Chapter 125: Taking over the Imperial Palace

Just when Cao Ming led about 18,000 people and horses to attack the vicinity of Donghua Gate, the two subordinates who followed Jiannu into the palace and ran over in a hurry with a few Jiannu.

Looking at the posture of the Ming army, the few Jiannu who came back to contact were all frightened. Obediently, countless muskets are pointed in front, and you can see the killed Qing soldiers everywhere, they have also heard of the strength of the Ming army's musketeers, and now they are facing so many musketeers on the street, how can they not be afraid? They were really afraid that they would be blown to pieces by the muskets of the Ming army if they were not careful, and they did not dare to step forward with trepidation.

The two subordinates quickly ran back to Cao Ming and reported the contact to Cao Ming. The result was really a surprise to Cao Ming, Bu Mu Butai, who presided over the affairs of the court, really decided to give up resistance, negotiate peace with the Ming army, and was willing to let the Ming army take over the palace, the premise is that the safety of the palace must be guaranteed, no one inside can be killed, and no more attacks can be attacked by the Qing army that gave up resistance.

Bumu Butai's request, Cao Ming naturally satisfied, and asked people to bring his intention into the palace immediately.

The rest of the matter went very smoothly, more smoothly than anyone thought, an hour later, the Jiannu guarding in the Forbidden City all drove out of the Imperial City, and all the heads of the Imperial City were replaced by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

The current Cao Ming has no mind to pay attention to the other gates of Beijing City for the time being, what he needs to do now is to completely control the Forbidden City in his hands, and ensure that the communication channel between the Chaoyang Gate of the Forbidden City is unblocked. Although he was suddenly stunned by this big unexpected surprise, Cao Ming still feels like he is in a dream, but he still maintains a necessary lucidity.

Now the only city gate captured by the Ming army is Chaoyang Gate, and the other gates in Beijing are still under the control of Jiannu, Cao Ming is completely unclear why Jiannu wants to give up resistance, and he is worried that he must leave a passage for the Ming army to enter the city, and open a way into the city for the upcoming reinforcements. If things do change. The Ming army trapped in the palace can also go out of the city through this passage, and if the main army that comes to the rescue arrives, it can also enter the city through this passage.

Although the distance between Chaoyang Gate and Donghua Gate is not far, it is also several miles away, and there is no way to defend this passage with the current number of Ming troops. But Cao Ming also knew that as long as the Chaoyang Gate was not lost, and the Donghua Gate was in the hands of the Ming army, the Ming army, which had a large number of muskets, wanted to enter and exit Beijing, and it was not very difficult, and the musket team blocked the street. It was difficult for Jiannu, who had very few musketeers, to defeat the Ming army.

But danger is everywhere, and Cao Ming can only stubbornly support everything now. Before he sent the letter to Cao Yue, he had already reported to Cao Yue that the Chaoyang Gate had been breached. It's just that when the emergency military report and Bumu Butai's letter will be delivered to Cao Yue, he doesn't know, after all, Cao Yue is not staying in a fixed place. Cao Ming could only hope that Cao Yue would receive the letter as soon as possible, and that he would be able to lead the army to aid Beijing as soon as possible and completely recover the city of Beijing. Relying on the tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers he led alone, there was no way to control Beijing City, and he now had nothing but control Chaoyangmen and the Imperial Palace. I don't plan to do anything else.

In the process of Cao Ming leading the army to take over the palace, it was not all smooth sailing, many Jiannu were unwilling to cooperate, and conflicts broke out between the two sides. But in the end, it was the Ming army that won and took control of everything. In the process of taking over the defense of the Forbidden City, a number of Jiannu armies also appeared outside the Forbidden City that were ready to counterattack, but in the counterattack of the Ming soldiers. There were also repeated orders from the palace people sent by Bumu Butai, and finally the Forbidden City was completely taken over by the Ming army led by Cao Ming.

Cao Ming, who personally arranged the defense of the Forbidden City, has been dizzy. He really couldn't understand why Jiannu would give up resistance, could it be that Cao Yue used some method to oppose Bumu Butai? Cao Ming knew that Bumu Butai's status was very important, and he was the mother of Emperor Jiannu today, and Jierharang, who stayed in Beijing, had a good relationship with Bumu Butai. If Cao Yue was against Bumu Butai, then it was possible that such a thing would happen.

It's just that Bumu Butai can rebel so easily? You must know that she is the biological mother of the little emperor Jiannu.

Or, was Jiannu frightened by the Ming army's breakthrough of Chaoyangmen, and Bumu Butai was afraid that Cao would be robbed by Shengjing, so he offered to surrender to protect the safety of the royal family? Cao Ming did not follow Cao Yue to raid Shengjing, but he knew very well what happened to that raid, at least ten people had personally told him about that glorious victory, and he also knew a lot of related things, and he knew about the insults that Jiannu had received.

Jiannu was afraid of being treated like that again, so he took the initiative to surrender this time, but this may have also been denied by Cao Ming. There are still more than 100,000 Jiannu troops in Beijing, and Dolgon's main army is quickly returning to the reinforcements, and they will soon be able to reach Beijing City.

At that time, even if the Ming army can break through the city of Beijing, it will inevitably be a vicious battle, and it is not certain who will die in the end.

Cao Ming was actually quite worried that this was a trap, so in the process of attacking the Forbidden City, he didn't have any scruples about anything, and all the Jiannu he encountered attacked him, and he also asked the sergeant to follow up with the Franco's cannon, preparing to bombard the defenders of the palace. After breaking through the Chaoyang Gate, he attacked the Forbidden City as soon as possible, which was Cao Yue's instruction to Cao Ming, and Cao Ming also faithfully executed it. Cao Ming also accepted this unexpected surprise given by Bumu Butai, and he also fulfilled his promise, and after taking over the palace, he did not commit any offense against the people in the palace, and repeatedly imposed strict military discipline so that the sergeants could not violate it.

After taking over the Forbidden City, Jiannu's men and horses continued to appear outside the Forbidden City, and many of them tried to attack, but they were all repelled by the Ming army at the head of the city. Cao Ming didn't pay much attention to the chaos in Beijing, he only needed to master the Forbidden City and Chaoyangmen now. In fact, there are only these two places that he can control, and he has no ability to pay attention to other places.

After Cao Ming took over the defense of the Forbidden City, Bumu Butai sent someone to pass him over to discuss some matters, but Cao Ming refused. The Jiannu outside the Forbidden City may come to attack at any time, how can he, the commander, leave the city and go to see the slave chieftain?

Cao Ming refused to come to see her, which made Bu Mu Butai, who had always been apprehensive, even more uneasy. Reason told her that in fact, she couldn't let the Ming army take over the Forbidden City, but somehow, in order to get more favor from Cao Yue, she finally did something that made the world jaw-dropping, and before Beijing City was completely controlled by the Ming army, she personally ordered the Ming army to take over the palace.

Later, Cao Yue once said in public and in private with Bumu Butai that without Bumu Butai's cooperation, the Ming army would not have been able to recover Beijing so easily, and the Forbidden City would not have returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty intact.

Of course, that's an afterthought! (To be continued.) )