Night Hawk 49

  After the establishment of Feiyu Troop, Gao Fei often ran to Wuyue Mountain, temporarily handing over the affairs of Chencang City to Fu Xie and Ge Xun, and leaving Ma Jiu as the county lieutenant. Every time Gao Fei went to Wuyue Mountain, he always brought some scattered weapons or armor, but after all, it was still a small number and couldn't solve the fundamental problem.

  October 10th, this was Gao Fei's third time coming to Wu Yue Mountain. This time he brought several intact armor suits. In order to distinguish them from the Han army's armor, he had his troops wear all black clothes and also painted the armor black. The flags were also changed to black flags. From October 1st to October 10th, within these ten days, the soldiers' physical strength increased, the intensity of training was high, and the amount of food they ate also increased. In their free time, Gao Fei would take the Flying Feather troops into the mountains to hunt.

  Members of the Flying Feather Troop had no other weapons, but they always carried bows and arrows with them. They were all from Liangzhou, almost all of them were 1.85 meters tall northwest big men, whether it was height or physique, they were strictly selected before being incorporated into this troop. It can be said that this troop was the elite troops stolen by Fei Xiong from the regular Han army, but he had to train them with his own methods.

  A clear whistle echoed through the vast mountains, and the tranquility of the morning was shattered.

  "Assembly!"

  With a loud shout of "High flight", two thousand soldiers, all wearing black armor, gathered on the empty flat ground at the waist of the mountain.

  "Right dress!"

  The two thousand and twelve warriors of Fei Yu all made a unified action with Gao Fei's words, except for the first row, every face turned to the right side, looking at the half-face in front of them with their eyes, chest out and head held high, row after row of robust soldiers already had three points of majesty.

  "Forward—march!" Highfly shouted, drawing his saber and giving the command in his own way.

  More than two thousand soldiers all acted in unison, with uniform and swift movements.

  "Halt!"

  Gao Fei taught this set of passwords to his private soldiers without reservation. For the flying feather troops, the training method was different, and even the password was different, which undoubtedly injected a fresh element into them. The soldiers who were tired of the ancient flag language would rather accept this simple password.

  "Attention!"

  "Turn left!"

  "Turn right!"

  "Turn left, turn right—turn!"

  "Look ahead!"

  "Halt!"

  "Attention!"

  After Cao Pi finished shouting this series of passwords, he saw that more than 2,000 soldiers didn't make a single mistake and revealed a satisfied smile. He spent three days letting Pang De, Hua Xiong and other ten generals train these soldiers, nothing else was wrong, while training others, they also had to undergo training themselves. At first, everyone felt fresh about this password, but it was very unfamiliar, every time the password was given, someone would make some mistakes. So Cao Pi let these soldiers do nothing but practice these passwords, and today when he personally inspected them, he still got a satisfactory answer.

  "Not bad, in just three days, you have fully grasped these passwords, I feel very gratified. However, you can't be proud and complacent, you are now only a new recruit of the Flying Feather Corps, and for a long time to come, you will undergo several months of devilish training. I want to forge you into an elite special forces unit that is second to none. Our motto is——"

  "Fight for our lord! Die for our lord!"

  "Alright, Bian Xi, you come over. Everyone else, start running forward, target is the top of the mountain, let's go!"

  At the sound of the order, two thousand soldiers followed their respective generals and began to advance towards the top of the mountain in succession. Zhao Yun took the position of General Bian Xi and followed the main force to start running forward, the rustling footsteps made people's hearts thrilling.

  Bian Xi walked up to Gao Fei and saluted: "My lord!"

  Gao Fei also saluted, then pulled Bian Xi to a large bluestone and sat down, gazing at the mountains below with their dense pine trees and snowy sea. He said slowly: "Bian Xi, you've been working hard on this mountain for these days."

  "Tell the master, these days are spent leisurely and freely in the mountains, every day there is game to eat and wine to drink, how can this be called hard work?"

  Gao Fei smiled and said: "Actually, I came to find you today because there is something very important that I want to discuss with you. I don't know if you are willing to do it?"

  "My lord has what instructions, but can be ordered, subordinates will definitely think of ways to complete."

  Gaofei turned his head, gently patted Bianxi's shoulder and said: "I want you to use your magical skill of 'pickpocketing' again, help me get weapons, equipment, grain and gold from Chen Cang's treasury!"

  Bian Xi listened and looked puzzled, asking: "Your Excellency, aren't you the Governor of Liangzhou now? Can't you just take whatever is in the treasury?"

  Gao Fei said: "This governor of Liangzhou is a fake, I'm only needed when fighting, and once the fight is over, I'll be kicked out. To be honest, I formed this Flying Feather Army for our future path. Half a month ago, the imperial court gave me an edict, saying that once the army of General Che Jia arrives, I will have to hand over all 10,000 soldiers under my command to General Che Jia Huangfu Song. Whether he will use me to quell the rebellion is still unknown, so I secretly formed this army. Now in Chen Cang, although it seems like I'm in charge, actually Fu Xie and Ge Xun are firmly controlling the entire treasury. These supplies were transported from Liangzhou and don't belong to us in Chen Cang. So if I want to use anything from the treasury, I have to go through Fu Xie and Ge Xun..."

  "My lord, I understand. How many do you need? Just say the word and it will be done, right under your nose."

  Gao Fei's face lit up with joy, and he laughed loudly: "I knew it, you won't let me down. However, this time is not just your solo effort, because the quantity of goods needed is large, to be on the safe side, I have arranged for Zhao Yun and Lu Xiang to provide backup in the city. As for the people guarding the gate, I will also think of a way to get them out of the way. In this way, you can bring people to transport the goods out of the city, and then let Pang De, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, and Guan Yu wait outside to provide backup. You must ensure that nothing goes wrong. As for the others, I think Zhao Yun and Lu Xiang have already told them about this matter. You are the main attacker in this mission, and I need you to sneak into Fu Shuo's room to steal the key to the treasury."

  Bian Xi's face revealed a rarely seen delight, and with a pleased smile, he clapped his hands happily and laughed loudly: "Great! It's been almost two years since I've handled such a big case. Master, rest assured, this time I won't let you down."

  Gao Fei didn't understand why Bian Xi was so excited, he couldn't comprehend the inexplicable joy of encountering a big case as a great thief, but he trusted Bian Xi. For Bian Xi, it had been a long time since he last partnered with someone to commit a crime, no one assisted him and he could only steal small things, as long as he didn't starve himself it was fine, when the money ran out he would go get more, anyway he wasn't short of money and wouldn't worry about getting some.

  The two of them chatted for a bit and waited for a while before hearing the Feathered Guard troops running down from the mountain, then gathering together once again.

  Gao Fei stood at the forefront of all the soldiers, he wanted to make this action a first test for this team, testing their coordination between each other. Even if something went wrong, as long as he was in Chen Cang City, he could completely control everything.

  "Everyone... take a short rest!"

  The warriors all made a unified gesture and focused their eyes on one person's face.

  "You've all been training here for ten days now, and in order to test whether you can coordinate with each other and carry out orders in an orderly manner, I have devised a special task for you, codenamed 'Night Hawk'. Whether or not you pass this test depends on your own abilities. If you fail, then you will be dismissed from the team. The time is tonight at midnight, the target is the Chen Cang Arsenal..."

  Just as Gao Fei was about to continue, he saw that most people's faces had already shown a look of surprise. He stopped his words and shouted loudly: "What? What's so surprising? Obeying military orders is the duty of soldiers! You should do it without asking why, just obey! If you can't even obey my orders, then what are you going to talk about loyalty to me in the future? I'm not paying you for nothing! In the future, you will receive various different tasks, and battles will be numerous. If everyone doesn't obey my orders, what's the point of training you? Attention, all stand at attention!"

  With a rustling sound, more than 2,000 soldiers all made uniform actions.

  "Start counting!"

  "One, two, three..."

  After the soldiers in the front row finished reporting their numbers, Gao Fei continued to shout: "All those who reported odd numbers, stand in front of the even numbers!"

  The soldiers did exactly as they were told, with the odd-numbered soldiers and even-numbered soldiers standing face to face.

  "Give me a slap on the back of the head from a soldier with an even number on his uniform!"

  A magnificent scene emerged, with 1,506 officers and men performing an action, but the action was not very uniform, resulting in a chaotic noise.

  "Your voice and movements aren't in sync, try again!"

  "Slap!" This time all the soldiers acted in unison, even their voices were the same, but they saw that the person who was hit had a five-fingered handprint on his face.

  Gao Fei was very satisfied after seeing that no one dared to disobey his orders. All of this was due to a military rule he had established early on: those who do not follow orders will be beheaded. This army did not have many military laws and regulations, only this one, which was also the most important one in his eyes, with infinite content.

  "The soldiers who were beaten just now should counterattack. They slapped you twice, so for fairness, you should also slap them twice. Ready... hit!"

  Bang! Bang!

  "Return to the team!" After the fight, Gao Fei saw that more than 2,000 soldiers had a red palm print on their faces, but the eyes they emitted were calm and gentle, with no one showing anger towards Gao Fei. One by one, they were obedient good soldiers, already becoming a truly private army.

  After that, Gao Fei continued to talk about his plan and took out the plan codenamed Night Eagle. After finishing this plan, Gao Fei disbanded the team and let them take a temporary rest. He then led Zhao Yun and Lu Heng to return to Chen Cang first, while the others had to wait until dusk to act.

  On the way back, Gao Fei saw Zhao Yun and Lu Heng were not angry, out of concern, he still asked: "Does it hurt?"

  Zhao Yun and Lu Xiang replied together: "No pain!"

  Gao Feng said: "This is a test, soldiers should be like this, I hope you don't blame me, after returning to Chen Cang, let's start making secret arrangements."

  "Hello!"