Ming Empire

Chapter 247 Another big battle is about to start

I don't know whether it was Cao Yue who gave her the best emotional comfort, or whether she was satisfied with Cao Yue's plan to arrange her subordinates. In short, in the next few days, Hong Niangzi faced Cao Yue with gentleness every day, and obeyed Cao Yue .She no longer thought that Cao Yue had a special purpose for her.

She felt that everything Cao Yue did was for her own good and would not calculate anything against her.

A woman in love has the lowest IQ, this sentence is always so classic.

Cao Yue, who already had several women by his side, of course did not put all his affection on the red lady. He was more interested in physical demands from this woman, and also had real needs. Of course, he also had feelings, but it was far from being able to get along with Compared with the feelings that the red lady had for him.

By subduing this woman, Cao Yue has recruited tens of thousands of soldiers who are capable of fighting. Cao Yue thinks it is a good deal.

Of course, the raging fire between the two of them at night couldn't be stopped, and they always had to burn several times.

Although they have been married for a few years, the passion with Cao Yue suddenly boiled like boiling water, and the heat could not be compared with that of Li Yan when they were together.In the past, Li Yan and Li Yan respected each other as guests, and behaved well in matters of men and women.But now that the two of them are alone together, they can be as crazy as they want. In these matters, Hong Niangzi has changed from being reserved to completely letting go.This was all Cao Yue's inducement, and it was related to her taste in the end.And a woman's attachment to a man often begins with the conquest of the body.

The body is conquered by a man, and the heart goes with the body, especially for those so-called mature women.

On the Internet in later generations, some people used the idiom "love with each passing day" to describe this phenomenon.

Cao Yue also knew that the current red lady had nowhere to go but to join him. As long as he treated her well, she would follow him wholeheartedly, and would not leave unless something special happened.He is content with this state.

The new force of Hong Niangzi joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Cao Yue's momentum was greatly shaken. He deliberately released the news to let Jiannu know that he had reinforcements coming.The joining of tens of thousands of fresh troops not only shocked the morale of the Ming generals, but also suppressed the momentum of the establishment of slaves, and they were even more afraid.

The red lady came back with her troops, and what Cao Yue expected became one thing.

However, the other team he expected, that is, Cao Bianjiao's tribe, would not be an easy task to join him in Shandong.

It is hundreds of miles from Datong to Liaocheng, and along the way are places occupied by Jiannu.Cao Bianjiao had to break through many obstacles before he could reach Shandong.Cao Yue fully understood the difficulties in the middle, so he was going to continue to lead his army northward, put pressure on Jiannu, and help Cao Bianjiao.

The next change in the situation also made Cao Yue see greater hope, and it became not too difficult to take over Cao Bianjiao's tribe.

Because at this time, Linqing and Dezhou were also captured, and the power of building slaves basically disappeared from Shandong.

Because of Dorgon's retreat, Jiannu's momentum was hit hard. The original Ming army in Cangzhou and Linqing who surrendered to Jiannu once again acted as a fence when Cao Jie led the army to attack.Cao Jie's First Guards Division, and the Seventh Guards Division led by Huang Degong, who arrived later, captured Linqing and Dezhou, two important towns on the canal, with little effort.

There are not many Manchus and Mongols guarding these two cities, only a few thousand, most of them are the Han army and the Ming army.The Han army and the Ming army turned against each other, and the Manchus and Mongols fled in embarrassment after suffering heavy losses. The two guards led by Cao Jie and Huang Degong easily occupied Linqing and Dezhou, and left a force to guard these two important towns After that, immediately march in the direction of Cangzhou.

In Shandong, there are still some slave-builders, and Dezhou is almost not the northern gateway of Shandong. After occupying this city, it is almost impossible for the slave-builders in Shandong to easily withdraw northward.

If Cangzhou in the territory of Northern Zhili is occupied again, Shandong will be completely controlled by the Ming army and can threaten Tianjin Wei and Beijing.The gains and losses of Cangzhou are crucial to both Jiannu and the Ming army.Dorgon did not forget to defend Cangzhou when he was defeated. In addition to ordering Linqing and Dezhou troops to retreat to Cangzhou in a planned way, he also ordered Doro Raoyu King Abatai and his son Shangjian to lead 2 troops. Help Cangzhou.

Cao Yue originally wanted Cao Jie to quickly attack Cangzhou and capture this important city, but after knowing the movement of building slaves, he gave up this idea and planned to advance slowly to intimidate the Cangzhou defenders with superior forces.Cao Yue felt that he should fight steadily and not give Jiannu every opportunity to defeat them. After all, Jiannu's maneuverability was far better than that of the Ming army equipped with many firearms.

After a short rest and replenishment of some military supplies, Cao Yue also left a guard division and [-] former Hong Niangzi's troops to guard Liaocheng, and then led the other army to continue northward.

At this time, some news came that was not good for Jiannu, but good for Cao Yue.Jiang Rang and Jiang Xiang, the former generals of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered to build slaves, for some reason rebelled against the Manchu Qing and returned to the Ming Dynasty, announcing that they were incompatible with Jiannu.After the Jiang brothers raised their troops, all places in Shanxi rose up to respond. Shuozhou, Hunyuan, Ningwu, Daizhou, Fanzhi and other places all rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, and Taiyuan was in a hurry.

After Dorgon heard the news, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and quickly ordered Duduo and Azig's troops to speed up their return to aid.He himself quickly led his army back to the front line of Guide Mansion, and directly gave up on Daming Mansion.

Brothers Jiang Rang and Jiang Tuan first joined Li Zicheng's bandits, then attached to the Qing Dynasty, and now they are raising the banner of anti-Qing, which made Cao Yue amused.

The third of the Jiang brothers, Jiang Xuan is still in Cao Yue's army, but because of the relationship between the two elder brothers, Jiang Xuan cannot be reused.After the reorganization of the New Guards Army, Jiang Xuan, who was very promising to be the chief officer of the Guards Division, was thrown by Cao Yue to work in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. He also served as a spectator for this expedition.Jiang Xuan naturally knew why he was treated like this. Although he repeatedly expressed his loyalty to Daming, he also knew that he would not be able to gain further trust from Cao Yue in a short period of time. do things.

He also wrote letters to his two elder brothers several times, telling them to know where they were going and not to work for Jian Nu.Whether Jiang Rang and Jiang Guan rebelled against Jiannu again had anything to do with the letter written by Jiang Xuan, no one knows for the time being.

Hearing that the Jiang brothers had rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, some of Cao Yue's generals immediately suggested that Cao Yue send someone to contact them and lead the army to support them, but Cao Yue refused.It is impossible for Cao Yue to lend a helping hand to such repeated people. It is impossible for Cao Yue to accept the two brothers' troops, as well as the original Ming army who surrendered to build slaves.Let them fight with Jiannu to lose both, this is the best result.However, Cao Yue still speeded up his northward advance, preparing to gather heavy troops to attack Cangzhou, and finally, together with the navy marching by sea, they captured Tianjin Wei.

The rise of the Jiang brothers, and Cao Yue's speeding up the march to coerce Jiannu, reduced the pressure on Cao Bianjiao.He sent news to Cao Yue, saying that he would soon come to Shandong and join Cao Yue.In order to respond to Cao Bianjiao, and to support the Jiang brothers, so as not to be misunderstood by the people of the world, Cao Yue sent a team to attack Shunde Mansion at the same time.

Another big battle is about to start!
(End of this chapter)