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”Qin Tian, why are you only arriving now! As the Deputy Commander of the three armies, you’re late before the army sets out, this is highly disadvantageous!”

When Qin Tian and Du Qiuniang arrived at the oath-taking platform, Xiao Yunkui immediately lashed out at Qin Tian with a barrage of insults, ”I can charge you with gross disrespect right now! I could kill you!”

Qin Tian sneered, ”You can kill me? Based on what? The Emperor appointed three commanders, my rank is above yours. You, what gives you the right to kill me?”

At this moment, Qin Tian had no reason to explain to Xiao Yunkui that it was supposed to start at nine, because it wouldn’t help. That messenger is a member of the Xiao Family, and even if pulled out for confrontation, he could change his story at any time, leaving only Qin Tian in embarrassment.

”Heh, arrogant! You’ll pay for this!”

Xiao Yunkui sneered coldly.

At this moment, Xiao Yunhu stepped forward, coldly staring at Qin Tian, ”My second brother doesn’t have the right to kill you, but I do!”

Qin Tian had already expected this guy would step out to back Xiao Yunkui, so he spread his hands, ”As you wish then.”

”…”

Qin Tian’s words instead made Xiao Yunhu grit his teeth.

He certainly wanted to deal with Qin Tian, but today was the first day of the expedition. If he acted now, the intention would be too obvious, and political rivals could seize this opportunity, which would be detrimental to him.

So, after thinking it over, Xiao Yunhu sneered, ”Stop talking nonsense, lead your troops and be the vanguard, set out now! This is a military order, dare defy, and then…”

”Then let’s go, stop with the nonsense.”

Before Xiao Yunhu could finish his sentence, to his surprise, Qin Tian simply turned around and leisurely walked away, leaving Xiao Yunhu dumbfounded.

The two brothers exchanged looks, both of them exuding killing intent from their eyes.

Xiao Yunhu turned to Xiao Yunkui and said, ”Endure it, he won’t live much longer!”

…

Qin Tian took Du Qiuniang to inspect his own troop of twenty thousand.

This time, the Tianyuan Dynasty dispatched one hundred thousand men, none of whom had high combat prowess. The twenty thousand Qin Tian received were naturally the weakest, mostly consisting of desperados and ruffians.

When Qin Tian was inspecting, the military discipline was even loose, utterly disregarding Qin Tian’s authority as General.

Of course, Qin Tian’s appearance similarly shocked those soldiers, and upon seeing Qin Tian and Du Qiuniang, quite a few began whistling.

”Oh! Oh!”

”Oh! Oh! Haha, our General actually brings a woman to the battlefield, and she’s a beauty!”

”So peculiar, this beauty looks pretty, she’s quite beautiful, why bring her to war? Totally not cherishing a fragrant beauty.”

”What do you know, maybe Qin Tian is some pampered young master from a noble family, never fought a battle, thinks it’s an outing, so he brought his maid along for fun, hahahaha...”

”Too insane, though military regulations don’t prohibit generals from taking women to war, he doesn’t even know to keep it low-key, bringing her out for inspection on the first day, haha, this prodigal General Qin Tian is an absolute prodigal!”

The soldiers and officers were all chattering.

Qin Tian and Du Qiuniang expanded their Divine Sense, clearly hearing the majority of their jokes.

Du Qiuniang softly said to Qin Tian, ”Master, is it not quite appropriate for you to bring me out like this?”

Though she said it wasn’t quite proper, Du Qiuniang was actually overjoyed, because Qin Tian openly brought her for inspection, at least indicating that she holds an extremely important place in Qin Tian’s heart.

”No problem, the military regulations don’t forbid generals from bringing women, only soldiers and junior officers.”

Qin Tian turned and smiled at Du Qiuniang, then reached out directly to hold her hand.

Du Qiuniang’s face blushed, but her heart was sweet as honey.

”Subordinate greets General Qin.”

A general came over to salute Qin Tian, ”Subordinate Tang Qi, I’m the general for these twenty thousand men, it’s my honor to follow General Qin into battle this time!”

This Tang Qi looked to be in his fifties or sixties, not considered old among cultivators.

Qin Tian nodded, ”Alright, today I’m here for troop inspection, rectifying military discipline, you command them to stand in formation, chant slogans.”

”Understood.”

Tang Qi folded his hands in respect, then stepped up on the inspection platform, directing two orderlies to arrange the twenty thousand soldiers in formation.

However, no matter how those two orderlies transmitted Tang Qi’s orders, there were always several who defied orders, completely disregarding Tang Qi’s commands.

Tang Qi’s gaze sought Qin Tian, his face instantly awkward.

He had just taken over this troop not long ago, and being a general born from common folk, it’s a stroke of luck that he got transferred to the Imperial City three months ago, so he dared not offend these soldiers.

Just last month, he lost his temper and punished two soldiers, beating each with fifty lashes.

As a result, the next day, he was called to the Ministry of War for a talk, slandered, and had a mark put in his record.

He later learned that one of the beaten soldiers had a brother working as an official in the Palace on behalf of the King of Wu, probably reported to the King, without investigation, and punished him.

Ever since, Tang Qi knew he couldn’t provoke these pampered brats, so he was cautious not to clash with his soldiers.

This ultimately caused the combat effectiveness of this troop to sharply decline.

Seeing Tang Qi command for half an hour, yet the chaos below remained, Qin Tian turned his head, ”General Tang, what’s happening? I taught you to organize the troops, get them in formation chanting slogans, didn’t you hear?”

Tang Qi didn’t dare offend Qin Tian, trotted down and softly said, ”General Qin, it’s my incompetence, these soldiers, some have people who lead them to defy my words, I’m an outsider, without backup, don’t dare offend them, so...”

Seeing Tang Qi’s awkward expression, Qin Tian knew he was an honest man, so he didn’t make it difficult for him.

From Tang Qi, Qin Tian saw a shadow of his younger self, albeit ten times more reckless than Tang Qi back then.

But now, he’s ten times more audacious than his former self!

”Do you know who’s leading them in defiance?”

Qin Tian asked Tang Qi softly.

Tang Qi raised his head, his gaze sweeping through the crowd below, ”Zhang Jun, that tall Centurion Zhang Jun, his family is a branch of nobility, has relatives working in the Imperial Palace and on behalf of the King of Wu, so...”

”And that’s why you’re afraid?” Qin Tian asked.

Tang Qi lowered his head, ”I’m embarrassed, it’s just...”

”Zhang Jun!”

When Tang Qi lowered his head in embarrassment, he suddenly heard Qin Tian, infused with True Qi, loudly call out!

Zhang Jun’s name immediately echoed in the ears of twenty thousand below.

Those twenty thousand paused, then many of their gazes turned to Zhang Jun below, who, disregarding military regulations, continued drinking from his flask.

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