Chapter 927: A loud thunder sounded, half of Guangning City collapsed

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【Today's first update is delivered!】

The road from Jinzhou City to Guangning City is full of loneliness. Spring has arrived, but there are only weeds on both sides of the road. The little bits of green are revealed from the tips of the grass. Except for occasionally seeing the rushing commanders, there are no other figures.

After the Tatars controlled western Liaoning, they expelled all the local Han people around Liaoyang and strictly prohibited ordinary Han people from appearing around Guangning City. Similarly, the Ming army in Liaodong also strictly prevented ordinary Han people from appearing in this area. Over time, there was no ordinary people here anymore.

It is conceivable that this land will not be cultivated for a long time in the future. The Hu Ben Army currently focuses on developing the southern Liaoning region, which is the district under Dalian in the future. It has no ability to take into account the western Liaoning region. If you want to develop the western Liaoning region on a large scale, you may have to wait for the national strength to recover and the population will grow in the future, so that you will have a chance.

Some people said that the population of the Ming Dynasty was 60 million, some said that it was 90 million, and some said that it was 200 million. Zhang Zhun was not sure how many people there were in the Ming Dynasty. The numbers on the household registration were inaccurate. It seemed that the registered population of Fushansou at that time was more than 8,000, but in fact it was nearly 15,000. If so, the population of the Ming Dynasty would definitely be close to 200 million.

After experiencing the war in the late Ming Dynasty, the total population in the country had to be reduced by at least about 50 million. According to the current situation, the personnel in the Central Plains were actually insufficient. If you want to vigorously develop areas outside Shanhaiguan, you have to wait until the population recovers. With the reproduction rate of the Han people, as long as the food is sufficient, the population will grow to about 400 million in a hundred years. There is absolutely no problem.

"Sir, it's delivered from behind!"

Shortly after leaving Jinzhou, Zhang Zhun received good news from the rear, that the first shipyard had eighteen sword-tooth ships launched, which made up for the current shortage of the Tiger Ben Navy. In addition, the second shipyard also started construction.

According to Zhang Zhun's plan, the second shipyard will make full production of sword-tooth ships, and every six months will make 50 sword-tooth ships. The first shipyard will make full production of Dragon God Ship and every nine months will make 30 Dragon God Ship. Once the technology of the King Kong Ship is mature and can be mass-produced, the second shipyard will make full production of Dragon God Ship, and the first shipyard will make full production of King God Ship.

In fact, the shipbuilding capabilities of the Central Plains dynasty were basically in Jiangnan. The Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing once produced large treasure ships with displacement of more than 2,000 tons. Shipbuilding in Jiangnan has many convenient conditions. The cost of labor and raw materials is relatively low. Therefore, in the long-term plan, Zhang Zhun was preparing to build a third shipyard in Jiangnan. The super-large Heavenly King ships and Imperial ships should be produced in the Jiangnan shipyard.

What is certain is that as long as time goes by, the power of the Hu Ben Army's navy will be even stronger. After concentrating its efforts to eliminate the Tartars, the Hu Ben Army will have to fight for hegemony at sea. However, for now, we should take down Guangning City first.

After a period of confrontation, the fortress of Guangning City was almost the same. The news sent by Yang Zhiyuan was to take down Guangning City within one or two days. Of course, Zhang Zhun could not miss such a grand event. Taking down Guangning City was equivalent to kicking hard at the door of the Great Jin Kingdom, kicking the door of the Great Jin Kingdom, and then he could drive straight in.

I wonder what kind of dream Ajige was still having at this time? Will he notice the real purpose of the long and authenticity? If he didn't notice it, he would be dead and confused.

...

Of course Azig was not dreaming.

During the past half month, Ajige felt that his eyelids were dancing very hard. His spirit seemed to be in a state of pathological excitement and could not sleep at night. He always felt something was wrong. This was what he felt in his subconscious mind. The long-term battle made Ajige very sensitive to danger.

In Guangning City, he always felt that there was danger approaching him. This was definitely not a good sign. In the past, on the battlefield, once Ajige noticed such a danger, he would immediately stop military operations and carefully search for the danger. Such a subconscious warning helped Ajige through many dangers.

However, this time, Ajig felt that his sixth sense had completely failed. Ajig himself was not very clear about where the problem occurred. He sorted out all the things around him, but he did not find any suspicious places. Everything around him seemed to be very normal, and no abnormal things happened.

What he knew was that the Hu Ben Army was digging tunnels and wanted to send the Hu Ben Army from outside the city to the city. In response to this situation, the Jin army also dug a large number of wells in the city and sent people to observe the water level day and night. As long as the water level was found to have abnormal movements, the direction of the tunnel could be determined, and then waited for the rabbit to teach the Hu Ben Army a lesson.

Will the Hu Ben Army really come out of the tunnel? Ajige always feels not sure. Logically speaking, with Zhang Zhun's wisdom, he should not use such an ancient method. Digging the tunnel is the stupidest way. If you don't have to say it, you may have to ruin yourself in the end. But who can say it accurately? Perhaps, Zhang Zhun is really exhausted this time and has capsized in the gutter.

"Master Beile!"

"There is some movement in the well!"

Suddenly, a subordinate hurried in to report.

"oh?"

Azig's expression moved slightly.

He hurried to the city wall and personally checked the surrounding wells. Sure enough, near the city gate, the water level of the well was lowered by two horse whips than before. At the same time, the water level of several nearby wells also showed signs of falling. It is certain that near these wells, there are definitely tunnels of the Hu Ben Army approaching. Moreover, the location is in the direction of the city gate.

Humph, the Hu Ben Army's plan is indeed quite insidious! Ajige immediately inferred that the Hu Ben Army tried to send elite troops to the city through the tunnel, and then seize the city gate, open the city gate, and let the large troops outside come in. I have to say that this is indeed a good method. However, with him Ajige, no matter how good the Hu Ben Army's method is, it will be cut in half. Want to open the city gate? Dream!

"Keep a close look!"

Ajige shouted with murderous intent.

At all possible entrances and exits, he prepared a large number of weapons such as bows, arrows, stones, and hot vegetable oil, and red hot charcoal. At the same time, there was a lot of clear water. As long as the tunnel entrance of the Hu Ben Army was opened, as long as the Hu Ben Army came out from inside, all of these weapons would be poured down. Idiots could imagine that when the vegetable oil, hot charcoal and other thrown down, a scream was indispensable.

In the direction of the city gate, Ajige also sent his own captain to garrison himself. Humph, the Hu Ben Army wanted to break through here, and the Jin army just gave the Hu Ben Army a head-on attack. After destroying the enemy's vanguard, Ajige was also preparing to let his elite troops come out of the tunnel and give the Hu Ben Army a cauldron to remove firewood.

However, strangely, Ajige made all preparations, but the tunnel entrance of the Hu Ben Army did not appear. Many people with sharp hearing pressed their ears tightly to the ground, and there was nothing worth mentioning to find. Some people also put the hollow bamboo tube deep on the ground, and then listened carefully against the bamboo tube, and could vaguely hear some messy sounds. Obviously, there were indeed people moving underground.

Half a day passed, but the Hu Ben Army still did not appear. The water level of several wells continued to slowly lower, showing the authenticity of the Hu Ben Army, which was indeed under their feet. This made Ajige feel a little surprised. He was wondering whether the Hu Ben Army was accumulating troops underground and then erupting. For this reason, Ajige also strengthened the defenders near the city gate without hesitation.

"What are the Hu Ben Army doing?"

Aziger was a little puzzled.

Of course he could not imagine what the Hu Ben Army was preparing for underground. At this moment, the Hu Ben Army had stopped digging the tunnel, but widened the tunnel below, and carried out some necessary preparations to place more black gunpowder.

Ajige was actually already smart. He accurately predicted the position of the Tiger Army tunnel and was ready to fight back. Unfortunately, he was wrong. The Tiger Army tunnel was not used to transport troops, but the purpose was just to blast the city wall. After all, Ajige had contact with too little about blasting the technology, so he could not have thought that at this moment, he was standing on thousands of kilograms of black gunpowder.

Where he could not see, coffins were being sent to the deepest part of the tunnel. I don’t know where these coffins were made, and they were filled with black gunpowder. A full five thousand kilograms of black gunpowder were used for a whole night before they were sent to the deepest part of the tunnel.

After all the black explosives were loaded, all the unrelated personnel retreated, leaving only the few soldiers with the richest blasting experience. Their purpose was to detonate the explosives in the early morning. As for the other Hu Ben Army soldiers, they all went to sleep to wait for the arrival of the early morning. The senior leaders of the Hu Ben Army were silently calculating the time.

The early morning is the beginning of the general attack.

"Damn the Hu Ben Army!"

He had never waited for the appearance of the tunnel entrance of the Hu Ben Army, so Ajige had to mutter and instruct his subordinates to continue to monitor closely, and then turned to sleep. One night, his inner uneasiness became stronger and stronger, so that he could not sleep at all. As a result, before dawn, Ajige had already gotten up and prepared to patrol the city.

In the early morning, the defenders of Guangning City did not dare to relax at all. In the early morning, the time when the human body was most tired and the time when the garrison was the most relaxed. At this time, launching a sudden attack can achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, with the sound of the "bang bang bang" gong, Ajige's battlefield law enforcement team appeared just right.

These battlefield law enforcement teams are actually Ajige's personal soldiers. Ajige relies on them to strictly control the movements in the city. If they find someone lazy, it will be the result of the heads falling to the ground. The military discipline of the Great Jin army is definitely not a joke. This is especially true at this special time.

Ajige followed the law enforcement team and checked the situation on the entire battlefield one by one. He was still very satisfied with his preparations for the war. He firmly believed that if the Hu Ben Army launched an attack at this time, he would definitely be beaten to death by him. However, the uneasiness in his heart made Ajige feel a little anxious.

Standing on the city tower at the south gate, Ajig looked out, hoping to find some clues. Because he felt his eyelids were getting more and more powerful. This ominous feeling was telling him clearly that dangerous things were about to happen. However, until now, Ajig still did not discover where the danger came from.

The feeling of the early morning is just one word: quiet.

Quiet.

Extremely quiet.

In the world, it seemed that all the sounds had disappeared. All you could hear was your own breathing and heartbeat. This feeling made Ajige feel very uncomfortable. He realized that something was going to happen. But he couldn't imagine what would happen. So, helplessly, Ajige shook his head gently and walked down the city tower.

Near the city gate, there were still a large number of elite soldiers of the Great Jin army staring at several wells vigilantly. Next to the wells, there were all kinds of weapons and equipment. Everyone opened their eyes wide and stared around them, especially at their feet. Dozens of hollow bamboo tubes were deeply buried in the deep land, and next to each bamboo tube, there were people taking turns to listen.

Ajige was still very satisfied with his preparations for the war. He firmly believed that even if the Hu Ben Army came out of the tunnel, they would be blocked back all at once. Look at the tall and powerful native soldiers. The big wooden sticks in their hands could directly smash a Hu Ben Army soldier into meat sauce. Fighting hand-to-hand, the Hu Ben Army could not be their opponent. There was also the boiling water from the big tank of boiling water poured out at once. There would definitely be a good show!

Suddenly, Ajige felt that something seemed to be pushed by his feet, pushing him up. Following a huge wave of air, Ajige pushed him down on the street. He subconsciously felt something was wrong and tried hard to look back and see what was going on. But suddenly, he felt something hit his waist hard, and he screamed and completely lost consciousness.

"Boom!"

Only then did a loud noise come.

The entire southern gate of Guangning City was suddenly pushed up, as if it was about to fly up, and then it suddenly lowered and sank deep below the ground. The defenders had no idea what was going on and had already fallen into complete darkness.

...

Thousands of kilograms of black explosives were detonated at the same time, and their power was naturally extraordinary. The power generated by the huge explosion made Zhang Zhun, three miles away, feel the violent vibration under his feet. The war horse under his crotch neighed uneasyly. The dazzling flame was brighter than a thousand suns!

At the moment of the explosion, all the soldiers of the Tiger Army looked at everything in front of them in amazement. They saw a lot of things and heard a lot of things, but their brains couldn't react. The huge sound and huge waves of air rushed towards them in a fierce manner. Even hundreds of feet away, they still felt the huge shock caused by the explosion, which made people dare not look at them.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, the originally towering city wall in Guangning City had completely collapsed. The entire explosion range looked like a huge sinkhole was sunk. The soldiers, cannons, wood, stones, boiling oil, charcoal, and other materials were gone. At first glance, there was only a huge gap of more than one hundred feet in length. Basically, half of the city walls in the south of Guangning City were destroyed.

These things were carefully prepared by Ajige. As long as the Hu Ben Army approaches, they will be used to greet the Hu Ben Army. Unfortunately, these things have no chance to be used at all. With a loud bang, they all turned into nothing. The Hu Ben Army Qinglong Legion has been working hard for half a month, and this is the effect.

"superior!"

After the explosion, the large army of the Hu Ben Army immediately rushed forward.

The defenders in the city were all blown up and had no time to react. In a confused state, many people became dead souls under the guns of the Hu Ben Army. Occasionally, a few sober people wanted to resist hard, but in the face of the tide of the Hu Ben Army, they were also a mantis armed chariot, which was vulnerable. Soon, the Hu Ben Army occupied the gap and continued to develop into the city.

Ajige was fainted by the bombing. The defenders in the city lost their unified command, and chaos was inevitable. Even if someone woke up and sent someone to block the gap, in the face of the brave attack of the Hu Ben Army, who could resist it without the cover of the red cannon? Hu Yifang, the deputy commander of the Qinglong Legion, personally led the troops to guard the gap. No matter how the defenders counterattacked, the gap was always in the hands of the Hu Ben Army.

As the situation developed to such a point, it was impossible for Guangning City to defend it. Some of the fast-reacting Tartars turned over and prepared to escape. They quickly ran out of the other three gates of Guangning City and tried to run back to Liaoyang in one breath. However, they soon discovered that they ran out of the city like this was almost the same as committing suicide.

The other three gates in Guangning City were already covered with Hu Ben cavalry. Three cavalry battalions and three gates, just one cavalry battalion guarded one. The escaped Tatar cavalry fell into the trap they carefully laid out unexpectedly. After a burst of gunfire, the Tatars who ran out by chance had no movement at all.
Chapter completed!