Seeing Liu Jingting who was knocking and crying, Su Tiancheng didn't say anything, and asked Liu Jingting to take a good rest, at this time it was late at night for the rebel army, and the Jiangning battalion army was ready to attack.

Liu Jingting wiped away his tears, the emperor must save him, he was completely clear, if it wasn't for the emperor to say such cruel words, he wouldn't have thought about being able to leave Tianjin, and when Jiang Ningying contributed to Tianjin, he wouldn't be able to live.

Liu Jingting's mind is still very sober, he hurriedly reported the situation he saw in Tianjin City, and at the same time expressed his own judgment, thinking that the Jiangning Battalion took Tianjin City, the problem is not very big, don't look at the Ming army stationed in Tianjin There are a lot of people, but they don't have much fighting spirit, and they can't get the support of the people, such an army can't have a strong battle, and it can't hold out for a long time, and if you see a little setback, it will collapse quickly.

Su Tiancheng listened carefully, and kept nodding his head.

The fortifications of Tianjin, the scouts have long been clear, and have learned the lessons of the early days of entering the North Zhili, Liu Tiehan later personally participated in the investigation, and Liu Tiehan, who was in a high position, personally participated in the investigation, which was a great encouragement for the scouts, and it was also the greatest stimulus and spur. found out the situation and reported it to Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou, which also made Hong Chengchou make up his mind and start attacking immediately.

Now hearing what Liu Jingting said, Hong Chengchou made up his mind to attack immediately.

After Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi retreated to Tianjin, although they suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Cangzhou, and Dolgon also led the Houjin Tartars to withdraw without authorization, but after all, there were more than 200,000 troops gathered around Tianjin, if they held the city of Tianjin. It is more than enough for so many sergeants, and besides, Chen Xinjia has learned a lesson and will not start a large-scale field battle with the Jiangning battalion, he thought of Yuan Chonghuan in the past, who also led the army and guarded Ningyuan City. Didn't he also defeat the many attacks of the Houjin Tartars, yes, the artillery of the Jiangning battalion is very sharp, and the siege of the city can play a major role, but for so long, Chen Xinjia has also learned that Su Tiancheng will not easily destroy a city, besides, there are so many ordinary people in Tianjin. If the reckless bombing of the Jiangning battalion caused the deaths of countless civilians, would Su Tiancheng, who was already the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, be able to bear the infamy of history.

Because of the important position of Tianjin, the city is also very strong, and it can play a very good role in resisting artillery attacks. Didn't do anything else, in just a few days. The condition of the city walls was inspected and urgent repairs were carried out.

With these preparations, Chen Xinjia still has a certain degree of confidence.

Of course, Su Tiancheng may also bypass Tianjin and attack the capital directly, in that case. It is possible for the emperor to directly mobilize the border army of eastern Liaodong to defend the capital and resist the Jiangning battalion, and the city of the capital is more solid, and it is easy to attack. If the Liaodong Border Army and the Jiangning Battalion form a confrontation, Chen Xinjia can lead the army to attack the Jiangning Battalion from behind, and the Liaodong Frontier Army and the Datong Border Army, as well as some Ming troops, are nearly 500,000 people, so many troops, can it be said that they will still be afraid of the courage of the Jiangning Battalion.

Therefore, when Chen Xinjia deployed his troops, the troops placed on the periphery of Tianjin city were very few, and they were all placed by the guards army, and the total number of troops outside the city was only 30,000, and most of these 30,000 people were close to the city wall.

When Liu Jingting came to persuade him to surrender, Chen Xinjia also had a trace of hesitation, in the long run, the Ming court is irresistible, and the discerning people are clear, the fall of the Ming court is a sure thing, it is impossible to resist the Jin Dynasty, not to mention that the rich south is all occupied by the Jin Dynasty, even if it is the north, the rest is the North Zhili area, Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places, can not be kept at all, in this case, what does the court rely on to maintain. The most terrible thing is that Su Tiancheng is called the emperor, and the world's scholars have different opinions, not all of them are opposed, from the perspective of public opinion, Su Tiancheng has been supported, and after he ascends the throne, he will be able to act well in the government.

But Chen Xinjia will not do this, the emperor's grace, he can't forget, when he was in Liaodong, he suffered a fiasco, returned to the capital, and was imprisoned in the prison, Chen Xinjia did not defend at all, he lost tens of thousands of Liaodong border troops, and let the brave general Zu Dale of the Liaodong border army sacrifice his life, these things, he will not forget. Unexpectedly, the emperor did not hold him responsible, but instead made him the deputy assistant of the cabinet and once again grasped the power, in this case, if he betrayed the court, he would really be a disloyal and unrighteous person.

As for why he didn't kill Liu Jingting, Chen Xinjia didn't think about it for his family, since the Ming Dynasty may have fallen, there are no eggs under the nest, and the family has died, and it is not a big deal, the key is Wang Daozhi's attitude, Wang Daozhi insisted on letting Liu Jingting go, thinking that he could not kill Liu Jingting, nor could he escort him to the capital, in fact, at this time, the Ming army could not escort Liu Jingting to the capital.

It's a pity that Chen Xinjia's own determination is very firm, but he can't control the minds of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, including Wang Daozhi's thoughts, he can't control them.

After dawn, He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu led the leading troops to attack.

The two led an army of 20,000 with the aim of cleaning up the Ming army on the periphery, and the plan was planned to take two days.

It's a pity that the battle situation went smoothly, beyond everyone's imagination, the attack just began, the Ming army on the periphery fled in the direction of the city, running faster than rabbits, all the fortifications built did not play any role, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion did not even have a chance to fight with the opponent.

The attack began at midday, not at noon, and all the strongholds on the periphery were cleared.

He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu held their stomachs, they led the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, not fighting at all, but marching, the army drove all the way over, and did not start to prepare to charge, and the artillery did not have time to fire, people turned around and ran away, and it was difficult to catch up, there were trenches dug out everywhere, a little carelessly, even people and horses fell into it, either dead or wounded, and some trenches were also inserted with bamboo sticks, He Renlong could only order the soldiers to take soil on the spot and bury these trenches, Some of the trenches that are really difficult to bury are clearly marked on them.

Just after noon, the vanguard led by He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu was only two miles away from the Tianjin city wall.

The tall and mighty city wall in the distance can already be seen very clearly, the bridge of the moat is hoisted, and the city wall is densely guarded by the heavily armed Ming army.

After Hong Chengchou received the report, he was a little caught off guard, he didn't expect that in such a quick time, he would clear the strongholds on the periphery, the emperor's meaning, the Spring Festival is about to be celebrated, in order to avoid large casualties, don't be in a hurry when attacking, try to cherish the lives of the soldiers, and would rather attack slower, but he didn't expect that the Ming army actually gave up resistance and fled back to the city directly, which shows that the morale of the Ming army has been extremely low.

When Hong Chengchou entered the house, before he could speak, Su Tiancheng spoke first.

"I already know the situation, I didn't expect such a situation, Chen Xinjia was bent on resisting, and I probably didn't expect that the Ming army under his command would have no fighting spirit at all, in this case, he could attack the city immediately."

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested ......"

"Lord Hong, don't say anything about advice, you are the boss, just make a decision directly."

"The minister obeys the order, the minister's idea, no, the minister's decision is to attack Tianjin in accordance with the way of attacking Dalinghe City, since the Ming army does not have the slightest fighting spirit, relying on nothing more than a strong city wall, the minister thinks that the artillery battalion concentrated firepower, blew up part of the city wall, and the soldiers rushed into the city along the gap that was blown out, presumably the Ming army will not do much stubborn resistance."

Su Tiancheng nodded lightly.

"This method is good, but I want to remind you that the total number of Ming troops in the city is more than 200,000, don't have the idea of underestimating the enemy, the Datong border army still has a certain combat effectiveness, I still say that, if you can avoid casualties, minimize casualties, and make the rest of the deployment, you make the decision."

The army of the Jiangning battalion quickly took action, the artillery battalion selected a suitable position, set up artillery, and the muzzles of the guns were all facing the direction of the south gate, and their duty was to blow up the moat and blow out a gap in the city wall.

The soldiers also moved, more than 100,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, divided into three echelons, the first echelon is a total of 40,000 people, mainly elite cavalry, after the artillery stopped bombing, the attack, the second echelon is 50,000 people, after the first echelon enters the city, followed by rushing in, mainly to prevent the lack of troops entering the city, the remaining soldiers are organized into the third echelon, which belongs to the role of the reserve, unless special circumstances occur, otherwise the third echelon has no specific combat mission.

The commander of the first echelon is Sun Chuanting, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo assisted, this time Sun Chuanting finally got his wish, he was able to lead the soldiers, and he rushed into the city first, which can be regarded as a dream come true.

The commander of the second echelon was personally served by Hong Chengchou, assisted by He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu.

The commander of the third echelon was Liu Tiehan.

The deployment of the army was quickly completed, and the attack was to begin the next day. (To be continued......)