After traveling on the canal for five days, the grain transport team finally arrived at Shucheng, Nanchuan County. Mu Sheng looked at this tall city, and he really didn't expect that he was back with his true identity.
After the large army rested here for a while, they passed through Zhuojun and headed to the four Lingnan counties. The grain transport team traveled by land and traveled for more than ten days before finally arriving in Lingnan.
It was early autumn in the south at this time. Although the temperature had dropped a lot, the south was still a humid and hot place. The place was densely covered with jungles, mosquito bites, and miasma. Hundreds of civilians and soldiers fell ill along the way. Although the troops were prepared It is fully equipped with medicines and deworming drugs, and non-combat attrition caused by acclimatization is inevitable.
Mu Sheng turned his head and glanced at Hua Zilan. She was fine. Both of them were monks. After a week of spiritual energy circulation, the discomfort in this environment was immediately relieved a lot. The strong energy protected the body and mosquitoes were kept away.
Mu Sheng looked at the listless soldiers behind him again, and he had no choice but to order the soldiers to rest where they were and march.
The next day, the large army marched for a long time and finally saw a walled city. Mu Sheng sighed in his heart that the road to Lingnan was really difficult. At least there were canals and galloping roads in the Central Plains. The road here turned left. Turn right, and there is another uphill and downhill mountain road. Especially on rainy days, this road is extremely difficult. Even your calves can be submerged in the mud when you step on it. I really don’t understand why the empire has to spend so much time to expand to such a bird. No place to poop?
After Mu Sheng, as the chief officer of the army, handed over to the garrison of the city, the garrison sent a guide to lead the grain transport team to the county seat. After another four days of marching, they arrived at the destination of Liao City.
The brand-new rammed earth walls and tall towers of the city were the newly opened territories that the empire had non-stop southward not long after they unified the world. A row of officials and generals were seen standing outside the city to welcome everyone.
At this time, a powerful old man with a short beard who was nearly sixty years old came forward. Seeing this, Mu Sheng immediately stepped forward to meet him.
The old man came forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I, the Marquis of Wucheng, Lu Sheng, are here specially to greet Lord Changping."
This person is Lu Sheng, the general who guards the four Lingnan counties. In his early years, he followed the emperor to conquer the world and gained the emperor's trust. Now he has been granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households to guard the southeastern border of the empire. Faced with such a frontier official, Mu Sheng naturally did not dare to do anything. neglect.
He hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare! Don't dare! How dare I, He De, trouble General Lu to go out of the city to greet him in person? I have heard the name of General Lu, Marquis of Wucheng, for a long time in the palace."
"In the era of all nations, the old general led my sons from Guanzhong to defeat the coalition forces of all nations. Among them, the old general Ruoding commanded Ruoding as if he were the god of war in the world. The younger generation is even more fascinated and respectful. Now that I can see his true face, I am indeed lucky for three lifetimes."
Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel a little proud when he heard Mr. Changping talking about his past glorious war history. He laughed loudly and said, "I don't dare! I don't dare! Mr. Changping is ridiculous. I am already old and I will no longer be the same as before." Yong, I think Lord Changping is a promising young man, and he has the same demeanor as your Majesty back then. Come on, come on! If Lord Changping doesn't mind going with me, a banquet has already been prepared in the government office just for Lord Changping to wash away the dust."
Mu Sheng pretended to decline and then went with Lu Sheng with a smile. The two of them talked and laughed along the way, and exchanged business compliments.
There is no need to arrange outside the city. Officials under the shogunate have already started docking with the grain transport team to receive grain and grass...
The two of them went to the lobby together and saw that a banquet had been set up in the lobby, and Lu Sheng and all the officials present also raised their glasses.
Lu Sheng sat down, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Today's banquet is for Mr. Changping to wash away the wind and dust. On behalf of all my colleagues, I propose a toast to you."
Mu Sheng actually understood in his heart that the commander-in-chief of the four Lingnan counties like Lu Sheng was basically a high-ranking official who was both the commander of the military region and the provincial governor. In the border counties of the empire, military generals usually also served as county guards, and they were basically equal to the emperor of the country.
Moreover, Lu Sheng was responsible for both the military and civil affairs of the four counties, and was also the top leader. There was nothing that could be done about it. War broke out from time to time in the border areas of the empire, and power had to be concentrated to deal with emergencies.
If you had to wait for the leaders to hold a meeting to set the tone before taking any action, then your head would have been chopped off by the barbarians and hung on the flagpole.
Mu Sheng also understood in his heart that the reason why Lu Sheng was so polite to him today was not because of how proud he was as a young brat, but because of the emperor's dignity behind him.
Thinking of this, Mu Sheng naturally hurriedly said humbly, "Old General, you are too polite. The younger generations are less talented and less knowledgeable. They must always follow the old general to learn how to manage the army and the people. It is the younger generation who should pay homage to the old general."
Lu Sheng laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "You are so polite, Mr. Changping. I am not as capable as your majesty today. How dare I overstep my authority and guide Mr. Changping? Okay! How about we just drink this cup to the full?"
When Mu Sheng heard this, he naturally bowed his hands and said yes. He raised his head and drank the wine. Lu Sheng also introduced the officials attending the banquet. When the officials saw that the prince from the capital was coming to the front, they all came forward. See the ceremony and toast.
The banquet lasted until late at night...
Mu Sheng came out of the general shogunate, and with the support of his personal guards, he staggered on his horse and rushed out of the city.
Seeing this situation, an official from the county governor's office came forward to persuade him and said, "Mr. Changping, General Lu has arranged a post house in the city. I will take you there to stay..."
Mu Sheng waved his hands unsteadily and said with a breath of wine, "Thank you, the old general, for my kindness. How can the commander of an army abandon the army so easily? Naturally, I have to live in the military camp and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. But the old general has a call." Sending an envoy to the camp to inform me is enough..."
After saying that, he rode out of the city.
Seeing that they could not stop him, the officials had to go back and report to Lu Sheng. After hearing this, Lu Sheng sighed, "What a good man, he is a man of great talent..."
The next morning, with the sound of military drums, Mu Sheng climbed up from the camp bed and looked at the snow-white tents around him. As for the specific details of how he returned to the military camp yesterday, he basically had no memory.
He drank a lot of wine and slept all night. He slept deeply and felt very comfortable when he woke up. Mu Sheng stood up and lifted the curtain, and saw Yan Kun already waving the flag and training soldiers in the military camp. The soldiers They chanted this uniform chant, waved their swords, and performed simple, uniform and repetitive movements.
Mu Sheng looked at it and nodded repeatedly. In fact, in a collective organization like the army, individual bravery is of little use. If a row of big blades comes at you, even a top martial arts master will be chopped into pulp. Unless you wear full body armor, you will be cut into pieces. It's possible to save your life.
The so-called martial arts masters and ten thousand enemies in movies and TV dramas are all over-processed. The real world is actually very realistic and not so fantasy-like.
Even in this world, the most a monk can do with his magic is a hundred or a thousand enemies, which is great. Once the spiritual power is exhausted, it will be nothing. It is better to run away while there is still spiritual power to save one's life.
Even if it is as powerful as the four major monk sects in the world, it is still as insignificant in the face of national power as a cricket shaking a tree. How powerful was the Yunhua Sect that Hua Zilan belonged to back then? Masters are like clouds, monks are like rain, even Yu Zhenzong dare not look at his back, but what will be the result? The imperial army sent 100,000 troops to attack the mountain. Within a few months, it immediately collapsed, the trees fell and the hozens scattered. The people died, and the people surrendered. The ending was tragic.
Half an hour later in the military camp, another drum beat was played, and the soldiers put away their weapons and went to rest. At this time, Yan Kun put away his command flag and ran to Mu Sheng's side, cupped his hands and saluted, "General, the morning training has been completed."
Mu Sheng said, "Okay! Okay! How is Yan Kun doing with the sick and wounded soldiers in the army now?"
Yan Kun said, "Back to the general, twenty-three people recovered using medicinal stones, seventy-seven people recovered on their own, and sixty-three people were seriously ill and were sent to the city for treatment."
"Well! We still need to strengthen training here. Our army is now under the control of General Lu. We may have to go south to the battlefield at any time. You must be mentally prepared to deal with the southern barbarians."
Upon hearing this, Yan Kun turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "My sons, we have merit to earn again..."
Suddenly there was a burst of cheers in the school grounds.
Mu Sheng understood Yan Kun's reaction very well. Now that the world is unified and the world is at peace, the soldiers have no battles to fight, and naturally there is no merit to be awarded. Without KPI assessment, mid-level officers like Yan Kun can only slowly gain seniority in the army. Usually, they focus most on training soldiers. This is the only place where they can achieve results.
Mu Sheng inspected this army. Although the army was strong and strong, most of them were new soldiers and there were very few veterans. After all, the world had been at peace for almost twenty years. Those veterans with rich combat experience in the war to destroy the country had long since Just retired.
Life in the military camp is quite boring. Apart from training, there are a few brave soldiers who usually compete in the camp, compete with each other, or throw sandbags and stones for their own entertainment. The Jin army has strict military discipline and cannot leave the military camp casually without military orders.
Seeing how energetic these young men were, Mu Sheng asked the quartermaster to make a leather ball, fill it with cotton wool and straw, and a crude version of football was ready, which was also called Cuju.
In the early days, this thing was invented in military camps. It can be used for entertainment, physical fitness of soldiers, and team organizational skills. It is not limited to venues and can be played under simple conditions, so it gradually became popular.
