The Training Ground west of the Outer City.
Thump, thump, thump—
Four quarters into the Si hour.
Thump—
Thump—
Thump—
The sound of war drums began to ring out around the Training Ground.
The drums were like thunder, growing more and more urgent.
Tap, tap, tap—
Outside the Training Ground, waves of uniform footsteps suddenly sounded as well.
Everyone looked toward the sound.
They immediately saw two squads of soldiers in armor, weapons in hand, running forward in perfect unison with soaring momentum.
The armor on each of them was jet-black, and even beneath the sunlight, it was still filled with a dark, somber hue.
They held long halberds, cold light flashing.
"That momentum, that excellent equipment—as expected of the elite soldiers under Wang Dutou!" Cheng Ran sighed from behind him.
Jiang Ning looked at this scene and also nodded inwardly.
Judging by the history of his previous life, from ancient times until now, those who could wear full-body armor were, aside from a very small number of extremely elite soldiers, only generals, city defenders, and a general's personal guards who possessed such equipment.
And the two squads of soldiers before him, strictly speaking, were merely part of a hundred-man army stationed in Luoshui County.
For the garrison of a mere county town to possess such momentum and such elite equipment, one could see the general picture.
"This Wang Dutou seems very wealthy!" Jiang Ning sighed inwardly.
From what he knew, although this kind of armor was definitely not forged from Hundred Refined Iron and the materials were relatively ordinary, equipping a single soldier like this would cost at least several hundred taels of silver.
Not to mention anything more, just equipping these two fine squads alone meant ten thousand taels of silver had been squandered.
And this was only