After Lu Xiangsheng led a 200,000 army to set off with the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet, news was transmitted from the sea to Fangcheng New Port every day, and then sent it to Siming Mansion by telegram. At the beginning, Zhu Cijing received all the good news:

On the first day, Lu Xiang ascended and unexpectedly landed on a prominent peninsula under Haifang City, without losing a single soldier;

The next day, the defenders of Haifangcheng fled, and the Ming army occupied Haifangcheng, but they still did not lose one soldier or another;

On the fifth day, the defenders of Haiyang City fled, and the Ming army occupied Haiyang City, but still did not lose one soldier or another;

On the eighth day, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to the city of Shenglong, and had written a letter of persuasion to surrender and shot into Shenglong.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong believed that Annan should be able to take it easily. Even if the Zheng family in the city did not surrender immediately, as long as the Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army cannons were bombarded for a day or two, they should surrender. Maybe they could have some muskets and artillery, but there were definitely not many, otherwise it would be impossible to abandon two cities in a row.

As a result, on the ninth day, news came from the front line of Shenglong City that the Annan army in the city had hundreds of Dutch cannons, with a range similar to that of the Ming army's Type 620 howitzers. Lu Xiangsheng organized artillery to fight against the defenders in the city, and the Tianxiong army's artillery had suffered thousands of casualties!

After receiving the news, Zhu Cijing felt a little nervous. This time he was afraid that he would be in trouble.

Sure enough, on the tenth day, news came from the front line of Shenglong City that the Annan army in the city was fighting stubbornly, and more than half of the artillery soldiers of the Tianxiong Army had suffered casualties.

It would be fine if this continues. Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates had only 100,000 infantry soldiers in total, 5,000 a day, and disappeared in twenty days. In the end, he would not be forced to use cavalry to attack the city. If not, he had to support immediately.

Zhu Cijing thought about it and simply led the First Corps of the Imperial Guard to Fangcheng New Port by train, and ordered the Second Corps of the Border Guard to catch up. As for the Dingliao Army and the Wuwei Army, they stayed in Siming Mansion and brought 700,000 prisoners to start building a railway to Shenglong City. Anyway, the Annan Army was almost surrounded in Shenglong City, and there would be no danger in the construction of the road at this time.

On the eleventh day, Zhu Cijing had led the First Corps of the Imperial Guard to Fangcheng New Port, and the Beiyang Navy had also rushed back to greet him. Just as he was leading the army to board the ship, news came from the front that the 10,000 artillery soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were all injured and injured, but the artillery in the city was finally cleaned up.

When Zhu Cijiu heard the news, he let out a long sigh and finally ended. Next, as long as he mobilized all the artillery to level the battlements on the city wall, he could easily attack the city wall with the support of the barrage. This Shenglong City could be taken down without him supporting it.

However, when everyone has arrived here, he naturally cannot run back. He simply asked the First Corps of the Imperial Guards to continue boarding the ship and rushed to Shenglong City as planned.

As a result, on the twelfth day, when Zhu Cijiu arrived at Haifang City, another bad news came. The Annan army in the city actually had thousands of muskets. The cavalry who went up to fill the moat braved the rain of bullets and suffered four or five thousand casualties to fill the east section of the moat!

When Zhu Cijiu heard the news, his nose was almost pissed. This Dutchman was so sinister that he had dug such a big pit for him. Sooner or later, he would have to settle the debt with them!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was even more angry and his eyes were blew out of fire. The small Shenglong City actually caused him to lose so many people. The most important thing is that he had not started to attack the city. I heard that the emperor was about to arrive. Will he let the emperor personally command the attack? He can't afford to lose this person!

So he transferred 20,000 infantry from the Guanning Army overnight. The next morning, he gathered all the siege equipment, set up a formation, and prepared to attack the city.

By the way, why did the cavalry build siege equipment so fast? It seems that they have only been building it for three or four days.

It is indeed impossible to build so quickly according to the previous progress, but now it is different. The Ming Dynasty has a strong military-industry system, so naturally the siege equipment will not fall behind, and many things are ready-made.

For example, the wheels of the well rail and the siege car were used to be made of large logs on site, but now they are all cast steel wheels, with rubber embedded bearings, which are strong and durable. Just install them on the well rail and the siege car.

Also, the well railings and siege cars do not need to nail rows of dense wooden squares like before. Now they are all made of steel plates. Just build a frame and nail the iron plate upwards. It is not only convenient and fast, but also has a strong defense. Not to mention that it can prevent shells, ordinary flintlock gun bullets can still block them.

Now, Lu Xiangsheng was standing under a well railing, preparing to climb up and lead the team to charge in person.

However, this time he was stopped, and almost all the senior generals of the Tianxiong Army surrounded him and said in a verbal manner: "Master Lu, you can't go, Lord Lu and the others have guns, Lord Lu is too dangerous..."

Lu Xiangsheng patted the armor on his body and shouted: "Shut up, aren't I wearing armor? Ordinary bullets can't be penetrated. Whatever I'm afraid of, let me go!"

He can't penetrate his body with armor, but his arms, legs, and even his face have no armor, and bullets can still penetrate his body, so a group of senior generals still surrounded him and refused to let him go.

Lu Xiangsheng shouted in anger: "If you don't let go, you will be engaged in military law!"

The generals dared not stop him anymore, but a general said unwillingly: "Sir, why don't you let me wait for the first to lead the army to fight for a few rounds, and you can go ahead if it really doesn't work."

Lu Xiangsheng pushed the general away and said without looking back: "What to try? The so-called one-stop energy will decline again, and the third one will be exhausted. When you have to make a few rounds of morale, you will be able to fart!"

The generals were speechless and had to watch Lu Xiangsheng climbing up the well railing. Then, with a wave of his hand, he roared: "Run." and led his army straight to the city wall.

The city wall is now filled with sorrow. The wreckage of more than 100 artillery pieces is piled up in the east and west, piled up everywhere, and the Ming army's shells are even more scattered throughout the city wall. Two or three thousand Annan soldiers are tightly huddled behind the female wall, with fear in their eyes.

The Ming army's artillery fire was so fierce that they could not stand it anymore, but there was no way, they could not retreat. The passage leading to the south and north walls were blocked by the Zheng family's supervision team. Zheng Jian, the head of the Zheng family, even led the supervision team to stand under the east wall. He threatened to cut down whoever dared to retreat, and he would arrest their families after the chopping!

Who would dare to retreat in this situation? Fortunately, the Ming army's shotgun seemed to have used up all of them. Now they are all solid bullets. As long as they are careful to shrink behind the female wall, they will not be hit. They always have to go up to the city wall, and the artillery will not be bombarded again. As for who will win in the end, it is hard to say.

Because the Ming army had only about 100,000 infantry under the city, which was similar to theirs. Although it was said that the army had bombarded the east city wall in recent days, more than 20,000 casualties were killed or killed on the city wall in the east, they were guarding the city and the Ming army was siegeing the city. The gap in number of people was not a disadvantage. If the Ming army had not had too many artillery, they would not have been afraid!

Of course, whether they are afraid of the Ming army or not, they have already rushed up, and a bloody battle is about to begin.
Chapter completed!