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The enemy was in a hurry to attack the city.

Before he figured out how to resist explosive packs and bombs, Nurhaci was not in a hurry to order an attack on the city.

But now the Later Jin army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Liaodong and is surrounded by enemies. In addition, Liaodong has implemented a strategy of shrinking defense and clearing the countryside. It is difficult for the Later Jin army to replenish food and grass consumption through looting. With only the food and grass brought by Nurhaci, it is impossible to fight a long-term war of attrition.

Originally, Nurhaci wanted to attack Haizhouwei while waiting for Xiong Tingbi to dispatch reinforcements from other places, so as to fight a field battle with the reinforcements of the Ming army.

But Lu Cheng had informed Xiong Tingbi in advance, asking the troops of all parts not to rush to rescue, and to waste time with Nurhaci first.

Nurhaci looked at Haizhou City in the distance, and thought for a long time, but he couldn't come up with any good ideas.

When the Later Jin captured Kaiyuan and Tieling, they basically relied on the spies in the city to make trouble, and the defenders were afraid of the enemy, so they could enter the city.

Despite this, the Later Jin also fought a fierce battle with the Ming army in the city.

Now that he had arrived at Haizhouwei, Nurhaci wanted to use the same trick again, but the defense of Haizhouwei was too tight, and the Later Jin could not get in touch with the spies in the city at all.

Some spies in the city were quickly captured as soon as they appeared, and they could not play any role.

In order to lure out the spies in the city, Lu Cheng also specially designed the visible and hidden guards, and set up double protection at important places such as water sources, granaries, and armories. As long as anyone dares to approach, he must be captured in the first time.

As for the city gate, those who approach without reason will be shot directly, regardless of whether it is unfair or not.

In the case of being unable to use spies, Nurhaci thought of all other methods he could think of, in addition to various siege equipment.

It is impossible to cut off the water source and the food supply. Haizhouwei has sufficient material reserves, and it is not a problem to close the city gates and defend for two or three months. As for the water source, there is a river in the south of Haizhouwei City, and the underground water source is very rich.

Digging tunnels to attack the city is even more unrealistic. The moat outside Haizhou City has also been widened and deepened, connected to the river in the south of the city, and the water is very deep.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with any good ideas. Nurhaci could only order to continue to work overtime to transform the siege equipment. He wanted to make as many equipment as possible and attack the city from multiple places to see if he could disperse the troops of Haizhou Guard and consume the gunpowder reserves of Haizhou Guard.

Last year, the Later Jin army swept across most of Liaodong and won so many victories. Many generals of the Later Jin were a little inflated. Seeing Nurhaci in a dilemma, they all asked for battle: "Khan, there are less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in Haizhou City, and the commander Lu Cheng is just a kid in his twenties. What is there to be afraid of? I am willing to lead my troops to attack the city with all my strength, and I will definitely take Haizhou within half a day."

"Khan, I am also willing to ask for orders to attack the city! Haizhou is just relying on the advantage of gunpowder, how can it be defeated? Can it stop my tens of thousands of troops?"

"I want to fight too..."

Seeing his generals asking for battle, Nurhaci was quite pleased: "Let's do this. It's late today. Let the soldiers have a good rest. When it's late at night and the soldiers on the Haizhou city wall relax their vigilance, each flag will select 200 elite soldiers to attack the city from the east and north at the same time."

"Yes!"

Late at night, the Later Jin army dispatched a large number of cavalry scattered around the periphery, constantly patrolling everywhere. Be careful to prevent the small group of cavalry under Lu Cheng from throwing explosive packs again.

These days, the Later Jin army has been tossed around a lot and has not slept well.

At three or four in the morning, when it was the darkest, the elite Eight Banners soldiers selected by the Later Jin carried light ladders and quietly moved towards the bottom of the city wall.

Until they were about to touch the base of the city wall, there was no sound on the wall. This made the Later Jin soldiers secretly rejoice, and they quickly set up ladders and prepared for a surprise attack.

However, at this moment, a row of torches suddenly lit up on the city wall, and pottery bombs were ignited and thrown down the city.

After another series of explosions, the soldiers attacking the city left a large number of corpses and turned to flee, but the city wall shot down a rain of arrows, causing heavy losses to the soldiers attacking the city.

Just as the explosion sounded at the East Gate, there was also an explosion from the North Gate.

There is no doubt that the second siege of the Later Jin did not achieve any results, but only increased some casualties.

When the siege was carried out during the day, it was not the most elite Eight Banners who died. But those sent out to attack the city at night were all the most elite.

Hundreds of Eight Banners died at once, which immediately made the flag owners of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty feel distressed.

When Nurhaci heard the explosion, he knew that this sneak attack had failed again.

When the casualties were counted at dawn, five or six hundred of the 1,600 elite Eight Banners who participated in the siege last night were left directly under the city, and some were injured or seriously injured and were receiving treatment.

This made Nurhaci very angry. The losses in the attack on Tieling, Kaiyuan and other cities were not as great as this time.

But Nurhaci was helpless. The Haizhou City in front of him was like an iron hedgehog. It would hurt if it was touched, and there was no way to bite it.

They all saw the power of the explosive packs and bombs. It would be okay if the number of people attacking the city was small, and the sacrifice would be less. If the number of people attacking the city was more, the power of the explosive packs could be more exerted, and a large area would be blown up.

After the eight banner leaders lost some soldiers, they were no longer as confident as before and did not dare to take the initiative to fight.

Nurhaci was in a dilemma at this moment. If he continued to attack, it would not only increase casualties, but also be difficult to attack. If he turned around and retreated, he would have come all the way here, and then retreated in disgrace, and the momentum accumulated by the previous victories of the Later Jin Dynasty would be gone.

Moreover, the troops of the entire Liaodong have not moved yet. If Nurhaci retreated now, the troops of the entire Liaodong would definitely move, causing him a lot of trouble.

After hesitating again and again, Nurhaci finally ordered to gather 40,000 troops and attack the city with all his strength. He must fight to take down Haizhouwei.

Of course, Nurhaci did not forget to try to persuade him to surrender, promising that as long as Lu Cheng was willing to open the city and surrender, he would forgive all the past, and he would also promote Lu Cheng to a higher position, marry his beloved daughter to Lu Cheng, and so on.

Lu Cheng waited for the envoy to finish speaking, then drew his bow and shot him down with one arrow. Then he spoke loudly to the soldiers around him: "A mere Jiannu barbarian wants me to surrender? Even if Nurhachi sent all the women in his family to be my maids, I would still think they are ugly."

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the city wall laughed.

The battle to defend the city had been going on for several days. There were basically no casualties on the city wall. Except for a few unlucky people who were hit by the arrows of the Later Jin Dynasty, the rest of the means could not reach the soldiers on the city wall.

As for the catapults, the artillery on the Haizhou city wall could also play a role.

Then, Nurhachi angrily ordered the 40,000 troops to be divided into three routes and attack Haizhou City from the east, west and north at the same time.

A tragic siege began. There were continuous explosions outside the three walls. Groups of Houjin soldiers came to die, and the bodies under the walls piled up into a hill.

While attacking the city, Houjin also built some catapults, but their power was a little insufficient, barely scratching the walls of Haizhouwei.

The siege lasted for most of the day, and Houjin threw more than 2,000 bodies outside Haizhou City. Nurhaci finally ordered to stop the attack.

At this point in the battle, Nurhaci knew that he could not continue. It was probably impossible to use up the gunpowder in Haizhou City.

If this continued, Houjin would be seriously injured.

After thinking again and again, Nurhaci decided to withdraw his troops. But this time, the army went out to fight, not only lost soldiers and generals, but also consumed a lot of money and food. If he returned empty-handed, I am afraid that the flag owners under him would be dissatisfied.

After some consideration, Nurhaci set his sights on a peninsula in the southeast.

In the Battle of Sarhu, the Joseon Dynasty sent troops to help the Ming Dynasty. After the Battle of Sarhu, the Later Jin Dynasty subdued many Joseon Dynasty soldiers and persuaded some Joseon Dynasty generals to surrender through these soldiers.

But even so, the Later Jin Dynasty still coveted Joseon Dynasty for a long time.

Now that Liaodong is not easy to bite, it is better to change to something easier to bite. The persimmon must be picked soft. It is necessary to avoid the emergence of internal conflicts through the victory of external wars.

Afterwards, Nurhaci ordered to withdraw the camp.

However, at this time, Nurhaci did not know what kind of losses this withdrawal would cause to the Later Jin Dynasty...