Seeing that Huang Taiji nodded with a satisfied face, Fan Wencheng continued to speak: "Great Khan, the slave can tell you for sure, the partial division you sent out by the Great Khan has secretly completed the assembly, and by tomorrow morning at the latest, you can launch an attack on the border pass where the Ming army is empty, and before the Ming court does not react, take the border pass, kill into the pass, and plunder the population and various materials urgently needed by the Jin country after me in the area of Zhili in the north of the Ming Dynasty......"

"Therefore, the minions, please rest assured that this expedition will definitely end with the complete victory of the Jin Kingdom after me."

After the sumptuous dinner was over, in a burst of laughter and longing, outside Xuanfu, a nine-sided important town hundreds of miles away from Liaoyang, dense Houjin Iron Cavalry, Khan Eight Banner soldiers, like wolves smelling blood, assembled around Xuanfu.

In less than a few hours, the grassland powerhouse, less than three miles away from Xuanfu City, gathered almost 20,000 troops.

And at this moment, Xuanfu, an important border town, not only did not find more and more Tartars outside the city, but the troops were empty and there was no preparation at all.

As an important border town guarding the capital, Xuanfu City has stationed 10,000 border troops all year round, and has set up a general military officer of Zhengsanpin to command the elite of this 10,000 border army.

However, in order to deal a fatal blow to the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army, he faced the conditions proposed by the Later Jin Emperor Taiji to send troops. Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it, and reduced the strength of the important town of Xuanfu from 10,000 to less than 5,000 now.

More importantly, in order to fight against the strong firearms of the Tiger and Leopard Army and prevent the Shanxi Tiger and Leopard Army, another soldier was sent to the imperial court to force the capital. Emperor Chongzhen actually transferred all the thirty red-clothed cannons arranged by the imperial court in the important town of Xuanfu to the capital, leaving only some Franc machine artillery with a range of less than two miles. It is used to guard against the Houjin Tartar outside the customs.

After facing the outside of the pass, the army of the Golden Tartars gathered. The important town of Xuanfu stretched for several miles on the city wall. Only less than 500 border soldiers were on duty.

At this moment, if it were not for the fact that most people in this era have night blindness, they are not suitable for field warfare. Tens of thousands of Houjin Tartars, perhaps with just one charge, they can take down the city wall without the slightest preparation, enter the important town of Xuanfu, and take advantage of the situation to capture this nine-sided important town of the Ming court.

However, because of the effects of night blindness. The Tartar commander, who commanded tens of thousands of troops, did not act rashly and launched an attack that was not too certain.

He was waiting, waiting until dawn, and then using a hard-hitting method to capture the important town in front of him that blocked his entry. Then, the long drive went straight in, so that the Ming court really saw the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army.

Cavalry origin, and very well aware that the Later Jin Iron Cavalry is not good at besieging the Tartar commanders. There is only one reason why he is so confident in capturing the important town of Xuanfu. That's the fifty red-coated cannons that I see as treasures. Of course, there are also the 10,000 Khan and Eight Banner soldiers that Huang Taiji assigned to him.

Soon, two hours passed. The night that shrouded the town of Xuanfu slowly dissipated.

When the city wall of Xuanfu is as high as four battles, it looms in the field of vision of the Houjin Tartar. A very rapid horn sounded directly in Xuanfu City.

You don't have to guess to know that the defenders of Xuanfu have discovered the storage of the Houjin Tartar outside the city.

When the important town of Xuanfu was in a mess with the sound of the horn. More than 20,000 Houjin troops, under the orders of the commander-in-chief, pushed red-coated cannons weighing thousands of catties, carried siege ladders, and drove out of the barracks. Then, like a huge wave, it was pressed towards the Xuanfu.

In the Xuanfu General Soldier's Mansion, facing the city wall, the horn suddenly sounded. Huang Guodong, the chief military officer, jumped up from his seat like a frightened rabbit.

Because the horn sound I heard was the horn sound that I hadn't heard for more than a year, and it represented the invasion of a strong enemy. Once this kind of horn sound sounds, it means that the important town of Xuanfu under his feet will experience an unprecedented bloody battle.

So, Huang Guodong, the chief military officer with a shocked face, directly threw down the breakfast that had not been eaten and rushed to the lobby of the general military mansion. Not only that, but one after another orders were also issued from Huang Guodong's mouth.

"Order, all the soldiers of the Xuanfu will immediately go to the city wall and prepare to meet the enemy......"

"The generals of the whole army and above will immediately go up to the city wall with the general to see who dares to attack Xuanfu at this time......

Soon, Huang Guodong, surrounded by more than a dozen generals, climbed the city gate tower with up to six battles.

At the same time, 5,000 soldiers of the border army were also ready to guard the city wall.

Obviously, these people are all veterans of the battlefield in the imperial court, and they are no longer surprised by the situation in front of them.

However, when they clearly saw the strength and strength of the Houjin army, the calm expression on their faces, like an uncertain sky, was replaced by solemnity in the blink of an eye.

Because, there are too many Houjin troops gathered outside the city. Not only that, but these Houjin troops were even equipped with a large number of red-coated cannons that they were not equipped with.

Of course, the same face changed greatly, as well as the chief military officer Huang Guodong and more than a dozen generals behind him.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, with monoculars in their hands, they can see the strength and equipment of the Houjin army outside the city more clearly.

When Huang Guodong put down the binoculars, a face had been unconsciously replaced by solemnity.

After taking a deep breath, he complained to his subordinates behind him: "Didn't the imperial court say that in a short period of time, Houjin would not attack us. In this case, what is going on with the tens of thousands of Houjin troops outside the city, could it be that they fell from the sky, who can tell me, why did so many Houjin troops suddenly appear in front of us. And we, without even noticing, watched the enemy soldiers approaching the city without any reaction......"

The deputy chief soldier beside him hurriedly replied: "My lord, there is no point in caring about these anymore. Since the imperial court transferred troops from us, the guards of the soldiers against the Houjin army began to relax. ”

"If the town is to blame, it is the responsibility of the imperial court. If it weren't for the imperial court transferring troops from us and suing us, the Jin army would not have launched an attack on us in a short time, and the soldiers would not have been so careless and negligent. ”

"So, the last general thinks. We should be thinking about it now. How to block the attack of the Houjin army. And held out until the arrival of reinforcements. ”

Hearing this, the anger on Huang Guodong's face was directly replaced by solemnity, and he ordered loudly: "Then what are you still doing in a daze, immediately rush eight hundred miles, report to the imperial court, the Houjin army has launched an attack on my Xuanfu town, please send reinforcements to the imperial court quickly." Otherwise. The important town of Xuanfu, which was empty of troops, would definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Houjin army. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Guodong seemed to have thought of something, and then added: "Also, it must be noted in the newspaper that the Houjin army, which attacked the important town of Xuanfu, was also equipped with almost fifty red-coated cannons. The Qing Imperial Court quickly adjusted the red-coated cannon to reinforce the important town of Xuanfu. ”

As soon as the deputy general with a solemn face left, Huang Guodong's heavy voice sounded again.

"Brothers. The strength of the Houjin Army outside the city, everyone has seen it. And the situation of our troops and equipment. Everyone knows it. The general can tell everyone with certainty that if the Houjin army outside the city launches an attack on us with all its might, we will definitely not be able to hold the Xuanfu under our feet without the red-coated cannons. ”

"However, what I am going to tell everyone is that we are all the elite of the border army trained by the imperial court at great expense. Even if you know you can't hold it, you have to defend it for me until the last person dies in battle. ”

"Because, behind us, live our family, thousands of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty. We are staying here for the sake of the court, for the sake of these people, and for ourselves......"

"If you have a lot of words, I won't say much, I hope everyone will bring their subordinates on the battlefield. Ben will personally command the guards and act as a team of overseers, supervising the battle behind everyone. If Ben will find that there are soldiers who dare to retreat privately, no matter how high or low the official position is, Ben will definitely be killed. ”

In the blink of an eye, the dense Houjin army rushed to a position of 500 steps outside the city.

In order to avoid the Franc machine equipped by the official army from causing damage to itself, the mighty Houjin army stopped here directly. Then, the erection of the red-coated cannon was set up and the line-up was formed.

Soon, fifty red-coated cannons raised their black holes.

A thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan armed with muskets, with a phalanx of 1,000 people, stood very neatly behind the red-coated cannons.

As for the more than 10,000 iron cavalry that Hou Jin called elite, they followed closely behind Khan's Eight Banners and acted as a supervising team with a solemn face.

"Boom, boom......, boom, boom" sounded with a roaring shelling in the artillery positions of the Houjin Army. Fifty flowering shells, with a screeching sound, flew out of the barrel of the cannon, crossed the gap between friend and foe more than five hundred paces, and flew towards the city wall.

Fifty flowering shells, although due to the rustiness of the gunners, only less than five flowering shells smashed on the city wall, causing less than thirty casualties to the defenders. However, it was these five flowering bombs that had a very big impact on the morale of the defenders.

Because, in the battle between the border army and the Houjin army, it was the border army that bombed the Houjin army with shells. After that, the only thing that the Jin army could inflict casualties on the border troops was their very skilled cavalry shooting.

And in front of him, it was himself who was shelled and exploded by a large part of the flowering bomb.

Not only that, but after he was shelled, he had no way to fight back, so he could only watch the Houjin army shoot round after round of flowering catapults at him.

In this case, it is not that he even has the only advantage in firearms.

The loss of firearms superiority, coupled with the invincible cavalry of the Houjin army. In the entire Houjin army's attack, he who held the city wall could not only be beaten passively......

In the face of this very cruel fact in front of them, the faces of all the soldiers showed an unprecedented heaviness.

Of course, underneath this heavy expression, there are also worries about your future.

Although the generals at all levels scattered among them are desperately trying to boost their morale and keep them out of the artillery fire. However, in the face of the cruel truth, what they did seemed so futile and useless.

As the shelling of the Houjin army continued, the quasi-casting got better and better, and more and more flowering shells began to hit the city, harvesting their lives. The defenders, with heavy expressions, finally began to move in the face of imminent death.

The officers around him, although trying their best to prevent the chaos from happening, even did not hesitate to kill people. However, it still doesn't make much difference. The only thing that was fortunate to arrive was that although the defenders were in disarray, no one rushed down the wall and fled. (To be continued......)