In fact, Sun Chuanting himself knew that he had no choice.

After Emperor Chongzhen asked, if he refused, then his good impression in the emperor's heart would be gone; Not only does the governor and governor have nothing to do, but they can even be demoted for reasons, and they don't have to mix in officialdom in this life.

Of course, Sun Chuanting does not want to see such a result. He remembered that when he was in Dai County, he and the governor of Yansui were heroes of steaming wine, at this moment, didn't there be a huge opportunity in front of him?

Sun Chuanting was originally a decisive person, otherwise, he would not have preferred to consume more Daixian troops when defending the city in Daixian, but also let the thieves who besieged the city think that the troops in the city were insufficient, and constantly sent people to consume under the city wall of Daixian, so as to obtain greater credit for him.

Even in order to get a good official position and show his ambitions, he gambled his life, and without even telling his wife, he secretly went out of the city with three hundred miscellaneous soldiers to attack the army of tens of thousands of thieves.

All the thoughts flashed in Sun Chuanting's mind, and in the eyes of outsiders, in fact, he didn't hesitate, and immediately bowed down and responded: "The minister has done his best to die, and he will definitely complete His Majesty's trust!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help laughing. I deduced from this Sun Chuanting's deeds that he should be a suitable candidate. At least for now, he has lived up to the expectations he has placed on him.

In fact, he didn't know that in the original history, Sun Chuanting was unable to lead the army to suppress thieves because the imperial court did not allocate military supplies, so he forcibly requisitioned grain from the local gentry; He once killed people all the way because of the thieves everywhere, even if the thieves would quickly coerce the people into rebellion after defeating the thieves, whether it was the thieves or the people, he did not distinguish between them, and acted decisively.

For such a person, it is indeed a good choice for him to open the sea ban, collect taxes, and crack down on tax evasion. If it is someone else, even if it is Hong Chengchou or Lu Xiangsheng, it may not be as good as him!

Emperor Chongzhen was happy when he saw that he agreed, so he encouraged him again, and invited Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the three of them discussed the matter of the sea ban for about an hour before the meeting ended.

Of course, Liu Guoneng is here, Emperor Chongzhen also met with him, and praised Liu Guoneng for abandoning the secret and turning to the light, and asked him to make persistent efforts, after going to Fujian, listen to the words of the governor of Fujian, don't live up to the grace of the saint, and glorify the ancestors!

Liu Guoneng has seen such a formation, the emperor is so important to him, a heart has already been given to the emperor, even if he is allowed to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, he will definitely not say a word!

Emperor Chongzhen also rewarded the army that Liu Guoneng brought to Fujian, and each person rewarded ten taels of Daming banknotes, which was equivalent to a year's military salary for the border army, which greatly boosted the morale of the army, and made these men from Qin and Jin happily close their mouths, without a trace of defection to the imperial court, and live up to the psychological burden of the thief army.

Unlike Emperor Chongzhen, who used money to boost morale, the cavalry led by Mang Gurtai chased the Dongjiang cavalry day and night, and it was hatred and arrogance that supported them, and the morale was also very high, and no one was passive because of exhaustion.

At this moment, Mang Gurtai and they are stopping to take a breath, the most important thing is to give the war horse something to eat, a little slowly, otherwise the war horse will definitely not be able to consume.

Mang Gurtai himself was very depressed in his heart, and he was very aggrieved, and transferred all the anger given to him by Huang Taiji to the Dongjiang cavalry, he ignored his tired body, and shouted loudly to the guards around him: "Pass the order, you must not let Minggou escape back, you must speed up a little faster, Minggou has absolutely no combat effectiveness, as long as we can catch up with them, we can avenge the clansmen and correct our name!" ”

Mang Gurtai is absolutely convinced that the cavalry he leads is exhausted, and those Ming dogs can still be better? As long as you can catch up, you've won!

If you can escort the Dongjiang Ming Army back, you can avenge so many clansmen, and I believe that your prestige can also be improved a lot, and Huang Taiji still wants to bully himself like that, it will not be so easy!

He was thinking like this, and suddenly probed the horse and reported that judging from the traces left by the Ming army in Dongjiang, they should be not far ahead. It's just a little strange, in the traces left by the Ming army in Dongjiang, there seem to be traces of carriages.

"That must be the gold and silver treasure that was robbed by Minggou!" Mang Gurtai didn't think about it, he immediately came to such a conclusion, and then he didn't care about resting for a while, and immediately ordered to continue the pursuit.

Indeed, as Mang Gurtai expected, the Dongjiang cavalry was exhausted at this time, and even the war horses were almost unable to walk. They started from Haizhou, moved day and night, swept north near Liaoyang, and secretly crossed the army chasing them, and then plagued a handful of Shenyang surroundings, and continued to feint to Fushun, and finally took advantage of the night cover and raided out of the pass.

Originally, it could have been faster, but the carriage couldn't run fast, and the carriage was full of women and children, and there were even more old people, although they were padded with quilts, they still couldn't run fast, otherwise the people inside couldn't stand it. This is also thanks to the fact that these women and children are not pampered, they are used to suffering in Liaodong, and they can grit their teeth and endure it, otherwise it will be enough for Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Xingzhi to have a headache.

However, Wei Mulan eventually fell ill, with weakness and a little fever. This little girl obviously has never experienced such a difficult journey, and her body can't stand it. But she still persevered, kept silent, and tried to play the role of a good correspondent. The information given by Emperor Chongzhen, she conveyed it to Lu Xiangsheng as soon as possible.

It was nearly evening, and Lu Xiangsheng was leading the army to hurry. Beside him, Mao Chengzuo suddenly pointed in the direction behind him, and said in surprise: "Lord Zhongcheng, do you look behind us?" ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he turned his head to look, but saw that at the end of the grassland, there were countless black dots faintly moving. According to his experience, he understood at once that the Jianyu cavalry was finally catching up.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was not flustered at all, according to the words from the emperor just now, it should not be a big deal.

So, he immediately ordered more than forty soldiers who looked tough, distributed the remaining forty or so crossbows that were not damaged, and went to the end of the line, ready to shoot the Jianyu Tanma who was the first to chase after him.

"Lord Zhongcheng, the end will be fine!" Liu Xingzhi felt very uneasy that his family had slowed down the speed of the cavalry, and hurriedly came over and said.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at him and smiled: "In terms of archery, none of the three of you can match the official one, go back and take care of your family, don't worry about it!" ”