Seeing how utterly transformed the army below the platform was compared with two months ago, Liu Xie nodded in satisfaction.
His orders for Zhang Liao to improve the soldiers' food and treatment had not been in vain. An army with full bellies really did have a different spirit.
"Wenyuan, begin."
After looking them over, Liu Xie spoke to Zhang Liao.
He wanted to see what level this army's training had reached. Flashy moves alone were useless; their fighting strength had to measure up.
"Yes!"
Zhang Liao stepped forward and waved his hand, shouting to all the soldiers below, "Form ranks!"
The nine-thousand-strong army immediately began breaking apart and reforming in an orderly fashion.
In just a few dozen seconds, the original nine thousand men had divided into nine square formations. At a glance, each was clearly distinct from the others, their ranks perfectly ordered!
Next, the army began combat drills. Each thousand-man square acted as a unit, constantly shifting formations as they simulated attacks against one another!
Of course, they were not truly fighting to the death. Instead, they used the formation changes of military strategy, breaking formation with formation until one side's ranks began to fall into disarray.
Under the command of each square's Commander of a Thousand, the soldiers constantly changed formations, yet there was not the slightest hint of confusion. Everything proceeded in perfect order!
Each square was like a machine, and every soldier within it was one of its parts!
This was all the fruit of two months of grueling training. With the Son of Heaven personally watching today, every soldier gave his all, wanting to display the results of those two months of hard work as perfectly as possible!
Battle cries shook the heavens over the drill ground, carrying for dozens of li around. Even