Chongzhen's seventeenth year, July 18th.

Jianwei County, Jiading Prefecture, Sichuan.

On the school field in the county town, Gao Shengqi was watching Yang Zhan train.

Yang Zhan, courtesy name Yuliang, entered Beijing to take the martial arts examination in the tenth year of Chongzhen. He excelled in riding and shooting, ranked third in high school Jinshi, and was awarded the title of guerrilla general.

After that, Yang Zhan suppressed bandits from Yang Sichang and traveled back and forth.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong defeated Xiangyang and killed the king of Xiang, Zhu Yiming.

Yang Sichang, who was seriously ill, was frightened and died after hearing the news (one theory is that he committed suicide).

Yang Zhan, who had followed Yang Sichang to suppress bandits for several years in vain, saw that the bandits were becoming more and more powerful and the court could not control them, so he resigned and returned to his hometown to get the post of Jianwei County magistrate. He also got the post of inspector of Jianwei County for his son Yang Jingxin.

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The Yang family was originally a wealthy family in Jianwei County, and their relationships in the county were deeply entangled, so Yang Zhan controlled the military affairs of Jianwei County.

Since then, with the Yang clan as the backbone, villagers have been recruited as county soldiers. The people are brave and have trained thousands of elite soldiers in two or three years.

When he heard that Zhang Xianzhong had entered Sichuan at the beginning of the year, Yang Zhan expected that the army would be difficult to resist, so he recruited troops again and expanded his team to more than 3,000 people.

Therefore, after Gao Shengqi came to Jianwei County, he not only easily found out about Yang Zhan, but also saw the three thousand elite soldiers trained by Yang Zhan.

Yang Zhan is more than seven feet tall and about forty years old. He has a short beard and a handsome appearance. He may be self-reliant on his extraordinary ability, but also has a somewhat arrogant personality.

After Gao Shengqi saw Yang Zhan, he directly took out Zhu Auao's handwriting.

After seeing it, Yang Zhan did not question anything like Liu Linchang and Zeng Ying. Instead, he generously treated Gao Shengqi to a big meal, and then brought Gao Shengqi to the military camp to watch the training of his elite soldiers.

After reading it, Yang Zhan stood on the general stage and asked with a smile: "What does Gao Qianhu think of these three thousand elite soldiers under Yang's command?"

"The momentum is high and very majestic." Gao Shengqi answered truthfully, with a look of admiration on his face.

He wasn't acting, he really meant it.

Whether he was in the capital before or went south with Zhu Nuao, Gao Shengqi had seen quite a lot of soldiers and horses from all walks of life.

Although Yang Zhan's three thousand elite soldiers are not as elite as the hundreds of battle elites of the Red Lady's Department, they can still be compared with the so-called elites of other intruders and government troops.

And he could see that these were not fresh recruits - there were both bandits and chieftains in southern Sichuan, and the soldiers Yang Zhan wanted to train had no shortage of opportunities for actual combat.

"Hahaha." Yang Zhan laughed happily after hearing this, and asked again: "At this time of crisis in Chengdu, Gao Qianhu thinks that if Yang brings these 3,000 elite soldiers to Chengdu for support, what position will he get?"

Gao Shengqi was slightly surprised when he heard this.

I thought to myself, Yang Zhan is an important official.

Although Gao Shengqi has a somewhat impulsive personality, he is not stupid. His father served as a guard of thousands of households for many years, and he also has some family backgrounds.

So looking at the three thousand elite soldiers in front of him, and looking at Yang Zhan's expression, he knew that this man had great ambitions.

If people have aspirations and ambitions, they will actively do things.

If the court can manage it well, it will have a general, which is not a bad thing.

As for whether Zhu Yu'ao can control someone like Yang Zhan, Gao Shengqi has no doubt - the princess is gifted with great powers, who can't control her?

Therefore, Gao Shengqi thought for a moment and said: "Gao is a guard of thousands of households in Jinyi, so he would not dare to speak nonsense about matters in the army.

But thinking about it, if General Yang really takes 3,000 elite troops to aid Chengdu, the position of a staff general will be indispensable.

And with General Yang's ability, it will be easy to achieve meritorious service, so that in the future he will be an officer to the commander-in-chief of the army, and it will not be impossible to obtain a knighthood."

"Hahaha!" Yang Zhan laughed happily after hearing this. He smiled and suddenly stopped and suddenly asked: "Has Gao Qianhu ever seen Her Royal Highness use magical powers?"

"I've seen it before." Gao Shengqi replied smoothly, and then he couldn't help but glared at Yang Zhan angrily, "General Yang deceived me?"

"Hahaha," Yang Zhan smiled again, holding Gao Shengqi's arm and said, "Don't mind Gao Qianhu, the words in the handwriting are really too bizarre, and Yang had no choice but to take this step.

Well, since Gao Qianhu has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess’ magical powers, can you tell Yang about it so that Yang can gain some knowledge?”

Gao Shengqi felt that Yang Zhan looked bold and brave, but in fact he was quite scheming.

Gao Shengqi himself didn't like such a person, but he still replied with displeasure: "Didn't it say in the handwriting that the princess's magical power is to travel to and from future generations?"

"Afterlife?" Yang Zhan still didn't understand.

Gao Shengqi curled his lips, "That's three or four hundred years in the future."

"Hiss!" Yang Zhan took a breath and said with wide eyes: "The princess really has such magical powers? Doesn't it mean that she can predict the future?"

Gao Shengqi chuckled, "General Yang thinks why the princess asked Gao to come all the way to Jianwei to find you. He doesn't think your name has spread beyond Sichuan, right?"

It was the princess who knew from later historical records that General Yang was very brave and would make great contributions in the war against Zhang Thief and Jiannu in the future, so she thought of recruiting you to Chengdu in advance.

Otherwise, you are just a local historian at this time. Even if you were a martial arts scholar and a guerrilla, how can you let the princess remember you?"

After hearing this, the look of surprise in Yang Zhan's eyes became even more intense, and it was difficult to think for a moment.

At this time Gao Shengqi said again: "The princess also gave me a treasure for future generations as proof."

With that said, Gao Shengqi took out the portable lamp from his baggage, turned it on and shined it directly into Yang Zhan's eyes.

Although it is an ordinary portable lamp, not a xenon lamp, it is outside in the afternoon and there is plenty of light.

But Yang Zhan was still blinded by the bright light he had never seen before, and he subconsciously held the handle of the knife.

At the same time, Yang Zhan's soldiers around him unsheathed their swords nervously.

Yang Zhan heard the sound of many swords being drawn and immediately shouted: "Don't mess around!"

At this time, Gao Shengqi had already moved his portable lamp away and shined it boldly on the soldiers. Yang Zhan's soldiers also lit up the light, causing them to tilt their heads or cover their faces with their arms, and some even screamed in surprise.

However, Gao Shengqi didn't go too far. He stopped when he was satisfied, looked at Yang Zhan and asked: "General Yang, what do you think of this magic lamp?"

Yang Zhan's eyesight had recovered at this time. Looking at the "magic lamp" that had no clue of what it was made of or why it was glowing, he couldn't help but admired: "What a strange thing! What a strange thing! It has such a bright light during the day, wouldn't it be like that at night?"

brighter?"

Gao Shengqi said proudly: "That's natural. We were able to reach Sichuan from the capital so quickly because the princess brought dozens of these magic lamps from later generations, so that the soldiers could march at night."

"How can Princess have dozens of such magic lamps?"

Yang Zhan was even more surprised. He could not even imagine the scene of dozens of such magic lamps shining together at night.

"What are dozens of lamps? The princess has said that she will have as many lamps as she wants in future generations. It's just a waste of effort to bring them to the Ming Dynasty." When he said this, Gao Shengqi showed an expression of "You really have no knowledge."

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Yang Zhan was not annoyed at all, because he had been completely subdued by Zhu Yusao's "magical power".

Gao Shengqi was about to say something else and continue to shock Yang Zhan when suddenly a rider rushed to the edge of the school field and shouted: "General, a group of soldiers and horses entered Jianwei County from the lower reaches of the river!"

"A group of soldiers and horses?" Yang Zhan immediately changed his attention, and then said displeasedly: "Aren't there checkpoints set up on the riverside, and there are warships patrolling the river? You just let them in like this?"

The rider said: "There are many boats in that group, probably thousands of people, and they are flying official and military flags."

The reason why the rider said this is because most of Yang Zhan's soldiers are civilian warriors, and only a small number of soldiers are actually organized.

Yang Zhan frowned after hearing this.

He didn't like it when the officers and soldiers came.

It should be noted that now that he is in Qianwei, if he waved his hand to the military, even the county magistrate would have to give him three points.

If another army of government troops came to attack him, the Yang family, as a local tycoon in Qianwei, might have to shed their own blood to supply food and grass.

So he asked again: "Have you seen what flags the officers and soldiers are playing?"

The rider said: "There are two flags, namely 'Liu, the governor of Sichuan East in the Ming Dynasty' and 'Zeng, the governor of the Ming Dynasty'."

Jiading Prefecture is not very far from Chongqing Prefecture. Earlier, the story of Zeng Ying's defeat of Zhang Thief's vanguard in Zhongzhou spread to Qianwei, so Yang Zhan knew Zeng Ying.

As for Liu, the governor of eastern Sichuan, Yang Zhan, who had been involved in Ming Dynasty official circles for several years, understood immediately when he heard it. It must be referring to Liu Linchang, the governor of eastern Sichuan who participated in politics.

Just because he knew who was coming, Yang Zhan's brows suddenly knitted together.

I thought to myself: Damn it, this man is both literary and martial, it seems like my little daughter-in-law is destined to be her daughter-in-law.
Chapter completed!