Li Yuntian admired Wang Bin very much in his heart, he had read the articles made by Wang Bin during the examination and the palace examination, not only the atmosphere was magnificent, with ups and downs, but also the heat of the needle and the disadvantages of the times was just right, it can be described as talented, steady and wise, and he is a rare talent.

Therefore, Li Yuntian vigorously promoted Wang Bin, so that Wang Bin was able to participate in the meeting attended by the senior generals of the counterinsurgency Ming Army in the lecture hall, otherwise Wang Bin's rank would not be qualified to appear here at all.

Li Yuntian had high expectations for Wang Bin, hoping that Wang Bin could help him make suggestions in the war in Jiaozhi, and also hoped that Wang Bin could help him implement the strategy he formulated in Jiaozhi and become a right-hand man who could help him share the pressure.

The content of this morning's deliberation was very simple: Li Yuntian wanted to announce the positions of Li Daniu, Wang Bin, and others in the counterinsurgency army, and yesterday Emperor Xuande had already approved the list of generals he had reported.

According to the rank of the military ranks, the commander of the guard of the third rank was appointed as a staff general, and the commander of the guard of the third rank was appointed as a guerrilla general.

There are three generals, namely Li Daniu, Qin Kun and Zhao Yu.

There were four guerrilla generals, namely Wang Bin, Han Wei, Lu Minen, and Gu Liyu.

Among them, Qin Kun belongs to the Jingnan Honorable Noble line, and the rest except Wang Binwei are all the founding nobles.

Qin Kun's grandfather followed Emperor Yongle to raise troops, but unfortunately died in a vicious battle against Texas, so his son was able to hereditary guard commander.

Wang Bin was able to be a guerrilla general with Han Wei, Lu Minen and Gu Liyu from the third grade, which can be said to have broken a natural famine in the Ming army.

There are strict hierarchies in the army, and official positions are awarded according to seniority, and if it were not for Li Yuntian's support, Wang Bin would not have been approved as a guerrilla general by Emperor Xuande anyway.

At three o'clock, there was a commotion on the street outside the lecture hall, and the people on the road dodged to both sides, and the honor guard of Emperor Xuande appeared in people's sight.

Li Yuntian and the others, who had already stood at the door waiting for the holy car, hurriedly stood in line and bowed down to wait for the arrival of Emperor Xuande's imperial chariot.

The cabinet elders, the military cabinet members, the officials of the six ministries and the governors of the governor's mansions led the civil and military officials to follow behind the imperial chariot, and the grand momentum made the people of the capital on both sides of the road who had long been accustomed to seeing the big scene also couldn't help but be taken aback, and privately discussed with great interest about this Jiaozhi counterinsurgency.

Obviously, Emperor Xuande attached great importance to this counterinsurgency, otherwise he would not have put on such a large battle to see off the counterinsurgency army.

When he arrived at the lecture hall, Emperor Xuande inspected the 3,000 soldiers of the Xiaowu Army who were about to go out on the colonel's field, and in addition to the people of the White Tiger Regiment, the rest were personnel at all levels of the division headquarters.

Li Yuntian planned to use the battle in Jiaozhi to test the operational efficiency of the various departments of the division headquarters, and at the same time, at the same time, let the personnel of the various departments of the division headquarters accumulate experience, after all, actual combat is very different from ordinary training.

The Xiaowu army that went out was in high spirits and high morale, which made Emperor Xuande feel very satisfied, and from time to time he whispered a few words to Li Yuntian, who was standing behind him, and seemed to be in good spirits.

Zhang Ben, the second assistant of the military cabinet, stood beside Li Yuntian, and he would go to Jiaozhi with Li Yuntian in the name of the military counselor, that is, to give Li Yuntian advice on the war.

In addition to Zhang Ben, each of the six ministries sent officials to accompany the army, and basically they were the heads of various departments under the six ministries to help Li Yuntian deal with some problems related to government affairs encountered in the process of counterinsurgency, similar to the nature of advisers.

After all, Li Yuntian would definitely deal with the local people and local officials when he went to the southwest border this time, and whether the imperial court had any requirements for etiquette and legal system in this regard needed people from the six departments to sue him.

At the last moment, under the stern gaze of Emperor Xuande, Li Yuntian led his army to leave Jiangwutang and go to the wharf in the east of the city, where he boarded more than 20 troop carriers that had already stopped at the wharf.

There is also a section of canal between the capital and Tongzhou, but in order to ensure the safety of the capital, the imperial court has marked it as a forbidden road, and usually can only take the military ships that transport troops or the boats that transport grain, and officials at all levels and the common people who use them without permission will be severely punished.

"Uncle Zhenwu, be careful, don't despise those traitors." Zhang Fu, the first assistant of the military cabinet, and Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, led a group of officials to see off Li Yuntian and his party at the east wharf of the city.

"Taishi, rest assured, the lower officials must act cautiously. Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a date later. Li Yuntian solemnly bowed to Zhang Fuyi, then said goodbye to the officials at the scene, got up and boarded a large ship parked on the shore with Zhang Ben.

The big ship then slowly sailed away from the dock, and the troop carriers parked in the river set off one after another, lined up, and went down the water mightily.

Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben stood on the deck of the bow of the ship, and bowed their hands to Zhang Fu, Yang Shiqi and others on the shore, and the officials on the shore bowed their hands one after another with solemn expressions, and the atmosphere seemed a little sluggish, quite a bit of sadness and desolation.

Because Li Yuntian set out in a hurry, the officialdom in the capital was not optimistic about the outcome of his counterinsurgency, believing that he was young and vigorous, acting too recklessly and impulsively, and some people even gloated in private, waiting to see his jokes.

Li Yuntian naturally knew that the outside world was full of doubts about his expedition to Jiaozhi, but he didn't take this matter to heart at all, and he was too lazy to fight this kind of meaningless verbal battle, and he would understand it as soon as the battle of Jiaozhi was over.

Due to the urgency of the Jiaozhi war, in order to arrive at Jiaozhi as soon as possible, Li Yuntian ordered the fleet to travel day and night, and the state capital along the way had already prepared meals at the docks.

In this way, the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army spent the rest of their time on the ship, except for a while on the dock during meals.

However, something unexpected to Li Yuntian soon happened.

Because the people of Xiaowu Army are basically northerners and do not know how to water, many people are seasick and vomit on the boat after a long time on the boat.

Faced with this sudden situation, Li Yuntian had no choice but to divide his troops and take the people who were not seasick to go first, while those seasick soldiers slowed down their march and were commanded by Wang Jian, the deputy commander of the left.

Not only that, but Li Yuntian also wanted to add a marching route to Guangxi.

According to Li Yuntian's original plan, the counterinsurgency army first sailed south along the canal to Hangzhou, and then from Hangzhou to Dinghai County in Ningbo Prefecture to board a ship, and then reached Qinzhou in Guangxi by sea.

This is the fastest route to Guangxi, which allows him to go from Guangxi to Jiaozhi as soon as possible, and it can be expected that the current situation in Jiaozhi must be a mess.

Obviously, the sea navigation was more bumpy than the canal, and it was easier to make the soldiers of the Xiaowu army seasick, so Li Yuntian had to make another route for the seasick soldiers: starting from Hangzhou and arriving in Guilin in Guangxi via Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang.

Guilin is the seat of Guangxi's political envoys, the envoys and the capital, and Li Yuntian can't do without the assistance of the three divisions of Guangxi if he wants to recruit troops in Guangxi and open Enke, so he must go to Guilin, but not now.

Li Yuntian's top priority now is to go to Jiaozhi, rescue the Ming army in Jiaozhi who was besieged by the rebels, and minimize unnecessary casualties.

Along the canal, the prefects or governors of the prefecture who prepared meals for the Xiaowu army led the officials of the yamen to wait for Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben on the dock.

Needless to say, Zhang Ben is a dignified military cabinet assistant, with a high and powerful position, and has a close relationship with civil officials, how dare those prefects and governors be disrespectful.

Besides, Li Yuntian was appointed by Emperor Xuande as the general of Dingnan this time, and he was the governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and the power was unprecedented, and they would not offend this nouveau riche with unlimited official career.

Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben didn't want to disturb the place, so they didn't get off the boat all the way, but just let the prefect or the prefect get on the boat to meet, and the rest of the officials could only wait on the dock.

Due to the day and night, coupled with going downstream, Li Yuntian arrived in Yangzhou in only five days.

Yangzhou wharf pennants, gongs and drums noisy, a jubilant scene, Yangzhou Governor Zhou Hao, Lianghuai Salt Road Yamen transfer envoy Yang Cheng, Lianghuai Patrol Salt Yamen Salt Imperial Shi He Murong and Yangzhou Guard Commander Han Hu have led their respective officials to wait on the dock for a long time.

When the big boat that Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben were on stopped at the dock, Zhou Hao, Yang Cheng, He Murong and Han Hu immediately led all the officials to surround and enthusiastically welcomed the two off the boat.

Li Yuntian came to Yangzhou for the second time, the last time he was the magistrate of Hukou County, he and Zhou Yuting went back to their hometown Shimen County to get married, but as a result, a conflict broke out with the second son of Wei Deguang, vice president of the Salt Merchants Association, and it was not very pleasant.

Now more than four years have passed in a blink of an eye, it can be said that things are not people, in addition to Han Hu, the commander of Yangzhou Guard, the Yangzhou prefect, the two Huai Salt Road transfer envoys and the two Huai Salt Road patrol salt imperial history have been replaced.

He Murong is a jinshi of two disciplines earlier than Li Yuntian, and he served as the superintendent of Guangdong Province in the Imperial Inspectorate of Guangdong Province, and has a good relationship with Li Yuntian.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Li Yuntian found that He Murong, who was still thin, was much fatter than before, not only had a double chin, but also had a straight stomach, and it seemed that his life in Yangzhou was quite moist.

The reason why Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben wanted to stay in Yangzhou was not to see the prosperity of Yangzhou, but to raise military funds for this counterinsurgency in Yangzhou City.

As early as a few days ago, the 800-mile fast rider from the capital had sent Li Yuntian's official document to Yangzhou City to sell the Jiaozhi commercial franchise and mining rights in Yangzhou City, and Zhou Hao, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, had people post notices on the streets to inform those large and small businessmen in the city.

Not only Yangzhou Mansion, but also the entire state capital of Nanzhili has received an official document from the imperial court, which makes the businessmen of the state capitals of Nanzhili flock to come to Qi Zhou City, both to see the excitement and to inquire about the news, after all, the sale of commercial franchises and mining rights is unprecedented in the history of the Ming Dynasty, which contains huge business opportunities, and no one will let go of such a good business opportunity.