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Chapter 210 Horse Herders
Chu Xiaomu didn't wait for him to finish and shouted, "'Horse Herding Team'? The Central Army is responsible for herding horses, right?"
Zhou Bu said: "Yes, he is a herder of horses." He could tell that Chu Xiaomu was very dissatisfied, but he did not explain much.
Chu Xiaomu said anxiously: "Two lieutenant generals, the ten of us joined the army to learn skills and kill bad guys and enemies, how...how..." He wanted to say, "How can you let us herd horses?", but thinking that military orders must not be disobeyed, he had to try his best to hold back.
Zhou Bo raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Why, don't you want to obey orders?"
Xiao Zhenrong smiled and said, "Right now, the four nations are at peace. Even the Chisha Nation has good relations with our city. The two sides even started trading three years ago. Bicheng is full of friends. How can there be any enemies for you to kill?"
Chu Xiaomu was in a dilemma, thinking that if he disobeyed orders he would be punished by military law, and in serious cases he would even be expelled from the army, so he must not make this mistake.
However, he had traveled thousands of miles with nine friends in need to the Nan Dingjun of Bicheng, but he only got a job as a horse herder. Not only did he not learn any skills, but he was looked down upon by others. How could he accept this?
He stammered, "I...I dare not disobey orders. It's just...it's just..."
Xiao Zhenrong didn't wait for him to finish the second half of the sentence, and said, "That's it. No one in my Nanding Army dares to disobey the orders of General Zhou Zhongjun. No city in Cangmu Kingdom will tolerate disobeying the orders of the general. Although you are close to the general, the rules of the Bicheng Army cannot be abolished."
Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to say, "I am willing to go to the horse herding team."
Xiao Zhenrong continued, "The next thing is what I want you to do."
Chu Xiaomu hurriedly half-knelt and saluted: "Deputy Lieutenant General Xiao, just give orders. I don't dare to use the word 'beg'."
Zhou Bu was also very curious. He wondered what Xiao Zhenrong, as a deputy general commanding thousands of soldiers, wanted to ask of this newcomer.
Xiao Zhenrong turned to look at Jinglan and said, "Lanlan, the daughter of the Central Army, and I have a close relationship. She has been kind since she was a child, but more than a year ago she suddenly developed a strange leg disease that cannot be cured by ordinary medicine. Huang Jieshi divined and calculated that the herbs that can cure the leg disease should be found in the south of Bicheng. The south of Bicheng is naturally the direction of the Nanding Army camp. Further south is the Beast Mountain. After the Thousand Miles Beast Mountain is the Claw Clan of the Chisha Nation..."
Zhou Bu didn't wait for Xiao Zhenrong to finish, and waved his hand and said, "Zhenrong, do you want him to find medicine for Lanlan? This is absolutely not allowed..."
Xiao Zhenrong said, "General, you and I are as close as brothers, and Lanlan and I are as close as father and daughter. She has suffered from leg disease for more than a year and three months, and has not improved. I feel the same as you, and we both hope that she will get better soon. The military regulations of Bicheng do not allow generals to order soldiers to do private matters, and we can't care about so many things when we encounter an emergency. General Zhong is not convenient to speak, so I will speak for it. When the time comes, the general will punish me, and it has nothing to do with General Zhong."
Chu Xiaomu suddenly realized, thinking that you two must know that I can use the spirit-asking technique. You are beating around the bush here, don't you just want me to use the spirit-asking technique to find medicine for you? It's just a small matter, why bother pretending like this? It's Miss Jinglan's business, I won't shirk it.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to him: "Yes, Bicheng does not allow the use of spiritual arts, so Deputy Commander Xiao did not dare to speak out."
Zhou Bu said: "I know you hope he can use the spirit-seeking technique to find medicine for Lanlan's leg disease, but this technique is forbidden in my Bicheng, and the general has even amended the law for this purpose. This will never be allowed!" His face was as cold as frost, and he spoke in a decisive tone.
Xiao Zhenrong smiled and said, "General Zhong is worrying too much. Of course, I am not asking him to use the spirit-seeking technique. I just hope that he can spend some time in his spare time while herding horses and pay more attention to his surroundings."
Zhou Bo said: "What's the use? More than ten teams have gone out to look for medicine, and two teams have even entered the Beast Mountain, but there has been no response so far..." His voice was bleak, and he could not hide his pain and loss.
Seeing her father sad, Jinglan couldn't help but hold his hand and called out "Father..."
Xiao Zhenrong said, "Mr. Huang said that the medicine for Lanlan's leg disease is a magical herb. Whether it can be found depends on chance. If the chance has not come, it is useless even if you search for it everywhere. If the chance has come, the medicine will appear right before your eyes and you can get it easily. We sent out twelve teams but found nothing. I guess the chance has not come yet."
Zhou Bo pondered in silence.
Chu Xiaomu thought, you said the opportunity has not come yet, so what opportunity do I have? I must be luckier than others, otherwise I would be locked up in your dark prison for dozens of days. However, seeing Zhou Bo, such a vigorous and majestic general, being tortured by his daughter's illness and exhausted, he couldn't help but feel sad. He looked at the cute and lovely Zhou Jinglan and saw that she was also secretly looking at him. He hurriedly turned his eyes away and blurted out, "I volunteer to go find medicine. There is no need for the two generals to ask for it."
He made up his mind that if he couldn't find the medicine by chance, he would try to use the spirit-questioning technique, no matter how dangerous it might be.
Xiao Zhenrong said happily: "Thank you very much, Brother Chu. Lanlan was dying because of the charcoal evil, and you were able to take out the golden bird's nest and save her life. You must be a man with great luck. If you find medicine to cure Lanlan's leg disease, I will give you a great achievement." In order to appease Chu Xiaomu, he actually called him "brother".
Zhou Bu said: "According to the military regulations of Bicheng, only those who break the formation and kill the enemy can be awarded merit. How can Zhou abuse his power for personal gain? Zhenrong must not mention this matter again. Even if Lanlan cannot cure her leg disease in her lifetime, she cannot break the rules set by the general." He spoke with such force that no one could refute him.
Xiao Zhenrong laughed and neither objected nor said he would comply.
Chu Xiaomu thought that military merit was secondary. It would be best if he could use this opportunity to ask Zhou Zhongjun to teach him how to open up the force.
Xiao Zhenrong also gave a general account of Chu Xiaomu's horse herding.
It turned out that there were a lot of horses in the Bicheng army, even more than the number of soldiers. The Nanding army had only more than 5,000 soldiers, but there were nearly 7,000 military horses, so horse herding became a big deal.
However, this task required patience and carefulness, and was not only extremely boring, but also had no military merits to be gained, so no one in the Bicheng Army was willing to go to herd horses. However, the Central Army arranged it with a military order, and no one dared to disobey the order and had to go.
From dozens or hundreds of years ago to the present day, each battalion and team in the five major central armies of Bicheng has taken turns to herd horses, and there has never been a dedicated horse herding team. Chu Xiaomu's team of ten is the first time.
Xiao Zhenrong also said that horse herding is similar to border patrol, but it takes longer.