"This army is exempt from the jurisdiction of all commanding generals and does not belong to the five-army sequence!"
"Where its commander's flag points, that is the direction of my personal military might!"
"This army answers to my command alone!"
Dead silence.
A silence like death itself.
Across the drill ground, three thousand soldiers, including Shi Meng, everyone forgot how to breathe.
Their minds turned entirely blank.
Directly subordinate to the monarch! Exempt from all jurisdiction!
What manner of authority was this! What manner of trust!
This was no longer bestowing honors upon a general; this was conferring... a god of war within the military who belonged to the monarch alone!
The Tiger and Wolf Elite Warriors kneeling at the very front trembled violently with extreme excitement. As they watched Wei Zhe's retreating back, the fanaticism in their eyes had turned into a worship akin to divinity!
And the bewilderment and doubt on the faces of the three thousand recruits behind them had long since vanished without a trace.
In their place came shock, awe, and an irrepressible, wild euphoria!
Who were they?
They were the soldiers of the Po Jun Camp!
Their commanding general was a Ten Thousand Commander personally appointed by the king! He was a Zuoshuzhang!
Following such a general, how could they fear lacking military achievements! How could they not secure titles and estates for their wives and children!
The palace attendant closed the imperial decree and handed it to Wei Zhe with both hands.
"General Wei, receive the decree."
His voice already carried a trace of reverence.
Wei Zhe raised his head. Upon his youthful face, there was none of the wild euphoria everyone imagined, only a bottomless, profound calmness.
He raised both hands high, receiving the heavy roll of the imperial decree that was