Just as Chen Xin was chatting with the big cat, the sun slowly set.

On the front line, the vast battlefield between Panmunjom, Ganghwa Island, and Sanggseong City, at this time, wild animals in the combat zone have chosen to flee because of the sound of guns and cannons in the daytime battle, and no people or animals dare to stay and die.

Without the disturbance of those nocturnal animals, the night in the war zone seems quite quiet and deep.

Houjin did not have the ability to fight at night, so even if the Tartars suffered a big loss in the daytime battle and lost nearly 2,000 valuable cavalry, with their ferocious revenge mentality, under the great power of nature, they could only choose to retreat in the capital and dare not come out.

And the southern assault cluster of the Huaxia Army, although it far surpassed the Houjin Tartars in terms of night combat capabilities. However, after all, it is not as convenient as during the day.

Moreover, after a month's march, which included five days of rapid marching, and then several fierce battles, he was already exhausted.

The most important thing is that the remaining Houjin troops in the territory of the former Joseon Kingdom, under the command of Sukh Saha, have all hid in the fortress of Shangjing.

Shangjing was originally the capital of the Joseon Kingdom, the center of their economy, military, and agriculture, and later after the large-scale expansion and reinforcement of the Amin period, it has been qualitatively different from the original stingy Joseon Kingdom.

Later, after An Buyang and Suke Saha rebelled, quietly led troops into Shangjing, killed Amin, and suffered a great defeat under Chen Xin, because An Buyang was worried about Chen Xin's retaliation, under his own auspices, Houjin carried out a reinforcement and renovation of Shangjing for more than a year.

An Bu Yang this person, although his character and reputation are not very good, but from the two large reservoir projects along the Yalu River that he presided over, it can be seen that this person still has a certain talent in large-scale engineering construction, at least, it is far beyond most of the Houjin Tartars who don't know a few big characters.

Under the auspices of An Buyan, after more than a year of rest, Shangjing City is already an extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack fortified city.

It's not at all the kind of thing that Chen Xin can easily conquer with a hundred people back then, and kill the ordinary rammed earth low wall of the Korean Kingdom.

The commanders of the kingdom learned from the informants that during the construction of Shangjing, Anbulu was judged by the performance of the castle wall in the face of the artillery after the smoothbore artillery was fired.

If this is true, then the task of conquering the city during the day is daunting, let alone at night when it is impossible to use long-range weapons and artillery.

So, after the whole world suddenly quieted down, everything fell into a deep sleep, and the Chinese army on the front line also fell asleep.

Another uneventful night passed.

Then, time flew by, and the Southern Assault Cluster rested for a few more days.

On the one hand, they are replenishing the wear and tear of various materials and weapons, resting and recovering their strength, and rekindling their enthusiasm for battle.

However, this kind of idle state made Lakshen a little unbearable, and on this day, after inspecting the military camp on horseback on a hot day, he came to the headquarters to complain to Zhong Fulin.

"Old Zhong, when did we kill the capital and level the Houjin army in Goryeo? This is an important matter that can greatly relieve the pressure on our army, and I am already impatient to take action against the Tartars in the Liaodong region. ”

Zhong Fulin was pondering things in front of the map at this time, and when he heard Zhong Fulin's complaints, he said with some amusement: "Didn't you propose this plan, why are you in a hurry now?" ”

Lakshin lowered his head and muttered, "Isn't it that I've watched too much of the Three Kingdoms before, and I want to try the strategy inside, it's quite easy to write in the book, why did it come to me, it didn't work." ”

It turned out that the inaction in the past few days was a deliberate gesture made by Zhong Fulin, who wanted to sell a flaw to Suke Saha, hoping to lead the Houjin army to fight in the field outside the city.

After all, siege and street fighting have always been a mode of warfare in which it is very easy to lose troops, and if you can fight a decisive battle on the field plains where your side gives full play to its firepower superiority, this battle will be much easier to fight.

It's a pity that Sukh Saha is no longer the impulsive and hot-blooded young man who has just come of age six years ago, after several years of imprisonment, rebellion, loss of troops and other major events, Sukh Saha has become very sleek at this time.

No matter how close Zhong Fulin and Lakshen placed their southern assault cluster close to the Houjin army, how unaggressive they were, and how defenseless they behaved, they couldn't make Sukh Saha feel half excited.

Sukh Saha took his own army of 50,000 plus hundreds of thousands of aha and clothing in the capital, and he couldn't hold out.

At the same time, he also seized the time to urge his slaves to continue to build forts around the capital. It is hoped that it can develop a broader depth for the defense of Shangjing City and increase the difficulty of the Chinese army's siege.

After waiting for five days, Zhong Fulin and Lakshin put all their troops in a variety of tricks, but they failed to attract Sukh Saha.

Zhong Fulin listened to Lakshen's muttering, and put down the magnifying glass in his hand with a wry smile, "I don't have patience anymore, it seems that we all underestimated this Suke Saha." ”

"And what are you going to do next?"

"What else can I do, just follow the plan. We are not staying here for the sake of luring the enemy, but also to make time for supplies and recovery.

Now that the enemy is not fooled, and our preparations are almost done, it is natural that we should act. If the enemy doesn't come, then we should give up the naïve idea of luring the enemy and kill him. ”

"Okay, that's right, in the future, we won't play false anymore, with our strong strength, we need to get so many things out there."

Zhong Fulin shook his head, this is also a helpless move, it can be easier, who wants to be so tired.

Fortunately, in the past few days, the entire southern assault group has completely rested, regained its morale, and can participate in the next fierce battle.

On 13 September, the Southern Assault Group re-established its camp, with the reconnaissance battalion as the leader and the ranger battalion and the cavalry battalion as flank cover, and came to the outside of Shangjing and completed the initial encirclement of Shangjing.

As the capital of the former Joseon Kingdom, at the beginning of its establishment, it surveyed the conditions of transportation, defense, farmland, etc., and made partial choices among these items, reaching a compromise that could satisfy the interests of all parties.

After all, the Goryeo people, who are just small countries and widows, do not have the strong self-confidence of "the Son of Heaven guarding the country" of the Ming Dynasty that restored China's great achievements.

With the grievances and virtues of the Goryeo people, when establishing the capital, the most important condition was of course defense, and under this condition, we could talk about those conditions of commerce, transportation, and so on.

Therefore, Shangjing City is located in a V-shaped angle on the edge of the Han River, surrounded by rivers on three sides.

In order to attack Shangjing, the army units had to choose to attack from the north.