Chapter 634: Comrade-in-Arms
Mu Hongshang had some suspicions that General Zhenguo was deliberate. But she knew that even if it was deliberate, the old man had no bad intentions, he just wanted to tell her that it was inconvenient for women to join the army, so she should be more careful along the way.
For the only woman in the army, untie is a real problem. Mu Hongshang thought that she could adapt quickly, but it turned out that she still thought too highly of herself and took it for granted. In her original imagination, she felt that she would be able to adapt to military life quickly, because she was willing to endure hardships and could endure hardships, but she had never thought carefully about how to solve the small problems of untying her hands and taking a bath.
But these little things of eating, drinking, and Lazar, I can always force myself to accept them, but for other things, Mu Hongshang is really helpless.
How to integrate into the army is also something she has not thought about carefully.
Father once told her that the first thing Mu Jiaerlang did after joining the army was to go to the recruit camp for training.
"Don't think that if you practice martial arts at home every day, you feel that you are a little better than others," Mu Hongshang still clearly remembered his father's words: "The sergeants respect the surname 'Mu', not yourself." The glory of our Mu clan has been saved by the blood and sweat of generations of Mu generals, and we can't let you stinky boys lose it casually. In the military, if you want to be respected by your comrades, you have to have the ability to serve. The riding skills and martial arts are not outstanding, and the command of the art of war is also mediocre, why should the sergeants obey you? β
Mu Hongshang remembers these words clearly from childhood to adulthood, so for so many years, she is very afraid that the lazy and naughty Jinyi will be looked down upon after joining the army, so she diligently accompanies him to practice martial arts every day, accompanies him to read the art of war, and urges him to train and study diligently, and not slack off.
However, unexpectedly, Jinyi did not wait for the day when she went to the battlefield, and she stood here instead of him.
But after actually setting off with the army, Mu Hongshang found out. The truths that Daddy said before are applicable to others in the army, and they are useless to her. Because she is a woman, no matter how powerful she is, no one will respect her, and no matter how well she reads the art of war, no one will be willing to listen to her opinion.
Her riding skills are so good that everyone is watching. As for martial arts, she also tried to express herself. On the first night of the camp, two young lieutenants were bored and got together to prepare for a fight, and Mu Hongshang remembered his father's words at that time, "You have to be stronger than others to gain respect in the army." She thinks very simply, participates in competitions, and is better than others, so naturally someone will be willing to look at her.
It's so naΓ―ve.
Because of her strong persistence, the two young lieutenants accompanied her a few times, although they were reluctant. It's just that she's serious, but her opponent isn't.
Of course, she will win if she is serious, but the loser is not so ashamed, "play with the eldest lady", what does it matter if she wins or loses. If the eldest lady loses, wouldn't it offend people?
She is serious about learning from others, and what if she wins in the end? She is still a useless eldest lady in the eyes of others, and even has an extra "arrogant" mark, and the eyes of others looking at her are still mocking.
Living in the army is not so simple.
From this day, Mu Hongshang knew that even if she was a serious competition, she really won in front of a group of people, and she could not easily gain respect. No one in the army would respect women, because everyone felt in their hearts that this was not the place for women.
Is it a merit for women to be good at martial arts? No! In the eyes of her comrades, on the contrary, it was a huge flaw. Beautiful, gentle, obedient, able to serve others, and able to have children are the advantages of women, and nothing else, and women do not need other abilities.
A woman has good martial arts skills and good riding skills, sorry, in the hearts of these men, it is an equator with a shrew. They judge women by only one criterion, that is, to judge by the standard of a good wife, a certain skill is needed to be a good wife, that is a strength, otherwise it is a defect.
The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have a standard for judging female generals, because they were not needed, so there was none.
But the Great Zhou Dynasty has the standard for judging the noble daughters of the family, Mu Hongshang is not qualified, except for the two advantages of being beautiful and having a good background, she is useless in the eyes of these people in other aspects.
Everyone looked down on her, and Mu Hongshang knew it very well. So on the second day of the march, she seemed more silent, following behind General Zhenguo, trying to be as well-behaved and obedient as possible, so that she had almost no sense of existence. General Zhenguo almost forgot that he still had a little girl with him, so naturally he didn't think about it, he had planned to camp near the village and town, so that he could borrow a private house for the little girl to live in.
By the time the sun had set in the evening, the army had hurried past the village and stopped at the foot of a small hill. When General Zhenguo dismounted and ordered to camp, he remembered that there was a Mu Hongsheng behind him. He suddenly slapped his head in annoyance, but now he was already more than ten miles away from the village he had just passed by, and it was obviously impossible to turn back.
"Set up camp right here." General Zhenguo pretended to be okay and waved his hand at Mu Hongsheng: "You, go and relieve yourself now, there are sparsely populated here, and there may be wild wolves on the mountain at night, so you can't go far after nightfall." β
Mu Hongsheng didn't argue, and got off the horse obediently, intending to relieve himself according to General Zhenguo's instructions. After a whole day of mental construction, she could at least maintain a semblance of calm when she heard such a command.
Mu Hongshang was more well-behaved and quiet than the day before, which made General Zhenguo a little worried, and he asked in a loud voice, "What kind of temper are you making?" β
Mu Hongshang glanced at General Zhenguo with some surprise, and hurriedly replied: "The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates are planning to relieve themselves according to the general's instructions." β
"Don't be so blind in the army." General Zhenguo said again with a tiger face: "Go and come back quickly." β
Mu Hongshang didn't dare to stay quiet anymore, she was already annoying enough, it was better not to be more disgusting. So she said yes and ran up the hill, once again forcing herself to ignore the laughter coming from behind her.
She wasn't going to think about what those laughter meant, just laugh, what's the big deal.
Mu Hongshang actually wanted to relieve herself for a long time, she climbed a little way up the mountain, carefully found a hidden place for herself, and listened carefully to the surrounding movements with her ears pricked up, and then she was ready to untie her belt and squat.
At this time, there was a slight rustling sound from the grass, as if a breeze was blowing, and then a fluffy gray head suddenly stretched out from the not dense bushes, staring at Mu Hongshang with big emerald green eyes.