In less than half an hour, the loss of more than two-thirds of the men and horses under his command was a result that Geng Zhongming never dreamed of, he sat on his horse in a daze, watching everything that happened on the battlefield in complete disbelief, and even forgot to let the follow-up men and horses stop attacking.

The four rounds of attacks ended in a one-sided slaughter, and Geng Zhongming still had the last two thousand guards by his side, which was the most elite men and horses around Geng Zhongming, but the big traitor who came to his senses no longer dared to order these two thousand men and horses to attack the position of the Ming army.

At this time, the 500 Jurchen cavalry and 1,000 Mongols behind the palace had already turned their horses and fled.

"The king of Chuanben will order that the attack on Datong will be terminated and retreat in the direction of Baideng!" Geng Zhongming finally understood that it was almost to the extent that the entire army was annihilated. He was also quite decisive and immediately gave the order to retreat.

After the order was issued, Geng Zhongming took another look at the battlefield with heavy casualties and rivers of blood, whipped his horse, and led the remnants of his men and horses to retreat to the north. The remnants of the Jiannu scrambled to escape for fear of falling behind the others.

At this time, under Cao Yue's orders, the 5,000 cavalry led by Zhao Tai, as well as the men and horses of the generals of the other towns, began to pursue the remnants of the fleeing Jiannu from several directions.

The cavalry led by Zhao Tai is also the elite of the Datong army, all of them are composed of soldiers or hunters with combat experience, and they have just witnessed the soldiers of the first battalion crushing the aggressive Jiannu cavalry with muskets, and under the premise of zero casualties, they have inflicted heavy losses on the Jiannu army. Stimulated by such brilliant results, the cavalry led by Zhao Tai was like a chicken.

Just now they were bystanders, but Jiannu fled, and they immediately became hunters chasing their prey, and their ferocious nature was completely revealed, completely ignoring the severe cold of the weather, and there was also the possibility that Jiannu ambushes appeared not far away, scrambling to chase and kill the fleeing Jiannu.

Cao Yue couldn't help but feel very relieved to see the cavalry led by Zhao Tai and the cavalry led by other generals chasing the remnants of Jiannu, and the other infantry troops began to clean up the battlefield and eliminate or capture the remnants of Jiannu.

He didn't expect that a seemingly extremely dangerous war would be won so easily.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's go back and have a cup of hot tea, and then wait for the good news from the generals!" Cao Yue put down the binoculars, smiled and said to Zhang An, the supervisor of Datong Town, and Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong, who were surprised by the surprise beside him: "In this battle, my Ming army won an overwhelming victory. ”

Zhang An and Wei Daben, who saw the huge power of musket shooting in sections for the first time, had not completely woken up from the shock, they took the telescope given by Cao Yue, and looked at the bloody battlefield several times again, as well as the Ming cavalry chasing in the smoke of gunpowder, as if in a dream.

"Mr. Cao, did we really win this battle?" Zhang An wiped the sweat on his forehead that he didn't know when, and said in a tone of complete disbelief: "Jiannu is so vulnerable, I am a Ming soldier...... It is a miracle that there were no casualties. ”

Wei Daben also had sweat on his forehead, all because of his nervousness, he was a little calmer than Zhang An, and Cao Yue's tactics arranged for him to figure out a little way. The soldiers shoot in sections, and the sergeants in the front team who have finished shooting back back to clean up their guns and reload the ammunition, and the sergeants in the next team come forward to shoot, so that the cycle can be repeated without a break in between.

The lethality of the cavalry from the dense musket fire is very large, as long as the density of each round of fire is enough, no matter how many soldiers and horses rush to kill, they can be shot. He couldn't help but sigh: "General Cao is really like a god in his soldiers, and he actually formulated a perfect tactic to bring the power of the musket to the limit, and this government is really respectful." It is no wonder that Cao Zong's troops led more than 1,000 men and horses, which were able to break through Shengjing and block the counterattack of Jiannu, retreated and returned to Songshan. Wei Daben said, took two steps back, and saluted Cao Yue respectfully: "Thank you to General Cao for blocking Jiannu's attack and allowing the people of Datong to escape a disaster!"

Cao Yue hurriedly brought a salute and said with a smile: "The prefect is polite, protecting the family and defending the country and resisting foreign captives is the sacred duty of soldiers such as us, and there is no need to thank each other." Ben Jiang only hoped that this battle would deter Jiannu and make them dare not easily invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is also hoped that the victory in this battle will stimulate the morale of the Ming soldiers, so that they will no longer be afraid of cowardice when facing the attack of Jiannu. ”

"That's what Mr. Cao said!" Zhang An, who was inspired by today's war, looked at Cao Yue with a look of reverence, and praised sincerely: "If the generals of the Ming Dynasty are like Cao Zongbing, and if the Ming army is like the Datong Army, then why worry about the immortality of the slaves and the injustice of the thieves!"

"What Gonggong Zhang said is," Wei Daben immediately echoed: "Mr. Cao's father and son are both famous generals in the world, and your cousin Cao Bianjiao is also a tiger general, if there are a few more brave and resourceful generals like you in the Ming army, then Jiannu will never have a chance to offend my Daming rivers and mountains, and the thieves of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will soon be pacified." ”

"The two adults praised it falsely," Cao Yue smiled and made a gesture of invitation, motioning for the two of them to talk with him, "Cao Mou just has a lot of blood, and he takes Huo Yao as an example everywhere, kills the enemy to protect the country, and throws his blood for the peace of the world." Well, we'll not be touting each other in the cold wind, let's go inside and have a sip of hot tea and wait for the good news!"

"Mr. Cao, please!" Zhang An and Wei Daben showed great respect for Cao Yue and let Cao Yue go ahead.

Cao Yue was polite, so he had no choice but to take the lead in the line, and Wei Daben and Zhang An also followed.

After entering the house and sitting down by the fire, Wei Daben also asked Cao Yue curiously how he could come up with such a tactic and let the soldiers shoot in teams.

Cao Yue also talked about it a little, and said that this was the first time he thought of it by chance, and it was used for the first time in the Battle of Songshan, and the effect was good, so he studied it further. As long as the guns and ammunition are sufficient, the quality of the muskets is guaranteed, the quality of the sergeants is excellent, and no matter how fierce the cavalry is, it is impossible to equip the Ming army with a large number of muskets, which is Cao Yue's very heroic claim.

The head-to-head battle between cold weapons and the ** army on the battlefield was originally completely asymmetrical, which was a very firm point for Cao Yue. Of course, this has been verified countless times in the history of warfare. When the Manchus stole the land of China and fought against foreign armies, they were defeated by foreign armies several times and dozens of times, and these are the best historical proofs.

Firearms have a long range, high accuracy, and cause great damage to people, but in this day and age, not many people can recognize these things, and firearms have not received enough attention.

Cao Yue hopes that his appearance can completely change all this!

After listening to Cao Yue's explanation, Zhang An and Wei Daben looked like they didn't understand, but they were more and more impressed by Cao Yue. The tiger father has no dog son, and there is no way to compare Cao Yue, whether it is Zhang An or Wei Daben, they all think that Cao Yue is a different person, he is very smart and has brains......