"Boom!!"

Bursts of heavy artillery fire exploded above the city walls of Hepu County.

The Ming army, led by Lan Yu and Li Jin, approached Hepu County at the fastest speed, and at this moment, the natives were still in the excitement after the raid, and they didn't believe that the Ming army would be able to fight so quickly.

Fortunately, Ruan Xiufeng woke up in time, coordinated all the departments, gathered hundreds of thousands of natives, and reluctantly formed a line of defense against the Ming army.

Relying on the strong walls of Hepu County, Ruan Xiufeng believed that he would definitely be able to defeat the Ming army and thus bargain for the Ming Dynasty.

However, when the artillery of the Ming army began to roar, he no longer had such ridiculous thoughts in his heart.

The artillery of the Ming army has been upgraded again at this moment, although the caliber has not changed much, but the inside of the artillery at this moment has been engraved with rifling.

But the inside of the artillery began to be engraved rifling, which means that the Ming army has pressed the shells of the artillery into the eyes, so to speak, pointing where to hit.

In addition, the Ming army also changed the loading method of artillery from front to rear.

This improvement is simply an epoch-making progress.

Not only does it greatly increase the reloading speed of the gun, but it also increases the airtightness of the gun, multiplying the range and power.

It is precisely because of this that the amount of gunpowder used by the shells used by the Marines has risen to a new level, and the damage of the shells has increased geometrically.

One shot goes down, eroding dozens of meters, it is simply a murderous weapon.

Now, Ruan Xiufeng, these natives, are the first enemies to taste the power of these cannons.

Although Ruan Xiufeng is a toast and a large tribe of hundreds of thousands of people, he has never seen such a sharp firearm.

Not to mention having seen it, or even hearing it.

If Ruan Xiufeng knew that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon, even if he was given ten more dares, he would not dare to provoke the Ming army.

But now it's too late to say anything, and now he can only hide at the battlement of the city wall, shivering, hoping that the cannonballs in the sky will not fall on him.

Even Ruan Xiufeng is like this, not to mention other toasts.

These toasts were just Ruan Xiufeng who came out of the 100,000 mountains and used them as shields for himself.

When they saw this earth-shattering movement, some of them were even so frightened that they fell to their knees with their hands folded, begging the gods not to punish them.

These people directly took the artillery as a warning to the gods, and they crawled on the ground and shivered, and finally were blown to pieces by the artillery fire.

The artillery of the Marines continued for half an hour, until the city was plowed again, and then it gradually stopped.

At this moment, the city wall is like a Shura field, full of stumps and broken arms, and a thick layer of flesh foam has accumulated, except for a few lucky people hiding at the battlements, the natives who stood on the city wall with great vigor before actually disappeared out of thin air.

"Let's go to the city!"

Lan Yu was very satisfied with the results of the bombardment, and after confirming that the enemy at the head of the city had been bombed, the Ming army finally began to ascend the city.

"The Ming Army... The Ming army is coming!! Hurry, stop them! ”

A few toasts who felt the movement under the city shouted anxiously after seeing the Ming army start to ascend the city.

But he shouted several times, but there was no response, and when he turned his head, he saw that the reserves under the city had already scattered and fled at this moment.

Encountering such ferocious Ming artillery fire, these people really didn't have the courage to stay and fight against them, and the Ming army at this time, in their eyes, may be more terrible than death.

Everyone scrambled to flee, and these natives were carrying large bags and small bags, which were what they had so hard to snatch.

Now that the thing has been snatched up, who wants to really work hard? I was willing to fight against the Ming army before, but I felt that the Ming army was small, and I could easily win.

But when they found out that the Ming army was like the king of Hades, there was only one thought left on everyone's mind, to escape.

They may not be as fast as the Ming army, but it doesn't matter, they just need to run faster than their colleagues behind them.

Dead friends don't die poor, as long as they run fast enough and hide in the 100,000 mountains, the Ming army has no way to take them.

When the time comes, with the wealth he has robbed, it will be enough for him to live happily for a lifetime.

Most people think that when an army is aimed at plundering and plundered, it is doomed to be completely incapacitated.

The current Tusi coalition army is like this, everyone is rushing to flee for their lives, and they don't have the heart to fight the Ming army at all.

When Lan Yu saw this scene, she was blindsided on the spot, "This... Are these people really the military? ”

"Why is it so weak? Before I could exert myself, they had already fallen! ”

Li Jin snorted coldly:

"A group of bandits, what kind of army is it, if they can all be called an army, it is purely an insult to the army."

"Immediately give an order to drive everyone to the 100,000 mountains."

"Order Fu Youde, strictly guard against death, do not allow a native to escape, I want to let them pay for their blood debts!"

Route, thousands of miles away.

Even Ruan Xiufeng desperately tried to stop the natives from escaping, but no one paid attention to him at all, and everyone fled to the north one by one.

Seeing that Ruan Xiufeng was about to be chased by the Ming army, his younger brother Ruan Xiulin came to his side at the most critical moment.

"Big brother, hurry up, it's too late if you don't leave!"

Ruan Xiulin shouted anxiously, his face was very anxious.

Ruan Xiufeng was a little distracted at this moment, looking at the army that had dissipated in an instant, the ambition in his heart gradually began to extinguish.

In fact, the idea that he chose to attack Hepu County at the beginning was to occupy this place and then achieve his own power.

As for the counterattack of the Ming army, although Ruan Xiufeng was a little worried, he had also dealt with the Ming army before, so he also knew a little about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

He believed that as long as he could unite his hundreds of thousands of troops, he would definitely be able to block the attack of the Ming army, after all, the Ming army did not have many troops in the southwest region, and as long as he could defeat the small forces of the Ming army in a short time, he would be able to have the capital to negotiate with the imperial court.

At that time, he only needs to ask for Hepu County to be divided into his own Tusi territory, and then his plan will succeed.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, although he successfully occupied Hepu County, and ransacked Hepu County, and even united most of the Tusi around him, but he never thought that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was so strong.

It was so powerful that the Ming army just took a face, and everything they had worked so hard to plan was instantly wiped out.

At this moment, his heart is like ashes, he doesn't want to struggle, and he has lost hope of living.

Ruan Xiulin saw Ruan Xiufeng's appearance, and roared again:

"Big brother, there are tens of thousands of clansmen behind you, waiting for you to take them home!!"

"Home??"

When Ruan Xiufeng heard this, it was as if he had been pricked by a needle, and his thoughts instantly returned to reality.

"Go home!!"

The focus in his eyes gradually gathered, Ruan Xiufeng turned over and rode on the war horse next to him, and then shouted:

"Let's go home!"

Ruan Xiufeng fled, leaving all the 300,000 natives behind him, and only the only clansmen with him, all the way north.

...

The battle lasted all day, and Lan Yu led the army to continue the pursuit, while Li Jin and Zhu Biao entered Hepu County to deal with the aftermath.

"Lord Qiqi, Lord Li, in this battle, our army killed more than 80,000 enemy soldiers, no prisoners, all the natives were shot in the back, and none of them survived."

"In addition, there is also the battle damage on the city wall, the enemy is all stumps and broken arms, and it is impossible to count the kills, and it is estimated that there are about 10,000 people."

"Except for a few soldiers who fell into the cliff and died in the course of pursuit, our army did not suffer any casualties."

"Now Liang Guocheng is leading the army to catch up, and it is expected to arrive at the 100,000 Mountains tomorrow morning, and with the cooperation of Ying Guogong, I believe that the enemy army will be completely annihilated."

A staff officer of the marching army, after counting the battle damage, immediately returned to the county office to report the casualties to Li Jin.

Nearly 100,000 captures, without a single casualty of their own, is enough to show the strength of the Marine Corps, and the waste of the Tusi Alliance.

Nearly 200,000 people are still on the run, but Li Jin believes that these people will not be able to escape for long.

There are only a few roads from Hepu County to the 100,000 Mountains, and if you don't take the road, but try to climb over the mountains and enter the 100,000 Mountains, you will simply kill yourself.

In the middle of the inaccessible mountains, there is no food, no water, and most importantly, the possibility of getting lost at any time, which is a disaster for human beings.

Therefore, Li Jin believed that these 200,000 people would die in the hands of Lan Yu sooner or later, and none of them would be spared.

After the marching staff left, Zhu Biao began to talk about the loss of Hepu County with a grim face:

"At least more than 60% of the people were lost, and the Han people were very scarce in the beginning, but after this battle, the Han people were slaughtered, and only a small part fled to Guangdong, so they escaped."

"The port area, which was the most prosperous before, was also badly damaged, and it will take at least two months to recover."

"The most serious thing is confidence, the business atmosphere that we have built up with great difficulty before, attracting businessmen from all over the world to come to do business, and the promise to escort these people is like a piece of waste paper, which is easily torn apart."

"The loss of the businessmen this time is also extremely serious, if there are no compensation measures, I am afraid that the business of Hepu County will plummet, and it will never be the same as before."

After Li Jin quietly listened to Zhu Biao's narration, he closed his eyes slightly, and then opened suddenly, already having a plan in his heart.

"We need to do a few things next, and since things are already bad and can't be any worse, then let's tear these down and start over."

"First, the reform of the land and the return of the river must be implemented in the entire southwest, and this time it is necessary to carry out the most thorough reform of the land and return to the river, and there is no condition to change the appointment of the officials, and those who dare to resist will be killed."

"After these natives migrated out of the deep mountains, they looked for land for these people, let them reclaim the wasteland, teach them to reclaim it, and gradually settle down, and it will be managed by the liuguan, and in less than ten years, the southwest will undergo earth-shaking changes."

"At least the population of the southwest can never be as sparse as it was registered, and with the population, the southwest will have vitality and will be able to do more."

"This is the foundation for the future development of the southwest, and it must not be discounted, and it will be enforced by Lan Yu and Fu Youde."

"Second, rebuild Hepu County, but this time, Hepu County needs to be triple in size, and the previous Hepu County was too small to accommodate that many people."

"The geographical location of Hepu County is very important, after the land is changed and the sea is opened, coupled with the great development of Annam, it will become a distribution center for goods, coupled with the natural advantage of the port, it is destined to become the most critical transit station in the southwest."

"Therefore, the scale of Hepu County must be huge, and a fleet must be stationed here to be responsible for the land and sea security of Hepu County."

"After the reconstruction of the port is completed, the investment will be attracted again, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling for profit, as long as there is profit, these businessmen will still pounce without hesitation."

"Third, re-establish the credit of Hepu County, this time Hepu County was captured, and both the people and businessmen suffered huge losses."

"In that case, then we will compensate them, three times as much."

"All the captures of the army this time will be used for this compensation, and the army will not leave a penny."

"In addition, there are 10 million taels of silver that the Annan people compensated last time, and they will also pay for this compensation."

"Only in this way can we quickly establish the credit of Hepu County."

"Fourth, immediately appeal to the emperor and ask the emperor to quickly move the population to Hepu County and Annan."

"At any time, only when the Han people become the majority of the local people, will the society gradually settle down, and these natives will slowly be assimilated by the Han people."

"What do you have to say about the above four points?"

Zhu Biao quickly took a piece of paper and wrote down Li Jin's suggestion, and then said:

"This time, there are many dead and injured people in Hepu County, if these people's entire families are wiped out, who should I ask to compensate?"

"This kind of desperate people, all we can do is to collect their bones, if we can find immediate relatives, then compensate, the deceased is gone, but we still have to help the living to live better."

Li Jin's expression was a little embarrassed, for this situation, compensation is already impossible, and the deceased can only rest in peace.

Zhu Biao nodded slightly and said:

"I'm going to play to the emperor, but the manpower for the construction of Hepu County still needs to be drawn from Annan."

Nowadays, there is not much in Annan, that is, there is a large population, especially laborers, under Li Jin's flickering, these people think that they can eat and drink spicy food when they enter Daming, and they are very eager to go to Daming.

"No problem, I'll have someone send you the laborer in a few days."

Li Jin agreed, and then he thought of something again, and said again:

"The loss of Hepu County this time makes me think of a problem, maybe this method can solve the problem of compensation for losses in the future."

"Not only in Hepu County, but even in the whole country of Daming, it can be implemented."

Zhu Biao's curiosity was suddenly hooked and asked:

"What's the solution?"

Li Jin smiled mysteriously and said a way that made Zhu Biao stunned.