Ming Empire

Chapter 66

However, the worshipers did not directly attack the city, but just showed off their power under the city of Beijing.

The bravado of these 5000 troops was quite deterrent, and it scared the sergeants in the Beijing camp enough.

Many soldiers guarding the city even made plans that if they built slaves to attack the city, they would flee the city and find a place to hide.In the severe winter, to defend against the enemy on the top of the city, the cold alone is unbearable, not to mention the possibility of losing one's life.

Fortunately, the chela worship department did not plan to attack the city.

The worshipers demonstrated outside Beijing for two days and looted some 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 still unclear about the situation in Datong.He intends to attack the city of Beijing. Even if he fails to do so, he can scare the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to death. Maybe some people who are not determined may open the city gate and surrender.

However, the siege must be prepared. At least the climbing equipment such as ladders must be made, and it will take some time.

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

After hearing Geng Zhongming's report, Duoduo was taken aback.However, after listening to the report of the Jurchen leader who acted with Geng Zhongming's tribe and the Mongols' situation statement, Duoduo had to accept the disastrous defeat of Geng Zhongming's tribe under the city of Datong.

This made him gasp. Cao Yue was really unusual. With the "crowd" of Datong alone, he defeated Geng Zhongming's nearly [-] horses. Moreover, the Ming army went out to fight and defeated Geng Zhongming's troops, not because Geng Zhongming led the army to attack the city. win.

Duoduo knew the combat effectiveness of Geng Zhongming's troops.Although the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Army could not be compared with that of the Jurchen Eight Banners, and was even much worse than that of the Mongols, their combat capability completely surpassed that of the Ming army.

More importantly, it is very important that the Qing army completely defeated the Ming army in terms of momentum.Momentum is self-confidence. With self-confidence, the soldiers will be more motivated to fight, and the momentum on the battlefield will also increase. The balance of victory must be on their side.

But the result now is that Geng Zhongming was defeated, and the defeat was terrible, almost the entire army was wiped out, nearly 1 horses, and less than 500 escaped by chance, which made Duoduo couldn't help shivering.

After reprimanding Geng Zhongming severely, Duoduo also calmed down and pondered over this matter.What kind of person is Cao Yue to be so capable?
From Geng Zhongming's report and the narration 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, use a large number of soldiers to shoot in sections, and try to avoid interruptions in the middle.Hundreds of muskets firing continuously will cause great damage to the cavalry. After all, the range of muskets is much longer than that of bows and arrows.

In the past, during the battle between the two sides, the Qing army could basically ignore the firing of the Ming army's muskets, because it took a long time to reload after one shot. rushed to their ranks.However, the random shooting of muskets did not cause much damage to the Qing soldiers with superb riding skills.But how could the musket be able to exert such power in the hands of Cao Yue that the Ming army could defeat the same number of Qing troops without paying many casualties?
Duoduo is a smart person, and he quickly figured it out. This must be a new strategy that Cao Yue has figured out, which can effectively deal with the impact of the Qing cavalry.When you go back, you must discuss this matter with Dorgon, tell the details of the battle, and discuss a way to deal with it. This is what Dorgon thinks of now.

Duoduo knew that if the segmented shooting of muskets could really effectively deal with the impact of the Qing cavalry, then the balance of victory in the war would shift to the side of the Ming army in the future.Thinking of this conclusion, Dodo shuddered.

It is meaningless to attack Beijing with more than ten thousand of them. If the defenders of Beijing also learned Cao Yue's tactics to deal with the enemy, it would be almost a dream for the ten thousand Qing army to defeat the Ming army that relied on the fortified city.Duoduo also immediately issued an order to withdraw outside the pass.

The more than [-] Jiannu army once again swaggered a few times under the city of Beijing, looted the nearby villages and towns and several county towns that were not well-prepared, and then left.

Although there were reports from Cao Yue, Zhang An, and Wei Daben, and the imperial court also informed the state capitals near Beijing about the matter, some officials in some counties were not well prepared, and they were successfully attacked by Jiannu.The villages and towns that were looted by Jiannu Shao were terrible. Jiannu was the inventor of the Sanguang policy. After they left, almost nothing remained, including the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty.

And just as Jiannu evacuated from the city of Beijing, the news of Datong's success was also sent to Beijing.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was trembling with fear, still didn't believe it after seeing the good news from Datong.It can be described as a miracle that Cao Yue was able to annihilate nearly ten thousand Jiannu without any casualties.

However, Cao Yue, Zhang An, Wei Daben and other officials all sent almost the same memorials, 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 army from the city of Beijing. He must have heard that the Jiannu who attacked Datong were destroyed. He was afraid that he would encounter the same bad luck under the city of Beijing, so he retreated without a fight!" Wang Chengen blushed when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's excitement. He also said in a timely manner: "Without Cao Yue's great victory, Jiannu would definitely attack the city."

The soldiers of the Beijing camp have already discovered the siege equipment made by Jiannu outside the city. There is no need to doubt that Jiannu intends to attack the city.

Emperor Chongzhen believed Wang Chengen's words: "It is really thanks to Cao Yue that Jiannu was severely injured outside Datong City, otherwise Beijing would be in great trouble."

"Long live lord, then we must reward Cao Yue well," Wang Chengen took the opportunity to say good things for Cao Yue, "Long live lord, I feel that this son is really a pillar of the country, a rare general!"

"Yeah, he is very strategic and smart!" Emperor Chongzhen said, picking up another report, "Look, he is so courageous that he even beheaded the deputy commander-in-chief I selected in public. Wu Ming. Do you think he didn't realize that Wu Ming had the purpose of supervising him? This kid can fight, but he is also very scheming. If he doesn't restrain himself, maybe one day the situation will become uncontrollable."

"Long Live Lord, is it necessary to beat him up?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously.

"Of course, we have to give him a good beating, so that he won't be too arrogant. Wu Ming told him that he had the intention of treason, and he killed Wu Ming. This matter must be investigated carefully, so that he can understand that the matter of Datong is not up to him. Forget it!" Emperor Chongzhen said, and then changed the topic, "I will also announce that I will marry my son to him and let him be my son-in-law."

"Long live Lord's brilliant move," Wang Chengen immediately understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant after hearing this. Once in Datong, how about investigating this matter?"

"also may!"

(End of this chapter)