Ming Empire

Chapter 122
Sonamu, who suffered heavy losses and was desperately commanding the troops to retreat, did not expect that Dorgon would not allow him to retreat and let him continue to lead the army to attack.

He knew that Dorgon wanted to sacrifice the lives of the Mongolian bannermen he led, and prepared to gather the strength of other troops to annihilate the Ming Army's Musketeer Battalion.If he carries out Dorgon's order, then he will follow Chahan's retreat, and there will be very few of his people left.But if you disobey Dorgon's order and wait for his order, it will be almost the same. It is impossible for Dorgon to let go of the general who disobeyed the military order and fled without a fight.

After thinking twice, Sonamu decided to follow Dorgon's order and continue to lead the attack.

There may still be a way out if Dorgon continues to lead his troops to attack the Ming army's ambush formation. If Dorgon leads other troops to attack successfully, then his troops will make great achievements as long as they continue to attack.If Dorgon's order is not obeyed, neither he nor his people can escape the order of punishment.

Sonamu didn't have time to think too much, and he couldn't hesitate any longer. He immediately issued an order and his troops continued to attack the Ming army's musketeer battalion.

It's just that Sonamu didn't expect how difficult it would be for his troops to switch from retreat to attack again when they suffered heavy losses. They could no longer organize an orderly attack, and the sergeants were at a loss. Some people followed the order and turned their heads and continued to move forward, but those sergeants who did not receive the order in time ran for their lives with their heads in their arms.The attacking and retreating troops were entangled together, and the formation was even more chaotic.

And at this moment, the friendly troops who were chasing from behind had already rushed to the front of their formation, and the Han army and Mongolian soldiers who came behind overwhelmingly made their formation even more chaotic.Most of the chaotic formations were within the range of the Ming army's muskets.

What's worse, at this time, the sky had begun to gradually brighten, and the artillery of the Ming army began to bombard intermittently.

The lethality of the artillery is of course very huge. Whether it is a solid bullet or a flowering bullet, wherever it hits is a bloody mess.Fortunately, the artillery firing of the Ming army could not be as continuous as the muskets, but the artillery was still very lethal to the slaves' psychology.

Seeing that Jiannu did not retreat after being hit, but continued to attack fiercely, and troops from other directions also came towards the west gate, Cao Yue couldn't help crying secretly. He fought desperately with the Datong Army.According to his information, there are about 10 Jiannu outside the city of Datong, excluding the Mongols and Han soldiers who were wiped out, and the Jurchen soldiers who went to guard the artillery. Judging from the numbers, these troops still exceed Datong With twice the number of troops, the current Cao Yue does not have the confidence to wipe out all the [-] slaves.

He sent two musket battalions out of the city to ambush, the purpose was just to take back the cavalry led by Zhao Tai who attacked the battalion, and then beat up the Jiannu who might pursue him, but he never thought that in this way, he would fight with Jiannu Fight to the death.

But now, he has no other choice but to put all his strength on it and fight Dorgon decisively.He has no way to safely withdraw the people outside the city.If at this time, he ordered the withdrawal of troops, the good battlefield situation would definitely change immediately.

"Boy, it seems that you have played a big role in this play!" Sun Chuanting still did not change his joking look in front of Cao Yue, and said eccentrically: "You only planned to beat Dorgon hard, but you didn't expect to beat him up." Thoroughly annoyed, Jiannu devoted all his strength to attack the two musket battalions you sent out of the city. Hehe, that's fine, when Jiannu's most elite troops went to protect the artillery, we fought to the death with them, without the [-] Jurchen cavalry , Dorgon wants to eat our two and a half musket battalions, as well as nearly ten thousand cavalry troops. The price they have to pay will be very high. Maybe after the First World War, Jiannu will be completely injured and have no strength. South Expedition!"

"Old man Sun, you mean, I don't want my child to be a wolf, so today I will go all out and use the elite of more than [-] Datong troops to fight Jiannu to the death. If I lose, I will lose Datong City. If I win It can completely change the situation between the enemy and ourselves," Cao Yue said, turning his head to stare at Sun Chuanting very seriously, and asked very seriously: "Is that so?"

"That's right!" Sun Chuanting looked very excited, "Looking at the situation today, Jiannu suffered heavy losses. Geng Zhongming's troops were basically wiped out, and the Jiannu who were chasing them also suffered heavy casualties. As long as you can provide enough muskets and ammunition, With the blocking of the two musket battalions, the support of the artillery on the top of the city, and the cooperation of more than [-] cavalry, it is not so easy for Jiannu to take advantage of it."

Cao Yue stared fiercely at Sun Chuanting for a while, and finally agreed with the old man reluctantly, "Well, today I will let the two and a half musket battalions go out of the city, let the pikemen also go out of the city to protect the flanks of the musketeer battalion, let These more than [-] people, fight Jiannu to the death!"

"This is the kind of courage, and I, Sun Chuanting, are the ones I admire!" Sun Chuanting extended a thumbs up to Cao Yue, and praised: "I will immediately report the situation of Datong to the imperial court and ask for reinforcements. Regardless of whether reinforcements can arrive, the situation of Datong The imperial court will definitely know it. If we win this battle, then you and I will have unmatched contributions; if we lose, the imperial court will not be able to deal with us!"

"Okay, then it's decided like this!" Cao Yue rolled his eyes. He looked down on Sun Chuanting a little bit, and without any effort, he wanted to use his men and horses to gain military merits. He couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Old man Sun, I seem to be You don't need to appreciate it!"

Sun Chuanting ignored Cao Yue's eyes and sarcasm, stroked the beard under his forehead, and then suggested: "Boy, prepare another team to copy the way of slavery, so that Dorgon has a little worry about the future, as long as a few thousand people are enough, you can do it." Let the person you least trust take responsibility for this!"

"Okay! I agree with your proposal, order Gao Qing to lead 3000 troops, and prepare to attack from the north gate!" Cao Yue understood what Sun Chuanting meant, and immediately made arrangements.

At this time, the battle under the city began to enter a fierce state. Jiannu, unable to maintain a good formation, rushed forward desperately as if they were fighting on their own.There is a Jiannu, holding a scull shield, moving forward slowly.

Cao Yue also immediately ordered the artillery on the top of the city to aim at the Jiannu holding the oar shield and bombard them, not giving them a chance to get close to the musket array.

Immediately the artillery on the top of the city began to fire.

Although the accuracy of today's artillery is speechless, it is still quite lethal in the face of the dense formation of slaves attacking.

A solid bullet roared out from the top of the city, and just happened to land in an array of jiannu who were slowly moving forward while holding a shield. Immediately, a bloody passage was plowed out, and countless jiannu were killed. The solid bullets that came at high speed were crushed into flesh, and the scull shield formation was immediately destroyed, followed by a row of musket bullets. The scull shield formation, which had the least casualties, disappeared on the battlefield immediately.

At this time, the dust all over the sky came from the north and the south.

Those were the Jurchen fine cavalry commanded by Dorgon, Azig, Haoge and others, as well as the Mongolian soldiers full of Zhu Xili. They tried to attack from the two wings, destroy or disrupt the Ming cavalry guarding the two wings of the Musket Battalion, and then faced it from the side. The Musketeer Battalion charged and killed.

(End of this chapter)