"Commander-in-chief, the scouts are reporting urgent military information!"
A'erqiman was shocked and said quickly: "Quick, let him in! "
A dusty scout walked into the big tent and saluted, saying, "Your Excellency the Commander, the Ming army's vanguard and the Wala's vanguard are fighting in Yumuchuan!"
Aerqiman asked hurriedly: "How is the battle going?"
"Five thousand Wala cavalry were wiped out!"
"What?"
A'erqiman opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.
Hua Dang was also shocked and asked, "How many troops are there in the Ming army?"
"About three thousand!"
"Three thousand Ming troops, completely annihilating five thousand Wala cavalry?"
"It is said that the Wala were led by Bayan himself. After this battle, their life or death is uncertain. "
Hua Dang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did you see clearly how this battle was fought?"
"My Lord Tongzhi, I was quite far away from the battlefield at the time and only heard a huge explosion. By the time I went forward to investigate, the Oirat had already been defeated and the Ming army was chasing us for dozens of miles."
"Explosion? Artillery?"
"It looks like a new type of artillery, never seen before!"
A'erqiman said thoughtfully: "The Ming army must have used shrapnel!"
"Your Excellency the Commander, I have seen the Ming Army's shrapnel shells before. The explosion this time is ten times more powerful than that of the shrapnel shells!"
A'erqiman took a deep breath and looked at Hua Dang with lingering fear.
You are right, the Ming army really has a secret weapon!
"Okay, go down now!"
"yes!"
After the scout left, A'erqiman said, "Fortunately, my son noticed it in advance. Now I know what to choose."
Hua Dang said, "Father, is it too early to draw conclusions based on just one piece of information?"
"Well, my son is right!"
Aerqiman nodded and said, "Send someone to call the commanders of Taining and Fuyu guards here immediately, and we will discuss countermeasures together. Also, don't neglect the two envoys."
"My son, I'm leaving!"
Hua Dang walked out of the big tent and first ordered someone to invite the commander of Taining Guard and the commander of Fuyu Guard. Then, after thinking for a while, he turned and walked into the tent of the Tatar envoy.
The shaman Urupsi was the one who represented the Tatar tribe on the mission to the Three Guards of Doyan.
The Mongolians were very fanatical in their worship of shamans. In their eyes, shamans were messengers of the Eternal Heaven. Male shamans were called priests and female shamans were called priestesses.
Ulupusi is not an ordinary priestess. She is the great shaman of the entire Tatar tribe, and even of the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty. Her status is second only to the Great Khan and the Deputy Khan, and she has a strong say. It can be seen that Toghtobuha attaches great importance to the attitude of the Three Guards of Doyan.
"Hua Dang, where is your father?"
Hua Dang bowed and said, "My father is discussing the dispatch of troops. Please wait for a few days, Great Shaman."
"snort!"
Ulupusi snorted coldly, slowly raised his wrinkled old face, and said: "Do we still need to discuss this matter? Don't forget that you are Mongolians, the people of the Yuan Dynasty!"
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."
Ulupsi lowered his head again and said coldly: "I heard that the southerners also sent messengers here?"
The smile on Hua Dang's face slowly froze. He had deliberately separated the two groups of people, so how come the news still leaked out!
"Great Shaman, don't listen to the nonsense of outsiders..."
"Don't argue!"
Ulupusi pointed to the side and said, "This is a gift from the southerners!"
When Hua looked closely, he saw that it was a fist-sized iron lump that looked like a melon, but he had no idea what it was.
"This is……"
"Who knows what the southerners are up to? They sent this thing to me for no reason, saying it's something they've recently invented, but I don't know what it's for."
Hua Dang picked up the iron melon and looked at it over and over for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what it was.
I weighed it in my hand and it was quite heavy, seemingly 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 oval, with horizontal and vertical grooves on its surface.
There was a lid on one end, which was fastened very tightly and I didn't know how to open it.
Seeing that he was interested, Urupsi said, "If you like it, take it."
Hua Dang shook his head, put down the iron melon, and said, "It's getting late, Great Shaman, you should go to bed early. If you need anything, just let me know."
After saying this, he left the tent with a smile on his face.
Urupsi winked at one of his guards, who nodded, changed into night clothes, and quietly followed him out.
About half an hour later, the man came back to report.
"Hua Dang went to the tent of the Ming army courier."
"Oh? What did you say?"
"The Ming army didn't mention sending troops, but they talked about new firearms. Oh, yes, they also said that the iron lump they gave us was a newly developed firearm. Let the great shaman take it back and open Tutu Buhua's eyes."
"Is this a firearm?"
Ulupusi picked up the iron lump again, looked at it carefully for a long time, and asked, "How to use it?"
"It only says there's a buckle on it, but it doesn't say how to use it."
"Could the secret be in this lid?"
Urupsi tried to open the lid, but found it was tightly closed and no matter how hard he tried, it was useless.
"Bring me the dagger!"
The guard took out a dagger and pried it open with the tip of the knife, but still couldn't open it.
"No, there must be some mechanism. Southerners are best at designing these weird things."
Several guards came forward and tried for a long time, using all kinds of methods, but the iron lid remained motionless.
Everyone gathered around the iron lump and fell into deep thought. After a long while, one of them couldn't help but say, "Great Shaman, could it be that... the Ming army deliberately created an iron lump to make fun of us?"
Urupsi was annoyed when he heard this, so he picked up the iron lump and threw it to the ground.
With a click, the iron cap opened.
A guard hurried 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 pull ring.
Without thinking, she reached out and pulled the ring out.
It's just a thin iron bolt, I don't know what it's used for.
Then...
Boom!
In the night sky, a huge explosion resounded through the clouds, waking everyone in Duoyanwei from their sleep.
A'erqiman jumped up from the bed and shouted, "What happened?"
"Commander, there was an explosion in the camp."
Hua Dang also hurried out of the tent and asked, "Whose tent is this?"
"It's... it's... the tent of the Great Shaman Urupsi."
A'erqiman and Hua Dang looked at each other and saw the word "incredible" in each other's eyes.
"Quick, go save them!"
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