Chapter 114: Devil Instructor (1)

At Mao hour, the sky was just beginning to brighten. In the forest, dense leaves blocked the morning light, making it even darker. A long line of five hundred people ran over. Judging by their marching speed and the soldiers' mental state, they were far less spirited than yesterday morning. The team ran into the forest, and even in the dim light, they saw at a glance the figure they had cursed all night long.

Gu Yun had a frosty face, not for anything else, but because there were no watches in this era, and timing was really inconvenient. And this group of brats was still dawdling, making her wait for fifteen minutes. Of course, she wouldn't admit that she had arrived early.

Just as the team stood still, the soldiers also noticed that Gu Yun's face was extremely bad, and they were secretly shocked—would she come up with some torturous tricks again!

"Ge Jingyun, Leng Xiao." A cold voice sounded low.

"Yes." Ge Jingyun and Leng Xiao stepped forward. Gu Yun had a dark face and said, "Starting from today, the first thing before training every day is to take your squads, start running from here, go around the back mountain and come back. The time cannot exceed a quarter of an hour. Whoever returns after this time is not allowed to eat lunch!"

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just running. Compared with yesterday, this was really too easy. Just when they were secretly rejoicing, Gu Yun suddenly pointed to a small mound of dirt piled up not far away and said word by word, "There are some sandbags there. Each person takes four bags, two on the waist and two on the legs. Set off immediately after tying them up."

She accidentally discovered a lot of sand piled up on the side of the drill ground when she went to the drill ground yesterday. It was perfect for them to do weight-bearing exercises.

"Yes." Running to the small mountain, they found that it was a huge bag of sand. It was inconvenient to even move when tied to the body, let alone running, and they had to return within a quarter of an hour! She was indeed a devil! Tying the sandbags, the group swayed and rushed toward the back mountain. No one wanted to have no lunch!

Watching their somewhat ridiculous backs, Gu Yun laughed in a low voice, and her mood finally turned from cloudy to sunny. Leaning against the tree trunk, Gu Yun waited for Su Ren to send her the things. The summer sun came out early. After a while, the sunlight had penetrated through the leaves and shone faintly into the forest. Just when Gu Yun was getting a little impatient, a tall and strong figure like a small mountain, followed by a dozen soldiers carrying seven or eight large wooden boxes, walked toward her.

Gu Yun frowned slightly. Han Shu? How could it be him who sent them!

Walking to Gu Yun, Han Shu said loudly, "The things you wanted." He came today because of the sword yesterday. He was a bit curious; the sword body was so cold, how did she manage to feel nothing at all?

Opening a box, it was filled with dense weapons, but after seeing the things inside clearly, Gu Yun frowned again, "These are daggers?!"

Han Shu glanced at the things in the box and also frowned, "If these aren't daggers, what are they?"

Gu Yun replied coolly, "Too big, I don't want them, take them away." Can that be called a dagger? They were fifty centimeters long; they were more like short swords.

On the battlefield, such daggers were already short weapons because they were not conducive to killing the enemy, and they were rarely used in peacetime. He had searched the entire weapon room to find a few hundred for her, and she actually said she didn't want them! Han Shu was so annoyed that he shouted, "Making trouble for no reason!"

Gu Yun closed the box directly, too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

"You!" Han Shu gritted his teeth.

Gu Yun didn't look back and sneered, "What, didn't have enough fighting yesterday, want to try again today? Sorry, I don't have time now!"

Han Shu's knuckles rattled, and the soldiers behind him held their breath.

On this side, Han Shu looked like he was about to explode, and on that side, Gu Yun continued to check the hemp ropes in the other two boxes, saying to the soldier standing stiffly aside, "I'll keep the ropes, take the daggers away."

The soldier didn't dare to move, waiting for Han Shu's order. After a long time, Han Shu's large hands loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened, and finally waved at the soldier. The soldier felt relieved and immediately carried the boxes of daggers out of the forest.

This woman is simply unreasonable! Han Shu was just about to flick his sleeves and leave, but he saw several teams of soldiers with messy formations and heavy steps running toward this side. Han Shu's face immediately turned black, and he shouted angrily, "What's going on with these soldiers? Why is the speed so slow!" Even if they were new recruits, they shouldn't have such quality. How could such slackers appear in the Su Army!

Gu Yun glanced at him sideways and replied with a sneer, "You run ten miles with thirty catties of sandbags tied to you, and you won't necessarily be very fast."

Han Shu was stunned, squinted and looked carefully. Indeed, everyone was covered with heavy sandbags on their waists and legs. Staring at Gu Yun, Han Shu shouted, "What kind of messy troop-training method is this?!"

Can't this person's voice be a little lower? It made her eardrums hurt! Lazily rubbing her ears, Gu Yun replied amusingly, "If you don't like it, you can leave immediately; no one is keeping you. If you are interested in watching, you can also stand aside and learn well what is called the art of training troops! But I'll say the ugly words first: you'd better not talk nonsense and affect my training."

Gu Yun's arrogant look really annoyed Han Shu. Slapping his thigh, Han Shu replied spitefully, "Fine! I'll see how a woman trains troops!"

At this time, the soldiers at the front had returned to their original place. Seeing the tall and mighty Han Shu, their eyes lit up immediately, and they called out respectfully and admiringly, "Frontline General Han!" Han Shu was the most valiant frontline general under General Su Ling. They had only seen him from afar once when they were selected into the Su Army. Seeing him up close, he was indeed more mighty and divine!

More and more soldiers returned to the forest. Originally, they were still looking like they were about to die, but as soon as they saw Han Shu, they immediately stood straight as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Gu Yun raised her eyebrows slightly, watching coldly. These brats! Why weren't they so respectful when they saw her? It seemed they hadn't had enough lessons!

Han Shu glared and shouted, "Line up. During training, no talking."

"Yes." Five hundred soldiers immediately lined up, standing neatly.

Han Shu raised his head proudly and looked at Gu Yun. He thought she would be angry or ashamed, but who knew she smiled at him leisurely, walked to the front of the team, and without showing any anger, said loudly, "You can untie the sandbags."

The soldiers then remembered that the one who really trained them was the devil-like woman in front of them! Untying the sandbags, the soldiers stared straight ahead without squinting. With her hands behind her back, Gu Yun still said in a gentle tone, "There are only three items for today's training. First, anti-impact training; second, combat skills; third, rock climbing training."

Unsurprisingly, pairs of questioning and confused eyes stared straight at her. Gu Yun looked like she was easy to talk to, her lips curled slightly, and she said, "I am a very democratic person. Before training, you can ask questions, but after training starts, I don't want to see any hesitation. Whoever wants to ask, raise your hand. I will point to him, and then he can speak."

Gu Yun looked around, and under her calm gaze, no one raised their hand. After a long while, it seemed that someone had gathered the courage, and a black and strong man of older age raised his hand.

Gu Yun looked at him and said, "You."

Taking a deep breath, the man said loudly, "Since it is training troops, you don't teach us the art of fighting on the battlefield or the method of marching and formations, but want us to run around like this to practice these things we have never heard of. What is the reason?"

They were not afraid of bitter training, but didn't want to learn useless techniques, and didn't want to lose so miserably in half a month! This was not only the voice of all the soldiers, but also Han Shu's doubt. What she just said about the three training items had never been the content of training new recruits.

"First, everything should have a target and purpose. This half-month intensive training is for the night raid battle. It's not that battlefield fighting and marching formations don't need to be practiced, but they are not the focus of this intensive training; second, the content of my training is to improve your individual combat ability, allowing you to adapt to the needs of night raid battles in a short period of time and become the elite of the elite." Gu Yun naturally knew their thoughts, otherwise she wouldn't have let them ask questions. She wanted them to be not only convinced by mouth, but also convinced by heart!

Gu Yun's sincere and detailed explanation made the men who were in pain yesterday feel a little relieved.

Han Shu raised his tiger eyes. She was competing with Su Yu in a night raid?! What great courage. Even Su Yu might not be able to train a group of new recruits to have the ability to deal with night raids in half a month, let alone her? Hearing her speak so logically just now, he wanted to see how she would train this group of new recruits.

The black and strong man nodded clearly, and then asked suspiciously, "Then what is anti-impact training? Shouldn't we learn how to attack the enemy? Do we have to learn how to be beaten?" Although he didn't speak, everyone else nodded to show their confusion.

Everyone was waiting for Gu Yun's explanation, but who knew she smiled slightly, stretched out her hand, hooked her index finger at the black and strong man, and said, "You, step out."

Walking in front of Gu Yun inexplicably, before he could stand still, Gu Yun suddenly approached, leaped up, bent her right hand, and hit the man's neck with her elbow hard.

"Ah!" A scream, the pain of his neck almost dislocating made the man squat on the ground in pain. Questioning her training method and getting beaten! Many hot-blooded men among the new recruits couldn't stand it anymore and clenched their hands into fists, but Gu Yun just looked at the man on the ground coldly and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts to death!" His neck was about to break.

Half-squatting down, Gu Yun said coldly, "I only hit you once, and I was bare-handed. If I punched continuously, or if I held a stick or even a sword, you would be dead in a few hits. Don't talk about protecting the country, you can't even protect your own life!"

The black and strong man held his neck, stood up slowly in shame, and stood aside.

Gu Yun turned to face the whole army and continued, "For a soldier, the opponents you face have different abilities. When you face an extremely strong opponent, attack is no longer your advantage. Then preserving strength, making yourself not so vulnerable, and consuming the opponent's energy to plan a counterattack is the key to your victory." The cold voice was not high, but it made this group of soldiers who had just questioned her feel ashamed. They seemed to have questioned her decision, but gradually, they also found that what she said seemed to make some sense.

For the first time, the cold Leng Xiao raised his hand. Gu Yun nodded at him, signaling him to speak.

"How can one become resistant to being beaten?" Attacks can have moves, how to practice being resistant to being beaten?

Gu Yun raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You will understand this in a moment."

Looking up at the crowd, Gu Yun asked again, "Are there any questions?"

This time no one was stupid enough to dare to speak again.

"Very good, now start the first training item."

Bang—

Bang bang—

The muffled sound of flesh-and-blood collisions and the flying dust—the forest was a tragic scene. At this time, Leng Xiao finally knew why the smile on the corner of Gu Yun's mouth just now looked so weird. In the future, the more kindly she smiled, the more careful they had to be!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 115 =====