When the team arrived at Wulei Mountain, Zhu Yicheng ordered a camp to rest here. Along the way, although Luo Jiao helped, the team did not relax the training all the way. After the camp was set off, Zhu Yicheng patiently waited for news from Ningbo. Long before they arrived at Wulei Mountain, Dong Dashan sent many spies to Ningbo. At the same time, the dog-headed military advisor Liao Huanzhi was not idle. As a member of the officialdom in Zhejiang, he was not unfamiliar with the officialdom in Ningbo. In addition, he also had a classmate and friend working in Ningbo.

Speaking of Liao Huanzhi's good friend Jiang Jin, he had a relationship with Zhu Yicheng when he was able to work in Ningbo. Of course, Zhu Yicheng didn't know the other party at all, and he knew nothing about Jiang Jin.

To be honest, this matter has to be discussed. Huang Jie, the governor of Ningbo Prefect Zhang Chaozong, went to Yuyao to escort Zhu Yicheng to Hangzhou. Unexpectedly, something went wrong with this trip. Yuan Qi was beaten and ambushed by Yuan Qi on the way. Not only did Zhu Yicheng lose his escort Qin's criminal, but he led to many subsequent incidents. Huang Jie, the governor of Ningbo Prefecture who was responsible for escorting him, also lost his life because of this.

After Huang Jie's death, Jiang Jin had the opportunity to take over this position. Isn't this related to Zhu Yicheng? The governor of the government is not high in terms of rank. In terms of rank, the rank is just a small official, but this official is a subordinate of the prefect and has considerable power.

From later generations, the current prefect can be equivalent to a senior official and mayor of a prefecture-level city, so the prefect is probably the position of secretary-general of the municipal party committee and secretary-general of the municipal government. Not only that, the prefecture-general also has the right to investigate criminal names. Now he has also served as the position of procurator-general of the procurator-general of the procurator-general. From this, the prefecture-general of the prefecture-general can be seen.

If the prefect is in charge, the governor of the government usually only assists the governor in his work, but don’t forget that the governor Zhang Chaozong has been dismissed from office and there is no prefect in Ningbo. In this case, the governor of the government will have greater power.

Regarding Jiang Jin, Liao Huanzhi patted his chest and assured Zhu Yicheng that there was no problem. Seeing that he was confident, Zhu Yicheng agreed to Liao Huanzhi send someone to contact Jiang Jin in private to test the other party, but did not place all his hopes on Jiang Jin. After all, taking down Ningbo is a top priority. With the current strength of the rebel army and the strength of the Qing court, a local official could not take the initiative to surrender to him. At least Zhu Yicheng has not been so arrogant yet.

In the end, you have to rely on your own strength to win over people like Jiang Jin. After taking Ningbo, you will still be unsuccessful if Jiang Jin can use it for him. Therefore, you have acquiesced to Liao Huanzhi's private contact with Jiang Jin, but you must not disclose to Jiang Jin any news that the rebel army was about to attack Ningbo at this time.

In Wuleishan Camp, two days later, news about spies continued to spread to Zhu Yicheng, which was similar to what had been expected before. Ningbo City is now air defenseless and has no military power stationed. In addition, after Zhang Chaozong was convicted, officials at all levels in Ningbo were obviously negligent. If they could be surprised, they would still be very sure to take Ningbo.

He invited Liao Huanzhi, Dong Dashan, Wang Dong and others to have a meeting to inquire about the government's management of entering and leaving the city. In addition to the news he had been inquiring these days, Zhu Yicheng decided to leave Wulei Mountain to Ningbo tomorrow.

Wulei Mountain is not far from Ningbo, not to mention Zhu Yicheng has a large number of people. In addition to the 3,000 recruits and trained people, there are more than 2,000 civilians and craftsmen, and the total number has exceeded 5,000.

Of course, not all of these more than 5,000 people are in Wulei Mountain, and half of them are still north of Wulei Mountain. After all, a large amount of supplies were brought out from Tonglu. Although these supplies were assisted by the Luo Cult, a large number of people had to be transported and guarded, so there were only Zhu Yicheng's most elite more than 2,000 people in Wulei Mountain.

Taking Ningbo is enough with Ningbo's current military defense, but it is a fool to fight Ningbo face to face. Although Zhu Yicheng expanded his army in Tonglu, his family's fortune is not so casual. It is not easy to train these soldiers. After taking Ningbo, if he does not have a reliable force in his hand, it would be a joke to master Ningbo.

The key to fighting Ningbo was to use a trick. Zhu Yicheng picked out more than 300 people from more than 2,000 people to disguise themselves as ordinary people, first mixed into Ningbo City, then controlled the gates and important roads of Ningbo, and then took the army into the city.

It is okay to sneak into Ningbo City, but it is not easy to get in with more than 300 people. You should know that the Qing Dynasty had a complete household registration system. Whether ordinary people or officials were in other places, they needed documents similar to "introduction letters" in later generations as proof. When entering the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate and the yamen runners would also check these things.

In theory, this method can still play a certain role. Even the thief in the Yangtze River will reveal the situation if he faces this kind of investigation. But don’t forget that Liao Huanzhi, the dog-headed military advisor, has been used by Zhu Yicheng. As the former magistrate of Tonglu, he knows the government’s tricks better than anyone else.

Letter of introduction... Oh, it is what we call "printing tickets" now, which is not easy for ordinary people to get, but for the head of a county within the system, this kind of thing is almost as much as possible.

The spies sent by Dong Dashan to Ningbo were holding genuine stamps, and the source of these stamps was Liao Huanzhi. With these stamps, the government could not distinguish the other party's identity at all. And these stamps were also the stamps. In addition to the assistance of Luo Sect, they also had the credit for stamping the stamps.

The plan was made, and the forwards of more than 300 people disguised themselves as farmers, merchants, horse teams, peddlers and other professions, divided into scattered areas and began to sneak into Ningbo City. Zhu Yicheng, who was ambushed more than ten miles outside Ningbo City, was patiently waiting for news from Ningbo, from early morning until Shenshi, that is, at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the spies in front of him reported everything going smoothly. The brothers entering Ningbo City were ready to take the large army into the city.

"Okay! Dong Dashan!"

"I'm here!" Dong Dashan, who had been waiting aside, quickly responded.

"You lead the 500 pioneers to set off and set off fireworks outside Ningbo City to kill the city! After entering the city, you will immediately control the important roads of the city gates with your brothers in the city, and take down the garrison barracks and government offices for me."

"I'm sure!" Dong Dashan's face turned red with excitement and replied in a thick voice.

"Wang Dong!"

"Wang Dong is here!" Wang Dong hurriedly clasped his fists and left the line.

"You bring five hundred people and then wait until Dashan enters the city and help the brothers in the city control the outer city gates, and you must not let anyone escape from the city."

"Get orders!"

Zhu Yicheng finally looked at Liao Huanzhi, Li Juaner and others around him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liao and I are the back team. Just in case, I will send a message to me immediately after you control Ningbo."

Everyone agreed loudly, and Zhu Yi waved his hand and asked them to implement it immediately. After each order, he quickly mobilized the team to take action.

About half an hour later, I saw several fireworks explode in the air in the direction of Ningbo City from afar. When I saw the fireworks light up, Zhu Yicheng, who looked up, couldn't help but clench his fists nervously, because he knew that this was an attack signal from Dong Dashan, indicating that the attack had officially begun.

As the back team, Zhu Yicheng, who had learned the lesson of being ambushed by Chen Tianan before, was particularly cautious this time. Not only did he repeatedly ponder the plan, but he also sent a large number of spies to wander around Ningbo, each leading the back team in person to prevent it.

At the beginning of the battle in Ningbo, spies from all walks of life came to report repeatedly. When they learned that the city gate was controlled by the inside and outside, Dong Dashan's five hundred people successfully rushed into the city, Zhu Yicheng's nervous heartbeats quickly popped out of his chest.

More than ten minutes later, someone came to report that Wang Dong's team had blocked the outer city of Ningbo. After clearing out some fish that escaped from the city, Wang Dong's people had already joined Dong Dashan's team and began to sweep the city in Ningbo.

After more than twenty minutes, news came that he had basically controlled Ningbo. At this time, Zhu Yicheng was very excited. He never expected that he would take Ningbo City so easily. It was like a dream. After confirming that Ningbo had been taken, Zhu Yicheng could no longer contain the excitement and immediately issued an order to enter Ningbo.
Chapter completed!