With Wang Tianhao's order, the artillery on the city wall pushed the Heaven Exploding Cannons out. They aimed the cannons at the Great Shun Army below and lit the fuse.
The moment the fuse burned out, dozens of flaming cannonballs streaked across the night sky and charged towards the rear of the Great Shun Army.
The Great Shun Army, who were charging forward with all their might, had never seen such a formation. They stopped in their tracks and looked at the cannonballs that streaked across the night sky like meteors, their expressions somewhat dazed.
Liu Zongmin, who had seen the world in the Great Shun Army, recognized that this was a cannon at a glance. Although he had never seen the power of this firearm, he had heard of it in his early years.
Therefore, his expression changed drastically and he hurriedly shouted at the back of Da Shun.
"Retreat! Quickly retreat!"
"Quickly retreat to both sides!"
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The cannonball was fired faster than he had imagined.
Dozens of cannonballs instantly landed behind the Great Shun Army and exploded in front of everyone's terrified eyes.
"Boom!"
"Rumble!"
A series of loud explosions blasted the Great Shun Army in the rear.
Many people did not manage to escape in time, so they could only watch helplessly as the shells landed under their feet. They were blown up until nothing was left.
The Great Shun Army, who were at the edge of the shell, suffered relatively less impact, but they did not escape the aftershock of the shell. They either lost an arm or two legs.
In an instant, screams and neighing of horses could be heard at the entrance of Jixi County. The arms and legs of the Great Shun Army were sent flying. Corpses were strewn across the grass and blood flowed like a river.
In just a few moments, more than half of the Great Shun Army had been lost.
In the night sky, the cannonballs that were as dazzling as meteors were still streaking across the sky. The bright colors were very dazzling in Liu Zongmin's eyes.
He looked at the soldiers of the Great Shun Army who had died because they could not dodge the bombardment in time, and a chill suddenly rose in his heart.
He began to regret listening to Qian Qianyi's slanderous words and rashly attacking the Hui Prefecture.
Before he came, Qian Qianyi did not tell him that Yang Jing was holding such a powerful cannon.
If he had known earlier, he would never have led his troops here to die!
Moreover, Yang Jing seemed to have known that he would lead his troops to attack at night. He had already prepared the cannons and was waiting for them to take the bait.
He had fallen into a trap!
Yang Jing's strength and intelligence were too terrifying. He had such a firearm in his hands but kept it a secret. He was probably prepared to wipe them out.
At this moment, Liu Zongmin suddenly felt lucky.
He was glad that he did not bet all 200,000 soldiers on the battle at the Hui Prefecture. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to take back what was done!
Looking at the tragic situation of tens of thousands of casualties, Liu Zongmin did not hesitate. He retreated to the side and shouted loudly.
"Retreat quickly!"
"Retreat!"
The Great Shun Army, who were dodging the cannon fire, heard the order to retreat and were overjoyed. They hurriedly retreated into the bushes in panic.
Wang Tianhao, who was standing on the city gate tower, smiled and waved his hand to summon a team of soldiers with flintlocks.
"You're already here, and you still want to run?"
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"
Wang Tianhao gave the musket soldiers behind him a look. The musket soldiers nodded and quickly stepped forward. They set up their muskets on the city gate tower and aimed at the fleeing Great Shun Army.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of gunshots rang out, and the Great Shun Army soldiers below the city gate tower were shot down one by one. A few of them even fell in front of Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin quickly hid under a tree. He raised his head and looked at the musketeers on the city gate tower. He was shocked again.
He couldn't help but curse.
"Damn it, is this still human?!”
"It's fine if you have cannons, but you also have firearms!”
Admittedly, this Jing Family Army was much harder to deal with than the Ming Army.
The Great Shun Army had fought with the Ming Army for more than ten years, but Chongzhen had never used firearms against them.
It was said that as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen always had the burden of loving his people like his own children.
He always felt that even if Li Zicheng led his troops to rebel against him, in the end, he was still a citizen of Ming Dynasty.
One should never use firearms against their own people. What if they hurt their own people?
Speaking of which, the Great Shun Army had been able to get to where they were today because of Chongzhen's compassion.
In comparison, Liu Zongmin felt that Chongzhen was much gentler than Yang Jing.
Yang Jing's methods were too ruthless. In this chaotic world, he was indeed a person who could achieve great things.
It was not until today that he saw Yang Jing forcefully demolish the 100,000 soldiers of the Great Shun Army with his artillery that he realized how insignificant his militia, who only knew how to wield weapons, were in the face of the absolute strength of powerful firearms.
Regret!
Very regretful!
He regretted rushing to the south and wanted to share the South Zhili with Yang Jing.
In the face of absolute strength, they were not worthy to compete with Yang Jing at all!
However, it was useless to think about this now!
The most important thing now was to run and bring the remaining 100,000 soldiers back to the north.
Liu Zongmin made up his mind and turned to run. Therefore, he did not notice that a cannonball had already quietly streaked across the sky and landed behind him.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the shell exploded behind Liu Zongmin. He lost his life in an instant.
Not long after Liu Zongmin's death, the Great Shun Army was completely scattered. Some of them were dead, some were injured, and some even dropped their sabers and knelt on the ground to surrender, hoping to save their lives.
They were farmers from poor backgrounds and could not stand the oppression of the Ming Dynasty's taxes. They were so angry that they rebelled with Li Zicheng's cavalry.
As Li Zicheng's Great Shun Army marched north, they were about to reach the capital. They hadn't expected that they would end up losing their lives here on a business trip to the south.
Rebellion for half a lifetime, what was the point of this?
It was better to surrender. At least he could save his life.
The Great Shun Army at the entrance of Jixi County gave up struggling. Wang Tianhao felt that it was about time, so he opened the city gates and sent a team to clean up the battlefield.
As for the 100,000 Great Shun soldiers stationed outside Jixi County, Yang Jing had other arrangements.
At the same time, in Yang Jing's study room in the Yang Residence of Hui Prefecture.
Liu Ru was nestled in Yang Jing's arms, her body shivering.
Yang Jing hugged her and gently patted her back with his right hand.
"Alright, alright, there's no sound outside.”
Yang Jing was reading the military report from Ningguo Manor in his study when he heard the sound of gunfire outside. Liu Ru jumped into his arms in fear.
He looked at the person in his arms and was speechless for a moment. He could only comfort her softly.
When Liu Ru heard Yang Jing's words, she carefully raised her head and listened carefully.
If the gunfire outside had stopped.
She heaved a sigh of relief.
However, she suddenly realized something as she heaved a sigh of relief. She raised her head and stared at Yang Jing, her face blushing.
Yang Jing coughed dryly and picked up Liu Rushi, who was still in a daze, without a word. He turned around and walked into the bedroom.
(Please, please, please! The data was too low! Bosses, please give me a flower!）
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