Tong Yangxing felt as if he had been pardoned. He took the remaining Han soldiers, pushed the artillery cart, and retreated without looking back under the pursuit of the Ming army's guns and artillery.
Seeing that the Later Jin army retreated and had no intention of rushing up to snatch the corpses, Xiong Tingbi was not very disappointed.
If Nurhaci had fought solely on impulse and anger, he wouldn't have reached his current position. Back when he was under Li Chengliang, he was just a household slave. Without his ability to endure, Li Chengliang wouldn't have honored him.
Now, the Later Jin army was in all likelihood going to retreat. They had suffered heavy casualties in the fortified city, but without any supplies to plunder, they wouldn't be able to hold out for a few more days.
Xiong Tingbi ordered his generals to strengthen the defense and ordered the officers and soldiers who had left the city to return after cleaning up the battlefield, and he did not intend to leave any more troops outside the city.
It was cold out in the open, and the soldiers needed a good rest. If the Jiannu attacked the city again, they could rely on the city walls to inflict casualties, and the results would be no worse than trenches and breastworks.
For Xiong Tingbi, the battle was already over, even though the Jiannu had only withdrawn their troops back to the camp and had not actually retreated.
But what he was thinking about now was the post-war arrangements. Advancing forward was certain, and Jinzhou or Dalinghe would become another fortress.
The beating was too harsh! Xiong Tingbi smiled bitterly, feeling somewhat helpless.
It can be imagined that after experiencing two disastrous defeats in the offensive, the Later Jin army would no longer dream of a victory like the Liao and Shen.
In this way, destroying the city seemed to be an inevitable means for the Jiannu, and the Ming army lost the ready-made fortress for advancing.
With the help of trench breastworks, equipped with muskets and artillery, it should be possible to kill a large number of enemies, or even prevent the enemy from carrying out the siege and returning in defeat.
Xiong Tingbi was indeed confident, but he felt that without the advantage of being high above, the power of the artillery would be greatly weakened.
As for rebuilding the destroyed city, Xiong Tingbi felt that the emperor would most likely not agree.
Expensive is one thing, but if the cost-effectiveness is high, the emperor will not be stingy. However, from the secret reports sent back and forth, the emperor seems to disapprove of the tactic of advancing on the fortress.
Since His Majesty abandoned Guangning, Jinzhou, Dalinghhe and other cities and retreated to Ningyuan to hold on, he must have been a very cautious person.
However, advancing through the fortress was the most reliable tactic, so why didn't His Majesty want to adopt it? Xiong Tingbi was quite puzzled by this.
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