In fact, the officers of the Huaxia Army were also amazed at the defenders of Ningbo, and the general army should have collapsed at this time, or sent people out to surrender, or led people to escape, and it was rare for the Ningbo defenders to insist on defending the city under such circumstances.

However, the luck of the Ningbo defenders was only to this extent.

After the distance from the Ningbo city wall was close enough, the Huaxia army covered it with absolute superiority of artillery fire, and then the sappers dug tunnels to advance, planted a large number of explosives under the city wall, and then detonated them, blowing up a large part of the city wall.

Then, the Huaxia army sent troops to the main formation, and under the cover of artillery fire, it quickly advanced into the city from the gap, controlled the important commanding heights, and then quickly rushed into the center of the city, ending the prefect's yamen, and paralyzing the command center of the Qing army.

After that, there were only some sporadic revolts in Ningbo, but they were also quickly suppressed, and most of the troops surrendered on the spot or fled with the city gates opened.

Afterwards, the Huaxia army interrogated the captured Ningbo officials and soldiers, and realized that the main reason why the defenders of Ningbo City could hold to the end was still on themselves.

It turned out that in the previous naval battle, the Huaxia Army captured a large number of officers and soldiers of the Fujian Naval Division, and then they were all imprisoned on Dayuan Island.

This thing was originally normal, but it was very different for the defenders of Zhejiang, a large number of soldiers went to war, but no one came back, how to look at this thing.

Some officials and gentry in the city took the opportunity to agitate, saying that the Huaxia army was cruel and easy to kill, and whether they were captured or surrendered, they would be killed on the spot, and not even a whole corpse would be left.

It was precisely because of this rumor that the Qing army in Ningbo was frightened, and when it was really impossible to fight, it was able to hold on without collapsing and insist on continuing to fight.

Of course, with their ability, they fought hard, and they didn't cause any casualties to the Huaxia army.

After Li Xian learned the news, he knew that his army was still a little lacking in propaganda, and hurriedly sent people to publicize the policy to the prisoners captured in Ningbo, saying that the Huaxia army treated the prisoners preferentially, and as long as they gave up resistance, the Huaxia army would never be harmed, and even gave the reward money back to Yunyun.

After that, Li Xian also hurriedly ordered a large number of prisoners to be escorted from Dayuan Island, so that these prisoners would appear in person to explain their experiences after being captured.

With the appearance of these prisoners, and seeing that the Huaxia army was indeed good to the prisoners, not only giving them food, but also sending doctors to treat the wounded, and not committing any crimes to the people in the city, the captured soldiers in Ningbo began to settle down, and the entire Ningbo city also calmed down.

The Chinese army then screened the prisoners, held them in solitary confinement at the officer level, and took the ordinary soldiers outside the city to centralized management, stating that after a certain period of time, the captured people would be released without hostile action or will.

After this set of processes was completed, Ningbo City delayed the Huaxia Army for about ten days, and then began to continue to send troops to attack Hangzhou.

At this time, the benefits of having friendly troops are reflected, if the mixed Yuan Sect fights independently, at this time, it is necessary to leave a large number of troops to guard the prisoners, and also divide the troops to garrison Ningbo City, at least 5,000 to 10,000 troops must be divided, and a lot of materials and energy will be involved.

But at this time, the Huaxia army had sufficient strength, so Wang Jiuxuan and Tiandihui and other allied forces stayed to garrison Ningbo, and Li Xian could take all his main forces and continue to rush to Hangzhou.

Originally, Li Xian spent several days in Ningbo and marched all the way to Hangzhou, hoping to lure the cavalry team that Fujian had seen to attack, and then give annihilation or at least eliminate most of it, but he didn't expect that the commander of this cavalry was very calm and did not show up from beginning to end.

Even when he waited outside the city of Hangzhou and set up camp to prepare to attack Hangzhou, the corpse soldiers and cavalry of the Inhuman Hall did not appear, which made Li Xian suspicious.

It's just that at this time, it is impossible for Li Xian to retreat because there is no cavalry to harass him, and according to the reconnaissance of the city, there is absolutely no mysterious ambush of the Qing army in Hangzhou.

For the sake of prudence, Li Xian selected a group of prisoners captured in Fujian and Ningbo to come forward and publicize the capture policy of the Huaxia Army to the people inside and outside the city, so as to let everyone know that the Huaxia Army would not kill innocents indiscriminately, so as to break the fighting spirit of the defenders in the city.

The next thing is almost a copy of Ningbo City.

Li Xian was afraid that there would be some ambush in the Inhuman Palace, so he didn't use that kind of dangerous move, but used the righteous soldiers to advance and attack Hangzhou City according to the most formal siege method.

The city of Hangzhou is much taller and stronger than the city of Ningbo, but it is still a traditional building in the feudal era, and its ability to resist modern artillery is extremely weak.

With the mentality of seeking stability, Li Xian dug trenches, drained the moat, and then sent sappers to dig underground to bury explosives, collapsing the solid cultural relics-level city wall in many places, and then steadily advancing.

This battle was not much different from the Battle of Ningbo, the biggest difference was that the previous prisoners' shouting offensive was effective, and the will to resist of the Hangzhou defenders was obviously not as strong as that of the Ningbo defenders, and a large number of soldiers soon surrendered.

Until the city of Hangzhou was fully occupied, Li Xian did not wait for any magical means arranged by the Yiren Palace, and secretly wondered in his heart, Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang, a famous big city, is the Yiren Palace watching Hangzhou City fall into the hands of the rebels, and is it indifferent.

In fact, Li Xian overestimated himself a little, and he also lacked understanding of the Inhuman Palace.

For the Inhuman Palace, the corpse soldiers suffered heavy losses, and the only ones they could rely on were those cavalry, which were also used to suppress those with dissidents inside, and the biggest reliance on them to turn the tables at critical moments.

Although it is a pity that Hangzhou was occupied, there are so many such capital-level cities in the Qing Dynasty, if every capital is captured, those cavalry will have to be dispatched, how can they be busy.

Although Li Xian is experienced in using soldiers, he does not have a good understanding of the courage of the Inhuman Palace, which has the entire world in mind, so it is natural that there will be some wrong judgments.

Then, until the Mixed Yuan Sect sent troops to occupy Huzhou and Jiaxing, the main force of the Inhuman Hall did not come forward and maintained perfect silence.

In this way, the Huaxia Army occupied the northern part of Zhejiang, from Ningbo to Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, all of which fell into the hands of the Huaxia Army.

At this time, it was impossible for the Qing army in Fujian to come to support, after all, the Fujian army and naval division were almost wiped out before, and now as long as the Huaxia army does not attack the past, it will burn high incense, how can it be possible to send people over.

As for Zhejiang's local troops, they were already very weak, and they were mostly concentrated in Ningbo and Hangzhou, and they were not able to mobilize large-scale troops at this time.

In fact, what Li Xian was afraid of was that the Qing army sent a small force to harass and affect his own production plan, and if it was a large-scale Qing army force coming, he would not be worried.

In Jiangsu, the Qing court still had the only remaining troops around Nanjing, but unfortunately this little force was still used to defend the important city of Nanjing, as well as to assist in the defense of Suzhou and Changzhou, and it really did not have the energy to help the Taoist friends in Zhejiang.

From this point of view, whether it is the Qing court or the Yiren Palace, they have an astonishing will to judge the current situation, that is, they feel that although Hangzhou is important, its importance is obviously reduced compared to Nanjing and other cities in the south of the Yangtze River that have not yet fallen.