"High, high...Okay, OK, here!"

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, in the Dahan Palace in Chenyang City, Huang Taiji, the fat man, was standing on the steps with his hands folded, watching his new favorite Princess Taisong commanding several women of the Huangqi flag to hang firecrackers on a big tree. In today's Dajin, firecrackers are a rare thing. If the Great Concubine Urianha of the Ming Dynasty sent someone to deliver a few rolls to her sister, Huang Taiji, Tiancong Khan, would not have heard the sound of firecrackers this year.

Of course, Huang Taiji, the Khan, was not too poor to afford firecrackers... But the Ming Dynasty has now imposed a strict gunpowder ban on the Jin Dynasty! Gunpowder, nitrate, sulfur, and all gunpowder products and products that use nitrate and sulfur are prohibited from being exported to Jianzhou ruling areas, Mongolia and North Korea.

With this strict embargo, a gunpowder shortage occurred in the Later Jin Dynasty! Although the Later Jin Dynasty still had a way to get some gunpowder, the amount was very small and it was extremely precious and could not be used to make firecrackers.

However, the gunpowder embargo is not the most troublesome thing for Huang Taiji, because the Eight Banners soldiers of the Great Jin Kingdom do not use firearms very much, and they can fight without gunpowder.

The embargo that made Huang Taiji the most headache was actually the food embargo. The Eight Banners soldiers did not rely on gunpowder to fight, nor did they depart iron tools. From the rebellion of the old Khan of Heaven, to the present, the Ming army defeated by the Later Jin Dynasty at least 200,000, and they also captured Tieling, Liaoyang, and Guangning, the military towns (Teling is Li Chengliang's hometown), and seized a large number of weapons and armor. So they did not depart iron materials and weapons at all. This can be seen from the excellent equipment of the Eight Banners soldiers.

But the Eight Banners soldiers and the Eight Banners Coatmen have to have a meal!

Although the Later Jin Dynasty did not have fertile black soil, it was unable to expand the sowing area due to lack of labor, nor could it build water conservancy and irrigation projects. In the weather was dry and cold, expanding sowing and water conservancy construction were effective measures to ensure grain output. However, the Later Jin Dynasty, which lacked labor, fought every year, which caused a large number of strong men to join the army and only the elderly and the weak to farm, so they were unable to implement it.

If the income from war is greater than the income from farming, the Eight Banners Masters and Baoyi slaves of the Later Jin Dynasty could live a good life, but Tiancong's four years of battle still did not have great ideal results.

To the east of the Qianli Pine Forest, although Haoge was stable on both sides of the Xilin River, he was defeated by the Great Concubine Urianha in the Battle of Hannai'er... and was defeated miserably. The Mongolians of the two yellow flags were almost crippled, and now they have to hide north of the Dashawo and dare not move.

Zhu Youjian took advantage of the victory of the Great Concubine Urianha to wrap up several widows of Hutu Tukhan, and also built four new Wanhu Urdo in one breath. Now it has become the most powerful force on the Mongolian grassland in the south of the desert.

Although the Monan swallowed by Zhu Youjian did not belong to the Dajin, this incident was still a major setback for the Dajin.

While Haoge suffered setbacks, the Later Jin Dynasty also fought several battles with the Ming army in the western Liaoning Corridor, the mountainous areas of Liaoxi, as well as Jinzhou and Fuzhou on the Liaodong Peninsula. Although they won more than they lost less, they were unable to break the strategic decline.

If the Ming army advances one by one along the Liaoxi Corridor, it is very easy for the Later Jin army to surround and attack aid. The Ming army's front line is just a thin strip. Once you pinch Jinzhou and Daling Hebao, the Ming army will have to go to Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan to help. The Later Jin army can fight if they can fight, but if they can't fight, they can go to the mountainous areas in western Liaoning to penetrate behind the Ming army to fight the logistics line to reinforce the Ming army...

But now the Ming army in western Liaoning has also learned bad things and has followed the Daling River to enter the mountains in western Liaoning!

Now the Later Jin army was overwhelmed. What they were going to deal with was the Ming army placed on a narrow and long seaside flat ground. The flat ground was originally conducive to the entry and exit of the Later Jin cavalry, and the fortress line of the Ming army was too thin and easy to divide and encircle. Moreover, the corridor in western Liaoning was not narrow enough, and the Jin army was dozens of miles wide in Jinzhou, so it was impossible to block at all. The Jin soldiers could enter and exit at will!

Moreover, the Ming army also farmed around the fortresses. As soon as the Later Jin soldiers arrived, they drove the Ming army into the fortress. The wheat in the fields outside was all the military rations of the Later Jin army... This battle was so comfortable!

But now that the Ming army has retreated into the mountains, the Later Jin army has to attack again, so they have to advance along the river valley and valley. This is difficult! The width of the valley and the valley cannot be compared with the Liaoxi Corridor. There are too many resistances to set up forts, and these forts are built around the mountains and rivers. Although it is simple, it is difficult for the Later Jin army without heavy firearms to capture.

What made Huang Taiji feel even more helpless was that many mountain passes in the mountains in western Liaoning would be blocked by heavy snow in winter. So he could not order troops to go out to western Liaoning after the autumn harvest. However, in summer and autumn, it would not only delay the farming, but also pass through the Hunhe River, Liaohe River, Daling River and other rivers on the way. It was very troublesome and also delayed time.

Therefore, the troops sent by Huang Taiji did not get much advantage in the mountainous areas of western Liaoning... In the end, they had to station in Xingzhong Fort (formerly Yingzhou Former and Houtunwei) in the middle of the Daling River, forming a horn-shaped momentum with the Later Jin army stationed in Jinzhou, blocking the Ming army's way toward the east...

But this card...the Later Jin army is like dividing troops to guard it!

The Later Jin army, which could have been gathered together, are now being divided more and more. The Xilin River is divided into a little bit, the Wudan City is divided into a little bit, the Hahewei old place in the lower reaches of the Laohamulin River is divided into a little bit, the Hanhot area in the Liaohe River is spread out a little bit, and the soldiers from Xingzhong Fort and Jinzhou, plus the soldiers stationed in Fuzhou Yongning Fort, Gaizhou, Yaozhou, Tieshan, Zhenjiang, Yizhou and other places to guard Mao Wenlong... The Eight Banners of the Later Jin are almost pepper-like. Sprinkle a little bit here and sprinkle a little bit there, where can we form a joint force?

If he cannot form a joint force, Huang Taiji will not be able to go out to Yanshan three times. To be honest, he dare not fight Yanshan anymore - he is familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Zhuge Liang's six-way trip to Qishan was five feet tall. He has always compared himself to Zhuge Liang, but he dare not go out to Yanshan six times. At most, he can only go out to five times... Now he has three chances, so he has to be sure of it before using it.

Since you can't go west, you can only grab it in another direction... and grab North Korea!

Therefore, since the fall of the fourth year of Chongde, Huang Taiji has been preparing to send troops to North Korea, and sending troops to North Korea is not just about leaving. He has to prepare for a decisive battle with Mao Wenlong's troops!

At this time, a eunuch hurried to Huang Taiji, knelt down on the ground, and reported loudly: "Khan, Shi Wuli, please see me."

Shi Wuli's son-in-law was named Tong Yangxing. He was Nurhaci's grandson-in-law and an important official in the Later Jin Dynasty who managed Han people's affairs.

"Xuan him comes in!" When Huang Taiji heard that it was Tong Yangxing, he immediately smiled and asked someone to summon him.

He asked Tong Yangxing to do an important task before, but he has already made a fuss recently. Tong Yangxing is coming on New Year's Eve, and there will definitely be good news.

Tong Yangxing was indeed happy and walked quickly to Huang Taiji, and made a neat and slap in a thousand words, "Please pay tribute to the Khan, and the Khan is lucky."

Huang Taiji asked with a smile: "Get up and reply!"

"Yeah!"

Huang Taiji asked: "Is it done?"

"It's done, it's done!" Tong Yangxing smiled, "That slave named Liu Han is still a little skillful. He just cast the Red Barbarian Cannon with a little information he heard!"

It turned out that the task Huang Taiji assigned to Tong Yangxing was to organize a group of captured Han craftsmen to imitate the red cannons.

But the problem is that Han craftsmen in Liaodong have never seen the Red Barbarian cannons, so Tong Yangxing could only send a detailed task to collect information about the Red Barbarian cannons, and then let the craftsmen below open their brains based on this information.

By the end of the fourth year of Tiancong, a red cannon was finally cast!

"Have you tried it?" Huang Taiji asked.

"I've tried it, I've tried it... The cannon can be fired for two miles, it's amazing!" Tong Yangxing said, "We Dajin also have cannons!"

Huang Taiji laughed loudly, and then said to Princess Taisong: "Beauty, light firecrackers...I have a cannon, I want to celebrate it!"
Chapter completed!