"Prince Zheng, the Ming army blew down the southern wall of Songshan City by digging tunnels and burying gunpowder! Then they attacked the city through the collapsed part of the wall. They have now captured the South City, West City and East City of Songshan City, and are gathering troops to attack the North City! Duoluo Beile Tunqi is commanding the battle at the North Gate!"

To the north of Songshan City, the scouts reported the news to Jirgalang.

Crash!

Jirgalang accidentally broke another teacup.

After realizing his gaffe, Jirgalang stood up.

The development of things has far exceeded his imagination.

He originally wanted to use Songshan Castle as bait and kill a large number of Ming army's manpower by attacking from both inside and outside.

As a result, the Ming army pretended to repair the plank road but secretly attacked Chencang.

On the surface, they were attacking the city from outside, but in reality they were digging tunnels underground, burying gunpowder, and blowing up the city walls.

The unsuspecting defenders were directly defeated.

Thinking of this, Jirgalang sighed, "Ah!"

He was still too careless.

They knew that Songshan Castle had no moat and that there were many bandits and surrendered generals in the Ming army who were good at digging tunnels.

Some soldiers with good hearing should be arranged to guard the foot of the city wall and listen carefully to any movement underground.

Even if the exact location of the tunnel cannot be found, the defenders can get the news in advance and be prepared to avoid a disastrous defeat.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" Bolo from the Zhenglan Banner asked nearby.

Jirgalang looked up at the sun in the sky.

Based on the position of the sun, he estimated that it was almost noon.

After careful consideration, Jirgalang ordered: "Send the order to Tuqi, order him to lead the remaining troops to retreat immediately and join the king."

"Send a message to the Eight Banners soldiers in Jinzhou and Nanshan, and have them all rush to the north of Songshan City immediately."

"Ah?" Bolo was stunned. "That's not right, Your Majesty!"

"What's wrong?" Jirgalang rolled his eyes at him.

"The prince just said that he wanted to transfer all the Eight Banners soldiers from Jinzhou and Nanshan to the north of Songshan City. This move is obviously to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. The Songshan area is not easy to defend, and now Songshan City is about to fall into the hands of the Ming army. The morale of our army has been greatly reduced, while the morale of the Ming army has been greatly boosted! Fighting a decisive battle with the Ming army at this time is obviously... not the best strategy!"

"Who said that I am going to have a decisive battle with the Ming army?" Jirgalang asked back.

Bolo was speechless when asked: "This... but... Your Majesty, you said in person that you want to transfer all the Eight Banners soldiers from Jinzhou and Nanshan..."

"If they are all transferred here, will it be a decisive battle?"

"What does the prince mean?"

"Round-robin battle!" Jirgalang looked up at the distant sky with an extremely determined gaze.

Songshan City is only five or six miles away from Nanshan and only a dozen miles away from Jinzhou.

It took the messenger less than quarter of an hour to deliver the message to Jinzhou.

"All units, listen up! Prince Zheng is urgently dispatching you to the Songshan frontline! Everyone, leave immediately! No mistakes!"

The Eight Banners soldiers who were eating poured the food down their throats, put down their bowls, picked up their weapons, and jumped on their horses, "Let's go!"

A moment later, countless Eight Banners soldiers rushed towards Songshan in a mighty force.

At this time, the battle outside Songshan City had been going on for half a day.

The fighting started before the Ming army bombed the city and has continued until now.

Both sides were exhausted.

Ding ding ding!

A clear sound of gongs came from behind the Eight Banners soldiers.

This is the signal to withdraw troops.

"Infantry Battalion and Firearms Battalion retreat five steps!"

"The car camp retreats five steps!"

"The Infantry Battalion and the Firearms Battalion retreat five more steps..."

Under the command of the generals, the Eight Banners soldiers maintained their combat formation and slowly retreated.

The Ming army did not pursue, but rested on the spot after the Eight Banners soldiers retreated far away.

After retreating two miles, the troops suddenly received an order: "The chariot camp leaves the chariots where they are, and the rest of the people retreat quickly!"

"What kind of order is this?" The soldiers in the chariot camp were very confused. "Don't want the chariots anymore?"

"No, why would we not want such a good chariot? Besides, we can't leave it here even if we don't want it! The Ming army is watching us from a distance. If we leave it here, it will be like giving it to the Ming army, which is aiding the enemy!"

"Don't think too much! We just need to follow orders. There's no point in overthinking!"

“That’s right!”

The soldiers in the chariot camp simply packed up their weapons and turned around to follow the main force.

Before they could get far, countless Eight Banners soldiers marching in formation rushed towards them.

These people either rode horses or ran, rushing to the chariots as fast as possible.

The chariot camp, infantry camp and firearms camp formed their battle formations at the same time.

Woo!

The charge horn suddenly sounded.

"kill!"

The assembled Eight Banners soldiers rushed towards the Ming army.

At this time, the Ming army had completely occupied Songshan City, and the Ming troops inside and outside the city were resting.

"Hurry up and eat your rations and drink water. The Jiannu will launch a counterattack at any time!" Huang Degong said experiencedly, "If you want to go to the toilet, do it right here. The small ones can just pee on the ground, and the big ones can dig a hole to cover up the smell!"

Hearing the horn sound in the distance, Huang Degong's face suddenly changed: "The Jiannu are about to counterattack, form a battle array to meet the enemy!"

Swish, swish, swish!

These elite Ming troops put down their food and drink, pulled up their trousers and entered combat status.

"General," Wu Sangui asked as he stood beside Wang Yongji, "the soldiers just ate two mouthfuls of rice and are not full at all! I heard that rock sugar resists melting. When will the soldiers be given rock sugar?"

“No hurry.”

"Not in a hurry?" Wu Sangui's eyes widened. "The Jiannu are about to attack. If we don't attack now, we will never have another chance!"

"The rock sugar has been distributed to the sergeant, there are plenty of opportunities." Wang Yongji replied indifferently.

As they were talking, the two armies fought again.

After several rounds of fire, the two sides began to engage in close combat.

Hand-to-hand combat not only tests the morale of the army, but also places extremely high demands on the soldiers' coordination ability and individual combat effectiveness.

In addition, the physical strength of soldiers is closely related to victory or defeat.

The Eight Banners soldiers now fighting against the Ming army are all elite troops transferred from Jinzhou and Nanshan.

They have plenty of energy.

On the other hand, the Ming army.

Not only did they not get enough rest after continuous fighting, they didn't even have much to eat.

I am exhausted.