We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

Zhou Tiancheng glanced at everyone with satisfaction. Seeing the light in their eyes, he, the crown prince, could finally relax.

If you have light in your eyes, you won't run away when you see an enemy, right?

With Xinhua and Shi Cheng in command, they might actually be able to defeat the Third Prince's cavalry.

He waved his hand, signaling everyone to find a place to rest the troops. As for himself, he dismounted, turned around, and joined Shi Cheng and the others to go see Zhou Rui.

Halfway there, Shi Cheng and the others surrounded him, their expressions somewhat complicated.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is very good at hiding his true intentions!"

As he spoke, Shi Cheng glanced wistfully in the direction of the National Protection Army, his eyes filled with a hint of resentment.

Damn it, how did the Crown Prince manage to train such formidable soldiers?

Now, Shi Cheng doesn't even know if he can make it into the top three, let alone win the championship!

Sun Tong also looked envious.

"Who did His Highness train with? Could it be that the Duke personally intervened?"

Zhou Tiancheng's face darkened.

What are you saying?

Couldn't he have practiced it himself?

"I practiced it! I practiced it myself!"

Sun Tong and the others immediately burst into laughter.

"Your Highness, please stop fooling around."

"You've never been to a battlefield, nor have you ever led troops. How could you possibly train such an army?"

"I saw Xinhua. Could it be that Xinhua helped us?"

"Let alone Xinhua, even the Ten Ghosts of Fengcheng are not good at training soldiers and probably don't have the ability. I think it was the Duke who stepped in, which is why they were able to train such soldiers in just one month."

Shi Cheng and Sun Tong chatted back and forth.

As for Zhou Tiancheng saying that he trained his own soldiers, the group pretended not to hear him.

To put it bluntly, if the crown prince had such ability, he would have been famous long ago. How could he be called a good-for-nothing?

Zhou Tiancheng had a bit of a headache, but he wasn't angry. He knew that these military officers were just like that, so he could only sigh helplessly.

"I really did practice it."

Shi Cheng smiled, walked over to him, and put his arm around his shoulder.

"Alright, alright, let's say you trained these troops. Let's not talk about that now. Your third brother brought five hundred cavalry here. What are you going to say about that?"

Sun Tong and the others could no longer laugh.

After all, they were cavalry!

They all turned to look at Zhou Tiancheng.

Zhou Tiancheng stroked his chin, explaining as he walked.

"I know about this, but it was approved by my father, so there's nothing I can do about it."

Shi Cheng felt a sense of resentment.

"And what about you? Aren't you the crown prince? Why don't you build a cavalry?"

He spoke rather rudely.

But this also shows that he has no ulterior motives.

Back at the Drunken Spring Breeze restaurant, Shi Cheng had said even more impolite things, and he even addressed Zhou Tiancheng, the fake crown prince, as a brother, without anyone finding it inappropriate.

Zhou Tiancheng himself didn't take it seriously. After all, he still had the mindset of an ordinary person from later generations, seeing himself as nothing more than a movie star.

He gave Shi Cheng and the others a serious look.

"There was no funding for the cavalry; we had to pay for it ourselves. I didn't have that much money, so I didn't form a cavalry unit."

Upon hearing this, Shi Cheng felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.

"How foolish!"

"If you don't have money, borrow from us! We'll sell everything we own to help you build a cavalry force!"

"The main problem is that the Third Prince's style of doing things is too despicable. I'd rather you win!"

It wasn't just Shi Cheng who thought this way; Sun Tong thought the same way.

"Your Highness, this concerns the reputation of your Eastern Palace! How can you be so indifferent?"

"Now that's the case, they have cavalry, and we can't help you even if we wanted to."

Zhou Tiancheng hesitated for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

"The new general said our army can hold off those cavalry, so we still have a chance to win."

Using infantry to block cavalry?

Shi Cheng and the others all gave a wry smile.

Shi Cheng hooked his arm around Zhou Tiancheng's shoulder and pointed in the direction of the National Protection Army.

"Your Highness, I know what you're thinking. An army like this, no matter where it's placed, would be praised by everyone."

"But it's not something an ordinary army can do to stop cavalry with infantry. Let me tell you this: unless everyone in your army is fearless, you have absolutely no chance of winning."

"It looks all set and proper now, but when cavalry charge in on horseback, people will be afraid, and fear will drive them to flee. They'll crumble at the first blow, without exception!"

Sun Tong also sighed.

"If we give them more time, nurture their military spirit, and make them unafraid of death, perhaps we will still have a chance of victory. But right now, we really don't have much of a chance."

"Your Highness, you have never been on the battlefield, so you may not know that once morale collapses, it is unstoppable."

Hou Feng, standing to the side, gritted his teeth.

"Since we can't win this time anyway, why don't we escort His Highness the Crown Prince for a while? When the fight breaks out, let's form an alliance first, kick the Third Prince out of the game, and then we'll have a chance to fight each other fairly."

The purpose of Shi Cheng and his group's visit was to form an alliance.

now.

They followed Zhou Tiancheng not because of his status as the crown prince, but because they needed Zhou Tiancheng's approval and wanted to bring this crown prince into their alliance.

Zhou Tiancheng did not refuse, and nodded slightly as if to agree.

Following that, Shi Cheng and the others began to discuss how to deal with the Third Prince's cavalry, and unknowingly, they excluded Zhou Tiancheng from their plans.

The reason is very simple.

They didn't believe the Crown Prince had the ability, or even that he truly understood military affairs.

Zhou Tiancheng thought so too. Although he had been trained, he had never been on the battlefield or fought a war. In terms of command, how could he compare to the group of people in front of him?

He stood quietly to the side and listened, following them all the way to the bottom of the tent.

Zhou Tianze is here.

He had a smug look on his face, and when he saw Zhou Tiancheng in the distance, he even gave a cold smile.

"Hey! Who's here?"

Shi Cheng and the others immediately shut up and fell silent.

Zhou Tiancheng glanced at Zhou Tianze sideways.

"Your brother's here, aren't you going to come and greet him?"

Zhou Tianze's smile froze for a moment, then he pretended not to hear and bowed to Zhou Rui.

"Father, shall I go and make the arrangements now?"

Zhou Rui nodded slightly.

"You may leave now. Remember, do not go into battle yourself. There are no mercy on the battlefield; you may get hurt."

Zhou Tianze smiled.

"Your subject knows, Your subject will have Instructor Lin take over the command of the battle."

Coach Lin, which Coach Lin?

Shi Cheng immediately had a bad feeling. He turned his head and saw Zhou Tianze come to the outside of the tent, say a few words to a man with a scar on his face, and then leave together.

This moment.

Shi Cheng's face turned deathly pale!

It wasn't just him.

Sun Tong and the others also changed their expressions.

Lin Tong, the Imperial Guard Instructor!

Before entering the capital, this person, like Zheng Rong, had served as a soldier in the northern frontier. The key point is that his battle record was in no way inferior to Zheng Rong's!

This is a military training master comparable to the Duke of Protectorate!

If he hadn't come from a humble background, he would have already been granted a noble title!