However, the men and horses of Chebai did not directly attack the city, but only showed off their might under the city of Beijing.

The bravado of these 5,000 men and horses is still quite deterrent, and it scared the soldiers in the Beijing camp enough.

Many of the soldiers defending the city even made plans to attack the city, and if Jiannu attacked the city, they would flee the city and find a place to hide. In the bitter cold of winter, if you have to defend against the enemy in the city, the cold alone is unbearable, not to mention the possibility of losing your life.

Fortunately, the Chebai Department did not plan to attack the city.

The Chebai men demonstrated outside Beijing for two days and ransacked nearby villages and towns. Later, Duoduo's men also rushed to Beijing, but they did not immediately attack the city.

At this time, Duoduo was not clear about the situation of Datong. He is planning to attack the city of Beijing, even if he can't attack it, he can scare the Ming monarchs and ministers half to death, maybe some people who are not determined may open the city gate and surrender.

However, the siege of the city needs to be prepared, at least the ladder and other climbing equipment will take some time to make.

When Duoduo sent people to prepare siege equipment, Geng Zhongming's remnants rushed over.

After listening to Geng Zhongming's report, Duoduo was taken aback. However, after listening to the reports of the Jurchen leaders who had acted with Geng Zhongming's troops and the Mongols' statements, Duoduo had to accept the result of Geng Zhongming's defeat under the city of Datong.

This made him gasp, Cao Yue was really unusual, only with those "rabble" in Datong, he actually defeated Geng Zhongming's nearly 10,000 horses, and the Ming army went out of the city to defeat Geng Zhongming's troops, not Geng Zhongming led the army to attack the city and win.

The combat effectiveness of Geng Zhongming's department, Duoduo knows. Although the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Army cannot be compared with the Jurchen Eight Banners, and even much worse than that of the Mongols, their combat ability completely overshadows the Ming official army.

More importantly, it is important that the Qing army completely defeated the Ming army in terms of momentum. Momentum is self-confidence, and with self-confidence, the soldiers will be more energetic when they start fighting, and the momentum of the battlefield will rise, and the balance of victory will definitely be on their side.

But now the result is that Geng Zhongming was defeated, and the defeat was very miserable, almost the entire army was wiped out, nearly 10,000 horses, and less than 1,500 people escaped by luck, which made Duoduo can't help but shudder.

After severely reprimanding Geng Zhongming, Duoduo also calmed down and pondered about this matter. What kind of character is Cao Yue, who is so capable?

From Geng Zhongming's report and the accounts of the survivors of Cao Yue's sneak attack on Shengjing last time, Duoduo probably knew Cao Yue's tactics, that is, to concentrate firearms and use a large number of soldiers to shoot in sections, trying to avoid intermittent time in between. Hundreds or thousands of muskets fired continuously would cause great damage to cavalry, after all, muskets have a far longer range than they can shoot far from the range of bows and arrows.

In the past, the Qing army could basically ignore the shooting of the Ming army's muskets in the battle between the two sides, because it took a long time to reload after one shot, and the two armies faced each other, and the Ming army basically didn't have time to shoot a second time, so the Qing soldiers rushed into their formation. And the scattered shooting of muskets did not cause great damage to the Qing soldiers with superb riding skills. But how could the musket exert such power in Cao Yue's hands, and the Ming army could defeat the same number of Qing troops without paying many casualties?

Duoduo was a smart man, and he quickly figured out that this must be a new tactic that Cao Yue had figured out, which could effectively deal with the impact of the Great Qing Iron Cavalry. When I go back, I must discuss this matter with Dorgon, tell the story of this expedition in detail, and discuss a way to deal with it, which is what Dodor has in mind now.

Duoduo knew that if the segmented shooting of muskets could really effectively deal with the impact of the Qing Iron Cavalry, then the balance of victory in the war would shift to the side of the Ming army. The thought of this conclusion sent a shudder to Dordor shudder.

If the defenders of Beijing also learned Cao Yue's skills to deal with the enemy, it would be almost a fool's dream for more than 10,000 Qing troops to defeat the Ming army that relied on the fortified city to defend it. Duoduo also gave the order to withdraw to the customs at the first time.

More than 10,000 Jiannu troops once again flaunted their might under the city of Beijing, and after looting the nearby villages and towns and several unwell-defended county seats, they then marched away.

Although there were reports from Cao Yue, Zhang An, and Wei Daben, and the imperial court also informed the state capital near Beijing of the matter, there were still some county officials who were not well prepared, and as a result, they were attacked by Jiannu. The villages and towns that were looted by Jiannu were miserable, Jiannu was the inventor of the three-light policy, and after they left, there was almost nothing left, including the lives of the Ming people.

And just when Jiannu was evacuated from the city of Beijing, the good news of Datong was also sent to Beijing.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was trembling in fear, still didn't believe it after seeing the good news from Datong. Cao Yue actually has the ability to annihilate nearly 10,000 Jiannu, and there have been no casualties on the side, which can be described as a miracle.

However, Cao Yue, Zhang An, Wei Daben and other officials all sent almost the same report, and Emperor Chongzhen could no longer doubt that Cao Yue had indeed defeated Jiannu under the city of Datong and achieved a brilliant victory.

"Long live Lord, Duoduo withdrew his troops from the city of Beijing, he must have heard that the Jiannu who attacked Datong had been destroyed, and he was afraid that he would encounter the same doom under the city of Beijing, so he retreated without a fight!" Wang Chengen's face turned red when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's excitement, and he said in a timely manner: "If there is no great victory for Cao Yue, Jiannu will definitely attack the city." ”

The soldiers of the Beijing camp had already found siege equipment made by Jiannu outside the city, and there is no doubt that Jiannu intended to attack the city.

Wang Chengen's words, Emperor Chongzhen believed: "It's really thanks to Cao Yue that he hit Jiannu hard outside Datong City, otherwise Beijing will suffer a great disaster." ”

"Long live the lord, then you must reward Cao Yue for a good life," Wang Chengen took the opportunity to say good things for Cao Yue, "Long live the lord, the slave maid thinks that this son is really a pillar of the country, a rare tiger general!"

"Yes, he's a very scheming man and he's smart!" Emperor Chongzhen said, picking up another report, "Look at it, he is very bold, and he actually killed Wu Ming, the deputy chief soldier I selected, in public. You say, would he not have realized that Wu Ming had the purpose of supervising him? This son can fight, but he is also very scheming, if he is not restrained, maybe one day the situation will be uncontrollable. ”

"Hooray, that's to beat him up?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously.

"Of course, you have to beat him up so that he doesn't get too arrogant. Wu Ming accused him of rebellion, he killed Wu Ming, this matter must be investigated by Haosheng, let him know that the matter of Datong is not up to him!" Emperor Chongzhen said, and the words changed, "I will also announce that I will marry him and let him be my concubine." ”

"Long live the master," Wang Chengen listened, and immediately understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant, this is a combination of grace and power, the emperor's purpose in doing this is to control Cao Yue in his own hands, "Long live the lord, why don't you go to Datong in person to investigate this matter?" ”

"Yes, too!"