On the east bank of the canal, outside the Tianjin Acropolis, more than 20,000 Ming troops who crossed the river set up a large camp. In a large mansion, the main general Jin Xin convened the generals to discuss how to take the Tianjin Acropolis.

"The cavalry of the Qing army is shuttling back and forth, covering the battlefield, and we can't find out how many of them there are. However, the strength of the Qing army in the Tianjin Acropolis is clear, according to the information obtained by the Cao Gang brothers, there were originally 3,000 green battalion soldiers in the Tianjin Acropolis, and not long ago another 508 banner soldiers entered the city, with a total strength of 3,500 people. The officers of the Enemy Intelligence Department reported the information they had discovered to Jin Xin and the generals.

Jin Xin nodded, this is not good without cavalry, and he can't get the initiative on the battlefield. Now the Manchu cavalry is stationed in the north of the Tianjin Acropolis, and under its blockade, the exact location and number are not clear, but it is certain that its strength is at least several thousand.

"Let's talk about it, how should we capture Tianjin Wei?" Jin Xin said lightly.

"General, the Qing army in the city is not much, but the problem is that there are a large number of Qing cavalry cruising outside Tianjin, we have to attack the city on the one hand, and beware of the attack of the Qing cavalry on the other, the difficulty is too great, and the subordinates think that we should try to eliminate this cavalry, and then attack the city." One of the generals suggested.

"When we crossed the river, the Qing cavalry did not attack, they will definitely not fight with us easily, the cavalry is faster than our infantry, how easy is it to destroy them?" Another officer said.

"But we won't be able to attack the city without destroying this cavalry, when we attack the city, the array will be opened, and its cavalry will definitely attack from our flank, how to defend?"

The officers had a lot of discussions, but they all agreed that they could not attack the Tianjin Acropolis without destroying the Manchu cavalry, but they had difficulty in destroying the Qing cavalry.

Therefore, some generals suggested that since they were not sure of destroying the Manchu cavalry, and they were worried that they would be attacked by the Qing cavalry during the siege of the city, there was no need to storm Tianjin. The main force led by the King of Qi is behind him, why not wait for the arrival of the army, and then attack after having an absolute advantage over the Qing army.

While his subordinates were discussing, Jin Xin looked at the map carefully with his brows twisted, and he was also thinking about how to break the enemy in his heart. But when he heard someone say that he should wait for the arrival of King Qi's main force before attacking, Jin Xin's face sank suddenly, and he was very unhappy.

Under Chen Yue's account, Wu Ping, Jin Xin, and Li Yi were the last few generals to be reused. Wu Ping didn't say it, because of his special relationship with Chen Yue, no one could do anything about being reused.

However, Jin Xin and Li Yi have always been equal, but recently, Li Yi first led the northern expedition of the army alone, and then captured Jinan City to eliminate Hong Chengchou's army, and left Jin Xin far behind, which made Jin Xin feel extremely uncomfortable, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to open the way for the army as a vanguard.

Although along the way, Jin Xin's troops captured several cities, but they were all abandoned by the Qing army. And now Tianjin Wei has more than 3,000 Qing troops plus thousands of cavalry outside the city, if Tianjin can't be captured in this case, he has to wait for the army of King Qi to come, what face do he have to compete with Li Yi?

"General, everyone," seeing Jin Xin's unhappiness, Yang Xiaolei, the deputy general who had been silent, spoke, and the discussion in the hall suddenly lowered, and all the officers looked at Yang Xiaolei. Among Jin Xin's more than 20,000 forward troops, Yang Xiaolei, as a deputy general, is only below Jin Xin in terms of military position.

"Let's first find out the true intentions of the Qing army, and then we can talk about whether to attack the city or wait for the arrival of the follow-up army.

Although we can't figure out the total strength of the Manchu cavalry, there are still thousands of cavalry. But why did they let us cross the river without hindering it? You know, when we just crossed the river, we were the weakest. Yang Xiaolei asked.

"Maybe they have a big appetite and want to take advantage of our siege to launch an attack and then wipe us out completely." An officer replied.

Yang Xiaolei nodded: "There is also this possibility, but if we don't attack Tianjin after crossing the river, won't their plan be in vain, won't they lose the opportunity to completely defeat us?"

Therefore, I think that the cavalry of the Qing army did not want to destroy us, but that they could not bear the loss of troops at all.

We all know that the population of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is only hundreds of thousands, and the Battle of Wuhu in Yangzhou two years ago, coupled with the Battle of Linqing not long ago, we eliminated the total strength of the Eight Banners with a total strength of 100,000, right? Where did the Manchus still have any troops? It collects all the men, and there are not many of them now.

So even if it's a small loss, they can't afford it, which is why they don't want to attack when we cross the river.

In this case, as long as we put on a posture of fighting to the death, even if we attack Tianjin, they may not dare to attack! ”

Yang Xiaolei's confident analysis made Jin Xin's eyes shine.

"However, if they don't dare to do anything with us, why should they come to Tianjin?" An officer asked weakly.

"It's very simple, it's to hinder our march, of course, if we are not prepared, they will definitely take a bite. I guess that the Manchu court already knew that Beijing could not hold it and was planning to withdraw from the Guanwai, so it sent cavalry to stop us and buy time for their retreat. Yang Xiaolei said confidently.

"Smack!" Jin Xin slapped the table, "What Vice General Yang said is very much in line with me!" Don't say more, let's prepare to attack Tianjin now! ”

Although many officers were suspicious, Jin Xin had already made up his mind and must take Tianjin, so a strong attack was inevitable.

Of course, Jin Xin did not move blindly, but first instructed the Enemy Intelligence Department to get in touch with the green battalion soldiers of Tianjin Wei through the idea of the Cao Gang to see if he could persuade the green battalion soldiers to surrender.

Then Jin Xin left 3,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and more than 20,000 people drove out of the camp and pressed towards the Tianjin Acropolis.

Tianjin Wei is a military city, the city is very small, only two miles in radius, there are many buildings outside the city, not an empty field, the Qing cavalry is to attack while attacking the city, and can only attack along the street along the gap between the houses, which is why Jin Xin dared to ignore the Qing cavalry to attack the city.

Jin Xin sent several armies to block the streets, and moved out the things in the houses and piled them on the streets, creating layers of obstacles, even if the Manchu cavalry attacked, they could only dismount and attack.

Leaving half of the army to defend against a possible attack by the Qing cavalry, the remaining half began to attack the Tianjin Acropolis.

Seeing the approach of the Ming army, the green battalion soldiers in the city began to release their guns and arrows under the coercion of the Eight Banners to prevent the Ming army from approaching.

More than 1,000 Ming soldiers approached the city wall under the protection of the shield, and began to shoot at the city wall, "bang bang bang" burst into loud noises, countless projectiles flew up to the city, and the Qing army on the city screamed and fell to the ground from time to time.