Ming Empire

Chapter 278
Jiannu's morale had been completely lost. Knowing that the Ming Navy had broken through the city of Beijing and occupied the Forbidden City, the morale of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was greatly improved again. All the pursuers rushed to Beijing as fast as possible.

After all, Beijing has been the capital of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and its status in the hearts of the Chinese people is incomparable to that of Nanjing. Even though the Ming Dynasty has always regarded Nanjing as the capital, and the emperor is also in Nanjing, it is the same.The navy soldiers broke through Beijing and recovered the Forbidden City. This battle situation greatly inspired them. Fighting to advance, making military exploits and killing more Jiannu is what all the leading generals want to do most.

Under the leadership of Cao Bianjiao, the Ming army, which was biting the army of Jiannu, showed extraordinary combat effectiveness.

The troops belonging to Cao Bianjiao were originally the Ming army with the strongest combat effectiveness. In addition, they pursued recklessly, regardless of casualties, so Dorgon was very troubled, and Dorgon was not allowed to open too much distance.

When Dorgon led his vanguard back to Beijing, the sergeants under Cao Bianjiao also arrived near Beijing.It's just that after arriving in Beijing, Cao Bianjiao, who didn't know the situation for the time being, didn't rush into the city, but tried to get in touch with Cao Ming.There was chaos in Beijing, and Dorgon's troops were in the city again. Cao Ming couldn't get in touch for the time being, but he managed to get in touch with the guard of Chaoyangmen.Cao Bianjiao also immediately ordered his troops to rush to Chaoyangmen to strengthen the forces in that direction, and at the same time tried to pass the situation to Cao Yue, Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others.

After Dorgon hastily attacked the Forbidden City several times to no avail, he also knew that the pursuers led by Cao Bianjiao had arrived in Beijing, so he did not dare to stay longer in Beijing, and soon led the remnants of his troops to leave Beijing and fled in the direction of Shanhaiguan.Dorgon was quite lucky, and the chaos in Beijing also gave him convenience. In the end, his men and horses fled Beijing with a family they found.

Cao Bianjiao also soon learned that Dorgon led his army to leave Beijing and fled in the direction of Shanhaiguan, but he did not order his troops to chase after him, but immediately led his troops into Beijing. In addition to ordering 5000 troops to strengthen the defense of Chaoyang Gate, Under his personal leadership, the rest of the troops rushed to the direction of Donghua Gate to defend the safety of the Forbidden City.Cao Bianjiao believes that the current Ming army has no need to hunt down and kill the fleeing Jiannu, and completely occupying Beijing and controlling Beijing and its surrounding areas is the top priority.Jiang Xing and Jiang Rang's men cannot be allowed to stay in Beijing, they must be allowed to leave.The city of Beijing must be controlled by the Ming Guards.

Everyone knows the importance of the city of Beijing, Cao Bianjiao is even more aware of the recovery of Beijing, the significance of the Forbidden City returning to Ming's control, and the order Cao Yue gave him is also to control Beijing.

After completely controlling the Chaoyang Gate and the surrounding area of ​​the Forbidden City, Cao Bianjiao began to eliminate the defeated soldiers of Jiannu. Any Jiannu who were unwilling to surrender or made trouble would be killed without mercy.

On the afternoon of the second day after Cao Bianjiao's tens of thousands of troops arrived in Beijing, the forward troops led by Huang Degong also arrived in Beijing, followed by Gao Jie's troops, and Hong Niangzi's several-year guards also arrived one after another.

After these men and horses arrived, Cao Bianjiao also sent orders to Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang brothers, ordering them to attack Xuanfu and Shanhaiguan, and the defense of Beijing City was entrusted to his men and horses.After receiving Cao Bianjiao's order, the Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang brothers finally expressed their obedience, and led their troops to leave Deshengmen and Andingmen, heading towards Xuanfu and Shanhaiguan.

When Cao Yue led the main army to Beijing, the city of Beijing had basically calmed down, and all the routs of Jiannu had not been cleaned up. The troops led by Cao Bianjiao were cleaning up the rout of Jiannu and restoring order outside Beijing.

Before Cao Yue arrived in Beijing, Cao Bianjiao also sent a team to Datong to rescue the city of Datong, which was guarded by a lone army.There are still thousands of comrades-in-arms who have shared life and death with him, as well as tens of thousands of people, who must help.After Cao Yue arrived in Beijing, he immediately sent more troops to recover the important military towns on the outskirts of Beijing and return Beijing to safety.Cao Yue also let Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong, Gao Jie and other generals take charge of all this. The tens of thousands of troops led by him and Hong Niangzi were going to sit in Beijing to sort out Beijing's affairs.

As the news of Beijing's recovery spread, many officials and defenders of the Ming Dynasty who had originally surrendered to the slavery changed their banners and resigned themselves to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty.Except for some who surrendered, most of the Jiannu in the Beijing area fled. Wherever these defeated troops passed, the people suffered.And some Han officials and people also took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, robbing houses and doing evil.Cao Yue can only use his power to clean up these people who endanger the people and restore social order.

While sending troops everywhere to conquer the soldiers who built slaves and break up, to guard against possible attacks by rogue bandits, and to rectify the order in Beijing, Cao Yue also told Sun Chuanting in Nanjing in detail about the recovery of Beijing and the situation in Beijing, and Sun Chuanting immediately sent Some capable officials came to Beijing to manage Beijing's affairs.Returning to Beijing is not considered for the time being, but the governance of the Beijing area and the further restoration of order still need to rely on the joint efforts of civilian officials and the military.In the end, according to Cao Yue's suggestion, Sun Chuanting appointed Gu Yanwu, Chen Zilong, Yang Yanshu and other trusted figures of Cao Yue to serve in Beijing.

The army led by Cao Yue was defeated by Jiannu several times. Jiannu was defeated and fled from Beijing in embarrassment. Beijing was recovered, and the Forbidden City returned to Ming's hands safely. This news made Nanjing boil.

"Daming Guards Daily" reported the news that Beijing was taken back, and Dorgon led the remnants to escape from Beizhili in embarrassment and quit outside the customs for several days in a row.The military newspaper praised Cao Yue's brilliance and martial arts, and the bravery of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guards.The military newspaper told the people all over the world in a very firm tone that Beijing was taken back, and part of the shame of Ming Dynasty was washed away. Next, the Ming Guards will continue to fight, and the rogues and slaves will eventually be completely wiped out. In a few years, the world will There will be peace, and the people will be able to live a good life.

No matter which article in the military newspaper, they never forget to praise Cao Yue, saying that everything was achieved under the leadership of Cao Yue, a wise and powerful army commander. In the future, the Ming army will continue to be led by Cao Yue, With more victories, the Ming Guards will surely put down all internal strife and foreign captives, and will be able to protect the safety of the Ming people forever.

After receiving the news that Beijing had been taken back, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Sun Chuanting, Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and others, all burst into tears and knelt down in front of the little emperor Zhu Cijiong, weeping bitterly.Sun Chuanting also admired Cao Yue's power from the bottom of his heart, and other officials, including Shi Kefa who was a little bit against Cao Yue's monopoly, did not dare to underestimate Cao Yue.

This young man who turned the tide and saved Da Ming from the brink of death will definitely lead Da Ming to a glorious future, and no one can stop him.

(End of this chapter)