"Father, what is the outcome of this battle?" Lin Fan, who had recovered a few points from his sadness, then asked.

"When you were unconscious, the Manzhen army had already begun to gradually withdraw, and in order to expand the results of the battle, His Majesty sent the first assistant of the cabinet and the leading troops to pursue."

"However, Wang Shihe, who was originally intended to grab merit, not only did not take any advantage after leaving the city, but was ambushed by the retreating Manzhen army, losing nearly 10,000 soldiers."

"Fortunately, on the way to retreat, the Manzhen army just defeated the official army and accepted it as soon as it was good, and did not chase after it again, otherwise I am afraid that the 30,000 army will be wiped out."

Wang Shiji ran fast, although he was embarrassed, he still escaped back. It's a pity that those innocent soldiers who died in vain were burdened by it and lost their lives in vain! ”

"Wang Shihe, who had lost the battle, did not dare to report the battle to His Majesty truthfully, not only did he turn defeat into victory, but also plundered and slaughtered the people of several villages on the way back to the army, and he used the heads of the people as the head of the enemy army to ask His Majesty for credit."

"If there is such a thing that is the common wrath of the people and gods, is no one to care? Cough... Ahem! Wang Shiji's behavior made Lin Fan furious, and he coughed when he was excited.

Lin Ruxian hurriedly stroked Lin Fan's back with his hand to help him calm down.

"Your Majesty was indeed deceived by Wang Shihe at the beginning, and he was rewarded in front of hundreds of civil and military officials. It's just that in the early days of the dynasty, there was a royal history book impeaching him, and all the things about turning his defeat into victory and killing good people and taking meritorious deeds were poked out and reported to His Majesty! ”

"What did Your Majesty say?" Lin Fan asked eagerly.

Lin Ruxian said with a smile: "If Wang Shiji only loses the battle, His Majesty will punish him at most, even if he loses his official position, he can save his life, and there may not be no chance of a comeback in the future." ”

"However, what our majesty hates most in his life is that others deceive him, Wang Shiji not to mention the defeat, but he even dares to hide defeat into victory and deceive him. This made His Majesty Long Yan furious, and he became angry above the main hall! ”

The ministers all knew that Wang Shi and the first assistant of the cabinet were going to be unlucky, so the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and all the bad things that Wang Shi and he had done in the past were turned over. What kind of old accounts such as corruption and bribery, cronyism, and fraud in the imperial examination have been taken out to talk about things! ”

"The ministers are vying for impeachment, the more Your Majesty listens to it, the more annoyed it becomes, where will he be polite, and let the palace guards take off Wang Shiji's top black veil on the spot, and put him in prison and sentenced him to death!"

Lin Ruxian said with emotion: "Actually, it's no wonder that the ministers fell into the ground, because Wang Shihe was imprisoned for capital crimes, which is also good news for other civil and military ministers in the DPRK." ”

"You will be in the capital soon, and you may not know that Your Majesty has a habit today. That is, every time the imperial court loses a battle, His Majesty, who is angry, always wants to kill one or two senior officials of the court to relieve his anger, and by the way, he puts the blame on those people. ”

"This time the Jingshi was surrounded by such a big thing, the world is talking about it, Your Majesty may have to be forced to make an edict, and he must be angry now."

"It's better for others to die than to die yourself, and now that Wang Shihe has taken the initiative to come out to stand up to the thunder, let His Majesty let out the anger, it's better than Your Majesty looking at who is not pleasing to the eye, and then just find a reason to kill someone."

"If Wang Shiji doesn't die, then someone else has to die. Your Majesty kills people for whatever reason, only by mood, who knows if you will be one of those one or two unlucky guys? Everyone doesn't dare to bet on their luck or not, after all, the bet is their own life! ”

"Don't you know, in the past two days, when you went to court, the adults in the court who were usually majestic have changed

Everyone was in danger, and they didn't even dare to pant loudly, for fear that they would be targeted by His Majesty if they were not careful. If His Majesty in the dragon chair coughs, I'm afraid that some of them will be scared and pee their pants! ”

"But this time, thanks to you, Your Majesty will not touch me no matter who moves, which makes those ministers in the court almost envious to death!"

In order not to make Lin Fan feel tired, Lin Ruxian tried his best to make things witty and interesting.

Seeing that his father, who usually doesn't smile, is trying to make himself relaxed, he even began to tell jokes. Lin Fan was moved, but he did feel a lot more relaxed, and his heart was not as tense as he was just now.

"That Wang Shihe, as the head of the cabinet, did such a thing that lost his conscience, which can be regarded as self-inflicted blame, and he deserves it!" Lin Fan said.

"Hmm!" Lin Ruxian snorted.

Then he revealed the matter, and then said: "According to the news from the front, the Manzhen army has now largely withdrawn from Gyeonggi, and the officials and troops along the way are mostly monitoring the withdrawal of the Manzhen army and no longer engaging the enemy, so this battle can be regarded as a complete end." ”

"In this battle, the imperial court officers and soldiers killed and captured a total of five or six thousand Manzhen troops, most of which were the achievements of you and the Huainan Provincial officers and troops under your command. This makes Your Majesty full of praise for you, and now that you are awake, I think Your Majesty's reward for you will come down soon! ”

Lin Fan smiled bitterly: "For me, it is naturally a good thing to be rewarded by the imperial court. But for the imperial court, since the beginning of the war, the imperial court soldiers and horses have lost more than 30,000, although the battle finally repelled the Manchu army, but the imperial court has already lost face, and the people in the Gyeonggi area have almost been plundered. Killing 800 enemies and losing 3,000 self-inflicted losses is really not something to be happy about! ”

"In any case, it is a gratifying thing to be able to repel the Manchu army and relieve the danger of the Beijing division this time. Otherwise, the world doesn't know what kind of changes are going to happen, so you don't have to worry too much about it. Lin Ruxian explained him.

Lin Fan also nodded and said, "What my father said is that I am stubborn!" ”

After learning about the war and the current situation, the father and son talked about some trivial things in life, and occasionally laughed out loud when talking about interesting things, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Lin Ruxian told his son about everything since he entered Beijing, and at the same time observed his son's expression.

I saw that his face was gradually ruddy and bloody, and he was no longer as pale and weak as he had been a few days ago. His son's health is obviously improving, which makes Lin Ruxian quietly feel a lot more relieved.

At this moment, Lin Fan suddenly asked, "How is Mr. now?" ”

A trace of panic flashed in Lin Ruxian's eyes, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm just asking!" Lin Fan replied softly as if inadvertently.

Although Lin Ruxian didn't hear anything wrong from his son's words, it still made Lin Ruxian's heart sink and give birth to a bad premonition.

He dodged the question: "This matter will be talked about when you are healed, the most important thing for you now is to recuperate from your injuries, and you don't have to worry about anything else!" ”

"Father!" Lin Fan's expression became solemn.

"Is something wrong with you, sir? And you are afraid that I will be worried, so you deliberately hide it from me and dare not let me know? ”

Lin Ruxian sighed secretly, Lin Fan is good at everything, but he is too smart, as long as there are some clues in many things, he can guess a few points.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, he didn't want to deceive his son, only

I said helplessly and truthfully: "I know that with your mind, I should have guessed a few points now, and the matter really can't be hidden from you, your husband was sent to prison by His Majesty!" ”

"What? How can it be? Ahem... Ahem! Although Lin Fan had expected it, he didn't expect it to be so serious, so he coughed again in a hurry.

"You don't have to worry, your husband is fine at the moment!" Lin Ruxian hurriedly comforted him.

"How can it be okay, it's an edict, a place that is even more terrifying than the underworld. Mr. went there, how could he not suffer! "Mr. is in such a situation, Lin Fan can't help but worry.

"Sir is confused!" Why did Mr. go to prison, Lin Fan roughly guessed the reason. It's just that he couldn't understand in his heart, how could a smart person like Mr. do such a foolish thing.

The Manzhen army entered the pass this time, although it bypassed the defense line of the Liaodong border army, so that the Liaodong border army could not react before they broke into the pass.

However, the mobilization and assembly of more than 100,000 troops cannot be completed overnight, and no matter what such a large number of troops do, it is impossible to do anything without the slightest movement and signs.

But as the governor of Liaodong, the gentleman did not have the slightest awareness of the plans of the Manchu army before this, and was kept in the dark from beginning to end, and completely lost control over the movements of more than 100,000 Manchu troops. On closer examination, Mr. has been derelict in his duties.

Even after the Manchu army entered the customs, Mr. was not helpless, in fact, there was still a chance to remedy.

If the Liaodong Border Army is dispatched in time, there is still a chance to stop the Manzhen army outside Jizhou, which can minimize the loss and impact of this time.

However, he still missed it, and he not only put the Manjin army into Gyeonggi, but also caused the Gyeongshi to be besieged for a month.

The timing was repeatedly delayed, the situation deteriorated again and again, and when the Liaodong border army came to the city of Jingshi, what Mr. had to do was to engage the Manzhen army.

As the most elite army in the world, and with the responsibility of resisting the Manchu army, millions of eyes up and down in the land of Gyeonggi are staring at the border army of Liaodong. In front of everyone's eyes, even if it is pretending, you have to pretend to be a decisive battle with the Manzhen army.

But the gentleman still did not move, and sat back and watched the Manjin army ravage the land of Gyeonggi.

Lin Fan understood Mr. 's thoughts, the strength of the Manzhen army is unparalleled in the world, and the cavalry field battle is invincible in the world. Except for the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry in Liaodong, almost no army had the strength to confront the Manzhen Cavalry in the field.

It's just that the number of iron cavalry in the north of the town is limited after all, and the Liaodong border army is responsible for guarding the northern frontier.

Without the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Border Army, if the Manzhen army attacks again in the future, I am afraid that they will not need to bypass the Liaodong defense line at all, but go directly south from the Zhenbei Pass.

He understood that Mr. wanted to use the city defense of the Jingshi and various big cities to fight against the Manzhen army, so as to minimize the casualties of the Liaodong border army and preserve the strength, which could not be regarded as a mistake in the art of war.

However, understanding is understanding, but in many cases, things cannot be simply divided by right and wrong, and even the boundary between right and wrong is very blurred.

Even if Mr. is right in the art of war, for the people of Gyeonggi, countless people's lives have been overturned, and this is not wrong, and it can't be wrong!

Which is more important, human life or the art of war, can anyone in the world really say clearly?