Ashes

It's the new year again, and the New Year's Day these years has become more and more lively every year. Every day, Belegeg from various Mongolian tribes come to congratulate and accompany Huang Taiji to welcome the banquet. Dorgon will be exhausted.

Dorgon woke up early in the morning and walked out of the house. It was freezing cold outside, chokingly cold.He shrank his neck, and was just about to go back to the house to stay warm, when Huang Taiji sent someone to pass him on.

I thought I was going to pick up Mongolia Baylor again, but when Huang Taiji saw him, he had a mysterious look on his face: "I'll take you to see something."

"What makes you so happy?"

"I have spent so many years, but I never thought it would be possible." Huang Taiji's face was full of excitement.

They came to a military workshop. This military workshop was built separately. In the past, soldiers were guarded, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach it at will.

Today, in front of Huang Taiji and Dorgon is a colossal monster, about one person tall and two people wide with outstretched arms, covered with a piece of red satin, which still remains mysterious.

One person came forward to pay homage, and it was Tong Yangxing, the commander-in-chief: "Great Khan, Morgan Daiqingbeile, please come forward and watch."

Huang Taiji shook his head at Dorgon, motioning him to step forward and untie the red silk.

Dorgon smiled, looking at the shape of the cloth covering, he already guessed what it was.He stepped forward, tore off the red silk, and a cannon made of fine copper was displayed in front of everyone.

Dorgon put his hand on the cannon body, his tentacles were cold, the dark yellow barrel, thick and long, installed on the huge cannon carriage, looked mighty and domineering, and exuded the smell of metal, as if it could shoot earth-shattering shots at any time. shells.Swipe your fingers across the inscription, engraved with "God bless the general, built by Meng Chunjidan in the fifth year of Tiancong", followed by the names of the supervisor, caster, blacksmith and others.

He patted the cannon and said with a smile: "Not bad, quite majestic."

Huang Taiji also stepped forward to observe this new product carefully, and nodded repeatedly.

This is the red barbarian cannon specially ordered by Huang Taiji to study imitation.

"Have you tried shooting?"

Tong Yangxing replied: "Back to Dahan, we have tried it, and we have also arranged it outside the city. Please, Dahan, move to watch the Hongyi cannon launch."

"Okay, call the other Baylor ministers, as well as the Baylors from Mongolia, and let's all go and see the power of this cannon, so as to promote our country's prestige."

"I have been jealous for so many years, and my wish has come true?" Dorgon said.

"We can finally have our own cannons." Huang Taiji's face was full of red, "I want them to build more, and then form an artillery battalion. In the future, we can use cannons to bombard the city, and we don't need the soldiers of the Eight Banners to sacrifice their lives. Touched."

"It's a pity that the Hongyi cannon is only used to defend the city, but if we can use it to attack the city, and throw the cannonballs at the city wall, won't they tear down their city walls?"

"That's right. But the name 'Hongyi' is really ugly, so we changed it to 'Red Clothes', and passed down an order that all of them will be renamed 'Red Clothes Cannon' in the future."

Several soldiers covered the cannon with red silk again, and transported it to the test firing site, preparing for a demonstration later.

Huang Taiji said to Dorgon: "Walk with me."

"it is good."

"I have something else that I want to discuss with you." The two said while walking with Huang Taiji.

"Discussion? What's the matter?"

"I want to imitate the Ming Dynasty and set up six departments. Officials, households, rites, punishments, and military industries. Which one do you want?"

"Let me pick whatever I want?"

"Not bad, let you choose."

"Oh, how can you be ashamed? Khan, you can do as you see fit." Dorgon pretended to decline.

Seeing that he was too lazy to pretend to be realistic, Huang Taiji couldn't help teasing him: "Then the Ministry of Works, you see, the Khan Palace has been built for so many years and it has not been completed. The main reason is that it lacks a talented person to coordinate. You If you do it, there will be no problem."

Dorgon turned his eyes across.

Huang Taiji laughed loudly: "I told you to choose it yourself."

"What's on my mind, don't you know?"

"Is it the Ministry of Officials?" Huang Taiji put away his laugh, "You want to take over the Ministry of Officials, how could I not agree?"

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials, and there are opportunities to place cronies everywhere. As long as they are used well, it will be of great benefit to the future.

"Then thank you very much, Khan."

A simple tower had already been set up outside the city, and the bright yellow silk and satin bedding was the honorable throne of King Khan.Zhubeile and the Mongolian beile who came to congratulate him came one after another and saluted Huang Taiji one by one. The real Khan became the Manchurian Khan.

Dorgon sat in his seat, and Azig and Duoduo also came after a while.

When Duo Duo heard that it was a test firing of the cannon, he was very excited. When he saw Dorgon from a distance, he ran over: "Brother, our cannon is ready? Did you see it just now? How about it? What does it look like?"

"It's not like you haven't seen it before, they all look the same."

"Aren't I excited? Are our cannons okay?" He looked around, "Would it be embarrassing if so many people came to see it?"

"You crow's mouth! I don't know if it will work, but those craftsmen are all good at making cannons, and Tong Yangxing said that he has tried a cannon. I think there should be no problem."

The other Baylors who came earlier were also whispering, looking at the cannon covered with red silk with surprised eyes, some were admiring, some were doubting.

Seeing that it was almost time for people to arrive, Huang Taiji signaled Tong Yangxing to start.

Tong Yangxing kowtowed to Huang Taiji, and solemnly walked to the cannon in red and lifted the veil.

Everyone was amazed. Although many of them had seen the cannon captured from the Ming Dynasty, they couldn't help admiring such a brand new cannon before their eyes.

After Tong Yangxing gave a brief introduction, he ordered the soldiers to demonstrate.A few soldiers were well-trained, stuffed gunpowder, filled the shells, and ignited the fuse, all in one go.

There was a loud bang like thunder, and a big hole was blasted out in the distant rocks, and the broken stones splashed all over the ground.

It worked!

After a brief silence, cheers no less than the sound of cannons erupted from the watching crowd.

Dorgon looked at Huang Taiji, he looked at the dark pit on the distant mountain with a smile on his lips, even though he tried his best to restrain himself, he still showed ecstasy.

The Baylors, especially the Mongolian Baylors rushed to congratulate Huang Taiji.Dorgon couldn't help but smile when he saw this slightly chaotic but joyful scene. This should be what Huang Taiji wanted to see.

And this newly cast red cannon will also be of great use on the battlefield in the near future.

In June, Jin Guo's sentries brought back information again, and Sun Chengzong ordered Zu Dashou to build the Daling River to resist the Jin army's attack.

"After they built Ningyuan, they plotted for Jinzhou. After they built Jinzhou, they plotted for Daling River. When they finish building Daling River, where are they planning to plot? Guangning? Shenyang?" At the meeting, Yue Tuo talked eloquently. He was in charge of the newly established six departments. The Ministry of War, after many years of fighting, he is already an outstanding person in the third generation.

"Yue Tobeile is right. We can't just wait for the Ming Dynasty to build the city. We must take the initiative." The rest of the Baylors also responded one after another, asking Huang Taiji to send troops.

Huang Taiji also thought that what Yue Tuo said was right, but he was still very cautious and sent some people to find out the truth.In the past few months, there have been constant news coming out of Dalinghe, all of which are fabricated by Sun Chengzong.

In private, Dorgon and Huang Taiji were also discussing.

"When do you plan to send troops?" Dorgon asked.

"After confirmation. Sun Chengzong is really old and strong. According to his method of encroaching, if he ignores it, maybe they will really let them take back Liaodong."

"It's almost time for us to change our strategy?" Dorgon probed.

Huang Taiji looked at him and smiled: "That's right, it's time. In the past, every time we set off on an expedition, we hoped to obtain more population and property, and conquering cities was the second priority. But this time is different. Come on, come on..."

"Secondly, we won't be afraid of being unable to attack if we have red cannons." Dorgon rushed to ask, "How is the formation of Tong Yangxing's artillery battalion?"

"Will you accompany me to take a look later?"

"it is good."

Huang Taiji enjoyed the feeling of Dorgon being around him very much, watching him busy in front of his eyes, and listening to him, no matter what he said was useful or not.It seems that as long as he is there, no matter how boring and tedious things become, the sparks and expectations in his eyes give him infinite motivation.

How nice it would be if it could be like this forever.

On July 27, Huang Taiji once again united with Mongolia and sent troops to attack Ming Dynasty, this time targeting the Daling River under construction.On August [-], the Eight Banners Army arrived at Daling River and besieged the city.This time they did not immediately attack the city, but dug deep trenches outside the city, erected fences, and surrounded the Daling River tightly, so that people outside could not get in, and people inside could not get out. .

Zu Dashou continued to send out small groups of troops to lure them into battle, and Huang Taiji ordered not to advance rashly, and only after the Ming army chased the trenches could they attack.

In the past few days, there were several small-scale conflicts, until the twelfth, the situation changed.

Dorgon's Xiangbai Banner was in charge of besieging the south of the east city, and he led his guards to patrol the position early in the morning.

Zu Dashou still sent a small group of more than a hundred people to harass the Jin army, and suddenly there was a commotion in the Jin army's queue.

"What's going on?" Dorgon looked into the distance, but his sight was obstructed, so he couldn't see clearly what happened.

Maybe some people had been around for a few days and couldn't bear their temper. Seeing that the Ming army came to disturb the enemy again, they rushed up without waiting for them to approach.

Everyone was on guard, and this move affected the entire army. First, the two yellow flags saw someone attacking, and quickly followed, and the two blue flags also joined the battle.

"Why charge rashly?" Dorgon immediately frowned, followed by the sudden mobilization of the flags and pulled each other. They did not respond in time, and a flaw was exposed. Many Ming troops found a breakthrough and began to step up their attack on the weak point. .

Dorgon got on his horse and commanded his guards: "All charge with me, plug that loophole, and don't let them escape!"

Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the Nanshan hill, also stood up, looked down at the battlefield, and saw that the Eight Banners soldiers below launched an attack on their own without waiting for orders, and asked the same question: "What's going on?"

Taking a closer look, Dorgon, who was supposed to be behind, led his guards, and rushed into the position, running at the forefront of the battle.

You must know that the charge is at the forefront, whether it is a general or a soldier, the chance of dying in battle is the same.

This battle was the most intense in the past few days, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.When the battle was over, when Huang Taiji asked about Dorgon, someone else replied, "Back to the Great Khan, Baylor was carried back just now."

back?What situation is serious enough to be carried back?Huang Taiji's heartbeat suddenly beat like a drum.