Yuan Chonghuan was looking forward to the final outcome of the battle in Juehua, and through these broken kites, he finally waited for the battle report written by Zhao Shujiao, who had just recovered from serious injuries.

- Although the sea had begun to thaw, and most of the ships were still impassable, the three ships with iron bows wrapped in iron were able to sail freely, and the kites were flown on the decks of these great ships.

Yuan Chonghuan sighed that only that kid could come up with this kind of method, and at the same time he was full of excitement and tore open the fire paint, and at a glance, the joy in his heart suddenly turned into a deep heaviness.

What is described in the battle report is that there were more than 20,000 Juehua soldiers and civilians, and more than 20,000 fresh lives, but after this battle, only 2,886 people remained, which was less than 3,000, and the battle loss rate was close to 90%.

Moreover, even the more than 10 percent of the surviving soldiers and civilians were all wounded.

Those who are seriously injured and sick account for 60% of these more than 10 percent.

That's it, it's the result of Huang Chongzhen's sleepless and desperate treatment.

It can be seen from this that this war was so tragic at that time.

The resistance of the military and civilians of Juehua was so tragic.

This also made Yuan Chonghuan feel extremely afraid - Juehua Island was disabled, and if there was no time to block Houjin's cavalry, I am afraid that it would be completely wiped out immediately.

But fortunately, God bless the Ming.

Zhao Shujiao also happily wrote in the heaviness: "Juehua Juehua, awaken China." The last general, for Da Minghe, for Da Shuai, for Ning Yuanhe, for Jue Huahe. ”

Reading this, Yuan Chonghuan didn't wait to read the whole battle report, so he couldn't wait to spread out the unfinished folds, put pen to ink, and added four more words in the space under "Ningyuan Great Victory" - Juehua's tragic victory.

And after the text, he happily wrote: "Chen Chonghuan was fortunate not to disgrace his life, and led the soldiers of Guan Ning to work together, first to win Ningyuan's great victory, and then add Juehua's tragic victory, and at an extremely heavy price, he killed more than 7,000 Jiannu Eight Banners.

This God blesses the Ming Dynasty, and the Apocalypse is prosperous. Weichen hereby congratulates Daming and Mingzhongxing; Congratulations to my emperor, my emperor Shengming. ”

The contrast between before and after is extremely obvious, showing a very high level of word choice and sentence construction.

Ningyuan City and Juehua Island, the great victory and the miserable victory, the combination of the two can be called a real victory.

Especially in the battle of Juehua, the elite of the Eight Banners that the Jianzhou Jurchens were proud of, the brilliance of their exploits, and their far-reaching significance were much stronger than the tens of thousands of armored slaves and serf soldiers killed under the city of Ningyuan.

However, with such a brilliant record, Yuan Chonghuan summed it up as a "miserable victory", and included the hardships and hardships of this battle and the firmness and strength of the army and people defending the island, which can attract the attention of the Ming court and even the people of the world.

It can be seen that reading books is indeed useful.

At least Zu Dashou thought that he would never be able to write such a breathtaking recital.

The great victory under Ningyuan City may be suspected of being arrogant, after all, most of the people killed were armored slaves and serf soldiers.

The tragic victory on Juehua Island was indeed too modest, because all the battles were all the elite cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchens who fought across Liaodong.

After rounding up, the price of nearly three for one seems to be a bit bigger, but in fact, even the dead have never regretted using their lives to exchange with these Jianzhou elites.

This is just like the protracted war against the pirates in later generations, in order to maintain the last dignity and blood of the nation, countless soldiers have come one after another, even if they shed their blood, they did not hesitate.

After all, in the Salhu of the past year, Du Madman and Liu Dadao combined, at the cost of tens of thousands of elites, they only pulled more than 5,000 Jianzhou elites as backs.

After the report was written, Yuan Chonghuan carefully dried the ink himself, closed it himself, wrapped it in brocade, put it into kraft paper, and sealed it with fire paint.

Then, he solemnly handed it to the pro-army with both hands, and instructed loudly: "Eight hundred miles to expedit, bypass Gaodi, and send it directly to the Beijing Division." ”

"No!" The pro-army bent down, solemnly took it with both hands, and took the order.

Eight hundred miles expedited, straight to Beijing.

Gao Di really has no right to stop this shrinking head strategy, and he doesn't deserve it!

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the last line of Zhao Shujiao's war report again, which was a suggestion: ask for help from Gaodi in Shanhaiguan, not ask him to rush to Ningyuan, just ask him to lead the army out of the customs, and it is good to follow the trend step by step, step by step, in short, as long as he carefully and gradually approaches Ningyuan, put pressure on Houjin, and force him to retreat.

Yuan Chonghuan had such eyesight, it was not that he didn't see it just now, but he turned a blind eye, and now he sneered at it, and threw the battle report on the table at will.

Zu Dashou behind him had already finished reading the content of the battle report, and when he saw Yuan Chonghuan's attitude, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - Zhao Shujiao's or Huang Chongzhen's kid's suggestion was actually very reasonable.

After all, whether it was the great victory under Ningyuan City or the disastrous victory on Juehua Island, they all paid an extremely heavy price.

Not only did Juehua Island have no strength to fight again, but even Ning Yuan, if Jiannu once again attacked the city desperately with all his might, without Huang Chongzhen, Zhou Ji, Lao Liu and other excellent gunners, it is really difficult to say whether it can be defended.

Therefore, it was the best choice to ask for help from the Gaodi of Shanhaiguan, so that he could send troops to support him based on the pressure of these two big victories, and take every step of the way, not giving Jiannu a chance to take advantage of it, and forcing him to finally withdraw his troops.

But apparently, Yuan Chonghuan did not intend to do so.

His proud heart will never allow himself to ask for help from the turtle-like Godi.

Zu Dashou just wanted to admonish, but he caught a glimpse of another marshal's army rushing from outside, and before anyone arrived, an eager and excited shout had already come from afar: "Report!" Handsome! Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, sent a letter! ”

Zu Dashou's eyes were sharp, and he saw a line in the middle of the envelope that was particularly eye-catching: Chonghuan and my brother opened it personally.

"Bring it on!" However, from Yuan Chonghuan's voice, Zu Dashou couldn't hear the slightest joy.

I saw that he tore it up casually after receiving the letter, and even intentionally or unintentionally divided "Chonghuan" and "my brother" into two.

After ten lines at a glance, he slapped the letter on the table with a heavy palm, and opened his mouth to scold: "If you don't send troops early, you won't send troops late, but you should send troops at this time!" A soldier is also worthy of being called a brother and sister with this handsome? ”

Although Yuan Chonghuan's pro-army was absolutely loyal to him, he couldn't understand why his own commander didn't like the help of others, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Zu Dashou took out the letter from Yuan Chonghuan's palm and read it silently: "Chonghuan, my brother, Brother Wenlong was shocked to hear that Jiannu had committed my Daming again, and he wanted to knock on the gate. I heard my brother swear to guard Ningyuan again, and I admired it.

That is, the whole army of Phi Dao was deployed, and he personally led the brigade ashore to attack Yongning. I hope to fight with my brother before and after, frustrate Jiannu together, and defend the Ming Dynasty together. ”

After Zu Dashou read it, he knew why Yuan Chonghuan was angry, it was nothing more than that he didn't want the credit to be divided, whether it was Gao Di or Mao Wenlong.

That's why he scoffed at the suggestion to ask for help from Shanhaiguan, and that's why he said: If you don't send troops early or late, you should send troops at this time!

Although Zu Dashou was quite convinced of Yuan Chonghuan, he couldn't help but sigh silently: "Is the credit really so heavy?" How vast is the Ming Dynasty, can it be firmly guarded with only the Jiancheng cannon and the Guanning army?

The handsome Jinshi was born, but he couldn't even understand the simple truth of watching and helping each other? Besides, General Mao's troops obviously did not send troops now, but it took time for the letter to arrive, and it was frozen on the sea, so it was a little late......"

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou's heart couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy.

In particular, the three words "Bing Youzi" deeply pierced his seemingly rough but sharp heart: "We rough men, fighting for the country, fighting for half a life." But in the eyes of these civil officials, is it only worth the word 'soldier oil' after all?

What's more, in today's troubled times, which soldier is no more or less a ruffian? If the soldiers are not ruffians, how can they resist the construction of slaves on the outside and the thieves on the inside? If you are not a ruffian, how can you deter this group of murderous Qiu Ba?

If General Mao hadn't relied on that little bit of hob-like ruffianism, how could he capture Phi Island by surprise, and how could he suppress the group of arrogant soldiers under him, thus becoming a thorn in the side of the slave chieftain and a thorn in the flesh? ”

Zu Dashou silently turned these thoughts in his heart, and for the first time, he felt a faint sense of dissatisfaction with the handsome man who had the grace of knowing him.

Soon, however, the dissatisfaction vanished.

Because Yuan Chonghuan finished complaining, he began to spread out a long blank fold again, and recorded all the meritorious people in the Guanning army in the book.

Especially the loyal and brave people, they are not hesitant to praise and spare no effort to recommend.

For example, Zhao led the sect, and Yuan Chonghuan strongly recommended the imperial court to promote him as the chief soldier, temporarily lead all matters on Juehua Island, and then return to Ningyuan after Juehua Island was rebuilt and everything was stabilized, and continued to recover the lost territory and resist Jiannu.

Another example is Jin Shilin, the son of the golden crown who died heroically, rushed to kill with Zhao Led Sect, was seriously injured and near death, and was saved by Huang Chongzhen with all his might.

Yuan Chonghuan recommended him to be promoted to guerrilla general and took over the post of deputy general of his father Juehua Island, which was equivalent to the credit of his father's death in the war for the country, and also rewarded him.

As for Huang Chongzhen from Fushun, Yuan Chonghuan really wanted to get him a general.

Although by his credit, he really deserves it. But after thinking about it again, he still decided to fulfill his original promise, and only found a garrison military position for him, which was a full two orders lower than the guerrillas.

But when Zu Dashou saw it, he stroked his beard and nodded silently, feeling that it was very appropriate.

Although Jin Shilin is also very young, after all, he originally had a military position, and it is reasonable to accumulate the merits of his father and son to be promoted to the rank of guerrilla general, and it will not cause anyone's dissatisfaction and jealousy, so there is nothing wrong with it.

But that kid was just a small soldier before this battle, and the so-called commander was just the kind of temporary seal.

If it is suddenly too high, it will do more harm than good to its youthful character and future career.