"What? Large-scale attack on the camp by the Ming army? "Dolgon received a large-scale sneak attack on Geng Zhongming's troops by the Ming army after the battle took place for half an hour, and when he heard the report of his subordinates, he was taken aback and quickly got up from the marching couch.

While constantly sending elite squads to attack and harass, the Ming army dared to launch a large-scale night raid, which was somewhat surprising to Dorgon. The Ming army sneak attacked Geng Zhongming's department, which had the weakest combat effectiveness, and Dolgon did not dare to be careless.

Dolgon didn't care much about the life and death of Geng Zhongming's troops, and he didn't care much about the destruction of his troops, but he knew that if Geng Zhongming's troops were not defeated, it would cause a chain reaction, and the Mongols stationed nearby could also be affected.

The Mongols were also the backbone of the Qing army, and if the Qing wanted to conquer the world, it was impossible to do without the Mongols. Moreover, if the Mongols were defeated, it might also affect the Jurchen cavalry. It is not impossible that there will be camp outposts or other chaos at night, resulting in huge casualties among the Qing army. Therefore, Dolgon immediately made a decision to mobilize elite men and horses to fight back against the sneak attack of the Ming army.

Dolgon believed that the number of Ming troops attacking out of the city could not be very large, and if the counterattack was timely, it was likely that they could be completely annihilated.

Therefore, Dolgon strictly ordered Azig, Hauge, Babutai and other powerful generals to lead his troops to counterattack the sneak attack of the Ming army.

The task of escorting the artillery battalion was handed over to his most trusted brother Dordor, who led the army out of the camp to meet the artillery battalion, otherwise Dordor would have led the army into battle tonight.

Dolgon also ordered the Eight Banners of the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han Army to fight back with all their might.

Dolgon himself led his men and horses out of the camp to intercept and kill the Ming army who dared to sneak attack the camp of the Qing army.

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Geng Zhongming's death directly triggered the collapse of his Han army, and the men and horses led by Zhao Tai never encountered large-scale resistance again. The attack on the camp turned into a one-sided massacre, and the Han troops who followed Geng Zhongming to surrender to Jiannu fell in pieces under the swords of the soldiers of the Datong army.

This is the end they deserve, they killed their compatriots for the sake of the tiger, and finally ended up being killed by their own compatriots.

However, Zhao Tai was not satisfied with only defeating Geng Zhongming's Han army, and Geng Zhongming's army was connected to the Mongol camp, and the fire inevitably spread to the Mongols, and the iron hooves of the Ming cavalry also rushed into their camp.

Fortunately, the Mongols were also prepared, and after discovering the abnormal situation, they took precautions in time, and under the stubborn resistance, they did not rout like the Han army. But even so, they suffered considerable losses, with at least 2,000 men killed or wounded in the Ming army's assault camp.

After the sky was faintly bright, Zhao Tai gave the signal to retreat after encountering a fierce counterattack from the Mongols.

The eight thousand-strong troops, under the leadership of their respective thousand generals, most of them broke away from the battlefield and retreated in the direction of Datong City.

However, when he withdrew from the Jiannu camp, Zhao Tai found that the situation was much worse than he expected, not only the Mongols adjacent to Geng Zhongming's troops began to counterattack, but the Jiannu in other camps also seemed to have started a large-scale counteroffensive.

From afar, you can see that countless torches are moving in this direction, and the shaking of the earth with the iron hooves of the war horses can be felt without careful observation. "It's not good, Dolgon fought back with all his might," after making this judgment, Zhao Tai immediately issued another order, asking all the thousands of generals to stop any form of fighting, get out of the battlefield as quickly as possible, and return to Datong City.

Five rockets rose into the sky from Zhao Tai's side one after another, this was the signal of the most critical situation formulated in advance, and after seeing this signal, each Qian always could not have any love battles, and evacuated as quickly as possible.

When Zhao Tai gave the first signal to evacuate, that is, the two rockets, the rest of the thousands had already begun to break away from the battlefield and retreat in the direction of Datong City. The commanders and generals of the cavalry army led by Zhao Tai are all characters who have experienced actual combat, and they know that the most important thing in sneak attack warfare is to be fast, ruthless, and accurate, and they will run when they hit. The Lord will give the order to retreat, and they will no longer be in love with war, but will retreat at once.

However, there are still some people who can't enjoy killing, and when they encounter the defeated Jiannu, they can't help but chase and kill.

On the way to retreat while fighting, they saw a particularly critical signal, they knew that the situation was extremely urgent, Jiannu counterattacked, and no one dared to fight, no matter whether it was the general or the thousand, they were busy sending orders, strictly ordering the men and horses under their command to retreat as quickly as possible.

It was already the darkest hour before dawn, and the Ming army that sneaked up did not light the torches, but the fire in the Jiannu camp that was still burning, as well as the torches and lanterns at the head of Datong City, gave them a sense of direction and guidance, and the Ming Jing cavalry, who did not suffer great losses, quickly retreated in the direction of the west gate of Datong. And not very far behind them and on both sides, Jiannu, who was fighting back with all his might, was quickly pursuing.

The sporadic torches in the pursuit of Jiannu lit up the wilderness, and the sound of horses' hooves that made the earth tremble had already reached Datong City. After Zhao Tai left the army to attack, Cao Yue, who was not at ease, also came to the West Gate City to watch the battle together with Sun Chuanting, and he quickly discovered these abnormal situations, and he couldn't help but be worried, and quickly ordered the sergeant to send a critical signal to Zhao Tai to evacuate as quickly as possible.

At the beginning, there was a sky-high fire in the camp of Jiannu, and the shouts of our Ming army, Cao Yue was a little relieved, and the sneak attack of Zhao Taibu achieved initial success. The shouts of Geng Zhongming's killing also faintly spread to Datong City, which made Cao Yue couldn't help but be surprised.

Today's harvest is a bit big, the fate of this great traitor, one of the famous three feudal kings in the early Qing Dynasty, is no longer the same as before, and he was deprived of his life early. Cao Yue hoped that Zhao Tai could bring Geng Zhongming's head back, in that case, he would hang Geng Zhongming's head on the head of Datong City to show the public, so that those Han people who surrendered to Jiannu could see what happened when they became traitors.

Later, Jiannu counterattacked and made a huge movement that made Cao Yue couldn't help but worry again, he was very afraid that Zhao Tai didn't know the importance and was greedy for military achievements, so he didn't decisively order the whole army to retreat. Fortunately, there was a sergeant who immediately reported that Zhao Tai's men and horses were retreating as fast as possible.

Zhao Tai's men and horses quickly retreated, and at least tens of thousands of Jiannu pursued behind, and then it was time to test whether Cao Yue's follow-up arrangements were effective. Whether the two musket battalions, with more than 10,000 muskets, and the artillery that were dragged out of the city, can withstand the counterattack of the Jiannu will play a key role in the victory or defeat of this Datong battle. Cao Yue also immediately ordered that the sergeants of the third battalion and half of the musket battalion, who were on standby in the direction of the west gate, also prepared to go out of the city to fight.

A battalion of pikemen, which was also assembled in the direction of the West Gate, was also ready to attack at any time.

Just when Cao Yue made emergency arrangements, the fastest part of the men and horses led by Zhao Tai had already retreated not far from the positions of the two musket battalions. The sergeant who received the response immediately stepped forward to guide them, preparing to meet them for a while and then regroup. After returning the 8,000 cavalry, Cao Yue did not plan to let them enter the city immediately, but continued to assemble outside the city, preparing to meet the counterattack of Jiannu together with the musket battalion.

As more and more Ming cavalry retreated to the position of the musket battalion and regrouped after receiving the guidance of the sergeant, the pursuing Jiannu army was getting closer and closer to the position of the musket battalion, and a larger-scale battle was about to begin!