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After Cao Bianjiao's troops entered the customs in a hurry, they soon received news that Beijing had fallen.

Hearing this news, Cao Bianjiao was overwhelmed with grief and ordered his men and horses to continue to advance at full speed, preparing to fight to the death with the rogue.

But soon Cao Bianjiao learned the news from secret channels that after the fall of Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and martyrdom, the prince was injured and died, and Empress Zhou and King Ding and several other princes were rescued and went to Nanjing with Cao Yue's army. These messages were naturally transmitted by Cao Yue, although the two brothers were divided into two towns, they had a secret communication channel established, if it weren't for the fact that the two departments were moving fast, they would have been in contact long ago.

Cao Yue originally wanted Cao Bianjiao to follow his sailor warship south, but things were too hasty and the situation changed too quickly, so he was afraid of an accident, so he led the sailor warship south without waiting for Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Yue told Cao Bianjiao that there was no need to rescue Beijing, and he gave Cao Bianjiao two ideas: one was to lead the army south and meet him in Nanjing, and he would send a large army to Shandong to respond; There is also a retreat to Datong and a joint force with the Datong army that insists on resisting to resist the Liukou. After the troops are combined, they can consider continuing to stay in Datong to fight against Jiannu and Liukou, or they can break through from Datong and go south to the front line of Xuzhou to join the new army in Nanjing.

Cao Yue told Cao Bianjiao in a secret letter that he must not retreat to Shanhaiguan and join forces with Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui will definitely surrender to the Liukou, or join the Jiannu. Not only can't you rely on Wu Sangui, but you must also be careful to watch out for the main guy.

Next, there is likely to be a big battle between Jiannu and Liukou, and even if you stay in Datong, there will be no big trouble. After confirming these news, Cao Bianjiao immediately made a decision to rush to the aid of Datong, which had not yet fallen, and prepared to make a decision after meeting with the Datong army.

The men and horses led by Cao Jie, after receiving Cao Yue's order, had slowly retreated. Prepare to withdraw to the Xuzhou area.

Shandong is still Liu Zeqing's territory, and the area of Nanzhili is basically controlled by the Nanjing New Army, and Xuzhou is not much away from Nanjing. Retreat to the front line of Xuzhou, you can rely on the men and horses left behind by the Nanjing New Army, and you can also easily receive military supplies through the canal, and Xuzhou has a strong city to use, so it can be said that you can retreat and defend, advance and attack, even if the Liukou or Jiannu take advantage of the situation to attack the Nanjing New Army in the south, or Liu Zeqing in Shandong take advantage of the chaos to start an incident. If you want to eliminate the Nanjing New Army and expand your own power, there will basically be no big trouble, and the opponent will not have much chance to succeed.

Cao Jie knew that his strategy could not be compared with Cao Yue, but he believed in the combat effectiveness of the Nanjing New Army, especially the super combat effectiveness of the first battalion he personally led, so on the premise of not attacking rashly, he was not worried about being attacked by the enemy, and he was also orderly when organizing the retreat of the army. The only concern for Cao Jie and the other generals now is the safety of Cao Yue and others, who have successfully escaped Beijing and sailed south.

At sea. is not as safe and fearless as on land, in case of wind and waves or other troubles, it is likely to encounter an accident, Cao Jie admires Cao Yue very much. He knew that the only person who could stabilize the situation in the world now was his master Cao Yue. If Cao Yue had any accidents, then Daming was really finished. Without Cao Yue, no one would have been able to fully take charge of the Nanjing New Army.

Cao Jie, who is not worried about the safety of the army he leads. There are other generals, and the most important thing to remember is Cao Yue's safety.

At this time, Cao Yue was leading the fleet of sailors. Follow the newly picked north wind to the south.

It was a coincidence that on the day Cao Yue left Tianjin Wei, the wind direction on the sea changed. A cold snap that should have come at this time blew from outside the pass, and while the cold snap brought a huge cooling to the earth, it also provided great convenience for Cao Yue's fleet. The flotilla hoisted its sails and headed south, much faster than expected.

It is the top priority to rebuild the Ming court in Nanjing, support the new monarch, appoint a large number of officials, and re-operate the Ming regime. At this time, Cao Yue felt like an arrow. Although the news of the fall of Beijing may not reach Nanjing immediately, it is very likely that the news was already known to the military and civilians of Nanjing before he arrived with the fleet, and he knew what kind of shock the news would bring when it reached Nanjing.

What could reduce the intensity of the earthquake was that he led the fleet to Nanjing, supported Zhu Cijiong's accession to the throne, and established the new Ming regime. He hoped that his fleet would arrive in Nanking before the news reached Nanking, so that many things would be easier to do, and there would be no major unrest in the south.

In order to reach Nanjing in the shortest possible time, Cao Yue ordered the fleet to sail at the highest speed, without making any stops along the way. During the entire voyage, Cao Yue did not have any communication with Sun Chuanting on the other warship, and he knew that at this time, he and Sun Chuanting would definitely have different ideas. He didn't want to accept Sun Chuanting's advice too much, he hoped that his ideas would finally be put into practice.

It turned out that the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty collapsed in just one or two years, and Cao Yue, who had read a lot of books at the end of the Ming Dynasty, also knew why this situation occurred. Sun Chuanting is a person of this era, no matter how capable he is, he can't jump out of the situation of this era, but he, a person who knows history well, is not.

Naturally, pedantic officials could not be appointed, and court affairs could not be decided by Zhu Cijiong, the newly established emperor, and the only way to make the newly proposed regime run efficiently was to do so in the form of military management. He wanted to be Cao Cao at the end of the Ming Dynasty, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and bring the new Ming regime into a state of national war, expand the army on a large scale, and eliminate the rogues, foreign captives and warlords who were unwilling to obey the new regime.

As I traveled south, I was thinking about these questions and writing down most of the things I thought. He planned to discuss it with Sun Chuanting again before arriving in Nanjing, so that Sun Chuanting could accept his ideas.

He believed that he could convince Sun Chuanting, after all, everything Sun Chuanting had now was given by him, even his life was in his hands, and he was not worried about Sun Chuanting confronting him.

Of course, Cao Yue was also very concerned about the war situation in the north, and before he left Beijing, he left all the hundreds of special guard battalions with the strongest combat effectiveness with him in Beijing, so that they could report the situation in Beijing and Liaodong to Cao Jie on land in time. After Cao Jie received this news, he would sort it out and send it to Nanjing, and after Cao Yue led the fleet to Nanjing, he would be able to grasp the battle situation in the north as soon as possible.

Wu Sangui knew that his father was arrested and imprisoned by Li Zicheng, and was tortured to his death, and most of the family property was looted by Li Zicheng, he responded to his uncle's suggestion in anger, and personally wrote to Dolgon to ask for a loan, asking Jiannu to help the Guanning army and eliminate the rogues who had broken through Beijing.

Wu Sangui didn't want to surrender to Jiannu, all he wanted now was to unite with Jiannu and fight against the Liukou.

After a bitter battle, he broke through Dolgon, who broke through Songshan and Jinzhou, and after surrendering Zu Dashou, he always hoped that Wu Sangui, who was guarding Shanhaiguan, would surrender. Now after receiving Wu Sangui's letter of goodwill and borrowing troops, he was overjoyed, and immediately personally raised nearly 100,000 horses and quickly killed Shanhaiguan. (To be continued.) )