About a hundred meters to the left of Manggurtai, Tong Yangxing commanded the Han soldiers to push more than a dozen artillery pieces to the front of the trench and set them up despite the continuous bombardment of artillery shells and heavy casualties.

It is impossible to bombard the top of the city wall with direct fire, and there is no need to think about overhead fire. How far away would that be and at what angle would it be?

According to Tong Yangxing's estimation, the artillery bombardment here could only reach the middle and lower parts of the city wall at most. But considering the purpose of blasting the city wall open, this was enough.

Several artillery shells flew in from the city and hit the artillery positions that had not yet been set up. They bounced and many Han soldiers were killed or injured amid screams and exclamations.

Tong Yangxing led more than two hundred Zhenyi people who were howling and cursing, brandishing swords and drawing bows, suppressing the Han soldiers who were somewhat confused due to fear, and urging them to set up cannons and load ammunition.

However, Manggurtai's command disrupted Tong Yangxing's plan, and the two sides failed to coordinate well. A large number of soldiers attacked the city again, making it impossible for the artillery to start bombarding immediately.

With a frown on his face, Tong Yangxing ordered his personal soldiers to find Manggurtai, hoping that he would ask the soldiers under the city to temporarily retreat into the trenches so that he could bombard the city.

Even though he was a high-ranking Han official in the Later Jin Dynasty, Tong Yangxing was still inferior to the Zhenyi generals and officials, not to mention Manggurtai, who was a Beile.

Tong Yangxing was obviously reluctant to face the rude and violent Manggurtai directly. He didn't mean to give orders, but to discuss and give suggestions. Tong Yangxing was also a little afraid of the rude man with his big eyes and snarling eyebrows.

Boom! A shell came whistling, ricocheting with a low trajectory, smashing a gun carriage into pieces, turning it into a pile of parts.

Tong Yangxing looked into the distance, looking for Manggurtai's flag and figure.

Nurhaci could not be said to be cowardly. His generals and officials were frightened by the powerful artillery of the Ming army and tried their best to stop him from getting close.

But as the commander on the front line, if Manggurtai didn't even dare to raise the general's flag, he would not only be afraid of death, but how could he command the attack and retreat?