Chapter Twenty-Four: Midnight Exercise

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  On that day, Yun Qi waited in Liao Yun's commander tent until very late, discussing the popularization of crossbows and delaying the start of field training for several days. When Liao Yun asked when Yun Qi planned to begin formal training for the first hundred-man team.

  Yun Qi just smiled faintly and said mysteriously: "Now!" After finishing, he walked out of the commander's tent under Liao Yun's inexplicable gaze.

  It was already three quarters into the night, with a dark moon and strong winds. Only the soldiers on night patrol were still walking back and forth within the camp. In this era, there were no watches, and Yun Qi also didn't know what time it was. He casually pulled over a soldier and found out that it should be almost the end of the hour of Zi, when everyone was sleeping soundly. Yun Qi rubbed his hands together, feeling somewhat impatient as he quietly made his way to his own tent.

  As he walked closer, Han Changsheng was standing guard at the door like a wooden stake. Yun Qi was taken aback, and just as Han Changsheng saw Yun Qi approaching, he was about to speak: "Yun husband..."

  "Shh!" Yun Qi placed his index finger on his lips, signaling Han Changsheng not to speak. Then he walked slowly to the front and asked in a low voice: "Are they all asleep?"

  "Yes, today's training volume is quite large, and I went to bed earlier than usual." Han Changsheng replied.

  Yun Qi looked at Han Changsheng with a strange expression and asked, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

  Han Changsheng smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm on duty today, so I have to stay here until the second half of the night."

  Yun Qi replied in a low voice: "How come I didn't know about it beforehand?"

  Han Changsheng smiled: "Hubby has just taken office, there are some things that I haven't had a chance to tell you yet. It's actually my fault."

  Yun Qi looked around cautiously, afraid of waking up the sleeping soldiers, and lowered his voice even further: "No matter what I do next, you must pretend you didn't see anything, got it?"

  Han Changsheng asked curiously and somewhat puzzled: "What action are you going to take?"

  Yun Qi furrowed his brow and said somewhat displeased: "Have you forgotten what I told you all today? How to answer the officer's questions?"

  "Ah!" Han Changsheng hastily patted his head, his voice noticeably louder, and stood up straight: "Yes!"

  "Slap!" With a loud noise, Yun Qi slapped a palm on Han Changsheng's helmet and shouted: "What are you doing, do you want to wake everyone up?"

  Han Changsheng was at a loss, his face awkward, but he didn't know what to say. Just then, Yun Qi suddenly produced a wooden basin from somewhere and even had a drumstick, and while they were still in shock, they only heard Yun Qi rush into the tent, beating the wooden basin with all his might, shouting loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Quickly put on your equipment and follow me to fight!"

  All the soldiers in the account were originally sleeping soundly, but when they heard the word "enemy raid", they woke up at the same time, looked at each other, and except for their incredulous eyes, there was nothing. The soldiers whose heads were still in a daze didn't think much, the big camp was originally in the city, where did the enemy raid come from? With years of military training, their first reaction was to uniformly start putting on their equipment, then pick up their weapons, and one by one they rushed out of the barracks past Yun Qi.

  Yun Qi silently counted to over 500, and it wasn't until the 100th or so person left that he finally shook his head, revealing a bitter smile. He thought to himself that the soldiers of this era indeed had no sense of discipline.

  It wasn't until everyone had left that they became stunned. Apart from Han Changsheng, who was waiting with bewildered and surprised eyes, some patrolling soldiers were also curiously looking at them. At this time, Yun Qi walked out of the camp, with a playful smile on his face, looking at these soldiers standing east and west, their armor worn in disarray, many people's helmets were crooked.

  He shook his head and walked to the front of the crowd, shouting sternly: "Is this your military quality? You should be grateful that this is just a drill. If there was really an enemy attack, you actually took almost as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea to get into position like this. Do you know what awaits you? I know some of you are cursing me in your hearts, but let me tell you, the enemy only needs three minutes to rush into the camp, and it only takes two minutes to slaughter all of you sleepy so-called elite soldiers."

  "Report!" a soldier shouted.

  "Speak!" Yun Qi looked at several people who were not familiar with him.

  "What does three minutes and two minutes mean!" The soldier finished speaking, and everyone else looked at Yun Qi with the same puzzled expression.

  "Ah!" Yun Qi slapped his forehead, momentarily excited, and actually blurted out the time unit of measurement from a later era. He smiled awkwardly and said: "Three minutes is roughly equivalent to half a stick of incense time, that is to say, the enemy will only need one stick of incense time to charge into our army's camp, kill you all, and be done."

  "Report!" Another soldier.

  "Speak!"

  "How did you know the enemy would rush into our camp and kill us, all we need is one incense stick?" The soldier's tone was clearly dissatisfied.

  "Heh heh." Yun Qi walked up to the soldier and carefully examined him. The soldier was quite young, with a hint of baby fat still on his face, clearly without any real combat experience: "Alright, I know you're not convinced. Let's do an experiment. Everyone get ready, after one cup of tea, we'll go launch a night raid on our own brother camp. You can show off your skills, just don't actually kill them, just tie them up. Dare to or not?"

  Everyone looked at each other and smiled, all of them couldn't help but feel eager to try it out. This training method was something they had never heard of before, and now they were all curious about it.

  Yun Qi looked at them and waved his hand: "Everyone go back and prepare, we'll start after a cup of tea."

  Watching the soldiers file in and enter the camp to make preparations, Yun Qi's mouth couldn't help but curve up into a deep smile. The best way to prove it was to let them experience it personally. It seemed that tonight, the hundred-man squad would inevitably have a sleepless night.

  After a cup of tea...

  Over a hundred men, dressed in uniform black armor, emitted a cold and eerie glow under the reflection of the flames. The knives and swords in their hands had all been replaced with wooden ones, also to avoid accidental injuries, but each person had a bundle of thick ropes hanging from their waist. Yun Qi led them to sneak up to a relatively quiet tent, turned his head and whispered: "Are you ready?"

  "Ready!" everyone replied in unison in hushed tones.

  Yun Qi saw the opportunity had arrived, raised his hand and swung it fiercely. Suddenly, outside the camp, a loud shout of killing sounded, more than 100 people, like night owls in the dark night, one hand holding a knife, the other hand on their waist ready to pull out a thick rope at any time, rushed into that unlucky camp.

  Not long after, the sound of shouting and punching came from inside, accompanied by painful screams. Before half a stick of incense had burned, the tent flap was lifted, and Han Changsheng emerged first, holding a rope with a soldier's head bowed and dejected being led out. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen soldiers who were still sleepy and tied up with ropes were brought out one after another by the First Hundred Men. Soon, everyone was gathered in an open area in front of the camp.

  Among them, there were not a few people who cursed and scolded. Yun Qi smiled calmly and walked forward: "Sorry, brothers, for disturbing everyone's sleep. Yun Qi is here to apologize. Tonight is our night training performance. If there's anything wrong, I hope you won't hold it against us." Having said that, Yun Qi turned his head to ask Han Changsheng: "How much time did we use in total?"

  Han Changsheng, however, ran to a nearby table and carefully examined a stick of incense that was still burning. He measured the remaining length with his fingers and then ran back, looking somewhat embarrassed, saying: "Hui Yunfu Zhang, there's still one-third left." All the soldiers from the First Hundred Man Squad present couldn't help but burst into an uproar and disbelieving murmurs upon hearing this answer.

  Yun Qi saw that the goal had been achieved, and looked at the crowd of people who were all embarrassed to lower their heads. He waved his hand and said: "Release these brothers from their bonds, tonight's training ends here, go back and sleep!"

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  Updated later, no way, these days are really too busy.