0 0 ▁had ▁been ▁dispatch ed ▁and ▁was ▁on ▁its ▁way ▁to ▁bes ie ge ▁Sh eny ang . ▁News ▁of ▁this ▁reached ▁Nur ha ci , ▁who ▁r ushed ▁his ▁b ann ers ▁out ▁to ▁confront ▁the ▁M ing ▁before ▁they ▁could ▁ent rench ▁themselves ▁around ▁the ▁city . ▁T aken ▁by ▁surprise , ▁the ▁M ing ▁army ▁was ▁only ▁able ▁to ▁fire ▁their ▁guns ▁once ▁before ▁the ▁Jin ▁caval ry ▁was ▁upon ▁them . ▁The ▁Jin ▁caval ry ▁caught ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁pin cer ▁attack , ▁col laps ing ▁one ▁side ▁then ▁another , ▁until ▁the ▁entire ▁army ▁broke . ▁They ▁ch ased ▁the ▁scattered ▁rem n ants ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁before ▁re group ing . ▁Next ▁Nur ha ci ▁intercept ed ▁another ▁army ▁from ▁L ia oy ang ▁and ▁defeated ▁it ▁in ▁quick ▁succession . ▁ ▁See ing ▁that ▁M ing ▁def enses ▁had ▁dis integr ated , ▁Nur ha ci ▁proceeded ▁to ▁in va de ▁L ia oy ang , ▁where ▁Y uan ▁Y ing ta i ▁was ▁head qu arter ed . ▁First ▁Nur ha ci ▁directed ▁one ▁b anner ▁to ▁cut ▁off ▁the ▁city ' s ▁water ▁supply ▁and ▁another ▁to ▁begin ▁sa pping ▁the ▁east ▁wall . ▁Nur ha ci ' s ▁own ▁b ann ers ▁began ▁construct ing ▁sie ge ▁works . ▁M ing ▁forces ▁r ushed ▁out ▁with ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁and ▁fired ▁their ▁guns ▁at ▁the ▁Jin , ▁who ▁engaged ▁them ▁in ▁open ▁combat , ▁suffering ▁heavy ▁cas