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The bad news came one after another, which made Zheng Bing's scalp numb when he saw the soldiers who reported the news.

But looking at the soldier's distressed appearance, it didn't look like he had good news to report.

The soldier who reported the letter walked in silently, seeing the solemn atmosphere in the hall, and the Generalissimo's face was gloomy.The soldier who reported the letter didn't know how to speak for a while.

After a long time, Zheng Bing took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Tell me, what military situation?"

"Two days ago, Daming's fleet attacked Taojiang port, and our warships were wiped out. Their soldiers have already landed at Taojiangkou, captured Haiyang City yesterday, and are heading towards Shenglong!"

"Sigh~"

As soon as the soldier said this, everyone in the hall gasped.

And Zheng Bing was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and sat down gently leaning on the back of the chair.Although he tried his best to hide it, his uncontrollably trembling hands revealed that he was extremely restless at this moment.

The hall was terribly quiet, everyone was silent, trying to hold their breath, for fear of being angered by the Generalissimo.

"How many soldiers do they have?"

After a long time, Zheng Bing finally spoke again.

His voice was hoarse, as if he had just swallowed two handfuls of sand.

"Back to the Generalissimo, in the early [-]s."

"Over 1!? Where's Zheng Jiu in the port? Where's Mo Bixian in Haiyang? The combined soldiers of the two of them are more than [-]? How could the Ming army attack in such a short period of time?" Got off Haiyang?"

Zheng Bing's tone of voice is not high, and the speed of his speech is not fast, but everyone can hear the anger contained in it.

"General Zheng resisted to the death at the port and fought until the last moment, but the artillery on the other side's ship was too powerful. Our warship was vulnerable in front of them! General Zheng fought to the last moment, and was finally rescued after being knocked out by the artillery In the end, he led [-] remnant soldiers to retreat to Haiyang as a last resort. But who knew that Haiyang didn't defend either!"

"At this moment, there are at least dozens of large and small warships in the port. Why did the whole army disappear? How many warships did they have?"

"Eighteen ships!"

"They're all big ships?" Zheng Bing said subconsciously.Because only big ships can have such strong firepower.

"They're all big ships! The big ones!"

"How big is it?"

"The biggest one is about [-] feet long. But they only dispatched seven ships when they attacked."

"Seven ships? You mean that they wiped out all the warships in our port with just seven warships?"

"Yes!" The soldier nodded solemnly.

"Hey! It seems that our warships are all parked there and lined up for them to fight without fighting back." Zheng Bing sneered, obviously not believing what the soldier said. "Okay, as you said, let me ask you again. The artillery on their warships is so sharp that it doesn't matter if the port can't be defended. What about Haiyang? Can their guns hit Haiyang directly?"

"Back to Generalissimo, the Ming army who got off the ship also has extremely powerful firearms!"

"Extremely powerful firearms, isn't it artillery? How many did they bring!?"

"It's artillery, but it's very different from what we usually see and use."

"What is the difference?"

"It's so small that people can run with it on their backs."

"Are you joking? The bigger the artillery, the more powerful it is. You said it was small. How did you capture Haiyang?"

"The shells of this kind of artillery are dropped from the sky. As long as the shells fall on the city wall, there will be no one standing within ten steps! The most frightening thing is that this kind of artillery is very accurate, and at least half of the rounds of shelling can hit! They used forty pieces of this artillery, but after a few rounds, our soldiers fled desperately. Not only that, they didn't know what they used, and they smashed the city gate to pieces. He disappeared immediately, and General Zheng Jiu tried to gather the remnants to continue fighting, but seeing that the situation was over, he had no choice but to flee Haiyang as well!"

The soldiers' description of the battle situation at that time was clear and well-organized.

But it is tantamount to the Arabian Nights in Zheng Bing's ears.

The seven warships defeated dozens of their own ships.

The cannon is so small that people can carry it on their backs.

The shells fell from the sky and were very accurate, and more than half of them hit the target accurately.

There was a kind of firearm I didn't know what it was called, and it shattered the solid city gate with a "boom".

Zheng Bing stared at the soldier for a long time, only to feel his heart tremble.

But it seems that this guy doesn't seem to be lying.

"Do you believe what he said?"

Zheng Bing looked at the surrounding subordinates who were also stunned.

When the guys heard Zheng Bing's question, they all shook their heads frantically.

I have heard of explosives, but I have never heard of such powerful ones.There are also cannons. The smallest iron bumps weigh several hundred kilograms. Can people run around with them on their backs?

"Did Zheng Jiu ask you to say that on purpose because he was afraid that I would punish him?" Zheng Bing thought of another possibility.

"No, Commander-in-Chief! If the young man said half a lie, he would be willing to be executed by Ling Chi, ransacked and beheaded, quartered by five horses..."

The soldier was so frightened that he kowtowed like garlic, looking like he wanted to cut his heart open for Zheng Bing to see.

"You go down first."

Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Zheng Ting dismissed the soldier with a wave of his hand.Then he ordered the guards around him to issue an order to summon Chao Wenwu to the Grand Marshal's Mansion for a discussion.

After everyone in the hall left, Zheng Bing let out a long breath and collapsed on the chair.

Although he looked calm, he was already in a state of disarray.

The Ming army on the border of northwest Yunnan, the rebel army in Shanxi Prefecture, and the Ming army in Haiyang Prefecture.

Needless to say, the target is Thang Long.

The Ming army in the northwest is fairly normal, only that the armor is complete and the combat effectiveness is strong. I haven't heard of any unimaginable things happening.But the Ming army that captured Haiyang was quite unusual.

He actually believed more than half of what the soldiers who reported the letter said. The Ming army definitely had a big killer they didn't expect, otherwise they wouldn't dare to launch an attack with only so few people.

He remembered the rumors he heard from the Netherlanders before, saying that Daming had a fleet of only seven warships, which beat the Spaniards in Luzon to pieces and drove them out of Luzon. At that time, he still didn't believe it. Looking at it now, most of it is still true.

But sea battles are different from land battles. After all, his base camp is still on land, and the opponent has to fight on land if he wants to defeat him.

Although Da Ming is very powerful, in fact he has never taken it seriously before, because of various factors, it is too difficult for Da Ming to use troops against Jiaozhi, which has been verified by history.Not to mention whether we can win the fight or not, the issue of governance alone has become a huge challenge.It was extremely uneconomical for Daming to spend countless manpower and material resources to obtain this piece of land.This is one of the reasons why he connived at Zheng Kai to take in Daming's rebels.

But this was nothing at all, is it going to become the fuse of the situation?

Zheng Bing sat alone in the hall and thought about it, but he couldn't find a clue.

He knows that Daming has become stronger again in the past few years, but he really hasn't adapted to this strength.

Or, how powerful is Daming now?