July 27, Mao Shi.

The attack began, it was still the artillery roaring, the huge cannon sound, the shock made people's hearts beat faster, the city of Montenegro was not big, the Houjin sergeant mainly began to rely on the mountain peak behind the city, and deployed it, Montenegro City was established on the mountain peak, which is a typical place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Su Tiancheng was in a daze for a long time in the sand table, the rumbling cannons outside did not have any impact on him, capturing the city of Montenegro was just the first step, and the Houjin sergeant could withdraw to Montenegro and continue to defend, and the attack at that time would be even more tragic. In fact, before the attack, he had already thought that if the commander stationed in Montenegro was excellent, if he could not resist, he would take the initiative to abandon the city of Montenegro, let the Jiangning battalion and the border army occupy the city, and then deploy defenses on the mountain, which was the best choice.

Half an hour later, the artillery fire slowly stopped, and a huge shouting of killing came, Su Tiancheng knew that the border army had begun to attack.

He did not leave the tent of the Chinese army, the border army entered the city, and it would definitely encounter a tragic battle, which was unavoidable, and the border army must hold out for half an hour, Sun Chuanting led 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers to launch a deadly attack in Chenshi.

After a while, Hong Chengchou entered the Chinese military tent with a somewhat strange expression.

"My lord, the border army has occupied the city of Montenegro, and strangely, there are only a small number of Houjin Tartars in it."

"What did you say?"

Su Tiancheng suddenly stood up, his body shook a little, the possibility that he had been thinking of faintly, and sure enough, it appeared, if this is Huang Taiji's arrangement, then this opponent is too terrifying.

"My lord, Zu Dashou reported that the border army has completely occupied the city."

Without the slightest hesitation and without thinking too much. Su Tiancheng gave the order.

"Order Zu Dashou, stay in Black Mountain City, don't make any other moves, be on guard at any time, order Sun Chuanting, and lead the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion. Stay outside the city and don't enter the city just yet. ”

Hong Chengchou didn't speak, turned his head to announce the order, this battle was originally directly commanded by him, he didn't have the slightest objection to Su Tiancheng issuing such an order, every time at a critical moment, almost Su Tiancheng directly put forward a decisive opinion. The facts show that these observations are absolutely correct.

Qu Qingze entered the Chinese military tent.

"My lord, the lower officials don't understand it, Huang Taiji sent 10,000 Eight Banner Army to reinforce Montenegro, for what kind of Black Mountain City, there is no Houjin Tartar."

"Lao Qu, if my judgment is correct. This is the meaning of Huang Taiji. ”

Su Tiancheng did not continue to say, inside. He knew that Huang Taiji must have guessed his purpose and was unwilling to make a senseless sacrifice, as the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, he was able to withstand the pressure and make such a decision. It is indeed not simple, if you order all the soldiers to continue to attack Montenegro, after taking Montenegro, prepare to cross the Liao River. The pressure on Huang Taiji is extraordinary.

It's a pity that he won't make such a decision, he can't let these 50,000 soldiers be in a dangerous situation, or even the situation of the whole army being wiped out, the Houjin soldiers did not suffer any losses, and they also made all preparations according to Huang Taiji's requirements, just waiting for themselves to attack.

provoked a full-scale battle, Su Tiancheng would not do this, and he was not so sure.

On another level, Huang Taiji would also make other concessions, such as ordering Dolgon to withdraw his troops from Dengzhou and Laizhou and return to Lushun.

Thinking of this, Su Tiancheng sighed secretly, feeling that it was not simple, if he wanted to completely defeat the Houjin, it would be impossible in a short period of time, if the development of history and some conformity to the trajectory, Huang Taiji would not have a few years, and after two years, he would die of illness, at that time, I am afraid it would be the best time to exterminate the Houjin regime.

"My lord, does it mean that Huang Taiji knows all our arrangements?"

"He doesn't know what to do, but he can guess that this is where Huang Taiji is not simple, we are facing an unusual opponent, Lao Qu, what do you think we should do next."

Qu Qingze frowned, he really hadn't thought about this question.

"Don't think about it, say your first feeling."

"If you want to talk about the feeling of the lower officials, that is, the Houjin Tartars are scared and evacuate Montenegro, of course, they want to take advantage of the situation to attack, and they have spent so much energy, they must have to give the Houjin Tartars a look."

Su Tiancheng nodded, a smile on his face.

"Just do as you say."

"My lord, no, this is what the lower officials said casually, if the Houjin Tartars take the initiative to evacuate the city, they will definitely lay an ambush, and the army will be ambushed, and the consequences are unimaginable."

"Hehe, how can I not know this, but after the Golden Tartar took the initiative to withdraw from the city, we also have to make some gestures."

Qu Qingze didn't understand, looked at Su Tiancheng, and didn't know what Su Tiancheng meant.

Su Tiancheng sighed again and slowly spoke.

"Lao Qu, I'm afraid this is Huang Taiji's arrangement, you are clear, what is the purpose of our attack on Montenegro, is to relieve Dengzhou and Laizhou of the danger, although we will pay a major sacrifice, as long as we can solve the problem of Dengzhou and Laizhou, it is worth it, we have no intention of attacking Shenyang, and we can't do it at present, now we get an empty city, what does all this mean."

Qu Qingze patted his head.

"What my lord means, Huang Taiji knows that we will not attack Shenyang, so he is unwilling to fight with our army, and takes the initiative to give up the city, so doesn't it mean that there will be nothing to do in Dengzhou and Laizhou."

"It should be like this, Huang Taiji has taken a big advantage, Dengzhou and Laizhou must have become ruins, this time in the fight, Huang Taiji has won a complete victory."

Qu Qingze did not see it this way, in his opinion, as long as he could get Dolgon to evacuate Dengzhou and Laizhou, he would have achieved victory, and neither the Jiangning battalion nor the border army had caused any substantial losses, this was the best result.

"My lord, the lower officials thought that this attack was still a victory, at least Dolgon evacuated Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the lord attacked Montenegro, which made Huang Taiji feel scared."

"Lao Qu, when we wrote a memora to the emperor, we can say so, but we ourselves have to be clear and understandable, this time Huang Taiji has the advantage, we took Dalinghe City, Huang Taiji attacked Dengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong, we are even, and then we will have more trouble, Houjin has a warship, what is this concept, Dagukou is more than 300 miles away from Beijing, if Houjin's warship lands in Dagukou, what will be the consequences."

"My lord, although Houjin has a warship, the lower officials think that they don't have a decent sailor yet, thinking about attacking Dagukou casually, the possibility is not very high, besides, their warship has been exposed."

"If we blindly stick to Dalinghe City, Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, as well as Datong and Ningxia, wouldn't we give all the sea routes to Houjin, and then, we have to take into account the problem of the sailor, the consumption in this is probably a bottomless pit."

Seeing that what Su Tiancheng said was all unfavorable to himself, Qu Qingze's temper also came up.

"Adults can't look at it like this, taking Dalinghe City, has formed a deadly threat to Houjin, Dalinghe City is only four hundred miles away from Shenyang, if Houjin launches an attack from the sea, we can launch a large-scale attack from Dalinghe City, smash Huanglong, attack Shenyang, the next official will not believe it, Huang Taiji will abandon Shenyang, besides, Houjin wants to train sailors, the same needs to consume silver, as long as we stick to the border pass, trap Houjin Tartar, Nor should they think that they have so much money and grain to sustain themselves. ”

Qu Qingze said this, Su Tiancheng was a little stunned, he looked at Qu Qingze and smiled.

"Lao Qu, Xie Lu, thank you for saying this, I look at things, always think about the worst, this attack on Montenegro is a last resort, so in terms of understanding, there are some problems, what you said is very good, I always consider the difficulties and problems we face, in fact, there are difficulties in Houjin, and there are troubles in Huang Taiji, we are each other, see who can seize the opportunity."

At two o'clock, the city of Montenegro became an empty city again.

Zu Dashou led the border army, all of them withdrew, in the city, there were almost no Houjin Tartars, when the army entered the city, it did not encounter any resistance, and in the city, there was no grain and ordnance left, obviously deliberately evacuated.

The artillery had been pushed to the front, and the swarthy muzzles of the guns were aimed at the city.

Su Tiancheng nodded slightly, and Hong Chengchou raised the red flag.

The artillery began to roar, this time in full bloom, with the aim of destroying the city completely.

Seeing the continuous collapse of the city wall, the cannonballs falling into the city, raising a large stream of dust, Su Tiancheng's face showed a smile, he believed in his judgment, although the 50,000 army was pulled out, attacking Montenegro, and consuming a lot of money and food, but this also shocked Houjin, shocked Huang Taiji, and made Huang Taiji understand that he was not so easy to deal with.

Qu Qingze is very right, considering his own difficulties, but also look at the troubles of the opponent, he can't underestimate himself, and he can't overestimate the opponent, Houjin began to develop from Nurhachi's hands, and it is not about thirty years, the foundation is not very strong, if you really want to become strong, it will take time, as long as you act according to the established policy, there will not be much difficulty, and you will definitely be able to achieve the goal. (To be continued......)