Huaibei is about one hundred miles away from Xuzhou.
Xu Dingguo and Gao Jie have a grudge against each other, and nothing good will happen if they get close to each other.
Xu Dingguo was from Taikang, Henan. Gao Jie had previously served under Li Zicheng and plundered Taikang, killing all of Xu Dingguo's family, young and old.
Xu Dingguo always kept this deep blood feud in his heart.
Historically, in the first month of the first year of the Hongguang reign, when Xu Dingguo entertained Gao Jie in Suizhou, he hid an ambush in his mansion and killed Gao Jie while he was drunk.
He then surrendered to the Jiannu.
Although the Jiannu here did not enter the pass, Xu Dingguo would most likely go to extremes.
Because he is a mortal being.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen, Kaifeng fell. Xu Dingguo was afraid of fighting and did not advance. He also allowed his soldiers to plunder the people. He was sentenced to death for multiple crimes.
In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting and entered Guanzhong.
Due to the urgency of the situation, the court asked Xu Dingguo to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence.
But instead of mending his evil ways, he became even more outrageous.
They robbed the people from time to time and were worse than bandits.
The memorials impeaching Xu Dingguo almost filled up Chongzhen's dragon desk.
"Quickly send a secret letter to Gao Jie, telling him to be careful of Xu Dingguo."
Li Banghua was stunned, not knowing what Chongzhen meant by this.
Chongzhen was a little anxious, and shouted outside the palace: "Wang Chengen, send someone from the Pacification Office."
The person on duty outside the door was Wang Guoxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei. When he heard Chongzhen calling him, he immediately stepped into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."
"How long does it take for the news from the capital to reach Xuzhou?"
"Uh..." Wang Guoxing hesitated for a moment and replied, "Your Majesty, it will take at least five days."
"Immediately send a secret letter to Gao Jie in Huaibei, telling him to be careful of Xu Dingguo."
"I accept your order."
"Wait..." Wang Guoxing was about to get up and leave, but Chongzhen stopped him, "You go in person!"
"If Gao Jie has been killed, let his wife Xing and his nephew Li Benshen temporarily lead the troops. Let the crown prince handle the rest."
"I obey your order." Wang Guoxing did not dare to neglect and stood up and left.
The capital was far away from the battlefield in the south, and his order would take at least five days to deliver.
Every time a message was delivered at this speed, the post horses at the post stations along the way would be put to the test.
After all, the number of post horses at the post station is scarce.
In fact, not only were post horses scarce, the Ming Dynasty was in urgent need of all kinds of horses.
Cavalry needed war horses, post stations needed fast horses, and logistics troops and civilians needed pack horses, mules, and even donkeys to transport supplies and do farming.
After Wang Guoxing left, Chongzhen sighed.
Apart from sending the key message, there were only two things he could do.
First, send the silver to Nanjing as soon as possible; second, seize the time to rectify the administration, resume production, and train the troops.
It is difficult to directly influence the war situation thousands of miles away in the capital!
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