"Really?" Yun Wanwan suddenly laughed, but that laugh had a sinister quality about it, especially for Lieutenant General Wu, who felt a chill run down his spine in the scorching heat of this frontier. As Lieutenant General Wu watched Yun Wanwan's smile, it was as if he could see through her to a figure far away in the desert.
"All the fabric for the soldiers' clothes is ordered from there. It seems you have a pretty good relationship with that cloth shop? Close, even? I just wonder if the looting of the food and fodder has anything to do with Lieutenant General Wu?"
"What?" Yun Wanwan's words startled all the soldiers. The sheer volume of information contained within them was too much for them to comprehend. However, the news of the food being robbed had still reached their ears. Someone anxiously asked, "What does the princess mean by this? The food hasn't been delivered yet. Does that mean it's been robbed?"
"Yes!" Yun Wanwan spread her hands. "The food and fodder could have been delivered to the frontier camp a long time ago, but just a few days ago, when Prime Minister Qin's escort team was about to enter the border, they were suddenly hijacked by a group of bandits!"
Before Yun Wanwan could finish her words, someone eagerly asked, "Princess, you've reached the border now. Could it be that the food and fodder has been retrieved? Are you sending them to us?"
Yun Wanwan shook her head, pouring cold water on the frontier army. "All the food and fodder was looted and burned, and later discovered by Prince An's secret guards. So, they tracked the thieves and found that several of them had entered Lanzhou and then went to the cloth shop that Lieutenant General Wu often visited. I just learned about this matter."
"How... how could this happen?" Everyone was shocked. Hearing that all the food and fodder had been burned meant they might not have food to eat for a long time. They couldn't help but look at Deputy General Wu and asked, "Deputy General, have you heard about this when you went to the cloth shop? Or is it true, as the princess said, that the food and fodder robbery really had something to do with you?"
When Deputy General Wu heard these words, his face immediately turned pale. Facing the people's questioning, he only said ambiguously: "How should I know! I just went to do business with them. How could a customer like me know who they are hiding among them? What's more, this cloth shop ordered the material from that cloth shop back when General Yun was still there. You don't trust me, but you don't trust General Yun either?"
Then he turned his attention to Yun Wanwan. "Princess, please don't try to distract us with other things. We're questioning you. As a woman, what are you doing in the camp? Women should stay home, embroidering, taking care of their husbands and children. Why come to the camp or fight on the battlefield? Even if you're Princess An, you can't do that!"
After hearing this, Yun Wanwan snorted coldly, "Who says women can't fight on the battlefield? Who says women are inferior to men? Do you have any objections to my princess joining the camp?"
"certainly!"
"If you have any objections, get out of here!" Yun Wanwan raged in front of the frontier army. "This princess doesn't have time for nagging with you. You're just a logistics officer, do you really think you're a general of the frontier army? You actually came up to me and said that. I'm telling you, you're committing insubordination. If I didn't have a good temper, you'd have been dragged out by now!"
"Also, if I had to say this, it should be the deputy general of your frontier army who should be negotiating with this princess. Who do you think you are? Do you represent these 200,000 troops? Or has your frontier army now been reduced to the point of having to listen to the orders of a logistics officer?"
"Don't you welcome me, the princess? Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror to see who you are and what your identity is? If you don't welcome me, I don't need your welcome. Since you don't want me to enter this military camp, fine! I can leave, but you two hundred thousand people won't be able to eat a single grain of the food I brought! Just starve to death! It's my fault!"
As she spoke, Yun Wanwan made a gesture to lead the people she brought with her towards the camp gate, as if she really didn't intend to care about the lives of the border troops.
When they heard that they would not be given food, the soldiers refused to work again and immediately ordered people to stop Yun Wanwan. However, they still had not learned their lesson and did not know that they should bow their heads to Yun Wanwan.
Some even joined Vice General Wu in threatening Yun Wanwan, saying, "Your Highness, you're so arrogant! Since you won't feed me, then we won't fight! Anyway, whoever wants to fight this war can do it. If you don't feed me, I really won't fight!"
If other generals heard such a threat, they would definitely try to appease him gently, but Yun Wanwan was not afraid of that. "I didn't bring you with me to the battle, so who are you trying to scare here? If the Western Zhou people really come to attack, don't forget that Prince An's 150,000-man army is still in Cizhou. Your threats are useless to me!"
The soldiers were stunned, pondering carefully. Wasn't Yun Wanwan right? Originally, they had no need for war! Ever since Prince An arrived, all the battles had been fought by the men he brought with him. What else had they done besides wasting food here? It seemed like they had done nothing. No, they were even causing trouble for Prince An!
Then Yun Wanwan added, "Since you say you don't want to fight anymore, then pack your bags quickly. Don't take up military positions and eat the court's military pay. We don't want soldiers who don't fight! Go back home and find your mothers! Don't sit here eating public food, not working, and still have to serve you like masters! It's disheartening to watch."
"They say you can tell whether a horse or mule is good by taking it for a walk, but you don't even have the chance to walk. All you do all day is threaten. Oh, and you're also looking for trouble. What's the point of keeping a soldier like this? Hurry up, pack your bags and go home! If you go home now, I can be merciful and give you a severance pay, so that you can at least have some money for your journey."
Hearing her words, someone among the soldiers couldn't help but raise a large banner and shouted, "Prince An is a general, but he doesn't act like a general. He's not fair to us at all! Not only that, he even allows women into the camp! It's unlucky to have women in the camp! This will bring bad luck to our frontier army. If we lose the battle in the future, it will be all Princess An's fault!"
Yun Wanwan nearly died of laughter when she heard this. She wondered how many years of cerebral thrombosis she had to endure to be able to say such words. What did she mean by losing the battle was all her fault? Wasn't that just forcibly putting the blame on her?
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