Nurhaci glanced at his son, looked back at the team behind him, and then shook his head.
This time, he brought all the Eight Banners with him, a force of more than 50,000 people. If he fought a battle with the Ming army, even if all the Ming troops in Liaodong came out in full force, he would not be afraid, after all, the morale of the two sides was different.
But that’s not the case now. This is a siege. If we attack the city from three sides, we will have to disperse.
With one man missing on each side of the city wall, he could only mobilize 10,000 men on each side of the city wall. These 10,000 men were not enough to put pressure on the Ming army in Shenyang City and force them to escape.
At the same time, this style of fighting could easily be ambushed by the Ming army in the city. You have to know that the one in charge of the city was not the idiot Yuan Yingtai, but the barbarian Xiong Tingbi.
"Father Khan, step back." Daishan said with a rather unhappy expression as he looked ahead.
Hearing this, Nurhaci's expression was not so ugly, because he did not hold such high hopes for these Mongols. He never thought that he could rely on the Mongols to break through the city of Shenyang, because that was unrealistic.
But he didn't expect that the Mongols would retreat so quickly. They didn't even rush to the city, but just crossed the trench and retreated.
However, Nurhaci also saw that the Ming army on the city wall was indeed defending very tightly, with archers and artillery firing continuously.
If they wanted to rush forward, they would have to cross these trenches. Even if they really rushed through, the losses would not be small, not to mention that there were many barricades placed under the city wall.
The chevaux de frise placed under the city walls were naturally not intended to stop his own cavalry, but to slow down the speed of his own attack.
After crossing the trench, you have to remove the chevaux de frise; if you don't remove the chevaux de frise, you won't be able to pass; if you remove the chevaux de frise, the rain of arrows from the top of the city will fall down like free.
Those three rows of barricades were like roadblocks. If you wanted to rush through, you would have to sacrifice your life.
Nurhaci finally realized that Xiong Tingbi wanted him to pay with his life.
Nurhaci was not stupid either.
Risking your life to attack the city of Shenyang?
You can't do that!
After a moment's silence, Nurhaci said directly to Daishan beside him: "Take your men and leave, pretending to attack Liaoyang, and come back after a circle. If the Ming army leaves the city, we will attack; if they don't leave the city, then we will retreat."
"Yes, father Khan." Daishan agreed, turned around to gather his troops and made a gesture as if to attack Liaoyang.
On the top of the city wall, Xiong Tingbi looked at the situation on the Jurchen side, his facial expression did not change at all, he just watched quietly.
Li Guangrong, who was standing next to Xiong Tingbi, had a look of excitement on his face. He said to Xiong Tingbi, "General, they are planning to split up their forces to attack Liaoyang! There are only about 20,000 Jiannu soldiers left under the city. Why don't we attack the camp tonight? That way, we can definitely defeat the enemy in one battle."
After looking at Li Guangrong, Xiong Tingbi shook his head. He didn't believe that the Jiannu would really send troops to attack Liaoyang.
Even if they really divided their forces to attack Liaoyang, they wouldn't have enough men. Going out of the city to attack the camp? They might fall into the Jiannu's trap.
From the beginning to the end, Xiong Tingbi felt that Liaodong could not be fought, and could only be defended, not to mention the destruction of the Jurchens. With the current military strength of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, it was simply impossible to do so!
Now that His Majesty has asked me to defend Shenyang and Liaoyang to the death, I will do so.
I just hope that there won’t be any more incidents in the capital, and that the Donglin Party won’t cause any more trouble!
Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but look towards the direction of the capital. I hope nothing will happen, otherwise it will be really over.
What was the situation in the capital at this time?
The memorials impeaching Xiong Tingbi once again filled Zhu Youxiao's Dragon Book Case.
"Burn them all." Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly. He was too lazy to even look at them. It was a waste of time to look at these question books.
With Yuan Yingtai's arrival in Beijing, the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi once again reached a climax. This time the content of the impeachment was basically that Xiong Tingbi was afraid of fighting.
Zhu Youxiao simply didn't bother to listen to them. They had already lost at Sarhu, so what else was there to say? It went without saying how weak the Ming army in Liaodong was.
Xiong Tingbi's ability to hold on was a significant achievement. As long as Shenyang and Liaoyang remained, the Jurchens could not expand their power, and they would not dare to confidently move westward to recapture the Mongol tribes. Thus, they could not grow stronger and could only cause trouble in Liaodong.
Once they head west, Liaoyang and Shenyang can send troops to recapture Tieling Kaiyuan, or even attack Nurhaci's old nest, Fushun.
In this way, Nurhaci could only return to provide support, and he did not dare to go out to fight. Just like Mao Wenlong's containment, the containment effect of Shenyang and Liaoyang was much greater than that of Dongjiang Town.
If Nurhaci cannot annex the Jurchen tribes of Mongolia, he will have no chance of becoming powerful and can only wait and see. I will be able to deal with him in a few years.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong agreed, and then signaled the eunuch to move all the question books away.
Putting down the wood carving in his hand, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction.
This wood carving by Zhu Youxiao is not a human figure, but an Italian cannon.
Of course, the Italian gun here refers to the Italian gun in the movie "Bright Sword". Although it is called an Italian gun, it is a French 1897 model 75mm field gun.
This is a cannon developed in France in 1897. As it was the world's first cannon equipped with a recoil device, its rate of fire was as high as 15 rounds per minute, far exceeding other cannons of the same era. Therefore, it performed brilliantly in World War I, with production and sales reaching more than 100,000.
According to historical records, Italy imported a batch of these cannons from France during World War I. After the war, these discarded pieces were sold to China, where they eventually saw action during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Because of the Italian inscriptions on the cannons, some records refer to them as "Italian cannons."
"If I could make such a cannon, there would be no need to defend Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao played with the cannon in his hand and sighed softly.
If you have a system or a warehouse, you don't have to bother with this. You can ask the system or the warehouse for a hundred AKs to conquer the world, preferably with unlimited ammunition.
"Forget it, let's just play with the flintlock rifle honestly!" Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to compromise in the end, feeling helpless.
Turning to look at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao asked expressionlessly, "How is the construction of my Hundred Craftsmen Academy going?"
This place seems to be specially designed for Zhu Youxiao to play games, but in fact it is the place where Zhu Youxiao has poured countless efforts into it.
This will be a research and development institution of the Ming Dynasty, supervised and led personally by Zhu Youxiao.
Some people say that an emperor would do this personally?
In fact, he had to do it himself, because Zhu Youxiao was not confident in handing it over to others. There were too many obstacles and too much corruption, and Zhu Youxiao was not at all confident.
Even though there were many things he didn't understand, Zhu Youxiao could at least guide him in a few general directions, which was the key. So he had to do it himself.
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