Shu Bu's eyes widened, and when he reacted, he quickly bumped his forehead to the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!"

"Didn't you just say you were absolutely loyal to me?"

"Your Majesty, my little minister...please spare your life..."

"I can't spare you anymore! As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, you took my food and dared to openly reciprocate Huang Taiji. If I spare you, wouldn't the grassland think that everyone in the Ming Dynasty could be bullied!"

After saying that, Chongzhen turned around and left.

In a blink of an eye, it was already late June.

An emergency military newspaper came from Liaodong in an emergency at 800 miles.

What military newspaper?

Jiannu sent troops!

Huang Taiji mobilized 50,000 elite troops in Shenyang and rushed towards Daling River.

As soon as the news reached Beijing, the court was shocked.

After a year and a half, Huang Taiji sent troops again!

The last time was the Jisi Incident at the end of the second year of Chongzhen. Huang Taiji broke into Xifengkou and entered the pass.

This time, the target is Dalinghe.

After the Ming army was sent back, the news in the entire court began to change again.

What changes?

The ministers who did not agree with the construction of the city began to jump up again.

Emperor, don’t you have to make a basis for your speech?

OK, we will provide you with a basis this time!

So, the next step is the settlement process, and then the comparison of forces between the two sides.

Some people even started after the Battle of Sarhu, saying that since Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty had basically not achieved large-scale offensive victory.

And Daling River City has been built three times and has been destroyed three times.

This time, Huang Taiji's army was approaching, but Dalinghe City had not yet been built, so he immediately withdrew his troops back to Jinzhou.

Some people even took advantage of this moment to advocate giving up outside the pass and withdrawing from inside the pass.

Anyway, the court is now full of saliva.

Where is Chongzhen?

Chongzhen changed into military uniforms, brought the Jinyiwei and Shenwuwei. On June 27, he left Beijing City and headed towards Shanhaiguan.

He wants to come out of seclusion?

Of course it's not out of seclusion.

Huang Taiji's 50,000 elite cavalry were approaching Dalinghe City. It can be said that the entire Liaoxi Corridor would be threatened.

Chongzhen could not say that he had no confidence in the border troops at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but had no confidence at all.

Then what did he do in Shanhaiguan?

Of course, it was to boost morale with the slogan of personal expedition.

In ancient dynasties, only founding emperors would personally conquer, but few of them would personally conquer the founding emperors.

There were many emperors who personally fought against the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, such as Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Houzhao.

Chongzhen in history must have never personally fought for it.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Chen was not a personal expedition, because he didn't go to the front line and just stayed at Shanhaiguan.

It is 600 miles from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, and it will definitely not be able to arrive in a while.

As Chongzhen walked along the way, he saw many local governments raising food.

Because the new round of grain transfer orders from the imperial court had been issued some time ago.

In theory, Chongzhen made full preparations and began to raise food for the upcoming Battle of Daling River as early as the beginning of the year.

The food on the front line must be enough now, and Chongzhen sent officials from the Military Governor's Office to personally verify this.

Moreover, with Yuan Chonghuan's character, he would definitely ensure that the Liaodong Army had sufficient military rations.

Now we are starting to mobilize food again, and we are completely preparing for both ways. What if we want to fight a protracted war?

War is not just about charge on the front line.

In war, logistics is more common.

The logistics are well prepared and the frontline war is also confident.

In the past, the imperial court raised food to force the levy. For example, in history, Chongzhen's "three pays" were all targeted by ordinary farmers.

Now it’s a purchase, and the court pays for it.

Judging from the current data, the food in Shuntian Prefecture is still enough.

After all, sweet potatoes have become popular in Shuntian Prefecture, which has eased the large grain shortage problem.

Six days later, on July 3, the emperor arrived at Shanhaiguan.

The emperor came very suddenly. When Zhao Rujiao learned that the sage was coming, he hurriedly led the generals of Shanhaiguan to welcome him.

"The Emperor's Holy Lord has arrived, but I have not been able to welcome you. Please give up your crime."

"Everyone is exempt from politeness. Those who don't know are innocent. I came suddenly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Rujiao was nervous. This place was half a border area. Why did the emperor come here? How dangerous!

If there is a three-length and two-length shortcoming, the nine tribes may be out of order.

Thinking of this, General Zhao was sweating all over his head.

"I don't know what important things your Majesty has when you come to Shanhaiguan, but please give me instructions, and I will go through fire and water."

"There is no need to go through fire and water. Jiannu has had any unusual movements. I just come here to care about the soldiers and see if everyone has food to eat."

"Your Majesty is kind and wise, and all the soldiers on the border are grateful to your Majesty for mercy."

"Let's go, let's talk to your general army office."

"Please, Your Majesty."

"Let the people below go to the duty on duty, I will talk to you."

"yes!"

All the way to the General Office, Luo Yangxing personally brewed tea and prepared some snacks.

The emperor said: "The imperial court transported a batch of grain from Shanhaiguan at the beginning of this year. Have you ever tested it?"

"Report to Your Majesty, a total of 30,000 stones of grain were transported from Shanhaiguan, and all of them had ordered it."

There were two ways to provide food to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty:

1. By land, go out of the customs by Shanhaiguan.

2. Sea route, take sea routes from Dagukou, Tianjin, Denglai coast, and dock near Juehua Island and Ningyuan.

Generally, sea routes are definitely easier, but in order to diversify risks, land routes are also prepared.

"How many guards are there in Shanhaiguan now?"

"There are 20,000 guards in total."

In addition to the 10,000 Shenwu Guards brought by Chongzhen, there were only 30,000 defenders in total. If Huang Taiji was playing in this war, he would bypass Ningyuan and go directly to Shanhaiguan, so he would not have to worry.

On July 4, news of the emperor's arrival at Shanhaiguan had spread throughout Shanhaiguan.

For a time, morale was greatly boosted.

And on July 4th, the news spread outside the pass and went to Ningyuan.

Originally, the news of Huang Taiji's troops had already reached Ningyuan. The atmosphere in Ningyuan City is now solemn, but when he heard that the emperor arrived at Shanhaiguan, the morale of the army was immediately boosted.

This was the case in ancient times. The emperor could not fight with the front line, but once the emperor really arrived at the front line, his morale would surge.

Just say that the Song army was almost destroyed by the Liao army in the Tanyuan Alliance back then.

Kou Zhun pulled Emperor Zhenzong to the front line. The Song army, who was already a little panicked, instantly felt like he was injected with chicken blood, and his morale soared.

Similarly, the news from Chongzhen not only spread to Ningyuan, but also arrived in Jinzhou on July 6th.

The emperor arrived at Shanhaiguan?

This is the first time in so many years!

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been coming for a long time!

For a moment, the Jinzhou frontline felt inspired.

Although he did not go directly to the front line, it was very important that the emperor showed his attitude at this moment of war!

Not only that, on July 7th, the emperor's sage was sent directly to Dalinghe City.

The meaning of this sage is very straightforward and simple: If necessary, I can go into battle myself.

Of course, this is a cliché. Who dares to let the emperor take action himself?

Is the head of the Nine Clans so cheap?
Chapter completed!