Cao Yue decided to let Cao Bianjiao command the men and horses of Dezhou, and he would personally lead the Red Lady's Third Guards, Fourth Guards, and Fifth Guards to the north along the canal to reinforce the sailors who were preparing to attack Beijing.

The cavalry and a musketeer of the 1st and 2nd Guards armies under the command of Cao Bianjiao who remained in Dezhou will follow the retreating Jiannu and prevent them from retreating, and the defense of the first line of Dezhou will be handed over to several guard divisions that came from the south and originally defended the canal line south of Liaocheng.

That is to say, all the horses and horses assembled on the front line of Texas will quickly go north to attack Beijing, and all the military affairs in Shandong will be handed over to the other horses who rushed over.

Cao Yue's bold decision shocked everyone, including Cao Bianjiao.

Previously, Cao Yue's strategy was to play steadily and steadily, even after successive victories, he did not rush forward. But this time, he went against the norm and formulated a very aggressive strategy, giving up the strategy of steady and steady, but pursuing the whole line and competing for time with Jiannu, who returned to Beijing.

Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but express his doubts.

"The gains and losses of Tianjin Wei are very important, and it is not realistic to recover Beijing before Tianjin Wei is captured by us. But now Tianjin Wei has been easily captured by us, and the naval warships that captured Tianjin Wei can reach the city of Beijing in only a few days. And it will take at least a few days for Dorgon's army to return to Beijing, and even longer if we delay them any longer. If the sailors unexpectedly capture Beijing, but do not get our rapid reinforcements, then Beijing may fall into the hands of Jiannu again, and it will be much more difficult to capture it again. ”

After explaining the reason, Cao Yue said very decisively: "Therefore, we must speed up and compete for time with Jiannu." Jiannu is eager to save Beijing, and will not have the heart to stop and fight with us, so we can be bold in the process of pursuit. Maybe the Jiannu after the decision can be completely wiped out. After Cangzhou was captured, the canal was unblocked, and our warships could reach Beijing via Tianjin. Ships are different from horses, horses need to rest, and ships don't need to rest, now the wind is northerly, you don't need manpower to go north quickly, maybe the speed of the ship is faster than the fast horse, Pontus did not want to miss this opportunity. ”

In fact, this Northern Expedition was quite hasty, and Cao Yue's original plan was just to save the Liukou. Don't let them all be wiped out by Jiannu, so that the rogues have the strength to fight Jiannu for a few years. But the progress of the war was far beyond his surprise, he didn't expect that Jiannu couldn't come up with a way to crack the attack of the Great Open Fire, and several decisive battles turned into one-sided slaughter. Since the war is progressing so smoothly, then he seized the trend and drove Jiannu out of the customs in the first battle, making the stall a little bigger, and the results of the war were even bigger.

Cao Yue actually couldn't figure it out, why couldn't Jiannu think of a way to deal with musket shooting? Why do they still attack in that dense charging way? What about the active death? In later wars, if the attacking side wanted to capture the opponent's position, it did not consider the factors of strength and firepower, and when attacking. It will definitely take a straggler formation and crawl forward. This can prevent many people from being hit by shells, and it can also greatly reduce the probability of being hit by bullets.

However, Jiannu was like a target for the Ming sergeant, and still adopted the method of cavalry attack. Amplify your goals infinitely. After entering the musket firing area, a more dense formation was adopted. With such a dense charge formation, the Ming soldiers didn't even need to aim. Random shots can hit the opponent. If Jiannu scattered the attack, cats bent on their waists or crawled forward, the Ming artillery and muskets really couldn't stop their charge, at least not as it is now, the war turned into a one-sided slaughter.

In this era, the hit rate of muskets is simply not so high, and the charging formation of Jiannu seems to take the initiative to be a target for the Ming soldiers, which greatly improves the hit rate of artillery and muskets. Although Cao Yue did not count the relationship between the loss of ammunition and the casualty rate of Jiannu, he can be sure that it must be higher than the wars of later generations.

This is a very unimaginable thing, but it really happened, and Cao Yue can only attribute this situation to the exhaustion of the slave spirit. The uncivilized nation was eventually wiped out by the advanced scientific and technological productive forces. When you catch Dolgon, tell him how to deal with the musket.

The current Jiannu has a fear of the Ming Guards, and the Jiannu with a psychological shadow is no longer the opponent of the Ming Guards, not to mention that under the successive defeats, the Han army and the Korean army will be double-minded, and the Mongols may break away from the Manchus in order to preserve their strength. Why not take advantage of the opportunity to win big?

After listening to Cao Yue's explanation, Cao Bianjiao didn't question anything anymore, and finally accepted the new arrangement.

Therefore, Cao Yue immediately ordered that the First and Second Guards Army should be under the command of Cao Bianjiao, the deputy governor of the capital, and follow the Jiannu who pursued back to the division to rescue Beijing, and must bite the tail of the Jiannu and prevent these hundreds of thousands of people from returning to Beijing smoothly, even if they pay the price.

At the same time, Gao Jie led two guard divisions to capture Cangzhou as quickly as possible.

He himself led five guards divisions to reinforce the naval divisions that were preparing to attack Beijing by means of canals and land routes by water. Then ordered the three guard divisions that had arrived in the south of Shandong to quickly move north to take over the defense of the first line of Dezhou and Linqing.

Cao Yue sent a letter to the rebel Jiannu brothers, Jiang Fei and Jiang Rang, asking them to also participate in the battle against Beijing, and to prevent Jiannu from returning to the army to rescue Beijing.

Whether the Jiang brothers will cooperate with Cao Yue did not care, but Cao Yue believed that it was impossible for the living treasure brothers to return to the arms of Jiannu, and now that the Ming army has won one after another, it is impossible for the Jiang brothers not to recognize the situation, since they have raised troops against the Qing, they will definitely continue to oppose Jiannu. Maybe the two brothers will perform very well and fight very hard, wanting to prove their loyalty to Daming and avoid being liquidated in the future. After all, they have already cleared it once, and this huge stain must be cleaned with a battle record.

After the arrangement was stopped, the men and horses of the various departments also quickly acted according to the formulated arrangement, and Cao Yue himself led more than 60,000 people from the three guard divisions to the north along the canal through warships.

The situation of the war changed so quickly that it was difficult for many people to accept it all at once, but such a huge change in a short period of time also further enhanced Cao Yue's prestige. Everyone thought that Cao Yue's strategy was too outstanding, and he actually turned Dolgon's tricks around, and he was exhausted. If they can successfully recover Beijing this time and recreate slaves, then the Ming soldiers may worship Cao Yue as a god. (To be continued.) )