Hessesen's muzzle was aimed at the city of Montenegro.

The march went very smoothly, and at noon on May 3, the army set up camp five miles from the city of Montenegro, and the march of a hundred miles did not encounter any resistance, nor did it encounter many Houjin Tartars.

Stationed in the city of Montenegro, mainly the Han Eight Banners, the Han Eight Banners were not established for a long time, what is the combat effectiveness, everyone is not very clear, but this is the first battle after the army is pulled, Chen Xinjia attaches great importance to it, almost sleepless all night, to the positions to inspect, for fear of a little omission, this responsible attitude, but also inspired the fighting spirit of the border army, seeing the marshal in person, shh For example, when it comes to artillery positions, Chen Xinjia is not very familiar with the structure and power of artillery, and has repeatedly asked whether the artillery can exert its power and whether it can accurately hit the opponent.

When observing the city of Montenegro with a telescope, Chen Xinjia was even more careful.

The situation is indeed a little strange, it is said that the army is pressing, and the Han Eight Banners stationed in the Black Mountain City should be ready for battle, at least there are many sergeants guarding the city wall, but Chen Xinjia has observed for a long time, there are not many Houjin Tartars on the city wall, can it be said that the Houjin Tartars know the power of artillery, and will not guard the city wall in large numbers, so as not to cause more losses.

The border army responsible for attacking the city has already prepared the ladder and waited for the artillery to be fired, and then it is about to start the siege.

The city of Montenegro was once occupied by Su Tiancheng, and when it was evacuated, it was completely destroyed, and the city was rebuilt by the Golden Tartars, and the city wall was as high as five meters. The defense was very strong, and it was clear from the outside that the walls were newly built, and the color of the soil had not completely changed, so it must have been somewhat difficult to capture such a city.

The fourth day of the fifth month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. Chenshi.

Tang Haitai, who was beside Chen Xinjia, raised the red flag, which was the signal for the start of the offensive.

In an instant, the artillery began to roar, and one shell after another flew towards the city wall, and even inside the city, and when the bombs exploded, they caused thick smoke and dust. Chen Xinjia was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that artillery had such great power, and it was precisely because of this that Chen Xinjia suddenly had great confidence that with these artillery, he would definitely be able to establish a huge merit and be able to directly attack Shenyang. Radically shake the regime of the post-Golden Tartars.

On the top of the city wall, you can see some Tartars hiding everywhere. There were also some tartars that were thrown directly into the air, or even fell directly outside the city walls.

In the rumbling cannon, Tang Haitai beside Chen Xinjia spoke.

"Great Marshal, the power of artillery is so huge, Xia Guan believes that your lord will be able to lead the army. After the complete defeat of the Golden Tartar, the city of Montenegro can be easily taken. ”

Tang Haitai's voice was a little loud, and Qian Qianyi, who was standing next to him, also heard it, and nodded with a smile.

Chen Xinjia did not speak. But the passion in his heart was completely ignited, seeing the power of the artillery, seeing the high morale of the army, he suddenly felt that this expedition was the time for him to make a name for himself.

Half an hour passed, and the artillery attack ended.

Chen Xinjia picked up the telescope again, looking at the Black Mountain City, on the city wall, there was almost no Houjin Tartar, everywhere was filled with gunsmoke, and the military flag that was originally planted on the city wall had long been blown up without a trace.

Chen Xinjia, who had a smile on his face, nodded at Tang Haitai.

Tang Haitai raised the blue flag in his hand, which was a signal for the infantry to attack, and there were already heralds along the way, rushing to convey the attack signal.

A deafening shout of killing sounded, and countless border sergeants rushed to the Black Mountain city with a ladder, and with their steps, the drums also rumbled.

The sparse rain of arrows also appeared at this time, it seems that the Han Eight Banner Tartars stationed in the city of Montenegro have been stunned by the artillery, and they don't know how to counterattack at all, although the sparse rain of arrows has caused a small number of attacking sergeants to be wounded, but it will not slow down the pace of the attack at all.

Soon, the border army came to the bottom of the city wall, set up a ladder, and began to climb up.

There was finally a reflection on the city wall, and the Houjin Tartars began to push down the ladder, or they were desperately cutting the ladder with the steel knife in their hands, but these Houjin Tartars may not have thought that the border troops who followed the charging team had a special sergeant, holding a flintlock pistol in his hand, and when he saw the sound exposed from the city wall, he immediately shot.

When the gunshots crackled, so did the screams.

Previously, the sound of the artillery was so loud that the screams could not be heard at all, but at this time, the screams were obvious.

The border troops gathered under the city wall began to increase, and the Houjin Tartars on the city wall also began to increase, and the fighting between the two sides began.

Bloody gas began to appear.

Chen Xinjia, who has been paying attention to the attack, is motionless, there are always casualties in the battle, this casualty is nothing, in terms of how to attack the deployment of the city of Montenegro, Chen Xinjia is to learn from Su Tiancheng, the attacking border army, according to the 10,000 people in the square, each time there are 10,000 border troops participating in the attack, going forward and successively, in the process of attacking the city, not counting the casualties, the purpose is to take the city, in the process of attacking, the Houjin Tartars will definitely resist, without paying casualties, it is impossible to capture the city.

The drums continued all the time, and the drums were the order to attack.

Zu Dashou, who personally commanded the siege battle, his face was very grim, he always felt that something was wrong, that is, the resistance of the Houjin Tartars was too weak, it should not be such a situation, although two years ago, when Su Tiancheng took Dalinghe City, the attack was also very smooth, but the attack was fully prepared, and the artillery blew up the city wall, and the soldiers rushed into the city from the gap, and fought with the Houjin Tartars. was captured Dalinghe City, two years have passed, and Houjin Tartar has long known the power of the Dao artillery, and it should be prepared measures, so as not to be so embarrassed and vulnerable.

However, this is already a critical moment for the siege, no matter what the situation is, the first thing is to take the Black Upper City.

Zu Dashou personally picked up the drum hammer, beat the drum hard, urged the attacking sergeants in front of him, accelerated the pace of siege, attacked Montenegro out of the city, arranged five square teams, a full 50,000 people, and adopted the method of continuous attack, without any interval between each other, the purpose of this is to take the city of Montenegro in one go, without giving Houjin Tartar the slightest respite.

The fighting spirit of the border army was completely stimulated, some of the sergeants who were hit by the arrow, did not hurt the vital parts, stared and gritted their teeth, climbed up the ladder, hoping to be the first to rush to the city wall, and fight face to face with the Houjin Tartars, these wounded sergeants showed their fighting spirit, so that the surrounding border troops were more excited, everyone rushed to climb along the ladder to the top, no one cared about the casualties, although the casualties were increasing.

Correspondingly, the Houjin Tartars, who were guarding the city wall, also suffered heavy losses, and the most headache for them was the flintlock pistol, and if they were not careful, they were hit by the flintlock pistol.

Seeing that the dense border army was concentrated on the cloud ladder and slowly moved towards the top of the city wall, it was seen that the border army was about to rush to the city wall.

A smell of oil spread, and the experienced border army roared out loudly, saying that it was the Houjin Tartar on the city wall, and it was going to be drenched with oil, and the power of this thing, everyone knows the Tao, as long as it is drenched, it will either die or be injured, and it will leave a permanent disability, even if it is, it is better to live than to die.

The border troops below the city wall began to disperse, but the border troops on the cloud ladder did not have time to withdraw.

When the boiling oil poured down from the top of the city wall, the screams appeared, and as the boiling oil poured down, some of the border soldiers who had been scalded and fleshed rolled down the ladder, and they didn't even have time to struggle, they lay straight on the ground, surrounded by the smell of oil and the smell of cooked meat, mixed together, which was a disgusting taste.

The first round of the offensive was blocked, and a large number of border troops retreated.

Chen Xinjia, who had been observing the offensive situation, his face changed slightly, and he ordered Tang Haitai beside him to raise the red flag again, and the herald also rushed to convey the order to fire the artillery.

The cannon rang out again, this time, the effect was very obvious, the shells fell on the city wall, and you could see that many cauldrons were blown directly into the air.

A quarter of an hour later, the second offensive began.

To the sound of rumbling drums, the border army began to attack again, without giving the Houjin Tartars the slightest respite.

In this attack, the situation changed, the border troops gathered under the city wall, and soon set up a ladder, and the sergeant climbed up along the ladder towards the top of the city wall, and the attack of the golden tartars was obviously weakened, and they had no powerful weapons, what appeared was bows and arrows and steel knives.

After another quarter of an hour, a border army attacked the city wall and began to fight with the Houjin Tartars on the city wall, and then more and more border troops attacked the city wall......

Chen Xinjia's face appeared with a smile again, he didn't expect that in the second attack, the border army would be on the city wall, it seems that taking the city of Montenegro is a matter of blink of an eye, and it is said that the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartar is so strong, it seems that it is nothing more than that, two rounds of attack, the border army rushed to the city wall.

At two moments, the south gate of the Black Mountain City was opened, and a large number of border troops rushed into the city with a roar.

However, in more than an hour, the border army captured the city of Montenegro, although the fighting in the city continued, however, Chen Xinjia was already full of smiles, and asked Tang Haitai to write out the good news, and immediately reported the good news to the emperor and the court, and the army won the first battle and won the city of Montenegro. (To be continued......)