▁while ▁fe ign ing ▁di version ary ▁assault s ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁sides . ▁This ▁fut ile ▁ende avor ▁ended ▁badly ▁and ▁the ▁Jin ▁suffered ▁some ▁two ▁to ▁three ▁thousand ▁cas ual ties ▁before ▁retre ating . ▁ ▁After math ▁ ▁Hong ▁Ta iji ▁learned ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁art illery ▁and ▁endeav ored ▁to ▁obtain ▁more ▁fire arm ▁units ▁for ▁his ▁army . ▁In ▁the ▁immediate ▁after math ▁however ▁he ▁was ▁occupied ▁with ▁fam ine ▁and ▁band it ry ▁in ▁the ▁Jin ▁real m , ▁which ▁forced ▁him ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁relief ▁supplies . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁M ing ▁success ▁in ▁battle , ▁Y uan ▁Ch ong hu an ▁was ▁im pe ached ▁for ▁lack ▁of ▁ag ency , ▁eng aging ▁with ▁the ▁Jin ▁in ▁peace ▁tal ks , ▁and ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁in va de ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Jose on , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁office . ▁He ▁was ▁eventually ▁re inst ated ▁again ▁after ▁the ▁reign ing ▁T ian qi ▁Emperor ▁died ▁and ▁the ▁Ch ong z hen ▁Emperor ▁succeeded ▁him ▁on ▁ 2 ▁October ▁ 1 6 2 7 . ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 6 2 8 ▁Y uan ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁recover ▁all ▁of ▁L ia od ong ▁in ▁just ▁five ▁years ▁if ▁the ▁court ▁followed ▁his ▁plans . ▁ ▁Unfortunately ▁for ▁him , ▁by ▁this ▁time ▁M ing ▁tre as uries ▁had ▁been ▁nearly ▁t apped ▁out ▁and ▁the ▁Ta ic ang ▁v ault ▁was ▁left ▁with ▁only ▁seven ▁million ▁ta