Hong Chengchou
Songshan then suffered the same fate with Jinzhou, with no food supply nor reinforcement. Hong Chengchou tried to break the encirclement many times, yet always failed. Cao Bianjiao attempted to directly attack Hong Taiji's military camp and assassinate him but his plan failed, Hong Taiji personally tried to defend himself using his sword, and Cao was eventually forced to retreat after sustaining several wounds over his body due to being injured by Hong Taiji's guard officers. Hong Chengchou's another desperate subordinate, Xia Chengde, secretly surrendered to Qing and promised to open the city gate. On the 18th day of the second lunar month in the following year, Qing troops finally broke through and captured Hong Chengchou along with "xunfu" Qiu Minyang and some other generals. Qiu was then executed by Hong Taiji, along with Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen, while Hong was taken alive to Shengjing.