"Cao Yue, the governor of Nanjing and the commander of the horses, led the army to the king," After hearing the sergeant who got off the warship to report the situation, the defenders at the head of the city were very surprised. Looking forward to the stars and the moon, they finally looked forward to reinforcements, and what they were looking forward to was the Nanjing New Army led by Cao Yue, the most warlike general of the Ming Dynasty, and the Chaoyangmen defenders, who had no fighting spirit, were suddenly as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

However, the guard was still very cautious, checked the situation repeatedly, and saw Cao Yue standing on the bow of the ship, and then ordered the city gate to be opened.

It was Cao Yue who led the fleet to arrive outside Chaoyang Gate, and after he led the elite men and horses to travel hundreds of miles day and night in the form of two horses, he finally arrived at Tianjin Wei and joined Sun Chuanting, who had arrived here a day in advance to prepare for the follow-up. After rendezvous with Sun Chuanting, Cao Yue personally supervised five warships that could sail smoothly on the canal and went straight to Beijing. Sun Chuanting led the follow-up men and horses, and also drove in from the direction of the canal by boat.

It's just that because of the dry water, the canal of large warships could not be navigated, so Sun Chuanting had to order more than a dozen large ships, 5,000 sailors and 10,000 army officers to be on standby in Tianjin, and the rest of the horses followed him in small warships to follow up Cao Yue's rescue operation.

After a day and a night of sailing, the five medium-sized warships ordered by Cao Yue finally arrived outside Beijing before dawn.

After meeting with Sun Chuanting, Cao Yue received numerous reports of the battle situation, and from the analysis of these battle reports, the Liukou had arrived under the city of Beijing, and perhaps Beijing was likely to be captured by the Liukou, or it was possible that the Liukou were attacking the city. Cao Yue was worried that when his men arrived in Beijing, it was the rogues who guarded the walls of Beijing.

If this is the case, it will be more difficult to rescue the royal family, and maybe they will have to attack, and the attack may not be successful.

After arriving outside Chaoyang Gate, Cao Yue did not see any signs of war, and the defenders on Chaoyang Gate were still Ming officials. This made him breathe a sigh of relief. But just as Cao Yue ordered the elite special guard battalion and his own family troops to get off the ship and prepare to enter the city, dust and sand rolled up in the distance outside the city.

"The Rogue is coming!" Cao Yue got the report for a while, and he immediately ordered the soldiers on the warship to be on the highest alert.

Five warships lined up on the canal, and the guns on both sides of the ships were also raised and ready to fire.

This is the latest development of a gun with a long barrel. The range is at least five miles.

Cao Yue was followed by the new leader of the family generals, Cao Jing, this rising star performed very well in several battles, only 21 years old, the distant nephew of the Cao family, finally Cao Yue looked at it differently, and was appointed as the leader of the Jiading troops, in charge of the daily training and management of the 1,500 family troops around Cao Yue.

The combat effectiveness of the current Jiading troops is far from comparable to that of the original, even the most elite special security battalions, the same strength meets. It's also a loss. It can be said that Cao Yue's family troops are the elite of the elite, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as the most elite people in the world.

In Cao Yue's binoculars, he clearly saw the shadow of the rogue who was rushing to kill quickly. The distance was only about three miles, and Cao Yue decisively gave the order for artillery fire.

Because of the urgency of the war, outside the Chaoyang Gate, tall buildings were bulldozed. so as not to affect the sight of the defenders at the head of the city, which also provided convenience for Cao Yue, otherwise the sight would be affected. The firing effect of the artillery will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Boom, boom, boom," the continuous firing made the warship tremble violently, the range of the guns increased, and the recoil force was further increased, but fortunately, Cao Yue ordered the guns on both sides to fire at the same time, so that the recoil generated by the guns on both sides could cancel each other out.

The cannon landed in the rapidly rushing rogue array, and countless bodies flew into the air in the thick of the smoke.

This is the army led by Liu Zongmin, who has just attacked the city of Beijing in the second half of the night, preparing to seize the Caoyun Wharf outside Chaoyang Gate and break through Chaoyang Gate. Unexpectedly, before he arrived near Chaoyangmen, he was bombarded by the warship led by Cao Yue.

The concentrated bombardment of dozens of artillery pieces was still very powerful, and at least 100 sergeants were killed, and even more wounded.

Liu Zongmin, who personally commanded the attack, was shocked and immediately ordered his men and horses to suspend their advance, disperse the queue and prepare to attack after inquiring about the situation.

According to the battle report in advance, the defenders of Chaoyangmen were only a few thousand people, and they were all personnel with little combat effectiveness, although there was artillery, but the range was not far, and it was facing the front, they rushed over from the side, how could they be bombarded by artillery a few miles away?

Before figuring out the situation, Liu Zongmin did not dare to trade attacks.

And at this time, the guns on the battleship, having corrected the firing parameters, began firing again. Another round of artillery fire killed and wounded hundreds of rogues. The artillery of the Ming army was so powerful that Liu Zongmin did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered all the men and horses to retreat and retreat beyond the range of the artillery, and at the same time reported the situation to King Chuang.

It was also when Liu Zongmin's troops were bombarded by the artillery bombardment of the warships led by Cao Yue, they had already arrived at the Liukou troops under the city of Beijing and began to scramble to attack the city. Many of the Ming guards of Beijing City had already sent people out of the city to contact the Liukou, and when the Liukou arrived outside Beijing, many city gates had been opened, and the Liukou soldiers attacked the outer city of Beijing without blood. However, there were still many defenders at the head of the city who resisted, and when they encountered the defenders' resistance, they immediately began to attack the city fiercely.

When the sun had just come out, outside Beijing, the battle had already begun, and there was a tragic scene everywhere.

Li Zicheng issued a strict order to capture the city of Beijing and capture Emperor Chongzhen and his courtiers before sunset today.

The artillery on the warship led by Cao Yue fiercely bombarded the attacking rogues, and the doubts of the defenders on the city were completely eliminated, and they immediately opened the city gate and let the 200 special guard battalions and 1,000 Jiading troops who were already on standby enter the city. Cao Yue ordered the 3,000 entourage soldiers on the naval warship to stand by on the warship, and his 1,000 Jiading troops went to the city to assist the defenders on the city to defend.

"Even if you fight to the last man, you must ensure that the Chaoyang Gate is not lost," this was Cao Yue's order to Cao Jing, the leader of the generals who remained in command. Of course, Cao Jing agreed without hesitation, saying that they must defend Chaoyangmen, and never let a single soldier of the Liukou attack the city, so as to ensure that they retreat safely from Chaoyangmen after rescuing the royal family.

When Cao Yue personally led his men and horses to rush into Beijing, he also immediately passed on the situation of Chaoyangmen to Sun Chuanting, who rushed over behind, and ordered the palace led by Sun Chuanting to cooperate in defending Chaoyangmen.

Cao Yue deceived the guards with lies, and made the guards believe that the follow-up armies were coming one after another, and after the city of Beijing could be saved, he immediately led a thousand elites to gallop quickly in the direction of the Forbidden City. (To be continued.) )