Chapter 475: The Attitude of the Generals
Mr. Sun's words silenced Mrs. Mu. She knows very well that now is not a good time to offend General Zhenguo, and she really can't sue for this situation.
At present, the emperor has only ordered the replenishment of military rations and ordnance into the north, and the biggest thing has not been done. An Guogong's most urgent need in the north at the moment is conscription, and Mrs. Mu also hopes that in this matter, General Zhenguo, who is also a military general, can help An Guogong say a word.
The ministers in the court may not understand the difficulties of An Guogong, but the generals Jin Lingwei, who are also military generals, should understand, so they have such a big grievance about the transfer of Jin Lingwei soldiers into the north.
Any general knows how important it is to have a soldier in his hands. Therefore, in the matter of conscription in the north, An Guogong is the easiest to win the support of the generals, which both Mr. Sun and Mrs. Mu know well.
So the current situation is indeed a bit embarrassing, the emperor has made excuses to pit Jin Lingwei's generals several times in a row, and let them transfer a lot of armor soldiers into the north, these armor soldiers are actually a drop in the bucket for the northern army, but Jin Lingwei's generals who have been transferred several times are still resentful. At present, they choose the escort candidates like this, one is to express their grievances to the emperor and show the Mu family, and the other is that they don't want to continue to lose the troops in their hands.
The attitude of the generals is already obvious. Since the escort team sent to the north is always meat buns and dogs, and they can't come back when they go, and they are directly added to the northern camp, then this time I will send some veterans who are about to retire to see if you continue to hold people in the north.
Old Madam Mu knew that the road to the emperor to complain would not work, so she sighed and frowned: "There are not many guards in our family, and Master Wu only adds up to about twenty people, so let's send them out, this batch of ordnance, grain and grass, there must be no accidents, the boss and they are waiting in the north with their eyes." β
"Grandmother, I'll go." Mu Lingyi, who was sitting quietly on the side, suddenly stood up: "I will escort with the martial masters, you can rest assured, you will be safe." β
"Humph!" Old Madam Mu's face sank: "Then you won't come back, will you?" You'll look for a chance to climb the pole. β
"Grandmother," Mu Lingyi immediately said with a smile on her face, "I will be eighteen in a few months." β
"You know there's still a few months left!" Old Lady Mu replied in a tough tone: "The Mu family's family motto, under the age of eighteen, you can't enter the camp, I don't think Master Wu, as well as your father and your brothers, can control you!" Don't go! β
"Grandmother," Mu Lingyi smiled helplessly, "There are only a limited number of people in our family who can run this trip, and it is good to have one more person." I'm almost eighteen, and this trip is not to go to the battlefield, but to be escorted with the team, don't be so dogmatic. I went out with the martial masters, so that I could learn some experience of traveling far away. β
"Am I dogmatic?" Old Madam Mu's face was long: "That's not because you're too uneasy!" If you're as obedient as your younger siblings, it's okay to run this trip, but you're always a stupid boy with a tendon, how can you reassure me? As soon as you go out of the door, you will disappear for me, if you really get to the north, where can I care about you? β
"Grandmother," Mu Jinyi, who had been listening quietly for a long time, tilted his head and thought about it, and said: "It's just an escort, you should go to the vicinity of the northern border, the uncle will definitely send troops to meet him when he receives the news, and the team sent by the capital to escort should pass the Jueyu Mountain." In the past, Jueyu Mountain was the southernmost Heng'an Prefecture in the north. Doesn't our northern garrison have a training camp in Heng'an? Since the fifth brother is not at ease staying at home, it is better to let him go to the Heng'an camp, train there, and wait a few months before transferring to the border pass and Sanzhou. β
"According to your fifth brother's temperament, it's good that he is obedient." Old Madam Mu shook her head decisively: "If it's you, I'm relieved." You usually look more naughty, but you're actually quite angry. In our family, the most impulsive child is your fifth brother, I am afraid that he will have a hot brain and go to the border of Sanzhou by himself, and your uncle and your eldest brother will not care about him at the moment. β
"Grandmother," Mu Lingyi looked unconvinced: "It's unfair for you to talk like this, Jinyi is getting into trouble all day long, didn't I help him deal with the aftermath that time?" Why, in the end, do you say that he is calmer than me? Why am I so upset you? β
"You and your father, temperament is really the same!" Old Madam Mu pointed at Mrs. Mu: "Let your mother tell me, is that the case?" Your father is a fierce general on the battlefield right now, and everyone says that as long as General Shuobei is here, Shuozhou will be safe. But when he was young, he was as impulsive and reckless as you, fortunately there was your uncle watching back then, otherwise where would he be today? β
"Don't worry," Mu Lingyi patted his chest and promised: "I won't do anything out of the ordinary, just stay in the Heng'an camp and participate in the camp training, and then set off for Yanzhou in four months?" β
"I don't believe it." Old Madam Mu snorted coldly: "I promised well today, but tomorrow will change." Who knows if you will change your mind when you go to Heng'an, and go directly to Yanzhou. β
"Grandmother, our family's martial arts masters are all following, what are you worried about." Mu Lingyi simply stretched out his hand and pointed at Mu Jinyi, who was sitting on the side: "Otherwise, you let Jinyi go with him, let him stare at me into the Heng'an camp, I can't leave casually after entering the camp, aren't you at ease?" β
"What nonsense." Before Old Madam Mu could speak, Fourth Madam Mu frowned first: "Your brother is not yet sixteen, what is he going to do?" β
"The martial masters in the family are all following, and it's good for Jinyi to go out to practice together," Mu Lingyi said: "With so many people following, there are masters along the way, which is also a rare experience." All the way to the north, they were all in one place with Jin Lingwei's officers and soldiers, so that people could see, even the youngest son of our Anguo Mansion had gone out to escort them, what reason did Jin Lingwei's generals have to continue to show us face? β
"Don't talk about it, old lady, although the fifth son's temperament is straighter, his brain is turning very fast." Mr. Sun couldn't help but smile: "The officer Jin Lingwei who is in charge of the escort this time is the commander of the Zhengwupin Infantry Army and a close confidant of General Zhenguo. The most important thing for us at the moment is to win the sympathy of the military attachΓ©s in Beijing, so that they can support us as much as possible in the next court meeting. β
"I still don't want it," Duchess An Guo immediately shook her head: "Jinyi is less than sixteen, even if all the martial masters in the family follow, I can't rest assured." β