Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1817: Chapter 1684: Lost Yet Excited

Unlike other individuals with Inner Qi Manifestation, Dian Wei, who pursued advanced cultivation, inherently lacks a Legion Talent, and his commanding skills are frankly abysmal, making it nearly impossible for him to develop a Legion Talent.

Yet the issue is Dian Wei has extraordinary talent; his advanced cultivation has reached the Breakthrough Level, at which moment his divine attributes forcibly create a Legion Talent.

As for the soldier’s recognition, there’s no debate. In this era where combat power equals recognition, the soldiers’ recognition of Dian Wei is still exceedingly high.

Initially, the greatest shortcoming of Dian Wei’s Legion Talent, the Divine Attribute, was supplemented by Lyu Bu’s Millennia-Old Belief at the time of ascension. With all conditions met, Dian Wei successfully gained his own Legion Talent, which, unlike the normal Inner Qi Manifestation’s Legion Talents, is somewhat disappointing.

In simple terms, Dian Wei’s Legion Talent is not achieved by Cloud Qi but by enhancing physical qualities. Dian Wei’s training and mastery over his body and muscles enable him to stimulate the soldiers’ strength.

So, unlike normal Inner Qi Manifestation whose Legion Talent helps coordinate large armies, Dian Wei’s Legion Talent has absolutely no effect in such regards.

Similarly, Dian Wei’s Legion Talent offers no constraints on formation dispatching. His soldiers’ dispersal does not affect his Legion Talent’s effectiveness.

This leads to the Tiger Guard Army trained by Dian Wei having a truly poor formation. Although the soldiers selected through Dian Wei’s insights and understanding of muscles, after training and improved diet, become quite formidable warriors, the battlefield is entirely different; individual soldiers being strong does not equate to the army being strong.

Of course, when individual strength reaches the Qi Refining to Gang level, the importance of regular formations diminishes greatly. Achieving Inner Qi Manifestation, aside from top-tier Xuanxiang, most military formations serve at most as auxiliary qi sources.

However, in general large army battles, not much Inner Qi is used, as it’s mostly suppressed to the point of being ineffective.

Therefore, Dian Wei’s Legion Talent becomes something that looks appealing but, without someone to help train formation, essentially has no combat power, becoming a Waste Talent.

That being said, this Waste Talent can enhance soldiers’ muscle control. Scientifically, a normal person’s muscle moving in one direction can lift objects weighing twenty-five to forty-seven tons, and the higher the training level Dian Wei’s soldiers reach, the better the talent amplification effect.

Though it doesn’t reach extreme exaggerations, a burst of one or even two tons of power is achievable, but this requires a certain physical foundation. Generally speaking, to unleash this level of strength, the basic quality can withstand it.

So in the end, Dian Wei’s talent can only be applied to his Tiger Guard Army, only those muscular and robust Tiger Guard Army can endure such a method.

”Thank you, my lord.” Dian Wei said in a rumbling voice, wielding the Great Halberd twice, a series of explosive sounds, and the high temperatures generated by air friction lifted Dian Wei’s mood a bit. ”I have a feeling some danger is about to descend.”

”Oh, rest assured, our Han Dynasty’s mighty army of 250,000 is more than enough for the trivial Huns.” Cao Cao said with a smile, though he couldn’t help but feel a jolt, recalling Xun Yu’s report about Chen Xi’s plans to acquire aristocratic family private soldiers, causing Cao Cao some concern as well.

[Hopefully, this truly won’t be an issue, but it should be fine, right? Chen Zichuan has been stable for so many years, it shouldn’t be a problem...] Cao Cao was also made a bit worried by Dian Wei’s words, but he knew what was important, knowing that this matter absolutely couldn’t be spoken of before it was accomplished; it must be addressed as a fait accompli before discussing anything else, or it truly cannot be said.

At the same time, Xun Yu and others were also solemnly awaiting the results. Indeed, this was the best opportunity to confiscate private soldiers, but any time involving the confiscation of aristocratic family private soldiers carried significant risks; this was fundamentally digging at the roots of aristocratic family.

Though with the power of Liu Cao Sunx three families, as long as this matter became a fait accompli and then compensated by Chen Xi, the nature of this would shift to a benefits exchange, but the precondition was achieving a fait accompli. Without achieving that, all would be in vain.

”Why does everyone look so concerned?” Chen Xi asked with a smile while eating dried fruit and surveying everyone present; only Chen Xi maintained a composed manner among all the civil officials.

”Among us, only you can eat with peace of mind now.” Guo Jia teased with a smile. ”Although even if this matter is messed up, judging by our current situation, at most it would make the aristocratic family wary of us; an overly aggressive condition wouldn’t arise. However, failing means not knowing when the next great opportunity like this would come.”

”Don’t worry, it won’t be messed up.” Chen Xi reassured with a smile, ”I won’t make mistakes.”

Jia Xu cast a deep look; the reason he hadn’t mentioned this earlier but urged to quickly engage the Huns was because, in Jia Xu’s estimation, the success rate of this matter was no more than fifty-fifty, and such odds didn’t warrant gambling with the current promising situation.

”It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so stifled.” Liu Ye took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, as if this helped calm his nerves.

”After all, this path must be taken, and the timing is already very opportune; waiting longer might not bring another chance this good.” Chen Xi spread his hands, then gazed around with a radiant smile. ”Besides, there’s me!”

As Chen Xi chuckled softly, the tent door was suddenly pushed open, and Chen Dao strode in, clasping his hands in salute to Chen Xi. ”Reporting to Marquis Chen, General Yu has successfully integrated the aristocratic family private soldiers gathered in Shanggu Commandery into the emergency training barracks.”

”How many?” Chen Xi asked as calmly as possible.

”Seven thousand already!” Chen Dao replied with a face of admiration for Chen Xi, who then laughed heartily. He had won the gamble, taking the first step, ensuring his victory. It turned out General Yu was indeed best suited for commanding and drilling soldiers; although not adept at combat, commanding and drilling soldiers alone sufficed.

”The aristocratic families were too negligent.” Xun Yu, bearing a look of excitement yet also some disappointment, remarked. Among these aristocratic families, there were those as prominent as the Xun Family, but it was indeed surprising how it ended so easily; it was genuinely both thrilling and disheartening.

”The rest is straightforward; breaking them into groups for training will suffice. Wen Ze’s initial three thousand mid to lower-tier officers should already be inserted, Shuzhi, go report to Lord Xuande with my military order and request him to select reserve officers.” Chen Xi said with a smile to Chen Dao.

This time, victory was assured. Though he wouldn’t deal harshly with the aristocratic family, post this event, the Five-Year Plan could truly achieve egalitarian implementation. Restricted by private soldiers, many of the previously unenforceable laws, land taxes, and tax collections would now be executable.