Little Fish saw that she was so determined, as if she had already made up her mind to enter the Beijang camp. He quickly shook his head seriously to stop her.
“My lord, please don’t act rashly. Entering the northern frontier camp is no easy feat. Besides, this subordinate is merely guessing that your master is inside. As for whether he is truly there, this subordinate cannot guarantee it.”
The girl narrowed her eyes, “Whether my elder brother is here or not, I must go in and see for myself.”
A girl’s decisions cannot be changed by anyone, this little fish named Xiaoyu ultimately had to compromise.
The two agreed to act separately. At the Beijiang camp, they pretended not to know each other. Xiaoyu was eventually recruited into the new recruit camp, while the girl, after careful disguise and using the alias Xiao Ba, joined the North Frontier Camp’s boy camp.
This training camp is actually the selection ground for the future Cloud Family Army. After going through layers of training, when the young soldiers reach a certain level, they will be selected by Yun Yi to become members of the Cloud Family Army.
The Cloud Army is not only part of the Northern Border Army, they also have a more important duty: to protect the King of the Northern Border and his family with their lives.
That is to say, the Bei Jiang army is loyal to Bei Jiang, while the Yun family army is only loyal to the Yun Wang family.
At this moment, within the Northern Frontier Camp <<<
Mo Junyi sat in the council tent, Yun Yi was reporting to him on the situation of the new recruits.
Because the Bei Jiangying always puts the well-being of the people of Bei Jiang first and provides adequate military pay, many children from poor families actively enlist.
Every time they recruit soldiers, a large number of people are brought in. However, after being recruited, they cannot participate in the affairs of the Northern Border Camp because there is fear that among them could be spies from enemy countries.
Upon hearing Yun Yi’s arrangement, Mo Junyi nodded slightly, “Very well, as General Yi suggests. By the way, did the Young Warrior Camp recruit some promising talents this time?”
Yun Yi nodded slightly, “In my opinion, the new recruits are quite talented.”
Mo Junyi thought for a moment. Before An Xuetang left, they had talked about this. As a prince and an ambitious one at that, he should cultivate his own people. While Yun Yi and the others were good to him, they ultimately belonged to his fifth uncle.
So he also felt that his mother was right, he should indeed start cultivating some people loyal to him now.
“Yun Yi, come with this son and have a look.”
Yun Yi nodded slightly and bowed, “Yes.”
Two people rode their horses to the new recruits’ camp. Mo Junyi went straight to the children’s camp. When he came in, the group of kids were being taught rules by veteran soldiers. Each of them had innocent and naive faces with clear eyes. They were indeed malleable at this point in time.
Mo Junyi quickly locked onto the two people who were about the same height. He narrowed his eyes and walked over, “Raise your heads and let this prince take a look at you.”
Both of them heard the sound and slowly raised their heads, both looking at Mo Jiuming with a confused expression.
There was only curiosity on their faces, no fear or trepidation. Not to mention that Mo Junyi’s aura was so strong that ordinary people would not dare to look directly at his sharp eyes. Let alone Yun Yi.
Yun Yi actually looks like a grim reaper. He’s naturally expressionless, and his missing arm only adds to the fear he inspires in ordinary people.
But these two children were not frightened at all. Yun Yi was also amazed by the calmness of the two. He walked over at this moment and said coldly, “Tell me your names.”
The two children looked at each other, and Little Eight took the lead in bowing. “We are humble subjects, Little Eight, I have met the Prince, and the General.”
Xiao Ba’s obvious maturity and stability made Yun Yi and Mo Jun Yi subconsciously focus on her. Mo Jun Yi didn’t know what he was thinking, he suddenly attacked Xiao Ba.
Little Eight didn’t move at all, as if he really didn’t know what he wanted to do.
Mo Junyi certainly didn’t really harm her, he was just testing, seeing that the child had no reaction, he withdrew his hand.
Yun Yi knew what Mo Junyi meant. For someone his age to be so composed, it was hard not to feel suspicious.
Yun Yi glanced at the two soldiers behind him. The two nodded and came forward to take Xiao Ba and Lei Hong away.
Mo Junyi looked at the other children present again. These children were obviously not used to such a big scene, so they were trembling all over right now.
Mo Jun Yi ultimately turned and left, choosing a confidant is something that can’t be rushed.
Leaving the recruit camp, Yun Yi looked at Mo Junyi, “Young Master, are you sure you want to keep those two by your side for training?”
Mo Junyi hummed in agreement, “They have guts. As long as they’re alright, keeping them close and nurturing them gradually will surely help them understand what kind of people surround this young master faster.”
Yun Yi also agreed with Mo Junyi’s idea, after all, in his opinion, Mo Junyi also needed a book boy by his side. Besides his two guards, he had never had a talkative book boy.
When their princess was around, he was alright, but after she left Beijiang, the young master became noticeably more taciturn. The most important thing was that there was no confidante to talk to him for a word or two.
And while he and Yun San and others were in charge of camp affairs, they couldn’t always look after his feelings. Now, finding two reliable book boys to accompany him would be quite good.
Thus, Yun Yi personally sent Mo Junyi back to the Bei Jiangying camp in the city before returning to the new recruits camp. He went himself to question those two children.
Extract the information about these two children using the methods of the Cloud Army to confirm whether they are sent by the enemy.
After a night of intense interrogation, threats, and coercion, Yun Yi finally confirmed that the two children did not have any special background.
Lei Hong was an orphan whose parents had just passed away. He was about to be sold into labor by his aunt, even though he was only eight years old. However, he was intelligent and, after hearing his aunt’s words, he ran out of the village that night.
The past two days, I was so hungry in the city that I almost fainted. Luckily, I ran into some soldiers from Bei Jiang. They were posting recruitment notices in the city. Seeing that I was about to faint, they helped me out and even gave me a bowl of hot noodles to eat.
This child was also clever and immediately inquired about whether the Beijang Camp recruited child soldiers. He learned that there was a camp of child soldiers in the Beijang Camp, but the children in this camp were very special, almost all orphans without parents, and they had to sign a death contract.
He agreed without hesitation. Without parents, without a home, what difference did signing the death contract make to him?
Everything he said was the same as what Yun Yi and his people had investigated, so Lei Hong had passed the initial test and could go to Mo Junyi’s side.
And Little Eight, Little Eight’s origins were also ordinary. He was the eighth child in the family, born to a maidservant. From the moment he was born, he faced danger constantly because the legitimate wife also had her own sons, so it was impossible for Little Eight to inherit property.
But just recently, with the only person protecting him, his father, dead, he could only flee that mansion. Otherwise, he would have been devoured to the bone by the wife and children of the main house.
So this child appears so calm because, having lived this long, he has become indifferent to life and death. How could he possibly fear them?
Little Eight’s background was confirmed the next evening. The next evening, after she was returned to her own room and those who were watching her had left, she finally couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
[Author’s Note]: I will continue updating tonight. I still feel dizzy and blurry-eyed today, so I’ll write as much as I can. I hope you understand. You can come back and take a look at 10 o’clock. From then on, it will be one chapter at a time, and after 10 o’clock tonight, there will be no more updates.
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