Seeing Huang Taiji nodding with satisfaction, Fan Wencheng continued to speak: "Khan, I can tell you with certainty that the partial division you sent out of Dahan has secretly completed the assembly. At the latest tomorrow morning, you can attack the border with empty troops in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty court could react, take down the border and enter the pass, and plunder the population and various materials that the Later Jin Kingdom urgently needed in the area of ​​Zhili, northern Ming Dynasty..."

"So, I'm sorry, the Khan should rest assured that this expedition will definitely end with the complete victory of our Later Jin Kingdom."

After the sumptuous dinner ended with laughter and longing, outside Xuanfu City, a major city on the nine-sided side, hundreds of miles away from Liaoyang, the iron cavalry of the Later Jin and the soldiers of the Khan Eight Banners gathered around Xuanfu like wolves smelling blood.

In less than a few hours, the grasslands less than three miles away from Xuanfu City gathered nearly 20,000 troops.

At this moment, Xuanfu, an important town in the border, not only did not find more and more Tartars outside the city, but instead had empty troops and no preparation.

As a border town guarding the capital, Xuanfu City has stationed 10,000 border troops all year round, and has set up a third-rank general to command the elite troops of this 10,000 border troops.

However, in order to give the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army a fatal blow, facing the conditions for sending troops proposed by Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen reduced the troops from the important town of Xuanfu from 10,000 to less than 5,000 now.

More importantly, in order to fight against the powerful firearms of the Tiger and Leopard Army and prevent the Shanxi Tiger and Leopard Army from sending another army to the imperial court to force the capital. Emperor Chongzhen actually transferred all the thirty red-clothed cannons arranged by the imperial court in the important town of Xuanfu to the capital, leaving only some Franchised cannons with a range of less than two miles to guard against the Later Jin Tartars outside the pass.

Facing the gathering of the Later Jin Tartars outside the pass, the city walls of the Xuanfu town stretched for several miles, there were less than 500 border soldiers on duty.

At this moment, if most people in this era had not been night blindness and were not suitable for field battles. The Later Jin Tartars, who had gathered tens of thousands of people, might have just one charge to take down the city wall without any preparation, break into the important town of Xuanfu, and take advantage of the opportunity to capture the nine-sided important town of the Ming Dynasty.

However, due to the influence of night blindness, the Tartar commander who commanded tens of thousands of troops did not act rashly and launched an attack that was not very sure.

He was waiting, and after dawn, he used a head-on method to capture the important city in front of him that blocked his entry into the pass. Then, he drove straight in, allowing the Ming Dynasty court to truly see the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin army that was different now.

He was born in a cavalry and knew very well that the Tatar commander, who was not good at sieging cities in the Later Jin cavalry. There was only one reason why he was so confident in capturing the important town of Xuanfu. That was the fifty red-clothed cannons he regarded as a treasure. Of course, there were also the 10,000 soldiers of the Khan Eight Banners that Huang Taiji transferred to him.

Soon, two hours passed. The night that enveloped Xuanfu’s important town slowly dissipated.

When the four-battle city of Xuanfu appeared loomingly in the sight of the Later Jin Tartars, a very rapid horn sounded directly in Xuanfu City.

It is easy to know without guessing that the defenders of Xuanfu have discovered the existence of the Later Jin Tartars outside the city.

When the huge Xuanfu town was in chaos with the sound of horns, more than 20,000 Later Jin army had already pushed red-clothed cannons weighing thousands of pounds under the command of the commander, carrying the siege ladder, and drove out of the military camp in a mighty manner. Then, like huge waves, they suppressed the Xuanfu.

In the Xuanfu General's Mansion, facing the sudden sound of trumpets sounded from the city wall. General Huang Guodong jumped up from his seat like a frightened rabbit.

Because the sound of the horn I heard was a horn that I hadn't heard in more than a year, representing the invasion of a powerful enemy. Once this sound of the horn sounded, it means that the important Xuanfu town under my feet would experience an unprecedented bloody battle.

So, the general Huang Guodong, who looked shocked, threw down the breakfast that had not been finished and rushed to the lobby of the general's palace. Not only that, he also issued orders from Huang Guodong.

"Transfer the order, all the soldiers of Xuanfu will immediately go to the city wall and prepare to face the enemy..."

"A general of the entire army of 1000 generals, please go up to the city wall with me immediately to see who it is and dare to attack Xuanfu at this time..."

Soon, Huang Guodong, surrounded by more than a dozen generals, climbed to the city gate tower with a height of six battles.

At the same time, five thousand border soldiers were also waiting to defend the city wall.

It is obvious that these people are veterans on the battlefield in the court, and they are no longer surprised by the situation in front of them.

However, when they clearly saw the strength and strength of the Later Jin army, the calm expression on their faces was like the sunny sky, and in a blink of an eye, they were replaced by solemnity.

Because there were too many Later Jin troops gathered outside the city. Not only that, these Later Jin troops were even equipped with a large number of red-clothed cannons that they had not equipped.

Of course, the same face changed drastically, including General Huang Guodong and more than a dozen generals behind him.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, they, holding monoculars, saw more clearly the strength and equipment of the Later Jin army outside the city.

When Huang Guodong put down his telescope, his face was replaced by solemnity without realizing it.

After taking a deep breath, he complained to his subordinates behind him: "Didn't the court say that the Later Jin will not attack us in a short period of time? Under such circumstances, what happened to the tens of thousands of Later Jin soldiers outside the city? Could it be that they fell from the sky? Can anyone tell me why so many Later Jin soldiers suddenly appeared in front of us? And we didn't notice anything, and watched the enemy soldiers at the city without any reaction..."

The deputy general next to him quickly answered: "Sir, it's meaningless to care about these things. Since the court dispatched troops from us, the soldiers' vigilance against the Later Jin army began to relax."

"If the town is to be stranger, it is the responsibility of the court. If the court had not dispatched troops from us and told us that the Later Jin army would not have attacked us in a short period of time, and the soldiers would not have been so careless and negligent."

"So, we will think that we should now think about how to block the attack of the Later Jin army and persist until the arrival of the reinforcements."

Hearing this, the anger on Huang Guodong's face was directly replaced by solemnity and ordered loudly: "Then why are you still standing there? I will immediately expedite 800 miles to report to the court that the Later Jin army launched an attack on our Xuanfu important town. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Xuanfu important town with empty troops would definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Later Jin army."

Speaking of this, Huang Guodong seemed to have thought of something and immediately added: "Also, it is necessary to indicate in the report that the Later Jin army attacking the important town of Xuanfu was equipped with about fifty red-clothed cannons. The Qing Dynasty quickly adjusted the red-clothed cannons to reinforce the important town of Xuanfu."

As soon as the deputy general with a solemn face left, Huang Guodong's voice with a heavy tone rang again.

"Brothers, everyone has seen the strength of the Later Jin army outside the city. Everyone knows our troops and equipment. I can tell you with certainty that if the Later Jin army outside the city attacks us with all its might, we will definitely not be able to defend the Xuanfu under our feet without the red cannon."

"However, what I will tell you is that we are all elite border troops trained by the imperial court for a lot of money. Even if we know that we can't defend, we must guard it until the last person is killed in the battle."

"Because, behind us, our family lives, thousands of ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty. We stay here for the court, for these people, and for ourselves..."

"If there are too many, I won't say much. I hope everyone will lead their subordinates on the battlefield. I will personally command the guards and serve as the supervisor, and supervise the battle behind everyone. If I find that there are soldiers who dare to retreat privately, no matter the level of the official position, I will be killed."

In a blink of an eye, densely packed Later Jin troops rushed to a five hundred steps outside the city.

In order to avoid the Fran aircraft equipped by the government army causing damage to itself, the mighty Later Jin army stopped here directly. Then, red-clothed cannons were set up and red-clothed cannons were set up and lined up.

Soon, fifty red-clothed cannons raised their black muzzles.

One thousand soldiers of the Khan Eight Banners equipped with muskets stood neatly behind the red-clothed cannons with thousands of people as a square formation.

As for the more than 10,000 cavalry that the Later Jin Dynasty called was elite, they followed closely behind the Eight Banners of Khan and acted as the supervising team with a solemn expression.

"Boom boom boom..." As a roar of artillery bombardment sounded at the artillery positions of the Later Jin army. Fifty flowering bullets flew out of the cannon chamber with a scream, crossing the distance between the enemy and us, which was more than 500 steps wide, and flew towards the city wall.

Although there were less than five flowering bullets hit the city walls because of the unfamiliar gunners, causing less than 30 casualties to the defenders. However, these five flowering bullets had a great impact on the morale of the defenders.

Because, in the battle between the border army and the Later Jin army, the border army used artillery shells to bomb the Later Jin army. The only thing that the Later Jin army could cause casualties to the border army was that they were very skilled in riding and shooting.

And what I saw was that I was bombarded and bombed by flowering bullets.

Not only that, after being bombarded, he had no way to fight back, so he could only watch the Later Jin army launching round after round of blossoming bullets at him.

In this case, I don’t even have the advantage of the only firearm.

Losing the advantage of firearms, coupled with the invincible cavalry of the Later Jin army, who was defending the city walls, would not have to be passively beaten...

Facing this very cruel fact in front of him, all the soldiers' faces showed unprecedented heavy weight.

Of course, under this heavy expression, there are also concerns about one's future.

Although the generals at all levels scattered among them were desperately encouraging morale and allowing them to avoid artillery fire, in the face of cruel facts, what they did seemed so futile and useless.

As the artillery attacks continued in the Later Jin army, the accurate throws became better and better, and more and more flowering bullets began to hit the city and harvest their lives. The defenders with heavy expressions finally began to move in the face of death close at hand.
Chapter completed!