On the first day of the fifth month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the war in Liaodong officially began.

The 100,000 border troops set out from Dalinghe City and went straight to the Black Mountain City a hundred miles away, where the first target of the Ming army was.

For this expedition, Chen Xinjia took great pains to make detailed deployments, and he did not ignore the role of artillery, when Su Tiancheng left Liaodong, he left enough artillery, including fifty red-coated cannons, fifty general cannons, as for the tiger squat cannon and the Fran machine gun, as the conventional weapons of the Jiangning battalion, equipped with a lot, Su Tiancheng left these artillery, the main role is to defend, Dalinghe City arranged thirty large artillery, Jinzhou City thirty, Ningyuan twenty, Shanhaiguan twenty, This expedition, Chen Xinjia transferred a large number of artillery and set up a special Shenji battalion, because Hong Chengchou was responsible for defending the Guanningjin defense line, for which Chen Xinjia also specially found Hong Chengchou, and proposed to transfer a part of the artillery to participate in the expedition, from the overall situation, Hong Chengchou had to accept, the result of coordination, Chen Xinjia took away sixty large artillery, countless tiger squat cannons and Fulong machine guns, 20,000 flintlock guns, so that Dalinghe City, Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan, each left ten large artillery, For defense.

There are a large number of artillery, the pace of the army's march, naturally can not be very fast, Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale and other major generals, once followed Su Tiancheng's expedition, clear about the role of artillery, Su Tiancheng in Liaodong during the period, also pay attention to the training of the border army, familiar with the control of artillery, the use of flintlock guns, before the expedition, they repeatedly gave Chen Xinjia advice, attach importance to the role of artillery, and even pointed out that artillery in the siege of the battle, has a decisive role, such advice. Chen Xinjia is fully adopted.

One hundred miles, three days, an average of more than thirty miles a day, such a marching speed, can be described as the speed of a snail, but from a cautious point of view. Chen Xinjia made such a decision, which was completely correct, if the battle began, he would think about making a rash move, and he would probably pay a heavy price.

The main role of the former army led by Zu Dashou is to reconnoiter and open the way, in fact, this cannot be regarded as the front army, let alone the vanguard, at best the role is scouting.

After the departure of the great army. Zu Dashou was still very cautious, and sent a large number of scouts along the way to explore the clues within a radius of five kilometers, and it was a little strange that after a day's trip, almost nothing was found, and the scouts did not even find the shadow of the Houjin Tartar, which was a bit abnormal.

The distance between the front army and the middle. It's only five miles away, so to speak. All the information detected arrived in Chen Xinjia's hands as soon as possible, and these pieces of information have not undergone any processing, in fact, it is impossible to summarize and process, and the front army is not far from the middle. In some cases, I am afraid that while Zu Dashou knows the way, Chen Xinjia is also clear.

After dark, the army set up camp.

Zu Da happily walked into the Chinese military tent of the former army.

"Big brother, this march is too slow. Could it be that we still have to wait for the Houjin Tartars of Montenegro to get ready, according to my meaning, in one day, we rushed to Montenegro and launched an attack overnight, so that the Houjin Tartars were not able to prepare, and it was still necessary to be surprised. ”

"Second brother, don't say more, during this time, you have too many complaints, others know your nickname, and they also know your temper, say a few words, the army is conquest, the marshal has his own considerations, and caution is also necessary, besides, when the army gathers in Dalinghe City, I'm afraid that the Houjin Tartars have already known the news, do you think people are fools, now let's think about it, when attacking the city of Montenegro, how should we attack."

"Big brother, I'm just going to talk about it in front of you, don't say it's uncomfortable in my heart."

"I know the way, I'm also a little worried, stationed in the city of Montenegro, is the newly established Han Eight Banners, these Han Eight Banner soldiers, but different from the previous Han army, are all drawn from the Manchu Eight Banners Tartars, you and I have been in Liaodong for so many years, I don't know how many battles Lu Dao has experienced, I know that Lu Dao Tartar is not simple, but the confidence of the big commander is very full."

Zu Dale pursed his mouth.

"What's this, this kind of confidence is not earned by Lord Su, if it weren't for Lord Su recovering Dalinghe City, attacking Black Mountain City, and making Houjin Tartar shrink, how could he have today's confidence, now Dashuai is picking up cheap."

Zu Dashou frowned, he knew that Zu Dale was not very interested in Chen Xinjia and Qian Qianyi, and he was still thinking about Su Tiancheng, and he always thought that Su Tiancheng should be in charge of this fight.

"Second brother, I've said it many times, don't complain, just say that you know these things, just say that Master Su knows about it, and will reprimand you, the army has been pulled out, and the fight is imminent, at such a moment, you still say those frustrating words, if you accidentally say it, the big marshal knows it, and he will definitely punish you."

"Big brother, I see that you are also maintaining the marshal everywhere, I don't understand, the marshal has only been in Liaodong for more than a year, and he has never experienced a large-scale battle, if you want to say that compared with Lord Hong, you are ashamed of yourself, let alone compare with Lord Su, let's just say that when Lord Su exterminated the Liukou, the marshal didn't know what Lu Dao was doing, and after the attack, the emperor was bent on victory, didn't the court know Lu Dao, and Lord Su's command was more secure."

Zu Dashou sighed softly, his younger brother, known as Zu Er's madman, didn't say anything about fighting, but he didn't understand everything in the court, in fact, what Zu Dale said, he also seriously considered it, and soon understood the meaning of the court, but these words are not easy to say directly, but in the face of Zu Dale, he has to say some things, if he doesn't say it, Zu Dale may not be able to hold back, and he really goes outside to talk nonsense, causing some trouble, and he is really not easy to deal with.

Zu Dashou called his own soldiers and guarded them outside the tent of the Chinese army, and no one was allowed to approach.

"Second brother, there are some things, you still have to think about it carefully, why the court will ask the marshal to be in charge of this battle, in fact, I have also thought about it, you can't think of fighting every day, how to behave on the battlefield, you are already the deputy chief officer, the things in the court, you must ponder."

Zu Dale looked at Zu Dashou and didn't speak, this time he was honest.

"Second brother, things in the court are very complicated, not as simple as you think, Lord Su is indeed capable, I also think that if Lord Su commands the battle this time, there must be a greater guarantee, but the court does not do this, the reason for this, if you think about it a little, you will understand, Lord Su's credit is already very great, do you still think that Lord Su has greater merit, is it possible that in the court, except for Lord Su, there are no other adults."

After Zu Dashou said this, he looked at the door vigilantly, there could be no one at the door, the soldiers were all guarding ten meters away, and his voice was very small.

Zu Dale scratched his scalp and finally understood.

The Chinese army's middle military account.

Chen Xinjia carefully looked at the situation reported by all the scouts, his expression was serious, Qian Qianyi and Tang Haitai were in the Chinese military tent, as for Zu Dabi, he was inspecting the sergeants who were encamped.

Qian Qianyi is also looking at this information.

Half an hour later, Chen Xinjia spoke.

"Lord Qian, Tang Haitai, today's march is very stable, what do you think?"

Qian Qianyi looked at Chen Xinjia, and then looked at Tang Haitai, with a smile on his face, he won't say it first for the time being, see what Tang Haitai will say, for a period of time, Tang Haitai's respect has been appreciated by Qian Qianyi, such an opportunity, he is still willing to let Tang Haitai say it first.

"Dashuai, Lord Qian, the lower officials think that this kind of situation reflects signs in two aspects, the first is that the Houjin Tartars are not ready, and they don't know that the Ming soldiers are about to attack, and in a hurry, they didn't have time to take any measures, and the second is the prestige of the Dashuai, which makes the Houjin Tartars frightened......"

Chen Xinjia and Qian Qianyi both had smiles on their faces, although they felt that the reason Tang Haitai said was not necessarily valid, but Tang Haitai's sycophants were something that everyone loved to hear.

After Tang Haitai finished speaking, Qian Qianyi quickly spoke.

"Dashuai, Tang Haitai's analysis has a certain amount of truth, but there is also a possibility, that is, all the Houjin Tartars have shrunk into the Black Mountain City, so it will be better, the army is marching smoothly, and it can directly attack the Black Mountain City and give the Houjin Tartars a heavy blow."

Chen Xinjia nodded.

"The route of today's march is not very far, I did not see the Houjin Tartars, it is also expected, if the Houjin Tartars are all cowering in the Black Mountain City, it will be more conducive to the attack of the army, the army will not encounter any delay in the way, and the strength is preserved, the commander believes that the march can be accelerated tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will arrive at Montenegro as soon as possible, do a good job of offensive deployment, and strive to take the Montenegro city in one fell swoop in the shortest possible time."

Qian Qianyi nodded.

"The marshal's consideration is proper, this daily camping is also quite a complicated matter, if the city of Montenegro is captured as soon as possible, the army can be temporarily stationed in Montenegro, so that the soldiers can adjust slightly, the first battle is very important, and there can be no mistakes."

Chen Xinjia thought for a moment.

"Okay, just make such a decision, Tang Haitai, you go and tell the herald to speed up the march tomorrow, at least fifty miles, especially to inform the former army and Zu Dashou that you need to investigate the surrounding situation more carefully, and report it at any time if there is any situation."

After Tang Haitai left, Chen Xinjia, who was in a relaxed mood, spoke to Qian Qianyi.

"Lord Qian, this handsome person still looks at this Tang Haitai very well, after this battle, you and I are going to sleep in the palace for Tang Haitai."

Qian Qianyi nodded, and both of them laughed. (To be continued......)