"Everything can't be hidden from my cousin, it's true," in front of Cao Yue, Cao Yue didn't hide anything, and directly admitted, "The younger brother is not sympathetic to the rogue, the rogue is the culprit who led to the fall of Beijing and the suicide of the emperor, and must be eliminated." However, if the rogues are allowed to be wiped out by Jiannu, then all the land originally occupied by the rogues will fall into the hands of Jiannu, and Jiannu's sphere of influence will expand rapidly, and more traitors like Wu Sangui and Tang Tong will surrender to Jiannu and work for them. Therefore, the younger brother thinks that there is still a need for the Liukou to exist, and they can contain Jiannu and keep a piece of rivers and mountains for our Han people. Now the rogues are back and counterattacking Jiannu, which is exactly what the younger brother expects. If the rogue's attack is effective, then Dorgon will have another headache. What the cousin said just now is exactly what the younger brother wants, and the younger brother also feels that there is no need to rush to fight with Jiannu, we can fight steadily and steadily, and then fight with Jiannu when the opportunity is right. ”

Cao Yue did not think that it was necessary to fight Jiannu in winter, after all, the impact of winter on firearms was relatively large, the canal froze, and it also lost its transportation and barrier function, and the transportation by sea was not easy to go. However, Cao Bianjiao said that it was necessary to put pressure on Jiannu with steady progress, and at the same time give the party time to prepare military supplies, and also give the Liukou a chance to counterattack.

Suspend the offensive, the last thing you want to see is definitely Jiannu, there is no need to doubt this.

In fact, the current situation of the Ming army does not allow for another attack immediately, because the amount of ammunition lost during this period of war is amazing, and there are many muskets and artillery damaged for various reasons.

Although the Nanjing Arsenal and other weapons workshops were operating at maximum capacity to manufacture muskets, artillery, and explosives, they were limited in quantity per day due to technical problems and production capacity, and were far from meeting the needs of the war. Now in the Ming Guard, more than half of the men and horses are not equipped with muskets. The number of artillery pieces was also seriously insufficient. If the offensive is postponed for a few months, then the muskets, artillery and ammunition produced in these months can be accumulated, and the production of these months will be very considerable, and all of them will be transported to the front, enough to be used for a long time.

Considering various factors, Cao Yue believed that Cao Yue was not suitable for another big war, so after he captured Linqing and Dezhou, he slowed down the pace of the offensive and slowly advanced northward. Choose a suitable location to build a defensive line and beware of Jiannu's counterattack.

Cao Bianjiao also proposed this, and Cao Yue became more confident in his strategy.

The two brothers continued to discuss how to follow up, and finally decided that the army would slowly move north, looking for an opportunity to fight Jiannu again. The most important thing now is to stabilize Shandong, eliminate the slaves and servants in Shandong, and hoard military supplies. Train sergeants and adapt the people brought by the Red Lady and Cao Bianjiao.

After the two brothers discussed, Cao Yue also made a decision to mix the people brought by the Red Lady and Cao Bianjiao. It was organized into five Guards Divisions, numbered 11 to 15 Guards Divisions, and the commanders of the Guards Divisions, the staff generals, were senior generals of the original two armies. These five guards divisions were used as reserves for the whole army, and they seized the time to train. and familiarize yourself with the firearms-based mode of warfare.

In the end, Cao Yue still told Cao Bianjiao that he wanted to propose to the imperial court to appoint Cao Bianjiao with a high position. The deputy of the Metropolitan Governor - the Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. After hesitating for a while, Cao Bianjiao finally accepted Cao Yue's proposal.

Cao Bianjiao is clear that now in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting have the final say in all affairs, and Sun Chuanting also listens to Cao Yue. Although he is not very clear about the specific situation, he is still clear that Cao Yue is the person who now holds the real power of the Ming Dynasty, so he will never dare and will not compete with Cao Yue for power, at least for now.

Since Cao Yue proposed to let him serve as the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion to help him manage military affairs and command the campaign, this was exactly what he wanted, so Cao Bianjiao did not refuse. He also knows that although Cao Yue is now in power, his foundation is still unstable, and although there are many cronies in the army, there are very few capable people. He's a cousin, his ability and combat exploits are good, and Cao Yue certainly wants to reuse it.

And Cao Yue resigned from Cao Bianjiao and proposed to be appointed as the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and accepted the position of Tongzhi of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and also took the initiative to reorganize his ministry and compile a few new guard divisions, which made Cao Bianjiao's mind clear, that is, he recognized the power of his cousin, and would actively cooperate. This was the point he was most willing to accept, so all the worries he had were dispelled.

Cao Yue also formally proposed to appoint Cao Bianjiao to be the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and urgently sent him to Nanjing, and wrote a secret letter to Sun Chuanting. Then he told the senior generals in the army about the next arrangements.

It's just that Cao Yue's arrangement more or less disappointed the generals, who had just won a big victory, and what they were looking forward to most was to take advantage of the victory to pursue, attack Jiannu again, and even drive Jiannu out of the pass. Fortunately, when they were full of enthusiasm and wanted to continue the war, Cao Yue issued an order to suspend the attack, slowly move north, and enter a state of rest.

It's just that no one dared to explicitly oppose and not implement Cao Yue's orders, and they all followed the orders one by one.

However, the movement of the sailors marching by sea did not stop, and they continued to move north, preparing to attack the Tianjin Wei.

Originally, they were supposed to be faster than the main army led by Cao Yue marching by land, but in the summer, several storms blew on the sea in succession, slowing their march and almost inflicting heavy losses. After several storms, the sea was still very stormy, and it was not until Cao Yue led his army to capture Liaocheng that they had the opportunity to continue north.

The time when the war in Tianjin Wei started will go back. However, Cao Yue was not worried about anything, and now Jiannu had not yet discovered the warships of the Daming Naval Division that had marched by sea, and the defensive strength of Tianjin Wei had not been significantly strengthened. As long as nothing else, Tianjin Wei will definitely be finally captured, and the communication between Cangzhou and Beijing through the canal will be cut off.

After discussing these things with Cao Bianjiao, Cao Yue also introduced the red lady who returned to Liaocheng with him to Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao had already heard about some things between Cao Yue and the Red Lady, and now seeing Cao Yue introducing the Red Lady to him with such fanfare, the expressions between the two were very different, how could they not understand the truth of the matter. At the moment, he jokingly said to the Red Lady that he wanted her brother and daughter-in-law to take care of Cao Yue and help him in all aspects, as the Cao family, he would make decisions for the Red Lady in many aspects.

Cao Bianjiao said this, which surprised the red lady and made her very happy. She was afraid that she would not be accepted by the Cao family, Cao Bianjiao, a very important man of the Cao family, said this to her, that is, she accepted her existence as the daughter-in-law of the Cao family, how could she be unhappy? (To be continued.) )