The Mongols, who were closest to Geng Zhongming's camp, were the first Jiannu army to launch a large-scale counterattack.

This was the Mongol army led by Sonam, who, after resisting the onslaught of the Ming army, immediately began to pursue the camp. Later, they also received an urgent order from Dolgon, to fight back against the sneak attack of the Ming army with all their might, and never let the sneak attack of the Ming army return to Datong City safely.

After receiving Dolgon's order, Sonam, of course, did not dare to slack off, and immediately gave the order, and the whole army set up camp to pursue the fleeing Ming army.

Sonamu personally led his own guard, the most elite of his Mongol cavalry, of 3,000 men, out of camp to pursue the fleeing Ming army.

The quality of the Ming army's war horses is not as good as that of the Mongolian cavalry, and the Ming army's war horses have been killed for a while, and their physical strength has decreased significantly. But what was surprising was 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, which was already obviously physically exhausted.

But at this moment, a row of fires suddenly lit up in front of them, and as the firelight continued to shine, a deafening sound followed. "It's not good, there is an ambush for the Ming army," Sonamu immediately judged that there was an ambush of the Ming army's musket battalion ahead, and Sonamu, who had already shot at them, immediately made a new decision, "The whole army will stop pursuing, immediately retreat, immediately retreat!"

But no matter how timely he ordered, the cavalry that was rapidly charging could not slow down all at once, and under the effect of inertia, the men and horses they heard the order continued to run forward, but the speed began to slow down. Moreover, in this case, it was impossible for Sonam's orders to be fully conveyed, and there were very many sergeants who could not receive his orders. The Mongol knights, who had not received the order, were still running forward brandishing their swords. As the sergeants continued to run, suddenly many fell headlong, and both men and horses fell on the way.

Then a second loud explosion roared, and the Mongols who rushed forward fell in large numbers.

"Third team, shoot!" Under the personal order of General Cao Jie, the third thousand-man team of the first battalion of the Datong Army fired another 1,000 rounds of hateful bullets at the running Mongols. The unprepared Mongols fell in large numbers. The fallen centaurs, as well as those who were lucky enough to dodge the bullets and retreat from the armistice horses, became a stumbling block for those who continued to rush and kill.

The men and horses that continued to rush collided with the casualties who were about to retreat and fall to the ground, and the front of the Mongols was suddenly in chaos. And the soldiers of the musket battalion of the Ming army, the shooting continued.

A large number of Mongols, caught off guard, were shot in front of the battle. Those who were lucky enough not to die, there were also many frightened horses, and there were also horses that continued to rush and kill their companions, trampled into pulp. The Mongols once again suffered a similar situation as in previous days, when a large number of warriors who rode ** Cham were shot on the battlefield at a distance from the range of their bows and arrows, without having a chance to show their bravery.

Sonam, who had narrowly escaped the shooting of the Ming army's muskets and retreated beyond the range of the muskets, immediately sent someone to report the situation to Dorgon when he continued to order his men and horses to retreat. Sonamu knew that his men and horses would repeat the mistakes of Chahan today, and if they didn't retreat in time, they might be shot and killed by the Ming army in a battle.

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"What, the Ming army set up an ambush in front, the musket battalion went out of the city to fight, and Sonamu's men and horses suffered heavy losses?" Dolgon, who personally led the army in pursuit and was about to attack the Ming army out of the city, was shocked when he heard the news of the urgent report sent by Sonam, and immediately stopped his mount. It's just that in the rush of thousands of troops, he can't hear the sound of muskets shooting in front of him.

But Dolgon quickly dispelled his suspicions, not believing that this was a false spread of news by Sonamu in order to preserve his strength.

This sudden situation disrupted his original plan. He also immediately made a new decision, which was to continue to use the ammunition consumed by the Mongols in the Ming army's musket battalion to create opportunities for other horses to attack. After carefully inquiring about the situation of several Mongol households who had come to report the situation, Dolgon immediately made a decision and ordered Sonamu to continue the attack at any cost.

Dolgon told Sonamu that as long as the Mongols led by Sonamu continued to attack the Ming musket battalion head-on and did not allow it to retreat to Datong, he had a way to wipe out the Ming musket battalion outside Datong.

Dolgon came up with the idea of exterminating Cao Yue's musket battalion in Datong Chengfeng and pulling out the fierce tiger teeth of the Datong army.

The musket battalion of the Datong army was hiding in the city, and if the Qing army wanted to destroy them, it was necessary to break through the city to be able to do so.

Now that the musket battalion of the Datong army has left the city, this is equivalent to lifting a tough coat wrapped around his body, if he doesn't seize this opportunity and hit Cao Yue hard, then he will also be the regent of the Qing Dynasty in vain.

Dolgon also immediately ordered all the troops to attack the Datong army musket battalion that was ambushed out of the city with all their might, and did not let them retreat into the city.

Dolgon did not know how many musket battalions the Datong army had, and how many muskets he was equipped with, and the scouts he sent before the battle did not find out this very clearly. The news came back from Tanma that the musket battalion of the Datong Army had at least 6,000 men. This is basically the same as Dolgon's judgment, because in the siege of the Chahan Department a few days ago, the Ming army took turns to participate in the battle of musketeers about five to six thousand.

Even if the Ming army had 6,000 muskets, which could fire 1,000 to 2,000 rounds of ammunition each time, and could kill 200 Qing sergeants, as long as they paid the price of 10,000 or 20,000 people, they could exhaust the ammunition of these musketeers that could not be replenished.

Without ammunition, the musketeers of the Ming army became lambs to the slaughter, and the Ming cavalry guarding them was not the opponent of the Qing army at all.

Dolgon suddenly swept away the gloom of these days, and became more aggressive.

He sent someone to give an order to Sonamu, strictly ordering his troops to continue the attack, at all costs to drag the Ming musketeers who went out of the city to fight, and not let them withdraw to Datong City, he personally led other people and horses to flank the ambushed Ming army from all directions, and prepared to destroy all the Ming troops who could not withdraw to Datong City in the future at any cost.

Dolgon was very confident in the field warfare ability of his men, and he believed that if the Ming army had no firearms and no cover for fortified cities, the Qing army could defeat the Ming army ten times as strong.

Dolgon could not have imagined that his risky decision would directly cost the lives of Sonamu and his people, and they would soon follow in the footsteps of Chahan and become ghosts under the guns of the musketeers of the Ming army!