Ming Empire

Chapter 267 Preparing to Retake Beijing
Cao Yue decided to let Cao Bianjiao command the troops in Dezhou. He would personally lead Hong Niangzi's Third Guard Army, Fourth Guard Army, and a part of Fifth Guard Army to go north along the canal to reinforce the navy that was about to attack Beijing.

The cavalry of the first and second guards and a group of musketeers who stayed in Dezhou under the command of Cao Bianjiao will follow the retreating Jiannu and prevent them from retreating. The defense of the front line of Dezhou will be entrusted to come from the south , Several guard divisions who originally defended the front line of the canal south of Liaocheng.

In other words, all the troops gathered on the front line of Dezhou will quickly go north to attack Beijing, and all the military affairs in Shandong will be handed over to other troops who rushed over.

Cao Yue's bold decision shocked everyone, including Cao Bianjiao.

Previously, Cao Yue's strategy was to fight steadily, even after winning consecutive victories, he did not make rash advances.But this time, he was uncharacteristically, and formulated a very aggressive strategy. He gave up the strategy of steady and steady, but pursued across the board, and competed with the Jiannu who returned to Beijing for time.

Cao Bianjiao couldn't help expressing his doubts.

"The gains and losses of Tianjin Wei are very important. Before Tianjin Wei is captured by us, it is unrealistic to regain Beijing. But now Tianjin Wei is easily captured by us. The naval warships that captured Tianjin Wei can reach Beijing in just a few days." Under the city. It will take at least a few days for Dorgon's army to return to support Beijing. If we delay them, it will take longer. If the navy soldiers capture Beijing by accident, they will not receive our quick reinforcements , then Beijing may fall into the hands of Jiannu again, and it will be much more difficult to attack."

After explaining the reason, Cao Yue said decisively: "So, all of us must speed up and compete with Jiannu for time. Jiannu is eager to save Beijing, and he will never stop and fight us decisively, so we In the process of pursuit, you can be bolder, maybe all the slaves after the decision can be wiped out. After Cangzhou is captured, the canal will be unblocked, and our warships can reach Beijing via Tianjin Wei. Warships and troops It's different, men and horses need to rest, but the boat doesn't need to rest, now the wind direction is northerly, you can go north quickly without manpower, maybe the speed of the boat is faster than the speed of the horse, the governor doesn't want to miss this good opportunity."

In fact, this Northern Expedition was quite hasty. Cao Yue's original plan was just to save the rogues, prevent them from being wiped out by Jiannu, and let the rogues have the strength to fight Jiannu for a few years.But the progress of the war was far beyond his expectations. He never expected that Jiannu would not be able to think of a way to break the firearm attack, and several decisive battles had turned into one-sided massacres.Since the war progressed so smoothly, he would seize the trend and drive Jian Nu out of the pass in the first battle, and spread the stall a little bit, and expand the results of the war even more.

Cao Yue actually couldn't figure it out, why couldn't Jiannu figure out how to deal with musket shooting?Why do they still resort to that intensive charging method to attack and take the initiative to die?In the wars of later generations, if the attacking party wants to capture the opponent's position, regardless of the factors of military strength and firepower, when attacking, it will definitely adopt a skirmish formation and crawl forward.This can prevent many people from being hit by shells, and can also greatly reduce the probability of being hit by bullets.

Jiannu, on the other hand, seemed to line up as a target for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, still adopting the method of cavalry attack, infinitely magnifying their targets.After entering the musket shooting area, a more dense formation was adopted.With such a dense charge formation, Ming soldiers don't even need to aim, they can hit the opponent with random shots.If Jiannu disperse their attacks and move forward on their knees or on their knees, Daming's artillery and muskets really can't stop their charge, at least not as it is now, the war has turned into a one-sided massacre.

It is impossible for the firearms of this era to have such a high hit rate. The charge formation like Jiannu seems to be actively targeting the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which greatly improves the hit rate of artillery and firearms.Although Cao Yue didn't count the relationship between ammunition consumption and Jiannu casualties, he can be sure that it must be higher than the wars in later generations.

This is a very unimaginable thing, but it really happened. Cao Yue can only attribute this situation to the exhaustion of the slaves.Uncivilized nations are eventually wiped out by advanced technological productivity.When Dorgon is caught, tell him how to deal with musket shooting.

The current Jiannu already has a fear of the Ming Dynasty Guards. Jiannu who has a psychological shadow is no longer an opponent of the Ming Dynasty Guards. In order to preserve their strength, it is possible for people to break away from the grasp of the Manchus.Taking advantage of the opportunity of a big victory, why not rush forward once?

After listening to Cao Yue's explanation, Cao Bianjiao didn't question anything, and finally accepted the new arrangement.

Therefore, Cao Yue immediately ordered that the first and second guards be under the command of Cao Bianjiao, the deputy governor, and follow and chase the Jiannu who returned to the division to rescue Beijing. Teacher Beijing, even if you pay the price, you will not hesitate.

At the same time, Gao Jie led two guard divisions to attack Cangzhou as quickly as possible.

He himself led five guards to reinforce the navy that was about to attack Beijing by traveling through canals by water and by land.Then order the three guards divisions that have arrived in the south of Shandong to quickly go north to take over the defense of Dezhou and Linqing.

Cao Yue then sent a letter to the brothers Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang who rebelled against Jiannu, asking them to join the battle against Beijing and to prevent Jiannu from returning to the army to rescue Beijing.

Cao Yue didn't care about whether the Jiang Brotherhood would cooperate, but Cao Yue believed that it was impossible for the pair of living treasure brothers to return to Jiannu's arms. Now that the Ming army has won successive victories, it is impossible for the Jiang Brothers to not understand the situation. If troops have already risen against the Qing Dynasty, they will definitely continue to fight against Jiannu.Maybe this pair of brothers will perform very well and fight very hard, hoping to prove their loyalty to Daming and avoid being liquidated in the future.After all, they have already cleared it once, and this huge stain must be cleaned up with the record.

After the arrangement was completed, all the troops quickly acted according to the established arrangement. Cao Yue himself led three guard divisions with more than [-] people, and went north along the canal through warships.

The situation of the war changed so quickly that it was difficult for many people to accept it all at once, but such a huge change in a short period of time also further enhanced Cao Yue's prestige.Everyone thought that Cao Yue's strategy was so outstanding that he turned Dorgon around and was exhausted.If Beijing can be successfully recovered this time and slaves are recreated, then the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty might worship Cao Yue as a god.

(End of this chapter)