The soldiers in charge of the drinking service fell silent, their heads bowed. The deputy logistics commander was right. When General Yun was here, although they suffered more defeats than victories, they never went hungry for a single day. Rong Chengxuan, on the other hand, had ignored them since taking over. Now, he wasn't even giving them food. He returned to the camp in a very depressed mood.
The empty granary is right there. There is no rice or flour today. They have no money and cannot buy rice and flour from the people. They don’t have to cook. I just don’t know how the soldiers of the border army will make a fuss if they have no food to eat.
The soldiers, starving, naturally started to riot. When they discovered that their meal hadn't been served, and that the food stewards hadn't even started the stove, someone finally couldn't resist the urge to run over to the granary to check. The soldiers were stunned by the empty granary, and after a while, they were filled with indignation.
Someone led the charge to find Xiao Song, who had just returned on horseback from Daxing City. They led him to the granary and pointed in its direction, demanding, "What exactly do you mean? Since Prince An has taken over our frontier army, he should treat everyone equally! Why don't we even have food here? They're not even sending us any grain. Are they deliberately trying to starve us to death?"
Xiao Song had previously discussed this with Yun Wanwan and was already aware of the situation. In response to these people's questions, he simply spread his hands and said, "The grain escort team from the capital hasn't arrived yet, and the prince has no food either. I can't do anything about it! But Prince An has already sent people to investigate. Why hasn't the grain arrived yet? Where did it go? The capital should also give an explanation, right?"
"Confess?" someone shouted. "Rong Chengxuan may be Prince An, but he sits on the throne of Regent. Even the Emperor listens to him. With all his status, think for yourself: who else would dare to withhold his food besides him? If they did, wouldn't they be afraid of retaliation from him when he returns to the capital?"
Someone quickly took over, "And why should we wait for instructions from the capital? We want to hear from Prince An! He's capable of taking charge of the army, but he can't provide food and fodder, and when problems arise, he pushes them onto the capital. Everyone knows that Rong Chengxuan has absolute power in Beichen, so who would dare to take advantage of him? He clearly doesn't want to take care of us and wants to starve us to death. Tell me, what kind of general is this? We don't want a general like him!"
This man's words touched the hearts of the soldiers and were extremely inflammatory. Many of them, incited by his words, also became indignant. They all felt that Rong Chengxuan must have done this on purpose, deliberately wanting them to starve to death. They shouted, "Let Prince An give us an explanation!"
"Let Prince An give us an explanation!"
"Let Prince An give us an explanation!"
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At this time, a woman's voice was heard at the gate of the camp. It was very loud and crisp, but it did not sound as loud as if it was produced by internal force. However, it still gave people a sense of oppression, just like the feeling when they saw Prince An last time.
"Who wants to explain to Prince An? Come on, come on, talk to this princess first!"
Yun Wanwan's sudden appearance at the frontier camp caught everyone off guard. They had never heard of women being admitted to military camps. It was fine for this Princess An to cause trouble in Prince An's army; she wasn't supposed to be bossing them around, so why was she showing off in their frontier camp?
The deputy logistics general was the first to get angry. As if he didn't know Yun Wanwan's identity, he loudly demanded, "Who is this?"
Yun Wanwan glanced at Xiao Song, then at the soldiers standing in front of him who were causing trouble. She snorted coldly, not wanting to say a single word to them. "You're asking even though you already know the answer."
Following behind, Ah Kui, Yonggan, and Ge Zichen scoffed at this. Who was it? Didn't their frontier army know what was going on? Ge Zichen even said, "Don't be so picky. Don't even think about it. Who else can call herself a princess here besides Princess An?"
"Princess An?" The deputy general of logistics said something else. "So what if you are Princess An? Outside, we respect you as a princess and kneel down to kowtow to you. But this is a military camp, and women are not welcome in the camp! It is a taboo for women to enter the camp! Princess An, what are you doing here in our camp?"
"Besides, our place is no match for Prince An's military camp. There, they'll respect you because of Prince An, and let you, a woman, stand over them and tell them what to do. But in our frontier army camp, Prince An means nothing. So if you want to show off, go back to Prince An's army. Women are not welcome here!"
This person spoke very rudely and stared at Yun Wanwan with his eyes. It looked as if he had some deep hatred for Yun Wanwan.
Seeing his expression, Yun Wanwan was so angry she laughed. "Did I kill your entire family, or stab you, or something? Why do you hold such a deep grudge against me? You're kicking me out right away? If that's the case, then I really can't do as you wish and leave your frontier army camp."
"It's not up to you to decide whether the military camp welcomes women or not. Don't look down on women as if they are inferior to men. On the battlefield, when it comes to killing people, I can kill far more than you bunch of losers. That's why I can appear in the military camp!"
Yun Wanwan was extremely rude in her words, not giving those people any face at all. She even ran towards the deputy general while she spoke, and when she got close, she stopped three steps away and said, "Deputy General Wu, right? I heard that you went to a cloth shop in Lanzhou yesterday. Is this true?"
Yun Wanwan had asked someone to check before she came. She had memorized all the details of the army. Because she happened to have met Deputy General Wu in Lanzhou yesterday, she was extra cautious and asked Ge Zichen to check the details of Deputy General Wu.
If she hadn't checked, she wouldn't have known. Once she checked, Yun Wanwan was really surprised. She didn't expect that even the person in the position of deputy general was Yun Jinjiang's man. It seemed that she really didn't know much about the original owner's adoptive father. She didn't expect that he had been away from the border for so many years, but he still had people here.
Lieutenant General Wu frowned, stunned for a moment, then said, "So what? I'm the deputy general in charge of logistics. The season is about to change, and I need to order winter fabric for the soldiers. That cloth shop has always been our partner, and our frontier army's clothing has always used their fabric."
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