1617 was a glorious year for the wild boar skin, except for the hard nail of the 'revolutionary army' on the front line of Liaoyang and Haizhou, the expansion of Houjin's power in western Liaoning was extremely smooth.

Because Zhou Qingfeng's capture of Tianjin led Yang Hao's army of 80,000, the wild boar skin was able to successfully conquer Guangning, an important town in western Liaoning, in April and May, and then go south to conquer Jinzhou. The Ming army was short of troops, and the 'revolutionary army' was stuck in the throat of Tianjin, and it was powerless to stop it, so it could only give up the western Liaoning corridor and retreat all the way to Shanhaiguan.

By June, Jiannu easily took the entire Liaodong and Liaoxi. Only the part of the southern Liaoning Peninsula was occupied by the 'revolutionary army'. One of the five ministers of Jiannu, the first-class general military officer also led troops to fight Haizhou once. Due to the ruins of Liaoyang and its inability to support the expedition, the two sides gave up after a fight. He also took the initiative to retreat and turned around and went to Liaoxi to rob slaves and wealth.

Jiannu came out of Hetuala, in the white mountains and black waters, and in one year, they occupied a vast area that had never been imagined before, plundering millions of people and livestock. The Han people in Liaodong were as docile as cattle and sheep, and the officials and generals of the Ming court who surrendered immediately kowtowed to slavery, all of which made the Jiannu like a dream—except that Liaonan gave them a little lesson.

'Baksh' Erdeni, who compiled the code for Jiannu, boasted to the boar skin that such a great victory was a gift from heaven. Emperor Wanli of the Ming court did too many bad things and was punished by heaven. For the barbarians who had been suppressed by the Ming court for hundreds of years, they urgently needed to build self-confidence. This statement fully satisfies the rapidly expanding ambitions of many Jurchens below the wild boar skin, and is then widely accepted.

It's just that when the top leaders of Jiannu generally became arrogant, Sibeile Huang Taiji, who had suffered big losses in the 'revolutionary army', was always sullen. He was once led by Zhou Qingfeng to defeat four or five of Niu Lu's elite soldiers in one go, which was almost an indelible memory for him.

Huang Taiji was the first person in the top echelons of Jiannu to start making extensive use of Hanchen to improve his management ability and increase his power. He did this so that he could fight the 'Revolutionary Army' in the next battle.

However, although Jiannu is a country, the essence of the slave military group in his bones will not be easily eliminated. Wild boar skins fought to loot. If he can't grab something, he will definitely not start a war easily.

Wild boar skin now knows that the place in southern Liaoning is a hard bone. So if you can't gnaw it, you won't gnaw it, anyway, the places in Liaodong and Liaoxi are enough to make him feel satisfied. He even gave up the city of Jiefan in Salhu and moved directly to Shenyang as the capital.

The entire wild boar skin force has also entered a new stage of digestion and absorption, and they will not go to war again this year. However, they also kept an eye on the news of the Ming Court and the 'revolutionary army' in the south. When they learned that the 'revolutionary army' had dealt a heavy blow to the Ming court by attacking Tianjin, they were very happy to see their two rivals fighting each other, so that they could profit from it.

It was only according to the intelligence from the Jin merchants that Huang Taiji saw danger in the sporadic signs - the 'revolutionary army' developed too fast, from a few thousand men and horses without roots to occupy southern Liaonan, Tianjin, and Dengzhou, control the Bohai Sea, and rule one million in only one year.

The 'revolutionary army' attacked Tangshan, and a large number of officials and gentry fled to Shanhaiguan. Many of them hooked up with Jiannu to do business, and it was indispensable to spread the changes in Gyeonggi to the ears of Jiannu's high-level officials. Even the various newspapers and books issued by the 'Revolutionary Army' were collected one by one. Some people read it but can't understand it, so they naturally disdain it. Huang Taiji saw it, but felt that he had gained a lot, and he was deeply disturbed.

For such an extremely strange but rapidly rising force, Huang Taiji felt that he could not take it lightly. Hearing that Tianjin was not better than Liaoning, which was heavily guarded and forbidden outsiders to enter, but allowed traders and migrant workers to enter and exit, he decided to go south after thinking for a long time to see with his own eyes how strong this great enemy really was.

With the help of Jin Shang to contact Liu Fucheng as an internal response, Huang Taiji took Gu Yuanwei's master and apprentice as his entourage. They traveled lightly all the way, pretending to be ordinary gentlemen and coming from the direction of Shanhaiguan. Huang Taiji's Dafu Jin Zhezhe wanted to see the scenery of the Central Plains, and he followed with him. So a group of five of them, with more than a dozen guards and slaves, hung behind them, and appeared outside Tianjin lightly.

Huang Taiji did not disclose his identity to Liu Fucheng. He only got a Han wig bun to wear on his head, dressed up as an ordinary boy, met Liu Fucheng in Tongzhou, and came along the canal. As a result, when we got to the ground, we had a bad time - the dock was expanded, and an engineering team was blasting on the riverbank.

In recent months, there has been a lot of rumbling around Tianjin. The locals were scared at first. The more they were visible, they began to ridicule outsiders for being rare and strange.

Huang Taiji immediately became interested in this blasting, and wanted to go up and take a look after going ashore. But before he could get closer, the person in charge of the construction shouted at the cordon, "Go away, go away, what do you see?" Isn't it just a cannon, look at you outsiders, it's really a shallow-eyed bun. ”

Who the fuck are you talking about?!

Huang Taiji has a noble status, and he is an authentic slave owner, and his family has mines, land, and slaves. As soon as he stomped his feet in Liaodong, the ground trembled. It has always been him who glared at others, and today for the first time, he was ridiculed by others.

When he arrived in Tongzhou, Liu Fucheng, a local snake, had to be polite to Huang Taiji. But when I arrived in Tianjin, I don't know where the migrant workers came from, with crooked pears and cracked dates, waving a small flag in their hands to blow him away - it's really angry!

"Let's go, ......, don't get in the way of our construction site." The construction workers hurried vigorously, "to see the excitement to the distance." There's a tea stall over there, and you should be able to afford a big bowl of tea. ”

That's so infuriating......

"I'll bear it!" Huang Taiji turned his head and took one last glance in the direction of the construction site for the expansion of the wharf. He could see dozens of sturdy migrant workers digging the foundation. On the days of June and July, the migrant workers took off their shirts and sweated bare-chested, and just by looking at their strong physique, we knew that these people were full of manpower, able to endure hardships, and were good soldiers.

"If these minions are in our army, they can be used as the main force in armor. But they're digging a piece of earth here? Huang Taiji snorted coldly in his heart, quite unconvinced, and quite depressed.

Huang Taiji walked away but didn't really leave, they really looked for the tea stall by the dock, and many merchants stopped to watch - there are a lot of people who watch the project blasting, and the movement is really rare.

Gu Yuanwei and Yang Jian's master and apprentice were also staring closely, only to see the migrant workers digging up the explosion point by the expanded dock, and boxes of black powder were brought up. When the box was pried open, a large group of people looked in, wondering what it was that had such power.

The box was taken out of a tube of black powder wrapped in oilcloth and sealed with oil wax. The person in charge of blasting stuffed the explosives into the detonation point, connected the fuse, lit them and quickly evacuated. For the sake of safety, the amount of each blasting is about ten kilograms, and the movement that can be exploded is still earth-shattering.

When the explosion sounded, the ground shook, and Huang Taiji was suddenly moved. Just such a bunch of mud legs who have no cultivation, they can make a movement comparable to a ninth-level spell, or even more than a ninth-level spell with a few strokes. If the same thing is in the hands of Jiannu, it is definitely a secret killer feature. But this thing was actually used in the hands of the Han people to engage in engineering. How good is that?

After sitting at the tea stall for a long time, the explosion at the dock site was carried out several times, and each time it caused a burst of cheers from the onlookers. Huang Taiji's face was worse, and Gu Yuanwei and Yang Jian's faces were even worse. At the beginning, the two of them tried to control Zhou Qingfeng, but they were still escaped by this kid - if they escaped, they escaped, this kid's kung fu actually made such a ghost in a blink of an eye.

Yang Jian was shocked by the explosion, silently transmitted the message to Gu Yuanwei, and said dejectedly: "Master, this is a gap of four hundred years. How can we compare? That kid is horrible. ”

"Shut up, do you have a way out for us? That bastard would love to kill our master and apprentice now. Gu Yuanwei had a secret hatred in his heart, and he regretted how many times he regretted not killing Zhou Qingfeng in the first place. His face was silent now, seeing Huang Taiji's shocked expression, he hurriedly relieved: "Huang Ye, this is just gunpowder, the discarded alchemy of cultivators. It is not uncommon for the Ming military to have more. ”

Ah......, Huang Taiji exclaimed, as if waking up from a nightmare, sweating on his back. He listened to Gu Yuanwei's words, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, this is just gunpowder for the Ming army." There is indeed a lot of sight on the battle array, and there is no use except for the sound of smoke and sound. ”

Huang Taiji smiled to hide his embarrassment, but he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, the gunpowder of the Ming army is not so powerful." ”

Gu Yuanwei said again: "Maybe this 'revolutionary army' has some secret method to increase the power of gunpowder, but Huang Ye doesn't need to be surprised. Find a few monks who are good at alchemy, and I think I can make the same thing. ”

"Well...... what Mr. Gu said is very true." Huang Taiji nodded again, "It's me who was taken away by this thing, but I was a little afraid." However, I read the news coming out of the Ming court, and the artillery rockets of this 'revolutionary army' seem to be quite powerful, and they must be guarded against. ”

Gu Yuanwei pondered solemnly, but Liu Fucheng said playfully: "If you want artillery rockets, ask me to buy them." This anti-thief rocket has been made by my Daming ordnance supervisor, and the Tongzhou school field is a martial arts exercise, and Xiong Du said that it is good. As for artillery, it's not too difficult. Several Taixi scholars in the capital were helping to cast cannons, and the imperial court also invited special gunsmiths from Guangdong. As long as you give money, you can say anything. ”

Oh......, Huang Taiji was very surprised when he saw Liu Fucheng say it easily. He said in a deep voice: "I can see a lot of the artillery of the Ming army in Liaodong. Those tiger squat cannons, the names of the exterminating cannons are quite majestic, but they are all waste like broken copper and iron, useless. ”

"This time it's different, Tessie's gunsmith skills are much better than ours. The artillery made by the palace ordnance supervisor according to Taixi's method this time was all thousands or even thousands of catties of Shenwei General Cannons, and they were eroded for dozens of miles with one cannon. Its power is irresistible. As long as your ministry is willing to spend money, such militaristic weapons can be sold.

There are also anti-thief rockets that can shoot more than 2,000 steps, which is extremely powerful. My ordnance supervisor has also made it, if Huang Ye is interested, why don't you wait for Tianjin to go to the capital to see the goods? If you buy too much, Liu promises to give your department a 20% discount. ”

Liu Fucheng opened his mouth to business, but Huang Taiji only nodded slightly and did not agree immediately. He said undeniably: "It's not too late, find a place to stay." ”

"Good, good." Liu Fucheng felt that the Huang Ye in front of him was a fat sheep, and he decided to curry favor, "Liu also does some small business in Tianjin, and he has opened a store outside the city, and he can also stay." Huang Ye can go over to spend the night, and he can come out to visit at night. It's hard to say anything else about this anti-thief place, but it's really prosperous, and it's an eye-opener for Huang Ye. ”

Liu Fucheng only said politely, but Huang Taiji was really psychologically sensitive. He smiled on his face, and said angrily in his heart: "This guy is really hateful, what is 'eye-opening'? Ben Baylor hasn't seen any big scenes, do you also think I'm a dirt bun? ”