Jinzhou, the easternmost end of the Liaoxi Corridor, borders the Bohai Sea to the south and the Songling Mountains to the north. Whether you are going to Shengjing or the capital, you have to pass through Jinzhou. There is no other way. [] In the Ming Dynasty, it was an important military town, but now it is
It is just an ordinary city outside the pass, with a garrison of 1,400 people. The garrison is Fu Dahai, led by Manchu Zhengbai Banner, and is under the command of General Shengjing.
After the rear guard division was repulsed by Tong Guogang's troops at Shilipu outside Jinzhou City, the Jinzhou defenders thought that the rebels had retreated. In addition, the emperor had just led his army to Shengjing not long ago, so no additional guards were deployed at all. In addition, after so many
On the same day, there was no trace of the rebel army. They all thought that the rebel army had been defeated by the army and had retreated, so they became more relaxed. Guard Fu Dahai just stayed in his house listening to music all day long and did not ask about the city defense.
Under the influence, the defenders were also defending the city, and even the sergeants on duty at the city wall were sparse, and the atmosphere was not tense at all. But despite this, the Guan Ning cavalry, who had been rushing here for days, still blinked at the Jinzhou city wall, because
They did not have any siege equipment, and if they wanted to cross Jinzhou, they could only open the gate of Jinzhou City, otherwise they could only stare outside Jinzhou City.
"Commander, what should I do?"
It was already daybreak, and if the army deployed outside the city, they would be discovered by the defenders, so Qi Zhuang was a little worried.
Zhao Qiang carefully observed the Jinzhou city wall, pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Choose two horses tied with gunpowder and send a dead man to blow open the city gate! Once Jinzhou is broken, there will be a hundred households!"
"Yes, handsome!"
Qi Zhuang responded and went to make arrangements, and soon a dead Daur soldier galloped towards the gate of Jinzhou City with two horses loaded with gunpowder.
"It's not even time yet, where did you come from?..."
With sleepy eyes, the city guard saw two fast horses rushing towards the city gate from far to near. He couldn't help shouting down below, it was still half an hour before leaving the city gate, who the hell wanted to enter so early?
of the city.
Unexpectedly, the knight on the horse rushed straight to the city gate without paying any attention. Then he saw a fire fold in his hand, and then saw a flash of fire. The knight jumped on his horse, somersaulted on the ground and then stumbled.
Then he hurried back.
"This kid is crazy! What is he doing?"
The Qing soldiers at the top of the city were confused by the situation below the city. Those with sharp eyes saw a horse's body in front of it flashing with flames. They were stunned for a moment, wondering why the horse's body was on fire.
Some soldiers of the Qing Dynasty saw that the horse owners ran back, as if they no longer wanted the horses, and they couldn't help but feel excited. They wanted to go down and catch the two horses, but before they could start, they heard a loud noise in their ears:
"boom!"
When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, a huge deep hole was blasted out of the hard bluestone ground, and the thick and heavy city gate had long since disappeared.
The guards at the top of the city were shaken by the explosion so much that their eardrums trembled, and some were so shocked that they fell to the ground. When they got up, they saw that their companions' ears, mouths and noses were covered with bright red blood, and they couldn't help but freeze.
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When someone below the city exclaimed, "The city gate has been blown up! The city gate has been blown up!" The guards woke up as if from a dream. But at some point, a dark cavalry group appeared in the distance, densely packed with unknown number of people.
, like a raging wave crashing on the shore, rushing towards the city like a tidal wave.
"Come on!"
Qianhu Malong led his 1,500 cavalrymen to charge at the front of the army, and rushed straight into Jinzhou City. He rushed in through the blasted city gate with lightning speed, charging all the way, and slashing everyone he saw.
, the city suddenly erupted in screams, and everyone lost their countenance.
The loud shouts of killing accompanied the army extending into the city. The streets were covered with blood, and the heads and bodies were trampled by the horses until they turned into a puddle of mud. The Qing soldiers and bannermen in the city seemed to be still looking around in a dream.
Facing the swarming cavalry, he didn't know he screamed until the saber slashed his neck, but it was already too late.
The Guan Ning cavalry who entered the city were like hell ghosts. Everything was red. No matter whether they were men or women, old people or children, they would chop them down with their swords.
The bannermen on the streets fled in an instant, and the frightened soldiers with pale faces ran around in terror. The bannermen who had not yet risen were so frightened by the shouts of killing outside that they locked up their doors and hid under the bed with their wives, children and children in their arms, shivering.
Guan Ning's cavalry extended in all directions along the main road of Jinzhou City like a torrent. Ma Long, who was the first to enter the city, had already led his troops towards the military camp, almost killing all the soldiers in the camp like chickens and dogs.
The city of Jinzhou was broken. Zhao Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his head and face. Seeing that everything was going well, he felt a little relieved and ordered the cavalry Qianhu Jiangen behind him: "Take your people to block the four gates, and you can't let them go."
A man ran away!"
"Yes, handsome!"
Upon hearing the order, Jiang En waved his hand, and immediately his cavalry roared and followed him to control the city gate.
Zhao Qiang also ordered thousands of cavalry households to return to Ji: "Prepare fire starters. When the army leaves the city, they will burn Jinzhou to me!"
"The general will obey the order!"
Gui Ji hurriedly waved his horse whip and led people to prepare for the arson.
Starting from Qingyuan, he killed everyone he saw along the way. When he passed through the Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner, he killed all the hundreds of Mongolians he encountered to avoid exposing his whereabouts. Now, the same is done in Jinzhou City.
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"As long as the Qing army doesn't know where we are going, no matter how many people die, it's not worth it! What's more, the dead are all Manchurian pigs and dogs. You don't have to have compassion for others. You just need to know that the meaning of our lives is to kill all these Manchurians."
Just people!”
This is what Zhao Qiang said to the officers of the army when he was hunting animals.
Jinzhou garrison commander Fu Dahai was killed in a daze in his sleep. When he died, he didn't even know who killed him.
After Guan Ning's army entered the city, there was no fighting or resistance. Everything was quiet. This "quiet" was for Guan Ning's army, but for the Qing soldiers and bannermen in the city, this "quiet" was
"Quiet" is fatal, because the screams and cries that filled the city really cannot be described as "quiet." Relatively speaking, the most intense battle took place in a grain store in Xicheng, and the resistance was the strongest.
The fiercest thing was not the Qing soldiers, but the dozen or so bannermen-coated slaves in the grain store, from all ethnic groups. However, the resistance only lasted a few minutes, and not a single soldier was killed.
Under such circumstances, these coated slaves were chopped beyond recognition.
"Kill all the living people in Jinzhou!"
Zhao Qiang, who was outside the Councilor's Office, issued the order for the massacre. He wanted to make Jinzhou a dead city, a dead city that would never reveal his intentions to outsiders.
On August 31st, Guan Ning's army marched south to break through Jinzhou, killing more than 19,000 soldiers and civilians in the city. One person survived, and then set fire to the city.