When Tang Feng took advantage of this opportunity to send troops to Liaodong to lure out the officials with two hearts in the court and then kill them all, the war in Liaodong continued. After several strong attacks or raids of Jinzhou, they returned without success, but lost some people, the Jin people finally changed their strategy and no longer only attacked Jinzhou, but began to divide their troops to attack other city fortresses.

This has two purposes. One is to take down those cities, and the entire Liaodong will no longer be one. At that time, Jinzhou will be an isolated city, and it will be much easier to take it off. Second, they also intend to lead the Ming army out of the city. As long as the defenders of Jinzhou want to rescue others and leave the city, they will no longer be the opponent of the Great Jin cavalry on the plain.[]

This idea is good. If the Ming army really broke out of the city as they thought, the Ming army that lost the geographical advantage would naturally suffer a great loss at the hands of the Jin people. However, the fact is that the Ming army in Jinzhou did not take this change from the Jin people at all, and just continued to defend Jinzhou and cut off the Jin people's road to the south. Now Haoge had to let the soldiers shift their focus to those cities, but he did not dare to let the Ming army in Jinzhou go. Once they had a loophole, it would be a threat to him. So in the end, Haoge could only let 30,000 troops go to attack some other cities in the west, and the remaining troops continued to attack the walls of Jinzhou City.

The Ming army on the city saw the Jin army's mobilization, and some people became a little uneasy and asked for their lives to lead people out of the city to rescue, but they were stopped by several master generals. Looking at the Jin flag still flying outside the city, Zu Dashou sneered: "Jiannu still looks at our Ming Dynasty with old eyes. This is the root of their failure. Now there are so many cities in Liaodong, and none of them can easily be captured by them. As long as we do not move, Jiannu will definitely fail and return."

Several other generals who knew the current situation of Liaodong's defense nodded and said, "Yes, as long as we can stabilize, victory will definitely belong to us. And the reinforcements from the court will arrive soon, and Jiannu must not leave easily this time."

Seeing the generals talking, the others were a little uneasy but no longer spoke. With the example of the generals, the soldiers naturally felt at peace. Everyone was still guarding the city, guarding against the Jin army to launch attacks from below at all times. This made the Jin people who wanted to find flaws to attack could only sigh.

The situation on the other side did happen as Zu Dashou and others thought. This time, with the court's emphasis on firearms, the first ones were improved were the many cities in Liaodong. The small cities that did not have many artillery items also had their own guns and cannons, which greatly enhanced their defense capabilities.

But the Jin people obviously did not expect this. In their opinion, everything was no different from before. Although it was difficult to acquire Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other cities in Liaodong, it was obvious that small cities like Yizhou could not stop their elite soldiers. So although they only had 30,000 troops, the Jin army still carried out a comprehensive attack on Yizhou with confidence.

Now the garrisons in Yizhou are no longer those who were sent from the guards in various parts of the Central Plains, but have been replaced by Sun Chuanting, who was younger and deeply admired by Man Gui and others. Once they learned that the Jin people were coming to Yizhou, Sun Chuanting was not panicked at all, and immediately launched 10,000 defenders from the city to prepare for the battle. At the same time, they ordered people to hide the artillery for a while, and he wanted to use this as a breakthrough to give the Jin people a good move.

When the Jin people first launched an attack on Yizhou, the city's defense was still the same as the old arrow stones, which made them very happy. They then drove out all the siege equipment and rushed straight to the city wall. They had to take down the city in the shortest time and then kill all the defenders and people inside. Only in this way can they vent their hatred for losing in Jinzhou and make other Liaodong cities afraid.

The generals in front had already passed their orders. This time, the first person to ascend Yizhou, would get a thousand gold and be awarded the title of Batulu. At the same time, everyone massacred the city for three days after entering the city, and all the gold, silver and wealth were all shared with everyone. This order greatly boosted the morale of the Jin army, and they immediately launched a fierce charge towards the not-magnificent city wall of Yizhou.

The horse's hooves and human feet stepped on the ground, making a thrilling rumbling sound. The siege equipment also seemed so hideous and terrifying, as if with this charge, the city in front of us would disappear and collapse and turn into ruins.

Seeing the fierce Jin army coming up, the Ming army on the city did not even frown. They were no longer the mobs that had collapsed with one blow. After several baptisms of life and death, the cowardly and incompetent among them had been eliminated, and the rest were soldiers with sufficient confidence and ability, real warriors.

Without rushing to let the artillery attack, Sun Chuanting continued to command the soldiers to block the attack with bows and arrows and rolling wooden stones. However, the effect this time was obviously much worse than before. In front of the huge blocking car covered with cowhide, the damage caused by these weapons only relying on small machinery and human power was almost negligible.

Seeing that the Ming army was already in trouble, the Jin army became even more excited. They used the rope of a horse to hang up the city, and then climbed upwards. Everyone wanted to be the first to climb the city. That was the title of Batulu, which made everyone excited, and there were thousands of taels of gold, which was even more tempting for the poor Jin people to refuse.

However, the Ming army on the city did not let them succeed. At the same time, dozens of people rushed up with sharp axes and quickly cut off the ropes. The Jin army, who was climbing up from above, fell down with the broken ropes. Although no one died because they did not climb high, they also injured several people.

This did not make the Jin army's attack slow down, but instead aroused their murderous intent. After the sound of horns, more Jin army rushed towards the city wall like waves. The sharp arrows that were constantly smashing and shooting could not stop them from moving forward. For them, this small obstacle would only increase the fierceness of their attack.

Seeing the Jin army rushing and fighting without any reservation, Sun Chuanting's mouth curled up. He knew that the opportunity was already in front of him. Without hesitation, he decisively ordered: "Push the cannon on the wall and bang them hard!"

The Ming army's gunner, who had been holding his breath, immediately stepped forward, and the cannon, which was much more flexible than before, was pushed to the battlement of the city wall. Then, the medicine twist behind nearly twenty cannons was ignited at the same time.

Seeing the black gun gun mouth suddenly revealed, all the Jin army under the city were stunned. They remembered the previous tragedies in their minds again. Some people were eager to retreat, but the total strength of 30,000 people could not be retreated by retreating. For a moment, the entire Jin army under Yizhou fell into chaos.

The two groups of people, together with nearly 100,000, were far more than the Jin army's troops, which made it even harder for the Jin army to win, and kept retreating. Fortunately, this vanguard reinforcements were not the elite of the three major battalions and did not carry new artillery. The Jin people were the best at wandering and killing the enemy, so they were hard to solve for a while. However, at this beginning, the battle situation in Liaodong had undergone a fundamental change.

After a melee, as the sky darkened, snow fell even more, and both sides had to temporarily stop the fight. The Ming army retreated to Jinzhou City and defended the city, while the Jin people settled a camp thirty miles away from the city.

After this confrontation, the Jin army lost thousands of people to enter, which made Haoge's determination shake again. Now the reinforcements of the Ming court have arrived, and they have even surpassed themselves in terms of military strength. With cities and artillery in hand, he really has no confidence to take down Jinzhou City. The previous defeat in Yizhou also ruthlessly told him a fact that all the cities in Liaodong are hard-core, and with the current conditions of the Jin army, it is impossible for them to bite them.

After a night of thinking and weighing, Haoge made the decision he least wanted to make - retreat. Although the Mongols were restraining it on the other side, the Ming army obviously still regarded itself as its main enemy. Now the Jin Kingdom is really impossible to bear the blow of great defeat. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still put the overall situation first and retreated.

The Jin army slowly retreated in the early morning. When the Ming army arrived in the city learned the news through the scout's information, it was already noon. After not seeing the enemy attack in the morning, Man Gui and others became confused. They sent scouts to find that all the enemies were retreating, which made the soldiers both happy and a little resentful.

I was delighted that I won the victory in the battle with the Jin people again, but I was angry that the enemy actually slipped so quickly, and I didn't even give me the chance to make some credit. Some generals in the reinforcements asked several times to lead their troops to pursue him, but were dissuaded by Liaodong generals such as Man Gui who knew the power of the Jin army.

"Everyone, although Jiannu retreated due to his defeat, no one can guarantee whether this was a conspiracy of theirs. If this is really a conspiracy they want to lead us out and then ambush us and kill us off guard, our out will only make the situation worse." Mangui persuaded with great thought.

Although the generals were anxious to make contributions, they also remembered what he said when they broke up with Tang Feng: "When you go to Liaodong, once you fight with the Jin army, you must obey the command of the Liaodong generals and do not act voluntarily. In this way, even if you have not made contributions in this battle, I will remember you a great contribution. But if you do not obey the command and act at will, if you make contributions, you will not be considered a contribution. If you fail, don't blame me for being ruthless under the knife!"

When he said this, Tang Feng looked very serious, giving people a sense of pressure and remembering it deeply. So although they didn't agree, they could only obey. Therefore, all the Ming army was able to stay in Jinzhou City and did not take the risk of chasing the Jin army.

More than 40 miles outside Jinzhou City, the Jin army, who had been ambushing for a long time, saw that there had been no Ming army chasing him, so they had to give up on their continued waiting and headed north one after another. Haoge wanted to annihilate some enemies in the retreat like his father a few years ago, but this time his wishful thinking could not be made.

This time, not only did they fail to take down any city, but they turned nearly 20,000 people down, which made the Jin army unable to swallow this breath. They needed a vent. On the way back to the army, they saw a small village.

Originally, this kind of village with only a few dozen families, most of whom make a living by hunting, was very poor, and the Jin people were very disdainful and rarely had their own ideas. But everything was an exception. Now the army needs a target to vent, and this Han village with only a hundred people was in trouble.

However, after a meal, the entire village became a bloody field of Shura. The whole village was killed by the chickens, ducks and other livestock by the Jin people, and they burned them to white ground. Then the Jin army calmly went north...

Five days later, Tang Feng brought tens of thousands of other men to Jinzhou City, Liaodong. After learning about the battle, he was very satisfied and praised all the soldiers and promised them to ask for merit from the court.

What is Tang Feng's identity now? His words were almost the same as the imperial edict, which made the soldiers very happy. After drinking the wine of celebrating the commendation, Man Gui and the others told Tang Feng about the tragic incident that happened in the village not far ahead. This incident was discovered on the second day after the incident, when the scout went to explore the enemy's movements. At that time, the entire village no longer existed, leaving only the bodies of countless people who had burned to carbon.

When Tang Feng heard about this, his face became gloomy. It turned out that the joy that had been overcome was gone. Why did the civilians actually suffer such a disaster? It seems that these inhuman beasts should let them know the fact that the Ming Dynasty should not be underestimated.

After a while of silence, Tang Feng said: "This is all the mistake I didn't expect before. It was me who harmed the innocent people. But we wouldn't have done this. In recent decades, Jiannu has burned, killed and looted in my Liaodong, and has killed too many people. It's time to settle the account!"

"What does the Duke mean?" When the generals saw Tang Feng's appearance, they all felt moved. Did the Duke plan to take the initiative?
Chapter completed!