The spring breeze was proud, much easier than expected to settle the things outside the pass, Chang Yu was proud in his heart, waved goodbye to the ancestors, crossed the river to the south and let the horses gallop, from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan nearly three hundred miles, and arrived outside the city at dusk on the second day, Gao Di heard the news and personally received him into the city.

Wash away the dust all the way, and entertain them with home-cooked meals according to the requirements of the little eunuch, and learn from Gao Di during the meal: Shen Jianghu's 5,000 soldiers and horses entered the city in the evening, and they were repaired in the barracks at this time.

Although Shen Jianghu sent troops half a day and one night earlier than Chang Yu, his soldiers and horses crossed the river more and delayed time, and the accelerator was not as low as Chang Yu's, so that he actually went to Shanhaiguan with his front and back feet.

"Why don't you call Shen Jianghu to talk together?" Gao Di asked tentatively, and Chang Yu glanced at him with a sneer: "Is it because Shen Jianghu asked you about borrowing grain?" That's your friendship with Wu Sangui, whether you borrow it or not has nothing to do with the governor, Hugh has to pull the governor into the water."

Gao Di's attempt was slightly embarrassed when Chang Yu saw through: "But there is not much surplus food in Guancheng...... It's just that, they can't be allowed to go south on an empty stomach, Wu Sangui's humble position still has to be sold."

Chang Yu stretched out his hand and knocked on the table a few times: "You really can't cry poor to the governor about the grain and grass, if you have it, you can borrow it, if you don't, you will ask the court to go This matter is under the control of the military department and the household department, and the governor is in charge of the East Factory, and it can't be tolerated."

After saying that, he left and went to rest in his room.

This...... Gao Yiren sat alone in the lobby and was embarrassed and puzzled, the little eunuch was very good to say when he went out of the customs a while ago, how did he come back and his temperament changed greatly, he was extremely impatient with him, it was not a disadvantage to do things outside the customs, or he offended him.

But he has been pretending to be blind and deaf and dumb for the past few days, and even Shen Jianghu has not said a word that should not be said in front of him, and there is no reason to offend him.

In fact, this matter has to be blamed on Zu Dashou.

Chang Yu didn't know much about Gao Di's past before, but he only remembered that when the Qing army entered the customs in history, he and Wu Sangui teamed up to fight Li Zicheng in a stone, which was limited to that, so he didn't have any liking or dislike for this person.

But a few days ago, when chatting with Zu Dashou, I heard some of Gaodi's black history, who originally belonged to the eunuch party, that is, Wei Zhongxian, who had replaced Sun Chengzong in charge of military affairs outside the Guan, ordered the withdrawal of Jinzhou, Dalinghe and other defenses, and even lost 100,000 stone of grain...... There is now only a lonely city in Ningyuan outside the Guan, and his "credit" is indispensable.

With Chang Yu's jealous and hateful temperament, how can he give him a good face, although he used to belong to the eunuch group, but he is not Wei Zhongxian, and Gao Di is not his person, and he can't look down on him.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Jianghu, who got the news, came to Chang Yu to say goodbye, and he was also very curious: "The factory governor is in such a hurry to return to Beijing, why don't you stay in Ningyuan for a few more days."

Chang Yu smiled slightly: "The army is going south, how can the governor be so comfortable to supervise the army and then escape the summer outside the customs by order" said with a long sigh: "The governor was born with a hard life."

"Since that's the case, let's go together, and be a companion to the governor on the way to relieve boredom" Shen Jianghu flattered, Chang Yu shook his head lightly: "You can't solve the boredom of the governor, but there is no spare time to accompany you slowly, and the governor must rush back to the capital within three days."

The capital has been very lively recently, from the Qing army being driven out of the customs for most of the month to the military parade.

These two days are even worse, but it is not the liveliness of the people, but the liveliness of the army.

It is said that the war disaster in the south broke out again, and the imperial court mobilized soldiers and horses to the south to put out the fire, and all the battalions in the city were busy with this matter, mobilizing, drawing, preparing grain and grass, and leaving the city to prepare for the ...... It's busy.

Gao Jie and Er Liu, as the pioneers of the south, left Beijing early this morning, and nearly 10,000 cavalry left in the dust.

None of them saw them off.

Jizhen is an important border town, Tang Tong also led his troops back to the division, Zhou Yuji was ordered to return to Shanxi to guard against the thieves on the west bank of the Yellow River and prepare for the counteroffensive after the autumn.

At this time, the soldiers and horses outside the city were left with Huang Degong and Ma Ke's soldiers and horses.

Huang Degong's army originally had nearly 20,000 troops, and in a few months, it fought thousands of miles and countless battles, losing nearly half and nearly 10,000 people, but it divided a lot of war horses and turned them into all cavalry, both in combat effectiveness and mobility, far better than before.

The dead have been buried, the pension is issued by the imperial court, there is a little eunuch as a guarantee, and the imperial court is now encircling the military and employing people, and no one dares to intercept the money.

As for the wounded, they were left in the Beijing Military Hospital for treatment, and the wounded compensation has also been distributed in place, which Huang Degong has done more authentically than many generals, although he has also eaten empty salaries, but he is by no means greedy for his subordinates' life money.

Huang Degong's soldiers and horses were waiting to be sent in Beicheng, and his grain and grass were the first, and he and Zhou Yuji and Li Yan divided the grain and grass plundered by Dolgon, and they had plenty of money on hand, and they could support the south of the Yangtze River if they saved some food, but Li Yan once warned him that he was low-key and cried poor.

He understands the reason, not that the crying baby has milk to eat, but to cooperate with the little eunuch's next meal plan.

There are now three soldiers and horses outside the city, and in addition to Huang Degong and Li Yan, there are thousands of people from Ma Ke.

When Mako entered the war, he commanded 8,000, and after a bloody battle with Dolgon, who was ambushed and jumped off the wall by dogs outside the pass, this trip to the south was only more than 5,000.

Although the price is heavy, there are many benefits in exchange, and the grain, grass and horses obtained are all shared, and they are all cavalry.

And Ma Ke was supposed to guard Changping, but Chang Yu ordered him to go south, he knew that this was the little eunuch to carry him, and he was grateful and also valued this opportunity very much, in the early morning Gao Jie and others pulled out the camp and left, he entered the Huang Degong big tent and asked when to pull out the camp?

Cha Li Yan was also there, and after a little deliberation, the three of them decided to leave the camp in the evening when the sun was not so hot.

"Report, uncle, the Shenji Battalion went south out of the city." At this time, a pro-soldier came to report, Huang Degong raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Don't call Lao Tzu that in the army."

The soldiers hurriedly nodded in response.

"Wu Weiying is very positive," Ma Ke looked at Li Yan and smiled.

"This old boy has tasted the sweetness, I heard that he almost didn't move the arsenal of the Beijing camp in the past few days, how much artillery and gunpowder he has to bring, Wang Jiayan was a little reluctant, he said that the little eunuch asked him to take it, and he went to the little eunuch if he didn't accept it" Huang Degong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The old guy is fighting so hard, don't you still want to fight for a pillar country or a duke?" ”

"The duke is a little difficult, this pillar country ...... Perhaps, I heard him boast to others that the little overseer had discussed with him what kind of military research institute he wanted to set up in Beijing, and specially summoned some firearms craftsmen to develop and build advanced new artillery, muskets, etc., and the military research institute and the military hospital started construction at the same time, and he was responsible for the construction" Ma Keshen said mysteriously.

Huang Degong scratched his head: "This Hanlin Academy has heard of it, this military research institute...... Hey, the little eunuch will do new tricks" said and looked at Li Yan: "Have you heard?" ”

Li Yan nodded: "I have heard that it is said that the surplus of the money raised for the preparation of the military hospital this time is used to build the military industrial institute, but I have not heard of who is responsible for it."

"The Shenji Battalion has too much baggage, and it's not enough to leave early" Huang Degong looked up at a few white clouds in the sky: "Do you know when the guards will leave?" ”

The soldiers shook their heads: "I haven't seen the city yet."

"It's okay, whatever they do, they can leave whenever they like" Huang Degong shrugged his shoulders and said to Ma Ke: "Go back and pack up, let's leave in the evening."

This time, in addition to the men and horses of the six general soldiers outside the city, Emperor Chongzhen even had to pour out the pro-guards in the city to help in the battle, the reason was that it would rust into waste if it was not polished.

However, this idea was strongly opposed by Chang Yu and the cabinet, and the reason for the opposition of the cabinet ministers headed by Li Banghua was very simple, that is, the pro-guard army was the Dinghai Divine Needle to protect the imperial city and protect the emperor.

And Chang Yu's opposition is more realistic, the emperor's twenty-six personal guards, although there are no hundreds of thousands, 100,000 in the heyday, but there are as many as 50,000 or 60,000, how much grain and grass is needed to transfer troops thousands of miles away, the rear supplies are not available, and so many rookies can't take it, and it's not to travel.

After some discussion, they finally ordered more than 10,000 iron horsemen from the eight guards of Tengxiang Siwei and Jinwu Siwei, who had rich combat experience.

After all, going south to quell the chaos is a real thing to do, and bringing other rookies is to give people heads, so why bother.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, if he wanted to temper the pro-guard army, he could send him to Changping and various passes on the Great Wall to defend it.

The soldiers and horses outside the city have been set up one after another, and the eight guards in the city are also busy packing up and packing their baggage, unlike the other ministries, their grain and grass have been supplied by the imperial court since they left Beijing.