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"Father Khan, that's how it happened."

After reporting his experience on the mountain to Nurhachi, Huang Taiji knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty with a serious expression:

"Erchen originally wanted to get the musket in Li Hongyu's hand to check it, but he didn't think that his superb archery skills defeated Erchen, and he lost the face of his father Khan and Dajin, and he hoped that his father Khan would punish him."

"Get up!"

Under the gaze of the Houjin generals at the scene, Nurhachi smiled and raised his hand to Huang Taiji, "Sibeile, Li Hongyu is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, both civil and military, and there is no one in the Ming officialdom who is deep in his city, and you are not unjust if you lose in his hands." ”

If Huang Taiji was defeated in the hands of other Ming army officials, Nurhachi would definitely feel annoyed, thinking that Huang Taiji would damage the prestige of Houjin and his face, but Li Hongyu was different, he was forced by Li Hongyu to move the capital back then, so it would not be a big deal for Huang Taiji to suffer a little loss in front of Li Hongyu.

"Xie Father Khan." Hearing this, Huang Taiji got up and bowed to Nurhachi and thanked him.

"Si Baylor, you have been on the mountain for so long, can you find out the reality of the Ming army?" After Huang Taiji sat down, Nurhachi asked in a deep voice, this is what he is most concerned about.

Nurhachi had always wanted to find out whether the 20,000 Ming troops transferred from Ningyuan were sailors or Liaoxi Ming troops, but now because the Ming army was strictly investigating spies, he couldn't get the news he wanted as before.

As the saying goes, the fighter planes on the battlefield are fleeting, and if you can get accurate information in time, you can make an accurate judgment on the situation of the war and win the greatest victory with the least loss.

Nurhachi is old, and Li Hongyu is in his youth, one is the setting sun, the other is the rising sun, Nur has no time to spend with Li Hongyu, so he wants to solve Li Hongyu's big trouble before he dies, paving the way for future generations, so that Houjin can successfully seize Liaodi.

Among the second-generation generals of Houjin, the four major Baylors are the best among them and will become the pillars of Houjin in the future, but they are obviously not Li Hongyu's opponents, Nurhachi is worried that Houjin will be suppressed by Li Hongyu after his death, so he must do something for his children and grandchildren.

Although Nurhachi does not want to join forces with Li Hongyu, if the 20,000 people who have recently been transferred are the Ming army of Liaoxi, then Nurhachi is ready to lead the army to attack Shimen and capture Li Hongyu, and solve this disaster that threatens the stability of Houjin once and for all.

He is ready to accept the losses brought by this, if the 20,000 new reinforcements of the Ming army are the Ming army of Liaoxi, then the new army around Li Hongyu is only about 10,000 people, and Nurhachi is ready to use 10,000 or even 20,000 Houjin soldiers to take Li Hongyu's life.

"Father Khan, the Ming army on the mountain has a strict lineup and high morale, which is completely different from the Ming army we encountered before, but from these circumstances alone, the ministers can't tell whether those wearing ordinary Ming army clothes are sailors or Ming troops in western Liaoning."

Huang Taiji pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said solemnly, "However, Erchen noticed a phenomenon, as far as Erchen knows, many people wearing ordinary Ming military uniforms speak with accents from the Daming Jiangsu-Zhejiang region. ”

"Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent?" Nurhachi's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this.

As far as he knows, after the defeat of the Battle of Salhu and the Battle of Liaoshen, there are very few southern soldiers in the Ming army, and the people who can be transferred by the Ming Dynasty are basically transferred over, and the dead and wounded are wounded, so there are very few southern soldiers in the Ming army in Liaoxi now, and they are mainly soldiers from the southwest and central south.

However, those Tusi soldiers not only had different military uniforms from the Ming army, but also dominated the people in the southwest and central and southern regions, and there were few Tusi soldiers with Jiangsu and Zhejiang accents.

The Houjin generals at the scene also felt strange, speaking of the southern soldiers in the Ming army, what impressed them was that those Tusi soldiers from the south were extremely brave and fierce in battle, but those Tusi came from the southwest and central south regions of the Ming Dynasty, and the military uniforms were different from the ordinary Ming army.

"Great Khan, there are not many southerners in the Ming army of Liaoxi, will those Ming troops in Liaoxi who speak with Jiangsu-Zhejiang accents be pretended to be soldiers of the water division, I heard that the people of the military water division were recruited in the south."

He Heli groaned for a moment, and took the lead in speaking to Nurhachi, expressing the doubts in his heart.

This made the Houjin generals present couldn't help but quiet down, and looked at Nurhachi, wondering what Nurhachi thought about this matter.

"Such a cunning person, in order to hide his strength, he even let those sailor soldiers pretend to be the Ming army of Liaoxi, and they wanted to catch us off guard!"

Nurhachi groaned for a moment, and said with a sneer, "No wonder Li Hongyu wants to give up Jinzhou City to Shimen Mountain, he wants to tempt us to fight with him, and then cause us to suffer heavy losses." ”

Hearing this, the Houjin generals nodded their heads one after another, thinking that Nurhachi's words were reasonable, otherwise why would Li Hongyu make such an arrangement, let those sailor soldiers wear the uniforms of the Ming army in Liaoxi, once Nurhachi misjudged, then the Ming army would hit Houjin hard.

"Great Khan, if the Ming army's sailors are equipped with a large number of muskets used by Li Hongyu today, then we must be cautious in tomorrow's battle." Huerhan pondered for a moment and said solemnly to Nurhachi.

He Heli and the other Jin generals nodded again and again when they heard this, Hu Erhan was right, judging from the situation described by Huang Taiji, the musket used by Li Hongyu was the latest product they had never seen before, with superior performance, not only could it automatically ignite when firing, but its range was shocking.

Once Li Hongyu's sailor soldiers were equipped with a large number of that new musket, this would make Houjin very passive on the battlefield.

After all, the generals of Houjin now do not know how many new muskets the Ming army is equipped with on Shimen Mountain, nor how powerful the Ming army is in using new muskets.

However, from the fact that Huang Taiji lost to Li Hongyu in archery, the new musket of the Ming army gave them a lot of pressure, and they knew Huang Taiji's archery, if Huang Taiji could not win Li Hongyu, then it was enough to show the power of the new musket.

What is especially important is that it takes several years for a good shooter to be trained, but a good shooter can be trained in just one year, so how many such gunners Li Hongyu has trained in recent years, the generals of Houjin cannot know, which makes them feel jealous in their hearts.

In fact, Huang Taiji could not have imagined that the dismount power that Li Hongyu gave him was not the elite soldiers in front of the tent, but the new musket he showed Huang Taiji.

Since Li Hongyu only brought a few muskets with him this time to Liaoxi, it was impossible for the people of Houjin to know the specific information of the muskets, which caused psychological pressure on those generals of Houjin, so that Nurhachi did not dare to easily send troops to attack the position of the Ming army in Shimenshan.

In the final analysis, the Ming army under Li Hongyu is different from the Ming army under Yuan Yingtai and Wang Huazhen, there is a difference in the will to fight first, and it will fight to the end with the Houjin soldiers, so Nurhachi will not do stupid things to fight hard with Li Hongyu.

"Great Khan, as long as Li Hongyu dares to go down the mountain, then it will be his death!"

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was still like a pool of stagnant water, He Heli looked at Nurhachi after a deep groan, and said loudly, "Although the muskets of the Ming army are powerful, they are only suitable for gathering and fighting, and they cannot progress, once our cavalry disperses the formation of the Ming army's firearms battalion, the Ming army will definitely be defeated!" ”

"Father Khan, we have captured a lot of artillery in Quang Ninh City, and this time it can be used, and the range of the artillery is much longer than that of muskets."

Dai Shan also opened his mouth when he heard this, not only does the Ming army have firearms now, but Houjin got a batch from Guangning City, which happened to deal with the musketeers of the Ming army.

At this moment, Daizen did not know that the method he said about using artillery against musketeers was a common method in the early days of the era of hot weapons.

Due to the limitations of the musket in the early stage, the soldiers with the musket had to form a phalanx to concentrate on use, and the lethality of the artillery to dense targets is obvious, and a large number of musketeers died under enemy fire in the early stage of the European theater.

"Isn't it just a few broken muskets, we also have artillery, and when the time comes, we will bombard him as a son of a bitch!"

He Heli and Dai Shan's words made the eyes of the Houjin generals on the scene suddenly brighten, and their morale became high again, after all, they still had invincible cavalry and newly captured artillery, which was enough to deal with the muskets of the Ming army.

Huang Taiji's brows furrowed slightly, and he sat there silently, of course, Li Hongyu could think of these problems that the generals of Houjin could think of, and then find a way to improve them.

In addition to that new musket, Huang Taiji didn't know what killer weapon Li Hongyu had in his hands, and in the half day of contact with Li Hongyu, he looked relaxed and confident, which made him unable to figure out Li Hongyu's thoughts, so he was quite worried about fighting with Li Hongyu.

Like Nurhachi, Huang Taiji did not want to join forces with Li Hongyu at this time, the Ming Dynasty's military resources could be replenished quickly, and it would be difficult for Houjin to replenish his troops, so the top priority now is to consolidate the foundation in Liaodong.

"It's not early, and that's the end of today's discussion, so let's go back to the camp and prepare for battle." Since the enemy situation is unknown, Nurhachi is not easy to dispatch now, and he doesn't want to be entangled in the matter of the Ming army's muskets, so he stood up and said.

"Congratulations to the Great Khan!" Hearing this, General Jin hurriedly got up and bowed down to see the expressionless Nurhachi leave.

"Lord Belle." When Huang Taiji returned to the camp where the Houjin army under his command was stationed with a serious expression, Fan Wencheng waited in the tent, and when he saw him, he quickly got up and bowed, his attitude was extremely respectful.

"You have made a great contribution today, and you have noticed that those soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Ming Army in Liaoxi speak with a Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent, and Benbeiler will reward you heavily."

Huang Taiji bowed slightly, and after taking a seat in the tent, he asked, "Say, what do you want?" ”

"Lord Belle, the slave has nothing else to ask for, but to be able to serve by Lord Belle's side." Hearing this, Fan Wencheng hurriedly knelt on his knees and pleaded earnestly.

"Okay, Ben Belle will transfer you over." Huang Taiji showed a smile on his face, nodded his head and agreed, he just lacked Fan Wencheng, a Han man who was familiar with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Shabel!" Fan Wencheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed to Huang Taiji to thank him, he didn't want to be just a small official for the rest of his life, so he chose to take refuge in Huang Taiji, this Baylor Ye who had an unlimited future in his opinion.

(End of chapter)