The darkness of night covered the land, and in the largest tent in the Qing army camp, Yue Tuo lay on a low bed with a pale face, including Dolgon, Dudu, Duoduo and other high-ranking generals around him, and all the faces of all of them showed a look of sorrow.

On the side of the bed, a thick candle burst out of a candle flower, reflecting the shadows of everyone flickering and dimming, looking very gloomy.

After a long time, Yue Tuo's breathing began to become rapid lying on the low bed, his eyes slowly opened, and his changes were quickly noticed by the people around him, Luo Luohun, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed, showed a look of surprise on his face, he immediately grabbed Yue Tuo's hand and said tremblingly: "Amma, you are finally awake!" ”

Yue Tuo slowly closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths before opening his eyes again, he ignored Luo Luohun, his eyes rolled a few times, and finally his eyes fixed on Dolgon's body and asked softly: "Prince Rui, how is the battle situation after Ben will pass out today?" ”

Dolgon said in a deep voice: "So that the general may know that after you fainted today, the king will immediately order the whole army to withdraw and return to the camp. ”

Yue Tuo nodded: "You...... You were right when you ordered the withdrawal of troops, but now that the morale of the whole army has been lost, and continuing to attack will only increase casualties, has the number of casualties among the soldiers come out today? ”

Listening to Yue Tuo's words, Dolgon and the generals hesitated for a moment, and did not answer immediately, Luo Luohun even whispered: "Amma, you better rest for a while, just leave these things to Prince Rui to deal with." ”

After hearing this, Yue Tuo's originally dim eyes flashed a cold light, staring at the generals and said, "Now that I am still General Yang Wu, I have the right to know, tell me immediately!" ”

Dorgon hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Our army has suffered seven casualties today...... More than 7,200 people. ”

"What ......"

Rao is Yue Tuo had some preparations in his heart, but he was also taken aback, and a trace of abnormal flush appeared on his originally sallow face, and he fell on the bed and coughed.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Yue Tuo coughed and coughed and vomited out a mouthful of blood.

"General, general, call the doctor!"

Yue Tuo coughed up blood like this, and all the generals panicked, those who called doctors called doctors, and those who poured water poured water, all of them were in a mess.

Strange to say, Yue Tuo coughed up another mouthful of blood but felt a lot more relaxed, he took a breath, slowly lay down on the bed, closed his eyes for a while and recuperated before slowly saying: "Okay, I'm much better, I can't die now, no need to call a doctor." ”

Yue Tuo, as a military general, is also quite strong in peace, but these people are overwhelmed by the heavy military affairs, and now they are stimulated again, so they cough up blood, and now they feel a lot better after spitting out a mouthful of blood that has been suppressed.

Yue Tuo thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Dolgon and said, "Prince Rui, how many warriors have we lost in total recently?" ”

Dolgon said without thinking: "Counting the warriors who have been lost today, these warriors who have lost about 25,000 have already reached about 25,000. ”

Although everyone already knew this number, but at this moment, when they heard Dolgon say it again, the faces of the generals darkened again, this number has accounted for one-third of the total strength of the Qing army entering the pass, and the casualties are too great.

Yue Tuo continued to ask as if he didn't react: "Prince Rui, I'm afraid that my body can't continue to command, if I officially hand over the army to you, you estimate, if Ming continues to attack, how long will it take, and how many troops will be lost to capture the Ming army camp!" ”

Dolgon was silent for a long time before he said: "If this king is allowed to lead his troops to continue to attack the Ming army camp, it will take at least two to three days, and I will lose 2 to 30,000 Qing warriors before I can capture the Ming army camp." ”

After listening to Dolgon's words, Yue Tuo closed his eyes in pain, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Two to thirty thousand, so if you want to completely annihilate this Ming army, our army will have to lose four to fifty thousand Qing warriors to do it?" ”

None of the generals answered, the atmosphere in the big tent was very solemn, and although everyone didn't want to admit Dorgon's prediction, they had to admit that this was a helpless fact, because these days there have been countless Qing warriors with bloody lives to prove this.

At this time, Luo Luohun suddenly said sadly: "Amma, Prince Rui, we can't fight like this anymore, if we continue to fight like this, our foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be completely destroyed, let's retreat...... Retire! ”

"What did you say?" Yue Tuo's expression suddenly became serious, and his sharp eyes stared at his eldest son and said sharply: "Do you mean that the hard work of our sons will be in vain, and the blood of so many warriors will be shed in vain?" ”

Luo Luohun also went out to protest at this moment: "Amma! If it weren't for the child shaking the heart of the army, it was really my Daqing who couldn't afford to lose it anymore at the moment, my Daqing entered the customs this time, and I have already won countless food populations, and I have already achieved my goal, even if I return to Shengjing at this moment, no one can say anything, why should we still be entangled in that Pang Gang and Lu Xiangsheng? Are their lives more precious than the tens of thousands of warriors of my Great Qing Dynasty? ”

Luo Luohun became more and more energetic the more he spoke, "The foundation of our Qing Dynasty is not thick, and fighting this kind of bloody battle is not our strong point, even if we can annihilate this Ming army, what can we do, the child can be sure, even if this Ming army is completely annihilated by us, but within two years, the Ming Dynasty can train an equally elite army of tens of thousands." But what about us, if we lose tens of thousands of elites, will we not have more than ten years to recover? ”

Listening to Luo Luohun's words, there was silence in the big tent, and the faces of the generals had different looks, either stunned, disdainful, or thoughtful, but still no one made a sound, and only Yue Tuo's rapid wheezing sound was heard in the whole big tent.

Yue Tuo's chest couldn't stop heaving, he pressed the edge of the bed with his hand, struggling to sit up, Luo Luohun saw this and quickly helped his father up, and put the pillow on Yue Tuo's back.

Yue Tuo sat up, staring at his eldest son without blinking, although Luo Luohun said what he said just now with a burst of blood, he still felt a burst of fear under the gaze of his father, who had been afraid of him since he was a child, and at the same time he was afraid of his father's body, and whispered softly at the corner of his mouth: "Amma, don't be angry, child...... The child is just talking nonsense, but don't take it to heart, lest you get angry. ”

Yue Tuo sighed lightly, glanced around at Luo Luohun and the generals, and said slowly: "Do you all think that Prince Rui and I insist on annihilating this Ming army in order to invite merit in front of the emperor and increase the rank of knight for yourself?" You are wrong, no matter how shameless my Yue Tuo is, I will not use the blood of my Qing warriors to stain the crown of my head red. Prince Rui and I are so close to this Ming army, in fact, it is just for one person. ”

"Alone!"

All the generals couldn't help but exclaim in unison, until this time they had vaguely understood that only one person's surname in the entire Ming Dynasty could make Yue Tuo and Dolgon attack desperately regardless of the casualties of the Qing warriors.

Looking at the faces of the generals, Yue Tuocai said: "It seems that you all understand, this is what General Ben is talking about. This person is only two years, he can start from scratch, train tens of thousands of strong soldiers on his own, and more importantly, he is also very good at using firearms, you have also seen that when Pang Gang was not included in Lu Xiangsheng's team, Lu Xiangsheng lost nine out of ten battles when he fought with us, but what was the result of our after Pang Gang joined in? I don't think I need to say that you all understand, right? ”

"Before this, General Ben and Prince Rui had already agreed that even if they paid a large number of casualties, they would say that Pang Gang would be wiped out in the bud, but now it seems that this price is too great, so big that we can't afford it......"

Speaking of this, everyone fell silent, these battles had made them thoroughly understand the power of firearms, a warrior who had worked hard for more than ten years, in front of a Ming army with firearms that had only been trained for a few months, was powerless, which also made them very frustrated.

Yue Tuo looked at the silent generals and sighed secretly, the more he fought with Pang Gang, the more scared he was in his heart, the stronger the Qingzhou Army's combat power, the stronger his determination to kill Pang Gang became, he knew very well that the strength of the Qingzhou Army was only based on one condition, that is, the Qingzhou Army with Pang Gang was a powerful Qingzhou Army, if there was no Pang Gang, the seemingly powerful Qingzhou Army would be like a castle on the beach, and it would collapse. Not only him, but Dolgon also held the same view as him, so he and Dolgon made up their minds in advance to capture the Ming army camp and kill Pang Gang regardless of casualties, but now it seems that this casualty is indeed too large, and it has reached the point where it can shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

There was silence in the big tent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the faces of Yue Tuo and Dolgon, as if to say, the two bosses, whether you are fighting or leaving, you should give a correct word.

Yueto and Dorgon were silent, but frowned, apparently a decision too big for them to make.

In the end, Dolgon seemed to have made up his mind, and said to Yue Tuo: "General, it seems that we have underestimated the combat strength of the Qingzhou Army, if we want to complete the previous plan, we can't afford such casualties, but if we go away like this, we are unwilling." In this way, Ming said that we will raise the strength of the whole army to attack another afternoon, with a limit of three hours, if we can capture the Ming army camp is better, if we can't capture it, we will retreat immediately, never stay, what do you think? ”

Yue Tuo pondered for a long time before he nodded slowly: "Okay, according to what Prince Rui said, let's get ready tomorrow morning, start the attack at noon, if we can't capture the Ming army camp before dark, let's retreat immediately and never stay......"

(To be continued)