Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Chapter 184 Camel City

The last day of July.

The Junggar army chanted scriptures all night.

Rituals endow people with magical spiritual powers.Whenever there is a big war, this ancient ritual will become the prelude to the Oerut attack.

Galdan's most powerful weapon is his religious background.The army believed from top to bottom that this man could use his extraordinary wisdom and courage to lead them into the capital and gain endless wealth and glory.Alani's sloppy attack further confirmed this point.

Fanaticism permeated the barracks, pervasive.

Even Galdan himself was inevitably a little intoxicated.But he still retains considerable sanity.

Therefore, he did not order to continue to advance south, but chose to avoid the Qing army and wandered on the grassland.

He's not trying to walk away.

He's trying to catch everything.

For this, the most adequate armaments are required.

The victory of Wuerhuihe impressed the Rakshasa envoy very deeply, and the two parties finally happily reached a consensus on the price.

However, tonight, Danzila went to the agreed place for the third time, and still did not find any trace of the transport team, which is definitely not a good omen.

During the interval of the chanting ceremony, he reported the news to Galdan.

"It seems that [-] muskets are too late to go to war."

This is not the first time in Galdan's career that the Raksha people have not kept their agreement.He wasn't surprised, just sorry.The army of the Qing Dynasty has been replenished, and when it is exhausted, a reserve army of 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands can be mobilized, and his army of barely 3 is the hope of Moxi Mongolia.It is good to sacrifice one less.

"If the price hadn't been suppressed so hard at the beginning..."

"Khan, we can win without these guns."

"of course."

The darkness cannot trouble the hunter on the steppe.Galdan stared at the Qing army stationed in the company camp at the foot of the hill.Both of them knew that a big war was imminent, although they were still haggling over the terms of the peace talks during the day.Even Iraguk was brought out from Guihua City to try to confuse him.The emperor's elder brother, Prince Yu, is really pathetic and ridiculous.It takes less than an hour to see the result of the battle.They occupy favorable high ground.

At the same time, Fuquan is also personally monitoring the movements of the Zhunjun.

He is neither pathetic nor ridiculous.Fuquan understands at least the principle of gaining a favorable location.This kind of back attack, which is taboo for military strategists, is just the result of compromise.

The situation at the moment is that they are about to be sold out, and Kangxi's life and death are uncertain. If the delay continues, it is not surprising that the army will completely disintegrate someday.

Let's not argue about whether chanting sutras before the war is useful or not.At least, it has increased the cohesion of the Zhun army, and everyone has the same heart and the same reason; what about the Qing army?Even though there is less than an hour left before the dawn of the war, each family still cleans the snow before their own doors.

Fuquan tried his best, but he just lacked that kind of charm, the personal charm of a leader, like Galdan, the power to unite people's hearts.

The army is full of loopholes: empty pay has increased the burden on the army, and the skyrocketing rice price in the capital has caused many people to make small calculations to resell the army rations; Erdan surrendered.The few warriors with the most combat effectiveness and the most determined will not be able to go to the front line: the noble but weak noble lords and court officials need exclusive guards.Guang Suo'etu alone picked away hundreds of Mongolian elites.

Even within the command core, opinions cannot be unified.

Suo'etu was not the only person on the grassland who was thinking about the change of the throne.

Big brother's eagerness is comparable to him.

The ego aggravation and pleasure of owning an army amplifies this urgency.

The current chaos: not in the capital, with soldiers in hand, King Darhan's kindness, etc., are all strongly tempting big brother.This may be the moment he is closest to the throne.

Especially when rumors spread in the army and the emperor was critically ill.

The elder brother is eager to end the war and returns to Khan Ama with the halo of military achievements.Maybe he can't change anything, his younger brother is still the successor, but at least that way, there will be no regrets.

It's a pity that he is only the deputy commander, and the coach is Prince Yu.So between nephew and uncle, friction often broke out.

On the eve of the war, Prince Yu could nominally command an army of [-], of which [-] auxiliary soldiers were removed, and ghosts and ghosts with different intentions were removed. He was conscripted to be the essence of private security. Just a little more under his command.

Its daybreak.

Visibility was just enough for the cannon to aim, and both sides fired at the same time.

The heavy shell, as the fuze was ignited, flew precisely to the opposite position.Ulan Butong, this low but steep red hill, kept crying, and large chunks of soil splashed and fell, causing secondary damage to the Qing army attacking down the mountain.The Eight Banners soldiers, who were used to cold weapons, were ignorant of this kind of artillery battle, and they stood densely in several square formations, becoming a living target for the Junggar artillery formation.As soon as the battle started, the casualties of the Qing army soared.

The elder brother had been looking forward to the battle for a long time and took the lead in the charge.He is one of the few generals in the army who knows artillery well, and he accompanied Kangxi to inspect the firearms battalion many times.He ordered to advance at high speed only when the enemy was filling ammunition, so that his men had the fewest casualties and the fastest moving speed, and they were the first to rush to the predetermined location.

Galdan chose Ulan Butong Mountain to camp, because the south side of it is a cliff that cannot be climbed; the only thing that can go up is the steep slope in the north, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.In order to transport the cannon to the top of the mountain, when the horses, camels, and even mules and donkeys were all untenable, the Eruts tied the ropes tightly to their shoulders, step by step with bloody footprints, and inserted their fingers into the sharp crevices of the rocks. Gritting his back molars, he pushed the cart up by manpower.

In such a position, both sides are determined to win, and a bloody battle is inevitable.

The elder brother carefully interrogated the defeated Alani and some soldiers who escaped from the encirclement by chance, and thought he had found a unique book of victory: he specially ordered people to go back to Beijing to get clairvoyance for use, and also asked his soldiers to carry one with them. The oil-paper umbrella shielded him from the shadow, and before mobilizing the soldiers to climb the slope, he calmly observed how Galdan arranged the forward position on the slope.

Here's what he saw through the telescope.

Galdan proudly named it: Camel City.

This tactic was originally called the car fort, and it has been used in many European countries. The chariot is transformed from an ordinary cart, which can not only accommodate soldiers to shoot, but also carry light artillery.Two horses ensured mobility, and infantry was often deployed around the vehicle, pioneered by the famous Czech general, Jan Jeska.

After Galdan learned about this tactic in Nerchinsk, he made a simplified version.If there was no chariot, the camels would be tied to their limbs, and these poor creatures would be forced to kneel in a designated position, and wet blankets would be spread on their bodies, and circular fortifications would be placed to reduce the possible injuries to the soldiers.

The eldest brother had never seen this strange formation, and he did not have the upper hand in attacking. He finally made a wise decision: retreat first, share information with other people in the army, and brainstorm.

After listening to the elder brother's report, Prince Yu couldn't think of a way to deal with it in a hurry, so he ordered the attack to be suspended and surrounded without fighting.

Both the enemy and the enemy have gained valuable rest time.

Galdan interpreted this interval as Fuquan was afraid and wanted to retreat.Satisfied, he patrolled the camel city, distributed water and dry food to the soldiers himself, and even let go of his throat when he was happy, and sang a short Mongolian folk song.The ease of the coach made the soldiers more confident.

"If we had the three thousand guns, we could go down to their camp and have lunch."

However, the gun never arrives.

Dobb ventured to Moscow.

Nobody told.

He was disappointed with Kangxi's attitude of appeasing Iraguk.The arrest of Wu Erzhanzabu made Dobu have to consider his own safety.After a long period of entanglement, he chose to seek refuge in a foreign country again.If Iraguk didn't get rid of it, he didn't dare to tell Kangxi clearly about his whereabouts, which was almost equivalent to suicide.

Dressing up is commonplace for him, and he still has some precious gemstones that are easy to carry. Dobb knows where to hide in Moscow, as long as he has money.

In the battle of Ulan Butong in the previous life, the Qing army narrowly defeated the Zhun army, and its own side also suffered heavy casualties.Afterwards, we found out that Luo Sha supported a batch of muskets at the last moment, which suddenly increased the firepower of the quasi-army.

Big brother's vanguard position was held by Dobb back then.With his courage and courage, he won a beautiful princess as his wife.In this life, Dobu still contributed to the victory of Ulan Butong, an unknown force.

He bribed with a lot of money to get the opportunity to meet Peter I.The young tsar still remembered this strong and short young man with excellent marksmanship, happily invited him to hunt together, and asked about the progress of the battle in Mobei.The Nerchinsk garrison just happened to return to Moscow, asking for more firearms and stronger defenses.Dobu knew that as soon as the batch of guns arrived, they planned to resell them to Galdan.

Peter I was satisfied with the income of the first year of trade with the Qing Dynasty and expected it to become an important source of treasury income.This was Dobu's biggest bargaining chip in convincing him to reject the request of the Nerchinsk garrison.

However, one ebbs and another.Three thousand muskets were removed, but a wise and courageous vanguard was lost to help. As a result, Fuquan still couldn't think of a way to break the camel city.His subordinates are only the big elder brother who seems to be in harmony with the gods, and a few cowardly turtles who are as cowardly as a mouse and pretend to be numbers.

At the critical moment, two people stood up.

Tong Guogang, and Galdan.

Dobu's father, originally with the elderly Tushetuhan, was placed far in the rear.But the anger of being attacked last time, and some ridicule from the Monan nobles, made Galdan decide to put on his armor and go into battle.Dobb's arrogance was inherited from his father.As a daughter-in-law, Hai Feng has only seen her father-in-law treat her as kindly as a daughter, but he doesn't know that this father, who has been overshadowed by his son, is actually a brave man who treats death like home.

The shining Dobu was absent, and on the battlefield of Ulan Butong, it was finally Galdan's turn to walk to the center of the historical stage and show his talents.

Tong Guogang proposed to treat others in the same way as others.

"Alani was defeated in the previous battle. Didn't it mean that he was taken from the back? Now we are doing the same. I will take a team and go back to the south of the mountain. Erdan was tied with a rope and jumped off the south cliff to escape. Even if we win the battle, we will have no face to face the emperor. When I arrive, you will bombard again. We have more cannons than them. Don’t spare the iron cannons and gunpowder. We must explode There is no way to get to the top of the mountain. When he is in a hurry, he has to rush down regardless of the north and south. As long as we get to the flat ground, we will win."

Fuquan thinks this strategy is very good, but the candidate is wrong.

"Uncle Guo can strategize here, and this king chooses another young general to go."

"Second brother, let me go, Uncle Tong Guo..."

"Chang Ning, the enemy is at hand, shut up!"

"Prince Yu doesn't have to be like this, the old man knows what Prince Gong wants to say."

Tong Guogang looked around at the generals and generals gathered under the commander's tent at this moment, their voices were like a bell, and could be heard even outside the tent.

"The relatives of the Tong family entered the court. For many years, I know how much you have criticized me. Since I left the capital, how you have been slack and failed the holy grace. These old eyes can also see clearly. At the moment of life and death, we have to care about these things. Waiting for Galdan to rush down from the mountain, burn all jade and stone, and go to the underworld together, it will not be too late to calculate carefully! If you have the courage, stand up and go with me to make a detour!"

"Uncle Guo, I am willing to go with you!"

Galdan, who was standing on the edge, used his tall and heavy body to push away the trembling cowards in front of him, and walked straight to Tong Guogang.

"I'm a rough person, unlike Uncle Guo, who speaks clearly. What I said just now can be said to the bottom of my heart. These days, I always hear that it is the Tuxietu Khan who is reluctant to send me to Junggar to pay my blood. I just want to ask: Which wolf would not eat the good mutton? It is right to pick up the musket and bow as soon as possible to keep your territory. Otherwise, even if it is taken away by Galdan, it deserves it!"

Speaking of this, Fuquan couldn't stop these two people, so he had to order more elites, and then find a large cart to transport light mother and child cannons to go together to increase the combat effectiveness of the outflanking team.

Tong Guogang asked someone to take the pen and ink, and wrote a letter to his nephew Kangxi, reporting that he had volunteered and had nothing to do with Prince Yu.Galdan stood by and watched, feeling admiration spontaneously.Tong Guogang asked him if he could write, but Galdan felt embarrassed instead.

"My son hasn't married yet, so I dare not die. I have to see my daughter-in-law enter the door. His mother died early, and it would be shameful if I wasn't around."

Tong Guogang thought it was very interesting, so he added this sentence to the letter, sealed it, and handed it to Prince Yu.

"Uncle Guo, think again? There are many good fighters in the army..."

"Does Prince Yu really think so?"

Under Tong Guogang's sharp scrutiny, Fuquan failed to continue lying.

"My lord, most of this army is a villain who is just waiting to die. If we are defeated like a mountain, they may fall to Junggar. The emperor... Forget it, don't say such unlucky words. The Tong family has been favored by the emperor for many years. I I have always felt that I am ashamed to accept it. If I can return the body shrouded in horse leather, it may not be unhappy."

After personally pulling the horse, Tong Guogang rode on it briskly, galloped on the horse, raised his arms and shouted.

"Warriors, follow me!"

(End of this chapter)