Chapter 14: The subordinates of the Northwest Army's father and brother, she will protect them from now on
"Come here."
Shen Zhao’s sudden appearance startled several people.
He saluted quickly: "Greetings, General."
"Get up." Chen Zhao said and several people stood up quickly. The person named by Chen Zhao stepped forward and stood properly.
Unlike other soldiers in the army, these people were slightly distant from her.
Although Chen Zhao was puzzled by their attitudes, he still asked, "Just now you said that some soldiers in the army used the sky as blankets and the ground as beds to sleep on. What's going on? Don't you have houses or tents to live in?"
The man replied truthfully, "General, the troops stationed in the capital all have houses, but we, the rearguard troops, don't... Old Li and I retreated from the northwest battlefield. We originally followed General Shen..."
As he spoke, the man's eyes turned red. "General Shen was dismissed from his post, and we were divided up among the other military camps. The army in the capital was already having a hard time, let alone us."
What he didn't say was that because they were the Northwest Army, they were ostracized and suppressed by the Beijing Army.
Shen Zhao was stunned when he heard this.
My eyes suddenly felt sore and my vision became misty.
These people...
They are all soldiers under my father and brothers!
They are the Northwest Army!
Looking at the old clothes and shoes with toes missing from these people, they were obviously thinner than the other soldiers.
She felt indescribable bitterness and discomfort in her heart.
Now they are living such a miserable life.
Damn this imperial court! These people were soldiers defending their country, why did they fall to this point?
And Chu Mu, that bastard! Aren't the Northwest Army your soldiers? Why treat them so badly?
Chu Mu, who was dumbfounded looking at the account book in the general's mansion, sneezed without warning.
She stepped forward and patted the man on the shoulder: "Come on, take me to find our Northwest soldiers, and I will give you an explanation."
The man looked up suddenly, his eyes flashing with disbelief.
Is General Chu going to make the decision for them?
"General, are you going to... make the decision for us?"
The man asked stupidly.
The man's reaction made Shen Zhao feel indescribably bitter. "Yes, you are also my soldiers. You also have what the army in the capital has."
The man said to the two people behind him: "Did you hear that? We can live like human beings now."
Damn it, why does my heart feel so sour?
Chen Zhao suppressed the bitterness in his eyes and waved his hand, "Call the Northwest Army to assemble and go to the parade ground."
The three men immediately left in a hurry, and were so excited that they almost tripped over each other.
When Shen Zhao saw this scene, she felt even more sad, if she hadn't exchanged bodies with Chu Mu.
How much more suffering will the Northwest Army have to endure?
Shen Zhao stood on the high platform in the middle of the training ground.
Soon, thousands of people arrived one after another.
They all looked skinny.
Many people also looked unwell and had dark circles under their eyes.
There were even people who were seriously ill and dragged themselves here.
They were all listless and gave perfunctory greetings to the general.
The man reported to Shen Zhao, "Except the 500 men who left, the remaining 3,500 are here."
Shen Zhao looked at the man and asked, "What's your name?"
"Little Lin Song."
"Are there any generals from the Northwest Army in the central army in Beijing?"
Lin Song hesitated for a moment, then suddenly knelt in front of Shen Zhao. "Please, General, save General Shen. General Shen is of the same clan as our General Shen and is the current leader of our four thousand men. Yesterday, when General Shen went to the pawnshop in the city to pawn something, he offended a noble in the capital and is now imprisoned in the Jingzhao Yin prison."
Shen Zhao's brows knitted together. General Shen? He's from the same clan as her!
How come she doesn't know this person?
Most of the Shen family members are scholars, and her grandfather is considered a heretic among the Shen family.
He gave up literature and took up military studies, and made a name for himself.
Her father and brother followed their grandfather into the army, and they were the only branch of the Shen family in the army.
The other members of the Shen family all live in their ancestral home in Jiangnan. Although there are many scholars among them, none of them are officials from the capital. Most of them are local officials spread across the country.
They all have connections, and she had also contacted people at the Shen family's ancestral home, asking them to help her calm her father and brother down.
But all the letters I wrote fell into oblivion.
My grandfather broke the rules of the Shen family when he joined the army, and he cut off contact with the Shen clan.
Now this young General Shen has caught her attention. He is another heretic after their branch.
Lin Song mistakenly thought that General Chu had misunderstood General Shen.
He had a frown on his face because he dared to leave the barracks without permission.
Although General Shen did leave the barracks without permission, he did it all for the Northwest Army.
He quickly explained: "General Shen is not going to violate military regulations and leave the barracks without permission. He went to the pawnshop in the city to pawn his jade pendant for the sake of us Northwest Army.
Ten days ago, our four thousand men were switched to having only one meal a day. Many young and elderly soldiers...couldn't handle it and began to feel unwell.
Several people suffered from hunger during the day and cold at night and caught colds. General Shen took out all his money to buy medicine and food for them.
Now that I have run out of money, I can only pawn my valuables to feed and buy medicine for us Northwest Army soldiers. General Shen Xiao is doing this for us. Please save him."
Young General Shen was captured yesterday evening, when General Chu returned to the General's Mansion.
They also reported to other generals in the army.
But when they heard it was the Northwest Army, no one asked.
They did not report to General Chu today because General Shen Xiao and General Chu did not get along.
General Shen Xiao had expressed his dissatisfaction with General Chu in front of them more than once.
They said General Chu was cold-blooded and ungrateful, and that General Chu was not worthy of being the son-in-law of the Shen family.
Even if he died of starvation, suffering, or illness, he would never ask General Chu for help.
In fact, they did not agree with General Chu from the bottom of their hearts. They, the Northwest Army, saw what happened to General Shen, and they also saw General Chu's inaction.
But they couldn't bear to see General Shen suffer because of them. It was they who asked General Chu for help, but their General Shen didn't.
Following Lin Song's kneeling, the Northwest Army knelt down one after another.
People who are close know what happened, but people who are far away don’t know what happened.
Someone took the lead and said, “Please ask the general to save General Shen.”
When the others heard this, they all followed suit and shouted, “General, please save General Shen.”
Watching this scene, Shen Zhao felt proud in his heart.
This is their Northwest Army, a Northwest Army with flesh and blood and humanity.
Shen Zhao shouted loudly and promised with full energy: "I will definitely bring General Shen back to the barracks and live up to your expectations."
After saying this, he jumped off the platform to the gratitude of everyone.
She knew the importance of General Shen in the Northwest Army. He was the backbone of them.
If she wants the Northwest Army to accept her from the bottom of their hearts, she must rescue General Shen Xiao.
She ran straight to the stable, took Lu Feng and left quickly.
Chu Yi and Chu Er, who had finally arrived at the military camp, watched their general disappear from their sight in a flash of light.
The two looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Chase again!"
Shen Zhao's destination was clear: the Jingzhao Yin Yamen.
On the way, we passed by an empty lot where construction of a poetry academy had just begun but had not yet begun.
The wind was stopped.
This vacant land of about one hundred acres is not far from the military camp, and a poetry academy was built here.
The surrounding vacant land was bought by Pang Qingyun and others, totaling about 50 acres.
Construction has already begun on the surrounding fifty acres of land, and most of the buildings are restaurants, teahouses and shops.
The land for the poetry academy has not yet been officially built.
There are a lot of wood and blue bricks placed in the middle.
At this time, there were still people transporting timber.
She curled her lips and had already made up her mind: Isn't this a ready-made residence prepared for the Northwest Army?
He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and galloped away, muttering:
After you provide the great god cat to eat raw pickled body swap, the general tore his white moonlight
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