Chapter Ten: A Sudden Arrival, Fresh Blood Soaks Through Battle Robes

  After the exchange of hands, both parties were stunned. Previously, seeing Li Dang being so arrogant, Qin Cheng originally thought that Li Dang had some skills, but unexpectedly he was so incompetent. Li Dang's strength wasn't even close to Liu Shanhe's. And after a wave of pain in his right hand, Li Dang discovered that the opponent's strength was something he had never seen before in his life. In the category of long knives, even his own father, Li Guang, hadn't made him feel this powerless!

  Qin Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately understood. It seemed that Li Guang wanted him to help teach his son a lesson, to let Li Gan know how high the sky was and how thick the earth was.

  With a cold snort in his heart, Qin Cheng suddenly increased his offensive, the long knife was invisible, forcing Li Gan to hastily retreat and busy himself with responding.

  Finally, Qin Cheng's long knife moved and heavily slapped Li Gan's right wrist. Li Gan's right hand felt pain, let out an "ah" cry, his hand loosened, and the long knife fell to the ground!

  Qin Cheng's knife was held horizontally at Li Gan's neck, coldly staring at Li Gan, saying: "You lost."

  Li Gan was initially startled, looking at Qin Cheng with a pale and red face, his body stiffened in place, unable to move. He was extremely embarrassed, while Qin Cheng's long knife remained still on his neck, awaiting Li Gan's response. This added to Li Gan's embarrassment, making him even more furious. After a brief moment, Li Gan gritted his teeth and said, "Do you dare compete with me in archery?"

  Qin Cheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said in a cold tone, "I'd be delighted to accompany you!"

  "Alright, let's go! Follow me!" Li Gan led the way by jumping off the martial arts platform, not even bothering to pick up his long knife that had fallen on the stage, and quickly heading towards the archery target range.

  Qin Cheng sheathed his long sword and closely followed Li Gan under the gaze of a group of soldiers.

  "General Li, the General is calling for you!" Halfway through, a group of imperial guards suddenly appeared to block Li Gan and Qin Cheng.

  "What's going on? Let me first compete with this guy in archery, and then I'll go!" Li Gan was still furious, his face not yet recovered, how could he agree.

  "The general's order is immediate." The tone of the team leader became a few degrees heavier, with a hint of coldness.

  Li Gan hesitated for a moment, but eventually turned around and ran angrily to Li Guang.

  "General, you can go together." The team looked at Qin City again, his face no longer had the stiffness he had shown to Li Gan earlier, and his tone was also softer. There was even a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

  "Yes, sir!" Qin Cheng replied respectfully and followed the team of guards towards General Ben's residence in silence.

  "General!" Qin Cheng and Li Gan walked up to Li Guang's face, both of them saluted.

  Li Guang first looked around Qin City, nodded, and smiled, saying: "Indeed a good young man, report your surname and official position."

  "Junior officer of Qin City, with no official position." After Qin City finished the military salute, he stood up straight naturally, without any restraint, but in his heart, there were great waves. This is Li Guang! The famous general of all ages, the flying general Li Guang! Who doesn't know? Who doesn't respect? At this moment, hearing Li Guang's question, he hastily replied truthfully.

  "Huh?" Li Guang let out a surprised "oh" sound, "With such skills, killing enemies and achieving merits is just a matter of morning and evening, how can you not have an official position? After the trial ends, I will appoint you as a Shi Chang!"

  "Thanks to the General!" As soon as they met, Li Guang appointed him to an official position. Qin Cheng was overjoyed and felt a sense of being appreciated like a thousand-mile horse meeting its master, and he hastily expressed his gratitude.

  Li Guang smiled and nodded, then turned to Li Gan who was standing aside: "Gan, did you gain anything from fighting against Qin Lang today?"

  Li Gan somewhat discontentedly glanced at Qin Cheng and proudly said: "I was just about to have a contest of archery skills with him..."

  "Rubbish!" Li Guang shouted, interrupting Li Gan. "If you lose, then you lose! If you can't even admit defeat, what kind of man are you? If you're not as skilled as others, then you should work hard to improve your skills! On the battlefield, if you encounter an enemy you can't beat and get cut down by their blade, will they revive you so you can go back and shoot arrows at them again? Isn't that nonsense?"

  "It's... a child who has been taught." Having been publicly reprimanded by Li Guang, Li Gan felt even more embarrassed and couldn't bear to show his face. He had no choice but to reluctantly admit his mistake.

  Qin Cheng nodded in his heart after hearing Li Guang's words: a famous general is indeed a famous general.

  "Qin Cheng!" Qin Cheng had just left General's headquarters and hadn't gone far when Li Gan caught up with him, calling out to him from behind.

  "General." Qin Cheng returned a military salute without showing any expression.

  Li Gan's face still had a lingering anger, coldly staring at Qin Cheng, proudly saying: "Today you lost me face, another day I will find it back, you wait!" After speaking, he let out a cold hum, not giving Qin Cheng the opportunity to speak, and turned to leave.

  Qin Cheng took a look at Li Gan, who had come all the way just to say something vicious, and sneered in his heart: Who would have thought that Li Guang, a famous general of his generation, would give birth to such a good-for-nothing.

  When he saw Yue Yi again, he was leaving the archery arena, leading his war horse, looking ahead, with a cold and proud face, without talking to anyone. Qin Cheng caught up with him, smiling and asked: "How's the competition?"

  Lü Yi shook his head and gazed wistfully at the distant horizon, letting out a long sigh. "Beyond the tenth layer."

  "Huh?" Qin Cheng's heart sank, but he immediately understood and patted Le Yi's shoulder, comforting him: "In the military, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and in the cavalry department, there are mountains beyond mountains and people outside of people. You're still young, with many opportunities ahead."

  Luo Yi glanced at Qin City with a sudden thought, stopped his footsteps abruptly, stared at Qin City with wide eyes, and asked in a trembling voice: "I heard you're the champion of this year's knife skills competition, is that true?"

  "Lucky, just lucky, haha." Qin Cheng scratched his head and smiled foolishly to take care of Le Yi's psychological feelings.

  "Good heavens, is there still justice in this world?" Le Yi let out a loud cry to the sky, disregarding his image, and fell straight to the ground. There was no other way, this guy had suffered too many blows from Qin Cheng recently. If it weren't for Qin Cheng's excellent disguise in his behavior and actions, even if you killed Le Yi, he wouldn't believe that this monster was the same Qin Cheng as before.

  Suddenly, Yue Yi jumped up and pulled Qin Cheng over, running towards the distance. Then, under Qin Cheng's stunned gaze, he said a sentence that made Qin Cheng feel extremely depressed: "Let's go, let's have a horse-archery competition!"

  ……

  When the final curtain fell, Qin City became the focus of everyone's discussion again because he was not killed by lightning. After winning first place in knife skills, Qin City defeated all his opponents in the hand-to-hand combat category on the last day and won the championship again, causing a sensation throughout the camp!

  At this time, when many people in the army asked Le Yi about Qin Cheng's situation, Le Yi only said sadly: "If you don't believe it, go find a thunderbolt to strike yourself. If you don't die, you can be like him!"

  On that day, at the hour of You, Li Guang once again ascended to the platform amidst the gaze of over 10,000 soldiers. This time, Li Guang did not say much, but personally announced the results of this trial, as well as commending some outstanding soldiers.

  When Li Guang arrived at Qin Cheng, he couldn't help but feel proud and stood on the martial arts platform, laughing loudly three times. He praised Qin Cheng for having the same style as him when he was young, and immediately announced that Qin Cheng would be promoted to the second battalion of the heavy infantry department, taking office immediately.

  Finally, it is inevitable to call on the whole camp to look up to the winner of this trial by combat, hmm, especially Qin Cheng.

  At the third watch of the ninth hour, just as Li Guang was about to dismiss all the soldiers after the "closing ceremony" had just ended, a loud and urgent cry suddenly came from the entrance of the military camp.

  "Jun Bao, Shangdu Jun Bao!" -> "Military Report, Capital Military Report!"

  Immediately, a horse galloped to the front of the sentry platform. The soldier on the horse was covered in blood. At this moment, the soldier reined in his warhorse and fell off the horse, but instead of getting up, he struggled to take down the military report he was carrying and handed it over to the sentry platform: "General, the Xiongnu have invaded."

  After finishing speaking, the soldier spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted from exhaustion!