After Lu Xiangsheng led 200,000 troops to set off with the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beihai Fleet, news was transmitted back to Fangcheng Xingang from the sea every day, and then sent to Siming Mansion by telegram.

On the first day, Lu Xiangsheng landed on a prominent peninsula below Haiphong City without losing a single soldier;

The next day, the defenders of Haiphong City fled, and the Ming army occupied Haiphong City without losing a single soldier;

On the fifth day, the defenders of Haiyang City fled, and the Ming army occupied Haiyang City, but they still did not lose a single soldier;

On the eighth day, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to the city of Thang Long, and he had written a letter of persuasion and shot into the city of Thang Long.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong thought that Annan should be able to take it easily, even if the Zheng clan in the city did not surrender immediately, as long as the Tianxiong army and the Guanning army were bombarded by artillery for a day or two, they should surrender, muskets and artillery maybe they could have a little, but it was certainly not much, otherwise it would be impossible to abandon two cities in a row.

As a result, on the ninth day, news came from the front line of Thang Long City that the Annan Army in the city had hundreds of Dutch cannons, and the firing range was about the same as that of the Ming Army's 620 howitzers.

After receiving the news, Zhu Cijiong sighed in his heart, this time he was afraid that he would be in big trouble.

Sure enough, on the tenth day, news came from the front line of Thang Long City that the Annan army in the city had resisted stubbornly, and the artillery of the Tianxiong army had suffered more than half of the casualties.

If it goes on like this, Lu Xiangsheng has a total of 100,000 infantry, 5,000 a day, and it will be gone in 20 days, and in the end he must not be forced to use cavalry to attack the city, no, he has to go to support immediately.

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and simply led the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard Army to Fangcheng Xingang by train, and ordered the Second Army of the Frontier Army to catch up with it, as for the Dingliao Army and the Wuwei Army, they stayed in Siming Mansion and began to build a railway to Thang Long City with 700,000 prisoners.

On the eleventh day, Zhu Cijiong had led the first regiment of the Praetorian Guard Army to Fangcheng Xingang, and the Beiyang Naval Division had also rushed back to greet him, just as he led the army to prepare to board the ship, news came from the front line that the 10,000 artillery of the Tianxiong Army had been killed and wounded, but the artillery in the city was finally cleared.

When Zhu Cijiong heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was finally over, and then as long as all the artillery was mobilized to flatten the arrow stacks on the city wall, and then he could easily attack the city wall with the support of the barrage, and this Shenglong City could be taken without his support.

However, it was naturally impossible for him to run back when everyone was here, so he simply let the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard continue to board the ship and rush to Thang Long City as originally planned.

As a result, on the twelfth day, when Zhu Cijiong arrived at Haiphong City, there was another bad news, the Annan army in the city actually had thousands of muskets, and the cavalry who went up to fill the moat braved the rain of bullets and bullets, and it took four or five thousand casualties to fill in the eastern section of the moat!

When Zhu Cijiong heard the news, his nose was almost crooked, this Dutchman was so insidious, he dug such a big pit for him, this account will have to be settled with them sooner or later!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were even more angry, a small Shenglong City actually made him lose so many people, the most important thing is that he hasn't started to attack the city yet, I heard that the emperor is about to arrive, will it be time for the emperor to personally command the siege? He can't afford to lose this man!

So, he transferred 20,000 infantry from the Guanning army overnight, and early the next morning, he gathered all the siege equipment, set up a formation, and prepared to attack the city.

Anyway, how did this cavalry build siege equipment so quickly, it seems that they only built it for three or four days.

According to the previous progress, it is true that it cannot be built so quickly, but now it is different, Daming has a strong military industrial system, and the siege equipment will naturally not lag behind, and many things are ready-made.

For example, the wheels of the well and siege vehicles used to be made of large logs on the spot, but now they are all cast steel wheels, with rubber embedded bearings on the outside, which are strong and durable, and can be installed on the well and siege vehicles.

Also, the well and siege vehicles do not need to nail several rows of dense wooden squares as before, now all the steel plates are used, as long as the frame is built, the iron plate is nailed up, not only convenient and fast, the defense is also super strong, not to mention that it can prevent artillery shells, the general flintlock bullets are still blocked.

Now, Lu Xiangsheng is standing at the bottom of a well, ready to climb up and personally lead the charge.

However, this time he was stopped, and almost all the senior generals of the Tianxiong Army surrounded him, and said nonsense: "Lord Lu, you can't go, Lord Lu, they have guns, Lord Lu is too dangerous......." “

Lu Xiangsheng patted the armor on his body and shouted: "Shut up for me, I'm not wearing armor, ordinary bullets can't penetrate at all, what you're afraid of, get out of the way!" “

There is armor on the body, but there is no armor on the arms, legs, and even on the face, and bullets can still penetrate it, so a group of high-ranking generals still surround him and prevent him from going.

Lu Xiang was so angry that he yelled: "If you don't get out of the way, military law will do it!" “

The generals didn't dare to stop it anymore, but one of the generals still said unwillingly: "My lord, if you don't let me wait to lead the army to rush a few rounds first, it's really not good, you can go again." “

Lu Xiangsheng pushed the general away, and said without looking back: "What to try, the so-called one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, when you rush to the ground that the morale of several rounds is all gone, and you will fart!" “

The generals were speechless, so they had to watch Lu Xiangsheng climb up the well, and then, with a wave of his big hand, he shouted: "Rush." He led his army straight to the city wall.

The city wall is now a gloomy cloud, the wreckage of more than 100 artillery pieces is piled up in the east and west, piled everywhere, the shells of the Ming army are scattered all over the city wall, and the soldiers of the 20,000 or 30,000 Annan army are tightly huddled behind the female wall, their eyes are full of fear.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was so fierce, they couldn't stand it for a long time, but, there was no way, they couldn't retreat, the passage to the south wall and the north wall were blocked by the Zheng family's supervision team, Zheng Jie, the head of the Zheng family, even personally led the supervision team to stand under the east city wall, he threatened, whoever dared to retreat would cut whom, and after the cut, they would arrest their family members and cut them all!

In this case, who dares to retreat, fortunately, the Ming army's scattered bullets seem to have been used up, and now all the bullets used are solid bullets, as long as they are careful to shrink behind the female wall, they will not be smashed, they will always go to the city wall, and then the artillery will not be able to bomb again, as for who will win in the end, it is really hard to say.

Because the infantry of the Ming army under the city is only about 100,000, and their number is about the same, although the army has been bombarding indiscriminately in the past few days, and more than 20,000 people have been killed and injured on the east wall of the bombardment, but they are the defending side of the city, and the Ming army is the besieging side, this difference in numbers is not a disadvantage, if it is not for the Ming army too many artillery, they are really not afraid!

Of course, whether they are afraid or not, the Ming army has already rushed forward, and a bloody battle is about to begin.