Chapter 129: Patrolling the Camp! (Subscribe!)
It was said that Bai Renxuan was going to be sent to a wealthy county in Jiangnan to serve as a county magistrate.
However, due to his wild and unrestrained personality at the time, he offended people and not only lost his position as county magistrate, but also his status as a Jinshi was revoked. He was almost forced into a dead end.

Fortunately, Chen Dechang, the Marquis of Guangshun, saw that he was very talented and personally stepped forward to settle the matter for him as a marquis. In this way, although Bai Renxuan was safe, he lost the titles of county magistrate and Jinshi, which he had worked hard for half his life. He could only follow Chen Dechang as an aide, on the one hand to repay Chen Dechang for saving his life, on the other hand to make a living...
Although Bai Renxuan was in a miserable state, he was very capable. With his assistance, Guangshun Hou Chen Dechang, who had never been ranked among the nobles and had no reputation, resolutely chose to join Shangguan Hongyuan. From then on, things went smoothly for him. After a few years of comfortable life, his official position was promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank, and he became a senior military officer in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Because of this, Bai Renxuan was highly valued and favored by Chen Dechang. He was the veritable strategist around the Marquis of Guangshun. No matter big or small matters, Chen Dechang liked to consult Bai Renxuan with him, and Chen Dechang would basically adopt the opinions put forward by Bai Renxuan.

Ye Mingsheng was naturally very excited to get this information from Cai Song. Although he got the way to be transferred to the Zhenwu Army from Fang Jing, he was not satisfied with just being transferred to the Zhenwu Army. What he wanted was to hold a high position in the Zhenwu Army and control the military power.

Therefore, it would be best to have a good relationship with the designated commander of the Zhenwu Army, Guangshun Hou Chen Dechang. In this way, Bai Renxuan would become very important to him, and it would be best to win him over and let him say a few good words to Chen Dechang on his behalf.

At this time, a plan has been formed in Ye Mingsheng's mind. Through Li Guangbin's relationship, he will transfer himself to the Zhenwu Army. Then, through Bai Renxuan's relationship, he will get on board Chen Dechang's big ship. In this way, Ye Mingsheng's expectation of occupying a high position in the Zhenwu Army and controlling the military power will no longer be a dream...
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Luoan, the Beiling camp of the imperial army.

Led by Wang Muzhi, a group of people walked into a camp of only five or six hundred people.

There were only about twenty people in this team, and the leader was an old general wearing a red cape that symbolized the third-rank military officer. He was burly, had half-white hair, and a square face that looked very majestic. Although the old general looked quite old, he was dressed in armor and his back was straight, no worse than the young man next to him.

Behind the old general were some people who looked like his personal soldiers. Among them was a sturdy man, seven feet tall, with a face full of flesh and a pair of big hammers hanging on his horse. He looked very brave and was not someone to be trifled with!
However, the most eye-catching person in this team was not the old general, nor the sturdy man wielding a pair of sledgehammers, but a middle-aged man in a white robe who followed closely behind the old general.

This person was not wearing armor like the others in the team, but a Confucian robe, which made him look a little out of place in the team. However, both this Confucian scholar and the others in the team seemed to be accustomed to it. Their expressions were extremely calm, without any change...
"General!"

Seeing Wang Muzhi return to the camp, the soldiers in the camp immediately came over to greet him.

Although there are fewer soldiers in this camp, every soldier in the camp is probably in the golden age of twenty to thirty years old. The fierceness of each of them is visible to the naked eye, and the most surprising thing is that half of the people in the camp are wearing iron armor!

In the current Great Zhou Dynasty, although iron armor has higher defensive capabilities than cotton armor, iron is precious and the production of iron armor is complicated, as it is made up of hundreds or thousands of iron pieces. On average, the time and manpower required to make one piece of iron armor is enough to make several pieces of cotton armor. Therefore, after the current Prime Minister Shangguan Hongyuan came to power, he issued an order requiring ordinary soldiers to be equipped with cotton armor, and only military officers with certain ranks could be equipped with iron armor.

In other words, among the hundreds of people in this camp, half of them are military officers above the ninth rank!
Seeing the soldiers surrounding him, Wang Muzhi nodded in return, then pointed at the old general beside him and introduced him to everyone with a serious expression:
"This is the commander of our Zhenwu Army, the Marquis of Guangshun, Chen Dechang, the Prime Minister! Why don't you come and greet him!" After hearing Wang Muzhi's introduction, the hundreds of soldiers who had gathered around him shouted to Chen Dechang:

"I've met Mr. Chen!"

Although the voices of the crowd were loud and in unison, there was an obvious difference compared to when they called Wang Muzhi just now.

Feeling this, a barely detectable light flashed in the eyes of Chen Dechang, who was only fifty years old. He looked around at everyone, and a smile appeared on his majestic face. He clapped his hands and praised:

"I've heard for a long time that General Wang is a good leader. Seeing him today, I can see that the rumors are true. All his men are brave and valiant!"

When Chen Dechang said this, everyone's face showed a hint of joy, but Wang Muzhi, who was following beside him, did not look too happy, and just said lightly;
"Mr. Chen, you are too kind. I still need to learn from the old general!"

After saying that, Wang Muzhi waved his hand, and the people around him immediately made way for him, then bowed to Chen Dechang and asked:

"Please, Lord Chen, patrol the camp and inspect it!"

"Okay!" Chen Dechang nodded with a smile. Under the leadership of Wang Muzhi, he began to patrol the military camp and check the combat readiness of Wang Muzhi's subordinates.

An hour later, after inspecting the camp, Chen Dechang enjoyed an ordinary dinner with the officers and soldiers in the camp, which promoted the relationship between the officers and soldiers. However, what Wang Muzhi did not expect was that at night Chen Dechang did not return to Luoan as planned, but suddenly chose to live in the military camp...
Although Wang Muzhi was somewhat caught off guard by Chen Dechang's decision, Chen Dechang was the commander after all and the nominal head of the Zhenwu Army. So even if he was somewhat reluctant in his heart, he had no way to refuse. He gave the most comfortable tent in the military camp, which was also his own, to Chen Dechang.

(End of this chapter)