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Chapter 607 Mang Gurtai
The only thing that made him regretful was that the Jurchen officer who shot and killed may not be able to claim credit. There were no witnesses and he could not go back to report the credit, and he lost a large bounty in vain. If the other official is old enough, it might be enough for his son to pay for his wife in the future.

"I want to suffer the pain of my flesh and blood. I'm dreaming! We will be a navy in the next life... Bang!" At this time, there were footsteps nearby. Huang Liu looked outside and saw at least four or five figures in front of him, leaning against their waists. I rushed over, and there might be a few more behind me.

Before he died, he had to thank the current emperor. If he hadn't built a navy, he might have died at sea long ago. How could he have settled in the prosperous Tianjin Wei.

If he hadn't acquired this short gun that was easy to carry and powerful, it would have taken a lot of courage to commit suicide. It's fine now. Once I move my finger, it's gone forever, and I can't even feel the pain.

The surrounding Jurchen soldiers heard the gunshots and involuntarily looked for obstacles to hide. After taking a few breaths, they dared to move forward. Then they found a corpse with half of its head missing behind the ruins. Next to it were a blunderbuss, a dagger, a bag of rice krispie treats, and a copper cylinder that had been smashed all over.

"Take all the bodies and things back to life!" The white-armored Baiya La, who was leading the pursuit, was helpless at this time. He yelled at his men and turned around to leave.

This damn Han exchanged a cheap life for the life of Mang Gurtai, the direct son of the Great Khan and the leader of the Zhenglan Banner. If the Great Khan pursues the case, the hundreds of white-armored and red-armored Baiyala who are responsible for guarding will be killed. They might all die.

But I no longer care about thinking about these things. I don’t know how many such Han people are ambushing on the road ahead. If they can’t be found, God knows who will be next.

Mang Gurtai is dead? Indeed, Huang Liu's shot hit Mang Gurtai's left rib. The lead bullet penetrated two layers of iron armor, broke the ribs and penetrated into the chest, leaving a hole the size of a walnut under the left chest. His left lung and heart may have been injured, and he lost his breath on the spot.

"Tagur, take your Niulu and escort the flag leader Beile back to Jinzhou, let the Great Khan decide. The other flags will continue to move forward, camp in the east of Ningyuan City before dark, and demolish the bridge on the river!" Faced with this! In a huge surprise, Hu Erhan, who led an army of 30,000 men with Mang Gurtai, was silent for a long time before giving the next order.

Before the victory was achieved, the general was lost first, and the Ming army would have probably retreated. But the Jurchens' habits are different. As long as they accept orders, they must act according to them, otherwise it will be a serious sin. As for whether the Great Khan would convict him and how he would plead guilty, that was a matter for the future. He would still attack the Ming army before new orders were delivered.

"Are you sure that the flag owner, Baylor, was hit by a fire cannon?" After Mang Gurtai's body was tied to a horse and carried away by the flag soldiers, Hu Erhan began to ask the blue flag Niu Lu Ezhen who had captured the Ming army assassin.

The coach was in the Chinese army, accompanied by more than a dozen guards, but he was easily beaten to death. If he didn't understand the whole story, he really couldn't explain it to the Khan. But no matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn't figure out what method the Ming Army used to hit it with one hit from such a long distance.

"It's true, Han Gou hid in the collapsed house and buried himself with bricks and earth against the wall, evading the search by the rangers and the former army. After shooting the flag owner Belle, he fled south into the woods, leaving only Keep this gun, it was still hot when I got it!"

Niu Lu'erzhen told the details of Mang Gurtai's assassination in detail, and then pointed at the blunderbuss, with a look of helplessness on his face. The Jurchen army is still very careful when marching. When they encounter villages, woods, hills and other places where people can hide, they will first send rangers to check them carefully.

Mang Gurtai did not walk in front of the large army, and was more than a hundred steps away from the house where the assassins were hiding. He was also wearing heavy armor. Even the best Jurchen infantry archers could not shoot an arrow at this distance with heavy arrows. Hits and penetrates heavy armor. Fire guns are not even included in the list of weapons for long-range and accurate shooting, and the Jurchen army is never equipped with them. Only the Ming army is willing to use them. Its range is much shorter than that of the infantry bow, it is not accurate, and its reloading is extremely slow. It is not suitable for the Jurchen army's fighting style.

But today it is precisely this kind of weapon that is not taken seriously that has caused big trouble to the Jurchens. So far, no one can figure out whether it was a blind cat that encountered a dead mouse, or whether this kind of blunderbuss has always been like this. It was impossible to even try. The assassin left behind an empty musket with no gunpowder and no projectiles.

"...This is by no means a blunderbuss of the Ming army! Inform all banners, Ezhen, to send more people to patrol after setting up camp, so as not to allow Ming army assassins to succeed in sneak attacks."

Hu Erhan took the blunderbuss, took it up and took aim, then turned it over and looked inside the blunderbuss tube. Finally, he encountered a small problem and couldn't figure out how to use the flintlock device, but he still made a preliminary judgment.

When Li Chengliang was guarding Liaodong Town, he followed Nurha Chi in the east and west expeditions. He also fought many times with the Ming army and captured this powerful-looking weapon. After careful study and test firing, he finally decided to abandon it.

It’s not that Nurhachi is conservative, on the contrary, the Great Khan is very pragmatic. After the Jurchen soldiers who escaped from the capital heard about the power of artillery, they immediately racked their brains and tried every means to get dozens of them through the Koreans. To this end, they almost used up the fine red ginseng accumulated by the clan.

Facts have proved that the Khan's vision was correct. Artillery is indeed useful, especially when defending and attacking cities. It is more powerful than any other instrument. It's a pity that the Ming merchants who smuggled the artillery suddenly lost contact, and Dajin's own blacksmith couldn't cast it.

But the fire gun was not so easy to use. The Ming army was not good at riding and shooting. They often lit the fire gun on their horses and sprayed it at close range, but it was not fatal. If it encountered heavy armor, it would hardly cause any damage.

All Jurchen cavalry are good shooters. They can hit opponents even while running within a few dozen meters. There is no need to equip the three-eyed blunderbuss commonly used by the Ming army. As for the longer fire blunderbuss, it is too big and too troublesome to load. Its range is still not as good as the walking bow. It is also very heavy and cannot be carried on horseback. The most important thing is that it creates trouble and the price/performance ratio is too low.

But the fire gun in front of me is obviously not the one I have seen before. It is much lighter and the workmanship is much more refined. The long and thin barrel also has twist-like grooves, which may have the same origin as the artillery piece. , all from the hands of the Westerners.

Calculated in this way, it is not a big problem. No matter how good the weapon is, it will not be effective in large-scale battles if there is no quantity. Today, Mang Gurtai had offended the Changsheng Heaven and suffered this calamity.

Even a few well-made fire cannons with long range could not save the Ming Emperor. As long as the Ming army dared to enter Ningyuan City, he would not have to feint an attack and fake defeat to lead them into an ambush circle. Ningyuan City was an ambush circle.

(End of this chapter)