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Chapter 562 Artillery Showdown
The atmosphere in the handsome tent was as calm as water, and everyone looked cautious. Even Dace Lingdun Dobu didn't dare to persuade King Khan at this time, and Chahan broke out in a cold sweat, because the execution of the Dace It was his deployment for the battalion guard mission, but such a big mistake happened, which really made Galdan Celing extremely annoyed.

"Can any of you tell Ben Khan? How many people came to visit the camp yesterday?"

There was a gloomy look on Galdan Celing's face. Although he was young, his prestige in the Jungar Khanate had already been established at this time.

Chahan immediately lay down on the ground, and cautiously replied: "Qi Da Khan, there are probably about fifty riders."

"How many cavalry were killed? How many cavalry were captured alive?"

"Thirty-two people were killed and no one has been captured alive."

"Snapped--"

Galdan Celing was immediately exposed, and he roared loudly in Moxi Mongolian: "This is the sweat tent of the royal court that you usually boast about! This is what you said is solid! But when others come to the camp, You just discovered that you haven't left them all, are you all a bunch of waste?"

"Great Khan, spare your life! It's too fast and our people can't catch up. Lord Dundub, you know the truth!"

Chahan's back was almost soaked in cold sweat, his gray hair trembled from time to time, his whole body felt dizzy, and he panicked immediately, but he involved Dace Lingdunduobu in it up.

This is good. When he said these words, a murderous intent appeared on Galdan Ce Ling's face. He relied on Da Ce Ling Dunduobu as the internal support to get the position. It is extremely taboo, and Chahan, who is currently in charge of the royal guard, is actually in contact with Dundob, who is in charge of the battle. This is simply the biggest provocation!

Da Ce Ling Dun Duobu, who was originally at the side, suddenly felt a thump in his heart. He took a hard look at Chahan, knelt down on the ground immediately, and said loudly: "Khan, I do know the truth, but the truth I know , definitely not what Chahan said!"

Daceling Dunduobu understands that the most important thing is to dispel the Khan's suspicion, so no matter what, he can't help Chahan, but needs to stab him again. It may completely eliminate King Khan's suspicion, but it can avoid the knife in front of him.

Sure enough, after he finished saying this, Chahan felt ashamed, but Galdan Celing's brows eased a little. He looked at Da Celing Dunduobu coldly, and said word by word: " Then tell me what you know."

Daceling Dunduobu heaved a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "Khan, the reason why we didn't keep all the enemy troops here yesterday was purely because of Chahan's excessive drinking at night, so that he couldn't get out of the army on the first day." Gathering the subordinates to pursue them for a while, so that the time was much later, which gave the enemy troops a chance to escape."

This matter clearly needs to be explained to King Khan, so in order to save his own life, Da Celing doesn't care too much, and besides, he doesn't have a good impression of people like Chahan.

Galdan Celing was furious immediately, looked at Chahan and said loudly: "Chahan, is what Dun Duobu said true?"

"It's true. Great Khan, my loyalty to the Great Khan can be learned from the sun and the moon. I also ask the Great Khan to forgive my life. I am willing to fight in the death camp." Chahan knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The so-called death camp refers to the place where the soldiers who committed capital crimes, or those deserters are located. Whenever there is a battle, they will push the shield cart and rush to the front just like this to withstand the opponent's artillery fire. It's just pre-war cannon fodder.

Seeing Chahan's expression, everyone couldn't help feeling a little sad, but now that Khan didn't make a statement, no one dared to intercede anymore, after all, the previous strategy was almost involved.

Galdance's cold eyes narrowed slightly, and he waved his hand, "Go to Chahan and enter the death camp. Today's battle depends entirely on your fate."

"Thank you, Khan!"

Chahan's face immediately felt relieved, as long as he could enter the death camp, he would have a chance to save his own life, which was better than being beheaded now.

After dealing with this matter, Galdan Celing led the generals out of the camp and came to the front of the formation. When he saw the well-organized formation of chariots, he pointed the whip in his hand at the formation of chariots and said with a smile: "Still I thought they would choose to escape last night, but I didn't expect to dare to stay here, but I don't want to live anymore."

Da Ce Ling Dun Duobu also stood aside, he said softly: "Khan, they must have gained something from their camp yesterday, but they didn't run away, presumably they have bigger plans."

"They want to stand by and wait for help, and fight Ben Khan here?"

Galdan Celing himself is a smart man, so he figured it out quickly, but he seemed a little unconvinced, and said with a sneer: "Ben Khan has an army of [-] here, so we only need to cut off the supplies of the chariot formation. What will he use to fight me then? As for the reinforcements, it depends on how many days they can last."

Dace Lingdun Duobu also shook his head, he also couldn't figure it out, although the Han people defended the city very well, but it was a real city after all, and how can it be possible to just use a car camp surrounded by carts? Can it withstand the constant bombardment of artillery?I'm afraid these Han people really don't want their lives.

"What Da Khan said is, no matter what, we will understand after a dozen fights."

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Galdance's mouth, "Benhan's golden order is passed down, and the army will encircle and encircle. No one will be allowed to escape!"

When the horn sounded, the entire [-] Zhungeer army was divided into several groups and slowly approached the Ningchu car camp. The endless soldiers held muskets and swords, and hundreds of flags almost covered the entire sky.

In the wagon camp, many soldiers of the Fuhan Army were digging the soil with the assigned engineer shovels, and then packed them in the sacks they carried with the army, and piled them on top of the carts for reinforcement. This was also part of their daily training content, so the progress Very quickly, before the Zhungeer army launched its operations, the Fuhan army had already initially built a barrier.

Dong Ce and Bo'er Jijin Gendun were inspecting the camp together. Looking at the camp that had begun to take shape, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, according to the original camp, they can stick to it, but if Zhungeer The continuous bombardment of military artillery may destroy the cart and cause the car camp to be destroyed.

Now that it is reinforced with sand and sacks, there is no need to worry about the threat of the Zhungeer Army's artillery, and it will have the confidence to stick to it for a long time.

Dong Ce looked at the Zungar Army faintly looming in the distance, and said in a low voice: "They are moving very quickly. In another hour at the latest, our place will be completely surrounded. At that time, we can only hold on until His Majesty comes to help."

"Fortunately, our rescue messengers set off three hours ago. They should be able to escape Zhungeer's pursuit and pass the news to the nearest military intelligence office within two days. At that time, the military intelligence office will respond as soon as possible. The total time to pass the information to the Central Route Army will not exceed three days."

After going through what happened last night, Bor Jijin Gendun's confidence doubled, and he followed Dong Ce's words and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty's current location should be [-] to [-] miles away from us. If we march with all our strength, we will reach Balahetun in five days at the earliest, and it will only take seven days at the slowest, which means that we only need to hold on for eight to ten days, and then we will be able to wait for your majesty's reinforcements."

"That's right, if it is calculated according to the normal time, it should be like this. And this time they will cut off our supply line. Fortunately, we found a water source when we camped. The water source is very sufficient, and the whole army has taken ten days. If there is a shortage of dry food, you can kill horses and get meat."

Dong Ce's expression was very resolute. He had experienced too many wars, and it was not uncommon for him to stand by for help like this. He was also known for his resilience, so he was fully confident that he would be able to hold on here for ten days.

"Next, there is only one thing, to hold on for ten days at all costs."

After unifying their thinking, almost all the soldiers of the Fuhan Army understood the current situation, but they did not have much worry. After all, all the officers who make up the troops of the Eastern Route Army are veterans who have gone through the Northern Expedition. The squad leader has also gone through the baptism of war, and as for the other recruits, they have also undergone complete recruit training, so their combat power will not be too inferior.

Especially in the current Fuhan Army, cultural courses are taught every night. They are not much lacking in morale and fighting spirit compared to veterans. What is really lacking right now is combat experience.

And this time, the firepower of the East Army of the Fuhan Army was also very good. All the soldiers of the Fuhan Army had a Hanyang-made flintlock gun, and an artillery position was specially built in the center of the camp. The 85 six-pound cavalry guns were divided into three places. position, and has already shown its dark muzzle, always waiting for the order to fire.

At noon, the Zhungeer army finally formed an upright division and began to move towards the direction of the Fuhan army. Their speed was not fast, but their formation was very neat. Among them, the people in the front were wearing armor and wearing Neck helmets, holding sabers and Erut muskets, then archers, and then soldiers in armor, wearing pointed helmets, holding sabers and spears.

These did not exceed Dong Ce's expectations, but what surprised him was that there were many artillery pieces behind the formation. These artillery pieces were all mounted on camels. Although the caliber was not large, the number was zero. Sansan has more than 300 doors, which is really surprising.

Bor Jijin Gendun also looked a little dignified, and said: "Those are probably the legendary camel cannons, and they must not be underestimated."

When Dong Ce heard the word 'Camel Cannon', he suddenly remembered a piece of information from the Military Intelligence Department, that is, after Galdan Ce Ling succeeded to the throne, he spent his time building an army called 'Bao Qin', which seemed to be An independent artillery unit is similar to the artillery regiment directly under the Fuhan Army. Its firearms are quite advanced and powerful. During the visit of the Swedish envoy to China, there was also a special talk about one thing, that is, some of Sweden’s artillery technology was for some reason He was exiled to the Dzungar Khanate, and even a Swedish lieutenant became a military adviser to Tsengarabutan.

It turned out that in the fifth Russo-Swiss war in the past, Sweden suffered a tragic defeat. At that time, a Swedish lieutenant named Reinette was captured by Lao Maozi in the Battle of Poltava, and was forced to join the Russian army and came to Siberia. Later, during the battle between Zhungeer and Russia, Da Celing Dundob defeated the Russian army at Lake Yamesh and captured the hapless Renate again.

At that time, Renate had already suffered quite a lot. In order to survive well, he relied on his knowledge of artillery and artillery techniques to seek refuge in the Zhungeer Khanate, so that the artillery of the Zhungeer Khanate Technology has improved by more than one level.

You know, even in Europe at that time, the Swedish artillery was at the top level, like King Gustav Adolf known as the "Northern Lion" and General Thorstensen who was known as the "Father of Field Artillery". They all attached great importance to the use of artillery and the improvement of artillery performance. Therefore, the Swedish artillery at that time was basically unique in the world.

Therefore, when Reinette contributed his artillery knowledge, Cewang Allah Butan immediately entrusted him with the important task of promoting him to be the person in charge of the artillery development and construction of the entire Jungar Khanate. There are countless high-level officials in the Ger Khanate, and they also promised Reinet that after the Zhunge Artillery is built, he can be released back to Sweden in the future.

In this way, under the guidance of Renet, the Junggars produced fifteen four-pound guns, five small-caliber guns, and twenty ten-pound guns, possessing a certain military production capacity.

It is worth mentioning that, since Renat was born in the Swedish artillery and put more emphasis on field combat, all the field guns cast for the Dzungar Khanate may not be top-notch, but more mobile and flexible, rather than the kind of cumbersome The red cannon, thus forming this camel cannon.

Dong Ce's expression was a little dignified. According to the current artillery strength displayed by the Zhungeer Army, it is stronger than he expected. It is by no means comparable to the Qing Army's firepower. This is naturally a bad news for the current Fuhan Army. information.

"It seems that these people are Bao Qin. Our artillery should have advantages in range and power, but they are far inferior to them in number, especially since they are not the kind of artillery that was assembled temporarily, but have been assembled for a long time. Used together, it means that their training levels are more highly aligned."

It has to be said that Galdan Celing's understanding of artillery far surpassed his father Cewang Allah Butan, because in the past, most of the artillery was used by each battalion, which would cause They are not familiar with each other, and the training levels are different, and then there will be different levels of artillery skills before the war.

At present, Galdan Celing has created a "Baoqin" unit early on, which is to use all the artillery together, and with the help of the Swedes, the level of artillery skills is by no means comparable to that of the Qing army.

"Get ready, target the enemy's artillery, we're going to catch them off guard!"

(End of this chapter)