After breakfast, Xiong Tingbi stood at the head of the city.

The military flag hunted in the cool morning breeze, with a little solemn fighting spirit.

Xiong Tingbi looked at the army of wild boar skins in the distance, and the expression on his face was very serious.

Every time he approached the battle, Xiong Tingbi was in such a state, he was really not serious, he was really afraid that something would go wrong.

In fact, after only one lonely city left in Shenyang, Xiong Tingbi's state has always been like this.

The reason is also very simple, if Shenyang is lost, Liaoyang will definitely not be able to keep it, then it can retreat to the line of Guangning and Jinzhou, and even if the entire Liaodong is lost, there is no way to stop the wild boar skin from doing other things. For example, if the wild boar skin wants to fight North Korea or fight to the west, the Ming Dynasty has no way to stop it.

Only when the city of Shenyang stands here can it block the wild boar skin from going west, and the passage of the Ming Dynasty to the west will not be completely swept away. Therefore, Xiong Tingbi also knows the importance of Shenyang, and of course the wild boar skin on the opposite side also knows.

Nurhachi has harassed Shenyang City a lot in the past year, but it has not been defeated.

Xiong Tingbi really didn't dare to have any problems, he had always been trembling and walking on thin ice. He's always like that, let alone when he's about to fight?

If something goes wrong in the battle and loses Shenyang City, Xiong Tingbi feels that he has no face to go back to see His Majesty. His Royal Highness promoted him after he ascended the throne, and he also trusted him in Liaodong.

Whether Xiong Tingbi asks for money or goods, His Majesty will support all of them. He even made some excessive demands, and His Majesty supported them all; Someone impeached him, and His Majesty never took it to heart.

With such trust, Xiong Tingbi really has no way to live up to it. Even if he loses this life, he will be fixed on Shenyang City.

Xiong Tingbi's eyes were firm, his right hand pressed the long knife on his waist, and slowly said to Li Rongguang beside him: "This battle is very important, whether you can ensure the stability of Shenyang depends on the next battle." ”

"I have fought this battle, and Liaodong will be able to stabilize for at least a few years. You pass the order to go, and work together to make a great achievement this time. Tell those people in the court that we are doing a good job in Liaodong, and Your Majesty's silver is not in vain! At the same time, I also told the soldiers that if this battle is won, I will ask His Majesty for merit on their behalf, and when the time comes, they will ask for silver and silver, and they will have official positions. ”

"Dashuai, don't worry, the brothers are all holding their breath, this time they must teach them a lesson!" Li Guangrong laughed and said, "I will definitely not let them take advantage of a little bit." Even if they bite off a piece of our flesh, we will break one of their teeth! ”

"It's good to have such a heart!" Xiong Tingbi said with a smile.

Although the battle clouds were thick, after breakfast, the wild boar skin did not attack.

Xiong Tingbi knew that he had just had breakfast and would definitely not be able to fight. However, the wild boar skins are not idle, they have been showing off their might, and even those who are not afraid of death are still cursing under the city.

"Xiong Tingbi, shrunken turtle!"

"Bear brute, coward!"

"Bad seeds, afraid of death!" Words like that rang under the city all the time.

Xiong Tingbi stood at the head of the city, deaf to such words. In response to the wild boar skin's cries, only the scattered arrow feathers that Leng Buding shot at them.

Xiong Tingbi has a very short temper and is widely praised in Liaodong. Many people say that he is not like a civilian official, but more like a military general.

In fact, how a person behaves on the outside is actually a choice. A large part of Xiong Tingbi's performance is to get along with the officers and soldiers in Liaodong, not that he is such an irascible person.

Only by showing this can we gain the trust of the soldiers; Rudeness is the only way to make the soldiers understand; is irritable to be able to make people fearful.

This kind of thing is very common in history, such as Cao Cao's killing people in my good dream, which is also a way of self-protection.

It's just that many civil officials can't see it, and feel that Xiong Tingbi is really insulting to Sven, which has also become a point of attack on Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi didn't care at all, as long as His Majesty trusted him, nothing else mattered.

As for the scolding under the city wall, Xiong Tingbi didn't pay attention to it. On the contrary, this kind of scolding made Xiong Tingbi more sure that the other party did not dare to fight, but wanted him to go out of the city. How could I follow their wishes?

At the end of the day, the boar skins finally stopped cursing.

Li Guangrong stood beside Xiong Tingbi, his face was very ugly.

Xiong Tingbi was not angry enough, but Li Guangrong was angry. The handsome man was insulted like this, how could his subordinates stand it?

"They're coming." Xiong Tingbi said slowly: "Let everyone be ready." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Li Guangrong hurriedly agreed.

The Ming army at the head of the city had long been ready for battle.

In fact, the two sides have fought more than once, and the basic routines are already familiar.

Xiong Tingbi placed a wooden horse under the city to slow down the opponent's attack.

On the other hand, the boar skin made a car formation.

The earliest inventors of this thing were Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, who used a wooden cart to move forward, and the front of the cart was wrapped with iron sheets to block bows and arrows, and it could also be used to besiege the enemy.

This thing is called a shield cart, and it can not only block bows and arrows, but also fire guns.

The teams of wild boar skins under the castle pushed the shield cart forward, and although the speed was not fast, it walked very steadily. The bows, arrows, and muskets on the city's top were largely unable to break through their defenses, and they could only be seen moving forward.

Li Guangrong happened to see this scene and turned his head to look at Xiong Tingbi. Seeing that his handsome man didn't mean to speak, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart.

Nurhachi stood on the hillside, his horse snorting and snowing his hooves from time to time, clearly agitated. Colorful Chinese

A good horse knows how to fight, and the one that Nurhachi rides is naturally a good horse.

"Let them prepare bows and arrows and firearms." Xiong Tingbi said: "Just fire below." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Li Guangrong hurriedly agreed.

As Xiong Tingbi passed on this order, gunfire erupted above the city, and the rain of bows and arrows and bullets intertwined into a net of fire, trying to harvest the cheap lives of the wild boar skins.

The boar skins under the walls did not stop and began to fight back, but they still pushed the shield cart forward.

After seeing this scene, Nurhachi's expression became even more solemn.

His army had already advanced to a distance of one mile, and it was about to reach the city, and Xiong Tingbi didn't choose to open fire, which was very unreasonable.

You must know that the shield cart can only be bombarded by artillery, and the damage of muskets and bows and arrows to the shield cart is very limited.

Nurhachi suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but now it was too late to retreat.

Above the city, Xiong Tingbi said: "Open the cannon!" ”

With Xiong Tingbi's order, the artillery above the city began to sound.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The flames instantly bombarded the opposite side.

All of a sudden, the shield carts under the city were blown apart, and some were directly smashed into pieces by live ammunition.

Because the shooting Zhuyuan had already been marked, under the dense coverage of artillery, the wild boar skin army under the city was stunned at once.

You know, this is not a random artillery fire like before, but where each shell falls has been calculated. The reason why the wild boar skin is close to fight is because of this confidence.

After the artillery covered it, it caused huge damage in an instant.

After seeing this scene, Nurhachi's face became even more ugly.

I was really fooled, this is a problem!

"Let our cannons fire at the city." Nurhachi said with a gloomy face.

As he finished saying this, the artillery was also pushed up on several chariots behind the shield cart, and with a quick ignition, the cannonballs bombarded the city.

The first few shots were not very heavy, some of the live ammunition fell on the city wall, and some of the flowering shells fell on the city.

After seeing this scene, Xiong Tingbi said to Li Guangrong with a calm face: "Look at which artillery position is the firepower point of that position, let them open fire, and shoot those guns for me." ”

"Okay, handsome!" Chen Guangrong excitedly agreed.

With his words, the artillery above the city began to sound again.

This time, the shells whizzed into the distance and landed directly behind the Boar Skin Army, using all flowering shells.

In an instant, the artillery position of the wild boar skin was plunged into an explosion.

At the same time, the artillery above the city opened fire more intensively, and countless shells fell into the army formation of wild boar skin.

The army of wild boar skin could no longer withstand it, and began to turn around and run away despite the military order, and at this time it was no longer able to rush forward.

"All the artillery fired, aimed at their army and hit me!" Xiong Tingbi said again.

In order to bring the wild boar skin's army closer, Xiong Tingbi did not order the long-range artillery to fire at first. Now that the boar skins are fleeing back, these long-range guns are just enough to fire.

The artillery fire extended out in an instant, and the wild boar skins that had clearly seen life were harvested in an instant.

"This cunning Xiong Tingbi!" Nurhachi gritted his teeth and watched this scene and said angrily.

And above the city, Xiong Tingbi had already come to the huge cannon.

Xiong Tingbi looked at Li Yan beside him and asked directly, "Are you ready?" ”

At this time, Li Yan knelt on one knee and raised a thumbs up to measure outside the city.

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Li Yan stood up directly and said, "It's ready." Don't worry, you can wait a minute, and after the cannon is fired, I will shoot five shells in the shortest possible time. As for the final effect, it depends on God. ”

"Good!" Xiong Tingbi nodded, reached out and patted Li Yan's shoulder.

He turned to Li Guangrong beside him and said, "Didn't you always want to rush out?" I'll give you a chance, and I'll hand over all the 15,000 cavalry in the city to you later. Wait until this cannon goes off, and you will rush out with the people. ”

After hearing this, Li Guangrong's face suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will definitely not disappoint Dashuai!" ”

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Don't be happy too early, if you can't win, don't go into the city." I'll close the gates when you get out of the city, and if you can't win, just go around the city and run to the back. ”

"If you win, I'll send someone to pick you up. But you have to keep in mind that you can only chase twenty miles, not more. Do you understand? ”