Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 223: What a Spunky Girl!

Xie Yu spoke seriously, "As a result, Liu Chuang was beaten by Zhan Lan until his nose was bruised and his face swollen. He even lost a big front tooth. When Liu Chuang verbally harassed her, Zhan Lan kicked him right in the groin..."

Bai Qi glanced at Xie Yu, "Is the injury serious?"

"The military doctor has seen to him. His lower body is pretty badly injured; I reckon he can’t visit brothels anymore."

Bai Qi’s eyes darkened slightly, "What a fierce girl."

"Was that shout just now from an old soldier?"

Xie Yu shook his head, "No, it came from a new recruit!"

Bai Qi raised his eyebrows. These recruits had been here for two months, and had been complaining non-stop due to the rigorous training.

He had never heard such rousing shouts from them before.

Xie Yu recounted how Zhan Lan warned the old soldiers and motivated the new recruits.

Bai Qi continued polishing his lance, "Using violence to control violence, killing the chicken to warn the monkeys; mature tactics. If I didn’t know better, I’d think she was a veteran in the army."

"Reporting to the Main General, you’ve forgotten that she has also earned first-class merit in battle against the Western Rong."

Bai Qi looked at Xie Yu with a slight smile, "Is she very beautiful?"

He heard the appreciation Xie Yu had for Zhan Lan in his voice.

Embarrassed, Xie Yu rubbed his temples with his index finger, "She has a very unique aura, and she’s also very beautiful... Especially when she’s giving orders, she’s like a battle-hardened female general."

Bai Qi put down the lance in his hands and lifted his eyelids to look at Xie Yu, "You, don’t let the hero falter at the beauty pass."

Xie Yu immediately stood up a bit straighter, "This subordinate wouldn’t dare, Main General. I don’t understand, though – knowing full well that Liu Chuang is arrogant and always looking for trouble, why promote him?"

Bai Qi’s smile deepened, "The old fox General Zhan Beicang can directly command honest and strong soldiers, and that’s because the Zhan Family has laid down its roots over generations. Most of their soldiers serve because of the family’s prestige and follow in their fathers’ footsteps, so his troops are relatively clean and easy to lead."

"However, Bai Family’s army was built by me from scratch, from the beginning with a motley crew to now an elite force of a hundred fifty thousand. Among these men are backgrounds and secrets, even I cannot ensure. They lack a military soul and are relatively slack."

Xie Yu listened intently as Bai Qi stood up and said, "To make all the fish in a pond move, there must be a stirrer to muddy the water. Do you understand?"

Xie Yu lowered his gaze, deep in thought, and then nodded, "I understand, sir. His arrogance also leads to some soldiers resenting him and wanting to take him down. When someone like him gets promoted, those who resent him will work desperately hard, trying to surpass him."

Bai Qi stood up and patted Xie Yu on the shoulder, "Now a big fish has arrived, and this pond is likely to be whipped into a storm!" freēwēbηovel.c૦m

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After Huang Gun returned to his own tent, he lay motionless on the stretcher.

Zhan Lan kicked him lightly with the tip of her foot, "Hey, get up!"

First, Huang Gun opened one eye. When he saw that only Zhan Lan and Xiao Chen were in the tent, he wiped the blood from his nose and said, "Miss Zhan, you’re amazing. How did you know I was faking it?"

Zhan Lan and Xiao Chen exchanged a glance. Only Huang Gun could pull off such a stunt.

"I knew Miss Zhan must be the hero to take down the villain – kick that scum until he’s like a dog!"

Zhan Lan leaned down and said, "Huang Gun, I know you were indignant on my behalf. You pretended to faint to create an opportunity for me to teach Liu Chuang a lesson. But in the future, be more careful and not act impulsively."

Climbing up from the stretcher, Huang Gun said, "I secretly saw everything just now. General Zhan’s final castration kick, heh, it was brilliant!"

Zhan Lan rolled her eyes, "Stop your chatter, you’re still happy about being beaten up in front of your future subordinates!"

Huang Gun scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, "What’s the worth of face? Seeing Liu Chuang getting beaten up by you made me very happy!"

Looking at Huang Gun, Zhan Lan knew he was that kind of person; to him, face had never been more important than relationships.

He always achieved his goals in unconventional ways.

Recalling the past deeds of Huang Gun, she admonished him, "You continue to lie in bed. Don’t get up for at least seven days. Liu Chuang hit you first, he has no grounds to complain."

Huang Gun patted his chest, "I’m good at this. It’s just perfect for me to rest up."

Xiao Chen smiled at Huang Gun and gave him a thumbs-up.

Huang Gun, rubbing his sore nose, panted and said, "Such a shame that my handsome face was nearly ruined!"

Zhan Lan and Xiao Chen glanced at him and walked away without turning back.

Huang Gun lay on the bed and called out, "Don’t go, don’t you guys feel it?"

...

Zhan Lan’s tent was not far from the tents of Xiao Chen and Huang Gun.

After a night of rest, she got up early the next morning as soon as the sky began to show the first light of dawn.

Apart from the soldiers on patrol and guard, the vast training field was empty.

Her official mission was to gradually create an elite force as per Emperor Xuanwu’s requirements.

However, her true purpose was to prepare for a rebellion.

Her men currently numbered twenty thousand, all new recruits this year with absolutely no combat experience.

Now deep into winter, leaving the warmth of bed was torture.

Zhan Lan would have slept in too if she were not in the military camp.

But now, as the Deputy General leading new recruits, she could not afford to indulge her laziness.

Zhan Lan, with sandbags tied to her body, jogged around the training field, and a new recruit came out to the latrine to relieve himself; he saw a figure running in the training field.

He murmured sleepily, "Who’s that, trying so hard? Probably wants to impress the new General Zhan!"

After a big yawn and a gust of cold wind entering his body, he shivered all over.

"Better to go back and sleep some more!" The new recruit pulled up his trousers and came out, rubbed his eyes, and finally saw Zhan Lan’s face clearly.

He suddenly woke up, "General Zhan!"

The new recruit quietly returned to his tent and whispered, "Guys, I saw General Zhan running early in the morning."

Some of the new recruits on the large bunk bed woke up in surprise, while others just turned over and continued to sleep.

"No wonder General Zhan is so amazing; turns out she’s so strict with herself."

"Let me sleep a bit more; I don’t want to get up."

Anyway, it wasn’t yet the hour of mao, so no one would blame them.

Amongst the bunks, two people swiftly got dressed in training gear upon hearing the news and went out together.

Zhan Lan jogged; her cheeks and hands felt cool, but her body was warm as she had already run a lap around the several-mile-long training field.

She looked at the bare saplings by the roadside that had yet to grow into a forest, knowing that in a few years, they would all thrive.

And she was very familiar with the look of each tree once it had grown.

Suddenly, Zhan Lan saw two people following at a distance behind her and called out, "You two, come here!"

The two quickened their pace and soon reached Zhan Lan.

"General Zhan!" They clenched their fists over their hearts in a military salute.

Zhan Lan, hands on hips, looked at them and said, "Not bad, you two woke up so early!"

"Comparing to you, General, we’re still up late!"

Zhan Lan smiled without saying anything, looking carefully at their faces—so strikingly alike.

Suddenly, her eyes brightened—twins, potentially formidable figures in the future.