(Thanks to the time newcomer book friends for the reward)

Unlike the Datong Army and the Eastern Alliance Army led by Cao Bianjiao, the other Ming armies almost did not pose any threat to Jiannu.

After evacuating from the mountain pass that confronted Cao's forces, Dolgon's army rolled eastward, meeting little resistance.

The county seats, villages and towns along the way were easily captured by them, and the Ming troops who were stationed in the garrison surrendered or fled without much resistance.

But Jiannu, who had been suppressed by defeat for too long, did not accept anyone's surrender, and everywhere they went, they were slaughtered, both men and children. In the vicinity of Beijing, countless villages and towns were destroyed, countless people were killed, and their property was looted.

Jiannu, who had experienced the fiasco of Datong City and that unknown mountain pass, seemed to have regained his self-confidence in the frenzied killing and looting, and attacked any town he encountered along the way.

Soon, Jiannu's fierce attack and the smooth progress shook the Jingshi, and the frightened Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned the army of King Qin to prevent Beijing from being captured. However, after burning, killing and looting for many days and destroying some prefectures and counties near Beijing, Jiannu did not concentrate his forces to attack Beijing, but quickly evacuated after showing off his might under the city of Beijing for a while.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had a false alarm, finally breathed a sigh of relief. But he still couldn't help but be angry, and blamed some incompetent ministers and cut off some people's heads, which calmed his anger.

After Jiannu evacuated from Beijing, Cao Bianjiao, who had already arrived in Datong City, and Cao Yue, who was seizing the time to rest and supervise the production of gunpowder, received an urgent edict from Beijing.

Just when the two brothers and Sun Chuanting discussed together, planning to lead the army to rescue Beijing as soon as possible and expel Jiannu beyond the Great Wall, news came from Beijing that Jiannu had withdrawn his troops and the siege of Jingshi had eased.

"It turns out that Dolgon secretly evacuated, but he wanted to take revenge, burning, killing and looting for a while and then retreated!" After a comprehensive analysis, Cao Yue said helplessly: "Dolgon can't get a bargain in the hands of Datong and his cousin, so he avoids our edge, picks those towns that are not heavily defended, and the countryside, burns and loots, creates panic, and also puts on a posture of attacking Beijing in a big way, trying to scare our Ming army and people." It seems that Jiannu was really hurt by us this time, otherwise he wouldn't be like this, and he would definitely try to attack the city when he went to the city of Beijing. ”

"What Mr. Cao said is good!" Cao Bianjiao agreed with what Cao Yue said, but in front of Sun Chuanting, he didn't dare to be as presumptuous as Cao Yue, and said in a businesslike manner: "Jiannu suffered heavy losses this time, and they just wanted to rob and take revenge before retreating, so they avoided our two difficult troops and attacked the villages and towns and the county towns that were not heavily guarded." I believe that this time the Jiannu will soon retreat to the north of the Great Wall, and in the next period of time, they will not be able to attack the south again, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will be able to have a period of peace. ”

"What the two Lord Cao said is good, but the official believes that it is not realistic for the people of the world to have peace, the world is peaceful, it may take many years, Jiannu was temporarily repulsed, but the Liukou is still powerful, and now the army of Liu Zongmin and Li Yan still poses a threat to Beijing. If their army of more than 100,000 is united with Jiannu this time, no one can predict what the outcome of the battle of Datong will be. The official believes that the next thing that the Lord of Long Live is most eager to solve is the threat of the Liukou, the battle of Datong is over, the crisis of the Beijing Division is lifted, and soon the Lord of Long Live will summon the official into Beijing and assign new tasks. ”

"I am willing to follow Inspector Sun into Henan and pacify the threat of the Liukou!" Cao Bianjiao got up, saluted Sun Chuanting, and roared very arrogantly.

But Cao Yue ignored Sun Chuanting's words, and after Cao Bianjiao sat down again, he said slowly: "Inspector Sun, presumably the Lord will summon the last general to enter Beijing with you, here the last general will remind you first, the battle of Datong has achieved a brilliant victory, the rewards of the soldiers, I Cao Yue can't afford it, you must fight for the Datong army in the court, otherwise you will be the enemy of the Datong army." ”

Cao Yue's words made Cao Bianjiao stunned, he was afraid of annoying Sun Chuanting and causing trouble, so he hurriedly glanced at Cao Yue and asked him not to talk nonsense. But Cao Yue just smiled generously and asked Cao Bianjiao not to worry too much.

Sun Chuanting learned from Cao Yue and replied slowly: "Boy, you are so careful, the old man still doesn't know?" You are just crying poor, you know if the court can come up with money to reward you now, don't be embarrassed for the old man, or the old man will join you and ask the acting king for a little more, I believe that His Royal Highness the acting king still has the ability to come up with money to reward the meritorious soldiers of the Datong army. ”

When Cao Yue heard this, he immediately smiled: "Just wait for your old words, let's say it first, at least let His Royal Highness the Acting King take out one million taels of silver to work for the army, otherwise I will say that I have been ordered by Inspector Sun to use his property as military salaries and party member silver, and you will go and explain it to the Lord of Long Live yourself!"

Cao Yue's words made Cao Bianjiao even more surprised, and also made Sun Chuanting cry and laugh: "Boy, you are ruthless!" The old man is too lazy to talk to you, go back and sleep well first, and then go with you to His Royal Highness the Acting King!"

As he spoke, he got up, glared at Cao Yue, picked up his official robe and left.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was "leaving with his sleeves" as Cao Yue said, Cao Bianjiao was in a hurry, and wanted to chase him out, pull Sun Chuanting back, and talk again, but was stopped by Cao Yue. "Don't worry, cousin, this old man won't be angry, he likes to talk to me like that!"

Cao Bianjiao sat down in disbelief, still looking unconvinced.

Cao Yue also immediately said his opinion of Sun Chuanting: "Cousin, Old Man Sun is an unusual person, he is very capable and open-minded, and he will not look down on us because of our shallow qualifications, he will look up to us because of our ability." With the great victory in the Battle of Datong and my cousin's defeat of Dolgon several times, Old Man Sun will definitely have a different opinion of us, and if he wants to quell the rebellion of the Liukou, he mainly depends on the army in the hands of our brothers. If we don't cooperate with him, he won't say that it will be easy to pacify the Liukou, and it will not be easy to enter Henan, so don't worry about him falling out with us now!"

"I see!" Cao Bianjiao was a little convinced, and asked Cao Yue again: "The fifth brother is also going to follow Inspector Sun to Pingkou, Henan this time?" ”

"How to arrange the specific arrangement, Old Man Sun hasn't told me yet, but I guess that there must be a big secret in this, maybe the imperial court wants to take the Datong Army away from me," Cao Yue said, sighed slightly, and said softly to Cao Bianjiao: "Cousin, Old Man Sun promised me that when the battle of Datong is won, he will tell me all the secrets, and tonight, I am going to talk to him alone and ask all the secrets." He should know what plans the Long Live Lord is making, what preparations he has for entering Henan, how the Datong Army will deal with it, and what arrangements my Long Live Lord will make in the future!"

"Hmm, then you find out the secret from Inspector Sun first, and then our brothers will discuss and discuss countermeasures!"