Most importantly, with the military pay, my mother and younger sister could live a more stable life.
He had saved up some silver while he was hanging out with the bandits in the mountain stronghold.
A few days ago, the bandit leader and his second-in-command went down the mountain for some unknown reason, and they were all killed.
The bandits from other mountain strongholds gathered around the mountain he was on.
He also took the opportunity to escape from there.
They used to rob wealthy families passing by, but after the village chief changed, those people became increasingly cruel.
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother looked distressed, while Lin Zhao's eyes lit up.
"Brother, I want to join the army too."
With a loud slap, Lu Lin slapped her on the head.
"What kind of girl is she, instead of staying home and learning embroidery, thinking about fighting and killing all day long!"
Lin Zhao retorted, "If you can go, why can't I? I'm very strong, and I learned martial arts in the village for several years. I'm no worse than you!"
Since following her elder brother to the mountain stronghold, she has worked hard to learn martial arts, determined to become a great general.
When she was eight years old, she witnessed the near-conquest of Youzhou City by the Western Rong. It was a boy wearing a silver mask who appeared like a war god descending from the sky. He led the people and remnants of the army in a fierce resistance and finally drove the Western Rong away.
At that time, she wanted to become as brave as that boy.
Lu Lin couldn't help but tease her: "That's different. There has never been a saying that women should join the army. With your skills, you wouldn't even be good enough to fill someone's teeth."
Lin Zhao put his hands on his hips and said, "Who said there weren't any? The Empress of Emperor Gaozu of the Great Jin Dynasty was a female general, and she still managed to wipe out those enemies without leaving a single survivor."
Lu Lin was speechless and could only glare at her with a dark expression.
Lin Zhaochao raised her chin.
Mother Lu sighed and said, "I know you siblings all want to join the army, but I really can't bear to see you risk your lives for that incompetent emperor."
Ten years ago, when the Western Rong army invaded, their family was killed in battle. If the emperor hadn't delayed sending military rations, the child's father wouldn't have died.
She didn't want her siblings to follow in her husband's footsteps.
Upon hearing their mother's words, the brother and sister immediately fell silent.
Although Youzhou was ultimately defended under the leadership of that mysterious young general.
But only those who experienced it firsthand know how difficult it was. The imperial court was slow to distribute military rations, and only Prefect Su could gather food from all over the place and organize the people to resist the iron hooves of the Western Rong.
They suffered heavy casualties that time, and everyone hated the one in the palace back then, but they were just lowly people.
Later, His Highness the Crown Prince personally went to Youzhou to appease the people, visiting every household, which finally quelled the hatred in the hearts of the people of Youzhou.
"Mother, I've heard that the mysterious young general will soon be personally going to the Northwest Camp," Lu Lin said with difficulty.
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