What's wrong with this!

If they were lucky enough to return to Shanhaiguan, after their propaganda, the soldiers would be even less motivated.

Although he knew that Inspector Hong and King Zhou had a close relationship, there were some things that even Ma Ke was not qualified to know.

Ay!

Marco didn't dip the soup, and took a vicious bite of the pancake, which was so hard that his cheeks hurt.

At this time, Zukofa came on horseback.

He was the supervisor of the vanguard team, and routinely inspected the troops to prevent middle and low-level generals from filling their pockets and deducting food from soldiers.

When he arrived in the Mako army, Zukefa turned over and dismounted, took the reins in one hand, and walked slowly. His gaze swept over Marco's hand and bowl, estimating the weight.

"This general is funny, what are you staring at our bowls?"

"He's a prisoner, and he patrols around at lunch, because he's afraid that someone will treat the soldiers badly."

"That's nice!"

The soldiers nodded in agreement.

The conversation fell into Mako's ears, and he sighed inwardly and stood up to greet Zukofa.

Zu Kefa clasped his fists and said, "General Ma, don't mind, the army will march for many months, and in order to achieve victory, I have to strictly enforce military law." Look at the book

"General Zu also acts according to orders, how can I have an opinion." Marco replied with a fist clenched.

"The soldiers only have half an hour to rest."

"Understood."

While the two were talking, Bai Guangen arrived on horseback.

Bai Guangen turned over and dismounted, first greeted each other with Zu Kefa, and then said to Ma Ke:

"On the orders of His Royal Highness, I invite General Ma to the Chinese army."

"Did Your Highness tell me what happened?" Marco asked curiously.

"Nothing serious. It's that His Highness wants to find someone to relieve his boredom, and he heard that there will be a war between the north and the south, so he sent me to invite."

"Oh, I see."

Ma Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to Zu Kefa and hugged his fists: "General Zu, my three hundred family members will be handed over to General Zu for the time being."

"No problem." Zukefa readily agreed.

Marco turned his head and ordered the soldiers to gather their guys and prepare to go.

The soldiers drank the mutton soup that they were reluctant to dip into their stomachs as quickly as possible, wiped the pancakes clean and stuffed them into their mouths, and prepared them for action.

At this time, I don't know who came and said, "General Ma, how long have we been with General Zu?"

Most of them think he's stupid when they can ask this.

Only Marco heard the meaning of his words, and his whole face turned cold.

What does this guy mean...... I've been following General Zu!

Zu Kefa also heard it, and hurriedly came out to relieve the siege: "It won't be long, Your Highness just asked General Ma to talk."

Bai Guangen also pulled Mako: "General Ma, let's go, Your Highness is waiting."

Ma Ke's face softened slightly, nodded from Zukefa, and then got on the horse and rode away with Bai Guangen.

He wasn't angry, but it was as if his body was drained of energy.

Jiading, a special group in the late Ming Dynasty, was the main force that Ma Ke embezzled from the nominal salary of the military household every month and raised it during the war.

Such a loyal army can easily be corrupted.

No gold or silver was used, only mutton soup and pancakes.

In fact, Marco has long noticed this sign.

From the time they stayed in the Chinese army, they were surprised to find that Yang Chengying, who was the commander of the first army and the prince, also ate the same food as them.

From them, they call their own supervisor Hong Chengchou, and call other people's commanders His Royal Highness.

Marco knew that sooner or later the family would ask that.

As much as he really wanted to lose his temper, the court owed too much to the soldiers, and venting his anger would only make things worse.

So be it.

Ma Ke rode a horse, walked slowly with Bai Guangen, and came to Yang Chengying.

The Chinese army was resting at this time, and all the soldiers were sitting on the ground and enjoying their meals, except for the guard posts.

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The same is true of Chengying.

He spread a piece of cloth on the ground and placed a bowl of mutton soup and a plate with pancakes on top of the cloth.

Sitting cross-legged on it, he took a pancake in one hand, dipped it in mutton soup, took a big bite, and savored it carefully.

Seeing Ma Ke coming, Yang Chengying beckoned to him: "General Ma is just in time!"

"Your Highness!" Marco approached, but did not dare to sit down.

"Sit, I was just trying to talk to you." Yang Chengying pointed to the vacant position opposite him.

Marco gave a fist salute before sitting cross-legged.

"I heard that you are from Xiningwei?"

"Exactly. Bei was born in an unnamed town in the southwest of Xining, and was the first to follow Li Bei. After General Li died of illness, he followed Inspector Hong to Shanhaiguan."

"I heard Inspector Hong mention that you and Zuo Guangxian chased Li Zicheng and had almost no way to escape."

Hearing this, a wry smile appeared on Marco's face.

"What? I'm wrong." Yang Chengying asked.

"Your Highness has misunderstood. The general just remembered some of the past and felt helpless."

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's not a secret, the humble general and General Zuo did chase Li Zicheng and lose his armor, but Li Zicheng is definitely not without a way to escape."

"Oh?"

"Li Zicheng and his subordinates are terrible. Governor Hong, who was the governor of the three sides at the time, and Sun Daren, who was the governor of Shaanxi at the time, joined forces to pursue Li Zicheng and besiege him in northern Sichuan.

Li Zicheng actually led the crowd to march forcibly from the Songpan grassland, avoiding the main force of our army, and arrived in Longnan.

Our army pursued and killed Li Zicheng to Lintao, but Li Zicheng avoided it, and even led his troops over the local snow-capped mountains and entered the territory of the Qiang people.

General Zuo and I were forced to pursue Li Zicheng, and for twenty-seven days we did not dare to take off our armor and sleep. However, Li Zicheng actually appeared in Hezhou and caught us off guard.

However, we almost caught Li Zicheng in Lixian, he hid in the mountains, and our men were afraid of the previous situation, so they had to withdraw their troops.

There were only more than 1,000 people in his subordinates, and they were hiding in the Shangluo Mountains, but they couldn't catch him. This man is the best man in the peasant army, and I am in awe, and I am helpless."

"Hearing you say this, it is not surprising that the Ming army will not be able to suppress Li Zicheng."

After Yang Chengying finished speaking, he turned his head and told the generals of the army: "Look! The world is so big, there are really many heroes."

There was no trace of depression in his words, but he was very happy.

He shoved the last piece of pancake into his mouth, and drank the soup from the bowl again.

It seems that hearing Li Zicheng's story can make him eat a few more bowls.

At this time, the vanguard sent someone to bring news that the left wing lord of the Tushetu Khan Department, Sonomu, had come with the lords of all the tribes.

Yang Chengying looked at the Living Buddha who was eating the pancakes with boiling water: "Living Buddha, how is the relationship between Sonomu and his brother Gunbu?"

"Usually." Yin Hu Tuketu raised his head and replied, "How good can the relationship be?"

"Oh, there's a lot to say between them."

Yang Chengying heard the point at once.

"It's a long story." Yin Hu Tuketu sighed.

Yang Chengying understood, he turned his head and told Bai Guangen: "You first send someone to tell Sonomu that I have only seen the Great Lord, and if they can trust me, they will come to meet you."

Bai Guangen stepped back.

"How? Now I have time to tell me the inside story."

Yang Chengying turned over and got on the horse.