"Your Majesty, Commander, come and report to the horse that there is an urgent military situation!"
A'er Qiman looked shocked and said quickly: "Quick, let him in!"
A scout walked into the big tent and saluted: "Report to the commander, the vanguard of the Ming army and the vanguard of the Wala army are fighting in Yumuchuan!"
Al Qiman asked hurriedly: "How is the battle going?"
"Wala's five thousand cavalrymen were completely wiped out!"
"What?"
Al Qiman's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
Hua Dang also looked shocked and asked: "How many troops are there in the Ming army?"
"About three thousand!"
"Three thousand Ming troops, annihilating five thousand cavalry?"
"It is said that Wala was led by Boyan himself. After this battle, life or death is uncertain."
Hua Dang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did you see clearly how this battle was fought?"
"Returning to Sir Tongzhi, I was far away from the battlefield at the time and only heard the huge explosion. When I went to check, Oala had been defeated and the Ming army pursued them for dozens of miles."
"Explosion? Is it artillery?"
"It's like a new type of artillery, I've never seen it before!"
A'er Qiman said thoughtfully: "The Ming army must have used explosive bombs!"
"Returning to the commander, sir, I have seen the Ming army's explosive bombs. The explosion this time was ten times more powerful than the explosive bombs!"
Ah'er Qiman took a deep breath and looked at Hua Dang with lingering fear.
You are really right, the Ming army really has a secret weapon!
"Okay, you go down!"
"Yes!"
After the scouts left, Al Qiman said: "Fortunately, my son noticed it beforehand, and my father now knows what choice to make."
Hua Dang said: "Father, is it too early to draw a conclusion based on only one piece of information?"
"Well, my son is right!"
A'er Qiman nodded and said: "Immediately send someone to call the commanders of Tai Ning and Fu Yu, and let's discuss countermeasures together. Also, don't neglect the two envoys."
"Son, resign!"
Hua Dang walked out of the tent and first ordered people to invite the commanders of the Taining Guard and the Fuyu Guard. Then after thinking about it, he turned and walked into the Tatar envoy's tent.
The person who represented the Tatar tribe as the envoy to Duoyan Sanwei was the shaman Urupsi.
Mongolians are very fanatical in their worship of shamans. In their eyes, shamans are messengers of the Immortal God. Men are called sacrifices, and women are called priests.
Ulupusi is not an ordinary sacrificial woman. She is the great shaman of the entire Tatar tribe, and even the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty. Her status is second only to the Great Khan and Deputy Khan, and she has a very strong voice. It can be seen that
Tuo Tuo Bu Hua attaches great importance to Duoyan Sanwei's attitude.
"Hua Dang, where is your father?"
Hua Dang saluted and said: "Father is discussing sending troops, and I would like to ask the great shaman to stay for a few days."
"Humph!"
Ulupusi snorted coldly, slowly raised his wrinkled old face, and said: "This matter still needs to be discussed? Don't forget that you are Mongolians and the people of Dayuan!"
Before the matter was completely settled, Hua Dang did not dare to contradict her, so he said: "Father said that within three days, he will give the Great Shaman a satisfactory answer."
Ulupusi lowered his head again and said coldly: "I heard that the southerners also sent a messenger here?"
The smile on Hua Dang's face slowly solidified. He deliberately placed the two groups separately, but why did the news leak out?
"Great Shaman, don't listen to outsiders' nonsense..."
"Don't argue!"
Ulupusi pointed to the side and said: "This is a gift from the southerners!"
When you look closely at the flower, you will see that it is an iron lump the size of a fist, and it looks like a cantaloupe. I don’t know what it is.
"This is..."
"Who knows what kind of mystery the southerners are making. They sent this thing for no reason, saying it is a good thing they have recently tinkered with, but they don't know what it is used for."
Hua Dang picked up the cantaloupe and looked at it over and over for a long time, but she still didn't understand what it was.
I weighed it with my hands and found that it was quite heavy and seemed to be solid.
Suddenly, he thought of the new firearms developed by the Ming army...
But, that’s not right either.
If it were a cannonball, it would at least be round, but this thing is elliptical, with criss-crossing grooves on its surface.
There is also a cover on one end, which is very tight. I don’t know how to open it for a while.
Seeing his interest, Ulupusi said, "If you like it, just take it."
Hua Dang shook his head, put down the cantaloupe, and said: "It's getting late, so the great shaman should rest early. If you need anything, just ask."
After finishing speaking, exit the big account with a smiling face.
Urupsi winked at one of his guards, who nodded, changed into night clothes, and quietly followed out.
About half an hour later, the man came back to life.
"Hua Dang went to the tent of the Ming army messenger."
"Oh? What did you say?"
"The Ming army didn't mention sending troops, but they talked about new firearms. Oh, by the way, they also said that the iron lump given to us is a newly developed firearm. Let the great shaman take it back and take it off.
Sweat profusely...open your eyes."
"Is this a firearm?"
Ulupusi picked up the iron knot again, looked at it carefully for a long time, and asked: "How to use it?"
“It only said there was a mechanical buckle on it, but it didn’t say how to use it.”
"Could it be that the secret lies in this lid?"
Urupsi tried to open the lid, but found that it was tightly closed, and no matter how hard she tried, it was of no avail.
"Get the dagger!"
The guard took out a dagger and pried it several times with the tip of the knife, but still couldn't open it.
"No, there must be some mechanism. Southerners are best at designing such weird things,"
Several guards came forward and tried for a long time. They tried various methods, but the iron lid never moved.
Everyone gathered around the iron lump and fell into deep thought. After a long time, one person couldn't help but said: "Great Shaman, could it be that... the Ming army deliberately made the iron lump to make us happy?"
Ulupusi was irritated. After hearing this, he picked up the iron lump and threw it to the ground.
Only a click was heard, and the iron cap opened.
A guard hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up and said, "There is an iron ring here."
Urupsi took it and looked at it carefully, and sure enough there was a ring.
Without thinking, she reached out and pulled out the ring.
It's just a thin iron bolt, I don't know what it is used for.
Immediately afterwards...
Boom!
In the night sky, a huge explosion resounded through the sky, and the entire Duoyanwei people woke up from their sleep.
Al Qiman jumped up from the bed and shouted: "What happened?"
"Lord Commander, there was a sudden explosion in the camp."
Hua Dang also hurried out of the tent and asked: "Whose tent is it?"
"It's... it's... the tent of the Great Shaman Ulupusi."
A'er Qiman and Hua Dang looked at each other and saw the word incredible in each other's eyes.