Chapter 128: The Great Trend Has Gone
After hearing that Beijing had been broken by the Ming army led by Cao Yue, the Jiang brothers strengthened their determination to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty. But they also knew that their previous rebellion was a stain that was difficult to wash away, and Cao Yue, who was extremely strict in governing the army, would not let them go easily, unless they made great contributions.
In order to establish a war exploit that no one dared to underestimate, they ordered their men and horses to fight against Jiannu at any cost, and strive to capture several cities occupied by Jiannu, as a bargaining condition with Cao Yue, wash away the stains on their bodies, and return to the list of important generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Under this psychological effect, the men and horses led by the Jiang brothers burst out with far more combat effectiveness than usual, and Changping was quickly captured by them. After capturing Changping, they also immediately marched to Beijing, preparing to play a role in the battle to occupy Beijing.
Changping is not far from Beijing, less than a hundred miles, and can be reached in one day by horse.
Soon after leaving Changping, the Jiang brothers' men and horses were defeated by Jiannu's army. The morale of the Jiang family's army was in full swing, and in the face of the rout of Jiannu, they also burst out with strong combat effectiveness, and the defeated soldiers of Jiannu who fled from Beijing in embarrassment cried and shouted for their mother, and fled in defeat.
Jiang Ji and Jiang Rang did not pursue, and continued to come quickly towards Beijing.
They attacked the city of Beijing before Dolgon's army of reinforcements arrived.
At this time, the city of Beijing, fell into a total chaos, there were chaotic soldiers everywhere, the death of Zilharang, so that the Jiannu who stayed in Beijing lost the commander, Bumu Butai gave up the arrival of the Zhao order in the name of the little emperor Fulin, so that the Jiannu who defended the city completely collapsed, and the Jiannu who did not want to surrender failed to attack the Forbidden City several times without success, and paid huge losses, and then failed to maintain the original sharpness, and became a rout.
After the men and horses led by the Jiang brothers arrived at the city of Beijing, they did not waste much effort to break through Andingmen. Then he occupied the Desheng Gate. After these two cities north of Beijing were occupied by the "Ming army", the Jiannu in Beijing fell into chaos more and more. They all thought that the Ming army had already surrounded the city of Beijing and would then attack it in a big way, and they had only two choices, either flee or surrender.
As a result, many people chose to surrender to the "Ming army" led by Jiang Jian and Jiang Rang, and many Jiannu surrendered in front of the Forbidden City or Chaoyangmen. But more Jiannu chose to flee.
The Jiannu who escaped from Beijing City became headless flies, and there were those who fled in any direction. Without the people to control them, they don't care about anything, burning, killing, looting, and doing anything.
Outside the city of Beijing, it was also completely in chaos, both the gentry and the common people were all suffering, and there was a hell on earth everywhere.
Cao Yue also soon received the battle report from Cao Ming. Later, he received a rumor from Cao Ming that the Jiannu of Beijing City gave up resistance and surrendered to the Ming army. Got the news. Cao Yue was naturally overjoyed, and immediately ordered everyone to speed up and march to Beijing. It is necessary to attack the city of Beijing in the shortest possible time, and do not fall in love with the war along the way.
This result. It was better than any possibility that Cao Yue thought, he didn't expect Bumu Butai to be really moved by him, and chose to surrender to Daming without making any resistance. Cao Yue didn't think that this was a trap for Jiannu, such a trap could not exist, and no one dared to gamble with Beijing City as bait.
The number of Daming sailors led by Cao Ming was seriously insufficient, and it was almost impossible to control the entire city of Beijing. Dolgon's army quickly returned to the reinforcements, and Dolgon's men and horses must not be allowed to wipe out the Daming Naval Division that had broken through the city of Beijing. Therefore, Cao Yue ordered Cao to change Jiao, and ordered his subordinates to hold back Dolgon's army at all costs, and not let Jiannu calmly return to Beijing. He also ordered the other horses to advance as fast as possible, and strive to reach the city of Beijing as soon as possible. Jiannu has been completely defeated, and he is no longer capable of posing a threat to the Ming army, so he must take advantage of this great opportunity to give Jiannu another fatal blow.
At the very least, we can't give Jiannu a chance to recapture Beijing and drive our Daming Sailor out of Beijing.
After Cao Yue's order was issued, the cavalry troops from all walks of life also changed their cautious appearance in front of them, and let go of their pace to attack in the direction of Beijing, and they no longer had to worry about Jiannu setting up ambushes along the way.
After Dolgon divided his troops with Duoduo, he also accelerated his march, and after leaving enough broken men and horses to block the pursuing Ming army led by Cao Bianjiao, Dolgon personally led 20,000 horses and horses, and quickly returned to Beijing in the form of two horses, and finally returned to Beijing before the Ming reinforcements arrived.
But at this time, there was chaos everywhere in and around Beijing.
Before Dolgon's troops arrived in Beijing, they were defeated by many troops. Knowing that the situation was serious and the situation in Beijing was out of control, Dolgon ordered a group of men and horses to gather the rout, and after continuing to break off with such a rout, he stopped the pursuing Ming army outside Beijing. He personally led his men and horses to attack the Ming army that occupied the city of Beijing, and then ordered a general to lead 5,000 men and horses to find himself and the relatives of Duoduo and Azig.
Before Dolgon entered the city, he had expected chaos in the city of Beijing, but after entering the city, he found that the chaos in the city was even worse than he thought. With Zilharang dead, and the army guarding the city of Beijing leaderless, Bumu Butai and Zhezhe ordered all the horses to give up resistance and surrender to the Ming army. He couldn't find any leading generals, let alone collect and control the rout, and the men and horses he led were almost overwhelmed by the routs that could be seen everywhere. Dolgon also tried to attack the Forbidden City, but outside the Forbidden City, he also encountered a large number of routs, as well as many Jiannu who had surrendered to the Ming army but had no one to take over.
These Jiannu, who had originally planned to surrender to the Ming army, were at a loss after seeing Dolgon's army come back, and the emperor didn't issue an edict saying that the men and horses led by Dolgon, the regent, had been wiped out by the Ming army, and the Qing Dynasty was over, so they were willing to listen to the edict of the little emperor and decided to lay down their arms and surrender to the Ming army. Why is Dorgon leading the army back now?
Dolgon immediately ordered these Qing soldiers who were ready to surrender, but no one received them, to join him in the battle against the Forbidden City. But these Jiannu have long lost their fighting spirit, the chaos in the city of Beijing, the fact that the Ming army captured the imperial palace and many city gates, these have already caused them to collapse, even if Dolgon appears, there is no way to change these.
Enraged, Dolgon also found that he could not control the situation, but he did not flinch, but immediately led a large army to attack the Forbidden City. But several attacks were repulsed by the defenders at the head of the city.
After a day's hard work, Dolgon's men paid the price of thousands, but they still failed to capture a single gate.
At this time, the pursuing Ming army also arrived at the city of Beijing.
Arriving at the city of Beijing, it was not only Cao Bianjiao's tens of thousands of troops, but also the men and horses led by other generals. (To be continued.) )