At dawn, Dolgon, who had already led his army away from Datong, sent his horses to rest temporarily.

After the whole army stopped advancing, he and Duoduo, together with a group of personal soldiers, galloped up a hill and looked back in the direction of Datong City.

In the direction of Datong City, the fire is still soaring, the smoke is filled, and the sound of shouting and killing can be faintly heard.

"Cao Yue has discovered that we are retreating, and ordered his men and horses to go out of the city to chase and kill!" When Dorgon said this, he carried an unconcealed anger and endless loss. "The Han army and the Korean army have made it impossible for many people to escape."

"Fourteenth brother, we lost this battle again," Duoduo also gritted his teeth, "Cao Yue, this kid, really has some ability, better than any Ming army general we have ever encountered." But don't worry, Brother Fourteen, one day, I will cut off his head and put it in my temple in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Both brothers have unspeakable loss and indignation, they have never encountered such a dilemma, after paying a heavy price, but did not achieve any comforting results, but also use the cover of the night to quietly evacuate, let the servants behind the palace. This is a great shame, Cao Yue has humiliated the Qing Dynasty several times, and this account must be settled no matter what.

Duoduo had been defeated under the city of Datong several times, and the sense of humiliation in his heart was heavier than that of Dorgon, and he vowed to wipe out Cao Yue and his Datong army no matter what.

The Battle of Datong made Dorgon and Duoduo fully realize the great lethality of firearms, and their concept of war also changed greatly.

They no longer dare to despise firearms, believing in their power to change the outcome of a war.

The most fortunate thing about this defeat of Datong is that the Jurchen elite did not suffer a big loss, which is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. The Jurchen elite is here, and there is still a chance to start over. Dolgon and Duoduo had agreed that after returning home, the Qing Dynasty would also vigorously develop firearms, set up musket battalions, and follow Cao Yue's tactics, and adopt the technique of splitting fire in the musket battalions to further enhance the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. Dolgon believed that if there were several musket battalions in the Qing army, plus an artillery battalion, it would not suffer a loss in fighting the Ming army, which was equipped with firearms.

The Qing army was far superior to the Ming army in cavalry and archery, and if it was supplemented with firearms, the combat effectiveness would once again overshadow the Ming army.

"Just wait for my Qing army to be equipped with a large number of firearms, and then come to Cao Yue for a decisive battle!" After speaking softly, Dorgon also urged his horse to gallop down the hill and ordered the army to continue its journey.

Although Dolgon led the army to retreat, he was ready to intercept and kill the pursuers, and if there was really a Datong army following the pursuit, he was ready to shoot back with a horse pistol, and even attack Datong City in one fell swoop with a quick counterattack.

It's just that Dolgon believed that Cao Yue would not lead his army to chase after him, and at most he ordered the troops in the city to go out of the city to chase and kill the Han and Korean armies.

It was a soft persimmon, it was easy to pinch, and after Cao Yue annihilated the broken Han and Korean armies, he would definitely retreat to the city and would not recklessly follow the pursuit. But Dorgon hoped that Cao Yue would send a large army in pursuit, so that he would have a chance to turn over.

Many times, the victory or defeat of a war is in a split second, and a small accident can turn the situation around.

Azig had different ideas from Dorgon and Duoduo, he had not fully accepted the decision of the army to evacuate Datong until now, and when he stormed Datong City during the day yesterday, it was in the direction of the east gate that he commanded, and the Jurchen elite participated in the siege, and he personally commanded it. However, the fierce attack did not have an effect, and the Zhengbai flag he received was fiercely fired by the muskets of the Ming army, and suffered heavy losses, and Azig himself was wounded.

It's just that Azig violated the military order and commanded the Jurchen elite to attack the city, and he was not punished by Dolgon. Azig, too, because of his own rout, did not question Dorgon's order to retreat too much.

The most fierce opposition to the withdrawal was the Jiannu nobles such as Hauge who had a conflict with Dolgon, but they did not have the courage to take the initiative to divide their troops with Dolgon and stay behind to continue the attack on Datong.

When Dolgon summoned all the nobles to discuss the withdrawal of the army, he told everyone that his withdrawal at this time was a plan to kill several birds with one stone, and if the Datong army dared to go out of the city to pursue, he would use the rapid counterattack of the ambush and cavalry to catch the Datong army by surprise, and even take the opportunity to break through Datong. Evacuating Datong City, he could take the initiative to meet Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Yuji, Jiang Rang, and Jiang Tunbu, who were rapidly reinforced, and disrupt the layout of the Ming army.

The Ming army reinforced Datong, and Beijing's defense must have been much empty, and if there was an opportunity, it could take the opportunity to attack Beijing.

Hauge and his supporters were not as savvy as Dolgon, and eventually they also approved of Dolgon's strategy of retreating, leaving Datong first, taking the initiative to meet the other Ming troops who came in for reinforcements, and looking for opportunities to attack other cities, even Beijing.

In this way, after deceiving his subordinates, Dolgon hastily evacuated Datong and retreated to the line of the Great Wall.

And Cao Yue, of course, would not be stupid enough to follow and pursue when the main army of Jiannu did not suffer great losses. He ordered Zhao Tai and Zhao Liang, the two deputy commanders-in-chief, to lead the seventh, eighth and tenth battalions of Jiang Xuan to go out of the city to pursue the broken Jiannu rout, and strictly ordered that only the rout outside the city should be pursued, and that it was absolutely not for the sake of greed for merit to risk pursuing the main force of Jiannu that had retreated away from Datong City, and it would be a violation of military law. Zhao Tai and Zhao Liang also strictly obeyed Cao Yue's orders, led the cavalry under their command, and took advantage of the darkness and the chaos of Jiannu to kill fiercely.

Outside Datong City, which was already full of blood and bones, there were many unjust souls.

At dawn the next day, the battle was over.

Regardless of the previous counterattack battle, the Datong army captured 15,000 servants of Jiannu and killed more than 5,000 people, and once again achieved brilliant results.

This result made Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting smile, and yesterday's worries were swept away, and it also made the other generals of the Datong Army go crazy with excitement.

When did the Ming army have such a result in counterattacking the invasion of Jiannu?

In the battle of Datong, the Datong army annihilated at least 780,000 Jiannu, and its own losses were only more than 10,000 people. In the past, tens of thousands of Ming troops, annihilating 10,000 or 20,000 Jiannu, and keeping the city from being breached, can already be described as a great victory. This victory can be described as unprecedented. What's more, after this battle, Jiannu's vitality must be greatly damaged, at least for a short time, they have no strength to invade the south.

Many people think that from now on, the people in the Datong area will have at least a year or two of stability and peace, how can this not be gratifying?

However, Cao Yue was not so optimistic, he continued to closely monitor Jiannu's movements, and soon information came back, saying that Jiannu was in the north of Leigong Mountain, dozens of miles away from Datong City, and designed tens of thousands of ambushes. This made Cao Yue feel very lucky, fortunately he was not reckless, and sent a large army to follow and pursue, otherwise he would be ambushed by Jiannu, and the result of this battle could also be reversed.

Cao Yue also soon received another piece of news, that is, his cousin Cao Bianjiao was leading tens of thousands of horses to quickly reinforce Datong.

Receiving this news, Cao Yue's joyful mood was suddenly poured a basin of cold water, and he somewhat figured out why Jiannu suddenly withdrew his troops, which was probably related to Cao Bianjiao's reinforcements.

Will Dolgon meet Cao Bianjiao's men and horses on the way to retreat?

If Dolgon wanted to save face and lead the army to attack Cao Bianjiao, then Cao Bianjiao's tens of thousands of people would be in danger!