Ming Empire

Chapter 150 Where Does the Reward Silver Come From?
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Completely different from the powerful fighting power of the Datong Army and the Dongxie Army led by Cao Bianjiao, the other Ming armies hardly posed any threat to Jiannu.

After withdrawing from the mountain pass facing Cao Bianjiao's tribe, Dorgon's army rolled eastward with little resistance.

The county towns and villages along the way were easily captured by them, and the Ming army stationed there surrendered or fled with little resistance.

However, Jianu, who had been suppressed by defeat for too long, did not accept anyone's surrender. Wherever they went, they were slaughtered everywhere, whether they were men, young or old, they were all slaughtered.Near the city of Beijing, countless villages and towns were destroyed, countless people were killed, all their property was robbed, and there was a hell on earth everywhere.

Jiannu, who had experienced the disastrous defeat under the city of Datong and that unknown mountain pass, seemed to have regained his confidence in the frantic killing and looting, and attacked any towns he encountered along the way with all his might.

Soon, Jiannu's violent attack and smooth progress shocked the capital. The terrified Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned Qin Wang's division to prevent Beijing from being captured.However, after burning, killing and looting for many days, destroying some counties and counties near Beijing, Jiannu did not concentrate their forces to attack Beijing, but flaunted their power under the city for a while, then quickly withdrew.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had made a false alarm, finally breathed a sigh of relief.But he couldn't help being annoyed. He reprimanded some incompetent ministers and beheaded some people before calming down his anger.

After Jiannu evacuated from the city of Beijing, Cao Bianjiao, who had already arrived in Datong City, and Cao Yue, who was hurrying to rest and supervise the production of gunpowder, received the emergency order from Beijing.

Just when the two brothers discussed with Sun Chuanting, planning to lead the army to rescue Beijing as soon as possible and expel Jiannu beyond the Great Wall, another news came from Beijing that Jiannu had withdrawn and the siege of the capital had been eased.

"It turns out that Dorgon retreated secretly, but he wanted to take revenge. He burned, killed and looted for a while and then retreated!" After a comprehensive analysis, Cao Yue said helplessly: "Dorgon couldn't get cheap in the hands of Datong and his cousin, so he just went to the city to save him." To avoid our sharp edge, we only picked those towns and villages that were not heavily defended, burned, killed, looted, created panic, and even put on a posture of attacking Beijing on a large scale, trying to scare the soldiers and civilians of Ming Dynasty. It seems that this time the establishment of slavery was really We are in pain, otherwise we wouldn't be like this, and we will definitely try to attack the city when we go to Beijing."

"What Cao Zongbing said is right!" Cao Bianjiao approved what Cao Yue said, but in front of Sun Chuanting, he did not dare to be as presumptuous as Cao Yue, and said in a businesslike manner: "Jiannu suffered heavy losses this time. Before retreating, rob and report and take revenge, so as to avoid our two difficult men and horses, and attack villages and towns and counties that are not heavily guarded. I believe that Jiannu will retreat to the north of the Great Wall soon this time, and then For a period of time, they have no ability to attack south again, and we, the people of Ming Dynasty, can have a period of peace."

"What the two Masters Cao said is true, but I believe that it is not realistic for the people of the world to have peace. It may take many years for the world to be peaceful. Jiannu was temporarily repelled, but the bandits are still powerful. Now Liu Zongmin and Li Yan’s army still poses a threat to Beijing. If their 10,000+ army unites with Jiannu this time, no one can predict what the outcome of the Battle of Datong will be. What I am eager to solve is the threat of bandits, the battle of Datong is over, the crisis in the capital has been lifted, and soon Long Live Lord will call my officials to Beijing to assign new tasks."

"I would like to follow Dushi Sun into Henan and put down the threat of bandits!" Cao Bianjiao got up, saluted Sun Chuanting, and roared very proudly.

But Cao Yue ignored Sun Chuanting's words. After Cao Bianjiao sat down again, he said slowly: "Mr. I, Cao Yue, can't afford the rewards for the soldiers. You must fight for the Datong Army in the court, or you will be the enemy of the Datong Army."

Cao Yue's words made Cao Bianjiao startled, he was afraid of offending Sun Chuanting and causing trouble, so he quickly winked at Cao Yue to tell him not to talk nonsense.But Cao Yue just smiled generously, telling Cao Bianjiao not to worry too much.

Sun Chuanting imitated Cao Yue and replied slowly: "Boy, I don't know how narrow-minded you are? You are just crying for poverty. I know whether the court can reward you with money now, so don't make things difficult for me. , or the old man will go with you and ask Dai Wang for some more, I believe that His Highness Dai Wang is still capable of rewarding the soldiers of the Datong Army with money."

When Cao Yue heard it, he immediately smiled: "Just waiting for you to say this, let's talk about it first, at least let His Royal Highness take out 100 million taels of silver to work in the army, otherwise I will say that I have obeyed the order of Governor Sun, Use his property as military pay and party members' money, and you will explain it to the Long Live Lord yourself!"

Cao Yue's words made Cao Bianjiao even more surprised, and also made Sun Chuanting dumbfounded: "Boy, you are cruel! I am too lazy to waste words with you, go back and have a good sleep, and then go to find His Royal Highness Dai Wang with you!"

Speaking of getting up, he glared at Cao Yue, picked up his official robe and left.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was "flicked away" by Cao Yue's words, Cao became very anxious and wanted to chase Sun Chuanting back, so he could talk again, but Cao Yue stopped him. "Cousin, don't worry, the old man won't be angry, he likes to talk to me like this!"

Cao Bianjiao sat down dubiously, still not convinced.

Cao Yue also immediately expressed his views on Sun Chuanting: "Cousin, old man Sun is an unusual person. He is very capable and open-minded. He will not look down on us because of our lack of qualifications. He will We are highly regarded because of our ability. With the great victory in the Battle of Datong and the defeat of Dorgon several times by our cousin, old man Sun will definitely have a different view of us. He wants to put down the rebellion of the bandits. Rely on the army in the hands of our two brothers. If we don’t cooperate with him, let alone put down the bandits, it will not be easy for him to enter Henan, so don’t worry about him falling out with us now!”

"So it is!" Cao Bianjiao believed it a little bit, and asked Cao Yue again: "This time, the fifth brother will follow Sun Dushi to Henan Pingkou?"

"Old man Sun hasn't told me how to arrange it, but I guess there must be a big hidden secret in it. Maybe the court wants to take the Datong Army away from me," Cao Yue said, sighing slightly, softly Said to Cao Bianjiao: "Cousin, Old Man Sun promised me that when the Battle of Datong is won, he will tell me all the secrets. Tonight, I am going to talk to him alone and ask all the secrets. He should know that Long Live God is here What are your plans, what are your preparations for marching into Henan, how will the Datong Army deal with it, and what will my Long Live Lord do in the future!"

"Well, then you should find out the secret from Governor Sun first, and then we brothers can discuss and discuss countermeasures!"

(End of this chapter)