If he could marry a princess, he would offer sacrifices to the gods for those parents.

His mother is indeed his real mother, but his father is his father's murderer.

Just when Li Liuli was thinking hard, Li Xiuzhu came out and went to the Taifu Mansion again.

"Please pass this letter to your lady."

The content of the letter was very normal. Li Xiuzhu was not afraid of anyone reading it. He just explained that he was going to fight and informed her.

"Don't worry, Master Li. I will definitely hand it over to Miss."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and casually took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it over.

"Please take good care of everyone at Nong Yue."

Nong Yue? The housekeeper nodded thoughtfully.

After leaving, Li Xiuzhu returned home. After dinner, he bullied Fu Yuehua and her servant twice before letting them go.

Now that he knows the Su Nu Jing, he can do that kind of thing for as long as he wants, and he can control whether it is right or wrong.

The next morning, Li Xiuzhu was woken up.

Li Xiuzhu came to the Sixteen Guards of Kyoto in a carriage, took a look at the selected people and nodded.

Although they are not arrogant and brave, they look energetic and vigorous.

I am a dark mass, all wearing black armor, but it’s a pity that there are not enough horses.

A good cavalryman rides three horses, but these people don’t even have two horses, let alone three.

The Sixteen Guards of Kyoto were originally meant to protect Kyoto, and the main camp was also in the capital, so naturally there was no need for so many horses.

Just as Li Xiuzhu was looking at these people, these people were also looking at Li Xiuzhu.

When they saw that Li Xiuzhu had just reached the age of twenty and was arriving in a horse-drawn carriage, they suddenly felt that their future was uncertain.

At this moment, they only hoped that Li Xiuzhu was going there to gild his reputation and put on an act, otherwise they didn't know how many of them would be able to come back.

Several captains were also dissatisfied with His Majesty's decision, but they did not dare to say much even though they were dissatisfied.

"Now that everyone is here, let's go."

"Yes, sir!"

Li Xiuzhu returned to the carriage in low spirits.

Normally they should have sworn an oath of allegiance, but Li Xiuzhu had no intention of doing that.

After Li Xiuzhu got on the carriage, several captains looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed.

After the army left Shangjing City, Li Xiuzhu suddenly asked a captain beside the carriage: "This..."

"Your humble servant is Wang Guanfang, the commander of the Cavalry Guard."

"My Lord Commander, I would like to ask, has our army ever seen blood?"

Captain Wang Guanfang was stunned. After a moment of silence, he said, "Your Excellency, we have only trained the army before. This is the first time we have fought a war."

“…”

Wow, I thought it was a brave and powerful lion, but it turned out to be just a face-saving project.

Li Xiuzhu was silent for a while, then said, "Find out about bandit troubles along the way and eliminate them."

"I don't care what method you use or how many troops you send, but as long as there are bandits, they must be eliminated within one day."

"Besides that, I have only one request, and that is that every soldier must see blood."

"Even if the thieves don't get enough to share, others will have to add another cut to the body."

Wang Guanfang was stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at the carriage with a different light in his eyes.

Maybe this isn't just some gilded straw bag.

"Yes, sir."

"But sir, will this delay emergency rescue at the border?"

"Your Majesty has given us an order that we must reach the border within ten days."

Ten days is more than enough time for the cavalry.

But if we take bandit suppression into account, then that may not be the case.

"The carriage should trot forward, and walk slowly when tired. It must trot twice a day, in the morning and afternoon."

"Please help me calculate the distance and kill as many as we can."

"Yes, sir!"

As he watched Wang Guanfang ride away, Li Xiuzhu's brain was working rapidly.

Apart from the soldiers seeing blood, there is nothing else to pay attention to.

There is definitely no time for training soldiers, so we can only fight to support the war. At this time, Li Xiuzhu can only hope that Wang Guanfang and others will continue to train soldiers on a daily basis.

It would be funny if an army of 50,000 couldn't even defeat the bandits.

The army stopped after only two days of marching.

"Sir, there is a Black Wind Village ahead, and there are at least three thousand bandits in the house."

"Well, take a break, and then it's up to you guys."

"promise!"

Li Xiuzhu did not join in the fun, but instead looked at the border defense map near Jiayuguan and practiced in his mind.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

He already had several plans to relieve Jiayuguan, but how to implement them still needed to be specific.

Although they were all officers and soldiers, and 50,000 elite soldiers at that, the process of suppressing the bandits was not smooth.

Because they refused to accept surrender, the other side rose up in resistance after some of the surrendered soldiers died.

Li Xiuzhu didn't expect that it took an army of 50,000 people and more than 500 regular soldiers were killed or injured before they wiped out this group of bandits.

"Sir, the bandits have been wiped out. Except for the children and women who were not as tall as the wheels of the cart, everyone in the bandit camp has been killed."

"This time we seized a box of jewels and 3,000 taels of gold and silver."

Li Xiuzhu knew that Wang Guanfang wanted to avoid the main issue, but he had already anticipated the casualties and just nodded.

"3,000 taels are given to the brothers who died, five taels each, and the rest are given to the brothers who are seriously injured."

"Put the jewels on a carriage and bring them with you. When you pass through a big town, exchange half of it and buy some good meat to reward the brothers who are going to the battle."

"Remember, only reward those brothers who participated in the battle."

"You can save the rest of the money first. Just say that after the war, I will buy meat and wine for them myself."

"If there are brothers who are too seriously injured to move forward, they will be allowed to recover on the spot. Once they are well, they can return directly to the Sixteen Guards of Kyoto."

"Leave two good pieces of the remaining half box of jewels to me, and take the rest back to Beijing to set up a free school where the children of veterans who died or were injured can go to school."

When Wang Guanfang heard what Li Xiuzhu said, he was stunned and couldn't believe it.

They also had a share of the jewels, gold and silver? Moreover, the adults not only did not blame them for being weak, but also sympathized with the disabled.

Even the children of fallen veterans were taken into consideration.

this……

Wang Guanfang and the four captains beside him were a little at a loss.

Although the reward is not much, it makes people feel warm.

Especially the so-called charity school, which made everyone excited.

It seems that the world is not so dark anymore.

Wang Guanfang knelt down on one knee first.

"Your humble servant Wang Guanfang swears to protect you till death."

The atmosphere became tense, and with Wang Guanfang taking the lead, the others also knelt down and spoke.

"I, Li Wuwei, swear to protect you until my death."

"I, Qi Chang, am willing to serve you at your service."

"Your humble servant Zhao Jian is willing to kill the enemy on the battlefield for you, sir."

"Your humble servant Sun Ci is willing to attack the city and capture the pond for you, sir."

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

Does this count as winning people's hearts? But he really didn't mean that. He just didn't want people to bleed and cry.

Do what you can, but seek peace of mind.

"Everyone, get up. I don't need your protection. I just hope these things can be put into practice."

(End of this chapter)