On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Xiao had to leave Changxing Island. Even if the ghost transportation in this year has many conveniences, it took more than ten days to go from Changxing Island to Jinan. Shandong is so important. Almost all the supplies needed by Liaodong need to be provided by Shandong. Especially cotton and cloth, as well as important soldiers.

Xiaoyu seemed a little numb, waved to Li Xiao on the dock and left. Zheng Sen stood beside her, waving with Xiaoyu.

I really want to bring everyone in my family, but Li Xiao really doesn’t have the courage. At least Changxing Island can ensure their safety, and sometimes my own safety is not guaranteed when I go to Jinan.

One day, a ship landed in Penglai at dusk.

There are still war relics on the battlefield of Penglai Port, and the sturdy central fortress is now only a base. With the slanting sunlight, it is like the mouth of a giant beast. As soon as he sees this thing, Li Xiao remembers the damn Sun Yuanhua.

In this incident, we can actually find an opportunity to kill this guy. However, based on the principle of waste utilization, Li Xiao still gave Zhu Youjian a memorial. It happened that Qian Qianyi and the others also tried their best to hold Sun Yuanhua's life, so Governor Sun changed from killing and joining the army to gloriously.

The place to join the army is in Jinzhou!

This guy is not good at being an official and is also a tough guy. But it is still good to do engineering. With his joining, Jinzhou's defense line cannot be as solid as a slap.

With more advanced firearms, Li Xiao felt that Huang Taiji's attitude was likely to change. It is unknown whether the things he had negotiated with him before could be implemented.

That sentence is too true, and the plan will not keep up with the changes after all. Fighting against himself, the Later Jin army made progress too fast.

A few years ago, the Jin army relied entirely on big swords and spears, and could only use bows and arrows at a distance. Now... not only had muskets, but also had cannons. Of course, these were all brought by the damn Kuiyi. A Dutchman traveled thousands of miles to get involved with him. It was so fucking that he was full!

But there was no way, Kuiyi opened the miscellaneous scrim in Pandora's box. The Later Jin Dynasty in this era was the strongest cavalry on the surface. Now they have controlled the firearms and let them develop for a few more years. Li Xiao felt that he should be prepared to fight a battle in Liaoshen.

Since you want to fight a big battle, you have to have enough soldiers. This time, the most important thing to come to Shandong is to prepare for the Third Division. In order to prepare for the Third Division, Li Xiao started working hard since the New Year.

A large number of people were drawn from the First and Second Divisions and sent to Mao Wenlong for training. Even without any help, more than a dozen officers were picked out from Zu Dashou.

The grassroots officers who fought the war were treasures everywhere. Master Ao was quite a bit of it because he was used to it. Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou were like they were dug up their ancestral graves. I heard that they had a big fight with Mao Wenlong who was going to ask for people!

Li Xiao was preparing to reorganize the army and prepare for war, but Huang Taiji had already begun to reorganize the army and prepare for war.

The Jurchens have no habit of celebrating the Spring Festival. Li Xiao is celebrating the Spring Festival. Huang Taiji is having a historic meeting with Fan Wencheng!

It is said that this meeting is historic because both sides are sitting. Although it is not a formal form of kneeling and sitting, it is still much better than before. Because no Han people can sit against the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty!

"Fan Qing! I know that you were transferred from Dorgon, and you were a little dissatisfied. But I, Huang Taiji, is now the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Dorgon is just the leader of the Zhengbai Banner. Do you understand?" Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng with his eyes, and he had to let the Han people who Dorgon carried it in one hand know who was the real boss of the Later Jin Dynasty.

"Ye! I know that I must be loyal to the Khan's instructions." Even though I was sitting, Fan Wencheng was also trembling.

The head of the Zhenglan Banner Banner, Mangurtai, was under house arrest by Huang Taiji in Dahu Mountain. Now he is even more banned. He originally said that he would go back to Shenyang to hold an Eight Banner Conference. But after returning to Shenyang, there was no movement in this matter. Fan Wencheng knew that Huang Taiji wanted to keep Mangurtai until his death.

Black! This Tiancong Khan is so dark!

Now there are no four chairs in the conference hall. Instead, there are only three chairs. Amin was sent by Huang Taiji to defend Linghai. This is the only advantage that the Later Jin Dynasty took in this Dahushan Battle.

Due to the military force issue, Yuan Chonghuan took the initiative to shrink. Linghai County was forced to be abandoned, but Yuan Chonghuan did a very good job. Not only did he evacuate people and animals, but even when he left, he even filled the wells. The houses were even broken. Even the city walls were blown out by gunpowder, but they made it difficult to make a Linghai unsuitable for human habitation.

Amin is not so much about defending, but rather about building a city. Without the ally of Mangourtai, Amin has no choice but to bite the bullet and go to Linghai!

Now Huang Taiji holds three flags in his hand, and the two white flags are now seriously injured and unable to compete with Huang Taiji. Even Dai Shan gives in to Huang Taiji three points, let alone Amin.

Fan Wencheng knew that if he wanted to continue to realize his ambitions in the Later Jin Dynasty, he could only rely on the Hou Jin Tiancong Khan in front of him.

"It's great that you can understand this. This time, you fought well in Daheishan. It's only been a year since the Han army flag was formed, and it actually fought like this with Li Xiao. It's rare!" Huang Taiji still trusted Fan Wencheng's ability.

"Thanks to the praise of the master! The slave believes that future wars will be wars of firearms. Guns and cannons will play a great role in war. Whoever has stronger guns and cannons will take the initiative in war."

"You are right, but guns and cannons have always been the strengths of you Han people. Our Later Jin Dynasty suffered a loss at the hands of Li Xiao, but fortunately you came, oh, by the way, there are red-haired people. This time I came to you, just to ask you to pick some more Han people out for training and form a new Han army flag. This time, Ben Khan will entrust you with full authority. You don't need to be responsible to others, you just need to be responsible to Ben Khan. Can you do it?"

"Thank you for your kindness! My servant will definitely live up to your expectations. Although we suffered a lot this time, the Liao army also suffered a lot. And when we rushed to the Liao army's position, we found some firearms that we had never seen before. Mr. Kuiyi was studying these firearms. When he figured it out, we could try to imitate them."

"Oh, there are such things. Just do it. Tell Ben Khan any time if you have any needs. Ben Khan will solve the problem for you." Huang Taiji's eyes lit up.

All along, Li Xiao has only relied on the sharp firearm. Now that he can seize his weapons and conduct research, it would be great. If he can really imitate it, at least he won’t have to be afraid of Li Xiao in the future.

I went further and thought that if my two yellow flags were equipped with firearms, then the other flags would not obediently listen to me. What else could the four Beile discuss politics? Get out of the way. I am the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty!

"Mr. Kuiichi said that although their guns are clever, they are not too difficult to imitate, but there is only one thing. Their gunpowder seems to be different from ours. Whether it is the gunpowder in the shells or the gunpowder in the shells, they are better than ours. And after burning, almost no dust remains. If they can get their gunpowder formula...!"

"Recipe?" Huang Taiji frowned. This thing was difficult to deal with. If Li Xiao had this thing under his command, he would definitely see it tightly, so how could it be easily revealed?

"Yes! As long as you have this recipe, I promise you that the Later Jin army will be invincible in the world."

"Okay, Ben Khan goes to Li Yongfang. No matter how much money you spend, you must get this recipe into our hands." Huang Taiji made up his mind that no matter what the price he paid, he must get this recipe into his own hands.

"Thank you, Da Khan, I have another request."

"explain!"

"There was a genius named Zhao Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty. He was very knowledgeable about firearms. In terms of his understanding of firearms, he could be called the number one person in the Ming Dynasty. He once wrote a book called "Weapons Chart", which detailed the various firearms and patterns.

The servant thought it would be best to let Li Beile bring this person to Shenyang. With his help, Mr. Kuiyi would be like a fish in water. Imitate the weapons of the Liao army and would be much faster."

"Oh! There are still people like this?" Huang Taiji felt that he had such a person in the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes! This person is now the chief supervisor in the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the trouble in the capital, the servant would have sent someone to do it himself. Now..., I can only ask Li Beile for help."

"Okay! Ben Khan will definitely get someone back for you."

"Yeah!"

After Fan Wencheng left for half an hour, Li Yongfang hurried to Yongfu Palace. Huang Taiji was accompanying Da Yuer and his sister Hai Lanzhu in the side room to enjoy the puppet show.

"Slave Li Yongfang meets the great khan!" Li Yongfang shook his horse's sleeves and worshiped Huang Taiji with great gifts.

"Get up!" Huang Taiji waved his hand, and the people who performed the puppet show retreated like the palace maids.

Da Yu'er gave the squat and retreated, but Hai Lanzhu was held by Huang Taiji and stayed by her side.

Li Yongfang didn't dare to look up. He understood the truth that the emperor and the ministers were all the time. When Nurhaci died, Huang Taiji would definitely cultivate a force he could trust. The intelligence system he was in charge would definitely be replaced. However, in recent times, Huang Taiji seemed to have no intention of taking action. Today, he suddenly summoned himself into the palace, and he was afraid that a great disaster would come.

However, Li Yongfang was also secretly grateful, fortunately he left a way out.

Li Xiao has taken root in Liaodong. Not only has the large tract of grasslands in western Liaoning returned to Li Xiao. The land south of the Liao River cannot be affected by the Later Jin Dynasty. No one knows the gap between the Later Jin and the Liao army better than Li Yongfang, who is engaged in intelligence!

Even with the firearms troops, the Ming Dynasty can have the manpower, material resources and financial resources. The Later Jin Dynasty is definitely not an opponent, Li Yongfang was planning. This time he fooled it, he could go directly to Li Xiao. I think Li Xiao also needs someone like him...

"After Father Khan ascended to heaven, Ben Khan had not summoned you alone. Don't think too much, this is trusting you so that he won't talk to you specifically." Huang Taiji was playing with a piece of emerald green jade in his hand and looked at Li Yongfang who was kneeling below. Huang Taiji was actually not very relieved about Li Yongfang. However, taking Li Yongfang at once will inevitably cause losses to the intelligence front of the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji was preparing to boil a frog in warm water and slowly paralyzed Li Yongfang before he started. Fan Wencheng's two requests happened to make Huang Taiji mention this matter.

"Thank you, Slave, for your trust." Li Yongfang knelt on the ground and replied respectfully.

"You can join my Aisin Gioro family when your father Khan is reviving. I remember this friendship now. Not to mention, we are still relatives. So, don't have any worries or other thoughts.

This time I have two errands to send you. One is to find a way to get the gunpowder formula from the Liao army. The other is to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and bring Zhao Shizhen, the general supervisor, to Benhan, to Chenyang.

Remember! Zhao Shizhen wants to live.

No matter how much money you spend to die, you must complete these two errands. The time limit is set within three months!" When Huang Taiji spoke about it for three months, there was no doubt at all.

"Yeah!" Li Yongfang felt bitter in his heart. It was actually not a big problem to get Zhao Shizhen back. Just let Luzhu go to the capital and get this matter done.

But it would be difficult to get the Liao army's gunpowder formula. In fact, he had thought of sending people to Changxing Island. At least he had to pay his life to Li Xiao, so he had to know Li Xiao's strength.

The news brought back from Changxing Island shocked Li Yongfang. Whether it was a machine that ate coal and sprayed white gas, or an arsenal that was day and night, he knew about it, but he just didn't know where Li Xiao's gunpowder workshop was.

According to the insider, these gunpowders were prepared and then shipped directly to Changxing Island for the final loading. Li Yongfang even got a small bag of gunpowder from the Liao army. He asked the elites under his command to figure it out, but a small bag of gunpowder was consumed and he could not understand the combination of gunpowder.

It's very difficult to accomplish this in three months.

However, Huang Taiji's orders cannot be violated. Otherwise, the consequences will be geoscience.

"Your staff may be a little short of doing these two things at the same time. Go and ask him to send additional staff to you. All the things you need will be provided by Haoge." Sure enough, Huang Taiji showed off his butcher knife.

Compared to Li Yongfang, Huang Taiji naturally believed in his own son Haoge more.

"Yeah!" Li Yongfang's heart trembled, and it was indeed here.

"Okay, you go down. Get the errand done as soon as possible!" Huang Taiji waved his hand, and Li Yongfang bowed and retreated.

"Da Khan, can you give such an important thing to a Han man?" Seeing Li Yongfang disappearing at the door, Hai Lanzhu pulled Huang Taiji's arm and acted coquettishly.

"This is also impossible. We have many talented people in Jurchens. In the future, we will use more and more Han people."

"Why don't we Korchin Mongols need to?"

"Because they are my careful tribe members, they can't do this beheading errand."
Chapter completed!