On the inner wall of Beijing, facing the outer wall of the city, the heavy casualties of the defenders. Zhang Qianshu's serious facial expression was directly covered with solemnity, and his frowns were wrinkled deeper at this moment.

Of course, this solemnity did not last long and was covered by the shock that followed.

Although Zhang Qianshu was trusted by Emperor Chongzhen and was promoted to the prime minister of the cabinet. However, no matter what, Zhang Qianshu was a literati. Not to mention the battlefield, maybe even the real Tartars had never seen it, let alone the sharp tactics and tactics of the Tartars on the battlefield.

However, the Minister of War who was standing beside him was no longer surprised.

After all, he was a border general who climbed up step by step with his military achievements.

So, just one glance, the Minister of War could see the situation on the battlefield. When Zhang Qianshu's complex expression, which was both shocked and solemn, appeared in his eyes, the Minister of War showed a smile on his face, and spoke to Zhang Qianshu beside him.

"Congratulations to the Prime Minister, judging from the attack of the Tartars just now, the Tartars who besieged Beijing City seemed to no longer do their best. After only causing us a certain amount of damage, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield... The Xiaguan boldly guessed that the Tartars who attacked Beijing City had given up the idea of ​​breaking through Beijing City since the red-clothed cannon position was hit by us and no longer fought with us."

Facing this answer, Zhang Qianshu's eyes lit up and he quickly asked, "Wait, what do you mean is that the Tartars who lost the red cannon have given up the idea of ​​attacking Beijing City and are about to withdraw their troops?"

The Minister of War nodded first, then shook his head. Finally, he said, "Sir, the Lord, think that what you said is not..."

"The Tartars have given up the idea of ​​attacking Beijing City, which is certain. Because, apart from the destroyed red cannon, the Tartars have lost the capital to break Beijing City. As long as the Tartars' chief general has a little rationality, he will know that with his existing strength, it is already impossible to break Beijing City."

"However, whether the Tartars will withdraw their troops immediately is not something that the officials can infer."

"The attack that just ended should have been seen by the adults. The Tartars brought us heavy losses to hundreds of people with their riding and shooting that they were very good at.

"The officials were worried that they had completely taken over Beizhili and began to reap the results of the war. Will they always station their troops outside Beijing City and use the same tactics to continuously consume us and attack our morale..."

Zhang Qianshu was relieved just now. His expression of expectation was covered with heavy weight just after he continued to blink.

He said to the Minister of War with a serious command: "Mr. Wei, you are good at fighting. Therefore, no matter what the Tartars have thoughts or purposes outside the city, you must ensure the safety of Beijing. You must never let the Tartars attack the top of Beijing city."

Tens of thousands of elite officials in the imperial court were held in Beijing and began to be attacked by thousands of Tartars one after another.

Wei Zheng, who personally commanded tens of thousands of elite Tiger and Leopard Army, also appeared very promptly on the defense line established by the Later Jin army with great effort.

Faced with the tens of thousands of elite Tiger and Leopard Army soldiers coming in a fierce manner, Huang Taiji was not willing to be outdone and concentrated tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry. Of course, in addition to tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, there were 20,000 Han slaves who were concentrated from all over the Later Jin Dynasty in a few days.

Like the Tatar cavalry, 20,000 Han slaves were divided into 20,000 teams under the order of Huang Taiji, and managed by young Manchus who did not join the army, and were scattered around the Tartar army formation.

Looking down from the air, these military formations were like a thick circle of protection surrounding the Tartars.

Faced with this layout of the Tartars, a monocular lens was holding a few miles away, observing all the officers at the division level and above who were observing the Tartar Army formation, and all the expressions of confusion appeared on their faces.

Among all, Wang Feng, who had the highest military rank and position, asked in confusion: "Master, what is Huang Taiji wanting to do? Let a bunch of people block around them. Wouldn't Huang Taiji be worried? After the battle begins, the people he arranged around him may in turn attack his military formation and cause his soldiers to fall into chaos directly?"

Wei Zheng did not speak immediately, but Wei Zheng's face became more and more gloomy.

Because, from later generations, Wei Zheng was very clear about the various actions of the Tartars against the Han people. Just one glance, it was obvious that Huang Taiji planned to use these Han people as flesh shields, making us unable to fight with confidence.

After taking a deep breath, he said to his subordinates, "You think about Huang Taiji too simply. You haven't noticed that these tens of thousands of people who blocked the Tartars. Are they all Han people who just robbed from my Liaodong to the Later Jin Dynasty? If nothing unexpected happens, the insidious Huang Taiji must have wanted these people to be their cannon fodder and attack us."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, none of his subordinates made a rebuttal. Everyone's faces showed a heavy and worried expression.

Because, among these subordinates standing beside Wei Zheng, many of them had been robbed by the Tartars or had been refugees.

Vagrants and bandits who were also from Han people may have done things to let the people be cannon fodder and attack the enemy's military formations. What's more, the Later Jin Tartars, who were inferior to those of beasts.

Therefore, everyone standing here recognized what Wei Zheng said.

Since you have agreed, you have to think about possible responses. In this case, a very difficult decision will be placed directly in front of them.

If the Tartars really do this, they will only have two decisions left to shoot and not shoot.

If the gun is fired, the tens of thousands of people in front of him will die tragically under their guns. The soldiers under their command are humans, not beasts. They dare not imagine whether the soldiers under their command have enough courage to pull the trigger of the musket and shoot deadly lead bullets at them when facing the unarmed people.

However, if the gun is not fired, the Tartars will rush to everyone under the cover of tens of thousands of people. At that time, the soldiers' musket advantages will become gone.

Although everyone is very confident in their melee combat capabilities, it is undeniable that the melee combat capabilities of the Tartars, especially the Tartar cavalry, are still far superior to those of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

In this case, once the two troops were involved, the Tiger and Leopard Army would suffer heavy losses in close combat even if they were not defeated.
Chapter completed!