Chapter 78: Beheading the General

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  Liúyún let Lóng Yún choose ten elites from the third battalion, and Hei Ying also sent out ten people to challenge them. Faced with the extremely strong offensive and defensive capabilities of the Hei Ying team members, these elites naturally became sandbags for a while. Later, Hei Ying performed skills such as hard qigong, special combat techniques, flying knives, and flying needles on the spot, leaving the officers and soldiers of the third battalion stunned. What made them feel even more incredible was that under Lao Ka's powerful magic attack, the calmness and stability shown by the Hei Ying team members had already far exceeded their cognitive range.

  Finally, a word from Liuyun made everyone come back to their senses, and hope suddenly rose in their hearts.

  "I came to the Third Battalion as battalion commander, and I will train you all into such warriors!"

  Actually, when he said this, Liú Yún's heart was not at all convinced. Hei Ying's equipment had already made him penniless, but with the military exercise just three months away, it was necessary to boost morale and buy people's hearts.

  "The last thing I'm going to do today is... kill someone!" Liu Yun said heavily.

  "Bring Blue Feather up here!" Long Yun shouted loudly.

  The deputy commander of the Third Brigade, Lan Yu, was stripped to the waist and shackled, being led to the front of the reviewing stand.

  "Lan Yu, former deputy commander of the 3rd battalion of the 3rd division of the 5th legion. In October of Imperial Calendar 742, he led 300 soldiers to cover the retreat of the 3rd battalion and fought a bloody battle against 2,000 Asman troops, with only three men surviving. In Imperial Calendar 743, he led his troops in an ambush on the headquarters of the 5th division of the Asman First Legion, killing the enemy division commander and earning great merit. In Imperial Calendar 745, to protect Battalion Commander Long Yun, he was struck by three swords and one knife, narrowly escaping death."

  The sound of flowing clouds echoed on the playground, telling people about the brilliant life of an excellent officer. On Lanyu's pale face, a hint of blush also surged up, as if recalling those bloody battle days.

  "You were once a good soldier, Blue Feather. You weren't defeated by the enemy, but by power and desire." Flowing Cloud sighed.

  "In the 752nd year of the Empire, Blue Feather violently assaulted a young woman in Jiangyan Town and then used threats, intimidation, beatings and other means to occupy her for nearly a year. His behavior was heinous, causing huge physical and mental harm to the woman, having an extremely bad influence among the people, and severely damaging the image of the Imperial Army. According to Imperial military regulations, I hereby order that Blue Feather be beheaded in public today!"

  After the raid, Liú Yún summoned the main officers of the three battalions to make some preparations for the second day. However, it was discovered that Lán Yuè, the deputy commander of the third battalion, was not in the camp. Lóng Yún informed Liú Yún that Lán Yuè might be in town with his mistress. Liú Yún immediately ordered Xī Bō to lead a group of men, along with Huàn Rèn, to bring him back to the camp. When they found Lán Yuè, Xī Bō discovered that he had an unusual relationship with the woman and brought her back as well. Under Shuǐ Líng ér's patient questioning, the woman revealed that Lán Yuè had taken advantage of her.

  Long Yun tried to persuade the old soldier who had saved his life to plead for mercy, but was refused by Liu Yun.

  "A soldier doing such a thing is against all reason! Moreover, killing one person can warn hundreds and thousands of people, he must die!"

  After hearing Liu Yun's words, Long Yun fell silent. He knew that Lan Yu was looking for a lover in the town, but he didn't expect it to be like this. Although he indulged the soldiers of the Third Regiment, he would never harm the common people so much.

  "Lan Yu, do you admit defeat?"

  Lan Yu wanted to speak but hesitated, and nodded with a sigh.

  "Is there anything else you'd like to say, you can tell me."

  "I have an elderly mother and a young child at home, please take care of them for me. Don't tell my child how I died." Lan Yu looked at Long Yun and said gratefully.

  "I'll tell him his father was a good soldier!" Long Yun wiped away tears and turned to leave.

  "My greatest regret in life is not dying on the battlefield, but losing my life due to a moment of confusion!" Blue Feather sighed and turned around to face the three teams of officers and soldiers, kneeling down. "Let's fight together again in our next lives, brothers!"

  "Execute!" Flowing Cloud's face twitched once, then he raised his hand and swung it with force.

  Iverson walked up and Blue Feather smiled and stretched out his neck.

  "Cut faster!"

  "Good!" Iverson's body flashed with silver light, and he fully activated his fighting spirit, then slashed down with one knife.

  After the flash of the knife, fresh blood soared into the sky, bringing with it a young head. The pair of wide-open eyes seemed to still hold a hint of resentment and regret.

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  After returning to her room, she had a basin of cold water fetched and submerged her head in it.

  "Are you feeling unwell?" Shuiling walked up to him and gently grasped his hand.

  "This is the first time I've killed someone." Liú Yún raised her head, wiping away the water droplets on her face, and said in a daze.

  "Lan Yu is a good officer, and you can't bear to part with him either. Why must you kill him?" Shui Ling'er said.

  "He had a way to die, but I could have spared his life. For the sake of the Third Squadron, for my own sake, I still killed him." Liú Yún sighed.

  "This is not your world, and the Imperial Army is not under your command. This world has its own rules, if you want everything to go as you wish, then you need to destroy it first." Shuiling took a towel and wiped Flowing Cloud's face.

  "Girl, you're putting what you've learned into practice so quickly? Aren't you afraid that my heart will become as hard as stone?"

  "Don't be afraid. Didn't you tell me the story of water dripping through stone? Don't forget, my name is Shuiling'er." As she spoke, Shuiling'er nestled her body into his embrace. Perhaps the warmth of her body could calm the man's heart for a moment.

  "I hope Blue Feather is the first and the last."

  "Then go ahead and do it, starting from the third battalion. There are still people expecting you to become the empire's greatest warrior!" Shuiling'er laughed.

  "Hey, how come I smell a hint of vinegar? Ling'er, let me get some of that vinegar on me too tonight, okay?"

  As soon as it was mentioned, Shuiling's face turned red again in the evening.

  "I'm going to sleep myself, I still have things to learn tonight."

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  "Whoosh!"

  A wild rabbit was startled by an arrow falling beside it and ran quickly into the woods.

  "Dad, your skills are no good!" A young man looking at a gloomy-looking Cheryl said with a smile.

  "It's been too long since I've had a good run!" Cheryl exclaimed, laughing and scolding as she rode her horse in pursuit of the wild rabbit, soon reaching the edge of the woods.

  These days, the preparation of war supplies has made the agricultural minister of the Osman Empire so busy that he is dizzy. After finally completing all the preparations, he took a two-day leave and went hunting in the suburbs of Seablu City with his family.

  Several guards stood far away, watching the laughing father and son with a relaxed smile on their faces.

  With a soft "whoosh", the arrow shot out this time, no longer deviating from its course, but instead piercing straight into Cheryl's chest. The massive force sent him flying, his body instantly toppling off the horse.

  "Father!" The young man cried out in sorrow and rushed towards where Sheryl had fallen.

  On the same day, the son of the Ottoman Minister of Military Affairs was stabbed to death with a poisoned dagger in a brothel due to a dispute over a courtesan.

  Within a short span of half a month, five civil officials and three relatives of officials in the Osman Empire were killed. The news that "a mysterious killer organization has appeared within the borders of Osman, targeting Osman Empire officials" spread like wildfire, causing big and small officials to be on high alert.

  While Lin Mei Empress also sensed a strange smell from a series of assassinations recently.

  "What a scorching day! Your energy is really impressive!" Lin Mei sighed.