The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 141

In recent years, Yun Jin has rarely gone out. He spends his time either practicing calligraphy and painting or studying military strategy. Apart from eating and sleeping, he spends most of his time practicing martial arts.

Because of her young age and her pure mind, she has made extremely rapid progress.

In addition to food, there are also various medicinal herbs needed for martial arts training. Zhou Chu always used the best for her. Just these medicinal herbs alone cost a lot. Not to mention ordinary families, even some wealthy landlords and gentry might not be able to afford them.

The difference lies in martial arts training.

Just like Fang Hong, her father has been cultivating her with all his might since she was a child. Although she is a woman, in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, even some commanders might not be her match.

Fang Hong was able to become Zhou Chu's bodyguard not only because he was a familiar face, but also because of his outstanding abilities.

These new recruits of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in front of me may not have even trained as long as Yun Jin, let alone the differences in other aspects. Yun Jin's ability to kill an assassin alone was enough to demonstrate her strength.

The new Jinyiwei recruit who challenged Yun Jin was named Qian Tao. He inherited his father's position, but whether they were newly recruited into the Jinyiwei as reserve forces or inherited their father's position, they all had to train under Feng Shi and his companion for a period of time.

The difference is that very few of the newly recruited people can enter the Embroidered Uniform Guard. After all, there is only one position available for each recruit. Unless someone dies and there is no one to replace them, then one can be recruited from the reserve force to enter the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Or perhaps the Embroidered Uniform Guard has a special operation that requires additional manpower, which would be a greater opportunity for newcomers. However, such opportunities are rare and hard to come by.

Even so, countless people still come here for training. Most of them are the descendants of those clerks who want to inherit their positions. They all have to train here. After the training, if they are lucky enough to get into the Embroidered Uniform Guard, that would be excellent. If they don't get in, they can at most go back and inherit their fathers' positions.

Qian Tao was tall and strong, and he stood out among the newcomers. Naturally, he wouldn't be convinced by a girl like Yun Jin.

"bring it on."

Yun Jin beckoned to Qian Tao with her finger.

This scene enraged Qian Tao, who gripped the wooden sword with both hands and charged at Yun Jin.

Yun Jin's breathing remained steady. As Qian Tao charged towards her, her expression did not change at all. Just as the wooden knife was about to hit her, she instantly drew her own knife to block Qian Tao's wooden knife. Then, with lightning speed, she took a step back, gripped the wooden knife with both hands, and slashed down with great force, instantly cutting the wooden knife in Qian Tao's hand in two. Immediately afterwards, she held the knife in her right hand and pointed it at Qian Tao's throat.

"Want to compete?"

These four words resonated in Qian Tao's mind like a morning bell and a evening drum.

Not only was he stunned, but all the new recruits in front of him were stunned. They had thought that Qian Tao might lose, but they never thought that Qian Tao would lose so decisively. Both of them were using wooden swords, and they couldn't understand how Yun Jin could cut the sword in Qian Tao's hand with a wooden sword.

The gap is too big.

Everyone has to admit this fact.

"I lost."

Qian Tao nodded in agreement.

"Remember this military rod; we'll use it again after the sparring session."

Yun Jin sheathed her sword and said.

"Is there anyone else who disagrees? Please step forward."

Silence fell.

Qian Tao was already among the top group of them. There might be a few people who were slightly stronger than him, but only to a limited extent. None of them had the confidence to defeat Yun Jin in front of them.

They chickened out; after all, it was thirty lashes, and if they really took it, they'd be bedridden for at least half a month.

"Since you've all submitted, then follow my orders. Anyone who disobeys orders on the battlefield will face more than just thirty lashes."

When Yun Jin spoke, her face was as cold as ice, and her gaze made the new recruits tremble. They all lowered their heads, not daring to meet her eyes.

At this moment, they finally realized that Yun Jin was no ordinary little girl.

Afterwards, Yun Jin spent about an hour teaching the new recruits some simple battlefield flag signals and organized the eight hundred men into ten squads for easier command later.

The battlefield was filled with deafening battle cries; without flag signals, it was utterly a pipe dream to expect one's troops to move freely.

For Yun Jin, it was unlikely that she could completely control the troops, since she had only just started. However, she could still manage simple commands. There were only about 800 people in total, so commanding them was relatively easy. The more people there were, the more difficult it would be to command them.

This kind of battle wouldn't allow Yun Jin to fully demonstrate her abilities, since there was nothing in terms of military cohesion or training. However, Yun Jin wasn't afraid at all, since the two she was going to fight were just deputy commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, not generals who led armies into battle.

Winning over these two would be quite easy for Yun Jin.

"Which of you two will go first?"

Seeing that Yun Jin was almost ready, Zhou Chu looked at Feng Shi and the other man.

"I'll go first."

At this moment, Feng Shi no longer underestimated her. He had seen how Yun Jin established her authority and formed her ranks. An outsider sees the spectacle, but an expert sees the details. Feng Shi could only be considered a half-expert, but he could still see that the young girl in front of him had extremely high military skills.

If you don't take it seriously, you might end up making a mess of things.

Yun Jin wasn't arrogant enough to take on two opponents at once. After all, this was her first time leading troops. No matter how much she wrote on paper, without practical experience, she was still unsure of herself.

Soon, both sides lined up in formation on the training ground. The training ground used by the Embroidered Uniform Guard was extremely large, and it was more than enough to handle a battle of this scale.

However, since the battle is taking place on the training ground, it tests the generals' ability to fight on the front lines, that is, their hard power. After all, many military tactics cannot be used on the training ground. Things like surprise attacks and blitzkriegs can only be used on the real battlefield, where the battle lines are stretched extremely long.

Such a confrontation between two armies is the best test of a general's basic skills.

Despite Feng Shi's mediocre leadership skills, he directly ordered the entire army to advance. As soon as the order was given, eight hundred soldiers charged towards Yun Jin's camp in an orderly fashion.

Yun Jin remained calm and used the command flag in her hand to direct the six teams of 480 men to resist the enemy's frontal attack. At the beginning of the confrontation, the number of soldiers that could make direct contact was limited, so the enemy's numerical advantage was not apparent at the outset.

At the same time, Yun Jin divided the other four teams into two columns and launched an attack from the flanks, effectively dividing, penetrating, and encircling the enemy's camp. The two teams of 160 men quickly penetrated and surrounded the enemy's 50-60 men, eliminating them with extremely fast efficiency.

When Feng Shi realized what was happening, he found that two or three hundred people on both sides had been wiped out, with nearly half of his personnel lost.

Feng Shi was giving frantic orders, but with Yun Jin constantly maneuvering and dividing the enemy, the loopholes were widening, and the number of people being eliminated was increasing rapidly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all of Feng Shi's men were wiped out.

On Yun Jin's side, only more than fifty people were lost.

The gap is huge and obvious at a glance.

"These soldiers are not good enough; their military skills are too low. We shouldn't have lost so many."

Yun Jin gave a post-battle summary, and Zhou Chu nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing this, both Feng Shi and the newcomers lowered their heads in shame, unable to utter a single word in rebuttal.