Chapter 316 Insidious
“Woo…”
Junggar's army used the horn.
The vigorous horn slowly stepped into the battlefield selected by Dundo with the five thousand cavalrymen. Opposite them, Yue Zhongqi and Yan Xin were already carrying five thousand elite cavalry to be on the battlefield.
The distance between the two cavalry was only about three miles.
This made Dundu feel relieved. Three miles, the cavalry will arrive instantly as soon as it is launched. Moreover, what made Dundu feel even more relieved was that the army in Yuzhong also formed a formation seven miles behind the Qing cavalry. It was so majestic that there were more than 10,000 people. This was almost all the forces of the Qing army that he knew. In other words, if Yuzhong planned to repent and suddenly attacked with a large army, he would have to walk a seven-mile journey. This period of time was enough to make his cavalry break out of contact with the Qing cavalry opposite. If the Qing cavalry dared to pursue, he would only be fatal to be hit by the Junggar Jingqi during the pursuit.
"Didn't you plan to use tricks?" Dundo touched his cheek. Although the snow had melted in most places, the weather in Tibet was still a little cold.
"Yu Junmen, what are you going to do? Are you really watching our cavalry fight against the junggar people?" As a bannerman, Qi Shiwu's body was still quite strong, so he also wore a military uniform and stood beside Zhong.
"I haven't said that!" Yu Zhong answered indifferently, then picked up the telescope and looked at Dundo on the opposite slope, and smiled at Zhao Dahe who was standing beside him, "Are you talking about that boy named Dundo? He was sitting in the front right away? Did he treat himself as the commander of the cavalry and don't want to command the entire army?... If I had known this, I would have prepared a sniper killer, dig a hole and hide there first, and take the opportunity to shoot him first. Wouldn't this war be over!"
"Military Sect, now is not the time to dream. What kind of abacus are you trying to do?" Because you lived and died with Yu Zhong. Speaking of which, you have saved Yu Zhong's life, Zhao Dahe is sometimes not very polite to his chief general. Sniper the dead soldiers? Before the war, in order to prevent their own tricks, both sides almost dug out all the bugs in the field.
"My abacus is very obvious, don't you see it?" Yu Zhongchao pointed in the distance, and Zhao Dahe and Qi Shiwu immediately looked there along his fingers... It was just a few horses standing on a more prominent hillside a few miles away. Of course, there were still people soon.
"That seems to be our scout, so what's wrong?" Zhao Dahe asked in confusion. Since we were going to have a cavalry duel, we must be wary of the other party being foolish. Dunduo had the same idea as them. Therefore, after the decisive battle was set yesterday, they sent scouts to investigate and detectives. Today, they were still like this, and they all scattered all the scouts around, fearing that the other party would have ambushed. In the area pointed at Zhong, it was a scout team sent by the Qing army. Similarly, there were also Zhun Ge's scouts elsewhere.
"As the head of the artillery camp, how much do you know about the types of artillery?" Yu Zhong asked Zhao Dahe with a smile again.
"What does this matter?" Qi Shiwu asked frowned. Yu Zhong was still intent on keeping him in a silence. It was so hateful! If Kangxi hadn't just sent him to counsel military affairs, but sent him to supervise the military, he would have recorded this guy's military power first.
"Of course it's relevant. Each type of artillery has its own characteristics, so as a general, you must use it well so that it can achieve the greatest effect in different situations... Lord Qi, when fighting, you must know that the enemy is right, but you also need to be a close friend!" Yu Zhong looked like a master. Although his tone was light, it also made Qi Shiwu's face change color. If it weren't for worrying about the cavalry on the opposite side, this guy might have left immediately.
"Military Gate, what's strange about that team of scouts?" Zhao Dahe asked.
"It's nothing. Actually, I'm just a little clever this time! That kid Li Shitou is there, and he also brought a new mortar!" Yu Zhongyin smiled in a dark smile.
"Morch cannon?" Zhao Dahe was shocked. Of course, he knew what this kind of mortar cannon was. It was not the original earth cannon. Instead, a craftsman in Fengtian Cannon Factory suddenly had a whim and made the old "mother-child sky cannon" with small front and large barrels, which were as thick as the front and back, and made the gun body thin... This kind of cannon has a range of only four miles and is not very powerful. However, it has a very important feature, that is, it is light weight and easy to carry. If necessary, two people can carry this kind of cannon around, which is an excellent choice for mountain combat, attacking opponents, and firing muffled cannons. But now, Yu Zhong said that a mortar cannon was sent to Li Shitou, the god gunner, and then look at the current location of Li Shitou and his men...
"Military Gate, aren't you?" Zhao Dahe couldn't feel that he was two steps away from Yu Zhong.
This is really too dark. Everyone thought he might have some big plan, but who could have imagined that he was just a little insidious "smart".
"What the hell is going on?" Qi Shiwu listened anxiously! Although he was once the Minister of War, he only knew one or two of them. Usually, he only looked at the number of things. How could he know what the so-called "new mortar" in Yuzhong was?
"Mr. Qi, just take a look. I have to make some arrangements so that the other party will not be too anxious and will fight for us!" Zhao Dahe smiled bitterly, turned around and went to his own artillery camp.
"Yu Junmen!" Qi Shiwu turned to Yu Zhong and asked sternly.
"boom!"
Before the war, the battlefield was silent! So, almost everyone was shocked by the sudden sound of cannon.
"General Yue!"
Yan Xinxun, who was standing in front of the Qing cavalry formation, looked in his voice, and then he shouted at Yue Zhongqi in disbelief.
"…The military gate is so insidious!"
Yue Zhongqi also smiled bitterly. It's a pity that Dunduo is a good general! However, it's not a mistake for Dunduo to not have thought that one day he would be run to his vicinity with a scout carrying a cannon and fire? Not to mention that Dunduo had never seen such cannons, even Yue Zhongqi had never heard of him! At that time, the distance between the scout and Dunduo was far beyond the range of muskets and powerful crossbows. But who could think that this distance was not safe?
"boom!"
Dundo had just been knocked off by one shot, but it was obvious that Li Shitou was afraid that he would not die, so he took another shot... Even Yu Zhong did not expect that this kid was afraid that one shot would not be accurate, so he asked someone else to bring one more! However, although they all loaded ammunition in advance, because of the sound of cannons, the kid's second shot was a little erratic, and he only knocked away a few Mongolian generals. But this was enough! Being able to ravage a general with cannons in front of tens of thousands of cavalrymen was enough for Li Shitou to be proud of his whole life. At this time, the Geer cavalry did not react at all, but just watched his generals be bombarded and bombarded by a small "scout" of the enemy with cannons and bombarded them again and again!
"kill!"
Li Shitou is not a fearless warrior, so after two guns were fired, Li Ma Rong drifted the cannon and tried hard to control the frightened war horses to run wildly with the help of his companions. The Junggar Knights, who were awakened by his escape, burst into unstoppable anger in an instant! Therefore, these warriors no longer cared about the five thousand Qing cavalry in front of them. They shouted together, turned their horses to rush to Li Shitou.
"kill!"
Yu Zhong said that you will know when the time comes! So Yue Zhongqi waved the long sword in his hand and led his troops to chase after the Junggar cavalry.
So, the Junggar army was defeated!
Because Li Shitou was surrounded by excellent scouts selected by Yuzhong, and his riding skills were no weaker than those of the Mongols, and even much stronger. These people brought Li Shitou. After the war horses gradually recovered, they immediately consciously led the Junggar cavalry, who had been burned by anger and lost their minds, and then circled back to the Qing army camp where Yuzhong was! There were pursuers behind and there were interceptors in front. Faced with such a situation, how could the Junggar army be invincible?
"Actually, fighting is so easy!" Yu Zhong said afterwards!
"Master Yu, Admiral Yu, you are looking for trouble when you have nothing to do. Now things are even more troublesome!" Qi Shiwu scoffed at the result of this battle.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zhong was already a little bored with Qi Shiwu's attitude.
"The military, Mongolians and Tibetans are straightforward. Our approach today will not be accepted by them at all, so even if we defeat them, we will not be able to conquer them anymore. They may rather die than surrender to our army! Maybe they will rely on the vast territory of Tibet and disturb us from all directions, which will only cause trouble." Yue Zhongqi sighed to Zhong.
"I would rather die than surrender? OK, I'm afraid they will surrender! If I surrender, wouldn't I have to prepare for such a long time in vain? It's better not to surrender, or not to surrender!" Yu Zhong did not take Yue Zhongqi's concerns to heart, but felt a little happy.
"Mr. Yu, you are not smart, but reckless in using troops. Doing so will only worsen the Tibetan form. I can only write a letter to impeach Yu! I will not be with you!" Qi Shiwu hummed and clasped his fists at Yu Zhong, and finally left.
"No!" Yu Zhongman waved his hand indifferently, regardless of Qi Shiwu's expression, and immediately turned to Yue Zhongqi and said, "The enemy lost huge losses in this battle, and the eight thousand troops were probably only about 3,000. I want you to lead the cavalry to follow him, and you don't have to fight. You just need to stop them from turning back to Yili. Can you do it?"
"Military Sect, now our army's victory is decided. Why is it so troublesome? Just send troops to suppress it directly? Otherwise, what should I do if those generals who failed to defeat the people and flee in scattered? Where can I catch it?" Yan Xin asked in confusion.
"Don't worry, Dundo has 90% hope that he is not dead yet! Therefore, Jung-Ger's defeated army can hold on for a while and will not disperse!" Yu Zhong said with a smile.
"Isn't dead?" All the generals were stunned, led by Yue Zhongqi.
"I issued an order to Li Shitou, asking Dunduo to be injured and not to die. In addition, the shell has also been rigged and tampered. Although the range has not changed much, the lethality must be smaller. Therefore, unless Dunduo's bad star shines, he should be able to jump for a few more days now." Yu Zhong said
"Military, what do you want to do?" Everyone felt puzzled. Since Dundo was not killed, wasn't this a waste of time? Although he defeated the Junggar Cavalry, it greatly damaged his image.
"I don't do anything. I just want to drive him all the way to Lhasa. Then go to Shigatse! As for you, Dongmei, you will follow them with your cavalry, not be allowed to fight on your own initiative, just force them to move forward according to my regulations and not allow them to escape! Do you understand?" Yu Zhong said again.
"The last general understands!" What do I understand? Yue Zhongqi's head is full of grief. Yu Zhong always relies heavily on him when fighting and never hides anything from him. However, now he is confused about the combat plan of his immediate superior. However, now the main force of Juan Geer is lost. Three thousand defeated soldiers and an injured general, it is probably impossible to make any big waves. Therefore, he is unwilling to continue asking.
"In the situation where the other party cannot be eliminated, a long-term war will cause both sides to die in exhaustion, so it is wise to reconcile. But reconcile is based on the equal strength of both sides. Once one side is too weak, especially when the power of the third party is balanced, the reconcile will be gone. At this time, the war will begin again!"
Three months after the war broke out in the west, military reports began to be sent back from all the main forces.
First of all, General Pengchun of Ulya Sutai, who replaced Prince Narsu, the old man who replaced Prince Ping. He has not been able to earn enough military achievements for many years, and he always feels like a dwarf compared to several other generals who are as famous as the other generals. Therefore, when he received the transfer from Kangxi, he began to actively prepare for how to make a contribution. However, hard work pays off. Because he has been full of wallets and generous in recent years, the officials in charge of equipment and logistics of the Ministry of War opened a door of convenience to him, which quickly rose to a higher level in the strength of the army he led. It also allowed him to use extremely fierce attacks to conquer Altay, located in the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, with extremely fierce attacks. Then, he attacked Tacheng with 10,000 light cavalry, and then broke through the defense line of the Junggar army in the Devil City, which was greatly gained its reputation.
Almost at the same time, Sabusu also sent troops to Hami. He fought steadily with his army. He conquered Daoling, Qi Ketai, Shanshan, and Jin. After a battle with the Junggar army in Turpan, he took advantage of the victory and advanced to Urumqi again.
While the two armies each achieved considerable results, Bai Jingqi and Wang Shenglong attacked the light cavalry and reached the only way for Junggar to enter Qinghai: Ruoqiang. However, because the enemy of Ruoqiang was prepared, the two failed to achieve the expected results and had to retreat to the Mangya area at the border between Qinghai and Tarim, waiting for the Junggar army in Qinghai to flee everywhere, leading the army to fly to this place.
After this, Pengchun and Sabusu also stopped to continue their attacks. They were also waiting! Junggar is not small in strength, and Yili is their base camp, so they must rest and continue to advance. Moreover, with their land forces, even if they can defeat the enemy, they cannot completely block the escape route of Alabandan. Unless Feiyanggu arrives together and captures the important land from Ruoqiang from the north, they will be sure.
At that time, if Alabtan wanted to escape, he had to cross the Tianshan Mountains and head to Tibet from Kuche. However, the road from Junggar to Tibet was very difficult and it took several months to walk. In this case, he had to face the pursuit of the Qing army. The situation can be imagined. Moreover, Tibet was no longer the world of the Junggar people. The army led by Yu Zhong was teasing his strategy, Lingdundo, and gradually subdued the chieftains along the way. In particular, Yu Zhong sent nearly a thousand elite troops not long after entering Tibet.
, divided into two parts, disguised as escaped Ksitigarbha and entered Lhasa and Shigatse. Then, relying on the combined efforts of firearms and some chieftains loyal to the previous Lazang Khan, he snatched away the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama first, making it impossible for him to use Tibet's power to strengthen himself again. Moreover, Yuzhong is sending some troops to the Tibet border with the intention of blocking Albutan's way to Tibet. At that time, wait for the effort, unless Albutan's troops have inhuman abilities, otherwise, it is not certain whether they can pass the Kunlun Mountains.
In this case, the relationship between countries and regional forces that Old Man Fei explained became a course that the princes were interested in.
"Master Fei, can you please tell us some good things to the Emperor Ama so that we can make achievements in Western Xinjiang?"
After hearing the news of the war going to the west, the thirteenth prince Yinxiang and the thirteenth prince kept shouting to go to the war. However, unfortunately, their father Kangxi did not agree. Moreover, their mothers, Dunmin Imperial Concubine Baori Longmei and Defei Uya, also educated the two of them repeatedly, which forced them to calm down for a while. However, now that the news of the imperial army winning consecutive battles came, the two could not help it.
"Jingshan Issue Factory still lacks a few gunners. If you have time, you can practice!"
Chapter completed!