lied to Kangxi

Chapter 351
The third child kicked Yu Zhu, the deputy commander, out of the house.

Yuzhu was also out of sight and out of mind, so he took advantage of the situation to leave the main camp.

However, according to the third brother's battle plan, Yuzhu was not equipped with the artillery armor of the firearms battalion.

This is a bit of a hassle.

Now that there is no machine gun, Yuzhu's team has no artillery, so they can only adopt the old method.

Two rows of carriages carrying grain, grass and luggage were on both sides, and the riflemen were sandwiched in the middle to guard against possible cavalry raids by the Mongols.

The third child was not too mean to Yuzhu, and he still gave him plenty of food and grass.

After all, Yuzhu is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by the third child.

Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

Yuzhu had neither artillery nor cavalry to pursue, so his mentality was naturally not to fight the Mongols desperately.

Today's Yuzhu actually encountered the embarrassing situation when the Song Army faced the Liao Army.

Since there is no cavalry to expand the results of the battle, even if the Mongols are defeated head-on, they can only watch the enemy flee away.

After the division of troops, Yuzhu was not idle, so he wrote a secret report to Kangxi, and reported the current situation to the old emperor in detail.

Kangxi has led troops for many years and is a typical emperor on horseback.After seeing Yuzhu's memorial, he knew that the third child wanted to make great contributions, and he thought Yuzhu was in the way.

Therefore, Kangxi, who knew the soldiers, supplemented Yuzhu with about a thousand Mongolian cavalry from the Khalkha tribe.

The chief general who brought cavalry for reinforcements was none other than Borzigit Celen, who had always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

Although Celeng is a Mongolian, he was raised by Kangxi in the palace for many years.In fact, this approach also has the taste of making Celen a hostage.

Because of the extra trust, Kangxi specially asked Celeng to honor the sixth daughter of the emperor and Princess Shuo Chunxi.

Both Yuzhu and Celeng are favorites, and when the two favorites get together, it is inevitable that there will be a distinction between primary and secondary.

Celen grinned and said: "The emperor said, order me to obey your orders. Tell me, how will you fight this battle?"

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he knew that this was very unreliable.

Celeng was born in the 11th year of Kangxi, he is already forty years old, and he has been leading soldiers for many years, and has extremely rich combat experience. How could he be willing to obey Yu Zhu's mercy?

Yu Zhu didn't answer Celen's question directly, but said flatly: "My lord, you have lived in the capital for a long time, so you should know about the old affairs between elder brother and Prince Yu, right?"

Celen froze for a moment, thought carefully, and immediately realized a major event sensitively. The commander of the army this time is the third child.

Back then, Prince Yu Fuquan was the head coach, and the elder brother Yinfei was the deputy head coach.The two of them had a dispute, and in the end, it was Fuquan who was the one to blame.

This time, he won by luck, and the credit must belong to the third child.If they lost the battle, Yuzhu and Celeng must be the ones to blame.

"It's all according to your orders, the deputy commander." Celen is very politically savvy, otherwise, Kangxi would not be able to reuse him.

You know, Celen was the first widower married to Mongolia as Kangxi's biological daughter, a real princess.

When two sensible people get together, many things will be easier to handle.

With cavalry in Yuzhu, it is like a tiger with wings added, and the range of the army's vigilance has increased by at least fifty miles.

Celeng marched with Yuzhu, and there was no need to worry about all kinds of supplies for food and use.

The combination of two good things is good, both are beneficial to each other, and everyone has something to discuss.

Yuzhu's idea was actually very simple. The third child arranged for him to come to the right wing, so he had to guard the right wing, and not let the Mongols cross the right wing to attack the main force of the third child.

However, the sentry came back to report a bad news, and the main force of the third child suddenly accelerated its march, and it seemed that it was going to attack the rebels in Mongolia.

Yu Zhu had no choice but to smile wryly, the devil hidden in the third child's heart began to show its power.

Although the case of Tuo Heqi's drinking party has not yet been concluded, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it will be a matter of time before the crown prince is abolished again.

The third child is also Kangxi's own son. Moreover, the eldest son is imprisoned. If the crown prince is deposed again, the third child will be the de facto eldest son of the emperor.

If he makes great military exploits at this time, it will be of great benefit to the third child's future struggle for reserves.

Yuzhu understood exactly this, so he ordered the army to follow closely to protect the third's right wing.

Celen was also very smart, closely cooperating with Yuzhu's military order, leading his Mongolian cavalry, speeding up the march, trying to protect the third's right wing.

On the way, Celen said with some concern: "The sudden advance is so fast, I'm afraid it's a trick to lure the enemy deep."

Yuzhu looked at Celen and said with a smile: "Then you go to the Chinese army and remind Prince Cheng?"

Celen waved his hands again and again and said, "I'm here to reinforce you, and he doesn't know about following your orders."

The two looked at each other and smiled. At this time, anyone who goes to advise the third child will be unlucky.

When camping at night, Celen suddenly came to look for Yuzhu. He frowned and said, "Deputy Marshal, it seems that the situation is not good. None of the scouts we sent out came back by the stipulated time."

Yuzhu immediately became alert and ordered on the spot that the whole army must gather and prepare for battle.

"Old Ce, what do you think of this matter?" Yu Zhu deliberately probed the depth of Celen.

Celen stroked his chin and said, "In my opinion, the Mongols are probably trying to contain us, and then gather and annihilate the main force of the third master."

Well, Celen is an authentic Mongol. He has fought against the Junggars for many years and knows the tactics of the Mongols very well.

Yuzhu thought to himself that the main force under his command was riflemen, and the danger of marching with torches at night was more than ten times greater than that during the day.

During the day, with the help of a chariot formation, Yuzhu was sure to hold the camp even if there were more than ten times the number of Mongols.

At night, the line of sight is very bad. If you run into a Mongolian trap while marching, you will be in big trouble.

"Then you go to reinforce the third master?" Yuzhu looked at Celen with a half-smile.

Celen shook his head and said: "We Mongols are better at attacking east and west. The main force of the third master's side is strong and strong, and the enemy may not dare to attack at night."

Yu Zhu nodded and said, "I think the Mongols want to eat us first, and then attack the main force."

After thinking about it carefully, Celeng also felt that what Yuzhu said was very reasonable, self-protection was a problem, so how could he consider the issue of reinforcements for the third child?
When it was just dawn, at the end of the grassland, a shrill horn sounded suddenly.

Celen listened carefully for a while, then turned his head and told Yuzhu: "You are right, the enemy is coming to attack us."

Yuzhu smiled, his team was very small.

Thinking about it in another way, the Mongols concentrate their superior forces, eat him first, and then deal with the third child. Isn't it more confident?
However, a small team also has advantages, and the area that needs to be defended is also small.

Last night, Yuzhu asked Celen's men to unload the grain from the cart, pile it up into grain bales half the height of a person, and spread them all over the camp.

It is impossible for a living person to be suffocated to death by urine!
The best way to deal with the bombardment of solid iron projectiles is to use large bamboo baskets filled with soil.

But the problem is, Yuzhu doesn't have a bamboo basket at hand, so he can only pile up grain bags according to local conditions.

Otherwise, if the fiery big iron ball smashed into the camp and jumped around, God knows how much damage it would cause?
Yuzhu didn't have a cannon in his hand. If the Mongols got the cannon from the Zhunbu, it would be troublesome to defend it.

As for the traditional Mongol cavalry charge, or even matchlock gun attack, Yuzhu is not afraid.

"Let your men blindfold the horses' eyes and plug their ears, so as not to startle the horses." Yu Zhu's thoughts were unusually delicate, he was worried that startling the horses would disturb the firing rhythm of the riflemen.

All the preparations are done.

At this time, a thin line appeared on the horizon.As time goes by, the thin lines quickly become thicker and expand into a large black square.

After observing carefully for a while, Yu Zhu handed the binoculars to Celen.

Celen was not particularly surprised when he saw a Westerner's telescope in the palace.

After observing for a while, Celen told Yuzhu with a gloomy face that at least 2 Mongols had come.It seems that they really want to swallow their small army in one gulp.

"Do you want to ask the third master for reinforcements?" Celen had no idea, so he put forward a reasonable suggestion.

Yuzhu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the Mongols are trying to surround the spot for reinforcements, so we can only hold on by ourselves."

"Waiting for help?" Celen pondered carefully, and quickly understood the meaning of it, he couldn't help but take a long breath.

If so, in order to reinforce them, the third child was ambushed by the Mongols and suffered a big defeat.Afterwards, when Kangxi was about to liquidate, both Celeng and Yuzhu could not escape their guilt.

The Mongols are getting closer!

The sound of rumbling horseshoes was deafening.

Boundless military flags flutter in the wind.

The grand scene of galloping horses is heart-stirring.

As the Mongols approached gradually, five cannons appeared in Yu Zhu's binoculars.

Looking at the barrels of these five artillery pieces, they are much thicker than the mother-child cannons of the Qing Dynasty, at least weighing more than a thousand catties.

"Zi." Yuzhu couldn't help taking a breath, the scene he was most worried about finally appeared.

The plans really haven't changed fast.

If so, wait until the enemy's artillery is placed in the predetermined position and fire more than a dozen rounds, who knows how much the loss of Yuzhu will be?
Keep it, it is impossible to keep it!
For the current plan, only by finding a way to blow up the enemy's artillery can the jade pillars not be wiped out.

"Old Ce, if we wait for the enemy's artillery to be in position, there will be a burst of bombardment, our army is so dense, the casualties must be astonishing." Yu Zhu carefully calculated, and then discussed with Celen.

Celen's combat experience was much richer than Yu Zhu's. As soon as he saw the enemy's artillery, he knew that something was wrong.

"Deputy Marshal, we can't escape without a fight, right?" Celen still despised Yuzhu after all, thinking that he wanted to slip away early.

When Yuzhu heard this, he smiled instead.Very good, Celen dared to go all out, this is more precious than gold to Yu Zhu.

"Old Ce, at this point, we can only do our best. Later, you take your cavalry, go out first, and attract the enemy's cavalry to attack you. I, take my men, to kill those artillery pieces .”

Yu Zhu thought it through very clearly, he had no choice but to go all out and blow up the enemy's heavy artillery in order to survive.

Otherwise, let the fiery bullets weighing more than ten kilograms run amok in Yuzhu's camp, the casualties will be great, and the morale will be greatly affected.

(End of this chapter)