The Reckless Cao Bianjiao at the End of the Ming Dynasty

Short version: As the Ming Dynasty's gunslinger, the first thing Cao Bianjiao wanted to do on the day he transmigrated was plant the fat Huang Taiji across from him in the ground, like a Liaodong ginseng root.

Full version: As the Ming gave way to the Qing, a succession of reckless warriors took the stage. At the Battle of Shangjianya at Sarhu, Dai Shan broke Malin's square formation with just over a thousand cavalrymen. At the Battle of Hun River, Huang Taiji stopped the Tusi troops of Shizhu and Youyang as they crossed the river with just a few hundred Red Bordered Cavalrymen. At the Battle of Ningjin, Wu Sangui dared to charge in with just twenty cavalrymen, fighting his way through the encirclement to save his father... In the late Ming, you had to dare to charge headlong if you wanted to survive against the odds and fight your way to a chance at life.

When Cao, an ordinary retail investor, opened his eyes, he found himself transmigrated into the body of Ming Dynasty Commander Cao Bianjiao, in the eighth month of Chongzhen's fourteenth year, at the height of the Battle of Songjin. Huang Taiji had already stationed his army between Xing Mountain and Ta Mountain, while the commanding commissioner and eight generals discussed withdrawing six garrisons' worth of troops south to Ningyuan to find provisions.

They called it a retreat south to find provisions, but with Wang Pu leading the flight, a devastating rout of the Ming army was inevitable.

That defeat would actually save them. To intercept the Ming army, the Eight Banners troops near Song Mountain would all be sent out. Even the siege of Jinzhou would be lifted, and Huang Taiji himself would go join the pursuit. The only Ming force that hadn't made a major move yet was Cao Bianjiao's unit on Rufeng Mountain.

Seizing this once-in-a-millennium opportunity, Cao Bianjiao immediately decided to charge the Eight Banners' central command first and go all out.