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    Jin Zhubeile argued for a while, but in the end he accepted the deal. Zong didn't understand why Tatar suddenly agreed, but Pegasus reported to Tea River Island.  Qin Mingtao was overjoyed and agreed with Hou Jin to trade in batches on the Liaodong Peninsula.

    What Qin Mingtao sold to Houjin was the first batch of traverser smoothbore cannons. Not only were these old-fashioned cannons not as good as the newly equipped rifled front-loading long cannons, they were even inferior to the second batch of smoothbore cannons. They were eliminated by the new-style cannons.  This thing has been locked in the warehouse as a backup when the new cannons break down - Gaishui camp has exactly eighty new cannons, and it has been using various old cannons as backup artillery.

    This old-fashioned thing only has a range of more than 800 meters. In addition, it has been trained and shot too much over the years, and it has some problems.  Although I finally picked it up in the warehouse, the one sold to the Jurchens looked pretty good, but after all, its service life was coming to an end, and I believe it would still be scrapped after dozens of shots.

    In order to reduce the accuracy of shooting on live animals, the screw angle adjustment device on the gun carriage was also removed.

    "But the Jurchens are not fools. The cannons they bought at such a high price must be useful.  Paired with ball-type fuse explosive shells filled with gunpowder, this old guy's lethality is still considerable at 700 to 800 people.  Although the four-pounder cannon was not enough to tear down the city wall, it could bully the Ming army on the wall.  Thirty cannons fired at once can turn dozens of meters of city wall into a no-man's land.

    Although it shows that the army has a lot of artillery, only the red cannon can shoot such a distance.  In fact, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the red cannon Ming army had very little equipment.  With thirty artillery pieces at this distance, the Houjin people could bully the Ming army on the city wall unscrupulously - if these old-fashioned artillery pieces were not damaged and the horses and shells exchanged for them were not used up.

    Of course, it was just to bully the Ming army. When they encountered Nanhai State¡¯s new artillery, they would be killed before they even entered the range.

    I don¡¯t know which chick was fascinated by the fleet before heading north after the New Year.  It was the end of February when the fleet arrived at Tea River Island, and the 3,000 horses exchanged for the artillery were already locked in stables.  When Pang Ning heard that these horses were exchanged for cannons and Tatars, the bright smile on his face fell little by little.

    Although Pang Ning also sold cannons to Liu, there are still some differences between Houjin and pirates.

    "What can't be exchanged for horses? Why give artillery to the Tatars?"

    Qin Mingtao looked at Pang Ning in understanding.  Said lightly.  "Chongzhen doesn't know how to praise. So I gave Huang Taiji a cannon to hit Chongzhen."

    Pang Ning opened his mouth.  Not a word was uttered.  He looked at the huge sand table.  He murmured and gestured, "You are too fierce. Do you have the final say in Liaodong now? Dalinghe Fort is gone now. If we fight again, it will be Jinzhou The Ming army was defeated at Dalinghe for the first time. If Jinzhou is defeated again, we will have no choice but to retreat."  Go to Ningyuan. There are thirty cannons accompanying the Tatar cavalry. Even if ten cannons are damaged on the road, they may not be able to defend"

    "What do you mean? Do you want to force the Ming army into the pass?" Pang Ning said with a grin.  "Isn't this too cruel to Chongzhen? Guan Ning's army spent more than five million taels in the year The key is. I don't quite understand. What's the benefit of the Houjin family being the only one outside Guan? It's not like replacing Huang Taiji to control Ningjin's front line.  You will be asked to cross over and trade with the Mongols.¡±

    Qin Mingtao said lightly.  "The layers of barriers at Ningjin are smelly and hard. Huang Taiji will definitely not fight. The reason why Dalinghe Fort started fighting is because Sun Chengzong tried to strategically attack. Prepare to use the fortress to advance step by step."

    Qin Mingtao drew a line on the map heading west from Shenyang to Ji Town.  He looked into Pang Ning's eyes and said.  "If I were Huang Taiji, I would never use these cannons to deal with the Guan-Ningjin defense line, which has no oil and water. I will go straight to Xifengkou along this line. Enter the pass from here to plunder."

    Pang Ning didn¡¯t say anything for a long time after hearing this.  He took a step back.  I'm a little bit pregnant that I heard it wrong.

    "You want to let all the people in?"

    Qin Mingtao looked at Pang Ning, who looked shocked, but said nothing.

    Pang Ning looked hard at the sand table and then understood Qin Mingtao's true intention.  Pang Ning murmured, "Going down from here is Zunhua, past is Tongzhou, and past isBeijing, Qin Mingtao, are you going to give the Manchus artillery to attack the city of Beijing?"

    Qin Mingtao didn't answer, turned around and sat back in his chair.

    Pang Ning asked hastily, "What then? Destroy the Ming Dynasty? Let Lu Ce go north to fight for Guangdong and Guangxi, and fight the Tatars on the Yangtze River?"

    Qin Mingtao shook his head and said, "How can we let the Ming Dynasty be destroyed? If it is destroyed now, how much benefit will we get? I let the Tatars threaten the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so that I can negotiate with Chongzhen about the price of rescuing the capital. Now Guan  Ning's army has been defeated, and Kong Youde is also in my hands. If I don't save Chongzhen, no one can save Chongzhen. At that time, everything will be easy to talk about."

    Pang Ning was stunned, almost not believing that what he heard was such a plan, and looked at Qin Mingtao in surprise.  Let the people enter the pass to intimidate the city of Beijing, and then use rescue as a condition for peace with Chongzhen., "We will do this between the two of us, there is no need to let Shi Ban know."

    Pang Ning swallowed, shook his head and said, "Shiban is not stupid. He will know about this sooner or later. I will not do it with you."

    Pang Ning gave a bitter smile and sat slumped on the chair.

    "Today you are no longer you from Wuyuan Valley. The situation you have set up is getting bigger and bigger. Now you have Zhao De, you have Li Jinxi, and you have Gaishuiying who only recognizes Dong Wang. You have shouldered responsibilities for the four of us over the years.  You have done a lot, you are qualified to do this, I am not qualified to stop you. Again: I don't care about your affairs, you can take care of yourself however you want."

    Qin Mingtao looked at Pang Ning, as if he wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and fell silent again.  The sun's rays penetrated through the glass window into the dim strategy room, illuminating Pang Ning's figure somewhat tiredly.  He waved to Qin Mingtao and said

    "Span is very happy to hear that you have brought so many troops to Nanhai Kingdom. This time I have brought you a thousand guns, twenty new cannons, and a lot of shells and bullets. I will unload them at the dock for you later."  Go. I won¡¯t tell Shi Ban about your matter, I don¡¯t know anything about it! But there is no airtight wall in the world, and no matter how far away Tea River Island is, it is still in the South China Sea."

    "It's not easy for the five of us to have this kind of foundation. Don't break everyone's hearts. Think about it yourself how to tell Shi Ban and Lu Ce."
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