Chapter 67: Qiu Baihu's Challenge
When a cadre of soldiers and ruffians heard this, their eyes all converged on Xiao Longchen.
When they saw that the new Qianhu was only a half-grown child, there was an uproar in the crowd.
"This year, it seems that the children who have not been weaned can be thousands of households?"
"I thought that Qiu Baihu, who had the most military merits, would be promoted to one level and become our new Qianhu! Presumably, after Qiu Baihu found out, he would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood!"
"Don't you guys have brains? People can be appointed by the lord of the city at a young age as the official of a thousand households, and if you don't think about it, you will definitely be an astrology. You talk about the chief so unscrupulously, and you are not afraid of being put in small shoes by him afterwards?"
"I'm afraid of eggs! Which officer have you seen whose strength is weaker than that of a soldier? How strong can such a big child be, even if he is an astral magician?"
After all, the person was brought by Sun Quan, and when he heard that these unruly guys were so presumptuous, his face suddenly turned black as the bottom of a pot.
However, the 29th Army now has a new commander, and it is not good for him to overstep his authority and stand up for Xiao Longchen.
When he subconsciously looked at Xiao Longchen, he saw that the young man was not only not angry, but also listened quietly with a harmless smile on his face.
It wasn't until the chatter of those soldiers gradually stopped that Xiao Longchen looked around and said, "It seems that you are very dissatisfied with my new chief!
Although the discussion between those soldiers just now was enthusiastic, they also knew in their hearts that even if this half-grown child was squeezed away, the position of Qianhu would not fall on their heads, so for a while, no one spoke out again, and they were all waiting to watch a good show.
Sure enough, after everyone was silent for a while, a hundred household officials wearing bright silver armor walked out of the back of the crowd, and after slowly walking to two meters in front of Xiao Longchen and standing still, he said with a gloomy face: "Qiu Mingshuo, a hundred household officials in the Twenty-ninth Army, has been in the Zhenbei Army for twelve years and three months, and has gone through no less than 100 large and small battles. Since you are a thousand households appointed by the city lord personally, I have nothing to say, as long as you can take my three moves, then in the future, in the twenty-ninth army, Qiu and the hundreds of brothers under him will absolutely obey your dispatch. Dare to ask the new Qianhu, do you have the courage to fight in the next battle?"
"Do you have the guts to fight?"
"Do you have the guts to fight?"
As soon as Qiu Mingshuo's words fell, a sound of conformity sounded in the crowd. Those soldiers who are so energetic that they have nowhere to vent also feel a little unfair in their hearts at the moment.
After all, ordinary soldiers like them from civilian families, the only way to get promoted and make a fortune is to accumulate military merits.
If Qiu Baihu could not be treated fairly for the injustices he suffered, they would all feel the same chills.
Xiao Longchen didn't know what these people were thinking, since he was already planning to establish his authority, the Qiu Baihu in front of him who had made great achievements was the best target.
Xiao Longchen stared at him for a long time before he smiled and said, "Since you have accumulated resentment in your heart, I also happen to be looking for someone to stand up, it seems that this battle between you and me is inevitable." But before the start of the fight, I would like to remind you that if you are defeated by me, then there can be no complaints in the future, after all, there is actually no grudge between us, but we will become comrades-in-arms in the future battles......! Can this be done?"
Hearing Xiao Longchen say this, all the sergeants, including Qiu Baihu, looked surprised.
They didn't expect that although the new Qianhu was very young, he could have such insight, and they invisibly felt a little less contempt for him.
Qiu Baihu looked at the young man in front of him for the first time, he hugged his fists solemnly, and then said loudly: "You can rest assured of this, the alien beast and our human race have a grudge for thousands of years, even if there is any gap between the brothers, it is impossible to use any tricks on the battlefield, this is not only I can guarantee with the head of the superior, even these brothers behind me understand this truth!"
Xiao Longchen nodded with satisfaction, and then made a gesture of please towards the school field in the distance.
A group of people walked towards the school grounds, which also attracted the attention of the sergeants in the other camps. After a little inquiry, I learned that a thousand-household official in his teenage years had come to the 29th Army, and they all followed him to the school to watch the excitement.
As the saying goes, the law does not hold the public accountable, and when so many people flocked to the school yard together, the officers of the other camps did not stop them, and the news quickly spread in the barracks.
More and more sergeants gathered towards the school grounds, and the number soon reached as high as twenty or thirty thousand.
With such a big scene, someone naturally reported it to the city lord Qin Feng.
It seemed that he had expected such a good show a long time ago, Qin Feng just smiled nonchalantly, and then retreated from the person who came to report the news.
Xiao Longchen and Qiu Mingshuo stood opposite each other in the center of the school field, surrounded by densely packed sergeants watching the excitement, no one made a sound at this moment, and they all waited to see how many catties and taels this young man had.
Qiu Mingshuo, as a senior veteran in the Zhenbei Army, has always been known for his courage and toughness. Not to mention that it is rare to meet an opponent among the hundreds of households like him, even most of the thousands of households dare not easily compete with him.
Although Xiao Longchen is young now, he has been taking genetic modification potions since he was a child when he was on earth, and after coming to this world, he has been strengthened by those magical fruits again.
Now that he has become an astral magician, his body is getting stronger almost every day under the nourishment of the star power in his body.
For this kind of contest between men, Xiao Longchen did not plan to use the ability of an astral magician. He could see at a glance that Qiu Mingshuo was just an ordinary person, even if he was only the lowest first-order star magician, he could burn him to the ground if he threw a ball of flames into his hand.
Xiao Longchen knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to be recognized by his soldiers, he had to show a little strength and bloodiness that convinced them, although the methods of the star magician could allow him to easily defeat this person, but it could not have much of a deterrent effect.
In fact, the reason why Xiao Longchen has this self-confidence is also due to his strong mental strength to a certain extent.
Hand-to-hand combat, fighting is not just a brute force, Xiao Longchen's three-legged cat work naturally has no possibility of winning, but he is now an astrologist whose mental power is far stronger than that of ordinary people, with this advantage alone, Xiao Longchen can take the lead everywhere.
The reason why those martial arts masters are so powerful is because they have accumulated rich combat experience in countless battles, and they have also improved their reflexes and speed to a level that surpasses ordinary people.
Xiao Longchen has the assistance of strong spiritual power, and when he fights against this Qiu Baihu, it can also play a similar role.
Qiu Mingshuo is at least one meter eight or more tall, even through his clothes, he can see the bulging muscles, holding a standard spear more than two meters long, and the whole person bursts out with a powerful momentum just by standing there.
On the other hand, Xiao Longchen, who was standing opposite, was not only only about one meter two tall, but also quite thin, no matter how he looked at it, he was not Qiu Mingshuo's opponent.
"Take out your weapon!" Qiu Mingshuo's eyes were accumulating battle intent, and he looked at Xiao Longchen and said lightly.
Xiao Longchen subconsciously wanted to take the battlesuit mecha out of the space ring, but after looking at the tens of thousands of sergeants gathered around, he raised his hand and put it down awkwardly.
"Brother Sun, can I borrow the short blade on your waist?" Xiao Longchen looked around, only to see Sun Quan standing in the inner circle of the crowd, scratching his head a little embarrassed.
Because the earth belongs to the highly developed era of science and technology, except for a dagger or a three-edged military thorn, there is no need for other cold weapons on the battlefield.
The fighting training that Xiao Longchen has received since he was a child, in addition to military physical boxing, is this kind of convenient and portable short blade.
Now that the battle was about to begin, it was obviously unrealistic to find a weapon with the same length as the military dagger he was familiar with, so Xiao Longchen hit the idea on the short sword that Sun Quan was wearing at his waist.