Chapter 129: Aftermath

Jiannu's morale has been completely lost, knowing that the Ming Navy Division has broken through the city of Beijing and occupied the Forbidden City, the morale of the Ming soldiers has won again, and all the pursuing men and horses have rushed to Beijing as fast as possible.

After all, Beijing has been the capital of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and its status in the hearts of the Chinese people is incomparable with Nanjing, even if the Ming Dynasty has always regarded Nanjing as the accompanying capital, and now the emperor is also in Nanjing, it is the same. The sailors broke through Beijing and recovered the Forbidden City, which greatly inspired them, and they rushed to advance first, and then make military merits, and killing more Jiannu was what all the leading generals wanted to do the most.

Under the leadership of Cao Bianjiao, the Ming army, which was biting the Jiannu army, showed extraordinary combat effectiveness.

The men and horses led by Cao Bianjiao were originally the most powerful Ming army, coupled with their desperate pursuit and complete disregard for casualties, so it gave Dolgon a lot of headaches, and it didn't let Dolgon open up too much distance.

When Dolgon returned to Beijing with his forwards, Cao Bianjiao's sergeants also arrived near Beijing. It's just that after arriving in Beijing, Cao Bianjiao, who was not clear about the situation for the time being, did not rush into the city, but tried to get in touch with Cao Ming. There was a mess in the city of Beijing, and Dolgon's men and horses were in the city again, and Cao Ming's contact could not be obtained for the time being, but he was contacted by the guards of Chaoyangmen. Cao Bianjiao also immediately ordered his men and horses to rush to Chaoyangmen to strengthen the force in that direction, and at the same time find a way to pass the situation to Cao Yue, Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others.

After Dolgon hastily attacked the Forbidden City several times without success, he also knew that the pursuers led by Cao Bianjiao had arrived in Beijing, and did not dare to stay in Beijing for long, so he soon left Beijing with the remnants and fled in the direction of Shanhaiguan. Dolgon was still quite lucky, and the chaos in Beijing also gave him convenience, and finally his men and horses fled Beijing with a family member they found.

Cao Bianjiao also soon learned that Dolgon had led his army out of Beijing. Fleeing in the direction of Shanhaiguan, but he did not order his men and horses to chase and kill, but immediately led his army into Beijing City, in addition to ordering 5,000 men and horses to strengthen the defense of Chaoyang Gate, the rest of the men and horses under his personal leadership rushed to the direction of Donghua Gate to protect the safety of the Forbidden City. Cao Bianjiao believes that the current Ming army has no need to chase and kill the escaped Jiannu and completely occupy Beijing. Keeping Beijing and its surroundings under control is the top priority. Jiang Jian and Jiang Rang's men and horses can't let them stay in Beijing, they must be allowed to leave. The city of Beijing must be controlled by the Ming Guards.

Anyone knows the importance of the city of Beijing, and Cao Bianjiao is even more aware of the recovery of Beijing, the meaning of the Forbidden City, the imperial palace returning to the control of the Ming Dynasty, and the order Cao Yue gave him was also to control Beijing.

After taking full control of the situation at Chaoyangmen and the periphery of the Forbidden City, Cao Bianjiao also began to clear the rout of Jiannu. Any slave who is unwilling to surrender or make a rebellion will be killed.

On the afternoon of the second day after Cao Bianjiao's tens of thousands of men and horses arrived in Beijing, the forward troops led by Huang Degong also arrived in Beijing. Then Gao Jie's men and horses, as well as the Red Lady's several years of guards, also arrived.

After these horses arrived, Cao Bianjiao also sent orders to Jiang Jian and Jiang Rang's brothers, ordering them to attack Xuanfu and Shanhaiguan. The defense of the city of Beijing was entrusted to the men and horses he led. After Jiang Jian and Jiang Rang's brothers received Cao Bianjiao's order, they finally expressed their obedience. He led the men and horses to leave Deshengmen and Andingmen, and drove in the direction of Xuanfu and Shanhaiguan.

When Cao Yue led the main army to Beijing, the city of Beijing had basically calmed down, and all the defeated troops of Jiannu had not been cleaned up.

Before Cao Yue arrived in Beijing, Cao Bianjiao also sent a group of men and horses to the direction of Datong, preparing to rescue the lone army of Datong City. There are thousands of comrades-in-arms who have lived and died with him, as well as tens of thousands of ordinary people, who must be helped. After Cao Yue arrived in Beijing, he immediately sent more men and horses to prepare to recover those important military towns on the periphery of Beijing and return Beijing to safety. All this, Cao Yue also made Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong, Gao Jie and other generals responsible, and the tens of thousands of troops led by him and the Red Lady were ready to sit in Beijing and sort out Beijing's affairs.

As the news of the reconquest of Beijing spread, many Ming officials and defenders who had originally surrendered to Jiannu changed their banners and changed their banners, rejoined the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and took active action to arrest and clean up the officials and soldiers of Jiannu. In the Jiannu area of Beijing, except for a part of the surrender, most of the other horses fled in despair, and the people suffered in these places where the army had passed. And some Han officials and people also took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, raided homes and houses, and committed crimes. Cao Yue can only use his power to clean up these people who endanger the people and restore social order.

While sending troops everywhere to levy the Jiannu rout, guard against possible attacks by the rogues, and rectify the order in the area around Beijing, Cao Yue also told Sun Chuanting in detail about the recovery of Beijing and the situation in the area around Beijing, and also ordered Sun Chuanting to immediately send some capable officials to Beijing to manage Beijing's affairs. Beijing will not be considered for the time being, but the governance of the Beijing area and the further restoration of order will still depend on the joint efforts of civilian officials and the military. In the end, according to Cao Yue's suggestion, Sun Chuanting appointed Gu Yanwu, Chen Zilong, Yang Yanshu and other Cao Yue's cronies to serve in Beijing, with Gu Yanwu as the governor of Beizhili and the prime minister of Beijing's affairs.

The army led by Cao Yue was defeated by Jiannu, Jiannu was defeated, fled from Beijing in embarrassment, Beijing was recovered, and the Forbidden City returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty unharmed, which made Nanjing boil.

The "Daming Guards Daily" reported the news that Beijing was recovered and that Dolgon led the remnants to flee from Beizhili in embarrassment and withdraw from Guanwai. The military newspaper praised Cao Yue's wisdom and martial arts, and the bravery of the soldiers of the Ming Guards. The military newspaper told the people of the world in a very firm tone that Beijing was recovered, and the shame of the Ming Dynasty was partially washed away, and then the Ming Guards would continue to fight, and the Liukou and Jiannu would eventually be completely wiped out, and in a few years, the world would be peaceful, and the people would be able to live a good life.

No matter which article in the military newspaper, do not forget to praise Cao Yue, saying that everything is made under the leadership of Cao Yue, the wise and martial army commander, in the future, the Ming army will continue to lead Cao Yue, to achieve more victories, the Ming Guards will definitely calm down all the internal strife and foreign captives, and will always protect the safety of the Ming people in the future.

After receiving the news of the recovery of Beijing, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Sun Chuanting, Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and others, all burst into tears, knelt in front of the little emperor Zhu Cijiong, and wept bitterly. Sun Chuanting also admired Cao Yue's awesomeness from the bottom of his heart, and other officials, including Shi Kefa, who originally rejected Cao Yue's monopoly on power, did not dare to underestimate Cao Yue.

This young man who turned the tide and saved Daming from the brink of death will surely take Daming to a brilliant future, and no one can stop him. (To be continued.) )