Knock knock, knock knock......

In the agitated war drums, nearly 20,000 people launched a tragic bloody battle in the southeast corner outside the city of Ningbo, the raging war burned half of the sky, and the shouts of killing and screams resounded in the sky in the quiet night, and the sound shook for ten miles.

Although the pirates' Beida Battalion and the Eastern Battalion were defeated by the Ming army with lightning speed, the pirates and the Southern and Western Battalions were intact, plus the remnants of the collected soldiers, the total strength was still more than 12,000 people.

On the other hand, on the side of the Ming army, Shaoxingwei was not satisfied, only about 4,000 people, excluding some prisoners and dead and wounded, the Ming army invested about 8,000 combatants, so it was at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

However, the Ming army was the one who took the initiative to sneak attack, and it had the upper hand in psychology and momentum, plus the two large battalions that had just defeated the pirates, it was like a rainbow, and the five hundred flintlock pistols of the five hundred battalions posed a great threat to the pirates, both physically and psychologically. Therefore, although the total strength of the Ming army was at a disadvantage, it became more and more courageous and firmly occupied the upper hand in the battle.

Originally, the pirates under the command of Mao Haifeng also had a musket team, equipped with 300 Westerners' arquebuses, but at this time it was raining lightly, and the arquebuses needed open flames to fire.

The thief Mao Haifeng is about thirty years old, he looks very handsome, has a bookish face, and likes to dress up as a scholar, if you just look at the appearance, who would have expected that this is the leader of tens of thousands of pirates?

It is worth mentioning here that this Mao Haifeng is also a returnee, who has lived in the Japanese country for many years, is proficient in the Japanese language, and even knows Portuguese.

Moreover, part of the reason why Wang Zhi called himself King Hui was hot-headed for a while was that his righteous son Mao Haifeng was instigated behind his back, after all, if Lao Tzu was not called king, how could he, the righteous son, be embarrassed to add an official to himself?

Therefore, after Wang Zhi proclaimed himself the queen of Hui, he immediately appointed his righteous son Mao Haifeng as the general of Zhenhai and was named the Marquis of Dinghai, and Wang Zhi's other son, Xu Yuanliang, was also named General Fubo, and some of Wang Zhi's backbones were also named generals.

It can be seen that Mao Haifeng's ambition is not small, but the ambitious General Mao was scolded by Governor Xu tonight, and nearly half of the centaurs were eaten in less than an hour, and his flesh hurt so much that he almost vomited blood.

At this moment, Mao Haifeng stood in the formation under the protection of thousands of personal soldiers, his face was even colder than the autumn rain, he was unwilling to stare at the handsome flag of "Xu" flying high on the head of the city, and regretted it in his heart.

Originally, yesterday evening, his father-in-law Wang Zhi sent someone to send 30 newly purchased Francophone artillery, but because it was raining and his subordinates had been attacking the city for several days, he was already tired, so he planned to wait for the next day at dawn to launch a general attack and take the city of Ningbo in one fell swoop. However, it was this difference in thought that Mao Haifeng missed the opportunity to break through the city of Ningbo, and put himself in a situation of being passively beaten.

Of course, this is not all Mao Haifeng's decision-making mistakes, after all, he received internal information from the Ming army that Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, will not lead the army to arrive until tomorrow afternoon, and his mistake is that he relied too much on the ventilation of the Ming army's internal spies, and Xu Jin also took advantage of this to convey false news to Mao Haifeng through the mouth of the Ming army's internal spies.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Just when Mao Haifeng regretted not using the thirty Franc cannons, the artillery at the head of Ningbo Mansion was powerful at this time. Thirty-two Franco-cannons roared at the same time, and the fierce cannon fire roared through the sky, pouring into the pirate formation, and instantly blowing up people on their backs.

The 32 Franc cannons in Ningbo Mansion were captured by Yu Dayou from the captured Western ship in Ningbo and have been stored in the warehouse of Ningbo Prefecture. The reason why Mao Haifeng failed to take Ningbo Mansion after seven days of fierce attack was due to the contribution of these 32 Francophone cannons.

Although the firing range of the Franc machine gun is not high due to the defect of air tightness, its rate of fire is quite terrifying, and the 32 Franc machine guns fire at full speed at the same time, and more than 100 shells fall into the pirate formation in just half a minute. The killing area caused by this solid bullet is not large, but there is no doubt that it is shocking, as long as it is hit, whether it is a person or an object, all of them are blown to pieces, even if it is bombarded on the ground, it will leave a terrible crater, and the terrifying power can scare people into a soul.

The pirates, who were already at a disadvantage, were suddenly frightened by this wave of heavy artillery fire falling from the sky, and they were in chaos.

Rumble......

A cannonball happened to fall into Mao Haifeng's personal team, and the furious solid iron ball exploded the chest of a pirate on the spot, the flesh and blood body was dismembered on the spot, and a bloody organ snapped and landed on Mao Haifeng's forehead.

The iron ball continued to smash half of a pirate's arm and a horse's head, unleashing its terrifying momentum.

The pirate, whose arm had been smashed off, fell next to the horse's corpse, howling heartbreakingly, and everyone including Mao Haifeng was terrified.

"General, the Ming army is strong, the artillery is sharp, the brothers are almost unable to resist, let's withdraw first!" A pro-soldier reminded tremblingly.

Other soldiers also chimed in: "Stay in the green mountains, even if there is no firewood?" General, let's retreat to Dinghai County for the time being, and then compete with the officers and soldiers after the soldiers and horses are reorganized. ”

At this time, the pirate's battle line was retreating, and even many people had turned around and fled, Mao Haifeng saw this and knew that he could not do anything, and he was afraid that his life would be difficult to protect if he did not withdraw, so he stared hatefully at the "Xu" handsome flag on the head of the city, and then ordered to fight and retreat to Dinghai County.

"The thieves are defeated, kill!" The Ming army erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and everyone fought bravely to get the silver first.

The wealth is moving, the surging pirate heads, each one is worth five taels of silver, and winning one is equal to a few months' military salary, who can not be moved.

Knock knock, knock knock......

At the head of Ningbo City, the war drums were beating again, as fast as a torrential wind, and the drummers tried their best to break the drum surface.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The cheers of the Ming army resounded in the night sky.

Xu Jin stood under the banner with his hands behind his back, watching the thieves retreat like a tide, his face was not shocked, as if everything was in his strategy.

The officials and gentry of Ningbo Mansion stood awe-inspiring in the hazy drizzle, even if they shivered with cold, no one dared to wear rain gear, after all, the governor was still drenched in the rain, how could they dare to raise an umbrella?

Now that the overall situation has been decided, Xu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief, don't look at his stinky fart appearance, in fact, the pressure in his heart is huge, and he pretends to be unfathomable, just to stabilize the morale of the army, and at the same time deter those local gentry in Ningbo Mansion who have different intentions.

Next, Xu Jin issued two more orders, ordering Guan Haiwei and Chang Guowei to send troops to chase down the retreating pirates from the east and west. After all, the overall situation has been decided at this time, but there is no need to worry about the spies in the two guards. ()

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