Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 69 The Arrival of Mangui
"General, the Yanshan Camp is ahead, and there is probably a large army waiting for you to command, General."

"Haha, you guys, I will give you a defense when you arrive, and train well."

On October [-]th of the first year of Taichang, with the sound of horseshoes, twelve riders appeared in the snowy scene full of snow.

A snowstorm comes and goes quickly.

In the snow that was more than a foot high, Man Gui looked at the Yanshan camp in the distance with joy, and his heart was excited.

As soon as he thought that he could lead a battalion alone, a heroic spirit suddenly filled his heart.

More importantly, Changping is located in Changping, only three hundred miles away from his hometown Xuanhua. If he is free, he can go back home.

Thinking of this, Man Gui felt better, but he didn't know how many difficulties were waiting for him ahead.

"drive!"

Taking the lead, Man Gui took his eleven servants and leaped towards Yanshan camp, and soon saw the simple gate of Yanshan camp.

"Stop, who is coming?!"

A sentinel in charge of guarding the camp gate yelled loudly, while Man Gui clasped his hands and said:

"I bid for the general of the Warrior Battalion, Xuanhua Mansion is full of Gui, and I'm here to report on my duties today!"

"Please wait a moment, General Man, I will open the door to welcome you now."

Seeing this, the sentry chief of the Zhejiang soldiers on the watchtower hurriedly asked someone to open the gate of the camp, while the Xuanhua family Ding beside Mangui said:
"General, their accents sound like people from Jiangnan. Does this imperial horse prison have soldiers from Jiangnan?"

"I don't know, let's go and see His Highness the Fifth Highness first." Man Gui shook his head, and after seeing the camp gate opened, he handed over his general seal and waist badge. After checking, the Zhe soldiers let him go, and said:

"Manchu generals can now go to the Martial Arts Academy, where His Highness the Fifth Highness and all the generals are there."

"Thank you, brother!" Man Gui cupped his hands and was very polite to the whistle chief.

He dismounted with eleven of his servants along the path indicated by the whistle chief, and led the horses towards the martial arts school.

Before they got close to the school grounds, the sound of "killing" in the school grounds attracted their attention.

After walking for two miles, they came to the martial arts school grounds. The guards of the camp checked the seals and badges of the generals, and then led Man Gui into the school grounds.

It's just a pity that as soon as he entered the school grounds, Man Gui suddenly froze.

"General, this man..."

The servant next to him looked at the few people in front of him relative to the school field, and couldn't help but speak to Man Gui cautiously, while Man Gui signaled him not to speak.

"Commander Sun, this is General Man Guiman, General of the Warrior Battalion, please introduce him."

The whistle chief at the gate of the school grounds spoke to Sun Yingyuan who was not far away, and when Sun Yingyuan heard that the other party was a general, he trotted over and said to Man Gui:

"Tengxiang Zuowei Acting Commander, Sun Yingyuan."

"Warrior Battalion Representative General, Man Gui"

The two saluted each other, they were familiar with each other, and Sun Yingyuan also patted Man Gui with a smile and said:

"Man Ginseng, you are older than me, so I will call you Brother Man."

"Don't dare..." Man Gui had just been promoted from a garrison to a deputy general. He didn't dare to show his temper, but he said cautiously that he didn't dare.

Seeing this, Sun Yingyuan didn't say anything, just smiled and said:

"Brother Man, you don't need to be self-effacing. I heard His Highness the Fifth Highness said about you. His Highness said that Brother Man is very good at training cavalry. If I want to train cavalry in the future, I will have to rely on Brother Man for your help."

"That's not a problem!" Man Gui also grinned, and Sun Yingyuan also looked at Man Gui and said:
"Later, I will ask someone to send some new armor to Brother Man and your brothers. Now let's go to see His Highness, Yang Jishizhong, and Old General Qi by the way."

"Old General Qi?" Man Gui was taken aback, not knowing who it was.

For him who grew up in Xuanfu and Liaodong, the only person he was familiar with was General Qi Jiguang, but he had died of illness thirty-two years ago.

"Well, old general Qi, nephew of Qi Shaobao, old general Qi Jin Qi who participated in the Korean Japanese invasion." Sun Yingyuan explained:
"Look, these Zhejiang soldiers are the Qi family army of General Qi."

"So that's the case. I said why there are so many Jiangnan people in the Northland. It turned out to be the work of General Qi." Man Gui suddenly realized, and Sun Yingyuan also said awkwardly:

"Brother Man, you came too early, the situation of the Imperial Horse Prison is not good..."

"How to say?" Man Gui knew that this was Sun Yingyuan telling him the information about the Yumajian in advance, and it would not make him appear in front of Zhu Youjian without asking questions.

"It's like this..." Sun Yingyuan had no choice but to tell Man Gui about the situation of the Yumajian.

When Man Gui knew that there were only more than [-] people in the entire Yumajian, and all of them were in the hands of the grandson in front of him, his expression suddenly became tense.

Sun Yingyuan also sighed and said:

"His Royal Highness's selection requirements are too strict, and the former eunuchs and eunuchs are too exploitative, so right now I am the left guard, and I am also in a vacant state."

"However, the good news is that His Highness paid the Imperial Horse Supervisor and Habayashi Sanwei a military salary of one, two, two and five cents a month, and fifteen taels of silver a year."

"This salary can only be compared with the white-armed soldiers of the guest army in Liaodong and the Zhejiang soldiers."

"That's good..." Man Gui breathed a sigh of relief, he was most afraid of training a cavalry with the military pay of the Beijing army.

The military salary of the Beijing Army is five or two or six dollars a year, not to mention cavalry, even infantry is difficult to train.

But if the military salary is enough now, then it will be easy for him to recruit people.

As for the lack of people in the Warriors Battalion, he wasn't worried at all.

Xuanfu is three hundred miles away. As long as Zhu Youjian nods, he can instantly draw thousands of strong men to join the army with his connections.

While talking, he and Sun Yingyuan also walked onto the high platform of the school field, and Man Gui also saw Zhu Youjian and the other three.

The three of them are easy to identify, Qi Jin is wearing armor, Yang Lian is wearing regular clothes, Zhu Youjian is only ten years old, so he salutes immediately:
"Tag Man Gui, and pay homage to His Highness Fifth, Yang Geshizhong, and Old General Qi!"

"Well, get up." Seeing Man Gui coming, Zhu Youjian, who had already received the news from the camp gate, also put on a smile, then got up and helped him up and said:

"General Man, I've let you down. I don't have ready-made soldiers and horses here, so I can only wrong you and wait for the recruits to arrive."

"Your Highness is serious." Man Gui knew that it was Zhu Youjian's credit that he was able to become this acting general, so he also expressed his favor:

"As long as His Highness speaks, the last general will send eleven of his brothers back to the Xuan Mansion to recruit troops."

"His Royal Highness's recruitment is indeed strict, but that's it, it's not difficult to bring back thousands of troops!"

Man Gui promised Zhu Youjian a guarantee, and Zhu Youjian also smiled and nodded in response.

With sharp eyes, Wang Chengen asked someone to lift up the table and chairs, and Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui sat on the left and right sides under the three main seats.

Seeing Man Gui take his seat, Zhu Youjian also said:

"It just so happened that you came, Mangui, and we are about to talk about Jianlu. You have been in Liaodong for a long time, and you must know some real situations about Jianlu. Come and listen to me."

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