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Chapter 565 The Cat and the Mouse
Muktu, in a place not far from Zhaomodo, is currently stationed with countless soldiers of the Fuhan Army, and the overwhelming flags almost dye the entire sky red, while in Muktu On the central grassland in the picture, a huge handsome tent is tied up, on which is a red dragon flag waving in the wind.

Obviously, the place where the Chilong Tuanqi is located is where the current Emperor of Chu walked.

Speaking of which, Ning Yu didn't experience much pride in conquering the grasslands. On the contrary, he felt a little bored during the day-to-day marching and stationing, because so far, he had never encountered any soldiers from the Jungar Khanate. The army, or rather, he had never encountered a hair at all. Apart from a few herdsmen along the way, everything was desolate.

Today's Ning Yu can already understand the feelings of Lan Yu and Zhu Di back then. It's okay to be like the former. He chased all the way to Yuerhai, and reaped a victory that can be recorded in the history books. Timur, the crown prince Tianbaonu and other dozens of riders fled outside, almost encircling the entire Northern Yuan court, seizing more than 15 men and women, and [-] horses, cattle and llamas.

As for Zhu Di in the future, relatively speaking, he will gain very little. Although the Wuzheng Mongolia expelled the Mongolian tribes that had recovered a little vitality, leaving more room for the Ming court to survive, but after all, they failed to reap too many victories. .

Therefore, the battle in Mobei has never been a simple confrontation between two armies, rushing to kill each other, but a game of cat and mouse. As for the roles of cat and mouse, they are often in a state of flux. Disaster.

Therefore, when he was depressed, Ning Yu would often play chess with Li Fu to kill his spare time.

"Hahahaha, Li Qing's way of chess is after all overthinking and losing his edge."

Ning Yu held Yunzi in his hand, looking at the black and white criss-crossing on the chess board, his face suddenly showed a bit of complacency.

Indeed, just looking at the chessboard, black has trapped white in the game, the overall situation has been settled, but white has no chance.

"Your Majesty, the minister lost this game of chess."

He said he lost the chess, but Li Fu, who was holding the white chess, didn't show any sense of loss on his face, on the contrary, he was a little relaxed.

The reason is very simple. Playing chess with the emperor is really not an easy task. You can neither blindly give in deliberately, nor really let the emperor lose all his head. Fazi feels happy in his heart, but playing chess like this is actually more difficult than winning chess.

Therefore, although Ning Yu's level is far inferior to Li Fu's, he is the emperor after all, and he has won a lot of games under Li Fu's ingenious concession, and he has been much less bored in the past few days.

"Come on, Li Qing, let's do it again!"

Just when Ning Yu was excitedly preparing to fight again, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, but it was Shen Hongyi, the privy secretary, who hurried in, with a worried face on his face. color.

"Your Majesty, the latest news has come from the Eastern Route Army. They have encountered the main force of the Zhungeer Khanate in Balahetun. It seems that Galdan Celing, the new Han king of the Zhunbu, is also there. General Dong thinks that the opportunity is rare and decides to Stand with the enemy and wait for His Majesty to encircle and completely wipe out the enemy here."

"What? The Eastern Route Army encountered an enemy? Bala and Tun?"

A look of surprise flashed across Ning Yu's face. He had never heard of such a place as Bala and Tun. He didn't even know what kind of place it was. But soon a wave of ecstasy swept through his heart. It was a little unexpected that the main force that he had been looking for all this time appeared in front of him. If he could confirm that the news was accurate, then the reward would be great!
As long as these tens of thousands of Zhungeer's main force are completely wiped out, the Fuhan army can move its main force westward, and it will no longer be a problem to wipe out the Zhungeer Khanate. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
And this opportunity to destroy the quasi-bu, almost flew in front of Ning Yu!
Since the founding of the Jungar Khanate, the Jungar Khanate has been fighting endlessly for a long time, but its military strength has always remained at a level of about 10,000. Even in the peak Galdan period, the total military strength was only [-]+ people, but such a Zhunge But Er Khanate has been able to compete with the Qing court and the Russian Empire at the same time for a long time, and even has the upper hand in many cases!
Strictly speaking, although the Junggar Khanate in the previous Galdan period lost the war against the Qing court, it did not really hurt its vitality. The death of Galdan was more like a result of internal struggles, and Yongzheng During the period, the restored Zhungeer Khanate even won a big victory in the battle with Tongbo!

The poem "Five Thousand Diao Jin mourns Hu Chen" almost became a famous saying at that time, because nearly [-] Beijing Eight Banners soldiers died in the battle with Tongbo, and more than [-] generals died in the battle. , Even Yongzheng was so angry that he vomited blood.

Before gaining an advantage over the Qing Dynasty in the east, the current Zhungeer Khanate was not at all inferior to the Russian Empire. In the 55th year of Kangxi, the Russian army began to penetrate the Irtysh River along the Irtysh River. The Yamesh Lake on the left bank of the middle reaches posed a serious challenge to the forces of the Ger Khanate. Therefore, Cewang Arabtan dispatched Daceling Dunduobu to lead more than 2000 troops to surround the invading Russians, and finally won Achieved the record of annihilating more than [-] enemy troops.

To put it simply, although the Zhungeer Empire at this time had poor land, a small population, and an army of only [-], it was not without reason that it was able to fight back and forth with the Qing court and the Russian Empire on the side.

Ning Yu also understood that in fact, if he hadn't come to this era, Zhungeer would still be able to survive under the double attack of the Qing court and the Russians. The internal strife began to decline before it was truly destroyed, that is to say, it was eventually destroyed by internal strife, not foreign enemies.

It can be seen from this that it is not much easier to eliminate the Jungar Khanate in this era than the Northern Expedition.

Li Fu also thought so, he laughed softly and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed a good opportunity, we have to quickly see where the Eastern Route Army is!"

Ning Yu smiled slightly, quickly got up and walked to the map, and began to look for the location of Balahetun, but this place is really too small, so it was Shen Hongyi who did his homework early and outlined the small place that attracted Ning Yu's attention. .

Soon, through the preliminary estimates of both sides, Ning Yu also got a result similar to Dong Ce. If he wanted to lead his troops to rush over,

"Your Majesty, the Eastern Route Army currently has only 4000 troops in Balahetun because of the need to take care of the rear. According to General Dong, there are at least [-] Zhungeer soldiers. I don't know how long they can last. "

There was a little worry on Shen Hongyi's face. He was not worried about his old senior Dong Ce, but worried about the changes in the battle situation in the entire Mongolian grassland. I'm afraid Lezi will make a big fuss, and the entire eastern grassland will become a huge loophole.

Ning Yu pondered for a moment, this question has been circling in his mind from the very beginning, but because of his understanding of Dong Ce, he still believes in the other party's choice and judgment. Persisting for a few days is not a big problem after all, but the real embarrassment right now is whether Zhungeer is the main force in Balahetun?

This is not because he doesn't believe in Dong Ce, but because the battlefield is changing rapidly, and military spies need to be more cautious. What if Dong Ce himself is also deceived?Not without this possibility.

"Order, prepare to assemble the whole army!"

Ning Yu finally let out a long sigh of relief, and threw the charcoal pencil in his hand on the table. After all, he made up his mind that whether it is Zhungeer's main force or not, it is better than playing chess here.

"Should we gather our troops first and then go to the rescue?"

Li Fu frowned slightly. He was not opposed to sending troops, but thought that the Central Route Army only had 7000 people. If they encountered the Zhungeer Army on the way, they would be a little passive.If the troops can be gathered, the total strength can rise to about 5000 at that time, even if they encounter the Zhungeer army, they don't have to worry about losing money.

Ning Yu shook his head and said in a low voice: "The military situation is like fire, but Shen Hongyi must not delay for a moment. Go and pass on my order to pack up and leave the camp today. There is no longer any delay."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

The strength of the Fuhan Army was not only reflected in the equipment, but also in the order and prohibition to a greater extent. Therefore, when Ning Yu's order was issued, and then the whole army packed up and set off, it only took an hour and a half .

The army formed a long dragon and started to set off. This time, it was not as aimless as before, and it already had a very clear direction. Therefore, the morale of the whole army gradually increased, and everyone hoped to gain more in this battle. Credit, and more rewards.

Balahetun, after the Zhungeer army stopped attacking, they did not really leave this place, but still besieged the Fuhan army in Balahetun, and the whole battlefield suddenly fell into a strange calm.

As early as the beginning, Dong Ce really made up his mind to keep the Zhungeer Army here at all costs. suicide note.

It's just that the current calm has washed away the tragedy, which made Dong Ce think that the Zhungeer army could not stand the previous tragic casualties, and was going to repair it for the time being, but he didn't expect that the Zhungeer army had no action for the past three days. The movement, and even the demolition of the tents, as if they were planning to withdraw the troops, not only made Dong Ce naturally unhappy, but also made other soldiers of the Fuhan Army unhappy.

"Damn, if they continue to be cowards, why don't we fight them out!"

A trace of irritability appeared on Borji Gendun's face. He looked at the flag of the Zhungeer Army in the distance, and said in a muffled voice, "Since they don't fight, it means that they are completely afraid of us. Why don't we take the initiative to attack?"

Dong Ce shook his head, "No. Right now we only need to do one thing, and wait for His Majesty to come."

"But, looking at it this way, they may not stay here any longer. You see, they have already begun to break out of camp today. If we don't move, they will run away!" Boer let out a mouthful. saliva.

In the survival logic of the Mongols, there has never been such a saying as being reckless or not turning back without hitting the south wall. When they deal with the enemy, they often have only one idea, to fight if they can beat it, to go around if they can't beat it, and to delay when they are done. Until the opponent is completely exhausted, and then destroy the opponent in one go.

Therefore, although this shows that the Zhungeer Army is not as determined as the Eight Banners in combat, it also shows that they are more flexible and more difficult to deal with.

Of course Dong Ce also understands this truth, but he has a cautious personality and will never make a mistake at such a time, he said firmly: "Galdan Ce is naturally cunning, maybe this is just his way of provoking us to fight, if Let's rush out of the camp to fight, and when the time comes to fight together, our 1 people won't last long!"

"Hey——in that case, I'd better go find camp first! It's just that these days are so frustrating!"

Bo'er pouted at Jin Gendun, but finally gave up on persuasion and walked out of the camp.

However, after two days, there was finally movement in the direction of the Zhungeer army's camp, and there were only a few hundred Zhungeer soldiers in the camp, but tens of thousands of horses suddenly appeared from behind the small hill outside the camp, As for the soldiers and horses in the rear, there are even more innumerable ones.

Just as Dong Ce expected, this was a trap set by Galdan Celing. He gave up the camp, and then ambushed the army outside the hill. If Dong Ce really went to fight, his camp would be taken away in an instant. Let's go, when the time comes, the Fuhan army will have no support and can only fight bloody to the end.

However, Galdance had calculated everything, but he still did not expect that Dong Ce, who led this battle, would be so cautious. This made his trap completely ruined, and another two days wasted , making Galdan Celing unwilling to stay here any longer, and finally chose to withdraw from the camp.

At this time, Bo'er Jijin Gendun was standing in front of the camp with Dong Ce, looking at the Zhungeer soldiers who were retreating, and he fell into deep fear. , Going to attack the Zhungeer camp, I'm afraid they will fall into a trap, and the whole army will be wiped out.

"Dong Ce, it seems that you are the real hero!"

Bo'er Jijin Gendun really started to admire Dong Ce. Before that, he was more or less dissatisfied, but now the trap set by Galdan Ce zero made him really understand Dong Ce.

Dong Ce shook his head, looked at the Zhungeer army that had gradually disappeared on the grassland, and couldn't help sighing: "Dong is not a hero, and this time it was a bit of a fluke, but I just waited for the Zhungeer troops to evacuate, but I don't know when we will be able to return." Find them again—”

As far as Dong Ce is concerned, he is naturally not just satisfied with getting out of trouble, he hopes to keep the Zhungeer Army completely and make it his own record.

(End of this chapter)