C152 (1/2)

The Prince Duan had led troops for many years, so naturally they had good generals under their command.

Just for the sake of Xu Shiqiu's face, when Prince Duan selected people, he only picked half of those soldiers who came with him.

He had taken the remaining half at random from the other generals in the military camp.

According to Prince Duan's calculations, even if the people he brought out beat the people he brought out, there was still a 50% chance that the people he brought out would be able to tie with the people he chose.

Prince Duan thought very well, but when the two sides truly fought with a hundred people in total, he realized that he had really underestimated the strength of the Iron Eagle Brigade soldiers.

Different from the other soldiers, every time the Iron Eagle Brigade soldiers attacked, they would use their killing moves, and would not retreat or dodge, only attacking from the beginning to the end.

”Shiqiu, they've been attacking all this time?”

The Prince Duan looked at Xu Shiqiu in confusion, but when Xu Shiqiu heard his words, he only nodded and said, ”Reporting to the Prince Duan, on the battlefield, the best defense is offense. In such a close battle between the two armies, it is impossible to unleash such a large-scale battle formation. The only way to win is to constantly fight and constantly attack. ”

Just as Xu Shiqiu finished speaking, the Emperor Ruikang wanted to ask if he was not afraid of the casualties.

However, before he could even ask, Prince Duan already nodded his head and said, ”This arrangement is indeed not bad. I saw that they have coordinated very well, so they must have trained for a long time.”

When the Prince Duan's voice fell, he looked down at the drill grounds carefully and recognized that although the fifty people with Iron Eagle Brigade were few in number, they were still five. They were fighting in an orderly manner in one direction, and did not barge in randomly.

After he saw this point, the look in Emperor Ruikang's eyes when he looked at Xu Shiqiu was also slightly more appreciative than before.

Right at this moment, Xu Shiqiu suddenly looked at Prince Duan and replied: ”Actually, they did not train intentionally, because that's how they usually train.”

If it was at the beginning, Prince Duan would definitely not believe what Xu Shiqiu had said, but now, he chose to believe Xu Shiqiu.

This was because while they were speaking, the outcome of the match had already been decided in the drill grounds below.

Amongst the twenty-five soldiers that were specially selected by the Prince Duan, there were less than ten who defeated the soldiers from Iron Eagle Brigade.

One must know, the soldiers beside Prince Duan all followed him to the battlefield.

Those who fought Iron Eagle Brigade, on the other hand, the remaining twenty-five who were selected by the other generals, all lost to the Iron Eagle Brigade's soldiers.

”Truly worthy of the name Iron Eagle Brigade. They, can live up to this name.”

After the Prince Duan gave this evaluation, he moved closer to the Emperor Ruikang and explained in detail about the fight between the two sides.

Only after hearing Prince Duan's professional explanation did Emperor Ruikang understand how difficult it was for Iron Eagle Brigade to achieve such victory today.

”As expected of a family of generals. He has truly put his heart into these soldiers.” It had been a long time since Emperor Ruikang saw such an ambitious young man. Thinking back to his original plans, he could not help but sigh: ”Looks like we were too careful before, and had to recruit more soldiers from the very beginning. Who knows, maybe our heroic Iron Eagle Brigade today will increase by a few more people.”

Before they came here today, Prince Duan had already communicated with the Emperor Ruikang in advance and knew that Royal Brother wanted to give Xu Shiqiu a promotion.

So upon hearing Emperor Ruikang's words, the Prince Duan immediately continued: ”It's not too late yet. As long as royal brother has the heart, this official brother would definitely be willing to train more Iron Eagle Brigade Soldiers to come out when the time comes.”

Just as Prince Duan finished speaking, Emperor Ruikang's eyes fell on Xu Shiqiu.

Sensing the look in the Emperor Ruikang's eyes, Xu Shiqiu immediately bowed and said: ”This general will do his best to train out more qualified Iron Eagle Brigade warriors to ensure that our rivers and mountains remain stable!”

”Alright!”

Seemingly at the same time Xu Shiqiu finished speaking, the Prince Duan could not wait and said ”good”.

Hearing his praise, and seeing that the Emperor Ruikang was extremely satisfied with Xu Shiqiu, the officials who came with him naturally followed along to praise Xu Shiqiu.

Ye Jingxing, on the other hand, merely echoed him twice and did not say much.