The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 617 Don't stay with you ([-])
The Qing army outflanked the Junggar army in three directions. Galdan was furious and completely turned against the Qing. He led his troops to the south and arrived in Ulan Butong on August 31, which is only more than [-] miles away from the capital.

But Galdan didn't know that this trip to the south had actually fallen into the trap of the emperor.

The closer the battlefield is to the capital, the shorter the Qing army's logistics line, and the longer Galdan's logistics line.He was already outnumbered by the Qing army, so he presumptuously thought that Tsarist Russia would support him from behind, but he didn't know that this powerful backing had already been cut off by the emperor.

However, this was a matter of fighting hard, but Galdan's marching direction was beyond the emperor's expectations.

Prince Gong Changning's troops failed to reach Ulan Butong in time, and among the other troops, Azini, who was retained, led the remnants of more than [-] men to make peace with the Fu Plenary Meeting in late August, but the [-] troops from Horqin's direction The rest of the troops only had time to rush hundreds of miles north of Ulan Butong, and failed to directly participate in the battle.

This Ublan Butong is a crimson hill. The Paozi River and Harha River flow into the Salik River from the northwest of Ulan Butong, and then flow north into the Xilamulun River.The south slope of Mount Ubullantong is to the north of the cliff bridge that cannot be climbed, while the north slope is an extremely steep slope that can be climbed, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Galdan troops searched for the deep valleys in the mountains and forests, built camps against danger, and set up formations in the forests on the mountains. They used tens of thousands of camels, tied the camels' hooves and knelt on the ground. On the stack of boxes, a line of defense is formed around Ulan Butong Mountain, which is the camel city.Soldiers of the Galdan army shot at the target with muskets purchased from Tsarist Russia from the gap between the camels.

Although the Qing army also possessed muskets, bows and arrows, but the camel city was hard and difficult to attack, and they couldn't do it for a while.

The troops led by Fuquan were all elites, but they had never seen the power of the camel city, and thought they had the advantage of artillery, so they sent Tong Guogang to go around and prepare to bombard the mountains and blow up the camel city arranged by Galdan.

However, although the tactic of detour and side attack is simple, it is quite difficult to operate accurately.

Fuquan arranged hastily, and the Qing army was out of order. They raised their cannons and attacked the Junggar army.

Galdan smoothly dispatched the cavalry of the reserve army, charged down the slope with long thorns, and Fuquan's soldiers were immediately defeated.

Rangardan's cavalry not only includes bow cavalry and sword cavalry, but also has a large number of musketeer cavalry with matchlock guns.

The first person spotted Tong Guogang, who was bravely fighting the enemy in the wilderness and chaos, raised his gun to aim, and hit Tong Guogang in the chest with one shot.

Fortunately, this shot missed the key point of the central gate, and it only shattered Tong Guogang's chest and knocked him off his horse.

Seeing him like this, Shen Ye, who was appointed as the lieutenant general by the emperor along with Fu's whole army, hurriedly protected him all the way to the barracks.

Tong Guogang is brave and good at fighting, but now he is seriously injured in victory and defeat, naturally the army is in chaos.

The Qing army lost its backbone in an instant, and the situation was in chaos. The soldiers fled in a hurry, causing countless casualties.

Bearing the brunt was Zhengbai Qi and Dong Sege who had the idea of ​​retreating before the battle, and after humiliating others, he finally dispelled this idea.

It can be seen that after seeing how powerful the Galdan army is, how can anyone not spare their lives?
Many generals didn't say anything, but for their own safety, they secretly selected hardcover soldiers from all their troops as personal guards, and the Qing army's command department assembled and mobilized troops according to the establishment. The number of soldiers in the army has been greatly reduced.

Fuquan had no choice but to force the cavalry to charge forward and capture the enemy camp.

The forward leader Gestai and the forward leader Maitu went straight into the enemy camp, charged for several rounds, and finally stumbled and were besieged and strangled by the Junggar army.

The battle fell into anxiety for a while. When Zheng Fuquan was in trouble, Shen Ye said to Fuquan after checking the arsenal: "My lord, judging from the front-line firepower, our army's muskets are no match for the Junggar army's firearms imported from Tsarist Russia. Forced hard work There will only be heavy casualties. However, when I inspected the arsenal, I saw that the remaining muskets and cannons were many times more than the Junggar army. In my humble opinion, it is better to retreat and defend and stop attacking, and confront the Junggar army from a distance. Shooting and attacking. After a few days of delay, when they run out of ammunition, no matter how sophisticated the line of defense is, it will be destroyed by itself."

Fuquan adopted Shen Ye's suggestion and followed suit.

Sure enough, after another two days of fierce fighting, the firepower of the Junggar army was obviously weakened.

At this time, Prince Gong Changning's leading spies from the Right Route Army came to report, and the reinforcements would arrive within a day.

And Galdan was strategizing on the battlefield, how could he fail to see the Qing army's intentions?

Now if you want to make the cavalry dive down the slope, it will definitely become a living target for the Qing army's guns.

If this matter is not retreated, there will only be a dead end.

Galdan then sent envoys to Fuquan's camp to pretend to seek peace. Shen Ye, the committee member of Fuquan, negotiated with him.

But Fuquan was afraid because he didn't know the real situation of the enemy army, Tong Guogang was seriously injured, and the generals were killed and injured.

After Galdan stabilized Fuquan, the two sides temporarily withdrew their troops. Taking advantage of this gap, Galdan quickly packed up his troops, horses and luggage, crossed the Salik River overnight, and fled to the northwest.

Along the way, he also ordered people to burn all the withered grass in autumn, so as to disturb the sight and sound and cut off the pursuers.

In this battle, the Qing army had far more casualties than the Junggar army, but the result of the battle was that Galdan fled in the end, so it was considered a victory.

Fuquan and Chang Ning chased out of the barracks for hundreds of miles, while Shen Ye stayed behind to clean up the mess.

And the reason why he gave up the opportunity to make great contributions and chose to stay was entirely because he was thinking of the imperial decree made by the emperor and him in his heart.

If you lose, try your best to escort Tong Guogang back to Beijing.If you win, kill it. '

He naturally understands the emperor's thoughts, if he loses, he will return to the capital to humiliate him, and if he wins, he will kill Tong's arrogance with his body.

At that time, Shen Ye and Tong Guogang were alone in the tent, and Tong Guogang was treated by the accompanying doctor, and his injury has stabilized.

He faintly heard the trumpets of victory beating drums in his sickbed, and looked out into the distance: "But you won?"

Shen Ye looked at him with cold eyes: "Go back to Master Tong, you have won."

Tong Guogang coughed twice, then smiled suddenly: "It's good to win, it's good to win! In this way, Tong's position in the previous dynasty can be regarded as completely stable!"

Shen Ye also smiled: "It's stable, it's just that my lord won't be able to see him in the future."

Tong Guogang's laughter stopped abruptly, and he stared at Shen Ye in panic. He saw him walking slowly to the case, took the musket on it, and then walked towards him slowly: "The emperor's imperial decree, if this battle is won, then we will win the battle." I want to take your life. Don't worry, my lord, if you die in battle, the emperor will definitely grant you infinite glory after death."

Tong Guogang opened his mouth wide and wanted to call for help, but Shen Ye tightly covered his pale lips, pointed his musket against his injured chest, and fired a shot without hesitation.

After the shot was fired, Tong Guogang immediately stopped struggling and died in the camp.

With a calm face, Shen Ye put the musket back to its original position, poured clean water to wash off the blood stains on his body, and after cleaning up all this, he knelt down and bowed to Tong Guogang three times, and then Qi Yu cried out: "Master Tong is dead!"

In September of the 29th year of Kangxi, Tong Guogang conquered Galdan, was unfortunately shot in a fierce battle with Uburantong, and died heroically. ①
　Remarks ①: According to Qing history records, Tong Guogang died in the Battle of Ubulantong.When the body was transported back to Beijing, all officials came out to welcome him, and Emperor Kangxi made an exception and held a state funeral for him.

　　
　
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