As Chen Shaoan walked out of the village, he found his team leader Bai Luoti and several teammates waiting for him at the village entrance.
"Tsk tsk tsk, not bad, Shaoan. In our team, only you and I didn't cry."
"The others, like women, returned to their units with tears in their eyes, not at all like soldiers under the prince, making a disgrace."
Chen Shaoan felt a little embarrassed after hearing this.
I already cried once on the way, I just wiped it away.
However, he didn't say anything, and instead returned to his team with a calm expression.
Bai Luoti watched as the team assembled and then had them line up in formation.
Two people walk together, three people form a row.
Some military disciplines are already ingrained in their bones.
The prince said that even a lump of mud must be forged into a piece of steel once it reaches the military camp.
If one person makes a mistake, the whole team is punished.
This system of punishment turned the brothers in the military camp into brothers-in-arms.
The word "discipline" is also engraved in their hearts.
In many cases, the people of Tai'an City could tell at a glance who was a soldier.
After all, when ordinary people stand, they stand like a flag, and when they walk, they walk with a measured and disciplined demeanor.
People watching them would stop and salute.
They will lend a helping hand unconditionally whenever they see someone in need.
Who else but the prince's own troops would do such a thing?
Only the soldiers under the prince's command would care about the common people just like the prince himself.
The common people say "Long live them!" and they shout "Long live the people!"
After they lined up, Bai Luoti didn't waste any words. Instead, he looked at his subordinates and comrades with a resolute gaze.
The thing he regretted least in his life was becoming a soldier in the prince's army.
Even if he were to die on the battlefield now, he would have no complaints.
A soldier's destiny should be on the battlefield.
After the team members composed themselves and wiped away their tears, he led his men to rejoin the main group.
After leaving the village and crossing the Erxian Bridge, I walked onto Chenghua Avenue in Tai'an City.
As Bai Luoti walked, he began to feel something was amiss. He noticed that the once bustling streets were deserted, except for soldiers like himself.
Outside the main city, it was deserted and quiet, with not a single civilian in sight, only people waiting to assemble.
They entered the military camp only after everyone had assembled.
Upon entering the military camp, Bai Luoti learned where the people had gone.
Inside the military camp, countless civilians stood on both sides of the road, watching them with tears in their eyes.
The moment they went inside, firecrackers went off.
The scene instantly became lively.
The entire military camp was filled with the sounds of gongs and drums, the crackling of firecrackers, the fluttering of red flags, and a sea of people.
All the people spontaneously stood by the military camp, beating drums and gongs to welcome them.
At the end of the military camp was a high platform.
Several generals, clad in armor and wielding long spears, stood in turn at the front of the high platform.
Chen Da, Xiong Er, Zhang San, Zhao Hu.
The other lieutenants stood on either side of the high platform, leaning on their swords.
Princess Consort, Cheng Hu, Pan Feng, Xing Daorong...
The white-clad man standing on the high platform beating the drum was none other than Regent Li Chang'an.
Bai Luoti's eyes reddened instantly.
At that moment, he had only one thought.
A scholar will die for one who understands him.
He had only taken two steps when a teacher from the school, along with his students, blocked their way.
"Fellow soldiers, drink this cup of hometown wine before you go."
All the soldiers stopped. In front of each of them was a seven or eight-year-old child holding a bowl of wine and looking at them.
Guo Datou, who was in the lead, took the wine from the master's hand and shouted loudly.
"Brothers, drink this bowl of hometown wine!"
"Here you go!"
Everyone took the wine and drank it all in one gulp.
The fiery rice wine warmed their hearts as it went down their throats.
The Master bowed to them, and countless children followed suit, until finally all the people bowed to them.
"Generals, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and its people, I wish you all victory in every battle!"
"Invincible in every battle!"
"Invincible in every battle!"
A fire burned in the hearts of countless people as they followed the procession through the military camp and arrived at the foot of the high platform.
Li Chang'an had stopped beating the drums long before they started drinking.
It was on the high platform, otherwise he would have already sat down, clutching his back.
With two succubi at home, I simply can't handle it anymore.
His biggest regret in life was marrying two wives.
We can't hold on, we simply can't hold on.
After everyone was standing below the platform, Li Chang'an cleared his throat and took out a megaphone from his magic pocket.
"Brothers, tell me, what about the warhorses in Tai'an City?"
Guo Datou looked at the tall horse beside him and shouted back, "Your Highness, good!"
Li Chang'an looked at him and shook his head.
"Okay?"
Is it really okay?
"But in my eyes, these warhorses are nothing but trash, the worst kind of warhorses!"
"A truly fine horse should gallop across the battlefield, its hooves treading on cherry blossom paths, and drinking its fill from the Bohai Sea!"
"Instead of staying in Tai'an City like this, like a piece of trash!"
"Only horses that fight on the battlefield are good horses!"
"Only soldiers who go to the battlefield to kill the enemy are good soldiers!"
"Now, along the coast, countless Japanese pirates have appeared, ravaging our country and bullying our compatriots."
"According to Article 3 of the Military Code, what should we do when an enemy country invades?"
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
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