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For this day, Xu Shiqiu prepared for a long time, and did not return home for two days straight. Instead, he stayed in the army camp with his subordinates.

Although Dong Shu was anxious, she could not go and watch.

Not only her, even the Empress Hu was unable to go to the army camp to watch.

Because of the rules of the military camp, women were not allowed to enter.

Originally, there was such a military rule in order to prevent soldiers from being greedy for sex. However, it had now become a reason to stop all the women from entering the army camp.

This year, other than the Prince Duan, only Ye Jingxing and Ye Jinghui had the honor of accompanying Emperor Ruikang to the army camp.

As for the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince, one was doing housework at home while the other was being habitually forgotten by the Emperor Ruikang.

Even the Emperor Ruikang thought that bringing Ye Jingxing out here was because his son was here. On the other hand, Ye Jinghui only came here because he was acting so coquettishly.

The remaining princes who were still young didn't have much of a presence in front of Emperor Ruikang, and their birth mother's position was also almost low. Naturally, they didn't have the chance to see Emperor Ruikang, and followed him out of the palace.

In order to see the recruits that Xu Shiqiu had trained, Emperor Ruikang had specially dealt with the matters at hand two days in advance. Today, he brought his little brother, two sons, and a few trusted subordinates and left the capital early in the morning.

At the same time as Emperor Ruikang departed, Ye Jingxing also told his trusted aides to send a message to Xu Shiqiu, so when Emperor Ruikang thought that he had snuck over, Xu Shiqiu had actually already been waiting for him for a long time.

There were around one thousand five hundred people in the new army. Other than the five hundred support troops, there were five hundred people in the remaining one thousand soldiers who had assembled into the elite Iron Eagle Brigade, which was obtained from the Iron Eagle Guards of the Qin Nation.

The soldiers on this trip not only had to learn ordinary fighting techniques, they also had to practice horse riding techniques. To be able to fight on horseback with the same level of proficiency as footwork, any weapon would have to be able to be used.

The current Iron Eagle Brigade was not up to standard in Xu Shiqiu's eyes. Even though he had three months of time, if he wanted to train them to be like the Iron Eagle Guards of the Qin Nation, he still needed to spend a lot of effort.

The Iron Eagle Guards were the elites of a hundred battles, but the Iron Eagle Brigade in his hands had yet to experience any battles.

Based on Xu Shiqiu's budget, for these five hundred people to leave four hundred behind after going through a few battles would be good enough, but he himself knew that it was impossible.

To become like the Iron Eagle Guard, it would probably take at least a few years. Even if he did not have a hundred battles to fight, he would need at least seventy to eighty, which was how he could barely call himself Iron Eagle Brigade.

After Xu Shiqiu saw the Emperor Ruikang, he informed him of his thoughts.

He didn't want to be a general peacefully staying in the capital. He wanted to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy. The soldiers under his command also needed to go to the battlefield to train themselves.

Emperor Ruikang had never led a soldier before. Although he knew that there was such a title for the Iron Eagle Guards, he did not understand what it meant to a general to be a hundred battle elites.

But Prince Duan Lord understood.

"Royal brother, if we really have such an army, then we won't have to worry about the border anymore." Prince Duan looked excitedly at Emperor Ruikang. After he finished speaking, he thought for a while before continuing, "Royal brother, I'm old and no longer have the courage I previously had. However, he had it on him, so he began to work hard too. The Royal Brother should give him this chance. "

Xu Shiqiu never thought that the Prince Duan would help him speak up, because of the military power previously, Xu Shiqiu knew that his sister-in-law hated him.

After all, Prince Duan was the eldest sister-in-law's father, and there were no good soldiers amongst his children and grandchildren. Perhaps this was because none of the children and grandchildren of Prince Duan had inherited his courage, and of course, it couldn't be ruled out that they had deliberately failed to raise him.

Everyone knew that there would be sacrifices for the martial general, not to mention that he was the younger brother of the Emperor Ruikang, so the Emperor Ruikang trusted him greatly.

But in the future?

His children and grandchildren, as well as the future generations of emperors, were just cousins. If he continued any further, his bloodline would be even thinner.

Xu Shiqiu understood that the Prince Duan was a wise man, that was why he slowly returned all the military authority to the Emperor Ruikang while he was still alive.

With his relationship with the Emperor Ruikang, he would definitely not be able to live a peaceful life. As long as his descendants did not rebel, they would definitely live a peaceful life.

But Prince Duan's grandson, Xu Yanhao, who was in charge of Xu Family, had always liked to train in martial arts since a young age and wanted to be a great general.

Back then, Sister-in-law had hoped that Yanhao could take over the command of his father. Only, she did not expect that he would decide to return to the capital.

Xu Shiqiu thought about it so much, but didn't spend much time on it. Just as he regained his senses, Emperor Ruikang also nodded at Prince Duan, "At the time, you are indeed Zhenbei's son.

Hearing Emperor Ruikang mention Xu Zhenbei, Prince Duan could not help but sigh.

Thinking back to the scene where he and Xu Zhenbei fought together on the battlefield, Prince Duan sighed in his heart before turning to Xu Shiqiu and saying, "Shiqiu, since you have such ambitions, why don't you quickly have your soldiers demonstrate it?"

There were only two or three people who dared to interrupt such a carefree person in front of Emperor Ruikang, especially when he was reminiscing about old friends. Prince Duan was one of them.

As soon as Prince Duan finished speaking, he nodded towards Xu Shiqiu.

Receiving Emperor Ruikang's instructions, Xu Shiqiu immediately cupped his fists and bowed: "I have the orders." With that, Xu Shiqiu brought the few guards to turn around and leave, to command the soldiers to begin their training.

After Xu Shiqiu left, the Prince Duan looked at Emperor Ruikang and said: "Royal brother, this subject knows that you feel guilty for Zhenbei, but the matter at that time is already in the past, it's best if you don't keep thinking about it." After saying that, the Prince Duan paused for a moment before continuing, "The most important thing is that since you understand what happened back then, you should make the decision earlier."

Hearing Prince Duan's words, the few people originally leaning on him and Emperor Ruikang's side hurriedly took two steps back without leaving a trace, and even put on an appearance as if "I'm not listening".

Emperor Ruikang did not care about those people's actions. As the emperor, he naturally understood that when he and Prince Duan talked about this topic, they did not dare to eavesdrop.

But...

"Brother Duan, they are all my blood. How can I go down and deal with them ruthlessly?" Emperor Ruikang also knew that after becoming old, he had a soft spot. This was not good for an emperor.

Emperor Ruikang saw that after he had said all of this, Prince Duan's face turned ugly. He then sighed and continued, "Brother Duan, we actually already have an idea in our hearts. In a few days, we will discuss it in detail with you."

Hearing Emperor Ruikang's words, it was naturally not good to say anything more. Furthermore, Xu Shiqiu had already returned to the ranks of the soldiers, holding onto the military flag, ready to demonstrate the military formation.

Although Xu Shiqiu did not have many subordinates, the formations he trained were constantly changing.

Xu Shiqiu then raised one hand, the palm facing forward, and then the palm quickly formed a fist in mid air.

As soon as he finished his sentence, all the soldiers in the training field below focused their attention on him, waiting for his new order.

Seeing that the soldiers were all ready to fight, Xu Shiqiu clenched his fist and quickly made a gesture that no one else could understand.

Following that, the original one thousand five hundred people quickly separated, and then, Xu Shiqiu led the way with the banner.

Those who had never led the troops before could only feel that the soldiers on Xu Shiqiu's side were now filled with killing intent, but were now all retreating in an orderly fashion. Before they could even regain their senses, the soldiers of the other generals under the command of the other generals, who were faking being the enemies of the army, all had one or two white spots on each of their bodies.

If one looked closely, they would notice that most of the white spots on their bodies were fatal spots. There were many throats and hearts, and the soldiers who retreated had almost no white spots on them.

"This, this is indeed a man from Hubai." Prince Duan looked excited, and seeing that the others did not understand, he hurriedly explained, "This is a training exercise for both armies, the weapons in your hands have been replaced with wooden sticks. One end of the wooden stick was coated with white powder. As long as a white dot is left on the opponent's body during the battle, a professional team will be able to determine whether or not they died in battle. "

Almost at the same moment that Lord Prince Duan finished speaking, an army of doctors led by two imperial physicians appeared on the drill grounds below. They began inspecting the two soldiers who had just left the battlefield.

Although the results were not out yet, but they knew that the team that Xu Shiqiu was in command had won.

Although he had long guessed that it was possible, the Emperor Ruikang still felt that it was inconceivable.

Originally, he had confidence in Xu Shiqiu because he was Xu Zhenbei's son. The reason why Xu Zhenbei was able to progress from an ordinary soldier to the position of a First Pin Empire's Great General bit by bit was entirely due to his strength and loyalty to himself.

Originally, the reason he gave Xu Shiqiu this official position was entirely because of an old friend. However, the Emperor Ruikang did not expect that Xu Shiqiu would actually give him a pleasant surprise.

Without waiting for Emperor Ruikang and the rest to recover from their shock, a few soldiers that were on Xu Shiqiu's side suddenly walked out.

When these soldiers gathered together, they instantly formed a row of ten people, a total of five rows.

Before Emperor Ruikang and the others could guess what Xu Shiqiu was planning to do, Xu Shiqiu had already loudly shouted at them, "Reporting to Your Majesty, these fifty people are officers that I randomly picked out yesterday. I hope Your Majesty can choose some brave warriors from the other armies to spar with me."

Hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, Emperor Ruikang wanted to reject him, but he already knew how powerful Xu Shiqiu was, but in the next moment, he saw the fifth brother's son, Ye Shuo.

Seeing that there was his own grandson here, even though he was just a bastard child, he was his own grandson after all. Emperor Ruikang naturally wanted to see how his performance was.

Prince Duan had been paying attention to Emperor Ruikang's expression the entire time. Seeing that his expression had changed from one of unwillingness from the start to one of eagerness, he immediately took the initiative and said: "Royal brother, why don't we let this servant arrange this battle between the fifty warriors?"

When Prince Duan said this, he immediately understood what he was thinking.

"Alright, since that's the case, I'll leave this matter to you."

As the Emperor Ruikang's voice fell, the fifty soldiers standing on the drill grounds didn't have any changes in their expressions, but they were extremely excited.

Today was the day their Iron Eagle Brigade would become famous in the capital!