"Wang Daban is really worried about the country and the people." Chongzhen said, "I am also thinking about this matter, I must first settle the inside before the outside, as long as the Qing Dynasty fulfills the Shanhaiguan Treaty, the next period of time is suitable for peace and war, and I need time to reorganize the Daming rivers and mountains."

Chongzhen said and stood up and paced a few steps,

"The two fools, Duoduo and Azig, are more than brave and inadequate, and they are only concerned with fighting and looting, and they have already gone deep alone and cut off contact with the rear. If they get the orders of Haoge and Xiaozhuang, and are willing to quit the customs without committing any crimes, for the sake of them working so hard to hunt down the thief Li Zicheng for me, I can let them out of the customs. But if they continue to use troops here, I will not tolerate them."

Wang Cheng'en said, "If you don't know the times and continue to do mischief on our territory, it's okay to kill them."

Next, Chongzhen passed the decree and ordered the young general Ma Bao to lead 5,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard, and Tang Wancai and Li Miniang, the masters of the Jinyi Guard, as the deputy generals, to assist Ma Bao to lead the pioneer battalion, and set off to return to Kyoto from now on.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

After Chongzhen gave food and salary to the soldiers of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, there were more than 9 million taels of silver and 100,000 quintals of grain, which was Chongzhen's economic lifeline, and of course they had to be brought.

Of course, the escort of grain and grass must be a capable general, in the era of war and chaos, encountering the mountains and grasses, and then snatching or burning the grain and silver, it will be a waste of work.

Therefore, Chongzhen sent elite soldiers and strong generals, let Li Meng, the old department of the Tianxiong Army, be responsible for escorting food and salary, and sent Gu Shunyi, a congenital 6-layer master, to assist Li Meng.

In addition to the night of each battalion, Chongzhen asked Yang Wanli, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, to bring 100 Jinyiwei, who were responsible for collecting and transmitting news from various departments along the way, including Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and Chongzhen wanted to grasp the news of soldiers and horses from all walks of life in time.

Chongzhen arranged it seamlessly, and Li Meng and Gu Shunyi were busy after receiving the order.

Wang Chengen, the general manager of the interior, commanded the generals, and the large and small vehicles were full of hundreds, and after they were ready, they were handed over to the second general, and before dawn the next day, Li Meng and Gu Shunyi also set off.

Chongzhen left 20,000 horses to guard the mountain customs and handed it over to the general Liu Chongxi to be in charge.

With the Ningyuan defense line in front, Shanhaiguan is equivalent to building a barrier here, so that Liu Chongxi can lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Shanhaiguan.

After everything was arranged, Chongzhen personally supervised 30,000 horses and horses to leave Shanhaiguan.

Counting Ma Bao's pioneer battalion and Li Meng's and Gu Shunyi's heavy grain and grass battalion, there were a total of 40,000 horses, and they traveled all the way to the southwest and came to the capital of Daming.

Set up a few carts, Qianyue was responsible for protecting the two princes of King Ding and King Yong to sit in the cart, and the two show girls of Chongzhen also sat in the car to serve, and the little eunuch accompanied him.

In addition to Wang Chengen, the general manager of the inner house, there were also a thousand Jinyi guards, including Qianhu Han Yin, a congenital master, Li Moran, a congenital master, and a thousand other Jinyi guards, who were in the military camp for the Son of Heaven.

The 30,000 horses in front of the road was the general Lu Mingzhang, and Chongzhen took the palace maids and eunuchs and other chariots and horses to walk in the middle as the Chinese army.

At the end is the general Ma Xingquan's men and horses, mighty and mighty, and there is a long queue on the official road, and you can't see the edge at a glance......

Of course, the march of large troops will not take mountain and wild paths, but will take official roads. This is slow, coupled with the hot weather, the cavalry has to rest and change horses after walking dozens of miles, and the infantry relies on two legs to measure.

Moreover, although the official road is wider, it is not smooth, far less than the asphalt road of later generations, it is undulating, potholes, and it is even more difficult to walk when encountering mountains and hills, and on the first day they only walked more than 40 miles before they became tired dogs.

Because the weather was too hot, Chongzhen immediately adjusted, got up early in the morning to hurry, rested at noon and afternoon during the hottest hours of the day, worked overtime at night, and rested late at night.

Walk for a few hours when it's cool, rest for a few hours when it's hot, and sleep at night doesn't affect it, relatively speaking, people and horses are not guilty, and they can walk more, and sure enough, they can walk 70 miles a day.

Five days later, they arrived in the area of Yutian, and in three or four days they could reach the capital.

This is very different from when he came, Chongzhen left the capital is the monarch and the minister disguised, the four of them traveled day and night, took the trail to drill the mountains and forests, and could walk hundreds of miles a day, often staying in the deep forest, and also met the wolf demon.

Looking back, Chongzhen felt that now they didn't look like they were marching, but like they were touring the mountains and rivers.

But even so, many generals are already overwhelmed.

At this time, there was a report from Ye Bushu and Jinyiwei almost at the same time that Ma Bao's vanguard battalion had encountered *** men and horses in the Gyeonggi area, and fell into a situation where the enemy was on the back of the enemy, and there was a danger of annihilation......

"What the hell is going on?"

"If you go back to your grandfather, General Ma's vanguard camp arrived in the Gyeonggi area three days ago, and Wu Sangui, Duoduo and Aazig did not capture the capital, but pursued the thieves. After General Ma rested his soldiers and horses, he was just about to enter the capital, and suddenly encountered a small group of troops robbed by ***, and General Ma planned to eat the other party, but there was a scuffle, with casualties on each other, but unexpectedly, reinforcements came again, and General Ma was in a predicament."

Wang Chengen said: "Sure enough, as expected, the capital is safe and sound, God bless the Ming, the master should hurry up and send rescuers."

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen