Chapter 264: Huang Taiji's wrath, you have to endure it even if you can't stand it
"Aobai, how is your injury?"
Huang Taiji had a gloomy expression as he sat motionless on a sandalwood chair in the large study. He looked at Oboi who had just pushed the door open and asked in a cold voice.
"Thank you, Great Khan, for your concern and for bestowing me with a thousand-year-old elixir. My injuries have finally been stabilized and are beginning to improve."
Aobai's expression was even uglier than Huang Taiji's. He replied in a muffled voice, "According to this recovery speed, he will be fully recovered in two or three months at most. Please rest assured, Khan."
Although he said this, he was actually holding back a ball of anger that was about to explode.
There was no way. Up to now, Abahai, who had always maintained the title of the number one genius of the Later Jin clan, had never suffered such a big loss.
He could never have imagined that he, who had a sure win, would suffer such a huge loss on Lingshan Island.
It would have been fine if he had suffered a big loss just once, but the two most powerful guardian birds of his tribe were just gone like that?
If he had not personally experienced the cause and effect of all this, Oboi would never have believed it.
Until now, he still feels like he has had a nightmare!
"Well, that's good."
Huang Taiji looked indifferent and asked Aobai, "Your southward movement failed this time because the mysterious enemy occupying Lingshan Island not only set up a large ancient five-element formation, but also encountered a large number of psychic cannons that could fire at high altitudes?"
"Moreover, you also said that the psychic cannon used by the other party is much more powerful than what you have seen before?"
"That's why you and Manggurtai were caught off guard, along with the two tribe's sacred birds, the Saker Falcons, and were severely injured by the enemy's concentrated fire."
"If it weren't for the man and the eagle that rushed out and attacked the two Saker Falcons first, you and Manggurtai would have definitely died this time?"
Oboi was his most trusted general and there was no way he would deceive him.
When he first heard the bad news, Huang Taiji even thought he was joking.
However, the facts were right before his eyes and he had no choice but to believe it.
Aobai and Manggurtai, the two strongest fighters of the Later Jin clan, escaped from Lingshan Bay by diving after being seriously injured. Ten days ago, they were sent back to Liaodong by a treasure ship of the Fan family with great difficulty. They hurriedly reported the general situation of the trip to Huang Taiji, which made all the core generals of the Later Jin clan go crazy!
These two men, who had never been defeated in a battle, not only could they not walk steadily due to their serious injuries, but even the two clan guardian birds, the Saker Falcon, died!
The two most powerful clan birds would be killed by the enemy one day?
With such a huge air advantage, how could they be killed by an enemy at the fifth level of martial arts?
Well, if this question had not been asked by Aobai, who never lied, no one would have believed it.
It can be said that the pair of Saker Falcons with peak level five cultivation are the faith in the hearts of these Later Jin soldiers!
Now, their deaths were so insignificant that it was almost unbelievable.
In the world today, are there still human cultivators who are capable of killing those two clan-guarding sacred birds?
After Aobai and Manggurtai's successive explanations, everyone finally figured out why their two powerful divine birds, the Saker Falcons, died.
It turned out that the enemy had obtained a large number of new psychic cannons and deployed them on Lingshan Island. They could launch concentrated fire attacks into the sky. One round of bombardment instantly severely injured Aobai, Manggurtai and the two Saker Falcons.
Then the big golden eagle and the mysterious enemy quickly rushed out of the protective formation of Lingshan Island and took advantage of the situation to kill the two Saker Falcons.
"Sweat profusely."
Aobai gnashed his teeth and suggested, "Why don't we re-enter the pass earlier instead of waiting until the spring of next year!"
"After breaking into the Ming Dynasty, we headed straight to Lingshan Island in Jiaozhou Bay and destroyed the mysterious enemy and the golden eagle!"
"Anyway, I, Aobai, can't swallow this anger!"
His tone was sinister and full of murderous intent.
He was confident that as long as he faced the enemy again, he would be sure enough to kill him!
"This is not urgent."
Huang Taiji shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "If we enter the pass this year, it will be very detrimental to our overall layout."
"Large-scale civil unrest has just begun to occur within the Ming Dynasty, and it has not yet reached a truly unmanageable situation."
"Under such circumstances, if we march our troops into the pass, the Ming Dynasty's imperial court will get angry and mobilize the entire nation to target us and launch a continuous siege against us. We are likely to encounter a major crisis."
"After all, the Ming Dynasty was a Han dynasty that lasted for thousands of years. Its foundation is still there and has not been hollowed out by those Han parasites. It is like a sick lion and is not so easy to mess with."
"The reason why our entry into the country three years ago was so smooth was mainly because the Shanxi merchants provided us with great help. In addition, our actions were sudden and swift, which enabled us to achieve such great results."
"Aobai, you must remember that you have to hit the snake at its weakest point to kill it with one blow."
He looked at Aobai who was still furious, and said slowly, "As for the enemy who killed our two clan guardian birds, let him live for two more years for the time being."
"After the spring of the year after next, I will personally lead a main force to break through the pass and head south, quickly kill through the land of Qi and Lu, kill to Lingshan Island, and cut them into pieces!"
"When the time comes, you and Yangguli will follow me south, and you will personally take out that mysterious Han warrior and avenge your hatred."
"This Han Chinese who is extremely hostile to our Hou Jin clan must be eliminated as soon as possible. We cannot give him too much time to develop. Otherwise, he will most likely bring huge troubles to our Hou Jin clan in the future."
"Hey!"
At this point, Huang Taiji thought of something again and said to Aobai, "The most regrettable thing is that the navy we have finally established has basically been destroyed."
"After losing that great treasure ship of the best quality and two great treasure ships of the upper grade, we now only have four great treasure ships of the upper grade and more than twenty medium-grade treasure ships." "Moreover, most of our spiritual energy cannons and spiritual crossbow carts were equipped on that great treasure ship of the best quality, but now they are all lost!"
"It can be said that the mysterious Han warrior has caused a great obstacle to our Houjin clan!"
"With so many psychic cannons, we, the Houjin clan, can easily capture the important cities of the Ming Dynasty by launching artillery attacks in the future."
"Unfortunately, most of these two large war weapons have been lost. Now, some are still equipped on the remaining four high-quality treasure ships."
"Also, Geng Zhongming and Geng Jingzhong, father and son, fled because of their fear of crime, causing us to lose most of our naval officers and men. This is also a major event that is difficult to make up for."
"Fortunately, when Kong Youde led his troops to surrender, he brought all the experienced white foreign gunsmiths who were hired by Sun Yuanhua, the former governor of Denglai, to Liaodong."
"Now they are accepting our high salary invitation and working hard to build psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts for us."
"In a few years, the artillery battalion formed by our Han slaves will be officially established."
"In order to prevent a similar situation like Geng Zhongming and Geng Jingzhong's defection from happening again, I have ordered Dahai to lead the eight banners of the Han army that are being formed and to remain highly vigilant against those Han slaves."
To be honest, the defection of Geng Zhongming and Geng Jingzhong, father and son, really disgusted Huang Taiji.
Therefore, Huang Taiji took some preventive measures against the Han slaves and soldiers under his command and the Eight Banners of Han that were being planned to be established.
To this end, he even sent his capable general Dahai to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
Although this is a helpless move, there is no other way.
They, the Later Jin clan, had no idea how to operate those psychic cannons and crossbow carts, and no warrior in the clan was interested in learning these complicated skills.
These Later Jin warriors who couldn't even learn how to farm simply didn't have enough patience to learn various skills that required very high technical skills.
This is also the biggest shortcoming of their Later Jin clan.
However, if one wants to conquer the Ming Dynasty and replace it in the future, two large-scale war weapons, the psychic cannon and the psychic crossbow cart, are indispensable.
Therefore, even though Huang Taiji did not want to use those treacherous and shameless Han surrendered soldiers and slaves to form the Eight Banners of the Han Army, he had to do so reluctantly.
In order to restore the former glory of the Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji tried his best.
"Yes! Great Khan."
Although Aobai was still unwilling in his heart, he could not continue to express his opinion and bowed his head to accept the order.
The person he admired most was Huang Taiji, who was also the only person he respected in his life.
Oboi had served as the commander of Huang Taiji's personal guards at a very early age. He witnessed with his own eyes how Huang Taiji marched step by step to ascend the throne of the Great Khan, and how he made plans and rapidly developed and strengthened the Later Jin clan.
It is no exaggeration to say that even Nurhaci, the leader who initially led the rise of the Later Jin clan, was far inferior to Huang Taiji.
Even the Dorgon brothers, although they had complaints about Huang Taiji, had to admit that it was Huang Taiji who brought the Later Jin clan to its peak and made it one of the dominant forces in the world.
If it weren't for Huang Taiji, after Nurhaci's death, their Later Jin clan would never have been able to grow to its current size.
Oboi took his leave, and Huang Taiji sat on a large sandalwood chair, motionless, his eyes flickering and his mood changing.
Don’t think that just because Huang Taiji said this to Oboi, he doesn’t care much about the mysterious enemy on Lingshan Island.
In fact, Huang Taiji knew better than anyone that this mortal enemy who was determined to go against the Later Jin clan posed a huge potential threat to his side.
If we allow him to develop for another two years, he will most likely become out of control.
After all, an enemy who can inherit the ancient five elements formation and have a top-level spiritual bird, the golden eagle, as his companion must have great luck.
If such a person with great luck is not strangled early, there will be endless troubles.
Even if Huang Taiji did not understand what the ancient formation was, the fact that the protective formation of Lingshan Island could cause Abahai and Manggurtai, two top masters of the Later Jin clan, to suffer such a huge loss and even lose the lives of their two clan guardian birds showed how magical and terrifying this formation was.
But for the sake of the overall situation, Huang Taiji forced himself to endure it.
No matter what, the Ming Dynasty was his biggest enemy and the only target he wanted to overthrow.
Defeating the Ming Dynasty and replacing it is the only way to restore the glory of the Great Jin Dynasty.
In order to achieve the goal of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to temporarily swallow this anger.
When the time is ripe, Huang Taiji will definitely lead his troops into the pass, plunder the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, kill the powerful enemy entrenched on Lingshan Island.
(End of this chapter)
