The imperial edict issued to Yang Zhen by the imperial court included the words "The camp's salary is tentatively set at three thousand. If there is a shortage of personnel in the camp, the minister will raise his own salary."

The meaning is very clear, that is, Yang Zhen is allowed to recruit soldiers on his own to make up for the current vacancy.

Therefore, from a "policy" perspective, there was no official obstacle to Yang Zhen sending people to Guanli to recruit troops.

When the time comes, no government anywhere will dare to stop us from recruiting troops with this imperial edict.

The question is who to send.

After the recruiters were sent out, they took away the money that Yang Zhen had finally obtained. What if they couldn't come back?!

Most of Yang Zhen's old troops were from the military households of Guangning Post Guard. These people are reliable. However, the Yizhou area where Guangning Post Guard is located has long been in ruins. The military households have fled and the population is sparse.

There are no soldiers to recruit at all.

Others, such as Zu Keyong's current subordinates, Xu Changyong's current subordinates, and Yan Shengsan and Guo Xiaowu whom Yang Zhen recruited from Yuan Jin, have only been with Yang Zhen for a short time, so are they worthy of full trust?

, it’s hard to say.

Of course, this is also the reason why Yang Zhen deliberately attracted Yan Shengsan and Guo Xiaowu, his subordinates from Guan Nei.

This time, he promoted Yan Shengsan, who had only been with him for a short period of time, to the commander-in-chief of the advance battalion, and promoted Guo Xiaowu, who had been with him even shorter, to the commander-in-chief of his own army.

The intention is in it.

Firstly, the composition of his tribe cannot be too homogenous, and they cannot all come from military families who were stationed in Guangning.

Because if the tribe is too single, it will not be conducive to your future development and growth.

After all, there is not much Han population left in the western Liaoning region, and almost all of the remaining Han population is controlled by Zu Dashou and the various Liaodong warlords under Zu Dashou.

Under such circumstances, if we continue to rely on Liao people to defend Liao territory in the future and only rely on the Han people in western Liaoning or outside the customs as our source of troops, there will be absolutely no future.

Secondly, it is also to make early moves in order to recruit troops and horses within the pass in the future.

After all, it is more appropriate to recruit people from within the customs to serve in the army outside the customs. It is also easier to talk to fellow villagers.

Although Yang Zhen thought of this, he suffered from the fact that his time was too limited, and there were still too few people from the customs among the people around him, and even fewer felt reliable and assured.

But no matter how difficult it is, now that things are coming to an end, we can only bite the bullet and do it.

"Brother Yang! When it comes to recruiting troops, we don't only have to go to Guanli! If we go west from our Songshan City, go out to the border, and go to the grasslands of East Mongolia, we can still find some stragglers and Mongolians who are not convinced by the Tatars! As long as we go west

If we give them food and pay, we can recruit them to Songshan! Isn't that how the Mongolian battalion under Sangar Sai came to be?!"

After hearing what Yang Zhen said before, Xu Changyong thought about whether the Mongolian soldiers under his command were suitable candidates to recruit troops in Guanli.

But when he thought of those Mongolian soldiers, he suddenly thought of the source of soldiers of the Mongolian battalions under Sangarsai.

For Xu Changyong, it was really inappropriate to go to Jinzhou to recruit troops. That was Zu Dashou's territory. To recruit troops there would be to bring trouble to himself.

But he has no respect for Sanggarsai, so what if he robs him of his troops?!

After Xu Changyong finished speaking, Yang Zhen nodded, but did not give his opinion on the spot.

He was resistant to recruiting Mongolians who had lost their tribes and Mongolian rangers who were wandering around the grasslands robbing and looting.

Many cities in the eastern Liaoning region, and later many cities in the western Liaoning region, were captured by the Tatars due to the rebellion of Mongolian mercenaries or internal interference.

It's okay to recruit a few, but definitely not to recruit too many. Not only are these people unreliable, but you also don't have enough food and salary to support such mercenaries.

Yang Zhen was thinking about the feasibility of Xu Changyong's approach, when Yang Shen who was present suddenly spoke.

"Sir! The Second Young Master is now under the Second Master's command! Why don't we send people west, detour through the grassland to Xuanfu, and contact the Second Young Master, or simply ask the Second Young Master to help recruit troops!

"Anyway, the Xuan Mansion is still in chaos and there are refugees all over the place. By recruiting young and strong refugees away, we can also reduce the burden of suppressing bandits on the Second Master!

"Besides, we have worked in Xuanfu Town before! The new general under Zhang Shoubei, Ma Zhuang, is from a military household in Zhangjiakou, isn't he? It's quite familiar to recruit troops there!"

At this point, Yang Shen suddenly stood up, clasped his fists at Yang Zhen, and said loudly: "If your Excellency agrees, I am willing to lead a team to recruit troops in the Xuanfu area!"

What Yang Shen said before about the second young master and the second master confused Yang Zhen at first. It wasn't until Yang Shen mentioned Xuanfu that his mind was spinning for a long time before he finally came around.

The second young master Yang Shen mentioned refers to Yang Zhen's younger brother Yang Jie; the second master he refers to is Yang Zhen's uncle, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, Yang Guozhu.

After Yang Zhen understood the meaning of Yang Shen's words, he thought for a long time and said nothing.

At this time, Zhang Degui suddenly interrupted and said: "Yang Shen! Don't say anything about the Second Young Master! This is a military meeting in the advance camp! Don't just talk about what you have or don't have here! Besides, Second Young Master

I have adopted the second master as an heir a long time ago! Don’t let the second young master be older than the second young master in the future!"

After hearing this, Yang Shen was stunned on the spot, not knowing whether to continue standing or what to do.

Just when he was at a loss, Yang Zhen spoke.

"Yang Shen's statement inspired me! Brother Xu's statement is also worthy of everyone's consideration! - So be it! Yang Shen, I agree with your idea!

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you will hand over what you are doing, and then pick a few people you like, take that horse with you, and pick a group of war horses. You can go west to Bianwai and find a way south.

Go to Xuanfu!"

After saying this, Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, and then said to Yang Shen who was standing: "I have a sum of silver brought back from Ningyuan! The imperial court rewarded the advance camp with 500 taels of silver! I make the decision, you can take it to Xuan Mansion

Go! Recruit five hundred young men for me! Of course, there are not too many people in the advance camp, the more men and horses you bring back, the better!"

Yang Zhen doesn't know much about this Yang Shen, so he didn't dare to reuse him before. However, his recent contacts made him realize that this Yang Shen is a talented person.

Especially what Yang Shen said just now made Yang Zhen realize that Yang Shen and Yang Zhen have a deep family relationship, and there is no possibility of betraying Yang Zhen and the advance battalion under the current circumstances.

Even if there is an accident, the most he can do is stay in Xuan Mansion and cannot come back or not come back. But even if he doesn't come back, he will still have to rely on Yang Guozhu or Yang Jie in the end.

After all, we are still a family after all.

After thinking about this, Yang Zhen no longer hesitated and simply gave all the cash he brought back from Ningyuan to Yang Shen and asked him to recruit troops.

After hearing what Yang Zhen said, Yang Shen immediately walked to the front, knelt on one knee in front of Yang Zhen and saluted, and then said to Yang Zhen:

"In my humble position, I will live up to your trust and trust!"

Yang Shen is about 27 or 28 years old. He is not tall, only of medium height, and his appearance is ordinary. There are only scars here and there on his forehead and face, which constantly remind others that his twenty or thirty years of life are actually

Went through all the risks and ups and downs.

He didn't speak much, and he didn't have any rhetoric, but to Yang Zhen's ears, he sounded extremely down-to-earth.

Yang Zhen looked at him, thought about it again, and told him: "The day after tomorrow! Before setting off the day after tomorrow, come to my place again! I still have something to say to you!"

After saying this, Yang Zhen waved his hand, asking Yang Shen to return to his position, and then said to everyone: "In fact, you can recruit Mongolian Rangers from the outer border! But you shouldn't recruit too many!

"Our advance battalion is the official army of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the imperial court, and even more so the army of the Han people! After all, Han people like us must be the main force of our advance battalion!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at Xu Changyong and said to him: "Brother Xu! If you have suitable people under your command, you can also send a few to follow Yang Shen to the west. Once outside, let them split up!

But be sure to keep it secret and don’t tell Yang Shen and others about their purpose of going to the border!"

"Brother Yang, don't worry! I, Lao Xu, understand this! I understand! I will make arrangements when we get back! We must find a few suitable people to follow Yang Shoubei out!"

At this point, the clock has passed the fourth watch, and it is almost time to crow.

At this time, Yang Zhen was also tired and wanted to end this topic as soon as possible and let everyone go back to rest so that he could get some sleep.

So he said to everyone: "Yang Shen goes to Xuanfu, which is a way. Brother Xu sends people to the border to recruit Mongolian rangers, which is also a way! However, these two roads are risky and have many variables, so they are not big roads.

, it’s not a long road either! What is a big road?! What is a long road?!”

Yang Zhen first asked a few questions, then looked at everyone, and then continued: "I think what Vice General Zu just said is the big road, the right way, and the long-term way!

"Relying on relatives, relying on friends, relying on gold, relying on silver is not as good as relying on ourselves! I intend to send people to Guanli to recruit soldiers. Which one of you is interested?! Which one is willing to go for me?!"

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he looked straight at Yan Shengsan and Guo Xiaowu. However, at this moment, Yang Zhan'ao suddenly stood up and said loudly:
Chapter completed!