Zhang An, the supervisor of Datong Town, chose a time to meet Cao Yue alone.

Cao Yue knew that Zhang An must have been looking for him for him to kill Wu Ming in public, and after meeting, he also talked about it straight to the point: "Gonggong Zhang, are you here today to accuse me of killing Wu Ming in public despite your request?" ”

"That's not," Zhang An shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Wu Ming violated military discipline and fled in a cowardly battle, almost leading to a big defeat. Today, the miscellaneous family came to talk to Mr. Cao about something else. ”

After the military affairs were basically settled, Cao Yue, who originally wanted to take a little rest, was immediately interested when he heard Zhang An say this, and asked with a smile: "I don't know what Grandpa Zhang wants to say to me?" ”

"Does General Cao know that before this battle, Wu Ming had secretly played to the imperial court, saying that you are recruiting a new army of such a scale just to rebel on your own?" After saying this, Zhang An's eyes stared at Cao Yue.

At first glance, when he heard Zhang An say such a thing, Cao Yue was taken aback, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, and then his handsome face was swollen and red, and he asked Zhang An with a pant: "Father-in-law Zhang, is Wu Ming really playing like this?" ”

"Exactly! The imperial court has received Wu Ming's report, and the prince has sent a letter to the miscellaneous family, asking the miscellaneous family to investigate the matter, "Speaking of this, Zhang An came to Cao Yue's side and said very mysteriously: "But the miscellaneous family knows that Cao Zongbing has no such idea at all, everything you do is for the defense of Datong, in order to avoid Datong from suffering when Jiannu comes to attack, how can it be for self-reliance?" ”

"Thank you for your trust and understanding," Cao Yue said, smiling self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I'm too young, simple-minded, and want to become fat in one bite, so ...... Oh, I also thought that I just had a clear conscience in doing things, but I didn't expect that someone would speculate with an unusual heart. ”

"Mr. Cao, Wu Ming's recital has been submitted to the desk of Long Live Lord, and Long Live Lord is also ready to send someone to investigate this matter, what is the truth of the matter, it is not up to you and me to have the final say, I hope you can understand!" Zhang An said, hesitated, and said in a low voice: "The miscellaneous family wants to ask General Cao to spare Wu Ming's life today, not that he wants to offend your authority, but he is afraid that you will kill Wu Ming and tell the truth, thinking that you want to kill people and kill people, so I stood up and requested." Alas, if the imperial court really sends someone to investigate, Wu Ming is dead, and it will be even more difficult to clear your suspicions. ”

In fact, when Cao Yue heard this just now, he showed the surprise that he had not deliberately concealed, which made Zhang An have more trust. Cao Yue didn't know about this, otherwise he wouldn't be so surprised. This young man is young and hasn't experienced much, so it's impossible to hide his thoughts deeply.

"That's the case," Cao Yue pretended to be suddenly enlightened and patted his head, "Why didn't Gonggong Zhang remind him earlier, otherwise I would have left Wu Ming's dog life for a few more days and let him confront me in public." Alas, the repentance is over!"

"Mr. Cao, please rest assured, the miscellaneous family will definitely write a recital stating the situation immediately to explain this matter for you, and I believe that the prince will also help you say a few good words in front of the Long Live Lord. This time, you hit Jiannu under Datong City, almost more than 10,000 Jiannu were annihilated, and before the start of the war, you also issued an early warning to remind Jingshi to beware of Jiannu's attack, I believe that Long Live Lord will also understand the reason and will reward you, not punish!"

"Then borrow Grandpa Zhang's auspicious words," Cao Yue pretended to be relieved, got up and saluted Zhang An respectfully: "Thank you Father-in-law Zhang for reminding me, Cao Yue is grateful." During this time, thanks to the help of Gonggong Zhang, all the soldiers of the first battalion can be replaced with new equipment, no matter how His Majesty punishes me Cao Yue this time, I will definitely take this matter to the court and ask for credit for my father-in-law. Today's big victory, Gonggongju is a great contribution!"

"Alas, Mr. Cao is polite, how can the miscellaneous family have any merits," Zhang An hurriedly got up and saluted back, "The miscellaneous family knows that Mr. Cao is a practical person, and the miscellaneous family naturally supports it, not like Wang Pu, just thinking about benefits, not only the military salary of the imperial court is greedy for ink, but also painstakingly looking for other benefits." Okay, I won't bother Mr. Cao today, the miscellaneous family will go first, Mr. Cao has something to do, just send someone to spread it!"

"Thank you Grandpa Zhang!" Cao Yue didn't keep it either, and sent Zhang An out.

After Zhang An left, Cao Yue pondered for a while and didn't worry too much about anything. He believed that he commanded the Datong army to inflict heavy losses on Jiannu's men and horses, and such a great feat could silence many people, even if the imperial court sent someone to investigate the matter, it would eventually be over. Cao Yue believed that Emperor Chongzhen would not be so naïve, and only based on Wu Ming's performance, he suspected that he really wanted to rebel.

However, Cao Yue also knew that after this incident, he must keep an eye on it and prepare a way back for himself, and he must not let Emperor Chongzhen pinch his lifeline. The people around you must not leave untrustworthy people, otherwise the crisis will arise at any time.

The time was already evening, and after a day of tension, Cao Yue was also tired. However, he still did not rest, but immediately ordered the personal soldiers around him to pass Zhao Tai, Cao Jie and other generals over in the past.

After the defeat of Jiannu today, Cao Yue did not order the soldiers to pursue too far. One is that he is afraid that the main force of Jiannu will return to help and inflict heavy losses on the pursuing Datong army; Second, considering the weather, if you can't return to Datong before dark, it is likely that there will be serious non-combat attrition in the freezing cold; The third is that he has his own careful thoughts, and does not let other state capitals know the combat effectiveness of his men and horses.

In addition, other state capitals believe that they are also ready, and the Jiannu army will not be caught off guard when they cross the border.

Cao Yue also had another careful thought, that is, he wanted Emperor Chongzhen and those ministers of the court to feel the sense of crisis under the Jiannu soldiers in the city, so as to reflect the great significance of his defeat of Jiannu, so that these people could recognize what he had done.

Of course, even without these reasons, Cao Yue would not have been able to lead his army to Beijing. Without the order of King Qin of the imperial court, even if he led the army to pursue and left his defense area because of the urgent military situation, he would also be remarked by some ministers of the court. Cao Yue has already seen the strange thinking of the ministers of the court, so let these people feel the sense of crisis brought about by the invasion of Jiannu.

What Cao Yue didn't know was that the day after he commanded his men and horses to defeat the Han army led by Geng Zhongming under the city of Datong, the Jiannu elite cavalry led by Chebai, who was divided with Duoduo, had quickly reached the city of Beijing. He avoided all the cities on the road and went straight to Beijing.

And the men and horses led by Duoduo have also traveled to the vicinity of the Juma River not far from Beijing, and they burned, killed and looted all the way, and many people who had no time to hide in the fortified city suffered the misery of Jiannu.

Although it was said that after receiving an urgent report from Cao Yue and others from Datong, the imperial court had ordered the Beijing camp to prepare for defense, but when the Jiannu cavalry appeared under the city of Beijing, the Ming monarchs and ministers, including Emperor Chongzhen, were all shocked.