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On the majestic and generous Datong city wall, fierce battles are underway, and at least more than 50,000 Jiannu are rushing to the city wall one after another. And the Ming defenders in Datong City also defended with all their might. Both sides were red-eyed, the Jiannu outside the city wanted to attack the city regardless of the casualties, and the Ming army on the city wall, regardless of their own casualties, fought desperately to prevent Jiannu from succeeding.

The number of defenders in Datong City was insufficient, and Cao Yue let the musket battalion temporarily rest, and those young and middle-aged people who were temporarily recruited did not exert great combat effectiveness, and the Datong city wall was full of dangers. In the end, Cao Yue still couldn't hold back and let the musket team come up, which repelled Jiannu's attack.

After a day of bloody fighting, both sides suffered heavy casualties, at least more than 30,000 Jiannu, as well as nearly 10,000 Datong troops and temporarily recruited young adults, died inside and outside the city wall. This battle made Sun Chuanting, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, a little unbearable.

The high morale brought about by the great victory a few days ago has also been hit a little, and some officers and men of the Datong Army are even afraid, for fear that Jiannu will attack more fiercely in the future. If Jiannu continued to fight like this, and the musket battalion of the Datong Army ran out of ammunition and the artillery ran out of ammunition, then the battle would be very difficult to fight.

Fortunately, it finally got dark, and after the Jiannu attack was fruitless, the troops were withdrawn and retreated to the camp, and the day's fighting ended.

Many soldiers of the Datong Army saw Jiannu retreating, so they collapsed on the city wall, and after a day of fighting, they were exhausted.

However, most of the soldiers still held on to the city walls, guarding against possible siege of the city by Jiannu at night. Some of the temporarily conscripted soldiers were busy cleaning up the battlefield, dragging down the bodies of the dead and parking them in a centralized manner. The injured also need to be treated, otherwise many will lose their lives to their injuries.

Cao Yue has decided to bury the soldiers who died in the defense of Datong, and set up a monument to commemorate them, and all those who died defending Datong on the monument will leave their names and their families will also receive pensions.

When night fell, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting patrolled the city together to appease the soldiers, personally supervising the aftermath and the supply of food. During the war, the pacification effect of the main general will be very large, which Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting know.

After the tour of the city, the two went back to Xingyuan for dinner together, and prepared to convene the main generals to discuss the military situation after dinner.

"Mr. Cao, today Jiannu attacked the city like a life, the old man felt a little weird!" Sun Chuanting, whose face was full of worry, ate slowly and said the doubts in his heart: "Is Dolgon planning to capture Datong City regardless of casualties? He is not afraid that his hundreds of thousands of horses will be lost under Datong City, completely cutting off the foundation of their so-called Houjin? ”

Of course, Cao Yue also saw the unusual battle today, and he didn't expect Jiannu to attack like a life. Originally, it was thought that Jiannu would fight a protracted war, a long-term siege, and would adopt raiding tactics, and there would be sieges every day, but they were all small-scale attacks. But I didn't expect that Jiannu suddenly attacked all of a sudden, could it be that Dolgon was suddenly mentally retarded, I don't know that such an attack can't be effective, and the casualties paid will be very large?

Of course, Cao Yue didn't believe that Dolgon's head suddenly entered the water, could it be that Zhou Yuji, Jiang Rang, and Jiang Jian's men and horses were transferred to make Jiannu afraid, so he wanted to capture Datong City before these people arrived? This possibility is not very likely, Cao Yue does not think that Zhou Yuji and the Jiang brothers' men and horses are strong in combat effectiveness, and the Ming official army led by these generals should be similar to the rabble!

Jiannu is best at besieging the city to send reinforcements, which were used in the attack on Liaoyang, Jinzhou, and Songshan, and many Ming reinforcements were annihilated, and the mobile force of the Ming army was almost consumed. If the Ming army did not stick to the city and did not rely on firearms, its combat effectiveness would definitely be far inferior to that of Jiannu. If the Zhou Yuji and Jiang brothers really came to the rescue, Dolgon would be able to annihilate them in the sports war.

Cao Yue believed that if Jiannu fought against Zhou Yuji and the Jiang brothers, and the number of men and horses was equal, Jiannu would definitely finish the Ming official army, which was the result without any suspense. According to this analysis, it is impossible for Dolgon to lose his way and fight indiscriminately because he found out the whereabouts of these people. What's more, the men and horses of Zhou Yuji and the Jiang brothers have clearly told them that they will only intercept the Liukou for the Datong army, and they will not come to Datong directly. Cao Yue couldn't figure out why Dolgon suddenly ordered a large army to storm Datong.

Just when Cao Yue was eating and pondering, Sun Chuanting suddenly said: "Boy, have you noticed that in the siege today, except for the Jurchen Manchus in the direction of the east gate, there are almost no Jurchen Manchus in other cities. The siege of the city was all Han army, Korean army, and Mongols, and Jiannu's red-coated artillery did not bombard, don't you think it's strange? ”

"Could it be that Dolgon wants to borrow our hands to destroy the Han army, the Korean Eight Banners, and the Mongolian Eight Banners?" Cao Yue was even more confused.

These servant armies are also fighting for Jiannu, even if they are a potential threat to Jiannu, but now that Jiannu's power is greatly damaged, they should not be consumed, otherwise Jiannu's strength will be even weaker.

Sun Chuanting muttered like this, but he couldn't figure out what the reason for the incident was.

But soon it dawned on them that this was the madness of Jiannu before retreating.

In the middle of the night, Cao Yue, who was sleeping, was woken up by his personal guards and said that there was an urgent military intelligence report.

"What, Jiannu retreated?" After receiving the report of the special personnel lurking outside the city, Cao Yue's drowsiness suddenly disappeared completely, he looked incredulous, immediately dressed neatly, prepared to inspect the city, and immediately called someone to inform Sun Chuanting.

In the distance outside the city, in the camp of Jiannu, the lights were shaking everywhere, and people were neighing and messy. But Cao Yue had no way to judge the true situation, so he ordered all the leading generals on the city to strictly defend it, and resolutely fight back if they encountered Jiannu attacking the city.

He didn't dare to confirm whether Jiannu was really retreating or plotting. As soon as he woke up from sleep, his head was a little not bright, and he suddenly didn't think of Jiannu's desperate attack during the day.

Soon, news came from outside the city, saying that the Jurchen Manchus and a Mongolian Eight Banners had quietly retreated in the first half of the night, and that the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Korea were the people behind the palace, and now it was the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Korea that were making a mess.

At this time, Sun Chuanting also came to the city, and based on the analysis of various situations, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting both concluded that the Jiannu onslaught during the day was to paralyze the Datong army and cover for the quiet retreat. The two immediately decided to send men and horses out of the city to chase and kill, and not give the broken Jiannu a chance to retreat.

With the order issued, the earth and stone in the north gate and west gate of Datong were quickly cleared, the city gate was opened one after another, and the cavalry army, under the leadership of several generals, went to the still chaotic Jiannu camp to kill!