"For serving the Chen Kingdom, this subordinate only does what he ought to. I dare not ask for anything."
Li Yi decided to toss the question to General Guan.
Before such a crowd, General Guan had personally permitted Li Yi to make a request. Under those circumstances, General Guan naturally would not be stingy.
"You brat."
General Guan saw through Li Yi's thoughts at a glance. Smiling as he scolded him, he patted Li Yi on the shoulder and fell into thought.
"Since that is the case, I'll make the decision. From this batch of warhorses, you may have first pick of fifty!"
A warhorse fit for battle sold for hundreds of taels apiece, and was often impossible to buy even with money.
What was more, these were warhorses seized from Xiongnu cavalry—the very finest among warhorses.
Xiongnu blood-sweating steeds, for instance, could travel a thousand li in a day, and were worth a fortune!
General Guan's reward alone was worth far more than tens of thousands of taels of silver.
With this batch of Xiongnu warhorses, Li Yi could breed superior stock and form a heavy cavalry unit, strengthening the Wind Tiger Battalion's combat power.
"Thank you, General!"
Such a generous reward delighted Li Yi, and he thanked him repeatedly.
"Furthermore, I grant you permission to form cavalry and promote you to Colonel of the Wind Tiger Battalion!"
A colonel was a high-ranking military officer who commanded an independent detachment. One step further, and he would be a general!
After Li Yi's promotion to colonel, the Wind Tiger Battalion was no longer merely an archer battalion. In practice, it had begun to become a comprehensive unit incorporating archers, infantry, and cavalry.
Once Li Yi was promoted to general someday, he could directly expand the Wind Tiger Battalion into a