 The troops were loyal to the King; even Cesare Maria De Vecchi, commander of the Blackshirts, and one of the organisers of the March on Rome, told Mussolini that he would not act against the wishes of the monarch.De Vecchi went to the Quirinal Palace to meet the king and assured him that the Fascists would never fight against the king.It was at this point that the Fascist leader considered leaving Italy altogether.