At first, the four brothers Shen Congwen were only worried about their son, but when they heard what Shen Yuanjing said, they began to worry about themselves.

Impossible? If the imperial court really wants to do this, aren't they afraid of extinction?

Tian was afraid that her family would let her son go, so she immediately threw a tantrum, "I don't care, whoever wants to go can go, but I won't let my son go!"

"When you become successful in the future, our four branches will not have any part in it. Now, don't even think about pushing my son out for his future!"

Shen Congyi looked at Shen Congwen with an unpleasant expression, then looked at Shen Yuanjing, then turned his head away and stopped talking.

Mr. Shen let out a long sigh.

"When children and grandchildren grow up, they will pursue their own careers. If we, the elders, try to stop them, we will ruin your future!"

Although Mr. Shen did not say it explicitly, his attitude was already revealed.

Old Madam Shen disagreed.

"Yuan Jing, what else did your elder sister say besides asking you to come and ask us?"

Shen Yuanjing rolled his eyes twice and shook his head: "No, big sister didn't say anything else!"

Liu and Miao were reluctant to let their sons go. If Shen Yuanjing wanted to go, he should go alone and not drag their sons with him!

"Yuan Jing, you are the eldest son and grandson of the family. Our Shen family will depend on you in the future!" Miao said sarcastically.

Madam Shen glared at her and angrily scolded with a dark face: "Shut your stinky mouth, no one will think you are dumb if you don't speak!"

When Shen Yuanjing heard his grandmother say this, his heart sank.

"Yuan Jing, grandma doesn't want you to die in vain. Each of you children is the apple of grandma's eye. Grandma doesn't want to see the young die before her!" Old Madam Shen covered her face and wiped away her tears.

"It's not stopping snowing outside yet. With such heavy snow, even if we recruit soldiers, it shouldn't be that fast. How about we wait and see?" Old Madam Shen asked with concern.

"Mother, if Yuan Jing wants to pursue his career, let him go. If he can achieve great things..." Before Tian could finish her words, she was slapped in the face by Madam Shen.

"Go back and reflect on your mistakes, and don't come here to eat before the New Year!"

Tian covered her face and hid behind Shen Congyi in anger!

Shen Yuanjing sighed and said, "Grandma, I'll go and reply to Big Sister right away!"

Old Madam Shen hummed with a heavy heart.

……

"Sir Zhang, my brothers want to join the army!" Liu Yanhui handed the list to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was worried. His superiors gave him five days to hand over the person. Where could he get him?

"Mr. Liu, you guys~" Zhang Liao felt relieved, but also a little uncomfortable!

Liu Yan smiled and said, "My brothers all volunteered to join the army. I heard that everyone who joins the army will receive 20 taels of resettlement allowance."

Zhang Liao's expression froze, and he hesitated before explaining, "That's what the higher-ups said, but it may not be given to you. I'm telling you this because I treat you as my brother!"

Liu Yan replied: "I understand. Thank you, Brother Zhang. If you can't recruit soldiers, you won't be able to report to your superiors, right?"

Zhang Liao sighed and said nothing more.

"If you are really willing to join the army, I will hand in the list."

Shen Lanxi and others nodded.

"Okay, pack up and follow me!" Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and made the decision immediately.

Shen Lanxi packed a simple bag and met up at Zhang Liao's door a quarter of an hour later.

"The snow on the road is too thick, we can only walk!"

Shen Lanxi: "No problem, I wonder why the court is recruiting soldiers?"

Zhang Liao sighed and said, "King Cheng has started a rebellion, and the garrison troops were transferred away yesterday. I guess the recruitment is just to expand the local armaments, and they will only be active in the local area. I will ask around when I get to the military garrison. I don't know if the people I know are still there!"

The military guard post of Baihe County is just to the west of the county seat. According to Zhang Liao, it is under the jurisdiction of Centurion Cao Lianwang. There are said to be 500 soldiers there, but in fact there are less than 200.

"Cao Lianwang is a cruel man. When you get here, don't show up and don't say you know me. Otherwise, he will definitely make things difficult for you!"

Shen Lanxi nodded. Along the way, Zhang Liao talked about many things about the garrison. After walking for more than two hours, they finally arrived at their destination when it was almost dark.

"I am the sergeant of Hongliutun, and this is my token. I am here to hand over the soldiers on the orders of the centurion!" Zhang Liao knocked on the door of the military guard station, and seeing that there was no one around, he stuffed two taels of silver into the doorman's hand.

When I came back, I had already found out everything.

"After the military households from Hongliutun arrived yesterday, they set out with the main force!"

He also wanted to find out about his brothers, but unfortunately, he was too late!

"I just asked, I'm not looking for you to go into battle and kill the enemy!" Zhang Liao said in a low voice!

Shen Lanxi nodded: "Thank you, Master Zhang, for telling me!"

Zhang Liao waved his hands: "Why thank me? I should thank you too. If you hadn't stepped forward, I wouldn't have been able to get through to you!"

Someone came out from inside.

Zhang Liao immediately distanced himself from them, handed over the troops to the newcomers, and then left.

"My last name is Niu Zhuang. I'm a centurion. You all look tall and strong..." His eyes fell on Shen Lanxi.

"Except for a few individuals who are not as good as they used to be, everyone else is fine. You came early, you're lucky, and now we only have a few people left in our garrison. I'll give you a little training tomorrow, and when the next people come, you'll be in charge!"

"This is where you are staying. It's late at night and it's snowing. There's nothing else to do. You can stay here for one night. I'll come back to assign you tasks tomorrow!"

Niu Zhuang took them to the place and then left.

They were taken to a room. If it were only men, it would be fine, but with Shen Lanxi in there, it felt awkward.

Without letting them feel awkward for too long, Shen Lanxi began to give orders for the tasks.

"Find out how many people are left in the garrison!"

"Yes!"

A group of people dispersed in all directions in an instant.

An hour later, people came back one after another!

"Including the centurion just now, there are ten people in total!"

"All ten of them are injured!"

"There's no one on guard, and there's not much charcoal or food in the storehouse. It's only enough to feed 20 to 30 people for five or six days!"

Shen Lanxi concluded: "They want us to guard the garrison for them!"

Xiao Fang said with some disappointment: "I thought I could fight in the battlefield."

Shen Lanxi laughed sarcastically: "What enemies are you going to kill? Our own people or foreigners?"

The last wave of people transferred away were there to quell the riots, or strictly speaking, they were killing their own people.

"With so many troops, it would be better to transfer them all to the northwest and take back the city!" Xiao Fang said angrily.

Shen Lanxi: "Rest for a night and see what happens tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

During the break, several people went to other rooms to rest. There were plenty of empty rooms here, and they didn't have the courage to sleep in the same room with Shen Lanxi!

In the blink of an eye, dawn came and Niu Zhuang came to inform them that Cao Lianwang would come at noon and asked them to stand guard with weapons!

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