"Your Highness, walk slowly..."

"There's no need to send them off. Let's go back to training."

At the entrance of the Yanshan camp, the wind and snow had stopped. Four hundred cavalry, led by Lu Wenzhao, were guarding the camp gate, preparing to escort Zhu Youjian south.

The accompanying eunuch was Wang Chengen, while Qi Jin and others bid him farewell at the camp gate.

Zhu Youjian explained some things, got on the carriage, and started heading south in front of the generals.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's figure slowly disappearing from the horizon, the generals returned to the camp to continue training.

As for Zhu Youjian, he was sitting on the shaking carriage, thinking about what he had done these days.

He came to Changping from the capital and spent nine days dismantling the Royal Horse Guards, clearing the vacancies of the three guards in Yulin, and understanding various situations in Liaodong. He already had ideas on how to plan Liaodong to contain Nurhaci.

More importantly, more than 11,000 people in the Yanshan camp have basically returned to him.

For nothing else, just for the military pay of fifteen taels a month.

Now even if the army is given to Qi Jin for training, they will not betray him, not to mention that Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui were promoted by himself.

Sun Yingyuan leads Teng Xiang as the left guard, and Mangui Guan Yulin leads the three guards. This configuration is good.

But when the army is recruited, the two of them alone will be a little behind.

It's not that they can't do it, but Zhu Youjian wants to draw all the generals who can fight in the late Ming Dynasty under his command, especially those with no background.

Big and small Cao, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji...

This group of fierce people will not let go of those who should be attracted and those who should be exploited.

Thinking so, Zhu Youjian said:

"Chengen, Qin Bangping and the others stayed in Gonghua City last night, right?"

"Back to Your Highness, yes." Wang Cheng'en, who was sitting on one side of the carriage, bowed in response and explained:

"According to the fact that the army set off at the same time and at the same time, they should be no more than fifty miles away from us."

"I am a cavalryman now. If I eat on the road, I should be able to reach the capital before dark."

"We can meet them on the road in about three hours."

"Well... tell Tan Ma to stay away." Zhu Youjian nodded, and Lu Wenzhao outside the car window also said:

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already sent Tan Ma out for twenty miles. As long as the route is the same, we should be able to meet him halfway."

"That's good." After hearing this, Zhu Youjian felt relieved.

He pulled out a volume of military literature from the bookshelf next to him, and when he opened it, it was filled with words and annotations.

This is a military book that Qi Jin spent time and effort in the past few days to annotate Qi Jiguang's military book. It is a good learning material for "new recruits" like Zhu Youjian.

Wang Chengen next to him saw Zhu Youjian admiringly looking at the annotated "New Book of Ji Xiao" and couldn't help but laugh:

"This is the first time I have seen His Highness love a book of war so much."

"That's different..." Zhu Youjian responded with a smile:

"Although the military books are all similar, with the annotations, they will be easier to read and understand."

"General Qi explains everything in this annotation, and the problems he had when reading the book in the past are easily solved."

"Not to mention, the old general will also leave behind some experience when he led troops in battle or fought with Qi Shaobao."

"These experiences cannot be bought with tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian sighed:

"It was too short to come to Changping this time, and there was a snowstorm. I originally wanted to learn to ride a horse but didn't get the chance. It's a pity."

"It seems that I have to ask Wen Zhao to teach me after I return to the capital." Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao outside the carriage, and he also smiled:

"No wonder His Highness asked his subordinate to find two three-year-old foals last night. It turned out that he wanted to go back to the capital to learn more."

"Haha, there's nothing we can do about it, after all, the snowstorm is too big." Zhu Youjian chuckled helplessly.

The three of them chatted like this. If they were hungry, they would grab some cakes to eat. If they were thirsty, they would drink some water.

Although this carriage is large, it shakes due to the road when walking, making it impossible to drink tea.

Fortunately, time went faster than Zhu Youjian expected, but two and a half hours later, the probing horse in front fired a sounding arrow.

With a "bang" sound, after a cup of tea, a guard in Jinyi came back from the horse to report:

"Tongzhi Lu, we have discovered Shizhuchuan troops ahead. Should we invite Qin Dusi to come?"

"Well, you can ask Qin Bangping to continue heading north without resting. Just tell him and his two brothers to come together."

Before Lu Wenzhao could speak, Zhu Youjian took the lead in greeting him.

In his opinion, it is okay for generals to reminisce about the past, but men and horses must not stop.

If things were delayed, the three thousand soldiers would have to camp in the wind and snow. Zhu Youjian didn't want to worry about his own affairs and let the army suffer in the wild.

"Yes!" Hearing what Zhu Youjian said, Lu Wenzhao responded and signaled the Jin Yiwei to call the three Qin Bangping brothers. Upon seeing this, the Jin Yiwei also turned the reins and galloped back.

After giving the order in this way, many horsemen came from afar on horseback.

Within a dozen breaths, the three generals, who were skilled in bow and horse, turned over and dismounted before their horses came to a stop, knelt down on one knee and saluted:

"The last general, Qin Bangping (Qin Minping, Qin Banghan), meets His Highness the Fifth Prince!"

Different from Zhu Youjian's imagination of the three young people, among the three people who appeared in front of him, Qin Bangping had turned white at the temples, as did Qin Banghan. Only Qin Minping looked younger, but he could also tell that he was over forty years old.

Already.

Seeing the three people arriving, Zhu Youjian got out of the car and helped the three people up one by one, saying with respect in his heart:

"I have admired these three generals for a long time. Now that these three generals are leading their troops north to defend the imperial court against the rebels, I really admire them."

Zhu Youjian still always uses "I" to refer to people he needs to win over to show his closeness.

The three of them were also flattered and quickly returned the favor.

Looking at the three people, Zhu Youjian first told the serious matter:

"To avoid delaying the march, I will keep my story short."

"There are already Zhejiang soldiers resting and recuperating in the Yanshan camp. In the future, the three generals will be stationed in Shenyang together with General He Shixian, and the Zhejiang soldiers will be stationed in Liaoyang. They will be the horns of each other."

"After arriving at the camp, I have sent the Royal Horse Supervisor to supervise the eunuch Cao Huachun to prepare a resting place for the army, as well as corresponding winter clothes, armor, and weapons."

"As long as the army needs it, it can be replaced without asking me for permission."

"This... such a low-ranking person is so virtuous and capable that His Highness loves him so much..." Qin Bangping and the others were really shocked.

As chieftains, they were not well respected even by Sichuan officials, but they did not want Zhu Youjian to be flattered by his low profile.

"To aid the Liao Dynasty, we should naturally show love." Zhu Youjian helped the three people who saluted again one by one, and then said:

"I heard that Mrs. Qin Liangyu has recruited another three thousand soldiers and horses to go north. At that time, the three generals can write to the old lady and go directly to Changping. After resting in Changping, they can bring enough food and fodder to Liaodong."
Chapter completed!