My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4207 Lacking in the Aura of Killing

These hundreds of archery targets vary in size and length, and their placement on the training ground is completely haphazard and without any discernible pattern.

The cavalry units of the Vanguard Army, the Gale Battalion and the Mountain Shaker Battalion, were training in formation. They had to demonstrate their superb horsemanship on horseback while drawing their bows and arrows or firing their crossbows at the targets set up on the field.

The hundreds of targets varied in size and length, and the scores for soldiers who hit the targets while archery on horseback also varied.

Long and large targets are easier to hit, so the soldiers will naturally get fewer points.

Conversely, if the soldiers hit the small and short targets, their score would double.

Between the soldiers of the Gale Battalion and the Mountain Shaker Battalion, one side's arrows were normal arrows, while the other side's arrows had markings on the shafts with ink.

In this military drill, the winner was determined by the final number of arrows on the targets.

On the training ground outside the military camp, the infantrymen of the Fearless Battalion had already begun their initial probing of the enemy under the command of the flag.

After exchanging a glance, Chen Yang, the commander of the Gale Battalion, and Tang Yongming, the commander of the Mountain-Shaking Battalion, turned around excitedly to look at the soldiers behind them.

Chen Yang gently tugged on the reins, and stood up on the horse's back with his feet in the stirrups.

"Brothers, in the battle of military formation training, our Gale Battalion has now won four consecutive victories."

If we defeat the opposing Mountain Shaking Camp brothers again in this military formation drill, then our Gale Camp will have won five consecutive victories.

Brothers, I assure you that if our Gale Battalion can defeat the Mountain Shaking Battalion in today's military drills, we will achieve a five-game winning streak.

So, after the military drills are over, I will personally go to the capital to meet with Commander Zhang and ask him to grant you a day off alone.

Then, I, the general, will personally lead you to the royal city and drink until you're completely drunk.

Brothers, tell me loudly, do you have confidence?

Chen Yang's loud shouts ignited the heroic spirit of the thousand Swiftwind Battalion soldiers.

In an instant, a thousand soldiers of the Gale Camp raised their powerful bows and crossbows and shouted loudly.

"Swiftwind Camp, victory in ten thousand!"

"Swiftwind Camp, victory in ten thousand!"

"Swiftwind Camp, victory in ten thousand!"

Seeing the sudden surge of morale among the soldiers of the Gale Camp, Tang Yongming raised his command flag and stood up from his horse, stepping on the stirrups.

"Brothers, stop listening to Old Chen's bragging."

The reason why the brothers of the Gale Battalion were able to achieve four consecutive victories in the battle of training formations was simply because the brothers of the previous battalions were too weak.

However, our brothers in the Shaking Mountain Camp are different.

Since the day our Vanguard Army's Mountain-Shaking Battalion was officially established, over the past ten years, whether it's the number of enemies killed or the bravery in charging into battle, we have always been among the top three in every battalion!
Brothers, today's military drill saw the Gale Battalion run into our Mountain Shaking Battalion, so they're really unlucky.

Want another five-game winning streak? To that, I, the general, have only two words.

no way.

Brothers, you must show me your full strength later. We must let the brothers of the Gale Camp know that there are always people stronger than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding.

Brothers of the Shaking Mountain Camp, answer me loudly: Do you have confidence?

As soon as Tang Yongming finished shouting, the soldiers of the Mountain Shaking Camp were instantly invigorated, raising their powerful bows and crossbows and shouting.

"Mountain Shaking Camp, Martial Might!"

"Mountain Shaking Camp, Martial Might!"

"Mountain Shaking Camp, Martial Might!"

Chen Yang and Tang Yongming slowly sat on their horses, turned their heads to look at each other across the distance, and then simultaneously raised their command flags and waved them vigorously a few times.

"Soldiers of the Gale Battalion, attack!"

"Soldiers of the Mountain-Shaking Battalion, attack!"

In the blink of an eye, fifty Great Dragon soldiers behind Chen Yang and Tang Yongming each swung their whips forcefully.

"drive!"

"drive!"

After the hundred Great Dragon soldiers from the Gale Camp and the Mountain Shaking Camp left the ranks, they displayed their superb horsemanship, leaping and tumbling on their backs, as they charged along the pre-demarcated boundary line toward the targets half a mile away.

Two miles away, on a small hillside, Liu Mingzhi and his daughter Xiao Ke'ai saw the situation on the training ground outside the military camp through the telescope. They raised their eyebrows slightly with different expressions.

Through the telescope, one could see a hundred Great Dragon Iron Cavalrymen displaying their superb horsemanship, some solemnly drawing their bows and nocking arrows, others earnestly raising their crossbows and firing directly at the targets within the dividing line.

In an instant, arrows flew straight towards the target thirty or forty paces away.

In an instant, some arrows struck the target directly, while others pierced through the target and flew into the open space further away.

The speed at which an arrow leaves the bow should not be underestimated, and the speed at which a warhorse gallops away should not be ignored either.

Because of the speed of their warhorses, if the soldiers made even the slightest mistake in timing their bows or crossbows, their arrows would miss the target.

After charging down a distance of about one and a half miles, the more than one hundred soldiers of the Great Dragon Army had fired at least five or six hundred arrows.

However, only about 40% of the arrows were able to hit the target accurately.

After seeing this through the telescope, Liu Mingzhi's smile deepened instantly.

Although the soldiers' arrows only had a 40% hit rate, less than half the hit rate, Young Master Liu was already very satisfied with the hit rate.

Infantrymen are infantrymen, and cavalrymen are cavalrymen.

When cavalrymen charge at high speed on their warhorses, with targets placed thirty or forty paces away, they can achieve a hit rate of about forty percent when firing arrows from powerful bows and crossbows. This already makes them the elite among elites.

After all, not all the Great Dragon warriors were eagle archers from the former Turkic royal court. Eagle archers were extremely rare.

It should be noted that even among the soldiers of the former Turkic royal court who had been trained in archery and horsemanship since childhood, archers like the Eagle Shooter were extremely rare.

On the watchtower outside the military camp gate, Zheng Jizhong, Zhang Yaohe, Li Zhihai, and a group of generals watched through the telescope as the soldiers of the Third Battalion practiced their military formations. They were all excited and cheered repeatedly.

The soldiers of the Fearless Battalion, the Gale Battalion, and the Mountain-Shaking Battalion were unaware that Young Master Liu and his daughter, Little Cutie, were observing the military drills from a small hill about two miles away. However, the main generals knew this!

The more impressive the soldiers of the three battalions' drills were on the training ground outside the main camp, the more satisfied His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Princess were.

His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Princess were satisfied, and his brothers no longer needed to worry about the military drills.

Faced with this situation, how could Zheng Jizhong, Zhang Yaohe, Li Zhihai, and all the soldiers of the Great Dragon Army not cheer?

"Great, great, great!"

This is a huge boost to my reputation, a huge boost to my reputation, a truly damn impressive boost to my reputation.

After today's military drills and duels conclude, I, the Marquis, will personally travel to the capital to seek commendation from the Grand Marshal for Chen Yang, Tang Yongming, Guo Zhenqiang, and Jin Youtian.

Even if I have to throw away all my pride, I will still plead with the commander-in-chief to give all the soldiers in the camp a day off.

Then, the soldiers from each battalion in the army camp took turns going to the royal city to drink until they were completely drunk.

"Haha, Your Excellency is wise, I second that proposal."

"This humble general also seconds the motion."

"We all second that proposal."

After the army camp had set up a training ground for military formations, and after a hundred soldiers of the Great Dragon Army returned on horseback, Chen Yang and Tang Yongming, the two brothers, immediately raised their command flags and signaled to their two personal guards behind them.

"Brothers, check the target."

"Brothers, check the target."

After Chen Yang and Tang Yongming's two personal guards dismounted, one of them stepped forward and trotted towards the enemy camp.

Immediately afterwards, the four Dragon Warriors from the Gale Camp and the Mountain Shaking Camp, in pairs, jogged towards the field where hundreds of archery targets were set up in the distance.

Two miles away, on a small hillside, Liu Mingzhi casually cracked open a peach kernel and put it in his mouth, then looked with a smile at Qin Shaoguang, who was sitting cross-legged on the hillside a few steps away.

"Shaoguang".

Qin Shaoguang heard Liu Dashao's sudden soft shout, hurriedly put down his binoculars, and immediately turned to look at Liu Dashao.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am here. Please speak, General."

"Shaoguang, in the western camp of the city, are the two brothers, He Dingchao and Guo Zhenqiang, the commanders of the Fearless Battalion under the Longwu Guard?"

When Qin Shaoguang heard Young Master Liu ask him this question, he immediately shook his head vigorously without hesitation.

"Reporting to the Commander, General He Dingchao, the battalion commander of the Fearless Battalion under the Dragon Guard, is currently on duty in the military camp north of the capital!"

In the main military camp west of the city, the two main generals in charge of all affairs of the Fearless Battalion were Guo Zhenqiang, the deputy general of the Fearless Battalion, and Jin Youtian and his brother, both subordinate generals of the Fearless Battalion.

Upon hearing Qin Shaoguang's reply, Liu Mingzhi chuckled and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? So the people practicing military formations on the ground outside the military camp are Guo Zhenqiang, the deputy general of the Fearless Battalion, and his two brothers, Jin Youtian and Jin Zhenqiang, who are also his subordinates?"

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's chuckled question, Qin Shaoguang did not answer it directly. Instead, he immediately raised his binoculars and peered out onto the training grounds outside the military camp.

A moment later, he quickly moved the binoculars away from his eyes, turned around with a smile and looked back at Young Master Liu sitting behind him.

"Reporting to the Commander, I dare not give you a definite answer on this matter."

"I can only tell you now that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the two people currently training the troops outside the camp are most likely Guo Zhenqiang and the Jin Youtian brothers."

Qin Shaoguang's words clearly left him some room to maneuver.

After listening to Qin Shaoguang's somewhat reserved reply, Liu Mingzhi chuckled and reached for the wine pouch at his waist. He then casually pulled out the stopper and put the wine directly into his mouth.

"Gudu!"

"Gudu!"

After taking two large gulps of wine, Young Master Liu sipped the wine from his lips and casually placed the wine flask on the grass beside him.

"I understand. Continue watching!"

"Yes, I will obey your orders."

After gently cracking open an almond with his fingers and popping it into his mouth, Liu Mingzhi, with a smile in his eyes, leaned closer to the adorable girl sitting cross-legged beside him.
"Yue'er."

Upon hearing this, the little cutie quickly moved the binoculars away from her eyes, and then immediately turned her fair and slender neck to look at her stinky old man's face.

"Oh, dear father, what's wrong?"

Liu Mingzhi silently swallowed the spiced almonds he had already chewed, and with his eyes slightly narrowed, he gently gestured towards the soldiers of the Third Battalion who were drilling their formations two miles away.

"My dear daughter, have you figured out anything about the training and formations of the three battalions—the Fearless Battalion, the Gale Battalion, and the Mountain-Shaking Battalion?"

When the little cutie heard her father's gentle tone asking her this question, her beautiful face showed a hint of hesitation as she slightly furrowed her delicate eyebrows before nodding gently twice to Young Master Liu.

"Good father, based on what I've seen through the telescope, I have indeed figured out a bit of the trick."

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Liu Shao's eyes.

"Oh? My dear daughter, tell me quickly, what's the secret you've figured out?"

The little cutie gently pursed her luscious cherry lips twice, then tilted her slender waist slightly and moved closer to her stinky old man.

“Good father, whether it’s the soldiers on both sides of the Fearless Camp that split in two, or the soldiers on both sides of the Gale Camp and the Mountain Shaking Camp.”

When they were practicing military formations, they all lacked any real fighting spirit.