Fotu Pass, the north of Chongqing, the most important wall, although the wall is still complete, but the wall is full of holes, arrows, guns, shells, cannonballs, cannonballs on the wall caused large and small depressions, so that the wall is like a smallpox, the face of the patient.

On the wall, the Japanese flag representing the Kingdom of Jin is still fluttering in the wind, declaring that Fotu Pass has not fallen.

At this time, the wilderness outside the wall was particularly quiet, the attacking Ming army had retreated to the camp, and on the flat ground in front of the pass, there were large carts and ladders, arrows nailed to the ground, half-rolled military flags, broken spears and swords and shields, and corpses lying on their backs, and the whole battlefield was in a gloomy.

More than 1,000 Ming soldiers walked between the corpses, put away the bloody military badges on the corpses, and then carried the corpses onto the cart, and then transported them away.

They are all soldiers who eat food, they are all battlefield outlaws, anyone can die in battle, no one wants to be violent corpses in the wilderness, all parties on the battlefield will generally maintain a certain tacit understanding, the corpse decay is easy to form a plague, and the people on the gate smell is unbearable, so the Jin army acquiesced to the Ming army's behavior of collecting corpses.

This is also so that one day, when they die in battle, their comrades can also collect their corpses for them.

In yesterday's attack, when the Ming army was about to break through, the horn sounded in the north of Fotu Pass, and countless figures surrounded the flag and looked south, making the Ming army retreat like a tide, leaving behind the corpses of thousands of children.

On a hill in the distance, He Tengjiao and the others watched the carts of corpses being pulled back by the soldiers, and their hearts were heavy.

Haoge's arrival at Fotu Pass indicates that the Battle of Hezhou is mostly over, and the Ming Army's Eastern Sichuan Campaign has failed, and there is no chance to turn the tide.

"Ge Lao, let's go back to the camp first!" On the hillside, Fan Yixuan said a little sadly.

He Tengjiao didn't want to look any further, so he turned around and went down the hill when he heard the words, but said to the people around him as he walked: "The specific situation in Hezhou must be clarified as soon as possible, and once we have accurate news, we must immediately return to Chongqing." ”

"The last general has already sent someone to take a small road to find out the news, and I believe that the results will come back soon." Li Dingguo came up and hugged his fists and said.

He Tengjiao nodded, and then returned to the camp with everyone, while the Ming army camp closed the camp doors one by one to prevent the Jin army from raiding.

The goal of the Ming army's reinforcements was to rescue Yuan Zongdi, and as soon as Hezhou was lost, they lost their goal, and their current strength was obviously unlikely to defeat Haoge who came with the victory and drive him back to Chengdu, so the wise choice of the Ming army was to preserve its strength, try to avoid fighting with the Jin army again, retreat to Chongqing first, and wait for the arrival of the imperial army.

In Fotu Pass, Haoge, who came with victory, did not have much joy on his face, although he defeated Hezhou, but the price he paid was also unbearable for him.

The Jin army originally wanted to make a blitzkrieg and capture the whole of Sichuan at a very small cost, which could not only achieve the purpose of weakening the strength of the Ming army and helping Dolgon, but also reduce its own losses and avoid a war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty, and finally cheapened Dolgon.

For example, the Quartet forces today, the changes in the diplomatic situation are extremely strange, and many people in high positions cannot figure out the current situation. Under the condition that all parties do not see the situation clearly, it is best to focus on preserving their own strength.

Haoge lost nearly 20,000 people under the city of Hezhou this time, and if you add Wu Sangui's losses, it will definitely exceed 20,000, which is equivalent to the Dajin Kingdom with 200,000 armor, and the loss of 10% of the troops at once, and what he has obtained is only some land in eastern Sichuan.

That night, in the camp of the Jin army in Fotu Guan, Haoge was convening Wu Sangui and others to discuss the matter.

Hauge's tent is a large cowhide tent covering an area of one acre, with dozens of butter wax sticks lit in it, and a brazier in the center.

In December, the nights in Sichuan were already very cold, but in the Haoge tent it was a little hot.

At this time, he was dressed in gold armor and sat in the center, and it is worth mentioning that when his helmet was placed aside, the top of his head was not bare, but his hair was grown, and he was wrapped in a turban.

Jierharang, Aobai and others can retain the characteristics of the Manchus, but Haoge cannot, he is the emperor of the Jin State, and it is indeed the Han people who control most of the power and army of the Jin State, and the sinicization is the basis for these Han people and the Southern Party to support the Jin State, and since Haoge casts the law Xiaowen Emperor, as the emperor of the Jin State, he must first change his customs in order to gain the recognition of the Han people.

This time, a large part of the reason why the Ming army was able to defect was that the Jin State was a Sinicized regime.

At this time, Haoge sat in the middle, Wu Sangui and others sat on both sides, Haoge first asked Wu Sangui about the situation of the Ming army outside the pass, and when he learned that there were 50,000 Ming troops under the pass, his face couldn't help but sink.

"Your Majesty, although there are still 50,000 Ming troops, as long as we put Yuan Zongdi's head in front of the battle, the Ming army will inevitably be frightened, and then the ministers will lead the army to rush, and we will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army!" Seeing Hauge's gloomy face, Ao Bai came out and said.

Now the morale of the Jin army is quite high, and the Ming army's rescue failed, the morale will inevitably be low, the two armies are fighting, and the Jin army has a great chance of winning.

Hauge listened to Aobai's words and bowed his head slightly, but he didn't say anything, but asked: "Wu Qing has been fighting fiercely with the Ming army outside Guanwai for many days, thinking that our army can win again?" “

Han Chaoxuan, a scholar, saw that Hauge seemed to have the intention of continuing to fight, and couldn't help but move his buttocks and wanted to speak, but his relationship with the Ming Dynasty was too close, and Hauge didn't ask him, but he didn't want to interject.

"Back to Your Majesty, if the two armies face each other, there should be no problem in breaking it." Wu Sangui got up and saluted, he paused, but the words suddenly changed, "However, what the minister is worried about is that the Ming army will not fight a decisive battle with us, and most of them will choose to close the village and hold on, then even if we defeat the Ming army, I am afraid that the casualties will be very large!" “

The battle is the most consuming of troops, Haoge 60,000 people attacked Hezhou, nearly 20,000 dead and wounded, now the Ming army outside the pass, there are nearly 50,000 people, he and Wu Sangui joined forces, it is also more than 50,000 heads, although the Ming army does not have a strong city like Hezhou to rely on, but really want to storm the camp, the Jin army may not be easy.

Han Chaoxuan listened to Wu Sangui's words, and was made up and down by him, and when he finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He does not support continuing to fight, not because his heart is towards the Ming Dynasty and he has a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, but really for the sake of the Jin Kingdom. Haoge also knows this, so he can be a scholar, otherwise how could Haoge let a person with a heart for the Ming Dynasty enter the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can't fight anymore, there are so many soldiers in Dajin Kingdom, and now he has lost 20,000, if he loses tens of thousands more, he will lose both Nanming and let others benefit." After Wu Sangui finished speaking, Han Chaoxuan seized the opportunity and immediately got up and said: "Moreover, our purpose is to obtain Sichuan, but now we only occupy Hezhou and Wanxian County in eastern Sichuan, and the gains outweigh the losses. Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear! ”

In this attack on Sichuan, the main casualties were the Han army, which is also the reason why Han Chaoxuan did not support the continued consumption with the Ming Dynasty, because it was really powerless.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately bowed, but Ao Bai next to him had a different opinion, "Your Majesty, if we don't defeat the Ming army outside Guanwai, cripple them, and let more than 50,000 Ming troops stay in Chongqing, how dare we go to southern Sichuan?" ”

(I chatted with my favorite young lady for a while, so it's late, and if nothing else, the next one will be later.) ）