"According to some thinking, the main force of the Dongjiang Army is launched in southern Liaoning, and the enemies in Liaodong will also cooperate to contain our army."

Gong Adai stood still on the city wall, looking at the lights in the camp in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Lianshan Pass, Benxi has probably been attacked by the enemy."

Babutai smiled bitterly and said: "According to Guo Dajing's acting style, I think so too. It's just that the enemy's advance action was indeed unexpected."

"Obviously, we fell into the trap and were deceived." Gong Adai sighed and said: "Now that we have all assembled, we have fallen behind. Furthermore, if the autumn harvest is affected, even if the enemy is repelled, the situation will not be optimistic."

Babutai strongly agreed that the Dongjiang Army's early action was indeed very vicious.

Even if the Dongjiang Army's attack is temporarily repelled, the autumn harvest will be poor and the situation will not be reversed, and it will even get worse.

"The population of Dongjiang Town is constantly increasing so that their army can concentrate on fighting." Babutai shook his head with some regret and said: "Too many Liao people were killed in the past, and the fleeing people could not be effectively stopped."

Gong Adai smiled bitterly and said: "Who would have thought of the current situation. Insufficient manpower has always been Daikin's flaw, but it has not been taken seriously, and it is true that it cannot support such a large population."

After the Jianru rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, they only had a population of several hundred thousand, but faced millions of Liao people. How to rule became a problem.

The old slave adopted the crudest and simplest method, which was massacre. He killed those who had no food first, then those who had food, and massacred cities and towns at every turn, causing a large number of fleeing people to fight to the death for their lives.

In the previous period, the Jianlu were able to plunder a large amount of food and supplies, such as the Battle of Guangning, which was enough to sustain them for several years.

But in the later period of Lao Nu's rule, until they stopped at Ningyuan, there was no place where the Jianlu could plunder a large number of people and materials, and the crisis came.

In the year when Lao Nu died, until Huang Taiji ascended the throne, it should have been a very difficult period for Jianlu.

It is a pity that Yuan Chonghuan could not seize the opportunity and could only build cities and fortifications. He did not dare to take the initiative at all and even ignored his friendly troops.

After Ding Mao's rebellion, Jianlu crippled Dongjiang Town and plundered the population, money and materials. Relying on these, they managed to survive the difficult period.

But in the second year of Chongzhen's reign, the great famine that swept across Mobei once again put Jianlu into trouble. If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't sold grain to the enemy and Jianlu wanted to take a detour to enter the pass, the food problem on the road would have been difficult to solve.

Unfortunately, the emergence of Guo Dajing and the Dongjiang Army, which had been working hard for several years, shattered Huang Taiji's attempt to plunder the population and materials, leaving Jianlu in ruins and an irreversible decline.

Now, Jianlu is short of both men and materials. The disastrous defeat in Liaodong has failed and the plot to plunder North Korea has failed. All that is left is to survive.

Like a person on the verge of death, Jianlu was still struggling desperately, trying to take a few more breaths. Unfortunately, the outcome was doomed. As long as Guo Dajing was still there, they had no chance to make a comeback.

Whether regretful or helpless, the slave chiefs have been unable to solve the population problem. The number of armies is patchwork. Bearded soldiers and young soldiers are no longer uncommon. The labor force for farming and production is even more scarce. How long can it last?

Gong Adai and Babutai could already imagine the situation after this battle. Due to the concentration of troops for the battle, large areas of crops were left unharvested and left to rot in the fields. Food would become a problem.

Looking outside the city, Babutai said in a low voice: "The main force of the enemy in southern Liaoning should be more than this. They must be still gathering momentum, waiting for the opportunity and looking for loopholes."

Gong Adai lowered his eyes, convinced of this judgment, and said slowly: "I only saw Guo Dajing's commanding flag. Mao Wenlong was either sitting in command, or leading another regiment to spy on the opportunity."

"Liaoyang is the enemy's target." Babutai pondered for a moment and said: "Anshan Station is just an outpost. The enemy must capture it, but our army does not have to defend it."

Whether or not to defend to the death depends mainly on the meaning above. Obviously, sending only five thousand reinforcements shows the intention.

Since he was unwilling to invest too much in Anshan Station, Babutai felt that it was enough to do his best, and that he would be useful and not have to live or die with the city.

Gong Adai glanced at Babutai and felt that he lacked confidence. It was probably due to being frightened by the enemy's artillery fire during the daytime battle and losing all positions outside the city.

"If nothing can be done, it would be wise to preserve some strength and strengthen Liaoyang's defense." Gong Adai finally expressed his stance, which made Babutai feel relieved.

Although Babutai still had to rely on Anshan Fort to fight against the Dongjiang Army, he became opposed to holding on to the end. This was also the impact of the daytime battle on him.

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Of course, Gong Adai's words also come with a condition, that is, things cannot be done.

Moreover, he left all his war horses outside the southwest gate and left a small number of people to guard them. This may have been to prevent artillery bombardment from the Dongjiang Army, or it may also have been intended to facilitate retreat.

Of course, this depends on their combat deployment, how much damage they can inflict on the Dongjiang Army, and how much victory they can achieve.

Boom, boom, boom... A bright light flashed in the distance, and more than a dozen mortar shells passed through the air, sparks flashing in the air, and falling into the city one after another like meteors.

A moment later, there was an explosion. Fires flashed one after another in the city, and deflagration bombs ignited the houses. The fire was not big.

"The enemy wants to attack at night?" Babutai frowned and ordered people to protect Gong Adai while continuing to look outside the city.

It stands to reason that night fighting is unfavorable to the Dongjiang Army. The muskets flashed, but the bows and arrows were silent. In the darkness, the two armies fought hard, and it was difficult for the Dongjiang Army to take advantage of its firepower advantage.

But there is no common sense in war, and water has no permanent shape. Who knows whether the Dongjiang Army will go the other way, and Babutai did not dare to judge in his heart.

There was no movement outside the city. They just fired a few cannons at random, as if to scare people.

"It should be a tactic used to tire out the enemy." Gong Adai blinked and guessed, "Zhuge Liang once used this tactic to make his opponent sleepless at night and had no choice but to retreat."

Babutai nodded and did not dare to be careless. He ordered the garrison on the city to strengthen their vigilance and not to let down their guard.

He accompanied Gong Adai down to the city and set up a temporary tent behind the city wall to guard against sudden artillery bombardment.

That night, it seemed that just as Gong Adai had judged, the Dongjiang Army used the technique of exhausting the enemy. In more than an hour or two hours, they launched an artillery bombardment. It was not much, just a salvo bombardment from more than a dozen artillery pieces.

In fact, Jianlu only guessed half of it right, but they didn't know the importance of the other half, and it was the most deadly.

Tunnel operations may make noise, so in order to cover it up, the Dongjiang Army not only shelled, but also launched small groups of sheep attacks from time to time, approaching the city wall and letting Jianlu deliberately see it.
Chapter completed!