Ming Empire

Chapter 195 Wu Sangui Borrows Soldiers
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After Cao Bianjiao's tribe entered the customs quickly, they quickly received news that Beijing had fallen.

Hearing this news, Cao Bianjiao was heartbroken, and ordered his men and horses to continue to advance at full speed, preparing to fight to the death with the bandits.

But soon Cao Bianjiao learned the news from a secret channel. After Beijing fell, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and the prince was injured and died. Empress Zhou, King Ding and several other princes were rescued and went to Nanjing with Cao Yue's army.These news were naturally sent by Cao Yue. Although the two brothers are divided into two towns, they have established a secret communication channel. If the two troops were not moving quickly, they would have been in touch long ago.

Cao Yue originally wanted to ask Cao Bianjiao to go south with his naval warship, but things were too hasty and the situation changed too quickly. He was afraid of accidents, so he led the naval warship southward without waiting for Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Yue told Cao Bianjiao that there was no need to go to rescue Beijing. He gave Cao Bianjiao two ideas: one is to lead the army south and join him in Nanjing, and he will send a large army to Shandong to meet him; The Datong army joined forces to fight against the bandits.After joining forces, you can consider staying in Datong to fight against the slaves and bandits, or you can break out from Datong and go south to Xuzhou to join the Nanjing New Army.

Cao Yue told Cao Bianjiao in the secret letter that he must not retreat to Shanhaiguan and join forces with Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui will definitely surrender to the bandits, or become a slave.Not only can't rely on Wu Sangui, but also must be careful to guard against the master.

Next, there will likely be a big battle between Jiannu and the rogue bandits, and even if they stay in Datong, they won't have much trouble.After confirming the news, Cao Bianjiao immediately made a decision to rush to the rescue of Datong, which has not yet fallen, and prepare to join the Datong army before making a decision.

After receiving Cao Yue's order, the troops led by Cao Jie had already retreated slowly, preparing to retreat to the Xuzhou area.

Shandong is still Liu Zeqing's territory, and the Nanzhili area is basically controlled by the Nanjing New Army, and Xuzhou is not far from Nanjing.Returning to the front line of Xuzhou, you can rely on the troops left by the Nanjing New Army behind you, and you can also conveniently receive military supplies coming through the canal. Xuzhou has a strong city that you can use. Jiannu took advantage of the momentum to attack the Nanjing New Army in the south, or Liu Zeqing in Shandong took advantage of the chaos to revolt and wanted to eliminate the Nanjing New Army to expand his own power. Basically, there would be no major troubles, and the opponents did not have many chances to succeed.

Cao Jie knew that his strategy could not be compared with Cao Yue's at all, but he believed in the fighting power of the Nanjing New Army, especially the super fighting power of the first battalion he personally led, so he did not attack rashly on the premise of not attacking rashly. Worried about being raided by the enemy, he organized the army to retreat in an orderly manner.The only thing Cao Jie and other generals are worried about now is the safety of Cao Yue and others who have successfully escaped from Beijing and went south by sea.

At sea, you are not as safe and fearless as land. In case of storms or other troubles, you may encounter accidents. Cao Jie admires Cao Yue very much. He knows that the only person who can stabilize the situation in the world is his master Cao Yue.If anything happens to Cao Yue, then Daming is really over.Without Cao Yue, no one can fully control the Nanjing New Army.

Cao Jie, who is not worried about the safety of the army he leads, and other generals, are most concerned about the safety of Cao Yue.

At this time, Cao Yue was leading the navy fleet, heading south along the north wind that had just blown.

It was a coincidence that on the day Cao Yue left Tianjin Wei, the wind direction on the sea changed.A cold current that should have come at this time came from outside the pass. While the cold current brought a huge drop in temperature to the earth, it also provided great convenience for Cao Vietnam's fleet.The fleet headed south quickly with full sail, much faster than expected.

Rebuilding the Ming court in Nanjing, supporting a new monarch, appointing a large number of officials, and re-operating the Ming regime are the top priorities.At this time, Cao Yue felt like returning home.Although the news of the fall of Beijing may not reach Nanjing immediately, it is very likely that the news has already been known to the army and civilians of Nanjing before he led the fleet to arrive. He knows what will happen when the news reaches Nanjing. shock.

What can reduce the intensity of the shock is that he led the fleet to Nanjing, supported Zhu Cijiong as the throne, and established a new regime in Ming Dynasty.He hoped that his fleet could arrive in Nanjing before the news reached Nanjing, so that it would be much easier to do many things, and there would be no major turmoil in the south.

In order to reach Nanjing in the shortest time, Cao Yue ordered the fleet to sail at the highest speed without making any stops along the way.During the entire voyage, Cao Yue did not have any communication with Sun Chuanting on the other warship. He knew that at this time, he and Sun Chuanting would definitely have different ideas.He didn't want to accept Sun Chuanting's suggestion too much, he hoped that his idea could finally be put into practice.

It turns out that in history, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was destroyed in just one or two years. Cao Yue, who has read many books on the late Ming Dynasty, also understands why this happened. Avoid repeating the mistakes of history.Sun Chuanting is a person of this era, and no matter how capable he is, he can't escape the situation of this era, but he, who is familiar with historical time travel, is not.

Of course, pedantic officials cannot be appointed, and the affairs of the court cannot be decided by the newly established emperor Zhu Cijiong. To make the newly proposed regime run efficiently, it can only be realized through military management.He wants to be Cao Cao at the end of the Ming Dynasty, coercing the emperor to order the princes, and bringing the new Ming regime into a state of national war, expanding the army on a large scale, and eliminating the bandits, foreign captives, and warlords who are unwilling to obey the new regime.

In the process of traveling all the way south, I am thinking about these questions now, and I have written down most of the things I think about.Before he arrived in Nanjing, he planned to have a good discussion with Sun Chuanting to let Sun Chuanting accept his ideas.

He believed that he could convince Sun Chuanting. After all, everything about Sun Chuanting was given to him, even his life was under his control. He was not worried about Sun Chuanting's confrontation with him.

Of course, Cao Yue is also very concerned about the situation in the north. Before he left Beijing, he left all the hundreds of the most powerful special guards with him in Beijing, and asked them to report the situation in Beijing and Liaodong in time. To Cao Jie on land.After Cao Jie received the news, he would sort it out and send it to Nanjing. After Cao Yue led the fleet to Nanjing, he would be able to grasp the situation in the north as soon as possible.

Naturally, the situation in the north changed very rapidly as Cao Yue thought. After Wu Sangui knew that his father was arrested and imprisoned by Li Zicheng, and was tortured to death, and most of his family property was seized by Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui responded to his uncle's grandfather in a rage. According to Dashou's suggestion, he personally wrote to Dorgon to ask for borrowing troops, and asked Jiannu to help the Guanning Army and eliminate the rogues who broke through Beijing.

Wu Sangui didn't want to surrender Jiannu, all he wanted now was to unite with Jiannu to fight against the bandits.

Dorgon, who defeated Songshan and Jinzhou after a bitter battle, and after recruiting Zu Dashou, had been expecting Wu Sangui, who was guarding Shanhaiguan, to surrender.Now, after receiving the letter from Wu Sangui showing his favor and borrowing troops, he was ecstatic, and immediately raised nearly 10 horses and rushed to Shanhaiguan.

(End of this chapter)