"General, there is the Yanshan camp in front, and it is estimated that there is already a large army waiting for you to command, general."

"Haha, you guy, when you arrive, you will be given a garrison to do, and you will train the troops well."

On October 15 of the first year of Taichang, with the sound of horses' hooves, 12 horsemen appeared in the snowy scene.

A blizzard comes and goes fast.

In the snow, which is 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, he suddenly felt a heroic and majestic aura in his heart.

What's more, Changping, where he is stationed, is only 300 miles away from his hometown of Xuanhua, and if he has leisure time, he can go back home.

Thinking of this, Man Gui was in a better mood, but he didn't know how many problems were waiting for him ahead.

"Drive!"

Taking the lead, Man Gui took his eleven family members and marched towards the Yanshan camp, and soon saw the simple Yanshan camp gate.

"Stop, who is coming?!"

A sentry in charge of guarding the camp gate shouted loudly, and Man Gui said:

"Mark the general of the warrior battalion, Xuanhua Mansion is full of Gui, and I am here to report on my work today!"

"General Man, please wait, I'll open the door to greet you now."

Seeing this, the Zhejiang soldier sentry commander on the watchtower hurriedly asked someone to open the camp gate, and the Xuanhua family next to Man Gui said:

"General, their accent is like that of Jiangnan, this Imperial Horse Supervisor has Jiangnan's soldiers?"

"I don't know, let's go and meet the Fifth Highness first." Man Gui shook his head, and then saw that after the camp gate opened, he handed over his general seal and waist card, and after checking that it was correct, the Zhejiang soldiers let him go, and said:

"General Manchu can now go to the martial arts academy, where the Fifth Highness and the generals of the various ministries are there."

"Thank you, brother!" Man Gui gave his hand and was also very polite to the sentry chief.

He followed the path pointed out by the sentry commander, dismounted with eleven family members, and led the horses to the martial arts school ground.

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

After walking two miles, they came to the martial arts school field, and the battalion soldiers checked the seal and waist card, and then walked into the school field with Man Gui.

It's just a pity that as soon as he walked into the school field, Man Gui was suddenly stunned.

"General, this man ......"

The family next to him looked at the few people in front of him who were relatively sparse in front of him, and couldn't help but cautiously open his mouth to Man Gui, but Man Gui signaled him not to speak.

"Commander Sun, this is the Warrior Battalion Staff General Man Gui Man, please introduce me."

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

"Teng Xiang Zuowei acting commander, Sun Yingyuan."

"Acting General of the Warrior Battalion, Man Gui"

The two saluted each other, which was considered familiar, and Sun Yingyuan also smiled and patted Man Guidao:

"Manshen will make you older than me, so I will call you Brother Man."

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Man Gui had just been promoted from a garrison to an acting general, where did he dare to show any temper, but he said cautiously that he didn't dare.

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

"Big Brother Man doesn't need to be humble, I heard His Royal Highness Fifth say about you, His Royal Highness said that Big Brother Man is very good at training cavalry, and if I want to train cavalry in the future, I have to rely on Brother Man's 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 we will go to meet His Highness and Yang Zhizhong first, and by the way, there is also General Qi."

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

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

"Well, General Qi, Qi Shaobao's nephew, and General Qi Jin, who once participated in the Korean War." Sun Yingyuan explained:

"You see, these Zhejiang soldiers are the Qi family army of General Qi."

"I see, I'll just say why there are so many people from Jiangnan in the north, it turns out to be General Qi's subordinates." Man Gui suddenly realized, and Sun Yingyuan was also embarrassed:

"Brother Man, you came too early, and the situation of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is not good at the moment......"

"How?" Man Gui knew that this was Sun Yingyuan telling him the information of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in advance, but he would not let him appear in front of Zhu Youzhen without knowing anything.

"That's the case......" Sun Yingyuan was helpless, so he could only tell Man Gui about the situation of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

When Man Gui knew that there were only more than 4,000 people in the entire Imperial Horse Prison, and they were all in the hands of the Sun brother in front of him, his expression suddenly couldn't hold back.

Sun Yingyuan also sighed and said:

"His Royal Highness's requirements for selecting troops are too strict, and the previous imperial horse eunuch and eunuch are too exploitative, so now it is my Teng Xiang left guard, and it is also a state of shortage."

"But the good news is that His Royal Highness has given the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Yulin Sanwei a military salary of one or two dollars and five cents a month, and fifteen taels of silver a year."

"This salary can only be compared with the white pole soldiers of the guest army 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 salary of the Beijing army.

The Beijing army's annual salary is five or six dollars, not to mention cavalry, and even foot soldiers are difficult to train.

But if the military salary is enough now, then he will be able to recruit people.

As for the lack of people in the Warrior Camp, he was not worried about this at all.

Three hundred miles away is the Xuanfu, as long as Zhu Youzhen nods, he can instantly rely on his connections to attract thousands of strong men to join the army.

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

The three of them were very easy to identify, Qi Jin was wearing armor, Yang Lian was wearing regular clothes, and Zhu Youzhen was only ten years old, so he immediately saluted:

"Mark down Mangui, meet the Fifth Highness, Yang to the matter, Old General Qi!"

"Well, get up." Seeing that Man Gui was coming, Zhu Youzhen, who had already received the news from the camp gate, also smiled, and then got up and helped him up and said:

"General Man, I've disappointed you, I don't have ready-made soldiers and horses here, so I can only grieve you and wait for the recruits to come."

"Your Highness is serious." Man Gui knew that it was Zhu Youzhen's credit to be able to become this acting general, so he also showed goodwill:

"As long as His Highness speaks, the last general will let his eleven brothers return to Xuanfu to recruit troops."

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

Man Gui greeted Zhu Youzhen with a package ticket, and Zhu Youzhen also smiled and nodded in response.

Wang Chengen's eyes were sharp-eyed and asked someone to bring up the tables and chairs, and Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui sat on the left and right positions under the three main seats.

Seeing Man Gui take his seat, Zhu Youzhen also spoke:

"It just so happened that Mangui was here, we were about to talk about Jianyu, you have been in Liaodong for a long time, you must know some of the real situation of Jianyu, and you will listen to it with me."