The keeper of Jinzhou is Aixin Jueluo Nikan. Nikan was the third son of Nurhachi's eldest son, Chu Ying. Chu Ying was quite successful in war, and was once made the heir of Nurhachi, but later failed in the internal struggle for the establishment of the state and was killed by Nurhachi. So although Nikan is also surnamed Aixin Jueluo, he is only a shell until now.

Nikan also fought a lot of battles, although he had never commanded the army alone and won any big victories, but he was also experienced, so after learning that Jinzhou had been attacked and the enemy army had reached the city, Nikan was not too flustered. He did not immediately issue any battle orders, but first ordered the Qing troops to stabilize their defenses and not to fight back easily, so he hurriedly rode on his horse and led his white-armored soldiers straight to the south tower of Jinzhou, and at the same time sent someone to inform Kong Youde, who happened to be in the city, to restrain the army, do a good defense, and wait for his order.

Castle towers are of great significance in urban defense battles, especially in street battles, because castle towers are generally the commanding heights of a city. Once you control the tower, you can more easily see the dynamics of the enemy army and deploy your army accordingly. This is also the reason why the besieging side will always take the city tower as the first goal and seize the city tower as much as possible. (Even if the city gate hole below has been blocked, it can't be opened at all in a short time)

Now that the tower had fallen into the hands of the enemy, the enemy had an advantage in reconnaissance before Nikan climbed the tower. And the enemy army came prepared, although Nikan did not know how the enemy appeared in Jinzhou, which was already considered the rear, and captured the east gate in one fell swoop, but Nikan can at least be sure that the army that can do this is definitely the elite of a hundred battles. Now he has no idea about the enemy's strength and deployment, and the enemy still has the advantage of relying on the view brought by the tower, if he rashly counterattacks, it is likely that he will be attacked by the enemy and suffer a big loss. On the contrary, Nikan felt that the enemy army may not be fully aware of the deployment of the Qing army in Jinzhou City, and it will be difficult for the enemy army to take targeted action immediately if it is held at this time.

After a while, Nikan and the others came downstairs in Nancheng. Without waiting for the horse to stop, Nikan jumped off his horse, and he did not care about the horse, but ran straight down the steps towards the tower, and his guards followed.

Nikan rushed up the city wall in three steps and two steps, and the soldiers guarding the tower had already seen that it was Bezi Nikan, so they hurriedly pulled away the tower and waited at the door. Nikan didn't bother to say anything, but went straight to the door, climbed up the wooden staircase to the top floor in one go, and then looked in the direction of the already fallen east gate. Some enemy troops could be seen in the streets over there setting up horses and the like, and it was clear that the enemy had no intention of attacking immediately.

This discovery sent a chill down Nikan's heart. Generally speaking, if the enemy takes a city gate by sneak attack, it will definitely develop a victory as quickly as possible, trying to disrupt the defenders with a swift attack before they have time to organize. But instead of doing this, the enemy went on the defensive. Nikan understood that the emergence of this phenomenon only meant that the enemy army thought that he was strong and did not need to take risks, as long as he firmly controlled the city gate and ensured that the army could continue to enter the city, he could take the city with great certainty.

Nikan hurriedly looked over the city gates, where the sun had risen so high that he could clearly see that the east gate was wide open, and a convoy of enemy horses was entering the city. It's just that he can't see clearly what those tall horses are dragging for a while.

"What is this?" Nikan frowned, he suddenly remembered the situation when Kong Youde and them entered the city, and Kong Youde also dragged the cannon into the city like this at that time.

"It's a cannon! Where did these enemy forces come from? How could they have brought even artillery when they attacked? Nikan thought in surprise.

Since the enemy forces are still deploying and most of them will not attack for the time being, they began to think carefully about how to deal with it.

"With the strength in my hands, plus Kong Youde, well, most of the enemy troops may not know in advance that Kong Youde's Heavenly Blessing Army is also here." Nikan thought, "These Han people (the banner people used to call the Han people Nikan people at this time, but Nikan himself has such a name, he naturally does not want to call the Han people Nikan) Although they are not as good as my Eight Banner warriors, they are not completely unable to fight, and if they are used well, they can still withstand it for a while." As long as you can resist it, hold a city gate, and wait for the army to return, I will give you a good look! ”

Nikan carefully observed the enemy's area of control, estimated the enemy's possible offensive routes, and sent orders to the various troops, and they shrank to a few key points to strengthen the defense.

At this time, a white-armored soldier came up and said, "Lord Pei, King Gongshun is here." ”

"Ask him to come up." Nikan Road.

Although in terms of official rank, Nikan is just a shell, and Kong Youde is already a king, it seems that Kong Youde's level is significantly higher. However, Kong Youde also understands that his prince is actually not very good compared with the other person's Beizi, after all, the surname is Aixin Jueluo. Therefore, as soon as he knew that Nikan wanted him to come to the south tower to discuss the matter, he immediately rushed over.

The white-armored soldier went down, and after a while, with a chaotic sound of the floor, Kong Youde appeared in front of Nikan.

"The prince has worked hard." Nikan arched.

"Beizi, I don't know how the enemy army is doing?" Kong Youde asked.

"Lord Wang, please take a look." Nikan pointed in the direction of the east gate and said, "The enemy army is transporting artillery into the city. The prince is an expert at fiddling with artillery, how do you think the enemy will attack? ”

Kong Youde stretched his neck, looked over there for a while, and said, "Looking at the size of this cannon, it is probably used for field battles." Now if they use it for street fighting, I'm afraid it will be even more powerful. Beizi, you think, this street is narrow, and the enemy puts a cannon in the middle of the street, and when there is any obstacle, they use the cannon to open the way. Is this really a trick? ”

"What can the prince do?" Nikan asked again.

"Beizi, relying on the people in our hands alone, I'm afraid we can't drive them away, you see, now, the artillery is over, and a lot of infantry has come in, and the number of enemy troops is quite a lot." Kong Youde said, "Since we can't drive them out with our troops alone, as long as we organize it well and hold half of the city, or keep a city gate, we can give the emperor time to turn around and come back with the army, I think it's good to do this." The enemy cannons were dragged in, half so that they could use it to disrupt our formation. In such a narrow alleyway, a cannon facing our formation is really difficult to deal with. However, it's not really impossible to deal with. These cannons are light, so when used, I think their range and power are still not comparable to our army's heavy artillery. It's just that our army's heavy artillery is too heavy and inconvenient to move, so I'm afraid it won't work for attack, but when used for defense, it doesn't need to move fast. Placing our longer-range artillery at key street intersections should help us hold out until the army returns. ”

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