Cheng Xiaolian didn't sleep all night, and the wounded soldiers in the city accounted for nearly half, but fortunately, almost all of them were lightly wounded, because the seriously wounded soldiers basically couldn't run back, and the doctors in the city worked all night to bandage the wounds of these soldiers. Cheng Xiaolian stayed in front of these people all night.

It's not that he wants to put on a show, he will blame himself even more when he sees the tragic situation of these people, if he hadn't chosen to attack the chaotic army with high spirits, then it should be Cai Yurong who escaped today, he can also enter Shanxi, and plot the world, now this battle is so fought, I am afraid it will be difficult to ease the situation without three or five months.

Cheng Xiaolian also secretly swore in his heart that no matter what the battle looks like in the future, he must not get carried away, and this defeat is a lesson from the past.

However, Cai Yurong's side did not think so well as Cheng Xiaolian, at the beginning of the war, they also lost their troops, but in the end, they relied on the military formation to reverse the defeat in one fell swoop, Cai Yurong also lost nearly 10,000 people in this battle, but although these people were broken for him, he could still continue to fight. Relatively speaking, they are much better than Cheng Xiaolian.

Cai Yurong immediately let the staff retouch the battle situation, and then sent it to Beijing in an urgent manner for 800 miles, on the one hand, he wanted some food, and on the other hand, he hoped to replenish some soldiers, and then he would be able to recover Tongguan, and then recover Shaanxi in one fell swoop.

However, this letter caused an uproar in the capital, and the first one to stand up was the official Shangshu Nalan Mingzhu.

"The slave thinks that Cai Yurong is a person who reports good news but not bad news, and writes to show off the wrong, please ask the master to be aware of it, if you rely on these Han people again, you don't know how much the war will be eroded."

Suo Etu stood up suddenly: "What do you mean by this, Lord Nalan, General Cai obviously won the battle, but now you can't wait to jump out to snatch his credit, it's a little too petty." ”

Mingzhu squinted his eyes: "Then dare to ask, how many people did the rebels of the former Ming Dynasty lose as written in this recital?" ”

"Lose 30,000!"

"How many people have been lost in our Han Army's Eight Banners?"

"Ten thousand."

Speaking of this, Mingzhu sneered: "Then I take the liberty of asking, Tongguan City has been attacking for more than two months, and in the past two months, General Cai Yurong has said that he has killed hundreds of heads every time he writes in his book, and he has killed 100,000 people in Tongguan City." ”

Suo Etu was startled: "What do you mean?" ”

"What do I mean? Others don't know, don't you know yet, our Hai Dongqing has just secretly checked the total number of rebels in the former Ming Dynasty, and the total number has not exceeded 100,000, and Cai Yurong has killed 100,000 people in Tongguan, and Tongguan has not been breached until now, is Cai Yurong fighting with ghosts these days? Or is he Cai Yurong killing good and risking his merits? ”

Many people present heard Hai Dongqing's name for the first time, but they didn't think there was any problem, many of the elders in the family even themselves had been officials in Daming, and they had heard of Daming's Jinyi Guard, and now there are some secret forces that they don't know is not unusual.

Suo Etu is a little short of words, but he is still unwilling to give up this opportunity: "Our generals of the Qing Dynasty, there are also those who report more military exploits, sometimes the head cannot be found, and there is nothing great in the military merits, it must be that some treacherous people under him deceived him, so the number of people is wrong, Cai Yurong has won the battle now, and he should have been rewarded." ”

Mingzhu snorted coldly: "Naturally, he should be rewarded for winning the battle, but did he Cai Yurong win the battle?" If Tongguan is defeated, I Nalan Mingzhu will personally give him the wind, but for more than two months, every battle report is quite successful, Tongguan City has not moved at all until now, he Cai Yurong is in front of the war or drinking tea and watching the play, our courtiers know it! ”

Speaking of this, Mingzhu turned his head sharply to Kangxi: "Master, it's not that the slave is aggressive, Cai Yurong has been eye-to-eyeing with the general of the former Ming Dynasty, and the slave thinks that he is no longer suitable to be the commander of the Western Front." ”

Kangxi laughed: "You two don't quarrel, I already know what's going on ahead, but you're right, Cai Yurong is no longer suitable to be the commander of the Western Front, so I ordered Tu Haiguan to reinstate his post, lead the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and recover Shaanxi in Keri, there must be no mistake." ”

Kangxi said this, Suo Etu naturally had no choice but to say anything else, he didn't want to be the next worship, and the emperor's authority should not be easily provoked.

Speaking of Cai Yurong, Kangxi didn't know that he was a meritorious man, and even fought very well outside Tongguan City. But now that the war has almost consumed, even as long as Cai Yurong is given money and food, he will be able to capture Shaanxi and even slaughter Ningxia and Gansu in one fell swoop.

But he is a Han man, when he withdrew Tuhai to Beijing, it was not that Kangxi was dissatisfied with him, but because of the power tilting between the DPRK and China, Kangxi was afraid that Tuhai would lose once or twice again, so he could no longer protect him, so he let him return to Beijing and think about it behind closed doors.

It's no wonder that Kangxi has scruples in his heart, from Wu Sangui to Shang Kexi, from Geng Jingzhong to Wang ~ Auxiliary Minister, which one is not the feudal official of the Qing Dynasty, these people say the opposite, and they don't miss the old feelings at all, the first few are okay, this Wang ~ Auxiliary Ministers were added by his blue eyes at the beginning, and how many good things were rewarded, just because he had a grievance in his heart for a while, he immediately handed over Shaanxi to others.

In this case, how dare Kangxi let Cai Yurong's family dominate, once he leads the army to occupy the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo region, will he become the next Wu Sangui or Wang ~ Auxiliary Minister? Kangxi didn't dare to guarantee it, and he didn't want to gamble anymore, so he took this opportunity to let Tuhai come out of the mountain again.

The defeat was not Tuhai's business, Tuhai and Wang Pingfan were both defeated, which gave the former Ming court a chance, and now the soldiers are strong and the situation is right, he will definitely be able to make contributions again.

Cai Yurong was originally a man of temperament, of course he also made some friends, one of these friends was an official in the court, heard this decision quietly, returned to the mansion and sent two fast horses, straight to Tongguan.

He knew that if he waited for Tuhai to arrive with his men and will, Cai Yurong would be finished, even if he won the battle before, in order to compliment Tuhai's achievements, he would have to be degraded to worthless. But if you want to be trampled under your feet and suffocated to death, you have to think carefully about whether you want to do it.

If you live a lifetime, you have to have a clear conscience, but this court is unreasonable, the history books are all compiled by the people of the court, and when the time comes, you will be deducted from a basin and you will be called a traitor, and people in later generations will also believe that they can't leave their names before and after their deaths, what is the picture in this life?

(End of chapter)