Cao Yue can guess Cao Bianjiao's thoughts, and he can also understand Cao Bianjiao's current mentality.

After all, before the national disaster, he was only Cao Bianjiao's deputy general, and this cousin's position was above him. Now, he has become the Metropolitan Governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and all the armies of the Ming Dynasty are under his control, and all the generals are under his command. Cao Bianjiao should finally accept this reality, but he will definitely have ideas in his heart. In order to eliminate the mustard in Cao Bianjiao's heart, he had to do something and say something.

So he said bluntly: "Cousin, now most of the generals who can fight well in the DPRK have not been able to hold important positions in the army for some reason, and the younger brother, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, is also the emperor and the ministers of the court who have repeatedly asked for resignation before accepting it. The cousin is far superior to the younger brother in terms of qualifications, strategy, and military exploits, and the younger brother is ready to make a proposal to the imperial court to let the cousin serve as the governor of the capital, and the younger brother can assist the cousin in taking charge of the world's military affairs. What I just said is the arrangement of the younger brother, how the next battle will be carried out, and the younger brother also wants to hear what the cousin thinks. In the later war, I also hope that my cousin can lead the overall situation and command all the Ming troops to counterattack Jiannu. ”

Cao Yue's words made Cao Bianjiao startled, he didn't expect Cao Yue to say this, and he didn't know how to respond all of a sudden. Immediately, he immediately understood, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse: "Fifth brother, you are modest, for example, no one knows your heroic deeds today, and the strategy you adopted to defeat Jiannu several times is far superior to others. For my brother I admire you very much, and I have always felt that it is the luck of the Ming Dynasty to have a character like you, the position of the governor of the capital, you are worried that it is deserved, and there is no second person in the world who is more qualified to hold this position than you, you must not harm your brother, if I don't measure myself and listen to your words to take over this position, not only the officials of the DPRK and China will oppose it, but the people of the world will also attack me en masse. When the time comes, I may end up with no place to die. Fifth brother, don't be embarrassed for me!"

"Cousin, junior brother really thinks that you are far superior to me in terms of strategy and qualifications, and you are the most suitable person to be in charge of the world's military affairs!" Cao Yue still insisted.

Cao Bianjiao picked up the wine glass, raised it at Cao Yue and said, "Fifth brother, don't talk about this, it's impossible." When you attacked Beijing, you led the army to give first aid, and finally avoided the first emperor from being **** by the rogues. also rescued the Queen Mother and the current emperor and some other members of the royal family from Beijing, and supported the new emperor to ascend the throne with Sun Gelao, whether it is merit or seniority, I am far inferior to you. Therefore, it is deserved for you to serve as the governor of the capital, and you are also happy and convinced to be a brother. What I want to ask you today is, what are the follow-up arrangements for this war? How to plan? Need to do something for my brother? ”

"Then let's not talk about it for now," saw Cao Bianjiao's sincere face. There was no hypocrisy, Cao Yue was also relieved, and he didn't bother to talk about the incident just now, he immediately followed Cao Bianjiao's meaning and said, "Cousin." In the next arrangement, I am ready to continue to lead the men and horses of my headquarters to advance steadily and steadily towards Cangzhou, and strive to capture all the cities on the canal as soon as possible. Ensure the smooth flow of the canal. The sailors were prepared to surprise them with an attack on Tianjin, and as long as they captured the outside of Tianjin, the canal and sea routes would remain unblocked. The supplies from the south can be replenished to the north. Let's not worry too much about anything, this battle can be fought slowly!"

Cao Yue said, and also told Cao Bianjiao about his more detailed plans, and said again at the end: "Cousin, Cao Yue, you lead the army to join, the younger brother wants to be bolder, we divide the troops in Dezhou, the younger brother continues to lead the army north along the canal, and the Jiannu decisive battle in Cangzhou, you lead a group of men and horses, threaten Shunde Mansion, so that Jiannu does not dare to defend Cangzhou with all his might." ”

After thinking about it seriously, Cao Bianjiao nodded and accepted Cao Yue's plan: "This arrangement, I think it's very good for my brother, it can ensure that Shandong is not lost, so that Jiannu does not dare to defend Cangzhou with all his might, so that Tianjin Wei is also easy to attack." It's just that Brother Wei thinks that we should not be in a hurry to fight Jiannu, we can advance slowly, and it is best to fight to the death with Jiannu when winter comes. ”

"My Ming army, now the main weapon is firearms, especially in the new Guards, the importance of cavalry and horses has greatly decreased, the impact of the cold is not very great, but most of the Jiannu are cavalry, and the impact of the harsh winter is greater for them. In the summer, the horses are fodder, and so is the grain. But in winter, the horses lose weight, and it is more difficult to replenish food and grass. Winter has an impact on both sides, the impact on us is that the canal will freeze and sea transportation will be more difficult, but the impact on Jiannu will be greater. As long as we have enough food and ammunition, the canal will not affect the overall situation if it is difficult to travel by sea. Now the north is barren everywhere, the output is very small, there are so many people and horses in Jiannu, there is no way to get what they need, the people in the north have been killed and the number of refugees is not to mention, it is thousands of miles of land, and it is extremely difficult for Jiannu to obtain the food and grass they need. Therefore, Brother Wei feels that as long as we coerce Jiannu now, so that they dare not act rashly, we can calmly arrange, hoard enough materials, and then fight a decisive battle with Jiannu in the autumn and winter. Perhaps, this will already be able to drag them down, and I believe you also know that the current poverty situation in the five northern provinces is completely unable to afford the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops of Jiannu. ”

Then Cao Bianjiao said in great detail all the strategies he thought, in addition to the above, there is also a very important point, that is, you can't ignore the power of the rogue. Today's rogues have a common enmity with Jiannu, which can allow the rogues to contain or even consume part of Jiannu's troops, so that the pressure on the Ming official army will be much smaller. As long as there is another war between Jiannu and Liukou, the strength of these two sides will be lost, not to mention the Ming official army, of course, it is good news.

Seeing that Cao Yue just listened and didn't interject, Cao Bianjiao continued: "Liukou will not be willing to accept the defeat in front, Li Zicheng is a narrow-minded person and has no long-term vision, which can be seen from the things they did after they broke through Beijing, so Brother Wei believes that Jiannu, who has a chance to breathe, will not give up, and will definitely take advantage of the time when my Ming official army and Jiannu are dead, and take the opportunity to attack Jiannu, wanting to recapture the territory occupied by Jiannu." If we don't adopt a strategy of attacking Jiannu immediately, then Jiannu will definitely transfer men and horses from the direction of Cangzhou to deal with the rogue. Datong has not yet been breached, and it is possible that Jiannu will also send troops to attack Datong. If Dolgon really arranges like this, then we will launch a full-scale attack at that time, and maybe we will be able to annihilate all the main forces of Jiannu in a single battle!"

At the end, Cao Yue asked softly again: "Fifth brother, I want to ask you, this hasty northern attack, do you not want to sit back and watch the Liukou be completely wiped out by Jiannu?" (To be continued.) )