Inside the Jiannu army's central tent, Duoduo was listening to the battle report attentively.

"Reporting to Prince Yu, in this battle, fifty-two people from the Bordered White Banner were killed, fifty-four were seriously injured, and ninety-six were slightly injured."

"31 people from the Zhenglan Banner were killed, 53 were seriously injured, and 74 were slightly injured."

"The Han Eight Banners suffered the heaviest casualties, with 373 killed, 289 seriously injured, and nearly 1,000 slightly injured."

Duoduo was silent for a moment, then ordered: "Register all of them, and distribute the pension money after returning to Shengjing."

He glanced at the scorching sun outside the tent, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Uncle Tenth Prince, what strategy do you have for attacking the city tomorrow?" Hauge asked.

"We can't rush the siege!"

"But...Prince Rui asked us to capture Xuanfu Town within ten days, and now two days have passed! I'm afraid..."

Duoduo waved his hand: "Climbing the city will only increase casualties! Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

After that, he ordered his men: "Everyone, after lunch, all the infantry will return to the camp to sleep, Tulai and Aobai will continue to lead the cavalry to be on guard."

Having said this, he looked at the two of them meaningfully.

Tulai and Aobai blushed and knelt on one knee: "We will obey your orders."

"Except for those on duty, all those who are not participating in the battle today should go to the mountains to cut down trees and build trench bridges."

"Let's prepare dinner at Chou time, gather outside the camp at Yin time, and bombard the Ming army's battlements at Mao time, leaving them with nowhere to hide! When Chen time comes, we will take turns to attack the city!"

"This time we will attack the city by chiseling the walls. I don't believe that we can't take Xuanfu Town!"

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As the sun set, the entire Xuanfu fell into darkness.

The twenty-second day of the lunar calendar, the waning moon.

Moonrise time: midnight (24:00), moonset time: noon (12:00).

If there was a moon in the sky, Duoduo would definitely be surprised when he saw the scene in Xuanfu Town.

Because at this time the east gate and south gate of Xuanfu Town were wide open.

The earth and rocks that had been piled up inside the city gate were removed by the defenders, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians came out with farm tools under the cover of night.

They were divided into three groups.

A group of cavalrymen were on guard in the distance.

One group of soldiers and civilians came to the outside of the moat with digging tools, while another group of soldiers and civilians came to the city wall.

With the help of the faint light from the stars in the sky, they began to dig the earth and the river.

The soldiers and civilians outside the moat widened the moat outward. Part of the excess soil was brought back to the city, and part of it was carried to the vicinity of the city wall using tools.

The soldiers and civilians beside the city wall piled the soil diagonally on the edge of the moat near the city wall, simply stepped on it to compact it and watered it.

These people just worked silently without saying a word.

The atmosphere at the entire excavation site was very strange.

Seeing that midnight was approaching, Yan Yingyuan sent someone to pass on the order: "Everyone return to the city!"

More than ten thousand people, carrying farm tools and dragging their tired bodies, lined up and walked into the city.

After returning to the city, these people had a simple meal and then fell into a deep sleep!

boom!

The loud noise and vibration woke up Yan Yingyuan who was sleeping soundly.

He quickly got up and asked, "What happened?"

A personal soldier rushed in and said, "Master Yan, the Jiannu took advantage of the night to deploy artillery to the same position as yesterday and are bombarding the city wall."

Just as he finished speaking, a bullet flew over the city wall and hit the gate tower.

Crunch...

The sharp sound of breaking wood suddenly rang out, and the city gate tower began to shake.

"Master Yan, run!" The personal soldier didn't care about anything else and ran out with Yan Yingyuan on his back.

Boom!

The two just walked out the door.

The city gate tower collapsed without its main beam.

The fallen wood fell off the city wall, injuring and killing more than a dozen people who were cooking.

Boom boom boom!

The sound of artillery bombardment continued, and the walls of the entire Xuanfu Town were constantly hit by shells. Although no casualties were seen, the hearts of the soldiers and civilians defending the city began to shake like the walls.

It was difficult to knock down the city wall with the power of the Red Barbarian Cannon, but the Jiannu usually used the method of bombarding the battlements of the city wall. After losing the battlements, the defenders would have no shelter.

By then, the Jiannu only needed to rely on their excellent archery skills to cause heavy casualties to the Ming army.

With a bang.

A huge projectile passed through the battlement and hit a soldier on the head.

This Ming soldier was still talking and laughing the moment before, and the next moment his head disappeared, with blood gushing out and covering the ground.

vomit!

This intensified bloody scene made the nearby soldiers and civilians feel sick and they all held their stomachs and vomited on the spot.

"What should we do, Lord Yan?" Ding Yi asked as he hurried over and put on his armor.

Yan Yingyuan took a quick look and immediately gave the order: "Leave one hundred men on each wall to guard, and the rest of the men go down to the city to avoid the shells. Those who stay will be rewarded five taels of silver each."

"Don't fight back, Red Cannon. Keep hiding in the new position you changed last night."

"Go down to the city!"

Following Yan Yingyuan's order, the soldiers and civilians on the city wall began to run down the city wall.

Duoduo held the clairvoyance and the corners of his mouth began to rise.

This is exactly the effect he wants.

However, he did not dare to take the opportunity to send troops forward, because under such a tricky angle of attack, the Red Cannon might accidentally injure his teammates.

He just had to wait.

An hour is neither long nor short.

With a loud bang.

A red cannon exploded due to failure to dissipate heat in time.

More than ten Han Eight Banners soldiers operating the artillery were killed or injured on the spot.

Duoduo snorted in anger. After learning that nearly half of the gunpowder had been used up, he ordered his men to wave flags and stop the shelling.

Then, Duoduo picked up the clairvoyance and looked at the city wall of Xuanfu Town.

The walls were covered with traces of artillery shells, and even the blue bricks were smashed in some places. However, since the back was made of adobe, there were no cracks or collapses in the walls.

Looking up, the battlements of the city wall were in a horrible state.

The eight-mile-long city wall had four or five miles of battlements destroyed.

Duoduo smiled coldly: "The Eight Banners of Han are in front, the Bordered White Banner is in the middle, and the Plain Blue Banner is in the back, attack the city!"

The sound of trumpets and cannon fire sounded at the same time.

The eight trench bridges slowly rushed towards Xuanfu Town!

"Hurry up and climb the city wall to fight!" Yan Yingyuan gave an order, and five thousand soldiers were the first to climb the city wall.

More than a thousand ordinary people climbed up the city wall, holding long logs, wooden boards, and various long nails that they had prepared in advance.

More than a thousand people were packing the soil they brought back last night into bags and carrying them up to the city wall.

After climbing up the city wall, the people immediately placed bags of soil in the missing places of the battlements, and erected wooden boards behind the bags, connecting the wooden boards with long wood, and then nailed the long wood to the ground of the city wall with various long nails to fix them.

Duoduo looked at the busy figures of the Ming army and the corners of his mouth twitched.