Ming Empire

Chapter 121 Dorgon's Counterattack
The Mongols closest to Geng Zhongming's camp were the first slave-building army to launch a large-scale counterattack.

This is the Mongolian army led by Sonamu. After resisting the impact of the Ming army, they immediately set out to pursue the camp.Then they also received an urgent order from Dorgon to do their best to fight back against the Ming army's surprise attack, and never let the Ming army who attacked them return safely to Datong City.

After receiving Dorgon's order, Sonamo certainly didn't dare to slack off. He immediately issued an order, and the whole army set up camp to pursue the fleeing Ming army.

Sonamu personally led his own guard, which is the most elite 3000 horses of his Mongolian cavalry, out of camp to pursue the fleeing Ming army.

The quality of the horses of the Ming army was not as good as that of the Mongolian cavalry, and the horses of the Ming army lost their physical strength after a lot of fighting.But what is surprising is that the Ming cavalry suddenly changed direction and slowed down.Seeing this, Sonamu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his men and horses to prepare to attack the Ming cavalry who were obviously exhausted.

But at this moment, a row of flames suddenly lit up in front of them, and as the flames continued to shine, a deafening sound followed. "No, the Ming army has an ambush," Sonamu immediately judged that there was an ambush from the Ming army's gun battalion ahead, and Sonamu, who had already shot at them, immediately made a new decision, "The whole army stopped pursuing, Back off now, back off now!"

But no matter how timely his order was, it was impossible for the fast-charging cavalry to slow down all of a sudden. Under the action of inertia, the men and horses they heard the order continued to run forward, but the speed began to slow down.Moreover, under such circumstances, it was impossible for Sonamu's orders to be fully conveyed, and many sergeants could not receive his orders.Those Mongolian knights who didn't receive the order were still running forward wielding their sabers.Just as these sergeants continued to run forward, suddenly many people fell down, and both men and horses fell on the running road.

Then there was a second burst of huge explosions, and the rushing Mongols fell down again.

"Third team, shoot!" The third thousand-man team of the first battalion of the Datong Army, under the personal order of General Cao Jie, fired another thousand bullets of hate at the running Mongols.The unprepared Mongols fell down again.The fallen men and horses, as well as those who were lucky enough to escape the bullets and stopped their horses to retreat, became a stumbling block for those who continued to rush forward.

The men and horses who continued to charge collided with the casualties in front who were about to retreat and fell to the ground, and the front of the Mongols was in chaos.The soldiers of the Ming Army's Musketeer Battalion continued to shoot.

A large number of Mongols were shot and killed in front of the formation just as they were caught off guard.Those injured who were lucky enough to survive had many frightened war horses, and the horses that continued to charge towards their companions were trampled into flesh.The Mongols once again encountered a situation similar to that of the previous few days. A large number of warriors with superb cavalry had no chance to show their bravery, and were shot to death on the battlefield some distance away from the range of bows and arrows.

Sonamu, who was lucky enough to escape the firearms of the Ming army and retreated beyond the range of the firearms, immediately sent someone to report the situation to Dorgon when he continued to order his troops to retreat.Sonamu knew that today his troops would repeat the mistakes of Chahan that day. If they didn't retreat in time, they might all be shot and killed by the Ming army in the first battle.

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"What, the Ming army set up an ambush in front, and the musket battalion went out to fight in the city, and Sonamu's troops suffered heavy losses?" Dorgon, who was leading the army to pursue and prepare to attack the Ming army out of the city, heard about the Sonamu faction. After the news was urgently reported by someone, he was taken aback and immediately stopped his mount.It's just that he couldn't hear the sound of gunfire in front of him amidst the thousands of troops galloping.

But Dorgon quickly dispelled his doubts, and didn't think it was Sonamu who spread the news falsely in order to preserve his strength.

This unexpected situation disrupted his original plan.He also immediately made a new decision, which is to continue to use the Mongols to consume the ammunition of the Ming army's gun battalion, creating opportunities for other troops to attack.After carefully inquiring about the front situation of several Mongolian families who came to report the situation, Dorgon made a decisive decision and ordered Sonamu to continue the attack at all costs.

Dorgon told Sonamu that as long as the Mongols led by Sonamu continued to attack the Ming Army's Musketeer Battalion and prevented them from withdrawing to Datong City, he would have a way to wipe out the Ming Army's Musketeer Battalion outside Datong City .

Dorgon had the idea of ​​destroying all of Cao Yue's musketeers in Chengfeng, Datong, and pulling out the teeth of a ferocious tiger like the Datong Army.

The Datong Army's Musketeer Battalion hid in the city. If the Qing army wanted to destroy them, they had to break through the city to do so.

Now that the Datong Army's musketeer battalion has left the city, this is tantamount to lifting the tough coat wrapped around his body. If he doesn't seize this opportunity and hit Cao Yue hard, then he will be the regent of the Qing Dynasty in vain .

Dorgon also immediately ordered all the troops to attack the Datong Army's firearms battalion ambushing out of the city with all their strength, preventing them from retreating back into the city.

Dorgon didn't know how many musket battalions the Datong Army had and how many muskets they were equipped with. Before the battle, the scouts he sent didn't find out the news clearly.The news that came back from the horse inspection was that there were at least 6000 people in the Datong Army's musketeer battalion.This is basically the same as Dorgon's judgment, because during the siege of the Chahan tribe a few days ago, the Ming army took turns to participate in the battle with about 6000 to [-] musketeers.

Even if the Ming army has 2 muskets, which can fire [-] to [-] rounds of bullets each time, and can kill [-] Qing sergeants, as long as they pay a price of [-] or [-], these musketeers who cannot be supplemented can be killed. Ammunition ran out.

Without ammunition, the musketeers of the Ming army became lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and the guarding cavalry of the Ming army was no match for the Qing army at all.

Dorgon immediately swept away the gloom of these days, and his fighting spirit became high.

He then sent someone to send an order to Sonamu, strictly ordering that his troops must continue to attack, at all costs to hold back the firearms soldiers of the Ming army who were fighting out of the city, and prevent them from withdrawing to Datong City. He personally led other troops to flank and ambush from various directions The Ming army prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy all the horses and horses of the Ming army who would not be able to withdraw to Datong City in the future.

Dorgon is very confident in the field combat ability of his troops. He believes that if the Ming army has no firearms and no cover from a strong city, the Qing army can defeat the Ming army ten times.

Dorgon did not expect that his risky decision directly ruined the lives of Sonamu and his people. They soon followed in Chahan's footsteps and became the ghosts of the musketeers of the Ming army!
(End of this chapter)