Chapter 233: Military Training on the Parade Ground

The weather today is very cold, and you can breathe out white air when you open your mouth, but the sun is not bad, and the sun can still make people squint.

Shen Yu stood under the shade of the tree, looking at the group of undisciplined recruits from a distance.

Xiao Chuan was complaining to her, and Shen Yu kept listening. She knew it was not easy for Xiao Chuan. In the past few months, she was either in Hezhou or on the road. Things here were beyond her reach, so she left them all to Xiao Chuan.

"How many recruits are there?" Shen Yu asked.

"Twelve thousand, plus our original five thousand people, it will be seventeen thousand."

Shen Yu lowered her eyes and looked at Xiao Chuan who was eating steamed buns, "You haven't led so many soldiers, have you?"

Xiao Chuan raised his head and said, "I never brought it with me."

The man has ambitions in all directions. He is grateful to Shen Yu and knows that Shen Yu is training him and giving him a chance.

No one else could ask for such an opportunity. It was impossible to have such an opportunity without spending more than ten years in the military camp and achieving military exploits.

"If you're leading troops, you have to polish them." Shen Yu said, "The edges and corners have to be smoothed out for them, leaving behind the blood."

"How to grind it?" Xiao Chuan asked.

He was several years older than Shen Yu, but he couldn't compare to her, and he was convinced of this.

Shen Yu smiled slightly and said, "When you were in the camp, how did your father punish you?"

Xiao Chuan was thoughtful and seemed to understand a little bit.

Shen Yu sighed: "It's not easy at all. Take your time."

Xiao Chuan stood up after swallowing the last mouthful of steamed buns and glanced sideways at Shen Yu.

She was wearing women's clothes today, with a white fox fur sent by Changliu. She was petite and her skin was healthy white. Her appearance was very outstanding among the ladies of Shengjing, but she looked a little out of place in the military camp.

The gang of soldiers glanced secretly at this side from time to time. After all, she was the princess and they didn't dare to look at her openly.

Xiao Chuan hesitated to speak, but it was difficult to say some words, so he swallowed them back.

"Is General Han at the school grounds?" Shen Yu asked.

"Ah, yes." Xiao Chuan was stunned for a moment before saying.

Shen Yu said, "I'll go talk to him about expanding the school grounds, and you can go about your business."

Although she is the princess of Beilin, matters in the military camp should still be handled according to the rules, and the following will be coordinated and reported before reporting.

Xiao Chuan sat under the tree for a while, calculating that it was almost time, and asked someone to notify the troops for training.

The announcement was over, and when it was time to assemble, the school grounds were sparsely crowded. From time to time, people walked over slowly, looking for their place in the crowd.

Xiao Chuan watched calmly. Two moments had passed since the assembly time, and everyone had not arrived yet.

Xiao Chuan walked up to the general ordering platform and said, "Report the number of people!"

I reported the number of people below, but there were still more than 300 people missing.

This has happened more than once, and Xiao Chuan knows where those people are.

"Go and drag those people out! If they can't get up, pour cold water on me to wake them up."

More than 300 people were brought to the school grounds. Many of them had just been pulled out of their beds and were standing around in a daze. Some of their clothes were soaked.

He didn't stand well and his soldiers didn't look like soldiers, which made Xiao Chuan feel angry.

"Everyone! Run ten laps around the school grounds, fifteen of those who are late, and twenty of those who are caught by me!"

A burst of dissatisfied wails suddenly sounded in the school grounds.

One of them, soaked all over, shouted, "Why? We came to join the army to kill the enemy. All we do is run around and carry sandbags. It's useless."

The gang of soldiers and ruffians were also angry at first, and they also followed suit below.

There was a prick who couldn't stand it any longer. He didn't think much of Xiao Chuan, so he took advantage of the crowd to be emboldened and vented all his anger.

"General Xiao, we came to join the army for the Qingyun Guards. Who knew we were here for this? It's normal for brothers to have opinions in their hearts."

"Qingyun Guards?" Xiao Chuan pointed to the training ground of Qingyun Guards at the other end and said: "Look at others, and then see if you are worthy of it! Qingyun Guards run thirty miles with a heavy load every day, and you are tired after running ten miles. You dare to mention Qingyun Guard to me."

"Then what's going on?" Ci'ertou said, "They are the soldiers brought out by the prince, what about us?"

Xiao Chuan: "What happened to us?"

The thorny head said: "General Xiao is not afraid of jokes when he follows a woman, but don't drag the brothers along with him to embarrass himself. We want to follow the prince to the battlefield, not follow a woman to learn tricks and embroidery."

The person next to him pulled him, and Ci'ertou knew that he was referring to the princess when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to a woman. He felt that he had gone too far, but he couldn't keep his face down. After all, what he said was the truth.

"You don't look down on women, do you?" Xiao Chuan said coldly: "Who here is not the son of a mother, stand up for me!"

No one came out, but in the commotion, someone inside said: "How can this be the same? Just because we are mothers, it doesn't mean that we have to take orders from a woman."

"Yeah." "That's right."

The people below relied on the strength of the crowd, and their words became more and more unpleasant, "General Xiao, his legs are weak in front of women, don't drag us together."

"What benefits have you gained from others? We are not happy to chase after you and lick your butt."

Xiao Chuan was furious, "Who? Who the hell said that? Stand up for me!"

There was a buzz below, but no one came forward. There was actually someone who took advantage of the crowd and couldn't find it, and secretly said: "Don't let others talk about it if you dare to do it."

Xiao Chuan has heard many people gossiping behind his back, saying that Xiao Chuan is a weakling who takes orders from a woman.

He also said that the two of them had an affair behind each other, and they followed a woman all the way from Shengjing to Beilin, leaving their official duties in Beijing alone.

He could hear it, but the words could not reach Xie Tingzhou's ears.

He wanted to talk to Shen Yu but hesitated before because he wanted to talk about this, but he couldn't speak.

Shen Yu and Han Jiwu finished talking about the expansion of the training ground, and came out to encounter this riot.

Han Jiwu's face turned pale, but Shen Yu was calm and turned her head to Han Jiwu and said, "General Han, go and get busy."

Shen Yu walked over there.

As she approached, the soldiers also found her, and the voices of the crowd gradually stopped. The legitimate Princess of Beilin, it was fine to gossip 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.

Shen Yu slowly walked up to the command platform and saw Xiao Chuan's cheeks flushed and panting.

"Princess." Xiao Chuan said.

Shen Yu nodded slightly, without scolding.

Anyone who was pointed at and scolded like this would be angry, and she understood Xiao Chuan.

Shen Yu stood 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 us, and we will solve them one by one."

The audience was silent, and the soldiers who were still arguing just now were now quails.

Shen Yu smiled faintly, "What? Just now you were all so confident, but now you are speechless? Speak up."

Finally, someone below couldn't help it and said, "You are the princess, how dare we say anything, we might lose our heads if we say something wrong."

"You said it very well just now, and your heads are still hanging firmly on your necks."

Shen Yu paced on the stage, "If you don't say anything, then I will say it. You look down on me, it's okay, today's matter is easy to solve, we are all soldiers, whoever has the harder fist has the final say."

The prickly head said, "You are now the princess of Beilin, who dares to really fight with you, aren't you afraid that the Qingyun Guard will come and crush us."

"Don't dare to fight?" Shen Yu's voice suddenly became cold, "Don't dare to fight but only dare to talk, what? Have you learned the gentleman's talk but not fighting set and applied it to the military camp? A group of grown men gathered together to gossip, which is more talkative than the women in the back house I saw in Shengjing. I have opened my eyes today."