Chapter 53
"inability!"
Looking at Dorgon kneeling on the ground, Huang Taiji was furious and scolded.
"More than 20,000 troops were lost. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, we have never had such a disastrous defeat. Dorgon, tell me how you led the troops!"
The reason why Huang Taiji was so angry was not just because he was originally dissatisfied with Dorgon, but because he knew very well that the Qing Dynasty simply could not afford to lose so many troops.
"Do you know how many people the Qing Dynasty has in total? Do you think that the Qing Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty? As a commander-in-chief, you have suffered such heavy casualties. How can you come to see me!"
War will inevitably cause damage. The soldiers are in danger and the war is fierce. Both sides in the war, whether the victor or the loser, will suffer a lot of manpower losses. This is the saying that one general succeeds and ten thousand bones wither. But for the Manchus, there were no losses at all.
After all, the population of the Manchus was sparse. Although the Jurchens have a saying that "there are thousands of Jurchens, they are unstoppable", that is, "the Jurchens are invincible if they are full of thousands", but that is just a saying, for there are only 100,000 men.
For the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the loss of more than 20,000 troops was simply an unbearable loss. Even if more than 200,000 livestock were captured, for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the captured Nikkans were just useless and could only be used
A coated slave who came to enslave, nothing more.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the reason why we lost so many troops and generals in this battle is entirely due to the repeated mistakes of the right-wing army led by Yue Tuo. He besieged the city of Jinan for two months without attacking the city. This gave the Ming people a chance to breathe.
Being able to calmly place fire starters in the city, and when my army attacks the city, then light the whole city on fire, causing the army to be engulfed in flames..."
Before Dorgon could finish speaking, Huang Taiji said angrily.
"You mean Yue Tuo deliberately delays it, right?"
"My brother, I don't know."
"Dudu!"
"Returning to the emperor, the reason why Dorobele besieged Jinan City instead of attacking it was to besiege the city and bring reinforcements, not to delay it intentionally. Moreover, according to the slaves who escaped from the city, the fire in Jinan did fall from the sky that day, and some people witnessed the sky fire directly destroying it.
The men and horses were swallowed up in the raging fire. The raging fire was unquenchable when exposed to water, just like fire from the sky. The slave didn't believe it at first. Later, on the way to Jinan when he led the troops, he was attacked by a will-o'-the-wisp that came out of the ground. The will-o'-the-wisp stretched for miles. The slave was definitely not.
I withdrew my troops out of fear, but the will-o'-the-wisp came out of nowhere..."
Not to mention Huang Taiji, even Du Du himself doubted the authenticity of such an explanation.
"Du Du, according to what you said, is it possible that the Crown Prince of Defan of the Ming Dynasty in Jinan is really a god of fire descending to earth?"
Dorgon asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if the Crown Prince of De Fan is the God of Fire. But I really can't figure out how they can kill and injure nearly a thousand of my cavalry two miles away like mowing grass. All of those soldiers and horses are
Wearing heavy armor, but even so, the bullets of the Ming army still tore through the double-layered iron armor as easily as torn paper, killing our troops invisible..."
"Two miles apart, how is this possible? What weapons did they use?"
"This slave really doesn't know."
Du Du kowtowed, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and said.
"A servant here ordered someone to take out several bullets from the wound of the deceased. Please take a look at it."
Why didn't Du Du say anything before?
Dorgon looked at Du Du with some surprise, thinking that this guy might have made plans for a long time. Even before the eunuch passed by, Huang Taiji stepped down and grabbed the cloth bag, looking at a few yellow coins in it.
Warnhead said doubtfully.
"Is this the kind of thing that took away the life of my Eight Banners Batulu?"
Picking up one of the warheads and looking at the few black lines on the warhead, Huang Taiji frowned.
"Can it penetrate heavy armor at a distance of two miles? Could it be a new type of bird cannon from the Ming Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, on the way back, the slaves were thinking the same thing. It might be a bird cannon. However, according to the reports from the slaves who escaped, it was different from the island cannon. They all said that the bullets fell like raindrops and it was not rushed at all.
Escape."
Du Du took out a warhead and said.
"Your Majesty, please see that the lead of this projectile is different from that of the blunderbuss. The workmanship of this projectile is very exquisite. Your Majesty, look at this. The shell must have been damaged when it penetrated the heavy armor, exposing the lead tire steel core. But
The shell looks similar, but it is actually made of fine steel with a thin layer of copper on the outside and a layer of lead tire on the inside. As for the steel core, it is also very delicate. Just the projectile is a piece of workmanship, slave, slave.
I thought, this, this is definitely beyond human control..."
Before Du Du could finish speaking, Huang Taiji scolded angrily.
"Absurd! It can't be controlled by human beings. Could it be that..."
Before he finished speaking, Huang Taiji's expression suddenly changed, and then he changed his words.
"There are so many skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. These must be the bullets for a new type of bird gun made by their skilled craftsmen. Such complicated bullets must be extremely expensive. If my prediction is correct, it must be a secret weapon of De Fan. It seems
I was careless this time!"
The reason why Huang Taiji said this was not to excuse Du Du, but because he was afraid that the so-called "God of Fire descending to earth" would affect the morale of the army. He knew very well that for the Eight Banners soldiers who maintained shamanistic beliefs, once the so-called
If the "God of Fire descended to earth" even brought magical weapons to help them understand, what kind of impact it would have on their hearts. In order to prevent this from happening, he directly determined it.
However, even so, for Huang Taiji, there are some things that need to be faced. For example, the reality of losing troops and generals is something that must be considered. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he knew very well what the loss of 20,000 troops meant.
Even if he took the opportunity to kill more than a dozen of Dorgon's Niulu and weakened his power, it would not be able to change the reality of the Qing Dynasty losing troops and generals!
"With the God of Fire descending to earth, is it possible that there really are gods and goddesses in this world? Impossible. If the Ming Dynasty had gods and gods to help them, how would the Qing Dynasty be like today? Impossible, impossible, there are no ghosts and gods in the world."
Huang Taiji muttered to himself, picked up the marble again, and touched this ingenious marble. He knew that this was definitely not something that a craftsman could make. Even the best craftsman in the world might not be able to make it.
It came out, but it was it that took the lives of a large number of Eight Banners warriors under Jinan City.
"What the hell is this?"
Once again, Huang Taiji muttered to himself, then his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he gave instructions to the internal officials beside him.
"Write a letter to Fan Wendou and ask him to send someone to Jinan immediately to find out what magic weapon De Fan has, and..."
After thinking about it, Huang Taiji handed the marble to the internal officer.
"If you send this to him again, you must check it thoroughly."
It's hard to sleep well if some things are not clarified. At least for Huang Taiji, he knew that he had to figure everything out.
Chapter completed!