Chapter 54: The Emperor Taiji Who Saw the Ghost (First Update, Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
"Incompetent!"
Looking at Dolgon, who was kneeling on the ground, he was angry and scolded Emperor Taiji.
"More than 20,000 soldiers have been lost, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has been such a fiasco, Dolgon, you tell me, how did you lead the soldiers!"
The reason why Huang Taiji was so angry was not just because he was originally dissatisfied with Dorgon, but because he knew very well that the Great Qing Kingdom could not afford to lose so many men and horses.
"Do you know how many people there are in the Great Qing Kingdom, do you think that my Great Qing Dynasty is the Ming Kingdom? As the commander of the army, you will suffer such heavy losses in the army, what face do you have to see me! β
The war will inevitably have damage, the soldiers are in danger and the war is fierce, and both sides of the war will suffer a large number of manpower losses whether they are the victors or the losers. But for the Manchus, they could not afford to lose people at all, after all, the population of the Manchus themselves was sparse. Although the Jurchens have a saying that "the Jurchens are full of 10,000 and are uncontrollable", that is, "they are invincible", but that is only a saying, for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which only has 100,000 men, the loss of more than 20,000 soldiers is simply an unbearable loss. Even if it was the capture of more than 200,000 animals, for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the captured Nikans were just unusable and could only be used for enslavement, nothing more.
"Your Majesty, my brother thought that the reason why the soldiers were lost in this battle was because of the repeated mistakes of the right-wing army led by Yue Tuo, and he besieged the city of Jinan for two months without attacking the city, so that the Ming people had a chance to breathe, so that the Ming people could calmly arrange fire objects in the city, and when our army attacked the city, the whole city would be ignited, so that the army would fall into flames......"
Before Dorgon could finish speaking, Huang Taiji said angrily.
"You mean Yue Tuo is deliberately delaying, right?"
"My brother doesn't know."
"Dudu!"
"Back to the emperor, the reason why Dorobelle besieged the city of Jinan but did not attack at that time was to besiege the city to send reinforcements, not deliberately delayed, and according to the slaves who escaped from the city, the fire in Jinan did fall from the sky that day, some people witnessed the fire directly swallowing the men and horses in the flames, the fire is not extinguished when it meets the water, like the fire of the sky, the slaves did not believe it at first, and later led the troops to Jinan on the way, but also by the ghost fire from the ground on the way, the ghost fire stretched for miles, the slave was not afraid to withdraw the troops, but the ghost fire came really strangeβ¦β¦β
Such an explanation, not to mention Huang Taiji, even Du Du himself is a little skeptical of the truth.
"Du Du, according to what you say, could it be that the prince of Jinan Ming Guode is really the god of fire?"
Dorgon asked in a deep voice.
"Lord Wang, whether the prince of the German domain is the god of fire or not, I don't know, but I really don't understand, what can they use to kill and injure my nearly 1,000 cavalry like mowing grass two miles away, those soldiers and horses are all covered with heavy armor, but even so, the bullets of the Ming army still tear through the double layer of iron armor as easily as broken paper, killing my soldiers and horses in an invisible ......"
"How is this possible two miles apart? What kind of weapons did they use? β
"The slave really doesn't know."
Du Du kowtowed as he took out a cloth bag from his bosom and said.
"Here is a servant who ordered someone to take out a few bullets from the wounds of the deceased, please ask the emperor to take a look."
Why didn't Du Du say it before?
Dolgon looked at Du Du in some surprise, and said in his heart that this kid might have made plans a long time ago. Without even waiting for the eunuch to pass, Huang Taiji stepped down and grabbed the cloth bag, looked at a few of the yellow warheads and wondered.
"Is this the thing that took my life in Baturu?"
Picking up one of the warheads, looking at the few black lines on the warhead, Huang Taiji's brows tightened.
"Can it pierce heavy armor two miles apart? Could it be a new style of bird gun in the Ming Kingdom? β
"Emperor Shengming, on the way back, the minions also thought like this, it may be a bird gun, but according to the report of the minions who escaped back, it is different from the island gun, they all said that this bullet fell like raindrops, and they didn't escape in a hurry at all."
Du Du took out a warhead from it and said.
"Your Majesty, please see that this bullet is also different from the lead of the bird, this bullet is very exquisite, the emperor, you see this, it must be caused by the shell to be damaged when penetrating the heavy armor, revealing the lead tire steel core, but the shell looks the same, but in fact it is made of stainless steel, covered with a thin layer of copper, lined with a layer of lead tires, as for the steel core is also very exquisite, just the bullet arrow can be called ingenious, slave, slave thinks, this, this is by no means human power......"
Without waiting for Du Du to finish speaking, Huang Taiji scolded angrily.
"Ridiculous! It's not human, it's really ......."
Before he finished speaking, Huang Taiji's face changed suddenly, and then he changed his words.
"There are so many skilled craftsmen in the Ming Kingdom, this must be the bullet of the new bird gun made by its skilled craftsmen, such a cumbersome bullet must be extremely expensive, if I expect it to be good, it must be the secret weapon of the German Domain, it seems that this time it is my carelessness!"
The reason why Huang Taiji said this was not to excuse Du Du, but that he was afraid that the so-called "fire god descending to earth" would affect the military heart, and he knew very well that for the soldiers of the Eight Banners who maintained the shamanic faith, once the so-called "fire god descended to earth" and even brought a divine weapon to help Ming, what kind of blow would it cause to their hearts, in order to avoid all this from happening, he directly made a qualitative characterization.
However, even so, for Huang Taiji, there are some things that need to be faced, such as the reality of losing troops and losing generals, which is something that must be considered, as the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, he knows very well what it means to lose 20,000 horses. Even if he took the opportunity to cut more than a dozen Niu Lu of Dolgon and weakened his strength, he could not change the reality of the Qing Kingdom's loss of troops!
"The god of fire descends to earth, is it possible that there are really immortals in this world? Impossible, if the Ming Kingdom had the help of the gods, how could there be today? Impossible, impossible, there are no ghosts and gods in the world. β
Huang Taiji muttered to himself, picked up the marble again, touched this ingenious marble, he knew that this was definitely not something that a craftsman could make, even if it was the best craftsman in the world, he might not be able to make it, but it was it that took the lives of a large number of Eight Banner warriors under the city of Jinan.
"What the hell is this?"
Again, Huang Taiji muttered to himself, then his gaze narrowed slightly, and then he commanded the internal officials beside him.
"Write a letter to Fan Wendou and ask him to send someone to Jinan immediately, and be sure to find out what kind of magic weapons and ...... the German Domain"
After thinking about it, Huang Taiji handed the marble to the internal official.
"Send this to him again, and be sure to find out."
Some things are not clear, it is difficult to sleep steadily, at least for Huang Taiji, he knows that he has to figure everything out.
"Jinan, Jinan...... What is the power of the prince of Nade? β