably half-kneeling on the ground.

"You're collapsing after just this little bit of exercise? What kind of soldier are you?"

"Get up, continue!" Behind them was the woman's arrogant low shout. This voice kept stimulating the hearts of all the soldiers. Even though everyone was exhausted to the point of death, no one was willing to compromise even a little! Even if you die of exhaustion, you have to hold on!

Lasting for two hours, when all the soldiers arrived at the forest they left in the morning by frog-jumping, they all collapsed on the ground without exception, lying all over the place, their faces pale, sweat pouring down like rain. Everyone was breathing desperately, still suffocating as if they were exhaling more than they were inhaling, and their chests seemed to be burned by a raging fire.

Leaning against a tree trunk, Leng Xiao was also breathing desperately, but his eyes were fixed on the culprit not far away. She didn't speak, just watched the remnants of the army on the ground quietly. He couldn't tell what she was thinking, but her posture at this time was completely different from her arrogance just now.

About a quarter of an hour later, the soldiers finally caught their breath a little, but because their hands had supported the ground many times, there were bloodstains everywhere, and their feet had long been worn into a mess. Needless to look, they knew they were full of blisters, not to mention the huge soreness in their legs that made it difficult for them to move!

"Line up!" At this time, Gu Yun's voice sounded like magic in the soldiers' ears.

Everyone was as tired as a dead dog, and there was no place on their bodies that didn't hurt! Many soldiers were already lying on the ground, snoring loudly. At this time, only a hundred or so people could stand up and line up. Gu Yun squinted and looked over. Compared with the morning, the team was a world of difference. The soldiers were exhausted and weak, but the eyes staring at her were bright and piercing.

Gu Yun, who had originally kept a cold face, suddenly laughed, "I know, you must be hating me!"

Answering her were even fiercer eyes full of hatred.

How could there be such a crazy way of training troops in the world! In the eyes of these soldiers, she just wanted to humiliate them and torture them!

Gu Yun didn't care about these eyes, "It doesn't matter if you hate me. Sweating more during training is to make you bleed less on the battlefield in the future! The 'frog jump' that you think is ridiculous and shameful just now can not only exercise your endurance, but more importantly, it can greatly enhance the explosive power of your legs and improve the balance and coordination of your whole body. Maybe you think my training is strange, or even unreasonable, but I just want you to obey orders, not question them. Even if there is something you don't understand, you should execute the order first, and then ask for the reason in detail."

Everyone looked at each other. There were doubts, misunderstandings, realizations, and disbelief in their hearts, but Gu Yun's explanation still made them feel a little better. If she did this, it wasn't to deliberately torture them, then no matter how bitter or tired, they could bear it.

Seeing them looking like they were about to die, she couldn't train them anymore. Gu Yun kindly let them off, "First day of training, don't have too much exercise. Let's stop here today. Gather here at Mao hour tomorrow."

Don't have too much exercise? The soldiers were dumbfounded in an instant. They were almost tortured to death by her, and she still called it not too much exercise? In the next half month, their lives were in danger!

"Ge Jingyun, Leng Xiao, lead the team back to the camp."

"Yes." Dragging and pulling, the two teams finally lined up and returned to the camp. Watching their backs as they complained, Gu Yun raised the corners of her mouth happily and walked toward the General's Mansion. For tomorrow's training items, she needed to find Su Ren to help her prepare some things.

Approaching the drill ground, one could see Su Yu standing in the ranks teaching them how to practice spear piercing. This practice was not bad; it was very useful when two armies were facing each other, but he seemed to have forgotten that they were competing in a night raid! Looking around, Su Ren was not there, and Gu Yun didn't stay long. Entering the General's Mansion from the outside of the drill ground, she soon walked to the place where she first woke up, Lingyun Pavilion!

She didn't expect Su Ling's courtyard to be so close to the drill ground. Just as she was about to pass by, Gu Yun discovered that the courtyard door was only slightly ajar. Had Su Ling returned?

Gently pushing open the courtyard door, there was no one inside. Shrugging her shoulders, wanting to leave, Gu Yun suddenly missed Ice Lotus again. That was truly a good sword that one could not forget. Since there was no one in the courtyard, it should be fine for her to go see it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 113 =====