Agula looked at Zhuang Shujun, the grand commandant on an observation platform, who nodded to sign him that it was time to start the military drill.
Without hesitation, Agula raised his hand and shouted,
"Ready?"
All the cavalrymen, infantrymen, and marines on the boats answered in chorus,
"Yes!"
They were ready.
Artillerymen lit the fuse, and the artillery thundered out a salute, soaring into the sky.
It exploded in the air with a loud bang that shook all the spectators.
Spectators on the observation platforms and people who stood behind kept quiet, focusing nervously on the drill ground.
The soldiers stayed in position, waiting for Agula's order.
Agula observed the formation in the opposite. It was a conventional formation with lancers holding spears and shields in the front, f
