Chapter 73: The Origin of the Rogue Group
Three hundred miles southeast of the imperial capital, there is a picturesque small town - Jiangyan Town. This small town is located at the foot of Qingyao Mountain, one of the three famous mountains in Huoyun Empire, and is a well-known tourist city in Huoyun Empire. The tourism industry in Jiangyan Town is booming, attracting many tourists from all over the mainland every year, and also driving the rapid development of the town's catering, entertainment, and gaming industries, earning it the reputation as "the imperial capital's backyard" and "the aristocracy's den of indulgence".
Two kilometers east of Jiangyan Town lies a large military camp. This is the garrison of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 5th Army Corps.
At 4 am, Jiangyan Town was quiet. Suddenly, a urgent trumpet sounded in the military camp of the Third Regiment, and then a burst of magical flames shot up into the sky. Figures emerged from the small buildings in the camp, rushing quickly to the training ground like a flowing river, soon gathering into a sea of people. Strangely, these soldiers were all bare-headed and shirtless, revealing their strong muscles.
Long Yun stood on the reviewing platform, looking at his subordinates, nodded in satisfaction and said loudly:
"This morning's training consists of two parts: rushing to the top and free combat. The top 10 and bottom 10 of each squad will be rewarded or punished as usual! Let me see, who has been drained by wine and lust!"
As soon as the words fell, the soldiers let out a cheer and rushed out of the camp gate in batches.
According to the rules of the Third Battalion, for each training competition, the top ten players in each battalion will be rewarded with 100 gold coins, equivalent to a year's military pay for an ordinary soldier. The next ten players will be sent to the town to collect protection fees as security guards and do odd jobs. Although this can generate revenue for the Third Battalion, it is still subject to universal contempt from everyone.
Genya looked at Longyun on the stage and couldn't help but smile.
"Besides you, who else can manage these people so smoothly?"
Three Masters Three Regiments, the predecessor was a temporary division in the Imperial Army, established in 550 years of imperial history. At that time, the empire was fiercely fighting with several surrounding countries, and the war was at a white-hot stage. Due to the lack of male soldiers at home, a general of the Kayd family, under heavy casualties and no available troops, ordered the mobilization of death row prisoners and serious offenders from various prisons in the war zone into the army, promising them freedom after the war, forming a temporary division of 30,000 people.
These fugitives were originally good at fighting and killing, and in order to survive, they fought desperately. At the critical moment of the battle, this life-saving army played a very strong role, once killing into the enemy's territory, burning, killing, looting, and using extremely cruel and vicious means, causing great panic among the enemy's people.
After the battle, this temporary division was left with only over 3,000 people and was reorganized into a regiment. How to deal with this regiment became a heart disease for the empire. Letting them go would be no different from releasing a tiger back to the mountain, allowing them to continue their evil deeds. Killing them would mean killing those who had made contributions just as the war was ending, which would chill the hearts of the soldiers. In the end, the military reluctantly decided to retain this regiment and incorporate it into the empire's regular army, subjecting it to strict control.
For over two hundred years, the military has never forgotten this special corps, as it constantly enters the military's line of sight and stings people's eyes.
Fight, brave and strong, the soldiers are dedicated to their duties, every battle will achieve great success. Not fighting, causing trouble and doing evil deeds, every day will do bad things. It seems to have inherited the character of those fugitives in a miraculous way, and even if old soldiers leave and new ones come, they cannot make too much change.
This corps, loved and hated by the military, gradually became famous in the Imperial Army and was called the "Rogue Corps". And every commander who could command this corps was jokingly referred to as the "Strongest Rogue Leader of the Empire."
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On the tenth day after the funeral, Liú Yún quietly left the Imperial City and joined with Hei Ying to head towards Jiāngyàn Town, where he took up his new post at the Third Regiment. Lǎo Kǎ, Ná Lún Duō, ài Fó Sēn, Wò Kèr, etc., upon learning that he was going to take a position in the military and participate in military exercises three months later, all seemed very pleased. The several people would often gather together when they had nothing better to do, discussing how to get ahead of others during the military exercises. Shuǐ Hán was left behind in the Imperial City, in charge of intelligence work there, feeling quite depressed. Because Mù Fēng was going to take up a position at the First Military Regiment, ā Lěi could only stay behind to look after things.
Before departure, he went to the military affairs office and brought back detailed information about the three regiments. He also reviewed the files of the main officers of the three regiments. After understanding the history of the three regiments, his forehead was already sweating. When he looked at the file of the original commander of the third regiment, who is now the deputy commander, he was even more stunned.
Long Yun: Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 5th Legion of the Empire. Born in Imperial Calendar 715, joined the Imperial Army in Imperial Calendar 745 and became commander of the 3rd Battalion. Before taking office, he was a leader of a certain bandit group. In 746, he led his troops to severely injure a nobleman and was demoted, but later reinstated; in 748, he tolerated his subordinates' fighting and was demoted again, but later reinstated... In January 753, during a leave period in the Imperial Capital, he was caught soliciting prostitutes and was demoted. He has achieved great merits three times.
"Old master, this pit is very dark and deep!" Liu Yun sighed. Three great merits, that's equivalent to three first-class merits in the previous life's army.
"Demotion due to prostitution, what a great excuse you've found. As soon as I left, even fools knew that this was a ploy to shift positions. A meritorious minister like me, who could stand firm in the gang of thugs, has been offended by me in such a way."
However, for this three troops, Liuyun was still very curious. In his eyes, this was a typical "two-headed spearhead" vanguard unit, and the data showed that this troop had strong combat effectiveness, which suited his appetite.
"Remove the thorns and sharpen the blade, such a team has a bright future!"
For Liú Yún, what's more important is the historical heritage and fighting spirit of the Third Battalion - a troop without glorious history, no matter how strong it is, will be spiritually fragile and easily defeated. When a battalion has a spirit that can be passed down through generations, it has its own military soul - such a battalion will never be knocked down, as long as there's one person left, this spirit can be passed on again.
"Xiao Yun, what are you thinking about? Worried that it's hard to deal with those rascals?" Old Ka rode his horse up from behind and asked aloud.
"Hmm, first time serving in the military, I don't want to lose too much face." Liú Yún said, "If we can't get this troop together, then the military exercise three months later is completely hopeless."
"Don't worry, kiddo! Uncle's got a trick up his sleeve that'll fix everything!" Old Ka said with a chuckle.
"Uncle, isn't this bad? I can't always rely on you to take the lead." Liuyun had been hesitating, trying to figure out a way to solve the problem of the three troops.
"You're too hesitant when you do things. I'm telling you, this world only believes in absolute power! As long as you have enough power, just go ahead and do it, no one can stop you."
Lao Ka's words made Liuyun feel like he had been hit on the head with a stick.
"Really? Cut off too many knots, one knife can't solve it all?" A smile appeared on Liuyun's face.
This smile also means: Black Eagle is destined to have an intimate contact with the gangster group.
