Zhang Yang's strategy was to go north along the Grand Canal, capture Xiuzhou (Jiaxing), Pingjiang Mansion (Suzhou), Wuxi, Changzhou, Runzhou (Zhenjiang) along the way, and then capture Jiangning Mansion (Nanjing) to defend the Song army with the Yangtze River! Finally, clean up the other rebels in the south.

The Pang Wanchun brothers and sisters stayed in Hangzhou. Pang Wanchun was not only responsible for training the new army, but also responsible for capturing several small counties around Hangzhou and establishing a buffer zone with other rebel forces. Pang Qiuxia continued to be responsible for pacifying the people and supervising the implementation of 'killing the unkind and equalizing the land'.

The army of the dynasty chose to leave the city at night, and the army sailed north along the mighty canal. It took one night to arrive in Chongde County.

It was early in the morning, and the dynasty was ready to repeat the old tricks, but Chongde County had already prepared!

What the dynasty did in Hangzhou has long been spread to Chongde County, and how many of the big families in this era have clean butts? For these big households, the 'equal field' is even more serious than digging his family's ancestral grave! Now that it has reached the point where either you die or I die, these big families will naturally not be captured, not only organize resistance, but also contribute money and people, and even help build weapons, vowing to fight the rebels to the end!

In this era of cold weapons, siege warfare is naturally extremely disadvantageous for the attacker! This not only means a huge consumption of troops, but also a huge burden on logistics!

"The Art of War" has clouds: ten rules to surround it!

Therefore, the attacker's troop reserves are generally ten times higher than that of the defender, which represents a great attrition! Generally speaking, the rebel army lacks large siege ordnance and cannot have sufficient logistical supplies, and there is really no good way to encounter such a city with resolute resistance!

But the dynasty is not an ordinary rebel leader, not even a person! He not only has a meticulous mind, but also knowledge that is far ahead of his time.

'Nitrocellulose' is a high explosive that is 2~3 times more powerful than black powder! The raw materials are easy to obtain, the production process is not very complicated, only a little chemical knowledge and hands-on ability, and it can be manufactured in small batches.

Black powder is too simple and easy to learn, and even if the formula for nitrocellulose is completely written for the people of this era, he can't make it!

There are only 10,000 people in the hands of the dynasty, so naturally they will not take human lives to fill it.

"Assemble the stone thrower now."

"Yes, Lord."

The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are dense, and it is very inconvenient for the artillery, which is often two or three thousand pounds, to move, not only the rate of fire is very slow, but also a very professional gunner, how can there be such conditions now!

The stone thrower is much simpler, you can build it by finding a few carpenters, it is very convenient to disassemble and transport, and the rate of fire is not slow at all.

The stone thrower used by the dynasty is torsional projectile, which has the advantage of being small in size, and the disadvantage is also obvious, it cannot shoot far, and the weight of the launch is very limited.

Even so, this stone thrower can still throw ten pounds of stones 200 steps away! This distance is completely sufficient, after all, this is the Jiangnan of the Yangtze River that has been peaceful for a long time, and it is impossible to have a big killing weapon like the Eight Bull Crossbow.

In just half an hour, the five stone throwers were assembled! In the disdainful gaze of the county magistrate of Chongde County, he took out large black iron balls.

"The rebels aren't trying to crush us to death with an iron ball, are they?" Zhixian muttered to himself in a low voice.

"Cut, such a large stone thrower can shoot twenty catties of stone projectiles even if it is in the sky, and it is impossible to smash the city wall with such a little weight!" The county lieutenant said with a determined face.

The words of the county lieutenant suddenly reassured the defenders on the city wall, they bullied the common people at most on weekdays, teased the little lady, and now they want them to fight seriously, and it is already very good to stand here without shaking their legs and stomachs.

As soon as the words fell, the stone thrower on the opposite side fired five iron bullets with a thud.

"Stay out of the way!" The county lieutenant shouted.

But things are far from being as simple as they think!

Boom - Boom -

These iron bombs are nitrocellulose bombs carefully prepared by the dynasty! A super killer!

The bomb is not a shell, and there is no need to consider the problem of chamber pressure, so its charge coefficient can be called madness. A ten-pound bomb with at least seven pounds of explosives in it!

This is equivalent to the explosive power of 14~20 catties of black powder!

The power of this huge explosion instantly frightened these dirt buns, after a bomb exploded, it can form a huge no-man's land of one or two hundred meters, and stones can be blown to pieces, let alone people!

Only two of the five bombs landed on the walls, the other three all fell inside the walls. Even so, the violent explosion still killed the guards on the city wall.

Those who survived were either deaf and shocked by the loud noise, or they were directly scared stupid.

Seeing that there were almost no living people, the dynasty decisively gave the order to attack. After blowing open the city gate with a bomb, the defenders, who had long been frightened, fled like birds and beasts...

The dynasty didn't bother with them, and raced against time to go straight to the grain depot! This grain is related to whether he can continue to fight, but it can't be burned because the magistrate and the big households jumped over the wall in a hurry.

It's just that this battle ended too quickly, and even the magistrate didn't even react quickly! Not only was the grain depot intact, but even most of the big families in the city didn't have time to escape.

These are all cheaper dynasties...

After emptying the grain depot and the grain stocks of the big families who participated in the resistance, the dynasty continued his set of 'killing the unkind and equalizing the fields' in Hangzhou! Of course, because of the urgency of the time, he will not stay to supervise the implementation. All these things were left to his 'mad group'.

These people have been completely brainwashed by the dynasty, and the orders of the dynasty are regarded by them as holy decrees!

The dynasty selected more than 1,000 strong peasant men in Chongde County, and because of the war for the dynasty, the fanatical group gave them an extra fifty acres of land for their families!

In this agrarian era, fifty acres of land was enough for them to die for the dynasty.

From the very beginning, the army of the dynasty was educated according to the requirements of the 'flower planters' of later generations, and they definitely did not take a stitch from the masses! Such a team is definitely the only one in this era!

After repairing in Chongde County for three hours, the rebels took advantage of the warm weather at noon and went straight north to Xiuzhou (Jiaxing)!

The battle of the rebels in Xiuzhou was completely a copy of the Chongde battle, the only difference was that it took a little longer, but that's all, after two rounds of bombing, it was successfully occupied by the dynasty.

After a day and night of marching and fighting, the army was exhausted, and the dynasty ordered a day of repairs in Xiuzhou and the recruitment of soldiers at the same time!

Because the target of the land is the vast number of poor people, the army of the dynasty is very popular with the people! In addition, if you fight for the dynasty, you will be given an extra fifty acres of land, and there is an endless stream of people who come to sign up for the army!