The remnant sun is like blood, and the twilight wind is like a song.

The battle has long since ended, but outside the north wall of the center-left station, the burned cars, the collapsed lookouts, the seemingly non-existent wails of pain, the randomly discarded stumps and broken arms, and the stench of charred corpses all tell the tragedy of the battle.

The Qing army stormed for half a day, and until the afternoon was unable to seize control of the city wall from the Ming army, and finally in the last resort, they left the corpses and wounded soldiers everywhere and retreated to the place where they were encamped.

This time, because the artillery brought by the Qing army from the ship was slightly better in range than the artillery at the head of the Ming army, the artillery bombardment was never suppressed. Although the number of artillery is small, the frequency of artillery is not high, and the actual damage caused is very low, but the interference to the Ming army is still not small, and every interference may mean that it will be at the cost of casualties in exchange for the restoration of control of the city wall.

The existence of Yuecheng, Chen Kai, who was beating the drum in front of the city gate building, was not disturbed, and the sound of the war drums boosted morale, just like a political commissar who was mobilized before the war in later generations, which was already the limit of what a civilian official could do in the city defense war.

At this point, the battle ended with the victory of the Ming army. The wounded at the head of the city have been carried down from the city by the people and sent to the wounded and sick for treatment. Most of the corpses were also sent down to the city, and for these corpses, the city's own officers and officials were counted and registered according to the classification of military and civilians, and the necessary rewards and pensions were made after everything was over.

Those silent folk men carried them one after another, carrying broken corpses, carrying broken guards, and carrying shells and arrows that I didn't know if the Qing army would fight or the Ming army would have time to fight in the future. At this point, they were the busiest of the bunch.

Most of the Ming troops in the city are leaning, sitting, and lying close to their respective positions, among them are the soldiers who came to the aid of the town, and there are also many officers and soldiers of the Zhangquan sub-patrol road standard battalion, aside from those who are still retching or something, the rest are mostly silently watching the people clean up the ruins on the city wall. It's a pity that the corpses, the wounded, and the tattered guards can all be quickly transported down to the city, but the broken battlements and splashes everywhere have long since solidified, oxidized, and gradually changed from bright red to black blood stains, but they are not so easy to clean up.

At this moment, at the war drum in front of the city gate building, there is no longer Chen Kai's figure. Dragging two arms that seemed to be no longer his own, he went down to the city, boosted his morale, and went directly to the sick and wounded house.

Here, in fact, there is no need for him to manage it personally, Shen Yanqi was known as the ancestor of Taiwanese medicine in later generations, and he was a figure who enjoyed high prestige in Taiwanese society after Zheng Chenggong returned to Taiwan, and his prestige came from his heart to save people and his efforts to cure diseases and save people. With Shen Ji here, the wounded soldiers and people will be cared for wholeheartedly.

At this time, Shen Qiqi was still treating a wounded soldier, and he didn't care about what to say to Chen Kai, and Chen Kai would not be so indiscriminate, so he inspected the wounded and sick place by himself.

However, this place is already too busy to touch the ground, and the Lang Zhong, the apprentices, and even the midwives in the city have been arrested and can't take care of them at all. Rao is Shen Yanqi has some attainments in medical skills, and he also has the intention of curing diseases and saving people at this moment, but sometimes he has a weak heart, but it is also prepared for them.

I watched as a wounded soldier was carried out, a face that still looked a little immature, and at the moment its eyes were open, but it had lost any of its looks.

The man carried the corpse and wanted to send it out for burial, Chen Kai motioned for the two men to stop, stretched out his hand, closed his eyes, and then watched the man walk outside the courtyard again.

"It's me who underestimated the ferocity of the captive's offensive this time."

The day before yesterday, the Qing army attacked the city, and the intensity could not be compared with this time. The number of soldiers lost by the Qing army was very small, and the Ming army was even more so, compared with today, it was like a child fighting.

The sudden casualties caught Shen Yanqi a little off guard, and many of the wounded may not have been able to wait for the moment of treatment and left this world forever.

"Something has to be done."

In medicine, in battlefield treatment, Chen Kai also knows nothing. But some of the truths are the same, and they are also understandable to medical laymen, Chen Kai carefully observed the surrounding situation, and simply sent his entourage to find Lu Ruoteng and asked him to transfer another group of people over.

"It doesn't matter if it's from the same alley, as long as you are willing to be obedient and hard-working!"

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The wounded of the Ming army can still be treated by the wounded and sick in the city, and the relative treatment conditions of the Qing army are much worse.

There is no way to do this, the Qing army raided Zhongzuo, and it was originally a plan to take the city with a bang. They looked down on the land division of the Ming army, especially after Qianchong Town and Youchong Town fled without a fight, even more so, and even Ma Degong once decided that the Zhongzuo City could be self-defeating, and Yu Langzhong's preparations for medicinal materials were even rarer.

Those who can't escape back on their own are basically abandoned on the battlefield, which is customary, after all, few people are willing to risk being killed by the Ming army to rescue others. Those who were able to escape back were basically slightly injured, and although the military doctors and the captured Lang Zhong were still not enough, at least these people could be dragged on for a longer time, so that they would not die quickly without immediate medical treatment.

I don't know whether to say it's lucky or sad, the trouble in this area is not very big, but the loss of soldiers still makes Ma Degong and Feng Junrui feel painful. As the attacking side, they suffered greater casualties than the defenders, and there were no civilians to share some of the casualties, so the offensive on this day lost five or six hundred soldiers, and for the Qing army, which only had more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, it could be said that it was impossible to launch even one offensive of a similar scale in the future.

"A reinforcement town, a patrol standard battalion, or just established, how can it seem that there are more than just so many soldiers and horses in the city!"

Feng Junrui's complaints, Ma Degong had to repay his contempt in his heart. He can understand that the Ming army defended the city, and the administrative system in the city was operating at a super level this time, saying that it was 1,500 Ming troops, but the existence of those people also gave the Ming army too much support. The civil officials played a vital role in the attack and defense of the city, just like the Jiangyin city guard back then, Yan Yingyuan and others were just a group of officials and teachings, but they could also withstand the fierce offensive of the Qing army.

The key to defending the city is not the number of soldiers, but the people's hearts and the firmness of the principal!

"This city, I'm afraid we can't take it, it's time for us to prepare a retreat."

Ma Degong said this, he had a plan in his chest, but Feng Junrui still seemed to be a little reluctant to give up on the center and left. It's just that before they had a dispute on this issue, the news of Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Fujian, and Huang Shu, the governor of Xingquan Dao, had already arrived on the island from Wutong Wharf.

Why the two of them are here, Ma Degong and Feng Junrui know it, to put it bluntly, they can't hold back the greed in their hearts, and they can't wait to see the treasure accumulated by the Zheng family for many years, take it for themselves, and fear that these two generals will swallow it privately. But now the city has never been able to be taken, and the Qing army is unable to fight again, and some things are no longer as easy as imagined.

Hurriedly set off to Wutong Village, Zhang Xuesheng and Huang Shu were very dissatisfied when they heard that the city had been attacked for a long time, but when they heard that Chen Kai was presiding over the overall situation in the city, not Zheng Zhiguan, they immediately fell silent again.

The last time Wang Bangjun died, Zhang Xuesheng was impeached in the court, and the amount of money spent was not bad. But purely in terms of face, now I don't hate it as much as I used to, after all, even the cunning and wise Prince Pingnan has suffered losses, and he is a small governor who can make Chen Kai take such a big risk.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of such a character that the weight of the center-left has also been increased. It is certain to get rich by seizing the Zhongzuo Institute, but it is not certain that you will be promoted, but if you can capture or kill a person like Chen Kai alive, this year's performance appraisal, the evaluation of the court and even the emperor and the regent, will always look better, and it will be beneficial to Yu Shitu after all.

"Chen Kai, it's really not a good stubble. Even Zheng Zhiguan dared to kill, such a character would be a scourge after all if he remained in the imperial court! ”

Having said that, Chen Kai is not a good character after all, the strong attack has not succeeded, most of them have also retreated, ready to plunder on the island, and set off to return, at least it is not good to lose the capital. It's just that greed is born, and it is not easy to suppress it, and the four of them are all indignant that they have not been able to attack the city of Zhongzuo, but it didn't take long for one of them to think of a way to turn things around.

"What the old man of the Fu army said is very true, and he must not be allowed to continue to be arrogant. After thinking about it, Xia Guan has a plan, or he can break the city of Zhongzuo. Even if it doesn't work, it will never make the surname Chen feel good. ”