Under Liu Rengui's command, the shield soldiers standing in front of the Jing Family Army dispersed to make way for the artillery soldiers behind them.
A group of artillery soldiers pushed dozens of Sky Cannons forward and aimed their cannons at the gate of Jinzhou City on the Liaodong Peninsula.
Originally, Jinzhou was guarded by the Ming Dynasty Jinzhou Guards, but after the Qing Dynasty Tartars massacred the city, all the guards and city towers on the Liaodong Peninsula were replaced by the Eight Banners Army.
Yang Jing sent Liu Rengui here for the purpose of starting from Jinzhou City, the Jing Family Army would go all the way north along the coast and destroy all the city gates and Tartars.
After a short period of consideration, the artillery was ready.
Seeing this, Liu Rengui waved his hand." Fire! Fire!”
As soon as the order was given, the artillery waiting beside the Sky Cannon took the torch that had been prepared earlier and lit the fuse neatly.
The fuse quickly burned to the end. Immediately after, dozens of cannonballs shot out from the cannon barrel, streaking across the night sky and falling toward the Jinzhou City gate.
" Bang bang bang-bang!"
Several loud noises rang out at the city gate. The Tartars guarding the city gate could not dodge in time and were instantly blown into a pile of mud, their arms and legs broken.
The burning shells exploded one after another at the city gate, bringing up a cloud of smoke.
A few Tartars huddled in the corner of the city gate tower were trembling in fear when they heard the commotion outside.
They had never seen such a battle formation.
He had never seen the thousands of ships docked at the port.
"Who are those people?"
"Why are their ships so big?!”
"Moreover, their cannons are several times more powerful than ours.”
"What should we do? Are we going to throw our lives here?”
One of the Tartars shook his head and said,"Let's take advantage of the chaos and run. We must rush back to the guard station and call for the guards in the city!”
After saying that, they carefully stood up and bent over, preparing to leave quietly.
Who knew that they had only taken a few steps with their backs bent when a cannonball quietly slid down from behind them and exploded under their feet.
The few of them were instantly scared out of their wits.
The cannonballs continued to bombard the city. Wherever the cannonballs passed, the Tartars would scream in pain. The city walls would collapse, and the sturdy city gates would be blasted open.
Liu Rengui saw the gates of Jinzhou City open. He laughed heartily and then shouted loudly.
"Jing family army, listen up!"
"Charge in!"
"Kill all the Tartars in the city, regardless of gender or age!”
"All the gold, silver, cattle, and sheep of the Tartars will be robbed!”
"Burn everything that can't be taken away!"
"Yes!"
" Burn them all, rob them all, kill them all!!"
The Jing Family's army responded loudly and rushed into Jinzhou City with their weapons raised.
When the Tartar Army in the city saw the hundred thousand men of the Jing Family Army rushing in, they were scared witless and ran desperately to the Liaodong Tartar Army's base camp to report the news.
The Jing Family Army would not give them this chance.
The Jing Family's soldiers who had charged into the city building were well-trained and had their muskets set up. They pulled their longbows and took their positions under the command of each hundred or thousand households.
When they were ready, they would shoot or shoot.
For a moment, arrows rained down on the main road of Jinzhou City. The Manchu Tartars struggled to pass through the rain of bullets.
The Tartar soldiers in Jinzhou City were quickly defeated by this fierce attack, some dead and some injured.
Because the Jinzhou Tartar Guards were far away, there were too few scattered defenders in the city, so they had no strength to fight against the night attack of the Jing family army. They could only fight and retreat.
In just an hour, the Jing Army had slaughtered all the Tartars in Jinzhou.
Wherever the Jing Family Army passed, the houses where the Tartars lived were in a sea of fire, and the corpses of the Tartars were everywhere on both sides of the road.
The cattle and sheep reared by the Tartars were all sent to the boats at the rear. Along with the cattle and sheep, there were many gold, silver, and antique paintings.
The Manchu Tartars were mainly the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou.
Jianzhou Jurchen were a nomadic race, and they didn't have much cultural heritage.
Most of the books, paintings, and calligraphy in their hands had been obtained by plundering and harassing the Central Plains in recent years.
Now that he had taken back these things, it could be considered as returning them to their original owners.
Liu Rengui looked at these items and was shocked.
He had never thought that the Ming Dynasty, which was hundreds of years away from the Great Tang, would have reached such a state.
A large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and even calligraphy and paintings were lost. They were all snatched away by the barbarians in the north!
Fortunately, Yang Jing commanded well. When the Hui Prefecture was invaded, he immediately chose to return the favor and directly formed a navy to cross the sea to slaughter the Tartars.
This move really made the Han people who had been sullen for a long time feel proud!
Liu Rengui was not the only one who felt carefree in this battle. The soldiers of the Jing Family, who were originally Ming soldiers, were now completely stimulated by the courage of men.
Previously, when they were working for the Ming Dynasty, they could not defeat the Tartars, so they could only endure it. Although it was not to the extent of ceding land and paying reparations, they could only watch the people suffer and be slaughtered.
Who would have thought that there would be such a scene of killing the Tartars with his own hands?
Not only could they cross the ocean to Liaodong, but they could also slaughter the Tartars and take revenge on the Tartars for harassing the Han.
In addition, he could even snatch cattle and sheep from the Tartars.
This was something that the Great Ming Dynasty had been unable to do for decades after its decline.
He did not expect Yang Jing to do it so easily.
Looking at the golden spoils of war and the flocks of cattle and sheep, the morale of the Jing Family Army rose even higher.
After they cleaned up Jinzhou, they quickly returned to the port and boarded the ship before the large number of defenders arrived. They headed straight for the remaining small ports on the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Jing family's army took a boat all the way north to the Sea-overlooking Fortress, and then split up.
They scattered thousands of ships and stopped at the ports on the Liaodong Peninsula. Then, they disembarked without stopping.
The Tartars guarding the port saw the densely packed ships on the sea surface and the huge number of troops walking onto the dock.
The Tartars were so scared that they all dropped their helmets and armor.
The Jing Family Army did not show any mercy to the Tartars. Wherever they went, they bombarded the city gates and slaughtered all the Tartars!
Yang Jing was only prepared to invade Liaodong for the sake of the bigger picture, not to occupy it.
If they forcefully occupied the Liaodong Peninsula, it would definitely lead to a situation of being attacked from both sides.
At that time, the northern part of Liaodong Peninsula would have the grassland Jurchen tribes eyeing them covetously, and outside Shanhaiguan, there would be the troublesome Wu Sangui.
In the south, there were Donglin Party members who harbored ill intentions and were ready to take back the Hui Prefecture at any time.
Yang Jing would definitely be unable to take care of both sides.
If the Manchu Qing and the Donglin Party were to join forces and attack Yang Jing from the north and south, then the many days of planning and preparation would be in vain.
Therefore, the operation he had planned was only to attack and kill the Tartars with a tooth for a tooth. He did not plan to directly attack the city and seize territory.
Although he was not prepared to attack the city, Yang Jing would not let them off easily. He had prepared other gifts for the Tartars.
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