Everyone was preparing for the entry of the army, and Jiang Chuan was discussing with Liu Ji some detailed ideas for governing Liaodong in the future, and at the same time, he also had to meet with the merchant representatives from Datong.

When Liu Ji took the gift list to Jiang Chuan, he said something about Dong Xiangchun's abnormality, and Jiang Chuan also felt a little abnormal.

However, he obviously didn't think Dong Xiangchun had any plans. No matter how big their business is, they are just businessmen. It would be too naïve to think about a prince like himself with a heavy army.

Jiang Chuan didn't think that Dong Xiangchun's owner's IQ was so off, what was the purpose of Dong Xiangchun, just call and ask.

But unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of the Datong branch of Dong Xiangchun had already resigned, leaving only a letter, saying that it was left to Jiang Chuan by the owner of Dong Xiangchun.

Jiang Chuan opened the letter with curiosity, but after reading it, he was even more puzzled.

Because there is only one sentence in the letter: "His Royal Highness King Qin doesn't need to ask more, he will meet in the future." ”

Faced with such an inexplicable sentence, Jiang Chuan was confused. However, there were many matters on the expedition, and he didn't think much about it if he didn't understand it, so he just called Bai Jinxiu and asked her to send someone to continue to focus on investigating this Dong Xiangchun.

He was busy dealing with various affairs, but he didn't notice that although Bai Jinxiu promised it, his expression was a little complicated, and he looked at him and stopped talking.

At this time, someone came to report other things to Jiang Chuan, so Bai Jinxiu finally left without saying anything.

The three days passed quickly, and the day of the army's march finally arrived.

The total number of troops on this expedition was 130,000, including the soldiers that Jiang Chuan later re-recruited through the fortress base.

At present, Jiang Chuan's command includes the descendants of the men and horses, the garrison army, and the servant army, with a total of nearly 300,000 horses.

Among them, there are as many as 150,000 descendants, including those recruited from the fortress base and the men and horses adapted from the Ming army.

The garrison included locally recruited Han Ming soldiers, as well as the 40,000 Ming soldiers under Li Yongnian's original command. These people can't fight in the field, but it's not a problem to defend a city, and this part of the army is as much as 70,000.

After all, now that the Tartars have been destroyed, the powerful enemies in the entire Liaodong can no longer be found, so it is enough for these centaurs to defend the cities in various places.

The remaining 70,000 servant troops were the combined army composed of the Mongol tribes and the soldiers and horses sent by the three Koreans who surrendered to Jiangchuan, and these 40,000 people were assigned to the command of the Zhendong general Ran Wu, which was used as a force to contain Mongolia and Korea, and could also act as pawns and cannon fodder in case of war.

This time, Jiangchuan went out with an army of 130,000, in addition to 100,000 descendants, the remaining 30,000 were servant troops composed of Mongolian soldiers and Korean soldiers.

He left 50,000 descendants of Ran Wu to guard Liaodong, and at the same time commanded 70,000 garrisons and 40,000 servants.

These centaurs have already taken up the amount of the remaining population that Jiang Chuan is now in the fortress base. In addition, the number of people hired in the mercenary camp has reached a limit of 30,000 horses.

According to the system prompt, if you want to continue to break through this numerical limit, you must wait until the base is upgraded to the industrial age.

Although it was a little regrettable, Jiang Chuan felt that even if he only had 130,000 horses on the expedition, he could still fight Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and fled.

130,000 when you enter the customs, and after a few months, maybe 200,000, 300,000, or even 501,000.

The 130,000 is just the capital, and with the capital, the profits will continue to come.

As long as there are these 100,000 core descendants, there will be a steady stream of soldiers coming.

The day of the expedition has arrived, and although Jiang Chuan slept late last night to deal with official business, he woke up early in the morning.

After waking up, under Qi Xuan's service, he dressed and washed, and after breakfast, he began to put on his helmet and armor.

After Jiang Chuan put on the mountain armor with the help of Bai Mu, who came from Erlong Valley, he looked at his image in front of a one-person-high glass mirror, nodded with great satisfaction, and was about to beckon Bai Mu to go out, when he heard Qi Xuan's voice:

"Lord Wang, are you about to set off?"

Jiang Chuan raised his head and saw that Qi Xuan, who was dressed in a cyan gauze skirt, walked over, holding a burden in her hand.

"Yes, I'll leave immediately, the three armies have been assembled, just wait for me." Jiang Chuan nodded.

"Lord Wang, in this baggage are some changes of clothes, as well as a few books that you usually like to read and some dry food prepared for you on the way." Qi Xuan's words were said to Jiang Chuan, but the burden in his hand was handed to Bai Mu beside Jiang Chuan.

Bai Mu took the burden and said with a smile: "Miss Qi, don't worry, I will take care of the prince." ”

Qi Xuan smiled, but thought in her heart, can you take care of people as a rough man? The handsome prince may be haggard and bearded when they meet again.

"I know, you and Yan Zhai cooperate well and take care of the affairs in the house. If something is hard to decide, you are the main one. Restrain the people in the house, and if there is a violation of law and discipline, it will be dealt with by military law. ”

Jiang Chuan saw the reluctance on Qi Xuan's face, and he didn't say anything, it didn't make sense to say it, he just told some necessary words.

Although Jiang Chuan is no longer in the mansion, the palace also has a thousand-person team of guards guarding the battalion day and night, led by a commander of a thousand people, so there is no danger in ordinary times.

Jiang Chuan only had to take care of restraining the people in the palace not to oppress the good, harm the people, and ruin his reputation in his absence.

After all, these subordinates and maids in the mansion are all ordinary people, and most of them are victims rescued by Jiang Chuan from Hai Dongqing.

But people always change, and with the change of the environment, many people's thoughts also change, so Jiang Chuan had to take preventive shots in advance.

Qi Xuan listened silently, and after Jiang Chuan finished speaking, her lips moved, and finally she wanted to speak and stopped, and only said a sentence after a while: "Lord Wang, come back as soon as possible." ”

Jiang Chuan smiled, stretched out his big hand and rubbed it on Qi Xuan's head, turned around and strode out, Bai Mu followed closely with his burden.

Qi Xuan looked at Jiang Chuan's back farther and farther away, biting her lip tightly, two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks, and smashed on the green bricks on the ground with a click.

When Jiang Chuan took Bai Mu to the gate of the palace, the commander of the guard who was waiting outside the door stepped forward to salute.

Jiang Chuan suddenly remembered something and advised: "Take care of the little emperor and the queen mother of the Tartars, and don't allow anyone to know their identities." As long as they don't keep their minds on running away, they don't have to worry about it. If you dare to escape, you will be killed. ”

The commander said in a deep voice: "The last general obeys!" ”

A guard brought over Jiang Chuan's mount with fiery red hair all over his body and no miscellaneous hair, Jiang Chuan turned over lightly on the horse, and Bai Mu hurriedly rode his horse with a group of guards to follow.

After walking a few steps, Bai Mu behind him said puzzledly: "Lord, why don't you kill the little Tartar emperor and the queen mother, but still raise them?" Aren't you afraid that right and wrong will be reborn in the future? ”

"So many Tartar men have been killed by me, am I still afraid of a pair of orphans and widows? They were kept because they took the initiative to surrender and offered the jade seal. It's easy to kill someone, cut it in two. It's just that they want to feel the wheel of fate, and it doesn't have to be death. Jiang Chuan said right away.

Bai Mu seemed to understand whether he understood or not, thought for a while, and when he raised his eyes, the flame horse in Jiangchuan had already run away, and hurriedly accelerated to follow.