More than 20 days later, the Yinjiang River water transport was opened.

On both sides of the river, a total of more than a dozen gentry were raided, and for the gentry who dared to resist, the Huaxia army's blow was ruthless, not only to execute the most heinous criminals, but to beat all the family rolls as war criminals, sent to Dinghai for detention, and wait for the war to be disposed of.

For those who broke their wealth and avoided disasters and were captured, the Huaxia army also took enough money, so they chose to let them go.

As for the matter of dividing the land and dividing the land, there is no need to do it at the moment, anyway, as long as you hit the gentry here, the goal has already been achieved.

What is strange is that the Huaxia Army did this, but it made the people everywhere feel more at ease.

Even when Li Yong left the Luo family, the Luo family of four was sent off on their knees, and they did not resent Li Yong because Huaxia Army executed their eldest son.

In their opinion, what they hate is the Huaxia Army, not these soldiers, these soldiers are really good people.

Especially Li Yong, he personally interceded afterwards to save their eldest son from being "hung on a swing" and the violent corpse, so that their eldest son could be buried as soon as possible.

This is a great kindness to their whole family.

It's a very strange logic, but it makes sense of the most simple concept of the common people, that is, if you are good to me, I am willing to respect you and be grateful to you.

Escalating ladders and helping to lead the way is even more commonplace, and many of the gentry's hidden mansions are found out by relying on enthusiastic talents.

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On November 5, the third year of Huaxia, the forward of the Huaxia Army arrived at the city of Ningbo.

The smooth water transportation of the Yinjiang River continued to transport soldiers and supplies, and the entire riverside wharf was quickly dug out of the trenches, constructing a three-line simple defense line.

Although it is a little redundant, you have to be professional at all times in combat.

At the head of Ningbo City, Ma Jin and Zhao Tongzheng, together with the garrison guerrilla Zhang Da, closely monitored the movements of the soldiers.

They held binoculars and watched as the soldiers came ashore one by one, and a cannon was also transported.

The division of labor among the soldiers was clear and orderly, and the trenches outside the city were soon erected into a half-man-high earthen wall, and the earthen wall continued to extend, and that area became a camp for the people.

The generals of the Huang people also appeared under the city, and saw seven or eight people carrying sabers, walking 500 steps outside the moat, under the escort of a team of black soldiers, also holding binoculars, spying on the city of Ningbo.

Ma Jin was afraid for a while, especially when he saw that the cannons had begun to be arranged, and he was even more trembling.

Zhang Da was even more confused, he didn't know how to defend Ningbo at all, he was a guerrilla, and he had never fought a war.

Ningbo's army was only a few more than 3,000 people, and the number of defenders of the city reached more than 5,000 after summoning the young and strong people in the city and letting the gentry send their families.

But what can this little force do? On the other side, it's a troll, not a wolf! Unless you dare to fight in the field and destroy the cannons of the Tyrants, you can only sit back and wait for them to collapse the city.

Ma Jin secretly said bitterly, only thinking that he had not been buried in the ancestral grave, so he met such a group of soldiers!

"Commander Ma, this ...... This is the defense of the city...... Look at ......" Zhang Da was on the side, expecting Ma Jin to take responsibility.

Ma Jin looked back at him and said, "General Zhang, I only have one sentence, and that is to resign yourself to fate!"

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Outside the city, Ansan and his people only watched for a while, and then began to gather the technical personnel who built the fortress and began to draw a route map for attacking Ningbo.

After their calculations, although Ningbo City is tall and has an urn city and a battlement, it cannot play the role of anti-artillery.

Everywhere was full of shooting dead ends, and the corners were not treated with "bayonets", let alone large convex corners to eliminate the attack of the artillery.

As long as the cannon is properly arranged, it can hit the cannonball on the city wall at a certain angle at the corner, causing ricochet.

After a while, they came up with siege tactics, without much skill, just bombardment for a while.

Ansan didn't wait long, and immediately let people choose two corners, and arranged five ten-pound cannons and five three-catty cannons respectively.

Without waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops, the first round of artillery was fired, and this time the shells did not hit the city walls, but hit them.

Through a certain elevation angle, the cannonball flew for a while, and then fell on the city wall, and the excessively long Ningbo city wall became a stage for the cannon.

The city wall was suddenly covered with a lake of flesh and blood, and the 220mm mortar cannon was also fired closely, and the Ming army at the corner did not dare to approach.

Lying under the arrow tower, Ma Jin only felt that this situation was quite familiar, and Zhang Da on the side was already so frightened that he yelled.

Zhao Tong crawled over and whispered: "In my opinion, Ningbo City can't defend tomorrow!"

Ma Jin nodded: "It's really impossible to defend, the artillery fire is not as good as before the Dark, all the fortified cities can't be defended!"

"Then ......" Zhao Tong said tentatively, "Let's ...... at night"

"Okay!" Ma Jin quickly made a choice.

After a while, the cannon fire of the black people stopped again, and Ma Jin knew that this was just the second artillery bombardment prepared by the black people.

He hurriedly poked his head out to see the traces of the people in the city.

At a glance, he was immediately frightened and bloodless.

"This ...... This...... How to ...... the cannons of the black people How ......" Ma Jin stammered and couldn't speak.

Zhao Tong hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and was immediately dumbfounded.

Good fellow, the Zombie has a cannon!

The barrel of the cannon was thick and long, and the black muzzle was large, and eight boats were used to transport this cannon alone.

I saw that the soldiers were using a thick rope to lift the cannon and place it, and also built a slope behind the cannon.

In fact, this is a 55-kilogram cannon made by Dongqin last year, the cannon body is 3.7 meters long, the caliber is 185mm, and it only weighs more than 4,000 kilograms due to the low carbon steel used!

It looks like a giant cannon, but in fact, the technical content is similar to that of other breech guns, and it is all cast with a central water-cooled casting.

This cannon has a nice nickname, called the Overlord Cannon.

A total of only four gates were built, which were specially cast for the fortified city of the Ming Dynasty.

In this attack on Ningbo, two gates were specially mobilized.

The installation of the artillery was carried out for more than an hour, and two companies of troops were used.

As a large bag of silk gunpowder was stuffed into the muzzle, a fifty-pound conical iron cannonball, which was simply arranged by a crane, was adjusted to the muzzle by the principle of levers, and then advanced by the artillery on the shelf.

When everything was ready, the artillerymen adjusted the angle, and by the numbers on the firing table, they quickly determined the angle of elevation.

As the fuse was ignited, all the artillerymen covered their ears and tightened their bodies.

A moment later, there was a huge roar between heaven and earth, and only Peng - clang - the huge gun carriage was pushed back by the recoil, and after sliding up the slope for a short distance, the force was immediately unloaded, and then slid down, and several artillery guns had already gotten up after the sound of the cannons, and immediately pulled the rope to reset the cannon.

On the city wall of Ningbo, the first cannonball smashed a big deep pit, which directly caused the entire city wall to vibrate.

This cannon was specially made for siege, and the shells were naturally more penetrating.

Guard? Hold on to a fart!

Ma Jin didn't even hesitate, and immediately worked with Zhao Tong to call the family rolls, bring gold and silver, and take advantage of the fact that the soldiers were not encircled, and hurriedly left through the other city gates!

When the second artillery bombarded it, the sound spread for miles, and there was no shadow of a defender on the entire city wall.

These people had never fought before, and when they saw such a scene, the guards had already run away again, and they immediately scattered.

Anshan, who was originally just a test gun, was surprised to find that the head of Ningbo City seemed to be empty!

But he didn't dare to be careless, and after continuing to bombard for half an hour, a section of the city wall suddenly collapsed.

Ansan sent out a company to approach by excavation, and when they reached a hundred paces, the soldiers in front of them waved their flags, and the defenders at the head of the city were empty.

At this time, in the east of the city, a huge fire appeared!

Ningbo City has been conquered like this!

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