"What? The Ming army actually divided its troops to attack Tianjin Wei? After receiving the news, Dolgon was even more stunned, he flipped over the table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "How is this possible? The Ming army had such a small number of troops, and it dared to divide its troops to attack Tianjin Wei? Didn't Tianjin Wei have tens of thousands of defenders? How could it be captured so easily by the Ming army? ”

Dolgon felt that his worldview had been subverted, and Cao Yue was far inferior to him in terms of troops, but he dared to boldly divide his troops, in addition to sending many men and horses to guard the canal, he also sent troops to attack Tianjin Wei. In an instant, Cao Yue became synonymous with conspiracy in Dolgon's heart, this Ming upstart was really cunning, it turned out that he sent troops to capture Linqing and Dezhou, and prepared to attack Cangzhou It was all smoke bombs, and the real purpose was to capture Tianjin Wei.

Of course, Dolgon knew the importance of Tianjin Wei, which was only more than 200 miles away from Beijing, and could be reached by fast horses in one day and one night, and it only took two or three days to travel on the canal. In other words, the Ming army, which captured Tianjin Wei, could immediately move north and attack Beijing directly.

Dolgon couldn't help but be frightened out of a cold sweat, this Cao Yuexin was really ruthless, he personally led the men and horses to contain the main force of the Qing army, but sent other generals to lead the army to attack Tianjin Wei. Tianjin Wei was captured by the Ming army, so the target of the Ming army that captured Tianjin Wei next was Beijing. In the current Beijing, there are not many defenders, and the brothers Jiang Ji and Jiang Rang rebelled against the Qing Dynasty again, and they may attack Beijing at any time.

If several Ming armies jointly attacked Beijing, the tens of thousands of defenders in Beijing would definitely not be able to hold it.

It was necessary to return to Beijing immediately, this was the first thought that came to Dolgon after receiving the fall of Tianjin Wei.

When this thought popped up, Dolgon couldn't help but smile bitterly, what was wrong with himself? During this time, there are frequent mistakes in strategy, and no matter what you do, it is wrong. Now Dolgon, there is a feeling that he is powerless to deal with the situation. In just a few months, only a few defeats ruined most of his ambitions, and at this time, he no longer had the energy to want to win the world. He thinks about how to deal with the crisis in front of him.

The Ming army captured Tianjin Wei, which was the biggest crisis of the Qing Dynasty, after all, the members of the Qing royal family were in Beijing, and the main force of the Qing army was on the front line of Dezhou, which was more than 700 miles away from Beijing, and even if it was immediately returned, it would take a few days. At present, it is not known how many Ming troops captured Tianjin Wei, and he has not found out how many new Ming troops Cao Yue can command.

If there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of men and horses who capture Tianjinwei, with the terrible firepower configuration of the Ming army. It is not difficult to break through the city of Beijing. There are also a lot of defenders of Tianjin Wei, and they are sitting on a strong city, judging from the information sent back, it only took one day for Ming to break through Tianjin Wei and annihilate most of the Qing defenders of Tianjin Wei. If the Ming army, which had such a terrible attacking force, reached the city of Beijing, the consequences would be catastrophic.

Dolgon also immediately summoned his cronies to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as I heard that Tianjin Wei was captured by the Ming army. Everyone's faces changed. They all know the importance of Tianjin Wei, and they also know that in order to avoid the fall of Tianjin Wei. Dolgon deployed a lot of troops in Cangzhou, but he was worried that after the Ming army captured Cangzhou, he would go north along the canal to capture Tianjinwei.

Now Cangzhou is still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible for the Ming army to cross Cangzhou to attack Tianjin Wei, the only possibility is that it was the Ming army's sailors who captured Tianjin Wei. They reached Tianjin Wei by sea, and the news of the march successfully concealed the Qing spies. Hit the Tianjin guards by surprise. Next, the target of the Ming army must be the city of Beijing, and it is even possible that after capturing the city of Beijing, it will try to destroy all the Qing troops in the north and south. Who doesn't tremble when they think of these possibilities.

If it were before. Even if the Ming army dared to attack like this, the Qing Dynasty was not afraid, and the combat effectiveness of the Qing army at that time was invincible in the world, and no matter how many Ming troops could defeat it. But now, the situation is completely different, the Ming army, equipped with a huge number of firearms, has a terrible combat effectiveness, and the Qing army is far from being an opponent, even if it has an absolute advantage in numbers, there is no way to win.

There were not many defenders in Beijing, so how could they withstand the attack of the Ming army? And their families, as well as their property, are all in Beijing, and if Beijing falls, the Qing Dynasty will be over, and they will all be finished. Therefore, almost everyone suggested that Dolgon immediately lead his army back to Beijing.

Most of the people asked for the return of Beijing, and Dolgon himself thought so, so there was no suspense about the final result of the discussion, and immediately stopped the battle of Texas and led the army back to rescue Beijing.

And just as Dolgon made a decision to abort the Battle of Texas and return to Beijing, Dolgon received another bad news, that is, Li Zicheng rejected the proposal for cooperation between the two sides. In his reply to Dolgon's letter, Li Zicheng said that Dashun and Jiannu were enemies who did not share the same sky, and that the people of Dashun would fight Jiannu to the end, and would never give up until Jiannu was destroyed. Dashun will never be in the same league as Jiannu, and then the Dashun army will continue to fight against Jiannu, recover Beijing, and return the people of the world to peace. After receiving Li Zicheng's reply, Dolgon no longer dared to have too many expectations, and immediately decided that the whole army would retreat and retreat to Beijing, preparing to organize the defense of Beijing.

And Cao Yue received the news of the capture of Tianjin Wei by the Daming Naval Division before Dolgon. After receiving the news, Cao Yue once again ordered the sailors to leave a part of the men and horses to guard Tianjin, and the rest of the men and horses to go north along the canal to attack Beijing, and strive to reach the city of Beijing before Dolgon led the army back to Beijing. And he immediately sent Gao Jie to lead two guard divisions north to attack Cangzhou.

Gao Jie, who unexpectedly gained Cao Yue's trust and was temporarily reinforced, was responsible for leading two guard divisions to attack Cangzhou, which was really surprised and delighted. He has always been eager to have the opportunity to lead the army again and add a strong sum to his credit, so he did not hesitate to accompany Cao Yue in front of him and repeatedly serve his loyalty. But he himself thinks that it is quite difficult to gain Cao Yue's trust in a short period of time. But unexpectedly, in such a short time, Cao Yue gave him a heavy use, and ordered him to lead his army north to attack Cangzhou, an important town on the canal.

When Cao Yue announced the order, he was directly dumbfounded, Jier was overjoyed, and immediately stood up to receive the order, and made a military order on the spot, saying that he would definitely lead the army to capture Cangzhou, otherwise he would be willing to engage in military law.

However, Cao Yue then told Gao Jie that letting him lead his army to attack Cangzhou was only the first step in attacking Beijing, and that Cangzhou must be captured in the shortest possible time, because he would personally lead the army to reinforce Tianjin Wei and attack the city of Beijing, so as to recover Beijing before Dolgon's division returned to rescue Beijing.

After Gao Jie was stunned for a while, he immediately understood what kind of arrangement Cao Yue had, and he felt more and more important about the mission he received.

Gao Jie also immediately led the two newly formed Guards Divisions, the 13th and 14th Guards Divisions, to the north along the canal, preparing to capture this important town connecting Tianjin Wei and Dezhou as soon as possible.

After Gao Jie led the army to leave Texas, Cao Yue, who received the news that Dolgon had led his army to retreat north overnight, immediately made new arrangements. (To be continued.) )