Ming Dynasty entry: I am Chongzhen, the greatest emperor of all time!

Chapter 33 Guanning Juntang News

Not only Fan Jingwen was shocked, but Ni Yuanlu, Wu Xiang and others were also extremely surprised.

Even if the rebel army is said to have a million soldiers, there may actually be only 300,000 combatants, but that is not something that 500 rabble can pull off!

Zhang Shize actually managed to come back alive, and brought back forty or fifty elite soldiers from the Yebu Rescue Army.

Even if the plan to burn the grain failed, it would be enough to surprise them.

What's more, Wu Wei also said that they were able to break through the siege and return because of the fire in the granary.

This shows that they really went to burn the food.

Even Ni Yuanlu, who was the most opposed to this plan, could not help but sigh, "He is truly a great general of the Ming Dynasty!"

Just when Wu Xiang was about to ask Wu Wei about the internal details of his army, a young eunuch hurried over.

He gasped and said, "The emperor urgently summons all the adults to the palace!"

Ni Yuanlu and Fan Jingwen looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

The two of them came out of the imperial city half an hour ago and just arrived at Deshengmen.

Being suddenly summoned back to the palace at this time must mean something big has happened.

Thinking it was bad news, Fan Jingwen subconsciously asked, "What happened? Why is Your Majesty so anxious?"

The eunuch lowered his head, his expression unclear. "This servant dares not to make irresponsible remarks about the court. Supervisor Fan should leave quickly, lest His Majesty wait anxiously."

"You..." Fan Jingwen wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Wu Xiang.

"General Fan, calm down."

Wu Xiang smiled and said something to comfort him, then turned around and tried to take out a silver ingot from his pocket.

Only then did I remember that I had donated all my money to Your Majesty.

There was no other way, so Wu Xiang had to take off the ring on his hand and stuff it into the eunuch's arms.

"Eunuch, what happened that made His Majesty so anxious?"

The eunuch finally smiled and bowed to Wu Xiang in a flattering manner.

"Thank you, Governor Wu, for the reward. The palace has been under strict control these past two days. I don't know exactly what happened, but I heard it was an urgent report from Shanhaiguan, which was sent 800 miles away."

"What!?"

The three of them exclaimed at the same time, which scared the eunuch.

At present, only Wu Sangui's Guanning Army is left near Shanhaiguan.

That express letter must have been sent by Wu Sangui.

An ominous premonition came over the three of them.

Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui's biological father, was the first to leave.

After instructing Wu Wei to pay attention to the Chuang army attacking the city, he immediately jumped out of the city gate and rode his warhorse to the palace.

Ni Yuanlu and Fan Jingwen were not much slower.

Although they had nothing to do with Wu Sangui, in their hearts, only the Guanning Army could save the capital from danger at the moment.

If anything went wrong with the Guanning Army, neither of them dared to think about the consequences.

Because neither of them could ride a horse, they could only sit in the carriage and urge the coachman to speed up.

After watching the three people leave, the eunuch looked at the ring with satisfaction, "What a good treasure!"

"It's really a good baby."

An embroidered spring sword approached the eunuch with a cold tone.

Two Jinyiwei appeared in front of him with a grin.

"You secretly accepted valuables from high-ranking officials of the imperial court and leaked the emperor's military secrets. Eunuch, please come with us..."

……

The Qianqing Palace in the imperial city.

When the three arrived, Zhu Youjian was eating pastries made by Queen Zhou, without any look of anxiety or panic.

The anxious hearts of several people finally settled down a little.

After everyone saluted together, Wu Xiang asked first, "Why did the emperor urgently summon us?" "Nothing particularly big." Zhu Youjian swallowed the last bite of cake and signaled Wang Chengen to show the three of them the Tangbao newspaper he had just received.

As Wu Xiang guessed, the Tangbao was indeed sent by Wu Sangui.

And it was an express delivery of 800 miles.

At the beginning, Zhu Youjian was a little panicked. He was worried that Wu Sangui would do something weird again, which would prevent the Guanning Army from coming.

That is the most elite force in the Ming Dynasty today.

And it was cavalry, which was very consistent with the first red entry he drew.

It’s a pity that the Guanning Army has not arrived yet and is not an organization under his command, so he cannot add any entries.

Fortunately, there was no mention of delay in the Tangbao.

Long before Wu Xiang sent Zhu Youjian's promise to Wu Sangui, the latter had already ordered the army to speed up.

At this time, there were only seven days left to travel to the capital.

He sent the urgent report this time mainly for three things.

The first one is also the focus of the Tangbao.

The Jiannu are making unusual moves!
According to Wu Sangui's reconnaissance, four days ago, that is, on March 14, the Eight Banners Jurchens from Gaizhou, Haizhou, Liaoyang and other places suddenly set off, and a total of 20,000 Eight Banners soldiers gathered in Guangning.

The Jurchens in Jianzhou and other places were also gathering in the rear, with a total force of no less than 50,000, and logistics and food supplies from all over the country were converging to the Liaodong Regional Military Commission.

It is suspected that they are preparing to deduct the customs clearance.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was in a situation where the Jurchens had less than 10,000 people and were invincible.

A total of 70,000 Eight Banners soldiers were enough to intimidate even Li Zicheng.

However, Zhu Youjian was not too worried.

During these few days of traveling through time, he also gained some insights into the speed of organization in this era.

The Jurchen army has just set out, and it will take at least one to two months to attack the pass. This is enough time for him to get rid of Li Zicheng and then attack the capital.

The second thing is to ask for money. Yes, Wu Sangui is still asking for money.

I don’t know if Zhu Youjian’s promise worked.

This time, Wu Sangui finally stopped asking for an exorbitant price.

Although he claimed to have 200,000 troops this time, just like the rebel army, the majority of them were logistical laborers.

The real elite are the 30,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry, and what he wants is the money for these 30,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry.

He wanted to pay each person five taels of silver per month, and a total of 150,000 taels of military pay to boost military morale.

Zhu Youjian had only one reply to this: once we arrived at the imperial city, there was plenty of silver and it would be paid on the same day.

Not to mention whether continuing to pay Wu Sangui military pay would be like throwing meat buns at a dog.

The rebel troops surrounding the capital alone would not let the silver pass through safely.

Moreover, 150,000 taels were enough for him to draw the lottery once and a half times, so how could he possibly give it to Wu Sangui?

The last thing was a daily report that they had passed Qian'an and were about to arrive in Tangshan, which was still seven days away from the capital.

I implore Your Majesty to hold on until he arrives with his troops.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but suspect that the last thing was Wu Sangui's real intention in sending the Tangbao.

But no matter what, reinforcements are arriving soon.

After the three people in the hall passed around the newspaper, they finally felt relieved.

Seven days is much more promising than defending the city endlessly.

However, Wu Xiang still didn't understand why His Majesty had to recall them urgently.

Ni Yuanlu thought for a moment and thought that His Majesty was worried about the 70,000 Jurchens, so he wanted to go forward and comfort him.

"Your Majesty, are you worried about the Jiannu raiding the border? In my opinion, since the Wanli period, the Jiannu have been raiding the border around the autumn harvest, firstly to secure food and fodder for the winter, and secondly to plunder the people. Gathering troops now should be to prevent the rebels from advancing north."

Zhu Youjian shook his head. "The matter of the Jiannu will be discussed after the rebels withdraw. I suddenly summoned you all here because of the food and fodder in the city."

"Food?" The three looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)