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Today, the sky was overcast.
The soldiers in Hushan Camp, who had finished their morning drill, mightily stood in formation on the field.
Tang Ming spurred his horse and walked past the square formations proudly.
Deputy General Hu urged his horse as well and followed beside him, slightly behind him by half a horse's length.
In terms of rank, both of them were fifth rank military officials; in terms of experience, Deputy General Hu had more profound experience than Tang Ming, a newly appointed deputy general.
But who told Tang Ming to have a National Supreme Commander as an uncle?
Tang Ming himself was also capable enough. In just a few days, he was promoted from a captain to a deputy general. Perhaps it wouldn’t be long before he became a proper general.
Deputy General Hu didn’t have the courage to offend this little Buddha.
"What kind of standing posture is that?" Tang Ming stopped his horse and pointed to a square formation at the back. "They look so crooked, can't they even stand properly? What's the use of having this group of trash in the military camp?"
Deputy General Hu broke into a cold sweat. That..... that very upright posture still wasn’t enough?
This was just nitpicking.
No wonder though.
That square formation consisted of the original Gu Family Army. In those days, Old Marquis was at odds with the National Supreme Commander. After the Gu Family Army was incorporated into the latter’s command, some generals who liked treating people according to their social standing subjected the Gu Family Army to a lot of embarrassment.
As for Tang Ming, after he entered the camp, he made no secret of his suppression of the Gu Family Army.
Right now, for example——
Tang Ming said coldly, "Dispersed all those around them. That group shall stay and continue to stand here until I’m satisfied!"
"..." Deputy General Hu waved his hand to the bodyguard beside him, "Still not going yet?"
"Understood." The bodyguard conveyed Tang Ming's command.
Everyone was already used to this. After giving those people a sympathetic look, they went to the canteen to have breakfast one by one.
Those people stood all morning without having breakfast until the tournament began. At this time, it was already impossible to let them go to fill their stomachs. Even if they were let go, the canteen would have been cleaned up long ago.
Deputy General Hu inexplicably felt that Tang Ming was being a bit too harsh today. Although he had also made things difficult for them in the past, he wouldn’t go so far as to make people hungry on such an important day.
If this were on the battlefield, wasn’t this letting the soldiers go into battle with empty stomachs?
Deputy General Hu had doubts in his heart, but he dared not say anything.
There were two fighting rings in the military camp, one big and one small.
The big ring was generally used for the annual fighting tournament. Today, they were using the small ring.
This fighting tournament had always been a tradition in the military camp. The original intention was to motivate the morale of the soldiers and select talents. Every champion was rewarded with ten taels of silver.
Most people in the military camp had commoner backgrounds. Everyone was interested in the money, but what they were more looking forward to was being noticed by the generals.
Back then, Deputy General Hu took an interest in Zhou Erzhuang, Xue Ningxiang’s brother-in-law, after he defeated a very powerful sergeant in the ring.
Pretty soon, the competition started.
Tang Ming, Deputy General Hu and several other generals of Hushan Camp sat on the temporary viewing platform across the fighting ring.
However, to the surprise of several people, the first person to go on stage was Gu Changqing.
Donned in dark brocade robes and armed with his Qingxuan long sword, Gu Changqing stood valiantly above the ring and under the sky.
Tang Ming could still feel a dull pain from the places beaten by Gu Changqing yesterday. He narrowed his eyes coldly and said, "What's the matter? How come Commandant Gu was up on stage?"
Right, why did Gu Changqing come up to the ring?
Competition of this level could also enter his eyes?
In fact, in the early days, the tournament was always spearheaded by the generals, and only after the generals had competed was the ring handed over to the rest of the soldiers. Later on, the official style became prevalent in the military camp, and generals with official titles felt that winning wasn’t really something to be proud of and losing was too humiliating, so they gradually withdrew from the tournament.
This was Gu Changqing's first time in the fighting ring.
He was facing the wind. His hair was bound with a jade headcrown and his robes were fluttering. It was such a valiant appearance!
For a long time, no one dared to go up.
Gu Changqing then began to call out names. He was a Commandant. As long as he didn’t call out anyone with a higher rank than himself, no one could refuse his challenge.
The first name he called out was Fu Peng.
This was one of Tang Ming's men.
Gu Changqing didn't give Tang Ming any face as he knocked down the other party with one move.
After that, Gu Changqing called out seventeen or eighteen names in one breath, all of them were under Tang Ming’s command, and all of them were beaten with a single move without exception.
Tang Ming's fists clenched tightly.
If he still couldn’t tell that Gu Changqing was deliberately targeting him, then that wouldn’t make sense.
Heh, was Gu Changqing standing up for the injustice of the Gu Family Army or taking revenge for his younger stepbrother?
Gu Changqing knocked down one of Tang Ming's men again without even using his weapon.
He looked at Tang Ming without even trying to hide the provocation in his eyes, "These are all the soldiers under Deputy General Tang? They’re nothing more than this."
Provocation was absolutely effective on Tang Ming, especially in front of the whole army. He simply couldn't allow himself to lose face like this!
Tang Ming looked coldly at Gu Changqing, then he grabbed the sword on the table, leapt up, and landed firmly on the ring.
Everyone felt like going blind.
No way!
What day was it today?
The Tang Family’s little tyrant was going to face off with the iron-faced yama?
Wasn’t this too exciting?
The relationship between Gu Changqing and Tang Ming had never been harmonious, but it was the first time that they openly confronted each other. Tang Ming had provoked Gu Changqing countless times, but Gu Changqing always chose to ignore it.
Everyone thought they would never get to see these two people go up against each other.
"It seems that Commandant Gu provoked Deputy General Tang first this time..."
"Yeah, what happened to him?"
"I don't know, but his eyes are so scary right now."
Everyone noticed Gu Changqing's strange behavior today. He had always been known as the iron-faced yama in the military camp, but he was never this impulsive nor provocative, not to mention his body seemed to be shrouded with a thick murderous aura all over at this moment.
This kind of Commandant Gu was really frightening.
Tang Ming laughed, "Admit it, you’re actually jealous of me, jealous that I became a deputy general and rode over your head at once. What taking revenge for your younger brother and what not? I thought about it, and you, Gu Changqing, aren’t such a brotherly person."
But Gu Changqing didn't bother to talk nonsense with him as he directly tossed up his weapon and sheathed out the sword in the air, then he kicked the scabbard hard, making it fly towards Tang Ming!
With a change in expression, Tang Ming suddenly turned sideways, and the scabbard whizzed past his face and stabbed firmly into the wall behind the ring.
That wall... was made of stone!
How much strength did it take to make that blunt scabbard stab that stone wall?!
Tang Ming's gaze fell back to Gu Changqing, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.
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