After five days on the canal, the grain transport team finally arrived at Shucheng, Nanchuan County, Mu Sheng looked at the tall city, he really didn't expect that he would come back with his true identity.

After resting here for a while, the large army had to pass through Zhuo County to the four counties of Lingnan, and the grain transport team traveled by land for almost 10 days before finally arriving in Lingnan.

At this time, it was early autumn in the south, although the temperature dropped a lot, but the south was still a lowly and humid and hot place, where the jungle was dense, mosquito bites, miasma was overgrown, and hundreds of people fell ill along the way, along with the soldiers, although the troops were well prepared, and the medicines and deworming were also prepared, and it was inevitable that the non-combat attrition caused by the water and soil adaptation.

Mu Sheng turned his head and glanced at Hua Zilan, she was fine, both of them were monks, and the aura was running for a week, and the discomfort of this environment was immediately reduced a lot.

Mu Sheng looked at the listless soldiers behind him again, and he had no choice but to order the soldiers to rest on the march.

The next day, the army traveled for a long day, and finally saw a walled city, Mu Sheng sighed in his heart, the road in Lingnan is really difficult to walk, at least there are canals and galloping roads in the Central Plains, the road here is completely left and right, and it is an uphill and downhill mountain road, especially on rainy days, this road is simply difficult, even the calves can be submerged in the muddy water under one foot, I really don't understand why the empire has to go to great lengths to expand to this kind of place where birds don't?

After Mu Sheng, as the commander of the army, handed over to the guards of the walled city, the guards sent a guide to take the grain transport team to the county office, and marched again for four days to arrive at the destination of Liao City.

The brand-new rammed-earth city walls and tall towers of the city are the newly opened territories that the empire has opened up not long after the unification of the world, and I saw a row of officials and generals standing outside the city to greet everyone.

At this time, the first short-bearded and mighty old man who was nearly sixty years old stepped forward, and Mu Sheng saw this situation and stepped forward to meet him.

The old man stepped forward and said with a smile: "This official Wu Cheng Hou Lu Sheng has come here to greet Changping Jun." ”

This person is Lu Sheng, the chief general of the four counties in Lingnan, who followed the emperor to conquer the world in his early years, and was very trusted by the emperor.

He hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand, "Don't dare!" Can't! How dare Benjun He De bother General Lu to go out of the city to greet him in person, I have heard the name of General Wu Cheng Hou Lu in the palace for a long time. ”

"In the era of the nations, the old general led my Guanzhong disciples to break the alliance of the nations, among which the old general of the battle to destroy Chen was like a god of war in the world, and the younger generations were even more fascinated and admired.

Lu Sheng listened to Chang Pingjun talk about his past glorious war history, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, he laughed and said, "Don't dare!" Can't! Changping Jun praised falsely, I am already old, and I have long lost the courage of the year, the old man thinks that Changping Jun is a promising young man, quite the style of His Majesty, come and come! If Changping Jun doesn't dislike it, he should go with the old man, and the banquet has already been prepared in the palace for Changping Jun to pick up the wind and wash the dust. ”

Mu Sheng pretended to excuse himself and went with Lu Sheng with a smile, and the two laughed while talking along the way, and they wore high hats to each other and blew each other in business.

There was no need to arrange outside the city, and the subordinate officials of the shogunate had already started to dock with the grain transportation team to receive grain and grass......

The two went to the lobby together, only to see that the banquet had been set up in the lobby, and Lu Sheng and all the officials present also raised their wine glasses.

Lu Sheng sat down and picked up his wine glass and said, "Today's banquet is for Changping Jun to catch the wind and wash the dust, and the old man will toast you on behalf of your colleagues." ”

Mu Sheng actually understood in his heart that the chief general of the four Lingnan counties like Lu Sheng was basically a high-ranking official who was the commander of the military region and the governor of the province, and in the border counties of the empire, it was generally a military general who also served as the county guard, and the military and civil affairs were basically equal to the emperor of the soil.

Moreover, Lu Sheng is in charge of both the military and civil affairs of the four counties, and he is the leader of the hand, which is also a matter of no choice, and there are wars in the border areas of the empire from time to time, and it is necessary to concentrate power to deal with emergencies.

If you wait for the leader to hold a meeting to set the tone before acting, then your head has already been cut 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 big his face was as a milky little cub, but because of the face of the emperor behind him.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng naturally hurriedly said modestly, "The old general is polite, the younger generations are only shallow in learning, and they must follow the old general at any time to learn the law of governing the army and the people, and the younger generation should respect the old general." ”

Lu Sheng laughed when he heard this, "Changping Jun is polite, the old man's ability is not as good as that of His Majesty today, how dare I guide Changping Jun on my behalf?" Good! How about I just drink this cup later? ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he naturally said yes, and drank the wine as soon as he raised his head, and Lu Sheng introduced the officials who went to the banquet by the way, and the officials saw that the prince in the capital had come to the front line, and they all stepped forward to salute and toast.

A banquet was drunk until late at night......

Mu Sheng came out of the shogunate, and with the support of the personal guards, he staggered and rode on his horse and rushed out of the city.

Seeing this, an official of the county guard came forward and persuaded him, "Changpingjun, General Lu has arranged a post house in the city, and the lower official will take you to the ...... where you will stay."

Mu Sheng waved his hand staggeringly, and said with a mouthful of wine, "You thank the old general for your kindness for me, how can the commander of the first army easily abandon the army, I naturally want to live in the barracks and share weal and woe with the soldiers, the old general has summoned a messenger to the camp to inform me, and it is enough to ......"

Then he rode out of the city.

Seeing that the official couldn't stop it, he had to go back and report to Lu Sheng, and Lu Sheng sighed after hearing it, "Good son, it's a man...... material"

In the early morning of the next day, to the sound of a snare drum, Mu Sheng got up from the marching bed and looked at the snow-white tents around him.

He drank a big meal and slept all night, he slept very deeply, and felt very comfortable when he got up, Mu Sheng got up and lifted the curtain, only to see that in the barracks and school field, Yan Kun was already waving the order flag to train the soldiers, and the soldiers called out the uniform trumpet waving Changge to do simple, unified and repetitive movements.

Mu Sheng nodded again and again, in fact, in a collective organization like the army, individual bravery is basically useless, a row of big blades cut over, even if you are a top martial arts master, you have to be chopped into pulp, unless you wear full body armor, it is possible to save your life.

The so-called martial arts masters in film and television dramas have all been over-processed, and the real world is actually very realistic, not so much fantasy.

Even in this world, the monk can achieve a hundred enemies or a thousand enemies at most with spells, and once the spiritual power is exhausted, it is nothing, it is better to run away while there is still spiritual power to save his life.

Even if the rivers and lakes are as strong as the four major monk sects, they are still as useless as grasshoppers shaking trees in front of the national power, how powerful was the Yunhua Sect where Hua Zilan was located back then? The masters are like clouds, the monks are like rain, and even the Jade True Sect doesn't dare to look at its back, but what is the result? The imperial court sent 100,000 troops to attack the mountain, and within a few months, it immediately collapsed, the trees fell and scattered, the dead died, and the descendants fell, and the ending was not tragic.

Half an hour later in the barracks, after another drum sounded, the soldiers put away their weapons and went to rest, and then Yan Kun put away the order flag and ran to Mu Sheng's side and bowed, "General, the morning exercise is over." ”

Mu Sheng said, "Okay! Good! Yan Kun: How are the wounded and sick soldiers in the army now? ”

Yan Kun said, "Back to the general, there are twenty-three people who have recovered with medicinal stones, seventy-seven people who have recovered themselves, and sixty-three people who are seriously ill and sent to the city for treatment." ”

"Hmmm! When you come here, you still have to strengthen training, our army is now under the control of General Lu, and you may have to go south to the battlefield at any time to deal with the southern barbarians, you must be mentally prepared. ”

When Yan Kun heard this, he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Sons, we have merit to earn again......

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers in the school field.

Mu Sheng understood Yan Kun's reaction very well, now that the world is unified and the four seas are peaceful, the soldiers have no battle to fight, so naturally there is nothing to teach. Without KPI assessment, middle-level officers like Yan Kun can only slowly improve their qualifications in the army, and they usually train non-commissioned officers to pay the most attention, which is the only place where they can produce results.

Mu Sheng inspected this army, although the army is strong, but most of them are new soldiers, and there are very few veterans, after all, the world has been peaceful for almost 20 years, and those veterans with rich combat experience have long since retired in the war of destroying the country.

The life in the barracks is quite boring, except for training or training, and after training, there are a few more brave soldiers who usually compete in the camp when they have nothing to do, or compete with each other, or throw sandbags and stones for fun. The Jin army had strict military discipline, and it was impossible to leave the barracks casually without a military order.

Mu Sheng saw that these young men were so energetic, so he asked the quartermaster to ask him to make a leather ball, which was filled with cotton wool and hay, and a rudimentary version of the football was ready, which was also called Keju.

In the early days, this thing was invented from the barracks, and it could entertain, exercise the physical fitness of soldiers, and exercise team organization skills.