Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 758 - 756

Chapter 758: 756

The soldiers move, the ships move...

Destroyers, escort ships, assault warships, attack warships, light warships, heavy warships, reconnaissance ships, and the main battle ships start moving one by one...

The naval fleet deploys its forces in the sea, practicing line formation, the fish scale formation, soldiers also practice target shooting, laying mines, launching rockets, and boarding enemy ships...

Under the blue sky, on the vast sea, dozens of fleets jointly conduct military exercises, creating a grand sight to behold.

White waves rage, military flags flutter, armor radiates power, and the soldiers use their loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to form a Great Wall on the sea!

The tides are coming.

"The sea thunders and the waterfall lies in the river heart."

The two tides collide, generating waves with countless layers, forming towering water columns, the splashing water creates a breathtaking scene.

A few main battle ships swiftly dodge or ride the wind and break the waves, courageous soldiers on board protect the ships, amidst the splashing water, flags of a vibrant yellow color can be seen standing tall...

Massive water columns fall back to the river surface, two tide heads form a cross running on the surface of the river, then hastily move westward. The intersection of the two tides with rolling white waves rapidly advances north, then crashes directly onto the seawall, causing gigantic and lofty waves to crash onto the top of the seawall. Soldiers standing on the seawall are instantly drenched from head to toe, however, their stances remain upright and unyielding.

This is not quite right...

In reality, not everyone remains upright and unyielding. He Gaopeng and He Lanzhi are exceptions, they were directly slapped down by the giant wave, then subsequently rolled down the seawall.

"Help! Help..." He Lanzhi screamed in fear!

Help? Who the hell got slapped down by the giant wave! General Xuanwu heard the cry for help, then saw two figures tumbling into the water, was so angry that his face turned green! Messing up at critical moments, watch him beat them to death!

Prince Rui is still watching from the platform! Not a single soldier or warship on the sea fell after being hit by a giant wave! Let alone falling into the water! He thought this review could end perfectly! Next year his official position should certainly be promoted!

Who knew that while those on the water were safe, those on solid ground were actually slapped by the giant wave and fell down the seawall! This is simply a disgrace to the Imperial Capital!

"Pull them up!" He wanted to see who the hell was obstructing his promotion!

Xiao’er recognized that the two people who had rolled down the seawall and fallen into the water were He Gaopeng and He Lanzhi, but she remembered that these two weren’t standing in that position just now!

That position is the most severely impacted by the tide!

The position they were standing in at the start was very safe, who moved them?

Shangguan Xuanyi seemed to guess what Xiao’er was thinking, and said, "I was the one who had someone move their position."

A review of the navy is not a child’s play, it should not be used by some people to achieve private benefits by deceit and trickery, to satisfy their personal desires!

Someone obviously forgot that his own review of the navy was motivated by impure reasons!

Xiao’er: he truly has a vengeful nature.

"Who are those two people? Why did you relocate them? Since when did the Imperial Court’s navy have such mediocre soldiers! They were so easily slapped down by a wave, what kind of navy are they! Are there no men left in the army? Sending untrained soldiers to the field, are they seeking death? Wait a minute...why do I see a woman?" Di Shaowei spoke, then stopped, rubbed his eyes: "It’s really a woman! What’s going on?"

The Jiangnan Regional Commander saw his own children fall into the water, he was both shocked and furious!

What’s going on with them, he had repeatedly warned them not to stand there! Why did they still stand there!

Now that they’ve been discovered, how will they handle this? Just now, when Princess Rui appeared, he hadn’t forgotten just how many soldiers looked at Princess Rui with improper eyes, her bold appearance had already provoked the opposition of a majority of the soldiers! Even more so his own daughter’s disguise as a male soldier, deceptively coming over to watch! She was really just here to watch the fun!

Soldiers love honesty and integrity, they detest sneaky and deceptive behaviors the most!

Master He somewhat regretted failing to resist his daughter’s requests, allowing her to disguise herself as a soldier to watch the review, now he didn’t even know what punishment he might face.

Once He Lanzhi was saved and brought up, she was brought to face people like Shangguan Xuanyi and General Xuanwu.

The sea wind howled, the two people who were completely soaked knelt down, shivering, not knowing if it was because they were cold or scared.

Master He knew he could not hide this matter anymore, he too knelt down: "Prince, spare our lives, these are my son and daughter, I was momentarily confused, wanted to bring my children to see the grandeur of our Imperial navy, but did not expect such a mishap to occur, ruining everyone’s mood, I beg the Prince to spare us!"

"It seems that Master He still doesn’t know where he went wrong!" Di Shaowei snorted coldly.

Ruining everyone’s mood? This isn’t just as simple as spoiling the mood, okay?

Shangguan Xuanyi represents the emperor for this naval review, hence, Master He allowing his children to impersonate soldiers and deceive everyone, looking at it from a deeper perspective, it’s deceiving the emperor!

Moreover, for such a serious matter, he let his daughter disguise herself as a man to watch, isn’t this insulting to the soldiers!

Master He inwardly lamented how unlucky he was to be discovered after being hit by the tide wave and falling into the sea. He did not dare to refute and lowered his head: "I was wrong, I beg Prince Rui for mercy!"

Shangguan Xuanyi looked down at the three people on the ground, remaining silent for a long time, causing the three to break out in cold sweats.

After an unknown amount of time, when He Lanzhi felt like she was about to freeze into a popsicle and her knees hurt like they were about to break, Shangguan Xuanyi finally spoke: "Take them all away to receive ten lashings of the military whip!"

Ten military whips? Could he still participate in the Imperial Examination in two days after being whipped?

"Prince, spare me, I know my mistake. I have to take the Imperial Examination in two days, please forgive me." He Gaopeng knocked his head on the ground again.

"Prince, spare me, I won’t dare to do it again!" He Lanzhi also knocked her head on the ground.

With ten lashings of the military whip, her buttocks would be blooming! Would she still be alive?

Shangguan Xuanyi remained silent, General Xuanwu immediately signaled his soldiers to take them away, to carry out the punishment in public, to serve as a warning.

Only this way, could they provide an explanation to the other soldiers.

Xiao’er also believed that they should be punished to serve as a deterrent.

Discipline is what the military needs the most!

...

After the review, Di Shaowei asked Shangguan Xuanyi why he relocated those two positions, how he discovered that they were not quite right.

Xiao’er told him about what happened on the mountain: "I had seen them before and also saw them yesterday, so I recognized them at a glance. I knew they were impersonating soldiers, Brother Guan deliberately arranged this."

"For such people, ten lashes of the military whip are quite light!" Di Shaowei commented.

Even he did not let Ming Jingya dress as a man to come and watch the drill, this is serious business, not for amusing one person.

When the review was over, the group packed up and returned to the Imperial Capital, Shangguan Xuanyi also had to hurry back to receive his orders.

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