Du Guiyuan saved Lu Xing's life, so the next things would be much easier.

In the evening, Yun Zheng and his friends stayed behind and drank with Lu Xing and the others.

However, they did not drink in the camp. Instead, they made some big pot dishes and ran to the workshop to drink.

Drinking is prohibited in the army. This is a strict order issued by Yun Zheng, and he must obey it.

After learning about Yun Zheng's rules, Lu Xing hesitated for a moment and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Just say it." Yun Zheng said with a smile.

"In fact, I think it's okay to drink occasionally in the army."

Lu Xing said tentatively: "It's bitterly cold in the north of the country. It's not so bad now, but in a while, the weather will become very cold. If the soldiers on night watch in the camp don't have a few sips of wine to warm themselves up, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to endure..."

In fact, the entire Northern Army basically prohibits drinking in the military.

But there are exceptions.

...

...

The winter in Shuobei can really freeze people to death!

During the cold winter, soldiers on night watch and patrol would be equipped with wine bags.

When the soldiers felt cold, they would take out their wine bags and drink a few sips of strong liquor, which would keep them warm for a long time.

Hearing Lu Xing's words, Shen Luoyan and the others laughed out loud at the same time and looked at Yun Zheng with smiles on their faces.

Their smile confused Lu Xing.

"We have given the prince advice before."

Du Guiyuan explained: "However, the prince still insists that alcohol is not allowed in the army! In the words of the prince, if you want to keep warm, there are many ways, there is no need to drink!"

"this……"

Lu Xing smiled embarrassedly, "It turns out that the prince had already made preparations. I was just worrying too much."

"fine."

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "You can raise this question, which means you are also thinking about these soldiers! Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Since we are out of the camp to drink, everyone should be polite!"

After Yun Zheng gave the order, everyone started eating and drinking.

As they chatted, they talked about Lu Xing.

"I heard from the prince that you seem to be very good at martial arts. Even his eight guards are no match for you. How come you were sent to train these field soldiers?"

Du Guiyuan asked Lu Xing with curiosity.

"this……"

Lu Xing took a sip of wine silently, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Du Guiyuan sensed that he had something to hide, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, if you don't want to say it, don't force it."

Lu Xing thought about it, made up his mind, and shook his head and said, "There's nothing I can't say. In fact, I just don't understand the ways of the world and offended people..."

Talking about this, Lu Xing looked depressed and took a few sips of wine.

Lu Xing is a legitimate fifth-rank lieutenant general.

If you lead the army alone, you can lead up to 3,000 soldiers.

Or, serve as deputy general to a general of the fourth rank or below.

Before that, Lu Xing served as a deputy general in Suining City, northeast of Shuofang.

Some time ago, he accidentally discovered that several generals in Suining City were drawing salaries without doing any work.

He immediately told the commander of Suining City about this.

Afterwards, although those generals were punished, he also offended many people because of it.

Later, the imperial court needed to reorganize the farming soldiers, and he was sent to train the farming soldiers.

"This is clearly retaliation!"

Upon learning about Lu Xing's situation, Shen Luoyan was immediately indignant. "The person who ate the empty salary was punished, but the person who exposed it was sent to train the Tian soldiers. I'm afraid the commander of Suining City is also in cahoots with them!"

"Most likely!"

Du Guiyuan and others nodded slightly.

Shen Luoyan turned to look at Yun Zheng and said angrily: "Let's go find Wei Wenzhong and ask him to severely punish those people who are eating empty salaries!"

"Where's the evidence?"

Yun Zheng said calmly, "Lu Xing has discovered that they are taking empty salaries. Will they keep the evidence and wait for Wei Wenzhong to investigate? Can you guarantee that Wei Wenzhong is not taking empty salaries?"

The practice of drawing a salary without working can basically be regarded as an unspoken rule in the ancient military.

The only difference is whether you eat more or less.

Even if he has the dual identities of a prince and a prince, he can't do anything to those people without evidence.

Moreover, the battle of Shuobei is imminent.

Even if my father knew about this, he would most likely choose to turn a blind eye and wait until the battle in Shuobei is over before settling the score with those people.

Not all justice can be served in the world!

It's cruel, but that's the reality!

After hearing what Yun Zheng said, Shen Luoyan immediately became like a deflated ball and took a sip of wine in frustration.

"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."

Lu Xing nodded and said, "I'm afraid that the evidence has been destroyed long ago."

"Okay, it's good that we know about this."

Yun Zheng waved his hand, "Keep this in mind for now. If there is a chance, I will make them pay back the money they have earned without paying the principal or interest!"

Um?

Shen Luoyan's heart moved, and he immediately nodded heavily and said: "Yes, we must make them spit out the principal and interest! This is what you are best at!"

Even Yun Li was nearly cheated out of all his fortune by Yun Zheng, let alone those generals?

There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with them in the future!

Thinking of this, Chen Luoyan was no longer depressed.

"We'll talk about this later."

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, then turned to ask Lu Xing: "Do you want to just be a small general responsible for the trivial tasks of escorting grain in the future, or do you want to stand out and do something earth-shattering?"

"this……"

Lu Xing was silent for a long time before he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want me to obey you?"

If he doesn't see this now, he'd be a fool.

"good!"

Yun Zheng did not beat around the bush and said sternly, "Not only the troops from your Beidaying, but also the 9,000 elite soldiers under Huo Gu, I want to take them!"

"ah?"

Lu Xing's expression suddenly changed.

Does he want to take control of the entire Shuofang City?

Isn't he going to... rebel?

Lu Xing looked at Yun Zheng with horror on his face and was speechless for a long time.

"Don't worry, I won't rebel against my father!"

Yun Zheng looked at Lu Xing with a smile, "Now my heart only wants to get rid of Bei Huan and put an end to the trouble forever!"

Hey, I'm not lying.

I only said that I would not rebel against my father, but I didn't say that I would not rebel against the third brother!

"Don't worry!"

Du Guiyuan patted Lu Xing on the shoulder and said, "Follow the prince, you will not suffer any loss! To put it bluntly, even if you don't agree, the prince has many ways to make those people in your Beidaying obey his orders."

"this……"

Lu Xing was speechless.

Yes!

The military’s morale is on Yun Zheng’s side!

It doesn't really make much difference whether he agrees or not.

After thinking silently for a while, Lu Xing suddenly stood up and said through gritted teeth: "It's rare that the prince thinks highly of me. I am willing to die for you!"

He was indeed unwilling to just be a small general in charge of logistics.

He is skilled in martial arts and also wants to achieve great things!

Let’s give it a try!

Fight for a future for yourself!

"Okay! That's what I want you to say!"

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Don't worry, I will definitely lead you to do something earth-shattering! Those generals who retaliated against you will only look up to you in the future!"

"I believe in you, my Lord!"

Lu Xing nodded heavily.

Now, he can only choose to believe Yun Zheng and Du Guiyuan's vision.

Now that Lu Xing has been subdued, the next thing to do is to make arrangements for the Beidaying Camp.

Just as they were eating and chatting, snowflakes suddenly started falling from the sky.

Yun Zheng looked up at the snowflakes outside, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The snow came earlier than Du Guiyuan had predicted.

Winter in Shuobei came without any warning!

They don't have much time left to train their soldiers!

The nine thousand elite soldiers in Huo Gu's hands must be captured as soon as possible...