Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 43 Before the Great War
The generals had a bitter face and did not dare to promise. Shuodai, the commander of the Khalkha Mongolian cavalry, came from the grassland and was no stranger to this marching route. There are people smoking, and our army has nowhere to supply food and grass, so what should we do?"

Xi'an General Bo Wen, who was in charge of the logistics, also stood up and said: "Commander, the current supply of food and grass in our army is only enough for five days, and the next batch of food and grass will not arrive until three days at the earliest. There is too little time. "

Adiha, the commander of the Firearms Battalion, got even more angry, and shouted: "Commander, the general's subordinates are full of artillery, how can they be as fast as their cavalry? Thirty miles a day is already the limit. Can we reach the ground within ten days?"

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Someone took the lead, and the battalion commanders all complained about their grievances in a mess, and for a while, the big tent was no different from the vegetable market.Yin Zuo stood up with a smile, waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, generals, the matter of food and grass has been arranged by the Holy Majesty. The Holy Majesty has ordered Master Mingzhu to allocate half of the grain and grass of the Chinese army, and it has been transferred to Sabodui. On the way the army is marching, our army will arrive within five days."

Fei Yanggu then said: "Everyone, this is His Majesty's grace. Your Majesty would rather suffer than forget our West Route Army. If you don't work hard, will you be worthy of His Majesty's love?"

All the generals knelt down to thank the Lord Long En.Fei Yanggu looked around at the generals and said: "I order: all the troops immediately prepare dry food for five days, throw away the rest of the baggage, and leave half of the artillery here for the artillery, gather all the mules and horses in the baggage battalion, and transport the remaining artillery to the place. Zhao Moduo. The forward Ying Shuodai will be the vanguard, and General Bo Wen will be the rear guard to gather up the laggard sergeants. It's getting late today, rest here for the night, and set off tomorrow morning, all the generals should go get ready."

There are two flowers blooming, one for each branch. Leaving aside the hard work of the long-distance raid by the West Route Army, Mr. Kangxi's Central Route Army split into two groups with great fanfare and went straight to the North Meng Nalan Mountain. Galdan did not expect the Qing Army to come. It was so fast, let alone that Emperor Kangxi would personally march in person. When he saw Kangxi’s imperial camp and the continuous Qing army camp from a distance in the North Mengalan Mountain, he couldn’t help being shocked, so he ordered the entire army to abandon all tents and equipment. , fled westward by night.Kangxi seized the opportunity to search and suppress the remnants of Galdan in the Bayan Ulan area, and personally led the elite cavalry to chase for 3 days and nights until Tuonuo Mountain (Bayan Ulan East).Under the pursuit of the Qing army, the Galdan army fled westward all the way, and many old and weak people and their belongings were forced to abandon. When they reached Terelji (southeast of today's Ulaanbaatar), there were only [-] troops left.

After ten days and nights of arduous marching, the Fei Yanggu Department of the Qingxi Route Army finally arrived at Zhaomodo on the afternoon of May 3. However, there were only less than [-] troops left in the army, including only one cavalry. Ten thousand and five, the rest are infantry, the men and horses are exhausted, and the combat power is greatly reduced.Fei Yang, a famous general of the ancient generation, of course knew that it was not appropriate to take the initiative to attack at this time, and immediately ordered the entire army to rest in the dense forest for the time being. The rear army sent a message, ordering the rear army to gather their troops and stop approaching Zhao Moduo.

When night fell, the scouts sent out reported that Galdan's army was about 400 strong, all elite cavalry, and the camp was only 5000 miles away from Zhaomodo.The situation suddenly became serious—it was difficult to defeat Gerdan's cavalry head-on with less than 9000 tired soldiers, let alone wipe them all out. Fei Yanggu immediately summoned all the generals to discuss matters.This time, Fei Yanggu gave no room for the generals to express their opinions, and directly issued a combat order: Early the next morning, Shuo Dai, the commander of the vanguard battalion, led [-] cavalry to challenge Galdan's camp. Arrived at Zhaomoduo; General Ku Suoda led the capital infantry, Xi'an Lvying, and Chahar Mongolian cavalry, a total of [-] troops, to line up on the mountain east of Zhaomoduo; A total of [-] Mongolian soldiers from Erka lined up along the river to block Gerdan's way of crossing the river; General Zhenwu Sun Sike led [-] green battalion soldiers to line up on the top of Zhaomoduo Mountain; Fei Yanggu personally led [-] fine cavalry Hiding in the dense forest on the hill opposite Zhaomodo, waiting for the opportunity of war; the whole army is ready immediately.

It was originally Yin Zuo's proposal to set Fu Zhao Mo Duo. Seeing Fei Yanggu's arrangement at this moment, he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart - it's fine if Galdan doesn't come, as long as he comes, he can't run away.With Yinzuo's eyes, it is easy to see the key to this ambush - Sun Sike's troops guarding the top of the mountain are the key to the overall situation. As long as the top of the mountain is under the control of the Qing army, they can take advantage of Galdan to retreat at any time Killing at that time, relying on the mountain, the cavalry will be unstoppable and will surely smash Galdan's army. Therefore, if Galdan comes here, he must first attack the top of the mountain. Once the top of the mountain is lost, the Qing army will be cut into two In the second stage, Galdan's army will be condescending and will turn against customers. At that time, even if Fei Yanggu's cavalry is dispatched, it will not be able to save the collapse of the battle situation. Dan, not to mention the complete annihilation of Galdan's army.

"Marshal, please stay on the top of the mountain." According to the original plan, Yinzuo would follow Fei Yanggu to hide in the dense forest, but Yinzuo himself was not happy: Didn't we come all the way because we wanted to get addicted to war? , Hiding in the dense forest and playing sneak attack is also very cool, but you don't have any soldiers, so it's boring to play, isn't it?

"Huh?" Fei Yanggu couldn't help being stunned for a moment, knowing in his heart that Yinzuo had seen the key to this ambush. The question is whether Yinzuo is an elder brother or a favored elder brother. Fei Yanggu didn't The courage to let Yin Zuo take risks, if there is something good or bad, what will Fei Yanggu do to explain to Mr. Kangxi. "Sixth elder brother, it's better to stay with me." Fei Yanggu threw down a sentence, turned around and was about to leave, but Yin Zuo was so anxious that he said loudly: "Fei Shuai, the last general is the deputy of the West Route Army. Handsome, I can't lose the face of my Aixinjueluo family, please give me permission from the handsome."

This is what Yinzuo said, and Fei Yanggu has nothing to do. Besides, Fei Yanggu has already learned from the secret order that the designer of this battle is the sixth elder brother, so he pondered for a while and said: "Attention! Safe." As soon as the voice fell, he strode away.

Sun Sike, courtesy name Jinchen, was 54 years old at the time, and was a member of the Han Army Zhengbaiqi.The famous general of the green camp in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty made great contributions to the suppression of the Wu Sangui Rebellion. Together with Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, and Wang Jinbao, he was called the "Four Han Generals of Hexi". His father was Sun Degong, a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty.Among the armies on the West Route, Sun Sike's army is the lowest one, but it is also the most well-trained one. There are 1 people when they go out for the expedition. After such a long and arduous march, there are still more than 8000 people in Zhaomodo. , can be regarded as the most powerful unit in the West Route Army. This time Fei Yanggu let him be stationed on the top of the mountain because he took a fancy to the combat effectiveness of the green battalion under him.Originally, Sun Sike was a little happy to get the hardest bone, but when he heard that the sixth elder brother would also stay on the top of the mountain, it was like pouring a basin of water on his head, and his heart felt cold.

For this easy-going sixth elder brother, Sun Sike has heard a lot about him. He is not easy to mess with. Not enough to cut, but Yinzuo is an elder brother, or the deputy commander of the West Route Army. Sun Sike has nothing to do if he wants to object, so he welcomes Yinzuo into the camp politely, and keeps asking God to bless this elder brother in his heart. What a weird thing.

How could Sun Sike's little thought be hidden from Yinzuo, but Yinzuo didn't bother to say anything at the moment, anyway, it was getting dark now, and there was no way to light a torch to dig trenches in order not to disturb Galdan's army thirty miles away , Repair work, all things will be discussed after dawn, besides, after more than 20 days of continuous rotation, Yinzuo is already exhausted. He arranged for his own guards to watch the night, got into the tent by himself, and fell asleep.

The big battle is imminent, it would be a lie to say that you are not nervous, Ruya has no eyesight, and will not care whether you are a soldier or an elder brother, if you are next to him, you have to accept your fate. Heart palpitations for no reason, let alone a recruit like Yin Zuo.Don't look at Yinzuo's calm look before, in fact, I still feel a little hairy in my heart. No, I got up before dawn. I planned to meditate and practice Wudang internal skills for a while, but I couldn't get into it anyway. I decided, my heart was always up and down, so I had no choice but to walk out of the tent, pretending to go to inspect the army, just to clear my mind.

Zhaomoduo was originally a small hill, and more than 5000 green battalions were nestled on the hill. Except for the two tents of Yinzuo and Sun Sike in the Central Army, there were no people lying down, and 5000 troops lay down one by one on the ground. It was already crowded. Unbearable, there is not even a place to stay, and there is no way to go out, and there is no way to inspect, so I have to go back to the tent and lie down, half dreaming and half awake, dazed, finally staying up until dawn, planning to discuss with Sun Sike Once the defensive arrangements were made, Old Man Sun came to the door by himself.

"Morning, Lord Baylor, this is the defense map drawn by the officer last night, please correct me, Lord Baylor." Sun Sike handed over the map with a smile on his face.

Dare to love, when we were sleeping soundly yesterday, this old man was very busy, ashamed, ashamed, yes, hurry up and watch old man Sun's masterpiece.Well, not to mention, the topographic map drawn by Old Man Sun really looks like a real thing. The mountains are mountains, and the water is water, even with contour lines.While looking at the picture of Mr. Sun, Yin Zuo casually tossed on the ground, using the water to wash his face, and after a while, he made a model, took out a piece of paper from his arms, tore, tore, and made a model After setting up the formation, the old and the young faced the sand table and practiced for a long time, and finally settled the defense work on the top of the mountain.

"Master Baylor, how did you learn how to make a model with this hand? It's very wonderful. If you can make a model for marching and fighting in the future, this battle will be much easier." Sun Sike saw at a glance that this sand table is really a treasure for marching and fighting. Actually learned a trick.

Where did you come from?Oh, it looks like it was done online in the previous life, but I can't say it clearly.Yinzuo chuckled and said, "It's nothing, we just figured it out when we were thinking about it."

"Master Baylor is brilliant, I admire you." Sun Sike's words were not entirely flattering. Yinzuo did have two hands in arranging troops just now, and the integration with Sun Sike's arrangement also turned the entire fortification on the top of the mountain into a death trap. .

"Lord Baylor, your banknote..." Sun Sike suddenly spoke in half.

What?Bank note?It was only then that Yin Zuo realized that the paper he took out just now was a bank note, which belonged to Zhang Qianliang, and he felt distressed: We have a lot of money, but we can't spend it like this, can we?My gosh!But he said: "Ah, it's okay, it's okay, after the battle, the Holy Majesty will naturally reward you with a lot of silver, hahaha..."

"That's, that's, Lord Baylor, you rest first, I'm going to deploy one or two immediately." Sun Sike was anxious to deploy troops, and Yin Zuo was not too polite. After all, time waits for no one, so prepare more and wait Be more cautious, and said with a smile: "Okay, you go first, and Ben Baylor will be there later." Well, hurry up and pack up all the broken bank notes, and ask someone to write them later, maybe they can still be used.While he was busy, a half-smile appeared outside the tent, "Master, it's time for you to have breakfast."

Damn, you Liu Yao, dare to make fun of your master, hey, let's see how we deal with you.Yinzuo's face sank and he said: "Little demon, go and pack up the banknotes on the ground for your master. After this battle, those are your rewards."

Liu Yao, the eldest son of Liu Shuangcheng, is currently the captain of Yinzuo's personal guard.A few years ago, Yinzuo had brought Liu Shuangcheng and Haida into his sect, and they were both released to become officials. Liu Shuangcheng had good official luck, and with Yinzuo's help and his third brother Liu Mingchuan's financial support, it was already The admiral of the Fujian navy is a dignified second-rank officer. Although the navy has no status in the Qing army, he can still be regarded as a senior officer. As for Haida, his official luck is much worse, and he is now in Guangzhou. The envoy of Xuanfu is only fifth rank, except that he doesn't have a rich younger brother, Yinzuo doesn't care much about him, without him, Yinzuo has already guessed that Haida is one of the nails that the old man Kangxi placed beside him. one.

Liu Yao is two years older than Yinzuo, has a good temper, and he has practiced well in martial arts inherited from his family. He always likes to talk and laugh on weekdays. He has followed Yinzuo for four years. Demon." Seeing that the scraps of paper all over the floor became his reward, he was not angry, and said cheerfully: "Thank you, Lord, I don't know that we have learned paper paper since we were young, and we planned to make a living by it. Come on, hey, post it, thank you for your reward." There was also a look of greed on purpose on his face, which made Yinzuo burst out laughing, and his tense mood, which was a little tense because of the imminent battle, relaxed Quite a lot.

Needless to say, the Green Battalion soldiers under Sun Sike were really nimble. In less than two hours, those fortifications were almost complete. If it was replaced by that guy from the Beijing Division Eight Banners, they might still be in a mess this time.Pit pits, antlers, artillery positions, lumber, rolling stones, cavalry attack passages, and trenches are all available. Yin Zuo walked around the small hill, but he didn't find anything wrong.

Well, yes, with such subordinates, this battle can be fought.Yinzuo was proud of himself when he suddenly heard an uproar: "Come, come!" Looking back, there was a lot of smoke and dust in the distance. It seemed that there were too many people coming, so he was busy and pulled out the sword at his waist , shouted: "All the troops listen to the order: everyone is on position, the whole army is on alert!" The soldiers of the green battalion who were sitting on the ground and resting immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths, put their arrows on the hook, and focused their attention on guard. All eyes were fixed on the place where the smoke and dust rose.

After a while, Shuo Dai, the leader of the Vanguard Battalion, led more than [-] cavalry and rushed past Zhaomodo without stopping, and ran directly to Kusuoda on the right. Twenty feet away from the mountain, they stopped. After a group of people roared and neighed, four neat square formations were formed. Thousands of rangers scattered outside the formation to prevent sneak attacks from the left and right wings of the Qing army.

The battlefield fell silent for a while, except for the occasional sound of a horse snorting, the battlefield was completely silent, the air was filled with the tension before the war, the atmosphere was very oppressive, and it made people feel unstoppable fear...

(End of this chapter)