I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 959: The Evil-like Zhao’er

Chapter 959: Chapter 959: The Evil-like Zhao’er

The battle ended quickly, and the Tang Dynasty secured a great victory. Yet, the Tang soldiers also suffered many casualties in this engagement; after all, the Qin Army was exceptionally fierce, and not everyone was fortunate enough to have a commander like you.

In this battle, your corps, originally consisting of two thousand five hundred men, was directly reduced to just over one thousand eight hundred. Despite the severe casualties, your corps had the highest survival rate, which speaks volumes about the death rate among the infantry.

After resting for a day, the Military Department quickly issued new promotion orders, and you were promoted again, directly becoming a corps commander. However, you refused the promotion in front of Li Zhengfeng and the many generals in the Commander’s Tent.

"General Li, I fear I am not up to the task."

You spoke with a very solemn demeanor, without any trace of pretense, which led many people to look at you with puzzled eyes.

It could be said that positions below corps commander have a high death rate, and once you become a regimental commander, your position would shift from fighting enemies on the front lines to commanding from the rear. Thus, one’s chances of death would be even lower.

"Oh, why is that?"

Not a hint of a smile crossed your face, only a faint sadness: "I have always been a very direct person, so let me speak frankly. Before joining the military, I fancied myself full of stratagems, capable of outsmarting the enemy on the battlefield and securing victory. But after experiencing real combat, I realized just how naive I was. Armchair strategizing is just that, and that path is not suitable for me. I’m not an excellent commander, but I am definitely a perfect Special Forces commander."

"Special Forces?" That was a novel term, and while many were confused, Li Zhengfeng, who had witnessed your prowess, brightened at once, immediately inquiring, "Do you mean to say, you want to establish a special kind of corps?"

"Exactly. I believe General Li must have noticed the strength of the corps I led in this battle. I can say, without any modesty, that given one month, I can train a Special Forces troop that will terrify our enemies."

"But, ultimately it is just one corps, what impact could it make?" Li Zhengfeng was correct; this was not guerrilla warfare but a hard fight. At such times, cunning plots are useless. Only absolute military strength can defeat a tenacious foe.

"The reason it’s called Special Forces is that the operations of this troop are not arranged in the conventional way. Once training is complete, my troops’ operations will include assaults, assassinations, night raids, poisoning, cutting off routes, cutting off supplies, and so forth."

You were not boasting, nor were you fantasizing. Instead, you had discovered this incidentally during the battle.

Originally, when fighting the enemy, you activated the "Open, Rest, Life" three doors within the Infinite Bagua Formation, inadvertently melding the powers of the three doors into the formation, and found to your astonishment that the soldiers within the formation had simultaneously gained a small portion of the power from the Three Doors. This was an incredible surprise for you, and thus, the idea of the Special Forces naturally arose.

Hearing about the "special operations" of the Special Forces, the generals’ eyes shone with excitement. If it were as you described, the Tang Dynasty having such a force would be truly terrifying.

Immediately, Li Zhengfeng approved the proposal, exclaiming: "Fine, I grant you permission to establish a Special Forces unit. I can satisfy any of your requirements, but in one month, this force must achieve something that will satisfy us all!"

You nodded, a trace of a smile finally breaking across your solemn face: "Heh, General, rest assured, it will certainly live up to expectations."

Seeing your smile, for some reason, many felt a chill run down their spine.

Since this was a Special Forces unit, naturally, the numbers had to be few. You reduced the force to ninety men, selected from your original corps. Each one of these ninety was at least at the Combined Martial Realm, with individuals like Black Teeth Changzhi even being secular experts in the Martial Path Realm. Of course, due to Wu Zhao’s special identity, she was not officially listed. Among them, Black Teeth Changzhi was the chief commander of the Special Forces, Shi Kai the deputy commander, while you and Wu Zhao acted as their instructors.

Special Forces have always valued quality over quantity, and by reducing the number to ninety, you could perfectly embody the Infinite Bagua Formation.

Following Li Zhengfeng’s directive, you and Wu Zhao withdrew the Special Forces to the rear of the army to begin a month of intensive training.

Since it was marching phase, you didn’t teach advanced skills like rock climbing or blow darts because you didn’t know them. Besides, these men were martial artists who all had some qinggong skills; they didn’t need you to teach them. As long as they were within the 99-meter range of the Infinite Bagua Formation, their speed and strength would be augmented, adding a tiger’s ferocity to their strength.

You requested one month from Li Zhengfeng not solely for the training of the Special Forces, but a significant part was also to focus on breaking through. That’s right, after experiencing two life-and-death battles, you found that the Original True Qi your body could contain was now sufficient to breach the second realm of The Eight Gates of Heaven, the "Resting Door."

Once you successfully broke through the "Resting Door," it meant you would possess the strength of the first three realms of the Sixth Level of Cultivation for cultivators: "Enlightened," "Core Formation," and "Splitting Spirit." Additionally, the powers and abilities of your "Open, Rest, Life, Injury" four doors would all be further enhanced.

By then, your "Open Gate" would no longer just amplify strength; a punch might even generate shockwaves.

The "Resting Door" would no longer just enhance speed but become a mysterious movement technique, potentially even touching upon the methods of levitation.

The "Gate of Life" would not only heal but could also help others speed up the absorption of Original True Qi.

As for the "Injury Gate," your memories did not mention it, as it seemed the other power of the Shangmen would evolve only after you broke through the fourth door, the "Scenic Sect." Currently, the "Injury Gate" merely allowed for a momentary increase in your own strength at the expense of harming your body, akin to the Demon Disintegration Technique.

You naturally would no longer use the "Injury Gate," for once employed, it would mean you had reached a do-or-die situation.

Upon arriving at the camp Li Zhengfeng had prepared for the Special Forces, you began your closed-door training, leaving all teaching responsibilities for the Special Forces to Wu Zhao.

There it was again, impossible not to marvel at Wu Zhao’s monstrous talent. You were distressed and delighted to discover that after one major battle, Wu Zhao’s realm had leaped from the Combined Martial Realm, like taking an elevator, directly through the Third Level of Martial Arts, entering the Sixth Level of Cultivation’s "Opening Light Realm."

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