When Tian Lansheng heard this, he cried even more. The others also looked at each other, and their faces changed. At this time, Fan Yongdou spoke slowly, and he shouted at Fan Yubin in a low voice: "Elders are discussing, how can you have a place for your junior to speak." Okay, we all know what you mean, so go down quickly! ”

Fan Yubin made another gesture, confessed his guilt, and left the living room under the gaze of everyone who was shocked and strange. After Fan Yubin left, the door of the meeting room was closed for several hours, and there were shadowless guards around the meeting room, and idlers were not allowed to approach. It wasn't until it was getting late that everyone left Fan's Mansion with a solemn expression.

After Fan Yubin left the Fan family compound, he took Fan Wen, Fan Hu, and Fan Bao to Zhang's Mansion to visit Zhang Biao, who was sick in bed.

I haven't seen him for a few days, Zhang Biao looks very haggard, it seems that the pressure has been really not small recently, after the two of them greeted, Fan Yubin presented a silver ticket of 100,000 taels of silver. This time, Zhang Biao did not refuse, but just glanced at Fan Yubin gratefully. After Fan Yubin talked about the situation of the bandits, he comforted Zhang Biao a few words, and was ready to leave.

Zhang Biao struggled to get up from the bed and took Fan Yubin into the study. The two talked secretly in the study for a long time and a night, and even ate dinner and supper in the study, until the next morning, Fan Yubin yawned and returned to Fan's mansion.

After Fan Yubin left Zhang's mansion, Zhang Biao still locked himself in the study and didn't see anyone. It's just that the middle sent someone to invite Fan Yongdou to the Zhang family compound, and was invited into Zhang Biao's study, and the two also talked in the study for a long time.

Three days later, Zhang Biao walked out of the study. After Zhang Biao walked out of the study, he summoned everyone in the Zhang family and others, announced that he had written to the court, and asked for Zhishi. The Zhangjiakou garrison was inherited by Zhang Kai from now on (the Zhangjiakou garrison was hereditary by the Zhang family, as long as it was reported in the imperial court), and Zhang Kai was also fully responsible for the defense of Zhangjiakou.

After Zhang Kai assumed the garrison of Zhangjiakou, he immediately began to rectify the military affairs of Zhangjiakou Fort. Except for the more than 300 brave veterans, the rest of the soldiers were all diverted; Officers who are not worthy of their duties can receive a sum of money, get some land, and pay the same as before, but they must be idle at home, and can no longer be involved in military affairs; The soldiers who were in good health were organized into a separate battalion to perform tasks such as guarding the fort gates, patrolling the streets, and performing duties, and their salaries remained the same; Other old and weak soldiers can receive a sum of money to go to the subordinate piers and villages to open up the land, and enjoy preferential policies. For a while, Zhang Kai's subordinate supervision battalion and main barracks were all happy.

Zhang Kai also announced the recruitment of 2,000 new troops: 1,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry troops. The new recruits were gathered, and Fan Yubin sent 200 soldiers to break them up with the more than 300 veterans who stayed behind, and they were divided into the army to serve as the backbone of this new army.

After the new army framework was formed, Zhang Kai plunged into the barracks and carried out military training day and night in accordance with Fan Yubin's brand-new training method.

Fan Yubin also took the opportunity to recruit 1,000 recruits to supplement the progressive soldiers and cavalry corps, and the original recruits and veterans also rose and basically got promoted, which greatly stimulated their enthusiasm. They remembered that the gentleman had said that they would be officers in the future, but they did not expect this day to come so soon. Their enthusiasm for training was even higher, and they were even more grateful to Fan Yubin.

Fan Yubin has always maintained a high degree of attention to Yan Wushuang's night-free team, and he personally recruited more than 300 recruits to supplement the night-free team. These three hundred recruits are either experienced hunters, veterans of a hundred battles, or skilled individuals... They all have the same characteristic, which is good riding. Fan Yubin knows that towering trees can't grow in flower pots, and there can't be good horses in the courtyard. He decided to put this team into the steppe of the jungle and grow up in the fight against the sky, the earth, and the Mongols.

In addition, Fan Yubin also needed a base on the steppe to realize his plan to build a steppe cavalry.

This base, Fan Yubin chose in Zhangbei. Zhangbei County is located at the southeast end of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, northwest of Zhangjiakou, and Zhangjiakou and Wanquan Youwei are not too far away. The climate here is cool, the water is fertile and the grass is beautiful, and it was called "the field of idle pasture" in ancient times. In addition, it is located in the desert and the transportation in and out of the Central Plains, and it has been an important place for soldiers since ancient times. At present, because the Khan of the Chahar Mongol tribe, Lin Dan Khan, was defeated by the Qing state Dolgon and defeated Qinghai Province. The Mongolian ethnic group in Zhangbei County also moved out, and now the territory is basically uninhabited. (Zhangbei was set up in the early Republic of China (1913), and it was called in advance in order to make it clearer.) ）

Looking for Ouyang Xiong and Yan Wushuang, Fan Yubin first opened a map and said what he thought, Ouyang Xiong and Yan Wushuang were also amazing. They almost call the steppe home and are extremely familiar with this area.

"Sir, this is a treasure land!" Yan Wushuang said excitedly. Zhangbei is really a treasure land, as far as the current sphere of influence is concerned, it is in the eastern fringe of Tatar and the western fringe of the Qing Dynasty, which just forms a buffer between these two powers. At present, these two forces are beyond the reach of the whip, and they have not yet touched this area. This place is the closest to Daming, but now Daming is worried about internal and external troubles, and he is too busy to take care of himself, and he has no ability and does not dare to plot this place. In this way, the place now instead forms an area of power vacuum. There were only a few remnants of the Chahar tribes who refused to submit to the Manchus, and there were no threatening forces.

"Everyone has no opinion, so it's decided!" Fan Yubin said categorically, his eyes looked at Yan Wushuang: "Your task now is to find a way to gain a foothold here, and then clear out the other remnants of the forces and establish your own base." If you don't have enough strength, you can let Ouyang Xiong and Zhang Kai's cavalry help you. You have been in the grassland for a long time, I won't talk about the rest, the key is to remember that there are three points: First, you must use the banner of the Mongolian tribe, and you must not reveal your true identity. Second, the three hundred nights that have just been recruited are not accepted, although the abilities are good, but there are many veterans among them, and there may be a lot of bad habits on their bodies, so... ”

"Don't worry! Sir, even if they are a hedgehog, a wild horse, I have a way to turn them into sheep. Yan Wushuang didn't care at all, he said with a big grin.