Dorgon, who was constantly receiving reports of battlefield defeats, was like tormenting on a frying nest.

He didn't expect that the Ming army left the trenches and took the initiative to attack, but the situation was still like this, and the Qing army could not break through the Ming army's defense line.

On the battlefield, the deafening sound of guns and cannons made people tremble in their hearts, and Dolgon knew that with every burst of guns, many Qing warriors lost their lives before they could cut out the swords in their hands. This kind of death is too wretched, and everyone will die without turning a blind eye.

Dolgon sadly found that the ongoing war was completely unequal, and in front of the Ming army, which was equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, the Qing army was like a child who had no power to fight back, whether it was actively attacking or passively fighting back, they were beaten to the ground.

He really couldn't understand how Cao Yue had made such a fundamental change in the Ming army in just two years?

In the past, the Ming army was not equipped with muskets and artillery, but at that time, muskets and artillery did not pose any threat to the Qing army at all. There was still a slight scruple about the artillery of the Ming army, but all the Qing soldiers completely ignored the muskets equipped in the hands of the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, the muskets equipped with a large number of Ming troops have become an eternal nightmare for the officers and soldiers of the Qing army.

Is mounted archery really outdated in the face of muskets and artillery?

Although Dolgon was reluctant to admit this, the fact of repeated wars forced him to admit that the Qing army and the Ming army were too far apart in combat effectiveness, just because of firearms.

Cao Yue had made full preparations before taking the initiative to attack, and the Ming army had not yet invested all its strength, only 60,000 or 70,000 horses on the frontal battlefield, and those who were ready to fight at least more than doubled their strength. And the Qing army was unable to break through the defensive line built by the 60,000 or 70,000 Ming troops after they left the trenches. Not to mention the fact that after the army is fully engaged in battle.

"Stop the attack and retreat to the camp on all fronts!" After more than an hour of fighting, without any progress and suffering even heavier losses than yesterday, Dorgon was forced to give the order to halt the counterattack and ordered the whole army to retreat to the main camp. Use the defensive means built outside the camp to block the attack of the Ming army.

With Dolgon's orders, Jiannu soon retreated on all fronts, completely disengaged from contact with the Ming army.

And the Ming soldiers, who used more than half of the ammunition they carried, did not take the initiative to pursue, and still stuck to the original formation.

The continuous strong wind blew, blowing away the smoke on the battlefield, and the tragic scene was revealed in front of everyone. Mountains of corpses of men and horses, flags falling to the ground. Everywhere you can see the scene of burning, the scene of the undead and the horses struggling and screaming on the ground and the pile of corpses, the hell on earth.

Seeing the retreat of Jiannu on all fronts, Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong, who commanded the battle, also breathed a sigh of relief.

They were also nervous, and they were still very worried in the face of the lifeless impact of Jiannu, afraid that the musketeers would not be able to withstand the attack. They all had cavalry attached to each of the guards. Be prepared to attack, planning to fight when the musketeers are unable to withstand the onslaught of Kennu. Let the cavalry join the battle group, and you can't let Jiannu rush into the army formation of the musketeers. But I didn't expect that the power of the musket shot was so huge, and it was stunned that Jiannu's large-scale charge was out of the range of bows and arrows, and only a few could rush to the front of the Ming army.

The army is equipped with a large number of grenades, and these Jiannu can be easily eliminated. In the end, there were few Ming sergeants who used swords and guns. It can be said that in today's battles, it is really only necessary to use firearms, and knives and guns are basically useless.

The two also admired Cao Yue's foresight more and more. I even thought of equipping the army with firearms on a large scale, you must know that firearms have appeared for many years, and no general cares about them, and most people think that these things like "burning sticks" are almost cumbersome, and they have no lethality in battle, and the final solution to the war still depends on bows and arrows, knives and guns.

After several great victories in several battles, they finally completely changed their minds and fully realized the great power of firearms.

In fact, this can't be blamed on them, Cao Yue is a traverser, and in later generations, he has seen more scenes of modern warfare through various channels, and knows that the war mode of cold weapons will eventually be replaced by the mode of powerful weapons. Before the crossing, he led the army in the army, and realistically felt the huge lethality of the hot weapon war, so after arriving in the army, he did not think of developing cavalry and training the soldiers in cavalry and archery, but devoted himself to the development of firearms.

At the same time as the town and after arriving in Nanjing, Cao Yue devoted himself to the manufacture and upgrading of firearms.

After arriving in Nanjing, he made every effort to upgrade the manufacture of firearms, and after mastering the government, he invested the main financial resources of the Ming Dynasty in the development and upgrading of firearms. Without his dedication, there would have been no way to make so many firearms, and there would have been no way to achieve successive victories in the war with Jiannu.

The effort has paid off, everything is easy to explain, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and no one doubts Cao Yue's original decision, the manufacture and development of firearms will enter a faster mode.

Now Jiannu can't defeat the Ming army, and don't think about it in the future.

It's a pity that the overall scientific and technological power is not high, and the army cannot achieve mechanization. And Cao Yue wants to fight steadily and steadily, and he doesn't want to rush forward, otherwise the current Ming army, after achieving a big victory, will immediately speed up the pace of the offensive and continue to give Jiannu more hardships.

Seeing that the Ming army did not pursue but stopped, Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that there was no way to continue to fight this battle, and if the Qing army wanted to defeat the Ming army, it must be equipped with more muskets and artillery like the Ming army, otherwise the outcome of the war would still be the same as today.

Withdrawing troops to the front line of Beijing, or immediately retreating to the outside of the pass, using the Great Wall to block the Ming army's attack, this was the first strategy that Dolgon thought of after collecting his troops and returning to the camp. It's just that after paying a heavy price, he withdrew his troops like this, and he was very unwilling. He also wanted to find an opportunity to fight back fiercely and make the Ming army pay a heavy price.

Luring the enemy deeper, leading the Ming army to the direction of Beijing, setting up an ambush on the way, and taking advantage of the defenselessness of the Ming army, to strike a hard blow to the Ming army, this is a decision made by Dolgon, Duoduo and Fan Wencheng after discussion. Today's fiasco has made the three most resourceful people unable to think of a better way, so they can only decide to withdraw their troops to lure the enemy into this strategy.

Everyone knows that as long as the Ming army continues to fight steadily and does not advance, it will still be the Qing army that will suffer in the end. Everything is left to fate, and Dolgon can't help it.

But just as Dorgon made the decision to lure the enemy deeper and prepare to withdraw overnight, another surprising news came.

Tianjin Wei has fallen! (To be continued.) )