A well-connected Colonel had arrived at the military camp, and word quickly spread.
Guo Xiaoping, Hu Bing, Wang Wu, and the others were rather sensitive about it. Everyone kept their guard up around Xiao Chuyi.
Xiao Chuyi could not be bothered with them. She had not come to monitor Sheng Huai'an, nor was she with the Black Robe Guard.
She had merely read Sheng Huai'an's poems and, on a whim, rushed to the northwestern border army to experience life in the frontier military. She wanted to see whether the legendary Sheng Huai'an truly was as the rumors claimed—accomplished in both letters and arms.
Sheng Huai'an was busy training the troops, striving to make them combat-ready as quickly as possible. Most of his soldiers had been newly recruited and were not particularly strong. If they wanted to gain fighting strength quickly, they could only continuously drill their coordination.
At the same time, he led the soldiers in cultivating Ferocious Ox Strength so they could become martial apprentices as soon as possible.
A few days later, Xiao Chuyi found County Magistrate Chen and had him recruit another two thousand soldiers for her.
When Sheng Huai'an heard, he could not help sighing. A well-connected person was indeed a well-connected person. Having backing and connections was great—recruiting two thousand troops was effortless.
After recruiting her troops, Xiao Chuyi began training them as well, as though she intended to compete with Sheng Huai'an.
When Sheng Huai'an saw it, he could not be bothered. He was busy enough already and had no time to pay attention to Xiao Bantian.
As long as she did not come looking for trouble or bother him, that was enough.
"General, the soldiers eat far too much. We're nearly out of money and grain," Guo Xiaoping said to Sheng Huai'an one