After a short silence, Prince Badali, who was sitting on the right side and the head of the four princes of the Korqin tribe, coughed and opened his mouth first.

"Regent, in today's battle, my Horqin Department was ordered to join the team battle with the Han army, and all banners and alliances had armor soldiers to fight, with a total of 10,000 soldiers, 10,000 horses, and countless ordnance weapons. After collecting troops and returning to the camp after inspection, there were 6,800 remaining soldiers, of which more than 3,000 were wounded, and nearly 1,000 were seriously injured, and countless amputated limbs and severed hands. ”

Badali's tone was low, his face was heavy, and he looked distressed, which looked embarrassing, and a generation of grassland heroes seemed to have really broken their muscles and bones, so they would be so depressed.

The other three kings of the Horqin Department also bowed their heads silently.

"In particular, Taiji Sanger's death on the spot is particularly unacceptable." Badali frowned and continued: "His tribe is extremely brave among the Mongols, and has always been the leader in the charge, invincible. In today's battle, the 2,000 people he personally led were all killed, and there was no survivor, so it can be said that the whole army was wiped out. ”

His words are lamentable, and his fists are open-minded. When Dorgon heard this, he sighed and said, "Yes! When this battle is understood, the king will play the emperor and bury him in a beautiful way! ”

Badali bowed his head and thanked him, and Dolgon said: "There are many losses in the Horqin Department, and this king has already seen it, but he didn't expect that there would be so many losses, and the injuries and bones would be so much, all for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. ”

The four kings of Horqin were overjoyed, and this time they entered the customs, they came to grab the benefits, but they never thought that the benefits were not grabbed, and they discounted the capital first, which was not worth it. The warriors on the grassland are the capital of dominance, and if there are more dead people, other tribes will be eyeing each other, and there will be internal strife and annexation at any time, and the Qing Dynasty will not send troops to stand out for themselves.

So the four of them hurriedly thanked them and said something that was appropriate for the scene.

Dolgon waved his hand, looked around the crowd, and saw several Han generals sitting at the end.

They are the general soldiers Li Guoying, Bai Guangen, Zhao Zhilong, and Sun Long.

What is somewhat surprising is that Bai Guangen, the person who fell into the forefront on the battlefield, actually survived, Liu Fangming behind him died, but he did not die, not only did he not die, but he also retreated back with the Mongols when he finally withdrew his troops, and he was not injured in the sword fighting, which can be described as a miracle-like character.

A few people were a little restless, and their souls were not at home.

It is no wonder that if the Mongols were defeated today, then the Han army was so defeated that they lost even their pants. The three general soldiers of the charge totaled more than 20,000 people, and they were all thrown into the mine array and arrow rain of the Ming army, and countless generals were killed in the battle, even Liu Fangming died in it, what about tomorrow? Whether they will follow in the footsteps of Liu Fangming, several people are very worried.

Dolgon didn't ask them, but directly turned his head to Man Dahai beside him, Man Dahai looked at the piece of paper in his hand, and whispered a few words, Dolgon nodded solemnly.

The bonfire "beep crackling" exploded, from time to time sparks, with the air flow rising, floating into the air, the semi-dry wood is not easy to burn, the smoke is very large, the smoke is a little black, the soldier in charge of roasting the sheep hurriedly turned the wooden stick.

Dolgon's face darkened even more like mutton.

"The way of war, there are gains and losses, the army has no army that wins a hundred battles, there will be no invincible generals, the cycle of victory and defeat, has its own providence, not the fault of war." He said slowly, his voice as thick as a pot of tea: "Although I didn't take the pass guarded by the Southern Barbarians today, this king saw that no matter the generals, they were all determined to move forward and be brave and fearless. There are fierce generals like Sanger, and there are soldiers who die in battle and do not retreat, this king is very pleased, all the generals have no fault, and they all have merit! ”

As soon as he said this, many people in the audience breathed a sigh of relief, the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, those who can't fight in battle, from the leader of the army down, are all guilty, they can be beheaded, and they can be exiled if they are light, and the Qing Dynasty is extremely strict in governing the army, and those who have not achieved their goals like today are going to kill a few people to make a debut.

When Dolgon said this, he wanted to let everyone go, and he saved some people's heads somewhat, how could he not breathe a sigh of relief?

However, there are also people who slander themselves, is this just to save face? It was Dolgon himself who commanded it, and it was also his order to retreat before the defeat was made, and if he wanted to be guilty, he should be the first to be punished, and such a grand remark was just to avoid his own embarrassment.

Man Dahai smoked a few skins on the side, but did not make a sound. Of course, he knew that the reason why Dolgon would sell the face of the Horqin Ministry, collect troops and return to the camp when the war was in full swing, and still be here to exonerate them was entirely because of the relationship between the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, and the Empress Dowager's maiden family was the Korqin Ministry.

"But Taiyuan is urgent, like tired eggs hanging in the air, and it is in danger." Dolgon's voice was not high, but it was extremely powerful, like the sound of a beam echoing in the night sky: "If we delay here for one more day, Zhu Shichang will be more dangerous, if Taiyuan has a mistake, what we lose is by no means a city and a pool, but the whole Shanxi!" ”

"Nanban Wang Huan, with the power of the ants dare to block the heavenly soldiers and lions, but the mantis is just blocking the car, but can not be underestimated, this fang can kill my minister Meng Qiaofang in Shaanxi, retreat Boluo here, Nikan two kings, the year before last in Sichuan according to Haoge, quite a little capable, this king watched the battle today, this fang combat mode has some experience."

"Nanban firearms first, there are many generals who are good at firearms, Liaodong tired of fighting, our army has already seen, the way of firearms, is indeed huge, so Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others to vote, Emperor Taizong treated it with courtesy, gave it to high-ranking officials, and raised it with a generous salary, but the intention is to firearms!"

"This fang is even worse, in the use of firearms, the fierceness of its firearms, unprecedented, is the strongest in the years, talking and laughing let tens of thousands of people disappear, it is really hateful. It's just that this fang's iron heart is ridiculous! If you dare to kill the person I persuade you to surrender, you will not be able to get it, and although it is a pity, you will not be able to tolerate him! Sun Long, you are the most proficient in firearms in the army, and you have obtained the true biography of Sun Yuanhua, tell me, how to break it? ”

The eyes of the audience suddenly focused on Sun Long, who was shrunk at the end.

Sun Long was suffocated and almost died of an infarction in one breath.

You come and ask me, how do I know?

Such a fierce gunpowder, everyone knows, it is because of the gunpowder, but you came to ask me!

"This, the last general thinks that what Wang Huan is fighting on is nothing more than sharp firearms. Originally, to deal with firearms, I had a set of methods in the Qing Dynasty, that is, to use cavalry to make a detour, use speed to bypass the angle of fire of firearms, and overcome them in one fell swoop. Or use the shield cart to press forward, resist the firearm projectile, once it approaches, the Nanban collapses. However, these methods may not work when applied to Wang Huan. Sun Long stiffened, thought about it for a while, and replied: "Its army is tough, it is a strong army, it can fight to the death without retreating, and its hand-to-hand combat is not inferior to our Eight Banners strong army, and its firearms are varied, far and near, and the cavalry is also lawless, so although everyone in our army is brave and fighting for the first place today, it cannot win, and the reason is this!" ”

There was some truth in this remark, and the nobles nodded thoughtfully, but Dolgon was silent, and listened carefully, and when Sun Long saw that there was a door, he was greatly encouraged, and his strength immediately came up.

"Originally, in the rainy day, I could restrain the use of firearms, but I never thought that Wang Huan's firearms would not invade water and fire, and he could fight in the rain, which was really unexpected. The rainy and muddy weather limited the pace of our army, and the weather that restricted the Ming army became a difficulty for our army, which was also unexpected. ”

"If you attack with a sea of people and the army covers up, you will definitely be able to defeat this fang, but in this way, the losses are too tragic, and even if our army wins, it will be a miserable victory, and it will not be able to win."

"Or lure with a partial teacher, echelon attack, so that he can't rest, consume gunpowder in vain, wait for him to run out of gunpowder, and then fight, he can also be defeated, but this fang has been operating here for a long time, I don't know how much gunpowder there is, and the siege of Taiyuan is long, it can't be delayed, and this method is not feasible!"

"So the last general thought about it and felt that the only way to do it was to use firearms against firearms and concoct cannons!" Sun Long finally said categorically.

"Bombard it with a redcoat cannon! Pave the sea of soldiers to attack, and at the same time, you can win a big victory! ”

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at each other, and then raised their palms to struck each other, overjoyed.

"General Sun is really a great man!" Man Dahai shouted excitedly: "That's it!" ”

Dolgon also smiled, nodded again and again, and threw a piece of mutton thigh meat into the air to Sun Long, Sun Long with a red light, took it, and thanked him.

"There's a catch, though." Sun Long took the mutton, as if he had just remembered something, the red light faded like a tide, and muttered: "Our red-clothed cannon is still north of Daizhou, the road is muddy, and it will take time to rush over." ”

The movements of the crowd froze, and the festive atmosphere immediately dropped to the freezing point.

"Send someone to transport it! Extra manpower! Arrest all the strong men in the nearby states and counties, and even if you fill the guns under the wheels with human lives, you must transport the guns as soon as possible! Dolgon said murderously: "This king will see the red-clothed cannon within five days!" ”

(End of chapter)