Cutting 1719

Chapter 561 Nine Dead Lives

"Bang bang bang-"

In the silent night, a series of gunshots crackled, and I saw a group of cavalry galloping across the endless prairie. Although they were galloping in the dark night, they did not light their torches. From time to time, some people fell down in the dark night Go down, and then get trampled over.

There were occasional sounds of broken muscles and bones, accompanied by muffled grunts from some people, but no one roared out from head to toe, they just entered death amidst endless depression.

I saw a large group of cavalry at a distance of hundreds of paces behind this group of cavalry, trying to catch up. Among them were sporadically lighting torches, and others were also galloping on horseback. Since the distance between the two sides was too close, it seemed that as long as the front was a little looser, After a few breaths, the pursuers behind will catch up.

"You must not die here, you must live and live."

Dong Ce said silently in his heart that he was riding a horse at the very front, and it was also the safest position at present, because from time to time someone would rush over and block the projectiles and bows and arrows behind him, so that Dong Ce had already fallen behind him. Seven or eight cavalrymen were killed, but he was still safe and sound.

Although the current situation is extremely dangerous and many brothers have died, Dong Ce still thinks it is very worthwhile, because he touched the edge of the Zhungeer camp during this spying at night, and also captured the Zhungeer night patrol team. Riding one, dug out the information from the opponent's mouth, it turned out that this is really the location of Zhungeer's main force!

According to this ranger, Zhungeer didn't come to attack his own Eastern Route Army. It was a coincidence that his side was exposed. It's just that heavy troops have been deployed in the north and west, and the east and south are still blank.

After getting the news, Dong Ce felt a little relieved, but he knew that he was still not completely relieved, so he thought of arresting another spy to confirm the news, but he didn't expect that in this arrest, he surprised the spy. , Let him fire the gun, so that the entire Zhungeer camp boiled up, and soon organized heavy troops to round up.

Therefore, Dong Ce could only lead his [-] dead soldiers towards the rear. He had to bring the news back to the camp, and then organize the southward retreat to deliver the news, because if the southward retreat is timely enough at the moment , It is completely possible to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Zhungeer army. In addition, when the news reaches the emperor, he can gather and annihilate the current Zhungeer main army.

"boom--"

Just when Dong Ce was thinking about it, a shot from behind hit the horse's leg, causing the horse to bend its legs forward, and he was almost thrown out, his whole body hanging slantly. On horseback, the speed also slowed down in an instant, and the Zhungeer soldiers behind saw this scene, they couldn't help yelling, and looked very excited.

According to the current distance, they only need ten breaths to catch this fallen person alive!

At this time of crisis, the dead soldiers beside them also saw this scene, and their faces did not change much. One of them decisively pulled Dong Ce to his side, and just after Dong Ce sat firmly, He glanced at his horse with nostalgia, and his whole body revealed a desperate intention.

"Take the teacher and run out."

After the dead man said these words, he jumped off his horse resolutely, and threw himself on the ground obliquely, but there was no trace of fear on his face, just with a little peace, and then pulled out his body. The fire pocket he carried ignited the fuse of the grenade.

Dong Ce gritted his teeth, he didn't say anything, he just rode his horse and rushed forward crazily, and the others did the same, until after a dozen or so breaths, a voice came from behind them. A huge roar, accompanied by a strong smell of blood, scattered in this wilderness.

It turned out that not long after the dead man fell, the pursuers from the rear had already caught up, but before they could stop the dead man, they were blown up by the roaring grenade, and more than four cavalry were directly killed. He fell down and was covered in blood and flesh.

No one said anything, including Dong Ce himself.Because everyone knows in their hearts that after a long ride, a horse's physical strength has already reached its limit. It may be able to continue running with one person on its back, but there is absolutely no chance of surviving with two people on its back. .

Therefore, when the dead man reached out to pull Dong Ce, he had already chosen to give his life to Dong Ce.

Finally, after a long pursuit, Dong Ce and the dead soldiers who were galloping in the dark all saw a faint light of fire, and everyone couldn't help jumping up in their hearts, because everyone knew that was the direction of the camp, and this Fire is the hope of survival.

The pursuers behind also saw the flames soon, but they didn't seem to give up at all, and continued to chase. When the flames became more and more intense, there was also a flame shining from the camp. It turned out that a large group Cavalry with torches, they are coming out of the camp in single file, galloping in this direction.

"Hahahahaha, survived, we survived!"

There was a little excitement on Dong Ce's face, and he couldn't help laughing loudly: "Erlang, wait for me to gather the army and change horses, and then have a good fight!"

"Okay! Kill them all!"

"The last general is willing to live and die with the general!"
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Waves of cheers finally gathered together, but the pursuers behind the crowd seemed to be intimidated. They finally stopped chasing, but chose to turn around and gallop towards the direction they came from.

Sure enough, the cavalry coming out from the camp was none other than Boer Jijin Gendun. It turned out that since Dong Ce left the camp, he had been up all night waiting for news from Dong Ce, so when Dong Ce fled towards the camp , he also discovered this group of cavalry in time, and then he also discovered the chasing soldiers, and immediately chose to go out of the camp to meet them.

"General Dong is worthy of being the next-class hero today. With this late-night camp visit, he will be famous all over the world in the future!"

Bor Jijin Gendun quickly greeted him, his face was full of admiration, in the Mongolian world, the best way to subdue each other is always to use courage and force to confront them. I only admire men who are truly indomitable.

Dong Ce sighed slightly, he didn't say much, he just took the rest of the dead soldiers back to the camp with everyone, and after a brief repair, he began to count the casualties, but the result was unavoidably heartbreaking , There were 51 people when they left the camp, but now there are only 19 people left, and a total of 32 people died on the way home.

Looking at the dead soldiers with resolute expressions, Dong Ce was full of regret even though his heart was as hard as a stone. This sentence is not deceiving.

"Brothers, although they didn't come back, I promised to welcome their loyal soul's remains and return to the Zhonghun Pavilion in the future."

"Thank you, my lord, the last general will pay tribute to my lord on behalf of my brother who died!"

A major’s eyes were red, and he gave a military salute. You must know that ordinary soldiers will only enter the Martyrs’ Shrine when they die. Few people can enter the Loyal Soul Pavilion unless they have made great achievements. Once they enter the Loyal Soul Pavilion, It means that their relatives and grandchildren will never worry about the future again.

A promise like this cannot be given by anyone, nor is it useful for anyone to give it.

After talking about this matter, Dong Ce took Boer Jijin Gendun and the officers of the staff office to analyze the current situation in order to decide on the next plan.

When Dong Ce said that Zhungeer's main army had arrived nearby, almost everyone's breathing became slightly tighter. They all understood how important the position of this disappearing army was. Wan Dajun has been marching in three ways, just to find the shadow of this main force.

Right now the goal is in front of them, but they are unable to eat it, it has to be said that it makes people feel very regretful.

Bo'er only pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said: "Dong Ce, what if we stay here and wait for His Majesty's army to come? If we wait for the reinforcements, we will definitely be the first in this battle!"

That's right, if the Eastern Route Army takes the lead in finding the position of the army of the Jungar Khanate, then in the next battle, Ningchu will have the upper hand, and can definitely deploy reinforcements to encircle it. The army is dead, and it can completely swallow Zhungeer's [-] overall situation, which is equivalent to completely destroying the Zhungeer Khanate.

But at this juncture, no one dared to agree. The reason is very simple. Once they choose to stay, they will face the result of a narrow escape, because they only know the general position of the Central Route Army, but the specifics are not clear enough. Therefore, The time they have to stick to will also be infinitely extended.

A trace of solemnity appeared on Dong Ce's face. Right now, there are only a few small tribes near Balahetun, and there is no decent city at all, so it is very difficult to hold on to it. In addition, the logistics supply line is extremely easy to be defeated by the Zhungeer army. Cut it off, if you really want to stick to it here, the risk will be extremely high.

"Dong Ce, you have to understand that our mission is to contain the Zhungeer Khanate. If we just run away like this, it will be even more difficult to find their traces in the future!"

Bor just sighed softly, he is not the kind of barbarian who can only use force, in fact, his thinking on this issue is no worse than Dong Ce.

"Yes, my lord, if you want to leave right now, I'm afraid that you will be easily intercepted by the Zhungeer striker halfway, and you still have to fight!" Another major staff officer also spoke.

"Fight! No matter how great the sacrifice is, we will fight!"

Dong Ce took a deep breath. He knew very well that there can be big benevolence on the battlefield, but there must be no small benevolence.

The so-called great benevolence is to do everything possible to end the war as soon as possible, so as to completely reduce the damage to the lives of the people caused by the war and avoid the displacement of the people. In this process, even if it is unscrupulous, it will not hurt the world, and this is the real Daren.

As for those gentlemen who engage in "benevolence and righteousness" and "etiquette" in war, they have completely forgotten the essence of war. They only have the result of being defeated by others taking advantage of their weaknesses. The loss of the future makes the situation even more miserable for all.

The current situation is like this, if you only consider the current 4000 people, even if you can escape with them, it is only Xiao Ren.But for the consideration of the overall war, even if everyone died here, it would be Daren.

"Yes, I will obey the command of the commander-in-chief!"

With a little joy and nervousness on their faces, everyone began to gather in front of the map to prepare for the next battle, and their time was only the last moment before dawn.

As for Dong Ce, he asked people to write nine letters for help in code words, and sent nine envoys to the emperor's direction. Their mission was only one, and that was to send out the letters desperately. Send the rescue letter to the emperor, and they will be able to fight.

"Let's fight, let's see if you can beat my tough bone!"

Dong Ce looked at the position of Zhungeer's army, with a little murmur in his mouth, and a little sharp light in his slightly tired eyes.

It was dawn, and a red sun began to rise slowly along with the early morning mist, and the ground illuminated by the sun began to become colorful, and on the endless grassland, there were bursts of dull drums .

The [-] Zhungeer army began to circle around and surrounded the position of the Fuhan army, and most of them were carrying an Erut musket, and the rest were carrying long guns. There are also a large number of camel cannons, which look very powerful, but they are much stronger than the army of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, if the Qing army saw this scene, they would really feel ashamed, because the muskets used by Junggar were not comparable to them at all, because Junggar's military industry is very developed, such as "its iron is the best", The well-developed iron smelting industry also makes Junggar's gun industry technology very strong.

Compared with other Mongolian tribes at that time, Zhungeer had already got rid of the traditional style of horseback riding and archery, and began to "change bows and arrows for guns", just like the battle of Ulan Butong between Kangxi and Zhungeer Among them, the Zhungeer army had tens of thousands of musketeers, relying on the bunker of "Camel City", launched a fierce fire attack on the charging Qing army, causing the Qing army to suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, in the minds of the monarchs and ministers of the Jungar Khanate at this time, they did not take the powerful firepower of the Fuhan Army seriously, because they have always been known for their powerful firepower. In the hearts of these Mongols, they did not think that If they can defeat Ning Chu of the Qing court, they will be able to defeat them. They think they are stronger.

While the army was marching, Galdan Tse Ling also appeared in the army, surrounded by many guards, and everyone used a cautious attitude to face King Khan, because the big guy basically We all know that just last night, the spies of the Fu Han Army actually touched the side of the camp, causing King Khan to stay up all night, and the whole person was almost stunned.

(End of this chapter)