The situation on the battlefield was not expected by anyone, the commander of the Qing army, Huang Taiji, and the Ming commander of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou, did not expect that the Han army and Mongolian cavalry led by Haoge and the servants of the Blue Banner army and the servants were defeated under Cao Bianjiao's troops, and Cao Bianjiao's Eastern Alliance Army launched a counterattack after killing and wounding a large number of Haoge's troops.

Of course, in the entire Songshan battlefield, only the place where the Ming army defeated the Qing army, and in other places, the Qing army has achieved absolute superiority, they are like wolves rushing into the flock, wantonly hunting and killing the Ming army that fled everywhere.

The entire Songshan city was already in chaos, all the Qing troops pursued the defeated Ming army, and the Zhenghuang and Huang banners led by Huang Taiji were also dispatched to attack the Ming army in Songshan. Huang Taiji did not come to the front line in person, but he did not have many people around him.

In the entire Qing army camp, there were only some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, as well as Huang Taiji's 2,000 guards.

After most of the Jurchens of the Blue Banner retreated into the camp, they finally stabilized their position and began to organize a counterattack under the guidance of the hundreds of people and horses left behind. However, the Han army of the servants was frightened and fled on their own, destroying most of the resistance organized by the remnants of the Zhenglan Banner sergeants.

Cao Bianjiao, who led 3,000 iron cavalry to chase and kill, quickly destroyed the resistance that the Jurchens had finally organized, but the Jurchens' immediate combat effectiveness was really not ordinarily strong, and the fleeing Qing army also showed strong combat effectiveness, and the casualties of the Ming army began to increase.

However, the Qing army of Zhenglan Banner and a Mongolian cavalry army that stopped the retreat were still unable to resist the impact of the cavalry of the morale Zhengwang Ming army, and the other cavalry led by Cao Yue also killed the generals. Cao Bianjiao and his generals are all good fighters, and the sergeants are also veterans of a hundred battles, and they quickly fought their way through the camp of the Zhenglan Banner and rushed to the depths of the camp.

"Lord Commander, in front of you is the two yellow flag camps of the slave chieftain Emperor Taige," a sharp-eyed guard, seeing the dragon flag of Huang Taiji fluttering in the night sky under the reflection of torches in the distance, immediately shouted in surprise to Cao Bianjiao, who was rushing to kill, "In front is the camp of Huang Taiji!"

"Brothers, follow the general, go into the camp of the slave chieftain, and capture Huang Taiji alive," after killing the remnants of the Qing army led by Haoge, Cao Bianjiao was arrogant, and heard that the front was the camp of Huang Taiji, and he was even more overjoyed, without the slightest pause, he immediately ordered the men and horses under his command to change the direction of attack, and prepared to take advantage of the situation to kill the two yellow flag camps of Huang Taiji, and turn the Qing army camp upside down.

If the slave chieftain Taiji can be captured or killed, then the outcome of the Battle of Songshan can be rewritten immediately.

Huang Taiji was bragging and farting with several of his advisers in the camp, that is, Fan Wencheng, Tong Yangxing, Ning Wan and others in the camp. The Ming army fled without a fight, and the Qing army poured out, and there is no need to say much about the outcome of this battle. Huang Taiji didn't need to fight in person, he just waited for the good news from the various departments in the big tent. The battle of Songshan has been going on for a long time, the first battle was lost, Huang Taiji's psychological burden is very large, but now the situation has completely changed, the last bit of elite men and horses of the Ming Dynasty will be wiped out in this battle, since then, no Ming army can resist the attack of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji is in a happy mood, and he is also amiable to several advisers around him.

"A few gentlemen, we can discuss how to attack Bei*Jing next," Huang Taiji, who was reclining on the soft couch, sipped tea slowly, and said to Fan Wenchen, who was sitting beside him with a respectful look, in a very relaxed tone: "How to attack Bei*Jing, Mr. Fan......"

Before he finished speaking, a faint vibration came from a distance, and there was a faint shout of killing. Huang Taiji has been fighting since he was a child, and he has very experience in warfare, and he instantly judged that this was the scene where the cavalry of the brigade rushed to kill not far away.

The Qing army almost went out to attack the Ming army, how could there be a large group of cavalry in the nearby camp that was rapidly attacking. In a flash, Huang Taiji thought of something, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

At this time, an attendant rushed in, knelt in front of Huang Taiji, and reported in horror: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Ming army has attacked the camp and is rushing towards the imperial tent." ”

"Is it really the Ming Army?" Huang Taiji was suddenly shocked, Huo Ran got up from the couch, and asked repeatedly: "Is it really the Ming army attacking the camp?" ”

At this time, another fast horse rushed over, and the knight on the horse quickly fell, and under the questioning of several guards outside the tent, he knew that it was the person who sent someone to report the news from Haoge, the owner of the Blue Banner. The bannerman who ran over to report the blue flag, supported by two guards, quickly ran to Huang Taiji, knelt down with a plop, and reported with a cry: "Your Majesty, Prince Su's men and horses were ambushed by the muskets of the Ming army, suffered heavy losses, and retreated to the camp. The Ming army chased and killed, and had come to the emperor's imperial tent, and Prince Su implored the emperor to hurry out of the camp to hide. ”

"What?" Hearing that the Zhenglan Banner led by Haoge suffered a fiasco, and the Ming army chased and killed, Huang Taiji gasped, and the pride just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, could it be that the escape of the Ming army was just a trick, Hong Chengchou deliberately arranged it this way, the purpose was to take advantage of the Qing Dynasty when all the troops were dispatched, and send a surprise army to attack the camp?

The shouts and the sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and Huang Taiji didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately ordered his two thousand guards to immediately assemble and prepare to resist. Huang Taiji then sent the news of the Ming army's attack on the camp to the nearby generals such as Dolgon, Duoduo, Prince of Yu, and Azig, King of Wuying, and Dororao and Yu Belle Abatai, so that they could quickly return to help.

After the order was issued, Huang Taiji also ignored Fan Wencheng and the others in the tent, and ordered the guards to prepare armor, and he would personally lead the army to counterattack.

A number of guards quickly left the camp with Huang Taiji's orders.

The violent sound of horses' hooves and the sound of shouting and killing came from far and near, and it was not far from Huang Taiji's imperial tent.

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Cao Yue's 2,000 cavalry and 700 Ding's were a little later than Cao Bianjiao's pursuit, and his men and horses together with Cao Bianjiao's 3,000 cavalry, chased the fleeing Qing army on the left and right.

The combat effectiveness of the Qing army was very strong, and the fear of Qing in the Ming army was very serious, especially in the leading generals. But Cao Yue was not affected by this at all, through the ten years of experience in the former army, as well as the damage caused to the Qing army by the concentrated shooting of the musket just now, his heart was filled with an indescribable excitement, he was like being beaten with chicken blood, desperately destroying the mounts under him, and commanding his men and horses to rush towards the remnants of the Qing army.

The defeat was like a mountain, and the same applies to the Qing army, under the drag of the Han army and the Mongolian Eight Banners, the wounded Haoge had no way to control the situation, and Cao Yue's men and horses barely encountered much resistance, and easily rushed into the camp of the Zhenglan Banner.

Cao Yue, who was guarded by his own soldiers, rushed to the front of the team, and a Qing sergeant who came forward was cut off an arm by the war knife in Cao Yue's hand in a panic, and then the war knife in the hand of another personal soldier slashed viciously at the Qing army, and the big head of the Qing army sergeant suddenly flew into the distance and smashed on another Qing sergeant. Soon, the Qing sergeant, who was unfortunately hit by his companion's head, was also cut off his horse by the Ming army who shouted to kill, and the ownerless war horse ran around with a scream.

The elite cavalry of the Ming army, which was in full morale, rushed everywhere and slashed and killed the chaotic Qing army. However, the combat effectiveness of the Jurchens was really not boastful, even after a complete rout, after retreating to the camp, with the help of the sergeants who stayed in the camp, they still organized resistance.

The Ming army led by Cao Yue also suffered casualties, but their offensive Qing army still could not stop it, and thousands of cavalry rushed everywhere in the Qing army camp. Cao Yue also ordered the sergeant to use the torches in his hands to set fire to the camp of the Qing army, causing even more chaos to the Qing army.

Soon, the Qing army camp was lit with a sky-high fire, reflecting half of the sky.

Cao Yue didn't know that Cao Bianjiao's men and horses had already killed Huang Taiji's two yellow flag camps, and he didn't know that the Qing army led by Hao Ge, the person he had just defeated, was driving the Qing army to rout, commanding nearly 3,000 men and horses, and took turns to rush and kill in the Qing army's blue flag camp. When he entered the camp of the Qing army, in order to achieve the best attack effect, he divided his men and horses, and ordered a general who cooperated with him to lead 1,500 soldiers to charge and kill from the other side, and he himself led 700 soldiers and 500 cavalry with the strongest combat effectiveness to quickly plunder the camp and set fire everywhere.

Huang Taiji's distress order was quickly sent to Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig and other generals who were commanding the Qing army to attack the city and pursue the Ming army's rout, and they were all taken aback when they received the order to return for reinforcements. At this time, a sky-high fire broke out in the camp, and the fact that the Ming army attacked the camp was beyond doubt, and they immediately divided most of their men and horses to return to the division to rescue.

Soon, Cao Yue's department, which was rushing to kill in the Qing army's camp, was intercepted by a group of Qing troops who returned to support the Qing army.

Seeing that the Qing army returned to the division to rescue, Cao Yue did not fall in love with the battle, commanded the men and horses, continued to charge and kill for a while, and quickly broke through to the northwest.

Because the Qing army camp was full of fires, before returning to the division to rescue, most of the Qing army participated in the battle of attacking Songshan, or chasing and killing the Ming army, the periphery of the Qing army camp, there were almost no Qing army men and horses, Cao Yue led the men and horses, easily rushed out of the chaotic Qing army camp.

Before the war, he secretly discussed with Cao Bianjiao, and after withstanding the attack of the Qing army, he was ready to break through, and if he had the opportunity to break through, Cao Yue would certainly not miss it. He didn't want to be forced to retreat to Matsuyama Castle and be surrounded by the Qing army, and finally after the fall of Matsuyama Castle, he was captured or killed. Escaping from the encirclement of the Qing army, the fate is basically in your own hands, as long as you run fast, you still have a chance to escape and ascend to heaven.

Those who followed him out of the Qing army camp were the Jiading troops who basically did not lose their men and horses, and the cavalry that lost dozens of horses, and there were more than 400 cavalry left. After breaking away from the Qing army camp, more than 1,000 horsemen rushed to a hillside, Cao Yue drove his horse to the highest place, and after checking the situation around, he decisively gave the order, turned the direction, and went north.

"The Qing army must set up ambushes in the direction of Songshan and Tashan, Xingshan, and Ningyuan, and our army will take a shortcut back to the pass, and will definitely be ambushed by the Qing army.

He didn't delay, and immediately ordered his men and horses to quickly move towards the north-west.

"I don't know if Cao Bianjiao has led his troops to break out of the encirclement, I hope to meet with his troops soon!" When driving the horse away from the hillside, Cao Yue thought silently in his heart.

What Cao Yue didn't know was that the current Cao Bianjiao was fighting fiercely with the imperial guards led by Huang Taiji.

Cao Bianjiao's 3,000 cavalry quickly slaughtered into Huang Taiji's two yellow banner camps, but his men and horses soon encountered stubborn resistance from the elite Qing emperor's pro-army. rushed all the way over, knowing that the defensive strength in the camp of the Qing army was very weak, and there were only a few thousand guards around the slave chief Huang Taiji at most, Cao Bianjiao was arrogant, and ordered his men and horses to kill Huang Taiji at all costs.

The Ming army that attacked the camp and Huang Taiji's imperial army were strangled together, and the camp suddenly became dark. A sergeant of the Ming army took advantage of the situation to set fire, and a sky-high fire also ignited in the camp of the two imperial flags of Huang Taiji.

Cao Bianjiao also sent someone to give an order, ordering Cao Yue's men and horses to respond quickly.

The sergeant who gave the order met Li Sheng, the general who divided his troops with Cao Yue, and heard that Cao Bianjiao's department was actually attacking the imperial tent of the slave chieftain Taiji, and was about to succeed, Li Sheng was also very excited, and immediately took 1,500 horsemen and horses under his command to the direction of the camp of the two yellow flags. The combat effectiveness of Huang Taiji's imperial army is far superior to the ordinary Jurchen Eight Banners, and although the cavalry of the Eastern Association led by Cao Bianjiao is also an elite soldier in a hundred battles, it is inferior to the Qing army in terms of combat effectiveness. But knowing that the slave chief Huang Taiji was not far away, the soldiers of the Ming army were very excited and fought desperately, but the two thousand imperial troops did not dare to take the initiative to attack, for fear that Huang Taiji would suffer, they could only protect Huang Taiji to the death, which greatly reduced their combat power. The two sides are inseparable.