According to an old saying, punches depended greatly on one’s age and strength. It was the same for swords.
In the past, nobody knew that Dao Shou of Liu Lang Dao was the brandy nosed old man who guarded the door of Yanta Academy. After today, this fact remained unchanged.
Shen Leng knew clearly that these people were bad and evil. They were people who would do anything for money. Hence, Shen Leng attacked them ruthlessly, without holding back at all. However, when his dagger landed on that elder, he did not just see that it was a life that was lost. He was also saw his unwillingness to accept his destiny.
The water bandits on Nanping River often said that if they did not have to worry about basic necessities, they would not want to be a bandit.
This was a bunch of bullsh*t. It was as nonsensical as it got.
Hence, Shen Leng saw that when the old man fell to the ground, there was a look of reluctance in his e
Deng Ji Restaurant was located rather close to the academy. It was approximately ten minutes on foot. Meng Changan and Shen Leng were so drunk that they had their arms around each other. Master Cha could not understand their relationship. However, she was very happy that there was a person in this world who could put his arm around Leng. Even though he was Meng Changan, a person that she did not fancy that much.The boss of Deng Ji Restaurant left only after they had left. His carriage was waiting in front of his restaurant. Out of habit, the coachman prepared a whip for him. However, the boss instructed him to follow the three people, and told him to go slowly. The coachman looked at the three people and thought to himself about how they should feel honored, because his boss saw them back. Shen Leng supported Meng Changan as they walked forward. They were staggering. If other people saw them, they would laugh and those two drunkards.
A Yanta Academy student from a rather influential family had died, and a powerful triad had been eradicated in an area where ordinary folks of Changan city could not see. If the imperial court and triads formed a vast body of water, the splash created by these two events were in fact not big at all. The chief constable of Changan made a single trip to Yanta Academy and decided to thoroughly give up pursuing the matter. In his words, he was only but a low-ranking official. The pressure created by this case fell upon the magistrate - not him. There were all kinds of commotion going on within the academy. It was not that difficult to investigate this matter. After all, it was one that implicated a second-in-command official, who was a Class B Fourth pin official. He might not be a big figure, but he was not considered small either. In any case, the Ministry of War had to stick up for its people. Of course, it was nothing more than a mere formality.
Even though Zhuang Yong said that Shen Leng could only pick two out of ten people in his squad, in reality, it was three. Apart from Shen Leng’s squad, Du Weiming had no other choice. Great Ning’s standard ten-man squad in the military did not consist of only ten people, but twelve people in total. Ten of these ten-man squads formed a battalion. Ten-man squads were made up of two five-man squads. Apart from Shen Leng, there was another signaller.Shen Leng appointed Wang Kuohai and Du Weiming as the two leaders of the two five-man squads. He appointed Chen Ran as the signaller. The duties of a signaller was rather complicated - he was in charge of observing the military banner and flag signals during battles; he also had to listen to the military drums and gong. Lastly, he was also in charge of communicating with the rest of the squad.Ten ten-man squads formed a battalion, and three battalions formed a regiment. The leader of the battalion wa
The mountain that Mr. Shen and Master Cha were at was called Mount Xiao Feng - it was one of the more unremarkable mountains within the endless mountain range near the river bank. There was a town not far from the mountain. Apart from the Daoist temple that Mr. Shen and Master Cha resided in, there were some hunters who appeared every now and then to check if there were any wild animals caught in the traps they had set up before. At lunch, Master Cha rested her chin on one hand and knocked against the stone table with her chopsticks with the other hand. Mr. Shen came out from the kitchen covered with dirt, holding a plate of something that was black in color. “Quick, have a taste.”Master Cha looked at it and wanted to throw up.Mr. Shen was somewhat disappointed. “Guess some things are truly innate talents.”Master Cha pointed at the dish and asked, “Didn’t you say you want to cook some beef for me? Did you go through great pains
For six to seven days in a row, Shen Leng conducted high intensity training for the new recruits. All eleven men were of different physiques and had varying degrees of willpower. Even Du Weiming and Wang Kuohai felt as though they were about to reach their limit. According to some sources, in three days, they would have to enter the battlefield. Some people were anxious, and some people were disapproving of it.Just as always, Shen Leng put his men through the additional training session into the night before allowing them to rest. He returned to the drill ground alone and completed the homework he did back in the Daoist temple meticulously. By the time he completed it, it was already after 1 a.m.. When he was about to go back to the barracks, he saw Zhuang Yong standing under the light, waiting for him. Shen Leng hurried over to him and saluted. “Come with me.”Zhuang Yong walked in front. Shen Leng walked sligh
The time period between receiving the news of the field exercise and heading out flew past fairly fast. Shen Leng knew that the harsh trainings that he forced his men to go through were not sufficient, but he hoped that his men were able to at least guard their lives in the face of danger.Last month, the total number of new recruits who had passed the evaluation was less than three hundred. The battalion commander, Wang Gendong was in charge of leading the troops. This was a very simple mission. The water bandits they were ambushing was Zhao Dengke and his men that were located upstream. According to the intelligence reported back by the scouting team, they had only a hundred odd people. They were hiding in one of the waterways of Nanping River, and plunder passing merchant ships from time to time in the middle of the night.Three Xiong Niu battleships had headed upstream towards their camp. The Xiong Niu battleship was a medium-sized battleship of the Nav
Shen Leng had a frightening grasp of time. Most of the soldiers did not notice it, but Du Weiming and Wang Kuohai did. Before nightfall, they had arrived outside a town named Fu Chou Bao. They could see the smoke rising from the chimneys in that town. Shen Leng got them to stand guard before they took off their equipment to rest. All of the soldiers heaved a sigh of relief. They carried the load and trekked for more than nine miles. Everyone was almost at their limit. “Squad leader.”Du Weiming leaned in and said in a low voice, “If we keep walking at this pace, we will only reach the water bandits’ camp the day after tomorrow. That’s too slow…If Battalion Commander Wang were to use this as a reason to punish us, there is nothing we can say to refute it. The items we’re carrying are too heavy, should we lighten the load?”“No.”Shen Leng did not hesitate in his reply. “I feel that we did not bring enough. If not for
Despite having been through Shen Leng’s strict and arduous trainings over a period of time, running three miles while carrying a heavy load was still not an easy feat. Fortunately, they only had to be a little faster than the water bandits behind them.Even though the water bandits only carried a dagger with them, they could not run faster than Shen Leng and his men, who were carrying more than ten to twenty pounds worth of equipment with them. This made Shen Leng’s squad somewhat pleased with themselves… “Du Weiming, take two people with you and go over to see if there is anybody holding down the fort in the water bandits’ camp.”Shen Leng yelled. He turned around and grabbed Wang Kuohai. “The rest of you keep going! You stay behind with me!”Wang Kuohai turned around and headed back with Shen Leng. After they walked a few steps, he heard Shen Leng yell, “Shield!”Wang Kuohai lifted the shield from the ground and he