After Zeng Ying arranged for his men to conduct vigilance and investigation, he came to He Renlong to check the situation.
I saw this friendly army looking at each and every one of them, they were all exhausted. But even so, the generals and officers of the army were all rescuing the wounded.
Zeng Ying saw it and quickly asked his men to help, and then came to He Renlong's side.
I found him staring blankly at the rows of corpses lying in front of him, with a very ugly look on his face.
So Zeng Ying followed his gaze and was immediately surprised.
He Renlong's general Gao Jie, whom he knew, was lying there motionless. Judging from the injuries, there was no fatal injury of missing an arm or a broken leg, but he died of poisoning!
There are many others similar to Gao Jie, all in the same situation.
Seeing this, Zeng Ying looked up, and finally he discovered that most of the imperial soldiers who had died in the battle had symptoms of poisoning.
Although he was not from Sichuan, he grew up in Sichuan with his father, who was an official, and his wife was from Sichuan, so he naturally knew that this kind of poisoning trick must have been done by the chieftain here.
It is impossible to say how toxic these poisons are, that those who are poisoned will die instantly and their throats will be sealed with blood.
But if you don't pay attention at the time, or if you don't have time to treat the wound, it will become dangerous.
He Renlong's troops were ambushed, and there was no chance to bandage and treat the wounds, so they kept fighting. In this case, this kind of poisonous injury would be fatal!
"ah……"
"don't want……"
Hearing the sound, Zeng Ying turned around and saw the movement coming from the wounded soldier.
He Renlong seemed to be awakened and strode over.
Zeng Ying naturally followed suit.
The doctor in the army who was treating the wound was sweating. When he saw He Renlong coming over, he quickly said to He Renlong: "Commander, his leg cannot be saved. It must be amputated immediately, or there is a possibility of saving his life."
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"Commander, how can I live as a cripple? I haven't married yet..." The wounded soldier also cried when he saw He Renlong.
During the fight just now, not a single man shed tears.
He Renlong saw that the wounded soldier's legs were swollen and thick, and knew that the doctor had no choice but to say so.
Therefore, with his eyes red, he shouted at the wounded soldier: "What's wrong with you cripple? I'm not asking you to be a eunuch. I want you to go back alive!"
After yelling at the wounded soldier, he looked at the other wounded soldiers, still yelling with red eyes: "Listen to the doctor, too many brothers have died in the battle today, you all must live on, and be obedient!"
Zeng Ying, who was standing next to him, was speechless as he listened. After being silent for a while, he ordered the guards around him to give all the medicinal materials he carried in the army to his brother troops.
Seeing the Sichuan soldiers helping the Qin soldiers, He Renlong just patted Zeng Ying on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I'll remember it!"
After hearing this, Zeng Ying opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he said nothing. Because he knew that nothing he said at this time was actually of any use.
A rough estimate is that of the approximately 5,000 men and horses under He Renlong's command, at least 500 were killed and about 1,000 were injured. Even senior generals like Gao Jie were killed in the battle.
This battle was the heaviest loss suffered by the elite officers and soldiers of the imperial court in recent years.
A few days later, the battle report reached Sun Chuanting.
The losses suffered by He Renlong's troops were greater than Zeng Ying had expected.
There were about 500 forwards who opened the way for the army, but none of them could escape. It must be a disaster. The soldiers who died of serious injuries accounted for about 30% of the wounded soldiers, and it is estimated that there are still about 20%
Wounded soldiers may not make it through in the end.
Basically, in this war, nearly 1,500 of He Renlong's soldiers were killed or missing, and the battle losses were very serious.
Sun Chuanting did not punish He Renlong. In the memorial to the court, he attributed the responsibility for the defeat to his own underestimation of the bandits and chieftains and underestimated the enemy. He also said that He Renlong was ambushed by the enemy.
, but in the end they were able to escape with the dead and wounded soldiers intact, which was a meritorious service. Of course, Zeng Yingbu, who responded, also asked for credit for them.
After this memorial was rushed to the capital, it immediately caused a sensation.
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Many imperial censors and civil servants impeached Sun Chuanting and asked Emperor Chongzhen to deal with Sun Chuanting.
Although it is said that Sun Chuanting's rectification did not attract as much attention as Ma Shiying's, but relatively speaking, Sun Chuanting rectified far more places than Ma Shiying. Therefore, there should not be too many people who hate Sun Chuanting.
But before, they couldn't find enough reasons to impeach Sun Chuanting. Now that Sun Chuanting had lost the battle and he said that he had a heavy responsibility, it was just an opportunity to impeach Sun Chuanting quickly.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised to get this memorial from Sun Chuanting.
Since the reorganization of the new army, no matter whether it was the Jizhou Battle, the Ningyuan Battle, or the battle to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, there have never been so many dead soldiers, and there were several high-ranking generals.
Faced with the impeachment of the Censor Yanguan, Emperor Chongzhen would naturally consult with Liu Weichao.
As soon as the video was connected, Liu Weichao saw that Emperor Chongzhen's face looked strange, so he asked curiously: "Why, what happened?"
In recent videos, Liu Weichao has rarely seen Emperor Chongzhen looking unhappy.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen replied: "Sun Chuanting sent a memorial. His general He Renlong's troops were ambushed by a coalition of bandits and chieftains..."
He was used to talking to Liu Weichao, so under the influence of Liu Weichao, when talking to Liu Weichao, he usually called him by his first name, which made his meaning clearer.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen relayed Sun Chuanting's memorial to Liu Weichao in a tone close to that of later generations.
Liu Weichao was a little surprised when he heard this. However, no matter how surprised you were, it was not. After all, for him, only a thousand people were killed in the battle, which would not even rank high in the wars of later generations.
By the same token, the two of them had communicated for a long time, and Liu Weichao would also be influenced by Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, he realized that it was no small matter to kill more than a thousand elite soldiers in battle.
However, Liu Weichao did not say anything negative, because his butt was actually sitting next to Sun Chuanting.
Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen asked him for his opinion, he immediately replied: "I think this battle should be worthy of publicity and reward. After all, he was ambushed by several times the enemy, but in the end he was able to retreat without falling.
We have brought back injured comrades and even the bodies of comrades who died in battle! They are not elite troops or true warriors. I don’t think this will be the result!”
Hearing his words, Emperor Chongzhen's spirit suddenly perked up. He even remembered what the imperial army was like in the past. It was common for them to escape from battle!
In such a comparison, He Renlong's battle was definitely worthy of praise, which made him happy!
After hearing a nice word, Emperor Chongzhen immediately said to Liu Weichao energetically: "Go on!"
Although he did not express his position, Liu Weichao could see his psychological changes and continued: "Secondly, I think the responsibility for this battle still belongs to the two of us!"
"..." Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect him to say such a thing, so he asked a little puzzled: "Why do you say that?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "You probably won't forget that it was the two of us who thought that we could drive the bandits to Yunnan and Guizhou and solve the chieftain problem along the way, right?"
"Yes!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not deny it, but simply admitted it.
When Liu Weichao saw it, he said with a serious expression: "This strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers came from the fact that we saw that the local gentry was dealt with through bandits. So we thought about using this method to kill the chieftain.
Cleaned up. However, the two of us ignored one point in our paper talk!"
"Which point?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately with a serious expression.
Liu Weichao immediately answered him: "The biggest difference between the local squires in the Central Plains and the chieftains is that they lack military power. Without guns in their hands, they are naturally easy to deal with. However, the chieftains are different. They have military power in their hands, and they have their own
Private soldiers. They definitely want to resist, and it is easy for them to resist. Things like this kind of uniting thieves to fight against the imperial court are naturally easy to happen! We didn’t think enough about this at the beginning and were too optimistic, weren’t we? "
Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded after thinking for a while, and said seriously: "It is indeed a bit of a paper war. If we want to complete the transformation of the country and return to the country, it will not be as easy as our words!"
Liu Weichao also reflected on himself a little, and thought about some information in his mind about reforming his native land and returning to his hometown.
Seeing what he was thinking, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "From this point of view, I am indeed at fault! Sun Chuanting is willing to bear the responsibility for this battle, and I can do it too!"
In the past, Liu Weichao pointed out one of his shortcomings, that is, Emperor Chongzhen lacked responsibility. When something happened, he often passed the responsibility to his ministers, so that later, no ministers dared to take responsibility, and it became
I don't dare to do anything anymore.
Regarding this, he was a little unconvinced at first.
The emperor is never wrong. If he is wrong, the ministers are at fault. They do not take the initiative to take responsibility for their faults, but they still say that the emperor is wrong. Is this the way of ministers?
However, after dying once and communicating with Liu Weichao in another world, Emperor Chongzhen was obviously more able to listen to advice than ever before. After thinking about Liu Weichao's words after the video communication, he finally accepted Liu Weichao's advice.
accuse.
At this time, Liu Weichao was listening to Emperor Chongzhen talking. He put his mobile phone on the mobile phone holder and freed his hands to search for information on the computer to confirm the information he thought of.