Ming Empire

Chapter 277
After the Jiang brothers heard that Beijing was broken by the Ming army led by Cao Yue, they became more determined to rebel against the Qing and return to the Ming.But they also knew that their previous rebellion was a stain that was difficult to wash away, and Cao Yue, who was extremely strict with the army, would not let them go easily unless they made great contributions.

In order to achieve a military exploit that no one dared to underestimate, they ordered their troops to fight against Jiannu regardless of the cost, and strive to capture several cities occupied by Jiannu, and use this as a bargaining condition with Cao Yue to wash off their bodies. Stain, returned to the list of important generals of Ming Dynasty.

Under this psychological effect, the men and horses led by the Jiang brothers broke out with a fighting power far exceeding normal, and Changping was quickly captured by them.After capturing Changping, they immediately marched to Beijing, preparing to play a role in the battle to occupy Beijing.

Changping is not far from Beijing, less than a hundred miles, and can be reached in a day on a fast horse.

Soon after leaving Changping, the troops of the Jiang Brothers encountered Jiannu's rout.The morale of the soldiers of the Jiang family army was high, facing the rout of Jiannu soldiers, they also showed strong fighting power, and the rout of Jiannu soldiers who escaped from Beijing cried their father and mother in embarrassment, and fled in defeat.

Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang did not pursue and continued to head towards Beijing quickly.

They rushed to the city of Beijing before Dorgon's return army arrived.

At this time, the city of Beijing fell into total chaos, with rioting soldiers everywhere. The death of Jierharang made the Jiannu who stayed in Beijing lose their commander. The order made the Jiannu who guarded the city completely collapse. The Jiannu who did not want to surrender attacked the Forbidden City several times to no avail. After paying huge losses, they could no longer maintain their original vigor and became a defeated army.

The troops led by the Jiang brothers broke through the Anding Gate and then occupied the Desheng Gate without wasting much effort after they arrived at the foot of Beijing.After the two cities north of Beijing were occupied by the "Ming army", the slaves in Beijing fell into more and more chaos.They all thought that the Ming army had surrounded the city of Beijing and would attack the city in a big way. They had only two choices, either flee or surrender.

Therefore, many people chose to surrender to the "Ming Army" led by Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang, and many Jiannu surrendered in front of the Forbidden City or Chaoyang Gate, but more Jiannu chose to escape.

The Jiannu who escaped from Beijing became headless chickens, and some fled in any direction.Without people in control, they don't care about anything, they do everything from burning, killing and looting.

Outside the city of Beijing, it was also in complete chaos. Both the officials and the common people suffered disaster, and there was a hell on earth everywhere.

Cao Yue also soon received the battle report from Cao Ming, and then received the report from Cao Ming that the slaves in Beijing City gave up resistance and surrendered to the Ming army.Upon receiving this news, Cao Yue was naturally ecstatic, and immediately ordered that all the horses speed up and march towards Beijing. They must attack the city of Beijing in the shortest possible time, and do not love to fight along the way.

This result was better than any possibility Cao Yue had thought. He didn't expect that Bumbutai was really persuaded by him and chose to surrender to Daming without any resistance.Cao Yue didn't think it was a trap set by Jiannu. Such a trap was impossible, and no one dared to gamble with the city of Beijing as bait.

The number of Daming naval forces under Cao Ming's command is seriously insufficient, and it is almost impossible to control the entire city of Beijing.Dorgon's army quickly returned to help, and Dorgon's troops must not be allowed to wipe out the Daming Navy that broke through Beijing.Therefore, Cao Yue ordered Cao Bianjiao to order his troops to hold back Dorgon's army at all costs and prevent Jiannu from returning to Beijing calmly.He also ordered the other troops to advance as fast as possible, striving to reach the city of Beijing as soon as possible.Jiannu has been completely defeated, and is no longer capable of posing a threat to the Ming army, so he must take advantage of this great opportunity to give Jiannu another fatal blow.

At the very least, Jiannu should not be given the opportunity to take back Beijing and drive our Daming Navy out of Beijing.

After Cao Yue's order was issued, the cavalry from all walks of life also changed their cautious attitude and let go of their pace to attack in the direction of Beijing. They no longer had to worry about Jiannu laying ambushes along the way.

After Dorgon divided his forces with Duoduo, he also accelerated his marching speed. After leaving enough broken troops to block the pursuit of the Ming army led by Cao Bianjiao, Dorgon personally led 2 horses and exchanged two horses. In this way, they returned to Beijing quickly, and finally returned to Beijing before the reinforcements from the Ming army arrived.

But at this time, inside and outside Beijing, there was chaos everywhere.

Before Dorgon's troops arrived in Beijing, they encountered many routs.Knowing that the situation was serious and that the situation in Beijing was out of control, Dorgon ordered a group of troops to gather up the defeated troops, and after continuing to break up with such defeated troops, they blocked the pursuing Ming army outside Beijing.He personally led the troops to attack the Ming army occupying Beijing, and then ordered another general to lead 5000 troops to search for relatives of himself, Duduo and Azig.

Before Dorgon entered the city, he had expected that the city of Beijing would be in chaos, but after entering the city, he found that the degree of chaos in the city was worse than he thought.Jierhalang was dead, and the army guarding Beijing had no leader. Bumbutai and Zhezhe ordered everyone to give up resistance and surrender to the Ming army.He couldn't find any leading generals, and he couldn't gather and control the routs. The troops he led were almost thrown into chaos by the routs that could be seen everywhere.Dorgon also tried to attack the Forbidden City, but outside the Forbidden City, he also encountered a large number of defeated soldiers, and there were many Jian slaves who had surrendered to the Ming army but had no one to take over.

These Jian slaves who had originally planned to surrender to the Ming army were at a loss when they saw Dorgon leading the army back. Didn't the emperor issue an edict saying that the troops led by Dorgon, the regent, had already returned? After being wiped out by the Ming army and the Qing Dynasty was over, they were willing to listen to the edict of the young emperor and decided to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Ming army.Why is Dorgon leading the army back now?

Dorgon immediately ordered these Qing soldiers who were ready to surrender, but no one accepted them, to be included under his command to participate in the battle against the Forbidden City.But these Jian slaves have already lost their fighting spirit. The chaos in Beijing, the fact that the Ming army captured the imperial palace and many city gates have already caused them to collapse. Even if Dorgon appeared, there was no way to change it. These.

The furious Dorgon also found that he could not control the situation, but he did not back down, but immediately led the army to attack the Forbidden City.However, several attacks were repelled by the defenders on the top of the city.

After a day of hard work, Dorgon's troops paid the price of thousands of people, but still failed to attack any city gate.

At this time, the pursuing Ming army also arrived at the foot of Beijing.

It was not only Cao Bianjiao's tens of thousands of troops who arrived at the foot of Beijing, but also troops led by other generals. ,

(End of this chapter)