Chapter 233: Training on the Parade Ground
The weather is very cold today, and white air comes out when you open your mouth, but the sun is still strong enough to make people squint.
Chen Yu stood under the shade of the tree, looking at the group of undisciplined new recruits from afar.
Xiao Chuan was complaining to her, and Chen Yu had been listening. She knew that Xiao Chuan's life was not easy. In the past few months, she had either been in Hezhou or on the road. She was unable to handle the matters here, so she left them all to Xiao Chuan.
"How many new recruits are there?" Shen Yu asked.
"Twelve thousand, plus the five thousand we originally had, that makes seventeen thousand."
Chen Yu lowered her eyes and looked at Xiao Chuan who was chewing a steamed bun. "You have never led so many soldiers, right?"
Xiao Chuan raised his head and said, "I haven't brought it before."
A man should have great ambitions. He was grateful to Shen Yu, knowing that Shen Yu was training him and giving him a chance.
Others would beg for such an opportunity. Without spending more than ten years in the military and making military achievements, it would be impossible to have such an opportunity.
"To lead soldiers, you have to polish them." Chen Yu said, "You have to smooth out their edges and corners, leaving behind their bloodiness."
"How to grind?" Xiao Chuan asked.
He is several years older than Chen Yu, but he is convinced that he cannot compare to her.
Chen Yu smiled slightly, "How did your father train you when you were in the camp?"
Xiao Chuan was thoughtful and seemed to understand something.
Chen Yu sighed: "It's not easy, take your time."
After Xiao Chuan swallowed the last bite of steamed bun, he stood up and glanced sideways at Chen Yu.
She was wearing women's clothes today, and a white fox fur coat sent by Changliu. She had a petite figure, healthy white skin, and an outstanding appearance among the noble ladies in Shengjing, but she seemed a little out of place in the military camp.
The group of soldiers would secretly glance over here from time to time, but after all, she was the princess, so they didn't dare to look at her openly.
Xiao Chuan wanted to say something but stopped himself. Some words were difficult to say, so he swallowed them back.
"Is General Han at the training ground?" Chen Yu asked.
"Oh, I'm here." Xiao Chuan was stunned for a moment before speaking.
Chen Yu said, "I'll go talk to him about expanding the training grounds, you go and do your thing."
Although she is the Princess of Beilin, matters in the military camp should still be handled according to the rules, and all matters should be coordinated and reported to the higher authorities.
Xiao Chuan sat under the tree for a while, calculated that the time was almost up, and asked someone to notify the soldiers to start training.
The notice was passed down, and when it was time to assemble, the grounds were sparsely populated. From time to time, someone would walk slowly over and find his place in the crowd.
Xiao Chuan watched calmly. Two quarters past the gathering time, but everyone had not arrived yet.
Xiao Chuan
He walked up to the stage and said, "Report the number of people!"
The number of people was reported below, and there were still more than 300 people missing.
This has happened more than once, and Xiao Chuan knows where that group of people is.
"Go and drag those people out! If they can't get up, pour cold water on them to wake them up."
More than three hundred people were brought to the parade ground. Many of them had just been pulled out of bed and were standing there in a daze, and some had their clothes soaked.
They didn't stand properly and didn't act like soldiers, which made Xiao Chuan angry.
"Everyone! Run ten laps around the training grounds. Fifteen are late, and the twenty are the ones I caught!"
A burst of dissatisfied howls suddenly rang out on the training ground.
One of them, who was soaking wet, shouted, "Why? We joined the army to kill the enemy, but all we do all day is run and carry sandbags. It's useless."
The bunch of soldiers were also angry and followed suit.
There was a troublemaker who couldn't stay there any longer. He had never thought highly of Xiao Chuan in the first place, so he took advantage of the crowd to vent all his resentment.
"General Xiao, we came to join the army for the Qingyun Guard, but who knew we would be doing this? It's normal for us brothers to have some opinions."
"Qingyun Guard?" Xiao Chuan pointed to the training ground of Qingyun Guard at the other end and said, "Look at them, then look at yourselves to see if you are worthy! Qingyun Guard runs 30 miles with weights every day, and you complain of being tired after running 10 miles, and you still dare to mention Qingyun Guard to me."
"So what?" The prickly-headed man said, "They are soldiers led by the prince, so what about us?"
Xiao Chuan: "What's wrong with us?"
The prickly guy said, "General Xiao, you may not be afraid of being laughed at for following a woman, but don't drag your brothers along with you to embarrass yourself. We are to follow the prince to the battlefield, not to follow a woman to learn fancy moves."
The people next to him pulled him back. The prickly guy knew that he was referring to the princess when he mentioned the word "woman" and felt that he had gone too far, but he couldn't bring himself to do it because what he said was the truth after all.
"You look down on women, don't you?" Xiao Chuan said coldly, "Who here isn't born and raised by a mother? Stand up for me!"
No one stepped out from the line, but there was a lot of noise. Someone inside said, "How can this be the same? Just because we were born and raised by a woman doesn't mean we have to obey her."
"Yes." "That's it."
The people below relied on their numbers and their words became increasingly harsh. "General Xiao himself was weak in front of a woman, so don't drag us into it."
"You got some benefit from others, but you are willing to chase after them and lick their asses. We are not happy with that."
Xiao Chuan was furious. "Who? Who the hell said that?
Stand up for me!"
There was a buzz below, but no one stepped forward. Someone even took advantage of the crowd and whispered, "You dare to do it and not let others say it."
Xiao Chuan had heard many people talking behind his back, saying that he, Xiao Chuan, was a spineless person who obeyed a woman.
It was also said that the two men must have had an affair behind the scenes, as they gave up their good official positions in the capital and followed a woman all the way from Shengjing to Beilin.
He heard it, but these words could not reach Xie Tingzhou's ears.
He wanted to talk to Shen Yu about this before, but was hesitant.
After Chen Yu and Han Jiwu finished talking about the expansion of the training ground, they came out and ran into this riot.
Han Jiwu's face turned pale when he heard this, but Chen Yu was calm. She turned her head and said to Han Jiwu, "General Han, go get busy."
Shen Yu walked towards that direction.
As she approached, the soldiers also noticed her and the voices of the crowd gradually died down. As the legitimate Princess of Beilin, people gossiped about her behind her back but no one dared to speak to her face.
The training ground was unusually quiet, with only the sound of Qingyun Guards training on the other side.
Chen Yu slowly walked up to the stage and saw Xiao Chuan's cheeks flushed and he was breathing heavily.
"Princess." Xiao Chuan said.
Shen Yu nodded slightly, but did not reprimand.
Anyone would get angry if they were scolded like this, and she understood Xiao Chuan.
Chen Yu stood still on the stage, swept his eyes over the crowd, and said calmly: "I am here today, if you have any opinions or dissatisfaction, please tell me, and we will solve them one by one."
There was complete silence off the field. The soldiers who had been so confident just now were now silent.
Chen Yu smiled faintly, "What's the matter? You were all so confident just now, but now you are speechless? Speak."
Finally, someone couldn't help it and said, "You are the princess, how dare we say anything? If we say something wrong, we might lose our heads."
"You just said it very well, and your heads are still hanging firmly on your necks."
Chen Yu paced on the stage, "If you don't want to say anything, then I will. You look down on me. It's okay. Today's matter is easy to solve. We are all soldiers. Whoever has the stronger fist has the final say."
The prickly-headed man said, "You are now the Princess of Beilin. Who dares to really fight you? Aren't you afraid that the Qingyun Guards will come and crush us?"
"Don't dare to take action?" Chen Yu's voice suddenly turned cold. "Don't dare to take action but only dare to talk. What? Have you learned the saying that gentlemen talk but don't take action and applied it to the military camp? A group of grown men gathered together to gossip, and they are more talkative than the women in the harem I saw in Shengjing. I have opened my eyes today."
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