Qiao Zhiya didn't expect that the three-pounder cannon that took time and effort could only be heard, and it had no substantial attack effect, and at best it could only scare the opponents in the stockade. At that moment, he ordered Nguyen to launch an infantry offensive forward, so as not to be seen by the people in the stockade for a long time. The militia army took the squad as its combat unit, and each squad was also equipped with a ladder that had just been made, and two people were divided to carry the ladder one in front of the other, and at the same time two companies were dispatched to a total of more than 30 teams, all the way to the wall of the Black Mountain Pass.

The stone wall on the periphery of Black Mountain is actually only two meters high, and there is no formed defense system on the wall, only two wooden sentry towers, one east and one west. The two watchtowers were six or seven meters high, and the floors could accommodate seven or eight archers in battle. However, the power of the earthen hunting bow used by the Elibanese can only cover a distance of thirty or forty meters, while the large-caliber short-barreled rifle used by the 2nd Battalion of Annam, although the range is shorter, is still much beyond the level of the original bow and arrow, and it is completely possible to take out such "firepower" outside its attack range.

The people on the sentry tower of Li Tong obviously also noticed the offensive launched by Haihan's side, and after a few horns sounded, many people appeared on the top of the wall, shooting with bows and arrows. However, I don't know if the quality of these bows and arrows is too poor or these people are improvised as archers, and the arrows they shoot are not accurate at all, and some of them are planted to the ground without even flying twenty meters, and they are completely unable to pose a threat to the militia army that is still some distance away.

On the other hand, on the side of the militia army, the second battalion of Annan fought with the Dutch in the South China Sea only three months ago, and with the results of the battle, it was a collective battle, and returned to Sanya to rest for more than a month. Although the hit rate of shooting from a distance of several tens of meters is not high, the Li people on the wall are all exposing their upper bodies, and once they are shot, even if they do not die, they will be seriously injured, and they will immediately lose their combat ability.

The effect of suppressing the scattered hunting bow shooters with a salvo of muskets of uniform specifications is naturally undoubted, and soon the Li shooters on the wall are injured and dodge, not daring to come out lightly. The two watchtowers have also become a new target for the two caliber guns of the militia army, only the palm-thick planks can only prevent bows and arrows, but not metal ⊙⊙⊙⊙, m.←.c●om's projectiles pierce, under the salvo of artillery and rifles, the watchtower was quickly beaten to pieces. Except for a few clever people who jumped directly from the watchtower when they saw that the situation was not good, the other people who tried to hide in the watchtower became live targets in the flying sawdust.

Soon the infantry burst under the wall and erected ladders on top of the wall. Unwilling to be defeated, the defenders began to throw heavy objects such as stones and wooden piers from the walls in an attempt to prevent their opponents from breaking through the line.

However, their idea was still a little simpler, although the militia army made a lot of simple ladders, but after seeing the terrain of Black Mountain Pass on the spot, Qiao Zhiya had changed his mind and let the infantry with ladders make a feint, and the real killing move was concentrated in the direction of the gate.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Li people at the head of the wall were retracted, several sappers have quietly lurked outside the gate of the wall, and will begin to set up gunpowder packs for blasting here. In order to ensure a success, the sappers placed a five-pound bag of explosives outside the two opposite gates on the left and right, and then released the fuse, and when the infantry feinted in various parts of the wall, they would detonate the fuse at the same time.

With two loud bangs almost at intervals, the gate of Li Tong Zhai was blown into pieces along with a section of the wall next to it, and even the front-line headquarters a mile away could feel a slight tremor from under his feet.

"This new explosive is quite powerful!" Qiao Zhiya was also slightly surprised. When he left the chemical department, the trial production of new explosives had just begun, but at that time, there was no longer a problem with the zài theory, mainly because some of the raw materials needed to be further improved in the production process to complete the purification process, so as to enhance the power of gunpowder. Judging from the effect of this explosion, this kind of power should have reached the expected level.

The soldiers knew the battle plan before they attacked, so they all took cover in time, but the people in Li Tong were probably not so lucky. While it is unclear how many casualties were caused by the blasting, the screams coming from the stockade suggest that there were definitely a lot of casualties.

There was no need for orders from the headquarters, and the soldiers outside the wall had already rushed to the huge gap that had been blown up. Although the people in the village still tried to plug the gap with flesh and blood, the militia army quickly defeated the Li people's counterattack with the muskets in their hands, and began to pour into the Black Mountain Pass from the bombed walled gate.

"Much smoother than expected. Qiao Zhiya put down the telescope in his hand and said to himself. Even if there are thousands of people in Montenegro Pass who can participate in the battle, they are just a group of lambs to be slaughtered in front of the Haihan Mintuan Army with absolute military superiority, and the walled wall on the periphery of Montenegro Pass can be regarded as the last line of defense to protect them.

Of course, for those enemies who insist on fighting to the death, the militia will also give them enough respect and fulfill their wishes with bullets and bayonets. For these soldiers of Annamite origin, killing these Li and Han people, who were enemies of the Haihan group, is the same as killing the Dutch in the Anbuna Islands earlier, and there will be no insurmountable psychological obstacles.

As Qiao Zhiya expected, after the last and only line of defense was breached, the Li and fugitives in the stockade became trapped beasts. There were still a significant number of people who tried to resist the invaders with their bloody and primitive weapons, but this delusion was quickly shattered in the face of whistling buckshot.

The best armor on the Li people is only made of cowhide, which may help them defend against a certain amount of damage in close combat, but for bullets with huge kinetic energy, wearing this layer of armor is not much different from wearing an extra layer of paper on the body. The large-caliber rifles of the 2nd Battalion of Annam could shoot directly through a Li man wearing cowhide armor at a distance of 20 meters, and there was still room to injure the second target behind him. And a salvo of infantry in a squad with bayonets was enough to repel a massive charge of twenty or thirty men. But in order to inflict effective casualties on the militia army, the coalition forces of the Lebanese and the fugitives often had to pay dozens of casualties to find an opportunity or two.

According to the battle plan drawn up in advance, the militia army did not rush into every boat-shaped house to search and arrest them, but first made clear the personnel outside, gradually compressed the encirclement, and blocked the escape route. About thirty minutes after the battle began, the first line came back with the news that the situation had been basically controlled, and all that remained was to clear the Black Mountain from house to house and arrest the fugitives and resistance elements hiding in it one by one.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the soldiers did not venture into the dark and narrow boat-shaped house to search for them, but first let the Li soldiers shout outside to urge the people in the house to come out and surrender. For the enemy who tries to continue to resist stubbornly, more drastic means will be used to hunt and kill. Qiao Zhiya did not intend to kill all the people in Montenegro, the forced labor camp lost almost a thousand people in this riot, and it was the time when it was necessary to replenish the labor force, as long as those who dared to resist were exterminated, the rest of the people could still be driven as labor force.

If you can't get any benefits, even if you win the battle and go back, you will definitely still be crooked about the military expenditure of this operation. Qiao Zhiya was originally a member of the military, so he naturally knew about these door-to-door things, and this Li Tong obviously didn't have any gold and silver treasures or anything like that, but if he was able to catch a group of laborers back, he could be regarded as being able to give a hand to the top.

In the evening, the militia army found a body suspected of being Zhao Ye during the search and immediately notified the command. Qiao Zhiya didn't dare to be careless, and led Li Qingyang to the scene immediately.

This is a boat-shaped house in the heart of Montenegro and one of the last buildings to be inventoried. The corpse and all the things in the house have been moved out and put outside, and the squad leader in charge of searching this room saw Qiao Zhiya coming, and immediately stepped forward to salute and report: "Report to the chief, we found this corpse in the house when we checked this house, according to the identification of the Li people in the village, he is the planner of this operation, surnamed Zhao, has been in the Black Mountain for several months, and has been treated as a distinguished guest by their owner. ”

Li Qingyang leaned down, first identified the face of this corpse, then reached out and rubbed it on its body, and finally found a slightly yellowed ivory token on his waist and presented it to Qiao Zhiya: "Chief, please see, this is Zhao Ye's identity certificate, he has already experienced it, this is indeed the token issued by Jinyiwei." ”

"Do people recognize it clearly?" Qiao Zhiya is not an archaeologist, and he can't recognize the authenticity of this thing, he is more concerned about Li Qingyang's confirmation of his appearance.

Li Qingyang responded: "This person is about five feet two inches tall, with a white face and short beard, a black mole on his right cheek, and a scar on the back of his left hand, all of which are basically the same as the confessions we received in Danzhou and Shilu, and it should be Zhao Ye himself." ”

"Can the cause of his death be discerned?" Qiao Zhiya continued.

"His expression was painful, and he showed signs of vomiting, and it was very likely that he died of ingesting arsenic. After Li Qingyang finished speaking, he lowered his voice and added: "Swallowing drugs and committing suicide is the rule of Jinyiwei, and when he was arrested, he also wore arsenic on his body." ”

Qiao Zhiya nodded silently, thinking that this Zhao Ye was also a backbone person, and he refused to surrender even if he was forced to this step, and would rather commit suicide by taking poison than be a prisoner. However, he thought about it, if this Zhao Ye was really caught, after being escorted back, it was indispensable to let Li Qingyang be tortured and interrogated slowly, the pain would definitely be much greater than taking poison and committing suicide, and he chose to die now, but it was not a relief.

"People related to him still need to carefully identify their identities, since the culprit has been caught this time, we must catch all his henchmen, and don't miss anyone again!" Qiao Zhiya told Li Qingyang: "Regarding Zhao Ye's follow-up matters, I will leave it to you to deal with." ”

"Humble and commanded!" Li Qingyang bowed in response.

Regarding Zhao Ye's specific identity, in fact, even the vast majority of the soldiers involved in this operation did not know, and his identification and follow-up processing were basically led by the Ministry of Security. Therefore, before leaving, Li Qingyang took the initiative to invite Ying to go with the army, and Qiao Zhiya did not express any objection. As for how many people will be arrested and killed in the follow-up of this matter, it is really a matter for the Ministry of Security, and Qiao Zhiya doesn't want to take this responsibility on himself.

The last thing to be searched was the residence of the owner of the Black Mountain, which was a large compound enclosed by a fence wall, and there were six or seven boat-shaped houses in the courtyard, where the owner of the mountain lived more than 30 members of his family. After a brief negotiation, the lord finally chose to surrender - and of course he seemed to have no other choice.

The lord of the mountain was an old man who was close to the sixtieth birthday, and when he was escorted to Qiao Zhiya, he still couldn't suppress the angry expression on his face, and said a word in Li. An interpreter next to him immediately explained the meaning to Qiao Zhiya, Qiao Zhiya stared at the lord and shook his head and said, "You shouldn't ask why we came to destroy your village, you should ask yourself why you chose to go against our Haihan." Everyone has a greedy side, your village, your people, are ruined by your greed. I didn't have to die so many people, but it's a pity that ......"

After listening to the words of the translator, Qiao Zhiya waved his hand and said, "Take him away, interrogate his confession tonight, and execute him early tomorrow morning, we don't need to take him back to Shilu." ”

Similar to such a restless leader of the Li people, Qiao Zhiya would not be relieved to let him enter the hard labor camp, and maybe if he didn't want to do it, he would have to riot again. It's better to end the matter as soon as possible to avoid possible future troubles. As for the trial, excuse me, the commanders who were authorized by the Executive Committee in wartime already represented the law. Even if Qiao Zhiya's handling is reported to the executive committee, no one can accuse him of doing something wrong.

"Do your best to clean up the battlefield, and tomorrow you will have to deal with a few nearby stockades. Qiao Zhiya looked up at the sky that had already darkened, and instructed Ruan Xiangqian next to him: "In addition, count the casualties on both sides, and after dinner, you can take me to visit the wounded soldiers." ”

Although Heishan Pass is one of the strongest Li Tong in the Qiongzhong region, in the face of the offensive of the Haihan militia, it failed to survive even a day.