On the fifteenth day of the sixth month of Great Mandate Year Two, Qu Bing led the Shence Guard in officially returning home. On the very day of their return, You Ye also sent Luo Chong a Flying Eagle Message, informing him of the exact date the Shence Guard would arrive.
This essentially meant that if Luo Chong had any arrangements to make, he could start preparing in advance—for example, how to use the Shence Guard in the future.
Luo Chong received the letter two days later and naturally understood You Ye's meaning. As for how to use the Shence Guard, he had of course made plans long ago.
The Shence Guard had been away campaigning for nearly an entire year. The first thing they needed to do after returning was rest—in other words, take leave. Of course, they could not simply disband and send everyone home all at once. They would take turns resting.
Afterward, Luo Chong planned to dispatch the Shence Guard to the garrisons throughout the various regions to serve as instructors, training the local armies in how to use firearms. That way, once Xingang Commandery finished producing the new guns, he could rapidly rearm all the armies of the Han Tribe with firearms.
By then, construction of the capital would be complete, and all the Han Tribe's armies would have been rearmed with firearms. Luo Chong could then take advantage of the momentum to establish the state and proclaim himself emperor. If possible, he could even expand the territory a little further. After all, the Han Tribe no longer had any wars to fight, and there were no enemies left nearby. The only place that could be called a threat was probably the grassland to the west.
The Han Tribe's capital stood on the eastern side