While Chen Xin was busy learning about the latest situation with people from China, at the foot of the mountain north of Lushun, Dolgon was also looking at the rifle in his hand that was much shorter than the firearm of this era.

At this moment, his face looked very ugly.

The rifle he was holding had been found in a hollow depression by the Houjin Army when they were cleaning up the battlefield this morning, and it came from a Chinese soldier who had been shot dead by a Tartar archer.

Although the Houjin side found a few rifles that the Huaxia Army had left on the battlefield, the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers were not able to snatch any of them, so it can be said that the raid last night was really disgraceful for the Houjin.

The military system, equipment, and tactics of the Later Jin Dynasty basically came from the Ming army Li Rusong, and the Ming army in Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty was learned from the "New Book of Performance" written by Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Qi army.

(Of course, written rules are one thing, actual combat is another, and it is clear that the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty had long since abandoned the "New Book of Performance" and other military books.) ）

Because it was learned from Li Rusong's troops, the rules of the Houjin army's night camp were almost the same as those of the Qi family's army, and after the Houjin army camped at night, each battalion was required to hold their own positions, and they were not allowed to leave the defense line without authorization, and only after receiving a clear order from the commander could they attack.

And the situation when the Huaxia Army launched a surprise attack last night was different from the tactics encountered by the Later Jin Army when it fought with the Ming Army in peacetime.

Their earthen wall, in the previous daytime, had encountered a fierce surprise attack by the Huaxia army, and the various units that had built the defensive line were delayed for a long time, so that they could not form a solid defense at night.

It was precisely because the Huaxia Army seized this good fighter that the night raid last night took place, and the Huaxia Army advanced all the way along the inner side of the earthen wall, causing great confusion to the Houjin Army.

The Houjin soldiers and horses around the main attack direction were also unable to rush to the rescue in time because they were facing the feint attack and containment of the Huaxia army, so that Wuzhen Chaoha, who was resting in the deep position, was also hit by the Huaxia army, and two of their newly made red-coated cannons were also destroyed.

The Yellow Banner and Wuzhen Chaoha in the middle of the Houjin Army were both hit hard, and more than 500 Jurchen armor soldiers who fought on behalf of the Yellow Banner were killed or wounded by Abatai.

The outer Mongols, the left and right wings of the Mongols, and the Baoyi fled in a panic, and more than 500 people were killed by both the enemy and us.

The Wuzhen Chaoha, which had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Fuzhou last year and had just replenished a certain number of men, also fled in all directions in a panic, and many soldiers trampled on each other and caused casualties.

Even, there are still a large part of the soldiers and clothing, which were only recovered this morning, and the final data reported shows that Wuzhen Chaoha lost more than 300 people.

Because the soldiers of the Huaxia Army carrying pump-action rifles were not caught, and the pump-action rifles were not captured, the Houjin side one-sidedly believed that the important weapon that caused such a rout in the Houjin army was the stubby short rifle in front of Dolgon.

The length of this short rifle is only about 65cm, and it can be used to fire 9 to 11 small lead bullets, or 1 to 5 large lead bullets at a time, and these types of ammunition are placed in the ammunition bag in different categories.

On the battlefield at night, even if there is a torch as a light source, the line of sight is very unclear, and when you spot an enemy, most of them will immediately fall into close combat.

When encountering this kind of short rifle in close combat, as long as it is roughly aimed, it is almost impossible to escape with life, as long as the distance is right, it is easy to hit 3 or 4 people with one shot.

Dorgon looked at the rifle in front of him and fell into deep thought, he didn't have to ask about the bad luck of last night, he knew that this must be a melee weapon, otherwise, he would not have violated the conventional wisdom of this era that the longer the barrel, the better, to make such a stubby firearm.

Moreover, what worries him even more is the mystery of Huaxia, how many unknown secret weapons there are in Huaxia!

Last night's raid made the morale of the various units of the Houjin army extremely low, and Dolgon knew the seriousness of the matter, and early in the morning, even the military meeting was not held, so he first found Abatai himself to find out the specific situation of last night.

Dolgon knew that after the rout that had happened last night, he should not have pushed the person of Abatai too far, and it would not be good if this cowardly honest man went crazy and switched to Yueto and Daishan.

It's not that he's afraid of Abatai's bulls, but it's going to have a very bad effect, making people think that he doesn't have a lot of room for people.

Therefore, today he did not convene a meeting of the parliamentary ministers, but summoned Abatai in and carefully inquired about the situation of last night's battle, accompanied by several other parties from last night.

"Seven Belle, at this time, there are no other outsiders, tell me how you arranged it last night!"

Dolgon's tone was completely inaudible, but Abatai, who had been despised by Nurhachi's descendants for many years, could still sense that indifference.

After the battle last night, his descendants suffered heavy losses, and with his original low status, the next population replenishment would all depend on Dorgon's face, so, in fact, his status was quietly lowered again.

"Back to the prince's words, the minions arranged 200 archers and 200 armored soldiers at the back of the passage, and a little further back in the defense line, there were 600 Han soldiers led by the general army of Wuzhenchao Hama.

The minions originally thought that this arrangement would be foolproof, but who would have thought that those Huaxia soldiers actually threw out something called "grenades", which was very different from the grenades encountered by our army a few times before.

The new style of grenade was a full circle larger than the one encountered before, and when it exploded, it would explode countless small steel balls, and it could even explode as far as a person twenty paces away.

When those Chinese soldiers and horses rushed to the vicinity of the earthen wall, they threw in the kind of 10,000 enemies loaded in bamboo baskets from outside the earthen wall, and turned the troops blocked on the breakthrough entrance to block the enemy.

The array of our army to meet the enemy was completely blinded by white smoke, and in a moment of panic, the men and horses were rushed out of the large array by the group of Huaxia army's short guns, which can be used to hold several arrows in one shot, and under the turn of the attackers, they were ······. ”