After the defeat from Quang Ninh, the Houjin suffered another series of defeats, and the main reason they attributed to it was the sharpness of the Ming army's firearms.

The muskets of the Ming army have indeed been continuously upgraded, from the arquebus-type Lumi gun to the flintlock musket, which is not a little more powerful than the bird gun.

This is not counting the heavy musket, the effect of hitting the human body is comparable to that of the heavy sniper of later generations.

Not only did the officers and soldiers of the Later Jin suffer heavy casualties as a result, but there were also Derge and other Beizi Baylor who died under the heavy muskets, which could not but arouse the vigilance and attention of the Later Jin side.

But to let the Jurchens, who are known for their mounted archery, switch to firearms, whether it is Nurhachi, Huang Taiji and others, they all think that it is impossible and wrong.

In this case, it is still the Han soldiers who can use firearms. Although Nurhachi's suspicion was hopeless, he had to admit this fact and had to pinch his nose and use the Han soldiers cautiously.

And in the fierce battle with the Ming army, it was not difficult to get the muskets left behind by the Ming army from the battlefield. This also creates the first conditions for imitation.

However, it was suggested that the muskets of the Ming army should be imitated so that the Han soldiers could increase their defensive capabilities, and Huang Taiji and others obviously thought too simply.

If you just imitate a small number of muskets, even if it is a flintlock style, it can also be successful. But the scrap rate will definitely be very high, and I don't know how many steel forgings have to be tried to make a few qualified pieces of elastic steel sheets.

However, it is impossible to manufacture in large quantities, depending on Houjin's resources, production capacity and technical level. With qualified batch steel alone, they don't have the manufacturing capacity.

It is necessary to use the traditional process of rolling iron sheets and drilling gun chambers, which is not enough to bear pressure, and it is very easy to explode when used. After all, the musket used by the Ming army now exceeds the bird gun in terms of charge, and the heavy musket has reached more than 30 grams.

If Zhu Youxiao knew that Jianyu was going to imitate firearms, I am afraid he would laugh out loud.

In terms of resources, production capacity, technical level, and even manpower, the use of firearms to contend with the Ming army can only be described as "looking for death".

The advantage of an agrarian country over nomadic herders, fishermen and hunters lies in this, as long as it is used well, it can have the power to crush.

And the leadership of civilization or science and technology is of course not a guarantee of victory, but also needs internal unity and stability. The demise of the Song and Ming dynasties is proof of this.

Therefore, even if the Later Jin mastered the same production technology as the Ming Dynasty, they would not be able to defeat the Ming Empire, which had no internal troubles.

What's more, the current emperor of the Ming Empire is still a traverser, with a strategic vision that is difficult for others to match, as well as insight into the enemy's bone marrow.

To put it bluntly, whether it is Nurhachi or Huang Taiji, Zhu Youxiao can see it thoroughly. The actions they will have, even the psychological changes, will not escape his calculations.

Just like Nurhachi's suspicion and purge of Han officials and generals now, Zhu Youxiao's promotion made it even more serious. Why do you do your best to ensure Liu Xingzuo's success anyway, it is out of this consideration.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, as well as the high-level leaders of Houjin, must not have thought of these. If they are taking one step at a time, Zhu Youxiao is taking one step at a time and seeing three steps, leading step by step.

Huang Taiji didn't know that his suggestion would make the Ming Emperor snicker and disdain, and with the permission of his father Khan, he retreated.

After coming out, Huang Taiji's face became gloomy and his steps became heavy.

Being deprived of the position of flag lord means falling out of favor in the heart of his father Khan. But that's not all, Zhenjiang's Nala Zhongming is still blocking him.

From time to time, Jurchens who had been captured by the Ming army were released back and brought letters from Nala Zhongming to Huang Taiji.

Either to climb relatives, or to persuade Huang Taiji to abandon the secret and turn to the Ming, he is willing to give up the position of the commander of the Jianzhou Guard, and guarantee that the Ming court will not blame the past.

This is obviously sowing discord, Huang Taiji doesn't even read the letter now, and he doesn't dare to look at it! Even the messenger of the letter made him kill several of them, and the letters were directly torn apart and burned.

But this still did not make Huang Taiji relieved, he believed that his father Khan would definitely be able to learn the news, and his suspicion of him would become more and more serious.

Why do you send letters alone? Father Khan's suspicion is not reasonable? What are you afraid of when you break your faith and kill people?

There is nowhere to argue, and the more you argue, the darker it becomes. Handed over the messenger to his father Khan for disposal, Huang Taiji thought about it, but he didn't think it was a good way.

Huang Taiji sighed heavily, Ming Ting's extremely simple plan of discord made him depressed and distressed.

What made him even more puzzled was why Ming Ting could let him pit alone, and he was still happy to do it? Can't you just change someone?

The strange voice of Tuk Tuk Tuk interrupted Huang Taiji's thoughts. He'd heard it before, and he knew who was coming.

Mang Gurtai walked over with a cane under his arm, and in a strange posture. For more than half a year, this guy, who used to ride a horse and gallop and was known as a fierce general, lost a lot of weight, and he could no longer crisscross the battlefield.

"Fifth brother." Huang Taiji hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed in greeting.

Mang Gurtai stopped his crutches, and his empty leg stood out. The expression on his face was very cold, as if he didn't know Huang Taiji.

"Fifth brother." Huang Taiji shouted again, and said quite sincerely: "I went to see you a few days ago, and Erfujin said that you were unwell——"

Mang Gurtai waved his hand violently and said stiffly: "I don't want to see you in the mansion, except for the lack of a leg, my health is fine!" ”

Huang Taiji didn't expect Mang Gurtai to be so direct, and he couldn't help but be stunned and wanted to ask the reason.

Mang Gurtai looked at Huang Taiji, and without waiting for him to speak, he asked in a deep voice, "Nala Zhongming and Eighth Brother are relatives, right?" ”

Huang Taiji hurriedly explained: "What Nala Zhongming is, it's just made up by the Ming court and used to disconnect and provoke. Fifth brother, you won't believe it, will you? ”

"Why you?" Mang Gurtai looked at Huang Taiji scrutinically, and said slowly: "Because you have Ye He's blood in your body, that's right, right?" ”

Huang Taiji smiled bitterly and said, "Fifth brother's words are wrong! Whether it is the Yehe department, or the Ula and Huifa departments, they are all Jurchens. Today, when the Ming court launches Nala Zhongming, it will expel Ye He; If the Ming court makes another Nala, will it be impossible to expel the Nala? ”

Hada, Ula, Huifa, and Yehe all belonged to the Haixi Jurchens, and they were all destroyed by Nurhachi, and most of the tribes were gathered and incorporated into the banner, and they were important members of the Manchus.

Many Yeh and Nara also served as high-ranking officials of the Later Jin, such as Burhanggu, Delgrad, Hubush and so on of the Yeh Nara clan.

There are also Huang Taiji's uncle Ashdarhan, Gu Lun's forehead Gu Santai, all of whom are of the Yehenala clan and are also high-ranking officials of Houjin.

As Huang Taiji said, it is impossible to completely strip the Yehenara clan, and it is even more stupid and dangerous. Causing confusion and even division in people's hearts is exactly the trick of the Ming court.

Mang Gurtai lowered his eyes, and after a while, his face turned slightly pale, and he said: "Father Khan summoned me to have something to order, if the eighth brother has leisure, he can go to a certain mansion to talk." ”

Huang Taiji felt in his heart and hurriedly agreed.

Now, Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai are both frustrated. Originally, they each held a flag, but now they have all taken the position of flag owner, which means a bit of sympathy.

And Nurhachi is more and more fond of the three young sons of Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, and his actions to support their power are also more obvious.

The original four Baylors were heavily armed and powerful. But now, the dead are dead, the crippled, and the crippled, only Dai Shan has two banners left in his hands, but they are broken, and Nurhachi has not supplemented him.

And the four little Baylors are coming from behind, and there are signs of replacing them.

There will definitely be loss and dissatisfaction, and it turns out that Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai, who are not harmonious, can get close, and it is also because of this mentality.

As for Mang Gurtai, although he is just a martial artist, he also has his own ambitions.

Being deprived of the Blue Banner Banner is equivalent to losing the qualification to inherit the Khan's throne. He didn't dare to resent his father Khan, but he was angry at the success of Azig and other little brothers.

It is obviously not correct to say that Mang Gurtai has no positive blue flag, he has no strength.

He has an older sister named Mang Guji, who has a very good relationship, and at the age of thirteen he married Wuergudai, the leader of the Jurchen Hada Tribe, and was stationed in Kaiyuan, also known as the Kaiyuan Princess, which is also one of the means by which Nurhachi enveloped the Hada Tribe.

After the death of the last leader of the Hada tribe, Wuergudai, Mangguji still lived in Kaiyuan and operated for many years. Moreover, as the widow of Wuergudai, she still has a certain appeal to the remnants of Hada.

What Mang Gurtai thought of was to be able to use his sister's strength, plus he had been the owner of the Zhenglan Banner for many years, and he also had several cronies in the Zhenglan Banner, such as Tunbulu, Aiba Limimi, etc.

Now thinking that when his father Khan is gone, he will compete or fight for power with Azig and others, and Mang Gurtai will obviously not think so carefully.

Moreover, Nurhachi is still there, and Mang Gurtai does not dare to act rashly. But he was not willing to be a waste Baylor, so he honestly resigned himself to fate.

Huang Taiji didn't know that this fifth brother was thinking a lot, he was indeed planning in secret, secretly developing his forces, so that he could respond in the future.

Don't think that the Houjin side is sincere and united, but it is not as fierce as the internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty, and the scale is much smaller. But when it comes to political struggles, the Jurchens are not ambiguous, and they are also full of intrigue and blood.

Historically, after Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, Mang Gurtai died unexplained, and there is also a saying that he was imprisoned and starved to death. Mang Guji was executed by Ling Chi, and Mang Gurtai, Derge, and Mang Guji's cronies were also purged.

The root cause of the instability of the Jurchen people's hearts lies in external pressure and the bad situation. When the edifice is about to fall, consider your own way out, which is also an immutable law.

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Huang Taiji thought that his mother was Yehenala clan, and was found by the Ming court to find a reason to target.

But in fact, Zhu Youxiao's differential treatment of the remnants of Ye Hebu is not just to divide and disintegrate Houjin.

In Chahanhot, the capital of Yedan Khan, another Yekhnara clan accepted the reward of the Ming court and was overjoyed to take in the mirror and make up.

Yehnara Sutai's grandfather was the last Jurchen Yehebu Beyler Jintaishi, and his father was Yehebu Taiji Derheli, who claimed to be the second most beautiful woman in Yehe.

As for the first beauty of Yehebu, it is the old daughter of Yehe, Dongge, who was prophesied by the shaman: "This woman can prosper the world, but she can die in the world".

When he was fifteen years old, he was married to the Mongol Chahar tribe Lin Dan Khan. At that time, it was the time when the Yehebu rivers were declining and were overwhelmed by the increasingly powerful Jianzhou Jurchens.

Therefore, this is a political marriage, and Yehebu wants to get the help of the Chahar Ministry to counter the constant attacks of the Jianzhou Jurchen.

But Yehebe was destroyed, and Yehnara Sutai became the daughter of the dead.

Fortunately, she was beautiful and gave birth to her eldest son, Erke Kongol Ezhe, for Lin Dan Khan, who was favored by Lin Dan Khan and became the third of Lin Dan Khan's eight blessings.

Although the current Nara Sutai is only in third place, it is in charge of Hana Tumen Wanhu Ear. In addition, her son is the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, and after inheriting the throne in the future, she will be the queen mother.

Nara Sutai didn't know the real reason why the Ming Emperor rewarded her with a dressing mirror, and she really took what the envoy said seriously, because she was the granddaughter of the last Belle Jintaishi of Yehebu.

How did she know that Zhu Youxiao paid special attention to this woman because after the death of Lin Dan Khan in history, Nala Sutai and his son Ezhe surrendered to Houjin and offered the jade seal.

"Sister." Su Tai's younger brother Nan Chu stepped in and said to Su Tai with a smile: "I have sent the envoys of the Ming court away, and I have also rewarded them with some silver. ”

Yehenala Sutai nodded, looked at himself in the mirror, and said slowly: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty can remember the merits of Yehebu to help Ming, resist the Jianzhou Jurchens, and treat the remnants of Yehebu well, which can be regarded as having a conscience." ”

Nan Chu pondered for a moment and said, "Sister, the Nala Zhongming found by Emperor Daming, I think it's an impostor. ”

Su Tai was stunned for a moment, looked at his brother through the mirror, blinked his eyes, and understood what his brother meant.

Although he also has an official position in the Chahar Ministry, he relies on her favor. If Nala Zhongming is an impostor, then the younger brother is optimistic about the commander of the Jianzhou Guard, thinking of getting this position from the Ming Court.

"Reviving Ye Hebu has always been the ambition of the younger brother." Nan Chu did not hide it, and said his hope very bluntly, "If you can get the position of commander of Jianzhou Guard, Ye Hebu will be prosperous again, and there will be hope." ”

Su Tai thought about it, but didn't answer immediately, and only after a long time did he speak: "Reviving the Yehe Department may not be the purpose of the Ming Kingdom; The launch of Nala Zhongming is also to win over the remnants of Yehe in Liaodong. ”

"Sister is just guessing." Nan Chu said: "If the Ming Kingdom really wants to revive the Yehe Jurchen and destroy the Jianzhou Jurchen, is this a golden opportunity?" If you miss it, won't you regret it? ”

Su Tai stretched out his hand to open the gift box, which was filled with exquisite jewelry, from the shape to the workmanship, which reflected the superb skills of the Ming craftsmen.

"Since you want to try, I won't stop you." Su Tai took out a pair of earrings and put them on himself in the mirror, "You go and ask the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, probe his tone, and see if you can get the support of the Ming Kingdom." ”

Nan Chu nodded vigorously, feeling that his background was Zhengshuo, as long as he could convince Ming Guo that there should be no problem in replacing the impostor of Nala Zhongming.

As for the authority of the Jianzhou Wei Command Envoy and whether it can help Ye Hebu re-establish and rise, it will be the same in the future. It's a big deal to come back, and there's nothing to lose.