"Why is Your Majesty attacking the city at night? Visibility is naturally poor at night, and the defenders are high while our forces are low, which is disadvantageous for a siege!" Li Yan, a strategist who rarely showed himself in public, stood beside Li Zicheng and asked with bewilderment.
Li Zicheng held a thousand-li eye, looking through it as he said, "Liu Wenyao's vanguard has already made contact with our forces. Although Xiyao won, he tells Us that these Shandong soldiers possess no mean combat strength!"
"Secondly, the Ming Army's Governor-General of Jiliao Wang Yongji has led five thousand Guanning Army troops to suddenly appear in the Yutian area, while Wang Yongji's vanguard of one thousand has already reached the vicinity of Sanhe! When these men encountered our forces along the road, they did not proactively attack, but instead avoided us wherever possible. I fear complications arising from delay, so I have ordered Zongmin to attack the city through the night!"
Chapter 96