After breakfast, Xiong Tingbi stood on the top of the city.

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

Xiong Tingbi looked at the army of wild boar skins in the distance, with a serious expression on his face.

Every time he approaches the battle, Xiong Tingbi is in this state. He is really afraid of something wrong.

In fact, after only the lonely city of Chenyang was left, Xiong Tingbi's condition has always been like this.

The reason is very simple. If Chenyang is lost, Liaoyang will definitely not be able to save it. Then it can retreat to Guangning and Jinzhou. 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 Chenyang City is standing here can the wild boar skin be blocked from going westward, and the Ming Dynasty's path to the west will not be completely swept away. So Xiong Tingbi also knows the importance of Chenyang, and of course the wild boar skin on the opposite side also knows it.

Nurhaci has harassed Chenyang City a lot this year, but he has never been defeated.

Xiong Tingbi really didn't dare to have any problems. He has always been trembling and walking on thin ice. He usually does this, let alone when he is about to fight?

If something goes wrong in the battle and loses Chenyang City, Xiong Tingbi feels that he has no face to go back to see His Majesty. His Highness has promoted him after ascending the throne, and he has great trust in him in Liaodong.

Whether Xiong Tingbi wanted money or goods, His Majesty supported him. He even made some excessive demands, and His Majesty supported him. His Majesty never took him seriously if someone impeached him.

Xiong Tingbi really couldn't let this trust down. Even if he lost his life, he would have to settle it on Shenyang City.

Xiong Tingbi's eyes were firm, and his right hand pressed the long knife around him, and slowly said to Li Rongguang beside him: "This battle is very important. Whether it can keep Chenyang safe depends on the next battle."

"I will be able to maintain peace in Liaodong for at least a few years after my battle. You send an order, and the whole country will work together to make great contributions this time. Tell those in the court that we have done a good job in Liaodong, and your Majesty's money has not been spent in vain! At the same time, I will tell the soldiers that if you win this battle, I will ask Your Majesty for me. At that time, you will have money and official positions."

"Don't worry, handsome man. All the brothers held their breath. This time they would definitely teach them a lesson!" Li Guangrong said with a laugh: "I will never let them take advantage of it. Even if they bite off a piece of our meat, we will still break their teeth!"

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

Although the battle was covered with clouds, the wild boar skin did not attack after breakfast.

Xiong Tingbi knew that he had just had breakfast and could not fight. However, the wild boar skins were not idle either, and kept showing off their power. Some of them were not afraid of death and cursed under the city wall.

"Xiong Tingbi, turtle shrank!"

"Barma Xiong, coward!"

Words like "Coward, I'm afraid of death!" kept ringing under the city wall.

Xiong Tingbi stood on the top of the city, turning a deaf ear to such words. The only one who responded to the clamor of wild boar skin was the sporadic arrow feathers that suddenly shot at them.

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

In fact, a person's external behavior is actually a choice. A large part of Xiong Tingbi's performance is to form a unity with the officers and soldiers in Liaodong, not to say that he is such a irritable person.

Only by such expressions can we gain the trust of soldiers; only by rudeness can we understand soldiers; only by being irritable can we fear people.

This kind of thing has been seen in history. For example, Cao Cao's murder in his dream is also a way to protect himself.

However, many civil servants couldn't see it and thought that Xiong Tingbi was so insulting, which became a point of attacking Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi didn't care at all. As long as Your Majesty trusted him, nothing else mattered.

As for the scoldings under the city wall, Xiong Tingbi didn't care about it. Instead, this scolding made Xiong Tingbi more sure that the other party did not dare to attack him, but wanted him to go out of the city. How could he follow their wishes?

When the sun was noon, the wild boar skins finally stopped cursing.

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

Xiong Tingbi was not angry enough, but Li Guangrong was angry. How could his subordinates stand being insulted like this?

"They are coming." Xiong Tingbi said slowly: "Let everyone be ready."

"Yes, Grandmaster." Li Guangrong quickly agreed and said.

The Ming army on the top of the city had been on high alert.

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

Xiong Tingbi placed a wooden horse on the top of the city to delay the opponent's attack speed.

The wild boar skin was created with a car array.

The earliest inventors of this thing were Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, who walked forward with a wooden cart, wrapped in iron sheets in front of the car to block bows and arrows, and also used to siege the enemy.

This thing is called a shield car, which can not only block bows and arrows, but also block muskets.

Teams of wild boars under the city were pushing the shield cart forward. Although they were not fast, they walked very steadily. The bows, arrows and muskets on the city were basically unable to break through their defenses, and they could only see them keep moving forward.

Li Guangrong happened to see this scene and turned to look at Xiong Tingbi. Seeing that his commander had no intention of speaking, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Nurhaci stood on the hillside, and the war horse under his crotch sniffed, and from time to time, he was obviously excited.

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

"Let them prepare bows and arrows and muskets." Xiong Tingbi said: "Just open fire downwards."

"Yes, Grandmaster." Li Guangrong quickly agreed.

As Xiong Tingbi passed this order, gunfire sounds were everywhere above the city, and the rain of bows and arrows and bullets intertwined into a firepower net, trying to harvest the lives of wild boar skins.

The wild boar skin under the city wall did not stop and began to fight back, but they were more pushing the shield cart forward.

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

His own army had already advanced to a distance of one mile and was about to come to the city soon. Xiong Tingbi did not choose to fire the artillery, which was very unreasonable.

You should know that only artillery can bombard the shield car, and the damage of muskets and bows and arrows on the shield car is very limited.

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

Above the city, Xiong Tingbi said, "Fire the cannon!"

With Xiong Tingbi's order, the cannons above the city wall sounded.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The fire instantly bombarded the opposite side.

For a moment, the shield chariots under the city were blown up to pieces, and some were directly smashed into pieces by live ammunition.

Because the shooting elements had been calibrated long ago, under the dense coverage of artillery, the wild boar skin army under the city was suddenly stunned.

You know, this is not like before, when the cannon fires and fires blindly, but where each shell lands is calculated. The reason why the wild boar skin is put closer is because of this confidence.

After the artillery was covered, huge damage was instantly produced.

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

I was indeed fooled, and there was something wrong!

"Let our cannons fire at the top of the city." Nurhaci said with a gloomy face.

As he finished speaking, the artillery was pushed up on several chariots behind the shield cart, and quickly ignited the shells bombarded the city.

The previous shots were not very heavy. Some of them hit the city walls with live ammunition, while others fell on the city top.

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

"Okay, Grandmaster!" Chen Guangrong agreed excitedly.

With his words, the cannons above the city wall sounded again.

This time, the shells roared into the distance and fell directly to the rear of the wild boar skin army, using all the flowering bullets.

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

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

The wild boar skin army could no longer hold back and began to turn around and run away regardless of the military orders. At this time, it could no longer rush forward.

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

In order to bring the wild boar skin's army closer, Xiong Tingbi did not order the artillery with a long range to open fire at the beginning. Now the wild boar skins are running back, and these artillery with a relatively long range can be opened just in time.

The artillery fire instantly extended and instantly harvested the wild boar skins that had clearly seen the vitality.

"This cunning Xiong Tingbi!" Nurhaci looked at the scene with gritted teeth and said angrily.

And above the city, Xiong Tingbi had already arrived in front of 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 on the ground, holding a thumb up to measure outside the city.

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Li Yan stood up and said, "It's ready. Master, don't worry, after the fire is fired, I will shoot out five shells in the shortest time. As for the final effect, it depends on God."

"Okay!" Xiong Tingbi nodded and reached out to pat Li Yan on the shoulder.

He turned around and said to Li Guangrong beside him, "Didn't you always want to rush out? I'll give you a chance. All 15,000 cavalrymen in the city will be handed over to you later. When the cannon fires, you will take people out."

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

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Don't be too happy too early. If you can't win, don't enter the city. After you leave the city, I will close the city gate. If you can't win, just go around the city and run back."

"If I win, I will send someone to pick you up. But you have to remember that you can only chase for twenty miles and not more. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!