March 9 of the second year of the Ming Dynasty, five o'clock in the afternoon.

The Ming army, dominated by the First Army of the Ming Dynasty, began the general attack on Blackwater City.

Located outside the north gate of Blackwater City, the seventy-five six-pounder cannons of the First Artillery Brigade of the Ming Dynasty began to bombard the north gate of Blackwater City and all the arrow towers on the city wall.

Soon, the two arrow towers on the side of the north city gate were directly destroyed by the Ming artillery, and the two city gates at the city gate in the north of the city were also shot away by the artillery and turned into a pile of broken wood.

The artillery of the 1st Artillery Brigade, after destroying the above targets, immediately bombarded the walls north of Blackwater, and it did not take long for the heavy shelling to cause the collapse of several walls.

It was from this moment that the city wall, which was the best fortification that was the most vulnerable to defense in ancient times, proved to have no resistance at all in the face of artillery, and it was completely useless from then on. Grabbing

The snipers of the Ming Dynasty were all standing outside the city wall at this time, shooting at the Daxia officers and soldiers who appeared on the city wall, suppressing the Daxia archers who were covered with the city so much that they did not dare to raise their heads.

Arranged in the north direction of Heishui City, as the main attack of the Ming First Division and the Fifth Division, at this time, with the brigade as a unit, began to rush to the north gate in batches, and soon took the north gate and the north city wall, and then continued to attack the city.

Ten minutes later, all the four gates of Blackwater City fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the two armies immediately began to enter the stage of street fighting.

At this time, the alliance army of the Nine Counties of Great Xia in Blackwater City had less than 170,000 people left, and it had completely lost its numerical advantage over the Ming army, and now it was almost vulnerable in the face of the Ming army with a large number of professionals.

Wen Jiming, who was sitting in the temporary camp of the Ming Dynasty and commanding the tent, has now completely relaxed, and the only thing he can do at present is to quietly wait for the end of the entire battle.

Today's battle can be said to have been completely destroyed, and the main military force of the Nine Counties Alliance has greatly weakened the threat of the Ming Empire on the northern border.

It's a pity that after occupying Heishui County, the Ming Empire no longer has enough military strength to expand its results, so it can only enter the adjustment stage again.

At present, in the Ming Dynasty, the total strength of the entire army is only four corps, and these 20 divisions and regiments are assigned to the current twelve counties, and each county does not even have 50,000 troops on average. There is simply no ability to occupy new counties.

Therefore, when Blackwater City is occupied, the Ming Empire will need at least half a year to carry out a new expansion and reorganization before it can be competent for the next military expansion.

Wen Jiming thought of this, and was about to stand up and go out to inquire about the progress of the siege battle, when he saw Jiang Yan walking in from outside the tent.

Before Wen Jiming could ask, Jiang Yan hurriedly reported.

"There is an elite Great Xia army, which has just broken through from the west gate of Blackwater City, this army has more than 30,000 people, there are a large number of carriages in it, and the cavalry of our army is surrounding them."

"There are five more flying carriages, which are flying to the west, and the mage regiment asks if they want to pursue them."

Without thinking about it, Wen Jiming could conclude that these five carriages must belong to those princes.

Wen Jiming has no interest in capturing these princes at all, and there is no benefit, and how much gold and silver treasure can these carriages carry, just let them escape.

So, Wen Jiming decided not to pay attention to the few princes who ran away. 巘戅云轩阁G戅

"Tell the mage regiment to ignore those carriages and go directly to support the cavalry and assist them in encircling and suppressing the 30,000 Great Xia troops that broke through."

The escape of the upper-level officers and several princes directly broke the military spirit of the Great Xia army in the city, and the remaining Great Xia soldiers in the city began to surrender to the Ming army in a systematic manner from this moment.

By half past six in the afternoon, all the Great Xia soldiers in Blackwater City had surrendered, and the First Legion of the Ming Dynasty had finally occupied the entire Blackwater City.

Wen Jiming also got the news that the 30,000 Daxia army that broke through was annihilated by the Ming cavalry.

The strategy of the four northern counties was finally successfully completed, and when his subordinates reported the statistics of the final battle, Wen Jiming's mood, which had been depressed during this time, finally became cheerful.

The first good news that made him happy was that on the carriage of the 30,000 Great Xia army that broke through, 19 million gold and silver worth of gold and silver were captured, directly raising the total amount of gold and silver captured in this battle to 26 million gold and silver yuan.

In addition, in the entire campaign, a total of more than 210,000 troops of the Nine Counties Alliance Army were annihilated and more than 160,000 people were captured, that is to say, a total of 380,000 Great Xia troops were completely wiped out by the Ming army led by Wen Jiming in one fell swoop.

In the end, the total amount of grain and grass seized directly rose to 13 million stones after taking Blackwater City, and at the same time, a large number of military materials were found in the treasury of Blackwater City, including hundreds of thousands of armor weapons, 200,000 stones of various medicinal materials, and a large number of bows and crossbows.

The total value of these military materials alone may reach tens of millions of gold dollars.

In this campaign, more than 8,400 soldiers of the entire Ming army who participated in the battle awakened their professional talents, of which 7,100 were from the First Army Corps and 1,300 from the cavalry.

At the same time, nearly 2,000 professionals were promoted in this battle, including Ma Chao, a dual-class fourth-order 1st order, who was directly promoted to a fifth-order professional after the war, and Wen Jiming's nephew Wen Chengze, who was also promoted from a fifth-order magician to a sixth-order magician.

On the morning of March 12, after staying in Blackwater City for three days, Wen Jiming left the First Legion to garrison temporarily, while he led 8,000 cavalry and the King's Guard to leave Blackwater City and return to Magic New City.

The military operations in the first half of the second year of the Ming Dynasty were completely over, and the Ming Empire has since entered the stage of silence, at least there will be no more military operations in half a year.

In less than two weeks, the news of this great war spread throughout Great Xia and most of the well-informed kingdoms of Saturn.

And after the third week, it began to spread to other continents.

The world is shaking!

Not only Wen Jiming wiped out the 380,000 troops of the nine counties of Great Xia with only 130,000 troops, which is a rare result that makes people stunned. It was also the unprecedented new weapons and equipment that were dispatched in this battle, which completely aroused the curiosity of the major kingdoms.

The reputation of the legendary king Wen Jiming has finally spread widely in all continents in the Central Continent region, and even ordinary people with a little bit of status know the title of Wen Jiming's legendary king.

It was also from this time that the musket became an export commodity of the Ming Empire for the first time and began to be sold to other countries, but the musket model currently sold was only a rear-loading flintlock pistol, which was at least three versions lower than the new rear-loading needle rifle used by the Ming army.

It was also from this time that thermal weapons began to enter some continents of the other world, and in the eyes of those who had the foresight of the power, many countries began to carry out their own research on musket manufacturing technology.

But more countries choose to buy from the Ming Empire, after all, if you want to have a modern industrial achievement like the Ming Dynasty, it is not possible to do it in a short time, not to mention that the production of these products also requires a large number of skilled workers and professional industrial machines.

Wen Jiming once again promoted the transformation of the other world, and this time it can be said to be a revolutionary change, the other world began to move forward to modern society!