Chapter 1: Yang Tian Trains His Troops

  Tong Dashuai and Mr. Wen saw Lei Meng shaking his head and laughing, and they couldn't help but be greatly shocked, thinking that this plan was not good; but then they thought that this person was short in stature, should be young, and might just not understand.

  Mr. Tóng was unwilling to let go of any possibility and hastily asked, "Léi Hóng, what's your take on this?" Mr. Wén also cast a concerned glance.

  This time it was Lei Meng's turn to be surprised, and he did not expect that Tong Da Shuai and Military Advisor Wen would ask for advice from him.

  He lowered his head and thought for a moment, thinking of the Three Kingdoms' allusion "Zhuge Liang's fire attack on Sima Yi" which was similar to this situation. It seemed that he could use this tactic. So, Leiming raised his head and said to Tong Da: "General, the valley entrance is not big, if we lead them into the mountain valley and use fire to attack, will it work?"

  "Fire attack?" General Tong and Mr. Wen said in unison. Then, General Tong shook his head and said: "It's not easy to carry out a fire attack. It's summer now, the grass and trees are lush and green, it's hard to set them on fire."

  Upon hearing the words "difficult to ignite", Mr. Wen couldn't help but pinch off a whisker, feeling a pang of pain, and excitedly said: "If they're difficult to ignite, we'll make them easy to ignite, General!"

  "Easy to ignite...", "Easy to ignite..." Tong Dashuai still hadn't reacted for a moment, pacing back and forth.

  "Use oil!" Mr. Wen exclaimed urgently.

  "Ah! Right! Use oil!" Tong Dashuai came to his senses and immediately said: "We can also set it on fire with a surprise attack..."

  "But don't burn too much, they will be scared away if you burn too much." Mr. Wen added.

  The thunderous sound made him speechless, and this was used too quickly. Turning to think, it seemed a bit of a problem, he opened his mouth and said: "I always feel that using fire to ambush is a bit inappropriate... Ah, right. After burning once, I'm afraid they'll chase halfway and someone will wake up and not pursue. General, if you want to kill the enemy, don't burn first."

  Tong Dashuai paced back and forth in deep thought for a moment before saying, "Hmmm, let's hold off on the sneak attack and burning for now."

  Then Commander Tung and Mr. Wen discussed some details of the raid, how to divide the troops, who would lead them safely, how many people, liaison signals, etc...

  The sound of thunder was pleasant to listen to, and I gained a deeper understanding of the war in this area.

  Yang Tianxi followed Qin Hao out of the tent, passing by 15 or 16 camps, and arrived at an empty space of about 100 square meters. There were ten young military officers wearing black linen armor, some sturdy and some thin, standing or sitting together chatting.

  Some sharp-eyed people saw Qin Hao bringing a smiling, hunchbacked, sword-carrying kid and teased: "Qin Commander, when did you have such a handsome son?" The others turned their heads to see, "Haha...hahaha" bursting into loud laughter. In the army, they were bored, usually teasing each other to find fun.

  At this moment, Qin Hao had no smile on his face. He felt a strong killing intent coming from behind him and hastily shouted: "Everyone listen to the order, form ranks!"

  Everyone dared not to slack off, some crawled up, some jogged over, and some turned around to stand in a row, solemnly waiting for orders.

  Qin Hao and Yang Tian walked to the front of the crowd. The crowd noticed that the child's smiling face had turned into a horse face, and at this time, a chill suddenly rose in their hearts.

  Qin Hao felt the killing intent dissipate, and he understood what was going on. He couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in his heart, and he chuckled, saying: "Let me introduce you, the person to my right is Vice Leader Yang Tian, who will be assisting me with my work from now on. Hmm, as for the rest of you, go ahead and get acquainted with each other."

  Just as he finished speaking, the lean officer who had been standing in the middle of the troops shouted again: "Ah! How can a little kid be made deputy commander-in-chief? This is..."

  "Slap!" A crisp sound, Yang Tian Shuang slapped him on the back and landed in his standing position, humming a sentence: "Too talkative!"

  The officer covered his face with his left hand and fell backwards onto the ground, pointing at Yang Tian with his right hand, shouting: "You..."

  Another "pa" sound, the pointing hand was swept by the knife sheath and quickly withdrawn, shaking with a faint cry of pain.

  "Come on!" Yang Tian hummed again, then looked up at the officers on both sides and asked, "Do you want to try too?"

  The soldiers on both sides hastily retreated, leaving a vacant space in the middle where Yang Tian stood, and the officer who had been beaten sat on the ground. The officer looked around and muttered with a sorrowful face: "This can't be...".

  Qin Hao smiled and stood aside, saying with satisfaction: "Hehe, now you all know Deputy Commander Yang, right?"

  "It's him!!" The crowd shouted in unison, their voices thundering through the air.

  Yang Tian nodded in satisfaction, smiled and said: "Hehe ~, it's good to know each other, I'm very kind, as long as everyone does a good job." After finishing, he swept his eyes over the crowd. The crowd hurriedly nodded, this is a god! Can't afford to offend!

  "Haha ~, little rabbit, are you scared?" Then he said to Yang Tian: "Yang Tian, come here."

  Yang Tian walked back and stood on Qin Hao's right side, facing the crowd.

  Qin Hao sternly ordered the crowd: "One by one, come forward and introduce yourselves! You start!" Qin Hao pointed at the man who was sitting on the ground. He quickly scrambled to his feet, stood at attention in front of Yang Tian, and shouted: "Reporting to Deputy Commander, I am Sun Ming, leading a reconnaissance squad, responsible for scouting enemy intelligence!" Sun Ming was 1.7 meters tall, with a pale face and no beard, slender and sharp-minded.

  As soon as Sun Ming's left hand fell, everyone saw a small red palm print on his left cheek.

  "Uh-huh." Yang Tian nodded slightly.

  Sun Ming felt that everyone's eyes were still staring at him, and his left cheek was burning with heat. Suddenly realizing what had happened, he quickly covered it with his left hand and ran away from the scene in shame amidst the crowd's laughter.

  Then everyone came forward one by one to introduce themselves, and Yang Tian also observed them one by one.

  "Reporting to Deputy Commander, Chen Liu will lead the spearhead battalion, leading 500 troops!" Chen Liu is 1.75 meters tall and has a strong build.

  "Reporting to the deputy commander, I am Wang Tianzheng, leading a spear-wielding vanguard team, with 500 troops under my command!" Wang Tianzheng was 1.75 meters tall, robust and majestic.

  "Report to Deputy Commander, I am Gao Fan, leading the rifle squad in a charge, with 500 troops!" Gao Fan was 1.73 meters tall, sturdy and well-proportioned.

  "Report to Deputy Commander, I am Lin Chong, leading the musketeer vanguard team, with 500 troops!" Lin Chong was 1.72 meters tall, lean and robust.

  "Report to the deputy commander, I am Liu Yi, leading a team of swordsmen, with 500 troops!" Liu Yi was 1.72 meters tall, strong and resilient.

  "Reporting to Deputy Commander, I am Song Yi, leading the sword-wielding squad, commanding 500 troops!" Song Yi was 1.73 meters tall, with a strong and sturdy physique.

  "Report to Deputy Commander, I am Zhang Shan, leading the sword-wielding squad, commanding five hundred troops!" Zhang Shan was one meter eight tall, with a dark and robust face.

  "Reporting to Deputy Commander, I, Wang Lei, will lead a small team of archers and take command of 500 troops!" Wang Lei was 1.72 meters tall with sharp eyes.

  "Report to Deputy Commander, End General Li Feng, leading a small team of archers, commanding five hundred troops!" Li Feng is 1.7 meters tall, calm and tolerant.

  "Good! They are all good generals!" Yang Tian looked at the various generals one by one and highly praised them: "With such generals, there is no need to worry about battles! Commander Qin, what do you think?" He then asked for Qin Hao's opinion.

  Qin Hao was stunned on the spot: "You're just a little kid, what do you know? And yet you dare to comment on these generals... But fearing Yang Tian's military power, he didn't dare say it out loud. He hesitated for a moment and praised: "Deputy Commander Yang is truly insightful..." Not knowing how to continue praising, he paused for a moment and then said: "Uh, everyone take advantage of the fact that we haven't started fighting yet and ask Deputy Commander Yang to teach us some handy combat skills. The more opportunities we have to improve, the more chances we'll have to stay alive."

  "Yes!" The crowd responded in unison and dispersed to fetch nearby weapons.

  Qin Hao saw that everyone had dispersed and turned around to say softly to Yang Tian, "Yang Tian, be gentle when you make your move later, don't hurt them."

  "I will." Yang Tian replied concisely, and then said: "However, General Qin, I think it's better to keep the soldiers close during battles. Otherwise, an enemy surprise attack would throw everything into chaos."

  "Hmm, won't this be too tiring?" Qin Hao hesitated, as it seemed to make sense, but he still raised doubts.

  "Hmm, taking more would make fighting easier and less tiring, that's even more beneficial in the long run." Qin Hao's questioning made Yang Tian feel that holding onto it was even better.

  "Will it be inconvenient like that?"

  "Eating and having a bowel movement are somewhat obstructed, what can be done at that time?"

  "......" Qin Hao was speechless. Suddenly he had an idea and said: "If we take up arms, the soldiers will be very nervous..."

  Yang Tian interrupted before he could finish: "If you always hold it in your hand, won't you be less nervous?" Qin Hao's face turned gloomy and he stopped talking.

  At this time, the sunlight pierced through the mist, gradually driving away the dullness of the morning, and all things were thriving. The sunlight shone on his face and body, Qin Hao suddenly felt a pleasant mood, sweeping away the previous depression: What's wrong with taking more weapons? If there is going to be internal strife, isn't it more deadly to stab someone on the battlefield? He took a deep breath, stretched out his body and said: "Refreshing!"

  Yang Tian said with a smile, "You're certainly comfortable! Otherwise, let's practice first?"

  "Good!" Qin Hao responded, but immediately felt something was off and hastily shouted: "Ah~, no!"

  Before he could finish speaking, Yang Tian suddenly shrunk down even further. His left foot felt a sharp pain as it was swept to the right side, causing his entire body to fall sideways to the left. His left hand instinctively stretched out to support himself... Just as he hadn't yet hit the ground, Yang Tian grew taller - actually, Qin Hao was about to hit the ground - and with a quick switch of hands, the knife in his left hand moved to his right hand, which then stabbed backwards. The tip of the knife made a "whooshing" sound as it grazed against the armor plate on Qin Hao's chest, landing precisely on his left nipple. Qin Hao let out a loud "thud" as he fell to the ground, and then quickly rolled over to get back up.

  "Ow!" Qin Hao's left foot hurt, his teeth clenched in pain, and he shouted: "Stop! Yang Tian, stop!" His left hand rubbed his left breast, which was a bit sore.

  At this time, a laughter came from a tent ten meters away. Qin Hao shouted: "Who is hiding in the tent! Get out!"

  The laughter stopped, and Sun Ming emerged from inside with his left cheek reddened - as expected, he was indeed a scout, and had secretly returned to watch that scene.

  Qin Hao had his hands behind his back and endured the pain in his left foot as he asked loudly: "What did you see just now?"

  "Uh..." Sun Ming didn't know how to respond.

  "Speak!" Qin Hao interrogated, ready to issue a gag order.

  Sun Ming's eyes rolled around and he pretended to be pitiful, saying: "Just now, the general was rubbing his left cheek in the tent, it hurts."

  "Pfft~" Yang Tian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Another muffled "plop" came from behind another tent.

  Qin Hao angrily glared at the curtain behind him and shouted: "Come out!"

  Immediately, three men with smiling faces and carrying guns and swords walked out from behind the camp: Zhang Shan, Lin Chong, and Gao Fan.