Although Liu Chaiji is tall and old, since he is Liu Fengmian's younger brother and the youngest in the family, the military stipulates that you can join the army at the age of sixteen, so he is still a teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old.
"How old are you?" Zheng Quchi asked curiously.
Liu Chaiji didn't know why, but he still pursed his lips and hummed: "Seventeen."
Knew it.
Zheng Quchi turned back to look at Yuan Xingzhou at this time, only to see that he was in a very good mood, his slender and pale eyebrows stretched out, and there was a little evil hidden in his full eyes.
"Look, this isn't cured instantly."
This corresponds to Huo Ting's previous complaints about Liu Chaiji's pretentious personality and disobedience to discipline.
Zheng Quchi's serious face couldn't hold back at all. She laughed and said, "Childish, why don't you end up competing with him yourself?"
Can this be the same?
Analyzing from a human psychological level, he will only feel hit after someone he despises overtakes him, and then his previously firm confidence will completely collapse.
"You think this palace can't do it?"
Yuan Xingzhou stepped forward as he spoke. His clothes this time were extravagant and too wide. However, for a master who was good at manipulating power, he would not be hindered by external objects. With such a big move, he was lifted up as easily as Zheng Quchi.
"I have said that a man who cannot compare with you is not worthy of being by your side."
His effortless display once again hit Liu Chaiji completely.
Zheng Quchi only smiled when he heard this: "Very good, do you want to come and serve as a soldier for me too?"
Yuan Xingzhou shook his head, with a smile on his lips, like a ripple of water: "You are no longer short of soldiers, how about... I will be your husband?"
Oooh!
Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince publicly showing his love to the general's wife? !
The people around heard it, but apart from shouting excitedly in their hearts, on the surface it was as if they had heard a secret that could not be passed down verbally. They zipped up their mouths and shrank their shoulders like quails.
Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Zheng Quchi changed his mind and stopped arguing with him. He turned around and asked Liu Chaiji for the "lottery", but suddenly heard him say seriously from behind: "If you don't want this, then I will give it to you." Do you want to be a general?"
Zheng Quchi's steps faltered.
"I know that you want to win. As long as it is what you want, I will help you achieve your wish."
His words were like dense threads entwining Zheng Quchi's departure, as if he was vowing to leave something behind with her so that the next time she turned around and left, she would not be so unresponsive.
Zheng Quchi took a deep breath and then turned his head: "Your Highness, don't talk like that about sacrificing yourself for others. Don't you want to win? Don't try to lie to me. Your eyes are full of the desire to win and lose. You are different from them. You won’t bend down and be a coward, so it’s not just me who wants to win, it’s us who win together and achieve what we want together.”
Yuan Xingzhou stared into her extremely bright eyes, pursed his lips, and the ice-breaking curve of his lips was smooth and pleasant: "The word "we" really sounds nice."
Zheng Quchi also grinned, but the pink atmosphere was instantly shattered: "We won, this sentence sounds better."
Huo Ting: "..."
I can't tell, the general's wife is quite good at pinching peach blossoms. Any ambiguous topics with her become business matters. We don't know each other well and we don't make appointments.
It’s even more difficult to see that His Highness the Crown Prince doesn’t like gentle and gentle ladies who want to be their boudoirs, and prefers strange and powerful young women. But then I thought about it, who in the whole country has such a rich and powerful dowry as the General’s wife? It’s really a good idea to marry her. Not a loss.
"Madame General, three hundred people have been gathered. Do you want to check it out?"
Wang Feichen finally finished what he was doing. He trotted over to report. Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince also arrived, he immediately saluted: "Feichen has met Your Highness."
"Then let's go take a look first." Yuan Xingzhou raised his hand and took off his clothes. The embroidered python patterns on his robes flashed a cold wave and passed before everyone's eyes.
Zheng Quchi glanced at Liu Chaiji, thought for a moment, and decided to give him a cold shoulder, then he followed Yuan Xingzhou.
Huo Ting slapped Liu Chaiji.
"You brat, it's rare for anyone to want you. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop."
After giving him some pointers, Huo Ting also chased after him.
Liu Chaiji, who was left behind, looked at it and was dumbfounded. Everyone had left. Then, what should he do?
——
"Why do they stand in three lines?" Zheng Quchi asked Wang Feichen.
Wang Feichen introduced it to her: "Back to Madam, this column is the team that can carry the winning title. This column is the team that failed the first time but succeeded in the second lifting. And this column is the team that failed in the big lifting, but was better than the winning team. Soldier."
After listening to Wang Feichen's words, Zheng Quchi nodded repeatedly.
"Wang Feichen, you are serious and meticulous in your work." She sincerely praised her.
Wang Feichen always does things without doing anything, and when he does, he will try his best to be the best. When he heard the general's wife's unstinting praise, his eyes showed a bit of relaxation and joy: "As long as Madam is satisfied."
"I want them to try holding a gun and throwing it. Wang Feichen, can you arrange some targets?"
"yes."
Wang Feichen was about to go to do it, but he saw Huo Ting on the side who was unwilling to be lonely and said: "Lieutenant Wang has just been busy for a while, let Lao Huo handle this matter."
It's rare for His Highness to come for inspection. If you don't show off at this time, when will you get the chance?
Without saying a word, Huo Ting became more active, always energetic when doing things, and did everything himself. He insisted that Yuan Xingzhou follow the general's wife and praise Wang Feichen for doing things, and say something nice.
"General Huo is really a talent." Zheng Quchi sighed to Yuan Xingzhou.
Yuan Xingzhou: "How about asking him to join you as a soldier?"
"Then I don't dare to ask for it. He has his heart set on the bright moon, and our ditch can't stop him from running towards his world-shattering wealth."
While the two were joking and talking, the venue had been arranged.
Zheng Quchi stepped forward and began to make arrangements: "Each of you pick a spear, and the target is a target a hundred meters away."
"Hundred meters...this is difficult to achieve."
Huo Ting murmured after hearing this.
"We have also trained on throwing spears before, but the effectiveness in actual combat was not good, and we cannot gain any advantage." Wang Feichen also said.
"That's because you don't understand its true purpose." Zheng Quchi said confidently.
Seeing that the general's wife had something to say, Wang Feichen stopped talking and went forward to arrange for the team to throw.
At this time, a figure slowly walked over. He glanced back and forth among the three columns, his brows furrowed, obviously in trouble.
"W-where do I stand?"
When Zheng Quchi saw that he had taken the initiative to stand in line, it was clear that he had already positioned himself correctly. She joked, "Where do you think you should stand?"
After saying this, Liu Chaiji suddenly became energetic. He took a step that he would not recognize his relatives, and then... stood in front of the team that failed in a big way.
He was in a row by himself.
Because he was the only one who succeeded, he also gained two stones!
After standing, he secretly glanced at Zheng Quchi, wanting to see her reaction, but seeing that she didn't say anything, as if she had acquiesced to his behavior, Liu Chaiji grinned happily.
This means that the general's wife also recognizes him, right?
And Zheng Quchi looked at Liu Chaiji like a child who has made trouble and been taught a lesson, carefully seeking forgiveness from his parents. He felt funny in his heart, but he still had to maintain the seriousness of an adult on his face to prevent him from being too proud and falling short of the standard. educational purposes.
Of course, it can't be too much. After hitting him with a stick, he must be given a candy to prevent him from getting really depressed. Then wouldn't her javelin team lose an important soul?
"Madam, the distance of 100 meters has been set up. Take a group of twenty people, and there will be a total of fifteen groups."
"Leave Liu Chaiji alone."
"yes."
Zheng Quchi returned to Yuan Xingzhou again, and she took the initiative and said: "If we are on the attacking side, we can only rely on you as the commander-in-chief, but if we are on the defending side, then I will firmly hold our camp. "
Yuan Xingzhou was silent for a long time, but said: "This time the Six Nations test troops will not be divided into offense and defense, and there will be no two rounds. It will be a one-time melee between the Six Nations."
Zheng Quchi suddenly widened his eyes.
"when……"
"King Ye informed me this morning that the remaining five countries believe that only a melee can show the true combat power of each country. No matter which country can compete fairly and justly to show its national prestige."
"They fart, they are clearly planning to fight five against one, these, these... despicable people!"
Seeing how angry she was, Yuan Xingzhou said: "King Ye asked us to resist casually and then admit defeat. Anyway, we will definitely lose in the end."
This time, Zheng Quchi couldn't keep saying that as long as we worked hard, we would definitely win. If it weren't for lack of time, she really wanted to build a hundred cannons to blast all the invaders back to their hometown.
"What? Where is the Zheng Quchi who just told me that we would win?" Yuan Xingzhou asked her.
"I was scared dumb by you."
"If I tell you that as long as you can hold the camp, I will be able to defeat them and flee. Do you want to make a bet with me?"
Zheng Quchi was stunned for a while and then said: "Really, really? As long as I can hold on, you can defeat the other five countries?"
He stood with his robe folded up like jade trees, yet he was invulnerable to the wind and snow, unbroken: "Nothing is impossible. This is what I have learned from you."
——
Did Zheng Quchi really believe Yuan Xingzhou's "arrogant" words?
not at all.
After all, her brain and reason are there, and they will allow her to correctly judge the current situation. She admits that because her brain has thousands of years of knowledge storage than others, she is a little arrogant and dares to defeat the weak. Bo a possibility.
But note that she was talking about the weak defeating the strong, one-on-one. But now, Ye country is facing the top five enemy countries. What is the concept of one-on-five?
It is said in "Zhuangzi - Human World" that the praying mantis "is so angry that it uses its arms as ruts, not knowing that it is incompetent." They seem to have that idea now.
"Didn't you learn anything else from me? For example, retreat bravely from the rapids, or that those who understand the current situation are heroes?"
"You are already weak before the war begins. So are you planning to rush into circulation, or are you going to be a hero who knows the current situation?"
Zheng Quchi couldn't resist his provocation, she had already thought about it and sorted out her thoughts.
"I fight with a winning mentality, but if I lose, I will not get back up. Although I can sometimes go on the road with a lonely courage, but I will not act with just a lonely courage. Don’t look at me as disappointing, but I’m still quite satisfied with myself.”
Zheng Quchi is indeed not very stunning at first glance, and even her temperament is not a perfect person. She has many small flaws, just like thousands of people with flaws in the world.
But she also has her own unique side, which distinguishes her from everyone else. She is Zheng Quchi, not just anyone among the millions.
Looking at her pair of unusually clear and clear eyes, they are like a round of stars and moon exuding a clear luster in the dark night. The yearning in the eyes and the longing in the heart make people want to look away.
"This palace is also very satisfied with you."
"Well, no matter how much you praise me, I can't guarantee you that I can hold on, but I am mentally prepared. From this moment on, I will do all the efforts I can do. I have never done anything like this in my life. No matter who I have fought for, this time, I will work hard to carve out a path that we can walk in the weeds and thorns."
"I believe you."
"Your Highness, Madam General, it's time to begin."
Ahead, Wang Chenfei shouted.
They looked up together and saw strong soldiers, one after another, holding up their spears and shooting towards the fixed target.
In the first batch, no one could hit the target.
Next, after a few rounds, hundreds of spears were stuck upside down on the ground like reeds, in a mess, some far away and some near. It was obvious that their so-called training was poor.
"That's it?" Zheng Quchi raised his eyebrows.
Huo Ting said with a stern expression: "There are very few throwing guns for combat nowadays. In addition, the weight of the gun ranges from dozens to hundreds of kilograms. The soldiers will lose their physical strength when they go to the battlefield. How many times are they thrown like this?" , it will be exhausted, it is not as durable as a sword, and if it is not as long-range as a bow and arrow..."
"It is true that throwing guns in large-scale battles is useless, but it is not without its advantages. Small-scale guerrillas, close combat and defensive warfare, it is quite brilliant." Zheng Quchi said.
Her words have not been verified. Unfashionable combat methods are scraps that have been eliminated in the past and are generally not advisable. Therefore, Huo Ting was just doubtful and said indifferently: "Oh, that's it."
Wang Feichen watched the soldiers finish shooting and trotted over: "Madam, no one's gun can hit the target."
"Move ten meters closer and continue."
"yes."
After the second round, a few people missed the mark, but they didn't hit the target.
So Zheng Quchi said: "Move closer to ten meters."
"yes."
This time, about ten people hit the target, among which Liu Chaiji was particularly outstanding. He hit the target directly and fell to the ground. His accuracy was not perfect, but he was the only one who hit it so far.
By this time, most of the soldiers were beginning to sweat and their arm strength was diminishing.
Wang Feichen came to report again. He originally thought that his wife would let him move closer. After all, out of 300 people, only a dozen had achieved results, and the rest did not even touch the corners. This showed that the target distance was still too far.
Zheng Quchi said this time: "Let them rest for a while, and then let Liu Chaiji go out alone, and I will teach him a set of correct shooting postures."
Wang Feichen was stunned when he heard this: "Correct projection posture?"
What's this? When did the general's wife understand this?
Yuan Xingzhou didn't expect that she would show off in person, but he didn't say anything. Others, Huo Ting and others who had seen her "powerful and powerful", only felt that the general's wife was preparing to attack people again. went.
Zheng Quchi stood on the school field, holding a long gun in his hand. In full view of the crowd, three hundred gun-throwing soldiers lined up to rest and watch. Liu Chaiji was called out and stood behind Zheng Quchi to teach at close range. .
(End of chapter)
