Southern Liaoning.

Huang Fei, commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Guanliao Dengjin Navy, stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the distant coast with a telescope.

Dengzhou Governor Yuan Shu stood on another boat and looked at the coast in the same way.

From the time they sent troops to Liaodong until now, they have had the same idea.

That is to lead this navy that is good at land warfare to sail into the sea and land in southern Liaoning, and launch a counterattack against the Jiannu from there.

After waiting for so long, their chance finally came.

With the help of the sea breeze, the fleet was getting closer and closer to the coast.

The two of them became more and more excited.

"Report!" The soldier on the mast shouted loudly, "There is no trace of the Jiannu navy nearby, not even a single warship."

"Huh?" Huang Fei, the navy commander, was a little surprised. He asked loudly, "Are you sure you saw that?"

"You read that right, there really isn't one."

"Keep watching."

"yes."

After sailing for a while, the warship was less than a mile away from the coast.

"There are only a few Jiannu soldiers on the shore, and we haven't found the main force of the Jiannu." The soldier on the mast reported again.

"Drive them away, then send a message to the fleet behind, ordering them to move forward quickly and prepare to land." Huang Fei ordered again.

In order to ensure a smooth landing, Huang Fei placed the warships in the front and the troop transport ships in the back.

When you encounter an enemy ship, use the warship to fight against it. The troop transport ship will appear only after you are sure there is no threat.

A bird boat carrying Huang Fei's military orders sailed in the direction they came from.

at the same time.

The two keel gunboats of the Ming army slowly adjusted their direction and pointed their sides towards the shore.

The keel gunboat has a total of forty light and heavy guns of various types.

Among them are eight red-haired cannons.

There are four doors on each side of the ship.

"Load the medicine!"

"Reload!"

"Ready...fire!"

As a series of preparations were completed, the first red cannon spewed out flames.

With a huge roar, the shells hit the coast.

Then came the second door, the third door, the fourth door...

If it was on land, Huang Fei would choose to fire a salvo.

But this was on a warship.

Although the cannons were not fixed to the hull, the recoil caused by the simultaneous firing of four red cannons could still cause damage to the hull.

boom!

The first shell hit the water.

The Jiannu soldiers on the shore were just a small reconnaissance force. They immediately turned around and ran after hearing the sound of the Ming army's artillery fire.

They ran and shouted: "Run! The Ming army is coming! The Ming army is coming with red cannons!"

In an instant, the shore was empty.

Some of the remaining shells fell into the water, and some hit the mud on the shore.

It only brought psychological trauma to the Jiannu soldiers, but did not cause them any substantial harm.

After waiting for a while, more than a hundred large and small troop transport ships appeared on the sea.

It was loaded with fully armed soldiers.

They waved their weapons and howled excitedly towards the coast.

The general on the troop transport said in a deep voice: "Check your weapons and armor, and prepare to go ashore!"

......

In Lushun city.

Shang Kexi, the King Zhishun of Jiannu, is putting on his armor.

Five days ago, he received an order from Dorgon to withdraw from Lushun.

This is the base of the Eight Banners Navy, with a large number of warships and naval soldiers.

After receiving the order, he sent most of the navy on warships to North Korea to open up a second smuggling channel.

The rest abandoned their ships and went ashore, retreating from the land.

As for those useless warships, they were all set on fire and sunk.

He should have evacuated two days ago, but the reason he hasn't left yet is that there is something important that he hasn't finished.

"Report!" The scout came running in, "A large number of Ming warships were spotted on the sea, and it looks like they are about to land."

"Investigate further and report back!" Shang Kexi said.

"Yes," the scout turned and left.

Shang Kexi asked his confidant, "How is the matter going?"

The confidant said in a deep voice: "In reply to Your Majesty, it has been almost done. All the young and strong people and livestock in the city and surrounding villages have been driven out of the city and followed the army northward. The only ones left are the old, weak, sick and disabled."

"Where is the food?" Shang Kexi asked again.

"All of them have been confiscated and a large part of them have been transported away. As for the remaining small part, it cannot be transported away in time due to insufficient livestock." The confidant replied.

"Pass the order and evacuate immediately. Take away all the food that can be taken away. Put all the food that cannot be taken away in the porridge factory in the city and burn it down." Shang Kexi said.

The confiscation of grain caused resistance from the people in the city.

Shang Kexi originally wanted to kill all these people to save food.

After considering leaving these burdens to the Ming army, he put down his butcher knife again.

A temporary porridge factory was set up in the city to calm the people.

"Then...what about the people in the city?" the confidant asked, "They already have no surplus food. If the food stored in the porridge factory is burned, they will starve to death."

"Don't worry about them," Shang Kexi said with a strange smile, "These people can neither farm nor work. They are of no use to us and will only waste food. So... I have decided to leave them to the Ming army!"

The confidant was stunned and lowered his head in silence.

Shang Kexi had already put on his armor. He drew out his sword, checked it, and put it back into the scabbard. "Let's go and prepare a surprise for the Ming army."

When he walked out of the yard, hundreds of his personal soldiers had been waiting outside for a long time.

There are thousands of soldiers outside the personal guard.

Led by Shang Kexi, these people came to the porridge factory in the city.

It is time to serve porridge at noon.

The people humbly held their bowls and lined up to eat the food that originally belonged to them.

"Stop eating!" Shang Kexi rushed forward and started to drive away the crowd.

These people were old, weak, sick and disabled and could not fight against the Jiannu.

Now that I am unarmed, I dare not act rashly.

So they stepped back and made way for the road.

The soldiers behind him rushed forward, first kicked over the pot of cooked porridge to the ground, and then came to the place where the grain was stored.

"Order it!" Shang Kexi ordered.

The soldiers brought a fire source and piled the remaining firewood from cooking porridge near the food.

Others poured kerosene on it and dumped some gunpowder.

Then a fire was lit.

With a whoosh——

Piles of grain turned into fires.

The people were suddenly shocked and rushed forward to try to put out the fire.

But he was soon forced back by Shang Kexi's men with a knife.

Seeing that the fire could not be put out, the people began to cry loudly.

"These are all the crops that I worked so hard to grow, please don't burn them!"

"Please have mercy on us and leave us some food."

"Gentlemen, please show some mercy. I kneel down before you..."

Shang Kexi neither showed mercy nor left in a hurry.

Instead, when the Ming army was about to enter the city, he hurriedly rode out of the city and fled to the north.