The Human Emperor (200-400)

C327: Start of the Operation

These soldiers, be it the ten-man squad leaders or the ordinary soldiers, possessed cultivation beyond him. All twenty of the veterans were True Martial realm experts!

Other than the troops in training, soldiers who were assigned to an official army in Great Tang were all True Martial realm experts.

Not to mention, these veterans had been in the military for at least a decade already, thus there was no need for him to worry about their individual strength at all.

"What kind of mess is he up to?"

"Does he think that he is fighting a war? Twenty men is already a small group in itself, and he's even trying to divide it further?"

"Let him be, that fellow is clearly just an ignorant fool. It looks like we won't be able to rely on him for the mission. Later on, I'll back him up from the back. Let's just hope that he won't pull us down."

"Sigh, those twenty men sure are unfortunate to have chosen the wrong person to go with. Such a waste!"...

While Wang Chong was busy training his men, the other three were also done reorganizing their teams. With spare time on their hand, they turned their attention to observe what Wang Chong was doing.

With a small hill blocking their view, they were only able to see the troops from the shoulders up. The four sections seemed to be spread randomly across the area, creating a sight of chaos. Inevitably, the trio's disdain for him deepened.

From the very start, they were already prejudiced against Wang Chong due to his humble birth, and his actions only seemed to further reinforce their views.

"Make some preparations, we'll be leaving soon. If he doesn't return soon, we'll just leave without him," Xu Gan said as he turned his steed around and led his platoon to the gathering point. Despite the limited manpower assigned to him, this was still his first time leading an armed force, so he couldn't help but feel a little excited to try his hand.

On the other end of the small hill, as if having read Xu Gan's intention to ditch him, Wang Chong didn't allow him to get his way.

After a few more practices and testing out a few offensive formations, Wang Chong ended the training. Dragging a cloud of dust behind them, he brought his troops back to the gathering point, where Xu Gan, Huang Yongtu, and Bai Siling were already waiting.

"Have you had enough fun?" Huang Yongtu glanced at Wang Chong derisively and scornfully.

"Un." Wang Chong smiled nonchalantly in response, not bothering to bicker with him. Raising his right hand, the twenty men swiftly took their place beside the other cavalrymen.

"Hmph!"

The trio harrumphed at Wang Chong's response and turned their heads away.

Wang Chong shrugged as he stood alone at the front of the formation.

Hualala!

Around half a tea's time later, a golden-beaked eagle, an animal commonly used in the military, swooped down from the sky like a sharp arrow tearing through space.

Zhang Lin, the lieutenant in charge of this operation, hurriedly rode his steed forward and raised his arm to catch the eagle. He adeptly untied a bamboo tube from its claws and opened it to take a look. Following which, he headed toward Wang Chong and the others and reported, "The royal court has given orders for us to leave immediately for the mission. The details of the mission and a map is in here."

The officials from the Chamberlain of Dependencies were in charge of allocating the hundred gathering points over the numerous armies, and at this instant, many other lieutenants like Zhang Lin were waiting for their mission details to arrive.