Chapter 246: The Tartars’ wishful thinking, revenge comes quickly
"Humph!"
After Fan Wencheng's words fell, Huang Taiji finally calmed down after being pent up in anger, and said coldly to Yuetuo, "Even so, due to various reasons, your mission failed completely this time, and you are not without responsibility!"
"If you stay highly alert, don't slack off, and are prepared for emergencies at any time, how can the other party's conspiracy succeed?"
"This great change has a huge impact on our Dajin clan! This loss will have a huge impact on our future!"
"You, Yuetuo, are to blame this time!"
"How about this."
Huang Taiji thought about it for a while and made a decision, "Take out ten Niulu from your Bordered Red Banner and hand them over to the Bordered Yellow Banner, and your matter will be over."
In other words, Yuetuo and his father Daishan were staunch supporters of Huang Taiji, which is why Huang Taiji, as the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, gave him such a light punishment.
If it were the sons of Nurhaci's wife Abahai who made such a big mistake, Huang Taiji would definitely kill them directly!
Ever since Huang Taiji came to power, many high-ranking generals in the Later Jin clan were dissatisfied with Huang Taiji's succession as the Great Khan.
They believed that the Dorgon brothers, as the sons of Nurhaci's first wife Abahai, were the rightful candidates to succeed the Khan.
Huang Taiji was just a bastard's son, and it was not in line with justice for him to serve as the Khan of the Later Jin clan.
Although Huang Taiji has dealt with a large number of dissenting senior internal personnel through various means in recent years, there are still many generals who are still in high positions and they continue to support the three brothers Dorgon.
This was also one of Huang Taiji's most troubling concerns.
"Thank you Khan!"
Yuetuo quickly bowed and accepted the order without any objection.
They father and son were originally staunch supporters of Huang Taiji. Now that they had handed over their ten Niulu to Hauge's Bordered Yellow Banner, it was actually almost the same as not being punished.
However, this level of punishment can also shut up the tribe members.
After all, in everyone's opinion, Yuetuo's complete failure in this mission was forced upon him and was just bad luck.
If they were in his place, their performance wouldn't be much better.
Also suffering huge losses were the Ye family of Fuqing and those wealthy white foreigners.
Especially those white foreigners, they not only lost a large number of magic cores, but also lost a huge fleet.
If this kind of loss happened to the Later Jin clan, many people would probably be angry to death on the spot!
"Well, I estimated that those white foreigners who have suffered a great loss will soon go to trouble the enemy who should have occupied Lingshan Island and launch a revenge operation."
Huang Taiji thought for a moment, and then said to everyone, "The port city and Lingshan Bay of Lingshan Island are now like a big piece of fat meat. We certainly can't sit idly by and watch those wealthy white foreigners swallow it up in one gulp."
"It is impossible for that mysterious enemy to completely digest the massive amount of wealth and materials that he has obtained so quickly."
"It would take several years to consume so much wealth and resources."
"No, the mysterious man's forces are too small."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone on a raid alone with only a powerful golden eagle."
Huang Taiji was a great hero with a very sharp vision.
He thought about it casually and guessed the biggest weakness of Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army: their own population was too small.
"Sweat!"
Aobai's pair of copper bell eyes turned around, and then he thought of something, and his eyes lit up, "No matter what, we must take back our several large treasure ships."
"Especially those psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts on the ship, they are the weapons of war that we must have in the future."
"How about this? I will take the two strongest clan guardian birds, the Saker Falcons, to Jiaozhou Lingshan Island and kill the mysterious man and the golden eagle in one fell swoop!"
"In this way, not only will all the treasure ships and valuables we lost be recovered, but we can even get a large number of treasure ships and magic cores!"
"At that time, the scale of our Great Jin navy could be expanded several times after obtaining these large treasure ships!"
"Great Khan, those huge treasure ships, especially those of the white foreigners, and the huge number of spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbows on board, are great things that money cannot buy!"
"If we don't get all these good things into our hands as soon as possible, will they be easily taken advantage of by the Fuqing Ye family and the white foreigners?"
Everyone at the scene's eyes lit up as they listened!
Isn’t that the case?
As long as they kill that mysterious strong man and that big golden eagle, won't all the wealth and materials on Lingshan Island and Lingshan Bay, including a large number of treasure ships, soon become theirs?
"Great Khan, let me go with Aobai!"
Manggurtai immediately stepped forward and asked for the order, "With the two of us, who are at the peak of the fifth level of martial arts, plus a pair of clan guardian birds, the Saker Falcons, who have the same level of cultivation, it won't be easy to deal with that mysterious man and his golden eagle, right?"
"For this long-distance raid, we must launch our operation before those white foreigners and the Fuqing Ye family react and launch a retaliatory action."
“Lest the vast amount of materials and treasure ships on Lingshan Island be taken away by those white foreigners or the Ye family, our losses will be huge!”
Although Manggurtai usually did not obey Huang Taiji, he was still relatively clear-headed when it came to major issues concerning the ethnic group.
As one of the two top masters of the Later Jin clan, his words made everyone at the scene nod their heads repeatedly.
"Not bad!"
Fan Wencheng on the side agreed immediately and said, "As long as we act fast enough, the vast amount of materials and goods on Lingshan Island, as well as the large number of treasure ships of various levels, will surely be in our pockets!"
"After we take back Lingshan Island, our Fan family can dispatch a large number of personnel, hire enough sailors and boatmen, and bring all the treasure ships anchored in Lingshan Bay to Liaodong, and have the Khan send people to receive them."
"With so many treasure ships here, we can bring back all the goods and materials on Lingshan Island and make up for our losses with interest."
Fan Wencheng's heart was filled with anger at this time. He tried his best to give advice to Huang Taiji, and his advice was very logical.
"it is good!"
Huang Taiji had originally planned to do so, but when he saw that Oboi and Manggurtai had made a suggestion, and the resourceful Fan Wencheng also strongly agreed, he cheered loudly, "Obai, Manggurtai, this time the operation will be carried out by the two of you with the pair of the most powerful clan guardian birds!"
"Remember to kill the mysterious strong man who is determined to oppose us in one fell swoop!"
"Especially the big golden eagle, we must kill it!"
"Otherwise, God knows how much trouble and loss these two people and the eagle will cause to our Dajin clan in the future!"
When faced with such an expert, we naturally have to send an expert to deal with him.
Especially for a master like the opponent who likes to be alone, if we don’t kill him as soon as possible, will we keep him around to cause trouble for our side?
Huang Taiji didn't believe that in today's world, there was anyone who could handle the siege of his four martial arts masters who were at the peak of the fifth level!
The other side has a big golden eagle, and our side can send out two more powerful Saker Falcons, which is enough to take care of it.
"I obey your command!"...
Oboi and Manggurtai were overjoyed when they heard this. They looked at each other and immediately obeyed the order in unison.
The two of them left quickly and excitedly to prepare for this long-distance raid.
Thinking of the upcoming war, Oboi and Manggurtai, both battle maniacs, can't wait!
...Although Li Dingguo knew that the Tartars and those white Hu people, who had suffered a great loss, would soon retaliate against him, he did not expect that Huang Taiji would be so impatient.
Even if the enemy sends a great master to launch a decapitation operation against you, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Today, Lingshan Island is shrouded by a powerful formation. Any enemies in the Body Refining Realm or Qi Refining Realm will not be able to force their way in easily.
Unless a large number of psychic cannons are used to launch continuous critical attacks on the island's protective formation.
After several days of continuous attacks, the energy of tens of thousands of magic cores used to set up the formation in each formation node was exhausted before they were able to attack the defenders on Lingshan Island.
How could we just watch the enemy attack us?
We now have a large number of psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, as well as millions of magic cores of various levels. It should not be easy to launch a major counterattack.
What this newly formed Restoration Army lacks now is gunners who can operate these two large weapons of war.
Today on Lingshan Island, the comprehensive selection of combat soldiers is drawing to a close.
More than 20,000 people have already stimulated the power of qi and blood and broken through to become warriors.
At this time, Li Dingguo had selected 300 freshly-trained combat warriors from among the soldiers who had first broken through to become warriors, and conducted emergency training for gunners.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t operate these treasure ships for the time being, as long as you can use cannons and crossbows to launch concentrated fire attacks on the enemy.
"preparation!"
"put!"
Xiao Shitou personally held the command flag and shouted to the operators and observers of the ten psychic cannons on this top-quality treasure ship who were ready for a salvo fire, while waving the flag vigorously forward!
"boom!"
"Boom boom..."
Ten dazzling white lights shot out from the huge barrels of ten psychic cannons!
With a deafening explosion, it hit the sea surface ten miles ahead, exploding ten huge water columns about tens of feet high!
"My darling!"
"This spiritual energy cannon is so powerful that even a cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage would be unable to withstand a single shot, right?"
"The speed of the shells is so fast, no one can hope to face the bombardment of the cannons and launch a frontal charge without knowing whether to live or die!"
When Little Stone saw how fierce the explosion was in the distance, he secretly smacked his lips in amazement and exclaimed in a low voice.
"Ha ha……"
Li Dingguo found it a little funny and said to Xiao Shitou, "Once these spiritual energy cannons or spiritual crossbow carts launch a concentrated fire attack, even the rumored sixth-level practitioners would not dare to face them head-on!"
"If you're not careful, even a level six practitioner will be killed on the spot."
"Otherwise, how could these two large spiritual weapons be called the most powerful weapons of war in the world today?"
"Of course, if you want to kill a level 5 or 6 cultivator, you must use level 2 or 3 magic cores, or spiritual crystals of the same level, to charge the cannon."
Li Dingguo began to personally test the power of these two large war weapons many times and was not unfamiliar with their use and power.
He even dismantled two psychic cannons and two psychic crossbow carts with his own hands to gain a detailed understanding and reference study.
The two large-scale magical weapons, cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, that the Renaissance Army had improved were obtained after he had thoroughly explored them and upgraded them using the Human Emperor Cauldron.
"Come again!"
When Little Stone saw the power of the psychic cannon for the first time, he was shocked and extremely excited, and he shouted orders.
"Oh!"
"Boom!"...
The ten psychic cannons, which had just finished refilling their magic cores into the energy center array of the cannon base, soon started to sound again with the cooperation of the operators and observers!
Dazzling white streams of light emanated from the muzzles of psychic cannons. Huge waves of explosions continued to spread ten miles away, making Little Stone more and more fascinated.
After three rounds of volleys, Little Stone yelled, "Change people!"
"Next batch of gunners, come on!"
As the order was given, another group of gunners quickly came forward to continue a new round of live-fire training.
Although live-fire training will consume a lot of precious magic cores, it is very necessary.
Otherwise, once a strong enemy attacks you, you can only take the beating and can't even fight back, which would be too frustrating.
If a large enemy fleet arrived and used a large number of psychic cannons to launch a fierce attack on the island defense formation here, within a few days, this powerful protective formation would be breached by the enemy due to excessive energy consumption of the formation nodes.
Seeing that the live-fire training of the gunners here was on the right track under the command of Xiao Shitou, Li Dingguo left this top-notch treasure ship, came to the big dock, and strode towards a large building complex that had just been completed nearby.
That place was none other than a large shipyard that was built by tens of thousands of craftsmen of the Renaissance Army in more than ten days.
After a while, Li Dingguo walked into the shipyard which covered an area of six miles.
What one sees is thousands of shipwrights, under the command of a dozen master craftsmen, dismantling two medium-quality treasure ships obtained from the white Hu people.
If you want to become familiar with the structure and construction methods of the treasure ship as quickly as possible, dismantling the ship is undoubtedly the fastest shortcut.
And Li Dingguo had other purposes.
Although they had achieved a great victory in the recent raid and captured a large number of spiritual soldiers of all levels.
However, these spiritual weapons are much less powerful than magical weapons of the same level, and their styles are not uniform, so they cannot be used as standard weapons for the entire army to equip.
Therefore, all the soldiers of this newly formed Restoration Army are still naked.
Li Dingguo ordered the shipbuilders here to dismantle the two medium-quality treasure ships. His order was not just to let the shipbuilders here learn the shipbuilding technology of the white Hu people.
Instead, they wanted to obtain a large amount of mid-grade spiritual materials obtained from dismantling the treasure ship, and carry out mass refining of the standard magic weapon set for the Renaissance Army.
If this revival army wants to complete its regular formation, it must unify the complete sets of magical instruments, whether it is the style, color, or the performance of the sets of magical instruments, they must all be completely unified.
"Well, the craftsmanship of these shipbuilders is quite solid, especially the dozen or so master craftsmen."
"It's only been a few days, and we've almost dismantled these two mid-quality treasure ships into parts."
Li Dingguo saw that the dismantling of two medium-quality treasure ships built by white Hu people, which had been transported from the big dock, was nearing completion on the two slipways, and he nodded with satisfaction.
Starting from tomorrow, he could use the large amount of spiritual materials obtained from shipbreaking and his own innate magical weapon, the Human Emperor Cauldron, to refine large quantities of second-level top-grade sets of magical weapons.
After this round of magic weapon refining work is completed and the soldiers are equipped with new equipment, this newly formed Renaissance Army will truly have the rudiments of a regular army.
(End of this chapter)
