Cixi.

"Close the gates, close the gates!"

Ma Zide, the general of Jingkou, led less than 200 cavalry into Cixi County, and then shouted loudly in desperation, and the soldiers who ran into the city before hurriedly closed the city gate of Cixi in a panic, and almost at the moment when the two city gates closed, a silver reflection had appeared in the distance.

The drawbridge over the moat was pulled up at the same time.

Hundreds of rout soldiers who had just arrived by the river shouted desperately, and even jumped into the moat, which was not too deep, ran to the bottom of the city wall and begged the people above to open the city gate, and a few quickly pounced directly on the drawbridge that was being pulled up.

Fifty zhang away, a group of Ming soldiers mercilessly stabbed down dozens of remnants of the Eight Banners soldiers with bayonets, and then lined up to raise their rifles in their hands, and the sentry commander in charge of the command waved his saber, and nearly two hundred soldiers pulled the trigger almost at the same time, accompanied by the crisp sound of gunfire, dense bullets flew out instantly, and the crowded Qing troops at the city gate fell in pieces.

The Ming soldiers did not step forward, but stood in place and quickly began to reload.

"Quick, fire!"

Mazde, who had just rushed to the city wall, shouted.

The frightened soldiers in front of him panicked and pushed several cannons defending the city and began to aim at the Ming army.

But they didn't notice that on a hill just over 200 zhang away, the muzzles of the four bronze four-and-a-half-pound guns of the Ming military camp had completed the final aiming, and the captain of the artillery team belonging to the first battalion of the Ming army standing next to him suddenly waved the command flag in his hand, and the four main gunners completed the ignition in an instant. At the same time that the artillery on the city wall was aimed at the infantry of the Ming army, the muzzles of the four cannons immediately sprayed flames, and four flowering shells roared and smashed on the city wall, two of which exploded in mid-air before they landed because the fuse was too short.

"What kind of battle is this fighting?"

Like an old farmer whose home had been bulldozed, Mazide squatted on the city wall and covered his face sadly and angrily.

He is the son of Ma Jinzhong, after Ma Jinzhong died of illness, Yongli has been regarded as the general trend has gone, there is no hope, in those generals instigated and forced to descend to the Qing, and later was incorporated into the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner, these years have also mixed well.

At this time, the four guns of the Ming army were still bombarding the city wall, because the distance was too close, and even replaced with scattered shells, directly swept against the city wall, the Qing army's artillery defending the city was fixed, and could not be raised to a sufficient elevation angle, and could not pose a threat to them at all, as a result, the four cannons beat the city wall of Cixi East Gate into a mess, and then more Ming troops continued to arrive, and soon even the heavy field artillery of the first artillery battalion was dragged over by the war horse.

The second brigade of the army, which had just been formed, was responsible for attacking Cixi, and the brigade commander was Feng Zhen, the former commander of the first infantry battalion.

At present, this brigade has three infantry battalions and an artillery battalion, and there are also about 3,000 volunteers, that is, the young and middle-aged people who assisted in defending the city in Zhenhai, and in the future, a part of these 3,000 young and middle-aged people will be selected to form the fourth infantry battalion of this brigade.

At this time, Cixi County was actually Cicheng Town, which was basically the northern gate of the plain of Ningbo.

"Fire!"

Wang Zhao, the new commander of the 1st Artillery Battalion, roared.

Eighteen nine-pound cannons roared at the same time, and one after another flowering bullets went straight to the city wall, and then the Cixi East Gate Tower was submerged in an explosion of fire.

"Attack!"

Brigade Commander Feng Zhen brandished his saber and shouted.

Two infantry battalions and three thousand volunteers immediately carried the ladder found nearby, rushed to this small county town, the Qing army on the city wall also knew that there was no other choice now, in the Ming army's artillery fire desperately used artillery, arquebuses, bows and arrows to fire at the Ming army, but with little effect, the artillery on the city wall was suppressed, the bow and arrow could not penetrate the Ming army's cuirass, and the arquebus was barely useful.

In the fierce battle, I didn't notice that there was something strange in the middle of the Ming army.

That's some trolleys.

There was a thick pipe of unknown purpose on each cart, but it was certainly not a cannon, it was just a kind of iron pipe, which was tied to a shelf in the middle of the cart, because it was too long, and it was protruding from the front and back, and was pushed by the volunteers to run wildly under the city wall, and around this thing were Ming troops carrying ladders. At this time, outside the city, the Ming army's eighteen heavy artillery and twelve light guns were desperately bombarding the city wall at a frequency of almost one shot per minute, and all of them were flowering shells, plus there was a battalion of infantry scattered and continuously shooting at the city wall, those Qing troops defending the city did not dare to show their heads at all, and soon let the Ming army rush to the opposite side of the moat. Immediately after that, the wheelbarrows were set up by the river, and a total of twenty carts with twenty thick iron pipes were pointed at the city gate at the same time, and then one of the fuses next to it was ignited.

Well, this is the most important siege weapon that Yang Feng designed for the Ming army.

A two-hundred-pound heavy rocket suddenly flew out of the launch tube, although this primary version of the rocket artillery has a short range and poor accuracy, but it is close to a distance of less than 30 meters, it is still very effective to attack such a large target as the city gate, this heavy rocket spews flames and crashes headlong into the city gate, and the nearly eighty pounds of gunpowder contained in it are instantly detonated, and the terrifying power not only directly blows up the wooden iron-clad city gate into pieces, but also blows up the city gate hole.

"Keep firing!"

The brigade heavy rocket sentry commander said with satisfaction.

Then the remaining nineteen heavy rockets continued to fly out at extremely high speed, and the Cixi city wall in front of it continued to collapse, and after less than a minute, not only the east gate was blown up, but the entire city wall also exploded a gap more than ten zhang wide.

"Rush!"

The commander of the second battalion, whose home is Cixi County, brandished his saber and shouted, and the first one rushed into the moat.

By this time, the Qing army had collapsed.

Because not only the Ming army entered the city, but even the young and middle-aged people in the city also cut off their braids while shouting to kill the tartars, and killed them with all kinds of temporarily found weapons.

Cixi changed hands in this way.

And at this time, outside the Dongdu Gate under the city of Ningbo, on the eleven Ming cruisers lined up, more than 100 cannons were continuously bombarding the city gate, especially the five ships sent by the British, in addition to the 12-pound cannon and 18-pound ones, and the flowering bullet charge for them was more than two catties, and the huge power blew up the Qing army on the Ningbo city wall. This is also due to the fact that the water depth of the Yongjiang River is not enough, and the battlefleet cannot drive it, otherwise there are still 58 pounds on it, a shell weighs more than 40 pounds, and the charge of the flowering shell is nearly 10 pounds, and it is very easy for a shell to flatten a city tower.

"Lord Wang, let's withdraw!"

In the Ningbo Mansion, Zhao Hongcan knelt on the ground, and the pig's head, which was not completely well beaten by Yinren a few days ago, bleed on the ground of the stone slab, and couldn't help but sigh that it was Zhao Liangdong's species, and he was loyal to our Daqing.

"Withdraw, where to withdraw?"

Chang Ning sat on the Taishi chair, holding his head and said somewhat sadly.

He is really unlucky, if he walks a few more days on the road, he will not be able to spread the unfortunate thing of losing his master's land, although his identity is different, even if he loses his master's land, he will not cut off his head, but he is afraid that the demotion is indispensable, if there is no decent victory in the future, the prince will become the king of the county, it is a certainty, but he is really unlucky, he has just come a few days, the situation has not been figured out, this battle is a fiasco.

"The thief soldier is arrogant, need to temporarily avoid its edge, although the thief soldier firearms are good, but the ammunition consumption is very huge, the farther away from its nest, the weaker the attack ability, in the humble opinion, the south of the Qiantang River is not guaranteed, we can withdraw to Shengzhou while the thief soldiers have not passed Yuyao, and then quickly withdraw to Hangzhou. Leave a small number of troops to deal with it in Yuyao, Shaoxing and other places, but do not bet the army on the battlefield on the south bank, this area is only used to consume its strength, we just need to delay, delay until the rainy season arrives when the firearms are useless, and then counterattack with the thunder of the army to regain the lost territory. At that time, even if the new warships of the naval division had not yet been built, and in the stormy season at sea, the thief army's firearms manufacturing in Dinghai and sea transportation would also be affected, and the rear production of firearms on the battlefield was limited by heavy rain, and the transportation could not keep up. ”

Zhao Hongcan said.

It should be said that this guy is indeed worthy of Zhao Liangdong's species, and he can be regarded as a general, at least his strategy is completely aimed at the weakness of the Ming army, and the flintlock pistol in the rainy season cannot be used, but when it really comes to the battlefield, it is basically a shot of goods in the face of heavy rain, and the sea transportation is also blocked in the typhoon season, and Changguo has always been the main transit place for typhoons, and military production will also be seriously affected, which can be said to be the best strategy that the Qing army can choose at present.

Of course, the main thing is that he was also beaten to death, and he needs a little enough time to regain his courage, not only him, but all Qing officers and soldiers need some time to recover their courage, and now in this situation where they run away when they see the Ming army, it is meaningless to talk about anything else.

"You let this king think!"

Chang Ning said with a sigh.

Although he also knew that Zhao Hongcan was definitely right, it was still a difficult decision to abandon the south of the Qiantang River, he was not worried that he would be punished for this, anyway, even if he lost Ningbo, he would definitely be punished, and he didn't care about taking more responsibility, as long as he could really eliminate Yang Feng, he was also the son of Shunzhi Ye, and he knew what it meant for Aixin Jueluo to continue to cause trouble to the Luo family of Aixinjue.

But what he was afraid of was that once both Ningshao and Ningshao fell into the hands of Yang Feng......

How many more soldiers does this demon have to have?