Chapter 18

Chapter 18 – Joining the Army

Unknown location, City of Luo Yang .

"To think that godfather made a mistake, or should I say that we underestimated the A . I . ?"

"Well, this is quite troublesome . "

"…"

*sigh*

"I guess I have no choice . "

"I hope Friday won't blame me for this . "

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Inner Palace, Official Resident, Tian Shui City .

"What the heck!? What did the A . I . do to my lifespan?"

"How can I go back if I only have 50 years to live?"

"I can't kill the natives? This is absurd! A . I . is a jerk!"

"…"

"Ah! There's that way!"

"Heheheh! As long as I find him then the problem will be solved . "

"I'm such a genius! Hehehehe!"

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January 2nd, 181 AD, Morning . Zhang resident .

Tong and Hua Shi gathered up and discussed what skill they bought last night .

Hua Shi had bought the [Sword Master] skill which gave her boost when she used a sword as a weapon and also gave her additional lifespans if she killed a person .

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[Sword Master] Cannot be leveled up

- Master all kinds of swords . Increase all attributes by 10 times if the host is using a sword .

- If the host kill an enemy, increase the host lifespan by the remaining lifespan of the dead enemy .

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Hua Shi claimed that she didn't want to participate in the upcoming war, so she needed a skill to defend herself when she returned home .

She also started up another mission right away . She had to heal one hundred natives within a year then she would get another 10,000 years of lifespans and the right to buy another item from the system .

Tong didn't activate any new quest yet . He still possessed two major quests that he still hadn't completed . Tong had to officially join the Yellow Turban Army and would have to make sure the army successfully formed up in the next two years, just like in the history .

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In the afternoon, Tong went to see his father, Zhang Jiao .

His father was delighted when Tong came to see him . But what Tong asked him next sadden and terrified him .

"I knew what you are doing . You're going to start a war soon . "

"Count me in, make me one of your soldier . "

As a father, Zhang Jiao never wanted his son to participate in the mess he created . He wished his son would continue pursuing the path of merchants .

Zhang Jiao refused it right away and was about to scold Tong .

However, Tong suddenly mumbled "Time Stop" and teleported behind Zhang Jiao with a dagger pointed at his neck .

At the time, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, Zhang Jiao's two brothers, was there as well . They witnessed a miracle of teleportation for the first time in their life .

"I can use this magic once a day . "

"I'm also invincible, no one in this world can kill me . "

"If you don't believe it, you can try . I won't dodge or defend myself . "

Tong challenged the three of them . His stern voice and his face showed his seriousness .

Zhang Liang, who hadn't interacted much with this nephew, got angry . He determined to teach this little brat a lesson that war wasn't a place for a kid . He threw a punch at Tong .

The punch landed on Tong's face .

Betraying everyone's expectation, Tong didn't move an inch . Instead, Zhang Liang stepped back while holding his hand that had hit Tong in pain . He felt like he just hit an iron plate with his bare hand .

Zhang Bao raised his eyebrow and smirked in amusement . Then he threw a kick aiming at the back of the head .

The result was the same . Tong was standing still as if nothing happened, but Zhang Bao felt pain on the foot that kicked Tong .

Feeling interesting, Zhang Bao drew a knife and stabbed at Tong's arm . The tip of the knife was stopped by Tong's mysterious skin . His skin wasn't pressed in even a tiny bit .

Then Zhang Bao threw his knife away and grabbed a sword . He slashed Tong 20 times in a row, cutting his cloth into pieces . But no wound appeared on Tong's skin .

Zhang Bao gave up . He walked back and confirmed to Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang that he didn't hold back yet Tong was still fine .

Everyone was shocked especially Zhang Jiao . Though he already experienced this weird phenomenal when he treated Tong's injured knee, he was still astonished when he witnessed it again .

Zhang Jiao was skeptical about this and insisted not accepting Tong into his army . If he was truly invincible, then how did Tong get that knee injury?

However, Zhang Bao ensured that Tong wouldn't be harmed if he supervised Tong himself . It could also serve as a rehabilitation camp for Tong because he always cooped up in his warehouse or his room all day .

Zhang Jiao reluctantly transferred Tong to the training camp that Zhang Bao supervised . But he made a condition that Tong had to rest until his injury healed . And if Tong got injured again then he would be grounded in his house and won't be able to mention about joining the army again .

Succeeded coaxing his own father, Tong smiled but he felt pain in his heart . He wanted to tell his father about his past, his previous life and the missions, but it wasn't the right time to do so .

Tong glanced at the status menu and looked at his mission . There was no announcement from the system . It seemed he had to be officially instated as a soldier or a higher rank officer first so he could complete the mission .

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February 9th, 181AD .

For a month, Tong stayed in his room, studying his handgun structure . He wrote several cannon designs focusing on the 16th to 18th century wheeled cannon models .

The earlier version was not good enough in Tong's eyes . The cannons could not aim properly and most of them were designed to affix with a fort or stone wall and was used solely on the defensive warfare, which lacked versatility .

Now, he had to solve another issue with the design . He lacked materials and proper manufacturing methods, such as iron or bronze ores, gunpowder, cannon casting method, chamber drilling method, cast sand forges and etc .

It was not an easy task to simply skip a few technology trees of the 21st century civilization, and imported the more advanced warfare technology into the medieval era in short period of time without a cheat or an overpowered genius witch that could help on the task .

Tong knitted his brows, stopping his research for now .

Tong sensed that his knee injury got better and he could walk freely without any pain . He went up to Zhang Bao training camp to see how his uncle trained his militias .

What Tong saw disappointed him . What the training all rookie soldiers did were wailing their weapon widely, hitting scarecrows without any proper martial art forms or styles .

'This is bad . If this continues, all of them will die in the war . '

'More of my dad's followers will gather here soon, this useless training cannot go on . '

Tong had seen many medieval war movies in his previous life . He had a rough idea how the real war during cold-weapon era worked and how tactics were applied .

What the current Yellow Turban Army camp did right now wouldn't make their soldiers stronger or be able to use more tactics . It was like a children playground where children wailed their sticks, playing war .

Tong couldn't stand it anymore . He barged into Zhang Bao's tent, ignoring the surrounding guards trying to stop him . Anyone who tried to get in his way was punched or thrown away like a rag doll .

"Uncle! I want to change the way you train the soldiers . "

Tong didn't waste any time . He spoke using all the air in his lung and stomach . The voice was loud enough that the others outside the tent could hear it .

Inside the tent, there were three people sitting on a chair, facing the middle table . On the only table in the tent, a map was laid there with several wooden dolls and rocks placing on different location of the map . It was as if everybody here was playing a table-top game .

But the reality wasn't as comical as Tong imagined . Those were not table-top game but a strategy map and wooden dolls and objects on the map represented troops, mountains, forests and cities .

Tong knew one of the person in the tent . He was Zhang Bao whom Tong came to see . As for the other two, Tong never met them .

"Who is this brat? How come the guards let him in? Drag him out and give him 20 whips!"

One of two men Tong didn't know shouted .

Zhang Bao grinned, feeling amused from the reaction of this man . Then he gazed at Tong as if he was looking forward for a good show .

Tong's eyes corner twitched . This uncle of his had a bad habit . He enjoyed watching people fell into a complicated situation .

"I am Zhang Tong, nephew of Commander Zhang Bao . Who are you?"

"Hah? If you are Zhang Tong then I am Emperor Ling! Do you think great teacher will let his precious son coming here? Now screw off or I'll screw you myself!"

Tong glanced at his uncle . Zhang Bao was trying his best not to laugh . This person was really enjoying it .

'I can't rely on my uncle . He only enjoys this mess too much . '

'I guess I have to establish my dominance here from ground up . '

'And this situation is kind of stupid . '

'I'm actually at fault . Where was my manner and common sense?'

'He has the right to be angry . '

'If I'm a commander I won't let a brat barging in the command center too . '

'My speech and my action was too frank . I need to fix that in the future . '

Tong recollected his thought . He swore that he would fix many bad habits of his . His behavior was still the same as in his previous life, frank, reckless and always acted before thinking .

Tong looked at the scolding man and shook his head in guilt . Let wrong be wrong, since he was in the wrong then he shall follow through till the end .

"Make me . "

Tong stared straight at the man and made a finger gesture to challenge him .