Chapter 742

"Well, as expected!" Emperor Chongzhen replied with a sigh of relief after seeing it.

Hai Lanzhu saw him, and after a moment of silence, said quietly: "Your Majesty, the Ming army has this sharp weapon, but... in fact, it's almost as good as if I have it or not!"

Originally, she thought that she would play a big role in this offensive and defensive battle of Gaizhou. After all, she was able to inform Emperor Chongzhen of the news in time, and the impact on the war can be imagined.But who knew that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon, and it would be easy to defend Gaizhou. It doesn't really matter if you want her news or not.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard her words, he immediately understood Hai Lanzhu's mood at this moment, and after thinking about it for a while, he answered her: "How is it possible, your role is very great!"

"Hehe, don't comfort me!" Hai Lanzhu said with a wry smile in her heart.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little helpless when he saw this, so he had to explain to her: "Do you know how much money was spent on the battle just now? This war is worth money! Although I am the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I am still poor right now! So this kind of defense can't come a few times..."

Hearing that he actually told her this, Hai Lanzhu couldn't help being moved.Just imagine, if it wasn't for a good relationship, or if Emperor Chongzhen had himself in his heart, how could he cry poor to himself?Even if you really don't have money, and you really have difficulties, you will cover up this, right?

Thinking of this, her mood suddenly improved.In fact, basically everyone knew about the lack of money of the Ming Emperor, otherwise, the previous encounters with the Ming army could have been fake!
Hai Lanzhu actually didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen didn't tell her the truth just now, like the way of defending the city just now, which used up so many gunpowder weapons at once. This kind of defense is not only impossible to come a few times, but only has the ability to do it once. That's all!

It was precisely because of this that he had been showing his weakness to the enemy before, and despite the increase in casualties on the top of the city, he had to pretend that he was about to be captured by Jianlu, so as to attract as many troops from Jianlu as possible to gather under the city before using this trick.However, judging from the actual effect, the expected effect was indeed achieved, and the money was not wasted!

While thinking about it, Hai Lanzhu quickly comforted Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will continue to inquire about the news and let you know in time!"

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen immediately responded after hearing this, "The ultimate goal of launching this Gaizhou war is not to occupy Gaizhou, but to consume as much strength as possible. Therefore, the Gaizhou war is actually It’s not just about Gaizhou. Doesn’t I have a chat group? Therefore, the Guanning Army and the Dongjiang Army must be mobilized together in order to live up to my chat group, to consume and attack Jianlu’s strength as much as possible, and to Restoring Liaodong as soon as possible will bring peace to the world, right?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Hai Lanzhu couldn't help but praise after hearing this.

After she withdrew from the chat group, her mood improved a lot. She looked at Buhe and asked, "Erqige, what will Jianlu do next?"

Bu He sensed the change in his daughter's mood, and immediately guessed that she might have gone to talk to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he didn't know what she said, it should be a good thing based on his daughter's mood, so he didn't ask, but Looking in the direction of Huang Taiji, he said worriedly: "I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'm going to tear my face apart!"

Just as he expected, Huang Taiji's face was extremely ugly at this time.He pinned his hopes on going down to Gaizhou City with a drumbeat, but he didn't expect that he had prepared so well and saw victory in sight, and suddenly, he suffered such a heavy loss!Not to say that such casualties are unbearable, but that this defeat has had too much impact!
For a moment, he was a little overwhelmed, not knowing what to do next!This was the first time in his combat career that this had happened!
Seeing that Huang Taiji was in a daze and didn't issue further orders, Daishan turned his head to look at the crowd retreating from Gaizhou City, sighed in his heart, and at the same time was very worried, what should Qing do next?
At the same time, he had another worry, because he knew that if he hadn't suggested an all-out attack, the loss might not have been so great. In the final analysis, he was responsible for such a big defeat.I just don't know, will Huang Taiji settle this account with him?
Fan Wencheng next to him only came back to his senses at this time, the former him really thought that the city would be destroyed soon, so he told Huang Taiji that he could go to the city to spend the night tonight.I really didn't expect that the changes in the situation would be reversed so quickly!

At this moment, after he tasted the embarrassment of being slapped in the face for a while, his brain immediately started to move, and he began to think about the next thing.He knew that Huang Taiji needed his "military adviser" to come up with an idea.

Yue Tuo hurried back to Huang Taiji, shouted loudly, and finally brought everyone here back to their senses: "Your Majesty, our army has lost nearly 2000 people, and the Mongolian tribes may have lost more than [-] people!"

These are all gone for real. The besieging army has a total of about 3 people, and this time the loss is nearly one-third. How can this battle be fought?Do you want to fight?It all needs Huang Taiji to make decisions!

Huang Taiji had known for a long time that the loss was heavy, but hearing Yue Tuo's report at this time was still a bit unexpected.There was no blood on his fat face, and his small eyes scanned the retreating soldiers. He knew in his heart that the impact on morale must be very great, and it was impossible to organize an immediate attack on the city.So, he had no choice but to decree: "Go back to camp and rest!"

"Your Majesty, be careful of those Mongols!" Hearing this, Fan Wencheng quickly spoke up, showing his presence.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji looked back at the Mongols, nodded slightly, and instructed Daishan: "After returning to the camp, immediately grasp all the leaders of the Mongolian tribes!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't stay too far away, and immediately turned his horse's head and left quickly, as if he couldn't see the embarrassing situation, and his troubles would disappear.

On the top of Gaizhou City, Cao Bianjiao had just heard the report from his generals, and turned his head to Gao Yingyuan and said: "In this battle, our army killed 36 people, heavily rewarded 35 people, and slightly injured 140 people. Nearly 2000 enemies were killed. Among them, there are about [-] Jurchens, and the rest are Han soldiers and Mongols."

If it weren't for the purpose of luring the enemy to go deep and squeeze as many enemies as possible under the city, there would not be so many casualties.But the result of this battle is so huge. No matter which historical period is used to compare the losses of the two sides, it can be said to be a big victory!If the emperor hadn't analyzed it in advance, Cao Bianjiao would have thought that Jianlu suffered heavy losses and would definitely withdraw his troops!
After Emperor Chongzhen got the result of the battle, he immediately informed Lu Xiangsheng of the Dongjiang Army and Cao Wenzhao of the Guanning Cavalry Army through the chat group.Following the announcement of the two chief generals, the morale of the two armies suddenly rose!

 Thanks to Tianwaitian 007, Daoister, and Yuyang for their rewards!
  
 
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