Shenyang, Han Palace.

Nurhachi, who had always given only death and grief to his enemies, also tasted the pain of having his own loved ones killed. Amin's body was placed under his throne and wrapped in a straw mat. The Venerable Dajin Kingdom Blue Flag Lord had a gray face and a stiff body, and he was already a dead corpse.

Amin's Fujin and his heirs were crying in the palace, and the ministers of the Dajin Kingdom, Baylor, and Beizi were stunned on both sides. Someone secretly looked at Nurhachi on the throne, only to see the lord of the country looking straight out of the hall, his eyes were blank and his eyes were out of focus.

Abatai knelt beside Amin's corpse, weeping bitterly, enumerating his sins and asking for punishment. When he talked about his brother Degler's death on the battlefield and his body was not returned, Degler's biological mother, Fucha, fainted on the spot.

Since the start of the fight against Nurhachi, many people have died in decades of non-stop fighting. But this time it was his real descendants who died. When Dajin was still the strongest, on the battlefield where tens of thousands of people were fighting, the boss actually died.

"Crying for what?" Nurhachi spoke on the throne, "What are you crying for? ”

When all the people in the temple heard this voice, they were all terrified. Nurhachi's voice has always been majestic, steady and calm. But this time, his tone was obviously flat, but when he opened his mouth, he was hoarse and old, and the meaning and tone expressed in his voice were completely different - a ghost-like voice echoed in the hall, making everyone's hearts tremble.

Nurhachi was unconscious, he bowed his head slightly and asked Abatai, "How did you lose?" How did Amin die? How did the enemy come about? Make these things clear. ”

Abatai looked up at his father, Khan, and saw a gloomy face. This face was originally full of red light, solemn and majestic, but now it is full of undulating black air. Countless age spots emerge from under the skin, and black blood vessels bulge like earthworms. All of this was transformed in just a quarter of an hour, and people were stunned.

Abatai was frightened enough by the changes in his father Khan, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only tell the process of the battle in Qingcheng in the Karaqin tribe based on Nurhachi's inquiry. He talked about how Amin gathered the Mongols and prepared to go south together, how the Han army suddenly crossed the Yanshan Mountains and appeared in the steppe, how Amin hastily responded to the battle, and how all kinds of difficulties on the battlefield went wrong.

"The reason for the defeat in this battle is that the Han people have far more firearms than us. In particular, its artillery is both light and powerful. As soon as the cannon came, the formation of our army was like a landslide, and even the strongest soldiers had to flee. Amin personally led the troops to break the formation, but was hit head-on by the Han artillery, and there were more than a dozen wounds on his body, bleeding nonstop, and he couldn't save it at all. ”

Abatai said that he was crying blood, but Nurhachi interrupted: "How many soldiers and horses of the Han people have killed Qingcheng? ”

"About ......," Abatai stammered, he knelt on the ground and looked at Amin's corpse beside him, and said, "About forty or fifty thousand, maybe fifty or sixty thousand." ”

"The loss was so miserable that it was not even clear how many men and horses the enemy had." Nurhachi suddenly became furious, his face was like a ghost, and his voice was like thunder, "How many people are there in the Han people?" Who is the manager? ”

"Big ......, about 50,000." Abatai didn't know the exact number, after all, it only took half a day from the time they received the warning of the enemy attack to the time they were defeated and retreated. The Han army came too fast and made them very embarrassed. "The opponent's commander's banner was not recognized on the battlefield, but some Mongols who escaped from Qingcheng afterwards said that the commander of the Han army was ......, and it was Hezhuo of Yehebu."

Hearing the name, Nurhachi's pupils shrank. His gaze swept over the crowd in the temple. Soon, a middle-aged man knelt down in fear, and said in a mournful voice, "Great Khan, He Zhuo has betrayed my Yehebu, and it has nothing to do with me anymore." The defeat of Amin Bel made us also sad and angry, and we were willing to go into battle to kill the enemy and share the worries of the Great Khan. ”

Kneeling on the ground was Hezhuo's elder brother Buyangu, who married Hezhuo seven times with his father Buzhai. After the establishment of the Dajin Kingdom, he had to join Nurhachi with the rest of the Yehebu Beyler. At present, He Zhuo led his troops into the grassland and killed Amin who tried to invade the south, which was a great disaster for him, so he could only kneel and beg for mercy, trembling.

Nurhachi glared at Buyangu fiercely, and then asked Abatai, "Who said that the Han people only have tens of thousands of horses?" Why is it that there are now 50,000 people who have entered the grassland alone? How many men did Qingfeng have under him that week? ”

Again, the crowd looked at each other, and their knowledge of the 'revolutionary army' often came from open newspapers. Zhou Qingfeng was very fond of revealing some information in the newspapers, and most of this information was verified to be true, so no one ever doubted whether the 'revolutionary army' controlled far more troops than originally estimated. No one knows the difference between the regular army and the militia.

At this moment, Huang Taiji was not in Shenyang, he personally led his troops to the Haigai line, trying to break through to the southern Liaoning Peninsula. But several Hanchen in his literary hall were in the palace. As soon as Nurhachi asked, these official gentry who had taken refuge in the Jurchens were pushed out, but they couldn't say why.

It took a long time for someone to say the word 'mobilization,' indicating that the 'revolutionary army' seemed, maybe, perhaps, as if it had tossed out an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 in a very short period of time.

Nurhachi was even more annoyed when he heard this, and scolded loudly: "How is it possible to pull out more than 100,000 troops in ten months?" How to raise food and grass? How to prepare the quilt? How is the ordnance attached? Could the 'revolutionary army' have great magical powers? Are you Hanchen still thinking about the old country and unwilling to serve Dajin faithfully, so you can say such crazy words? ”

The gentry immediately knelt down and wailed, bitterly expressing that they had a deep blood feud with the 'revolutionary army' and were incompatible. They also said that they had always been loyal and had absolutely no intention of betraying after their conversion.

It's just that Nurhachi is suspicious, and now the battle situation is unfavorable, and the Jurchens have suffered great losses, so someone must come out to take responsibility. He was already angry, and when he heard the crying of those Hanchens, he immediately ordered the guards to drag these useless people down and behead them. Waiting for seven or eight people to be sent up, he smelled the bloody breath and was much more relaxed.

"The Han people have always been scheming and deceitful. If Zhou Qingfeng had 50,000 people in the grassland, he would have had few people in other places. Nurhachi shouted to the guards again, "The Han people have powerful firearms, and this is indeed better than my Dajin." What happened to the recent imitation of a new firearm? Go and bring the craftsmen in and ask. ”

After a while, several Han craftsmen were pushed and shoved into the main hall of the Han Palace. The leader was still wearing Dajin's lieutenant general's uniform, but he looked a little embarrassed. He saw that Nurhachi was about to kneel, but Nurhachi asked sharply, "Bao Chengxian, has the matter of the new fire gun been completed?" My Daikin is in dire need of sophisticated firearms right now, can you do it with your heart? ”

Kneeling down was Bao Chengxian, a general of the Ming Dynasty, who was in charge of the manufacture of weapons and the organization of the Han army. Hearing Nurhachi ask, he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, so he only replied honestly, "Back to the Great Khan, thousands of craftsmen under the minions are working day and night, constantly building firearms, and they dare not delay the Great Khan's war." ”

"I asked you if you made a new firecracker?" Nurhachi didn't have much patience at the moment, he raised his voice a little, and wanted to know the result.

Bao Chengxian felt that the tone of the Great Khan today was not good, and it was very different from the past. He looked at the few people kneeling in front of him, especially the corpse of Amin on the ground, and realized that something was wrong. But he didn't dare to hide it, so he could only bow down and be a small weak and said, "There are many difficulties in the creation of the new firecracker, and the craftsmen under the minions are pondering, but they have not succeeded. ”

"Isn't it just a fire?" Nurhachi's tone on the throne became more and more stern, "You haven't used the fire breaker yet? How difficult is that? It's been a few days, and you can't even do this little thing? My Dajin soldiers are waiting for this spontaneous weapon to kill the enemy, but you are procrastinating, what is the reason? ”

Reason? Great Khan, I'm really reasoning with you.

Bao Chengxian sweated on his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it. He knelt lower, his head on the ground, and continued to reason, "Great Khan, it's really not that the slave doesn't care. It's really the spontaneous fire gun that looks simple, but it's actually quite mysterious. Not to mention the well-built components, especially the firing bolt is quite rare and powerful. I tried everything, but I couldn't find the same steel. ”

This is spring steel.

But Nurhachi didn't understand.

"Isn't this just a fire breaker? Ben Khan understands it at a glance, why don't you understand? I see if you Hanchen have all got any news, and I feel that my Dajin momentum is not good, so I wait to see my Jurchen fall, and refuse to obey orders with my heart anymore. The more Nurhachi spoke, the more angry he became, and the more he spoke, the more he felt that he had guessed the minds of these Han people.

Bao Chengxian was frightened and immediately paralyzed, and kept kowtowing to justify: "Great Khan Mingjian! We have always been loyal and selfless. ”

Where is Nurhachi willing to believe? He couldn't help but mock, "You waste, you can't do this thing, and you dare to deceive Ben Khan." Daming treats you well, don't you say that you will rebel? What faithfulness can there be? If you can betray the Ming Dynasty, you can naturally betray my Dajin. If you don't want to do things well, then die. Come on, drag him down and behead him! ”

"Wronged!" Bao Chengxian really felt that he was particularly wronged, he raised his hands high, and was about to crawl towards Nurhachi to plead. But the guards behind him didn't say a word, stepped forward and grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the hall. He struggled and cried, "Great Khan, I am so wronged! I'm a loyal servant of Daikin, and I don't have two hearts! ”

With a click, another bloody head was sent in for Nurhachi to test.

Nurhachi felt very happy and felt much more comfortable. This must be his wisdom and martial arts, and he has seen through the tricks of the Han people who are cheating and tricking underneath, which will naturally make the minions work harder. It's just that at this juncture, the guards outside the palace came to deliver a letter again, saying that Fei Yingdong, who was stationed in Jinzhou, had sent an urgent report, saying that the 'revolutionary army' had raided Ningyuan and Suizhong in the western Liaoning corridor by sea transport.

Ningyuan and Suizhong were occupied, which was equivalent to blocking the retreat of the 30,000 horses of Mang Gurtai in front of Shanhaiguan. This situation made Nurhachi furious again, and he shouted angrily, "Didn't those Ctesi Dutchmen say that they would send big ships? Why is it that there is no faith in such words? ”

If one Amin dies, one more Mang Gurtai must not die.

Nurhachi couldn't sit still in Shenyang, he slapped his throne and shouted viciously, "Transfer back the 30,000 people who are good for goodness, and Ben Khan will personally conquer Ningyuan!" ”

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