, ▁sal lied ▁forth ▁with ▁ 2 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁enemy ▁in ▁open ▁battle . ▁One ▁b anner ▁proceeded ▁to ▁attack ▁Li ' s ▁troops , ▁who ▁managed ▁to ▁kill ▁a ▁Jin ▁officer ▁with ▁can non ▁fire ▁before ▁retre ating . ▁Nur ha ci ▁pulled ▁back ▁his ▁troops ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁M ing ▁can n ons ▁and ▁camp ed ▁near ▁F eng j ib ao . ▁M ing ▁sc outs ▁tried ▁to ▁sp y ▁on ▁Jin ▁cam ps ▁that ▁night , ▁but ▁were ▁captured ▁and ▁executed . ▁The ▁next ▁day ▁Li ▁tried ▁to ▁eng age ▁the ▁Jin ▁army ▁again ▁with ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁troops . ▁The ▁battle ▁ended ▁in ▁complete ▁defeat ▁for ▁Li ▁and ▁the ▁Jin ▁took ▁F eng j ib ao . ▁ ▁From ▁F eng j ib ao ▁the ▁Jin ▁army ▁advanced ▁towards ▁Sh eny ang . ▁When ▁they ▁reached ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁Hun ▁River ▁they ▁ere cted ▁def enses ▁and ▁made ▁camp . ▁ ▁The ▁command ers ▁of ▁Sh eny ang , ▁He ▁Sh ix ian ▁and ▁You ▁Sh ig ong , ▁had ▁d ug ▁mo ats ▁and ▁ere cted ▁pal is ades ▁around ▁Sh eny ang . ▁C ann ons ▁and ▁fire ar ms ▁were ▁deployed . ▁Not ▁wanting ▁to ▁meet ▁M ing ▁fire power ▁head ▁on , ▁Nur ha ci ▁opt ed ▁to ▁conduct ▁ra ids ▁on ▁the ▁city ' s ▁out sk ir ts ▁and ▁pill age ▁the ▁surrounding ▁area ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁Sh eny ang '