After asking, everyone was silent, Yang Guanggao had to name names, most of the results were complaining, the speed of the Ming army's general long-distance march is only ten miles a day, which is not bad, now walking fifteen miles, everyone feels that it is already very good, do not dare to blame the emperor's requirements are too high, so they have to put difficulties, saying that everyone has done their best, but they can only go so fast.

When everyone's opinions were almost finished, Yang Guanggao looked at Zhou Yuji, Zhou Yuji stood up, and saluted first: "My soldiers in the Beijing camp are paid one or two and a half dollars a month, and the emperor often has rewards. ”

Yang Guanggao directly concluded: "From tomorrow, regardless of anything else, with the bureau as the marching unit, the food of the last bureau will be halved, and the last department in the last bureau will be responsible for cleaning the thatched house, and the military salary of the chief of the last bureau will be halved twice in a row." ”

The next day, the troops advanced twenty miles, and the third cavalry bureau came to the end, so everyone had to eat only half full, and what was even worse was the third division of the third cavalry bureau, which was responsible for demolishing and cleaning up the thatched houses before the second day of marching.

In order not to fall behind along the way, the bureau chiefs convened their subordinates to think of ways and ideas, and the marching speed accelerated day by day, and finally arrived outside Quang Ninh on the night of the 24th. In 12 days, he walked more than 370 miles, and the average speed had exceeded Zhu Youxiao's requirements. Everyone was so tired that they went to bed early after dinner.

On July 25, Yang Guanggao went to Guangning City to meet the governor. Wang Huazhen received him warmly, and at the welcome banquet, he introduced Yang Guanggao to the main and guest military officials and generals present one by one: "This is Fang Zhenru, the Liaodong Patrolman...... This is the guerrilla Zu Dashou of the Central Army of the Pingliao Army, and this is the guerrilla of Sun Degong ......of the Central Army of the Pingliao Army. Yang Guanggao saluted them one by one, the civil official was to make a bow, and the military attache was to bow down, and when he knelt down, Yang Guanggao immediately pulled it up, and then told them that there was no kneeling salute in the Beijing camp, only a military salute, and demonstrated it to them. All the generals were happy, but the civil officials were not impressed.

During the banquet, Wang Huazhen raised his glass and said: "Benfu has always thought that if you don't fight, you can't defend it, but the river can't fight. Jingluo but think that it is impossible to defend, why say war, but this Fu thinks that it is because it can not be defended, only to fight, to defend the war, as long as we cross the river, then Haizhou grain is all for me, the righteous people around the country look forward to the king for a long time, our army to take down the cow, there will be someone to tie up the rebellion in the future. Coupled with the 400,000 troops of Xiyuti, Liaodong can be leveled in one fell swoop, and all the monarchs can drink together and win! ”

After drinking, all the officials and generals praised the governor's clever strategy, but Yang Guanggao did not think so, the emperor said, Liaodong can only be defended now, and then fight after the soldiers are trained, and now even the emperor of the Beijing camp and Jiannu field is called sending vegetables, and the combat effectiveness of the Guangning army They know, many of them are just selected from the peasants, and the training is insufficient.

After the banquet, Yang Guanggao and Wang Huazhen talked alone in the study. Yang Guanggao said: "Lord Governor, Guanggao brought the Beijing camp here to let the soldiers adapt to the situation in Liaodong and continue to camp and practice, please send us a few guides and provide ten days of food and grass, we are ready to go all the way to the edge of the Liao River, and after a few days of drill, we are ready to go back." ”

Wang Huazhen naturally did not allow it, sent a general named Cao Wenzhao with ten guides, and ordered the baggage battalion of the Beijing camp to collect grain and grass on their own. After resting outside Quang Ninh for two days, the camp began to march towards the Liao River.

Cao Wenzhao is very capable in his twenties, he and Zhou Yuji are the same age, so the two quickly got acquainted, Zhou Yuji found that he was literate, and he had read the military book, which is really rare in the army, so when resting, the two always combined the content of the military book with the actual situation of the Beijing camp march to discuss, and they both felt that they benefited a lot.

The weather in Liaodong was already very cold, but before the Liaohe River froze, Cao Wenzhao took everyone to Zhenwu Fort first. Zhenwu Fort is very large and very strong, but there are not many guards, more than 2,000 people. Zhou Yuji asked Cao Wenzhao and learned that Wang Huazhen scattered his troops in various forts.

Jingying passed through Xixing, Xining, Pingyang and Luyang Forts, and finally reached Xiping Fort, which was closest to the river. Along the way, the speed of the Beijing camp was gradually increasing, and it could travel thirty-five miles a day at most, which made Yang Guanggao and others happy, and also made Cao Wenzhao stunned, because the Guangning soldiers could walk ten miles a day It was already very good.

Luo Yiyi, the deputy chief soldier stationed at Xiping Fort, prepared a hot meal for the soldiers, and the soldiers who had been walking for four days could finally take a rest, and everyone had a full meal, and then slept in the dark.

On the fourth day of the eighth month, Jingying rested for a day in Xipingbao to understand the basic situation of the riverbank, and then came to the Sancha River the next day. This is the confluence of the Liao River, the Hunhe River and the Taizi River. The narrowest part of the river is only 70 paces, and the current is extremely gentle, making it easy to cross.

The troops were set up a mile from the river, and when they were ready, they began their daily training. Yang Guanggao's order was to train by the river for two days, and then continue to train along the river.

Cao Wenzhao was very interested in the training of the Beijing camp, and felt that the training method came from Qi Jiguang, but there were some improvements, such as the suppression of the cavalry by the infantry phalanx, so he asked Zhou Yuji very curiously: "Which general is this change in Qi Shuai's training method, it's really amazing!" ”

Zhou Yuji smiled and arched his hand in the direction of Beijing: "This is an improvement made by the emperor himself, even the military system and training methods. ”

Cao Wenzhao was taken aback, he heard that the emperor was only seventeen years old, and he was able to further improve Qi Shuai's law, and he was indeed a saint who could do anything.

When the Jingying was training, the Houjin scouts of the river were also observing them. Because they were separated by a river, their reconnaissance was unscrupulous, and they dismounted directly and stood by the river.

Cao Wenzhao volunteered and asked to lead a team of cavalry to drive away the Jiannu scouts, and Yang Guanggao agreed. Cao Wenzhao first led people to the river on horseback, asked the others not to follow, got off his horse and stepped forward until he came to the shore, took a bow and shot to the opposite side, Houjin scouts had already retreated dozens of steps back when they came, and now they were about a hundred steps away from Cao Wenzhao. Cao Wenzhao's arrow shot about fifty paces before falling into the river. The scout on the other side let out a contemptuous laugh and walked back to the river.