On the inner city wall of Beijing, facing the outer city wall, the defenders suffered heavy casualties. Zhang Qian's facial expression was directly covered with solemnity, and his brows, which were already full of wrinkles, wrinkled even deeper at this moment.

Of course, this solemnity did not last long, and was overshadowed by the shock that followed.

Although Zhang Qianshu was trusted by Emperor Chongzhen, he rose all the way to the first assistant of the cabinet. However, no matter what, Zhang Qianshu was a literati. Not to mention the battlefield, maybe I haven't even seen the real Tartars, let alone the sharp tactics and tactics of the Tartars on the battlefield.

However, the military department Shangshu standing beside him is not surprised.

After all, he is a border army general who climbed up step by step by virtue of his military exploits.

So just at a glance, the military department Shangshu could see the battlefield situation. When Zhang Qianshu's complex expression of shock and solemnity appeared in his eyes. A smile appeared very unexpectedly on the face of the military department. Zhang Qianshu said to his side.

"Congratulations to Lord Shoufu, judging from the attack of the Tartars just now, it seems that the Tartars besieging Beijing City are no longer doing their best. After only inflicting a certain amount of damage on us, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield...... Xia Guan boldly guessed that the Tartars who attacked the city of Beijing had given up the idea of attacking the city of Beijing since the red-coated artillery position was attacked by us, and no longer fought to the death with us. ”

Faced with this answer, Zhang Qianshu's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked: "Wait, do you mean that the Tartars, who have lost their red-coated cannons, have given up the idea of attacking Beijing City, and are about to withdraw their troops?" ”

Bingbu Shangshu nodded at first, and then shook his head again. Finally, he spoke, "My lord." The lower official thinks. Your statement, yes and no......"

"The Tartars have given up the idea of attacking the city of Beijing, that's for sure. Because, in addition to the red-coated cannons that have been destroyed, the Tartars have lost the capital to break through the city of Beijing. As long as the Tartar general still has a little sense, he knows that with the existing strength in his hands, he wants to break through Beijing City. It's already an impossible thing to do. ”

"However, whether the Tartars will withdraw their troops immediately is not something that the lower officials can deduce."

"The attack that just ended, adults should have seen it. The Tartars, with their very good horse archery, brought us heavy losses of hundreds of people at a very small cost. ”

"Xiaguan is worried that they who have completely taken Beizhili and have begun to reap the results of the battle will always station their troops outside Beijing and use the same tactics. Constantly depleting us, beating our morale......"

Zhang Qianshu breathed a sigh of relief just now. The expression of anticipation on his face was covered with heaviness again as soon as he continued to blink.

Facing the military department, he ordered with a stern face: "Lord Wei, you are good at fighting, so no matter what the Tartars outside the city have and what their purpose is, you must ensure the safety of Beijing City." The Tartars must not be allowed to attack the head of the city of Beijing. “

Tens of thousands of elite court officials and soldiers were held in the city of Beijing, and began to be attacked by thousands of Tartars round after round.

He personally commanded the tens of thousands of elite guards of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and it was also very timely to appear on the defensive line that the Houjin Army had worked so hard to build.

In the face of the tens of thousands of elites of the Tiger and Leopard Army, Huang Taiji was not to be outdone, and tens of thousands of riders were concentrated. Of course, in addition to tens of thousands of foot riders, there were also 20,000 Han slaves who had been gathered from all over Houjin in the past few days.

Like the Tartar Iron Cavalry, 20,000 Han slaves, under the orders of Huang Taiji, were divided into 20 thousand-man teams, which were managed by Manchu Qingzhuang who had not joined the army, and were scattered around the Tartar army array.

Viewed down from the air, these formations were like a thick protective ring, surrounding the Tartars.

In the face of this layout of the Tartars, all the officers at or above the division level who were holding monoculars and observing the Tartar army formation a few miles away all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

Among all the people, Wang Feng, who had the highest rank and position, asked with a puzzled face: "Dashuai, what does Huang Taiji want to do." Get a bunch of people around them. Isn't he Huang Taiji worried that after the battle begins, the people he has arranged around him may in turn impact his military formation, so that the soldiers under his command will directly fall into chaos? ”

Wei Zheng didn't speak immediately, but Wei Zheng's face became more and more gloomy.

Because, from later generations, they are very aware of the various actions of the Tartars against the Han people. At just one glance, it can be seen that Huang Taiji intends to use these Han people as meat shields, so that we cannot rest assured that the purpose of the battle.

After taking a deep breath, he said to his subordinates: "You think Huang Taiji is too simple. These tens of thousands of people around the Tartars, haven't you noticed, they are all Han people, and they are also Han people who have just looted from my Liaodong to Houjin. Not surprisingly, the sinister Huang Taiji must have wanted these people to be their cannon fodder and attack us. ”

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, none of his subordinates raised a rebuttal. Everyone's faces showed expressions that were both heavy and worried.

Because, among these subordinates standing beside Wei Zheng, many of them have been plundered by the Tartars or have been exiles.

Exiles and bandits who are also Han Chinese may do things that let ordinary people be cannon fodder and attack the enemy's military formation. Not to mention the post-golden tartars that are not as good as the beasts.

Therefore, everyone standing here agreed with what Wei Zheng said.

Now that we have agreed, we need to think about possible countermeasures. In such a situation, a very difficult decision was directly in front of them.

If the Tartars really do this, then they will only have two decisions left to shoot or not to shoot.

If you shoot, tens of thousands of people in front of you will die tragically under your own guns. The soldiers under his command were people, not animals. They could not imagine that the soldiers under their command would have the courage to pull the trigger of the musket and shoot deadly lead bullets at them when faced with unarmed civilians.

But if you don't shoot, the Tartars will rush in front of everyone under the cover of tens of thousands of people. When the time comes, the musket advantage of the soldiers will be lost.

Although everyone is very confident in their melee ability, it is undeniable that the Tartars, especially the Tartar Iron Horse, still far surpass the Haw Par Army in their melee fighting ability.

In such a situation, once the two forces are mixed together, the Haw Par Army will suffer heavy losses in close combat, even if it is not defeated.

And this is definitely not what everyone wants to see. (To be continued......)