Houjin sent envoys to make friends with him, and the conditions given in the early days were very generous, so rich that he could completely support another spokesperson.

But he didn't choose anyone else, and still chose himself, a person with a not very good attitude, as a friend. According to Zhang Hongbin's understanding, the only explanation for the other party's choice is that he has a firearm in his hand that is incomparable to the Ming Dynasty.

Yes, a qiē currying favor is nothing more than further bargaining. Now that the border market is about to open, can firearms also be added to the goods? Don't you need firearms in Houjin? Huang Taiji is very dependent on firearms, and the general Kong Youde took refuge in Houjin, but brought a lot of craftsmen who could build Hongyi cannons, and since then Jin has also had the means to conquer the city, and can no longer only play around the point to help, at most rely on the means of moles to open the city gate.

In other words, since that time, Houjin finally had the helpless move of constantly pushing his forces forward, instead of bypassing the main cities and plundering around.

Of course, according to the thinking of many people in the Later Jin and even the Ming Dynasty at that time, the purpose of the Jin soldiers going south was to plunder, and they were just a group of robbers rather than threatening enemies. As long as it is a robber, as long as you have robbed enough, you will naturally still leave.

Anyway, relying on this ostrich thinking, Houjin repeatedly succeeded in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, plundered a large amount of money and population into Liaodong, and constantly enhanced his national strength at the same time, but also further understood the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. If not, dare to brush the tiger whiskers of the Ming Dynasty?

It can be expected that after enjoying the baptism of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, the other party will soon offer to buy firearms from himself, of course, it would be best if he could get the drawings. Maybe the team that stole the drawings has already lurked. However, not long ago, the drawings had just been stolen, and the idiot would grab them again during this period.

Zhang Hongbin has little interest in understanding Houjin's thoughts, and seeing that the scientific expedition is about to be held, he has a lot to do as the head.

At the same time, the thousands of miles of Shengjing, that is, the Shenyang of later generations.

"This is the latest fire gun that the Ming Dynasty has obtained?" Huang Taiji has ascended to the throne, and the old Nurhachi has been killed by artillery.

"Yes, our people specially recruited more than a dozen craftsmen who were proficient in firearms, and finally got them to come to us and create samples for us. Unlike the trash that Daming is equipped with now, this is the full version of the firecracker. Houjin's intelligence chief replied humbly.

"Let me try it!" Huang Taiji stood up in his seat.

"Starling, the firecrackers are just some scaring things, and they can't compare to the strong bow in our hands, can we be so excited?" The old fourteenth Dolgon is a superstitious person in cavalry shooting, and in his opinion, the cavalry shooting of Houjin is invincible in the world, and the fire guns of the Ming Dynasty are not in the flow at all.

In fact, due to various factors such as technology, gunpowder formula, and morale, the Ming Dynasty's firearm troops, Dacheng dù, were a kind of military that specialized in scaring people, and at most it was a means of killing and injuring the enemy at medium distances. At that time, the range of the Ming Dynasty's firearms was outrageously short, and it was completely slaughtered in front of the strong bow.

"Whether it's good or bad, don't you know if you've seen it?" Huang Taiji said casually.

The spies lurking in Beizhili are the elite of the elite, and if they can, they won't be activated casually. Since this drawing has been sent back this time, it proves that its existence is of incomparable value and significance.

When they actually started shooting, Huang Taiji was really sure that this thing was indeed very powerful.

Limited by the smelting method and the problem of gunpowder formula, Houjin's firearm still could not get the highest level, but Huang Taiji was not short of money, at least in the case of their centralized power, and there was no shortage of money to build weapons. The power of the firebolt made with the best craftsmanship and the best materials is 70% of the full version, which is much higher than the level of about 45% of Daming.

As a result, the range of the bow and arrow is not less than that of the bow and arrow, and the reload speed is not slow. This means that when the large-scale group is equipped with this kind of firecracker, even against the archers, it will not be inferior. It is worth noting that an archer takes years to train, while a firecracker only needs three days to go to battle, and the cost of training is simply negligible.

Dolgon is only twenty years old this year, and he is still a child who has just grown up. But he is not blind, much less stupid.

Seeing the test firing results in front of him, he had already predicted a future in which Houjin's iron cavalry would be constantly hindered under the power of this firebolt. This kind of firearm is very dangerous, and it has a great obstacle to the rise of Houjin! Fortunately, the drawings of this fire gun have fallen into his own hands, so it will become a big help for Houjin!

"Starling, we need to arm this firearm on a large scale!" Dolgon's eyes burst into excitement.

"I also know that we need to arm on a large scale, cooperate with the artillery manufacturing method sent by Kong Youde before, and train a group of specialized firearms regiments. When the time comes, let alone hitting Beizhili, even if Beijing City is defeated, it will not be a problem! Huang Taiji was also very excited, but there was a hint of helplessness behind the excitement.

"Starling, what's your scruples?" But the twelve sons, Azig, saw this.

"We don't have that many iron ingots, and the most important thing is that our smelting skills are poor, and we are massively armed...... I'm afraid that we are not armed yet, and we will have no money and no iron ingots in the first place. At that time, I'm afraid that we won't even have to use the iron pot. Huang Taiji shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Didn't you hear about the establishment of diplomatic relations with the anti-king in Shaanxi before? Wouldn't it be enough to buy it directly from him, besides, those Jin merchants in Shanxi have sold embargoed materials to us more than once! Dorgon said without hesitation.

"Not to mention that Shaanxi has not yet knocked down the northern pass, and there is no way to realize the mutual market. Let's talk about the Jin merchants in Shanxi, they didn't help us for free, we want to buy iron ingots and other materials, how can we buy them if we don't have enough exchange? Besides, since these are prohibited, they naturally need to be taken care of, and then transported over secretly, but I am afraid that the number may not be large, do you think we can count on them? Huang Taiji sneered.

"So, what are we going to do? Isn't it possible to arm firearms anymore? In fact, it's nothing, with the bravery and riding and archery skills of our Houjin warriors, even if we don't have firearms, we still beat the Ming Dynasty's rat wolves and escape? Azig laughed.

"We have to build, and this is something that we have to go through in the development of Houjin. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty's firearms are getting stronger and stronger, and we don't even have the means to conquer the city, which is not in our interests. In particular, we don't have many people in the clan, and we can't afford to play the primitive siege mode.

Therefore, the creation of firearms is an inevitable outcome, but for the time being, the artillery will be the mainstay, and let the craftsmen of the firearms study more and see if they can improve it. And take advantage of this time, let's go south to make money! Huang Taiji thought for a while and said.

He immediately got everyone's support, and the so-called going south to make money is actually going south to fight grass valley. The gene of robbery has always existed in Houjin's bones. In other words, in the survival rules of nomadic people, the grass valley has become a cultural symbol and a kind of inheritance.

Recognized, Houjin quickly entered a state of readiness for war, and soon armed an army of 30,000.

Don't look at less, don't forget the saying 'Today's people are not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible', 30,000 people are the level of heavenly soldiers and generals, who dares to fight?

At least, don't count on the general guards and regular army of the Ming Dynasty, as for the border army, let's wait and see!

In a short time, the preliminary preparations for the battle were completed, and Huang Taiji invited the Mongol allies who had come to the war this time, and at the same time announced the basic rules and discipline. The troops were divided into two routes, one was led by 20,000 troops from Beledeg, Yuetuo, and Azig, and settled between Jinzhou and Daling River through Yizhou, cutting off the connection between Jinzhou and Daling River. Huang Taiji personally led the army through Montenegro and Quang Ninh to press towards Dalinghe City from the front.

Yes, the battle of Daling River, because of Zhang Hongbin's intervention, started in advance.