Chapter Ninety-Three: Triumph

In the middle of the month, the Qing soldiers, under the leadership of Feiyangu and others, successively conquered the cities of Linxi, Hot Water Pond, Shuichengzi, and Shanggongdi. {Sui}{Dream} Novel щww{suimеng][lā} Wolf Blind led the Karaqin Left Banner to occupy the fortress of Huanggang Mountain. Galdan's 20,000 horses were all compressed in the valleys of Jingfeng and Huanggang Mountain. Galdan was extremely panicked when he lost his natural dangers one after another, but he knew in his heart that as long as he gave the order to retreat, he would be unable to form an army when the Qing army, which was five times his size, surrounded and neutralized. Fortunately, at this time, the Rakshasa country sent a letter saying that Lieutenant General Zakharov would be sent to bring 3,000 Cossacks to reinforcements within half a month, and the Tibetan soldiers of ** had also rushed to Kobdo and were marching here day and night. These were two doses of stimulants, and Galdan felt bold, so he ordered a temporary "camel city" to be built in Jingfeng, and vowed to fight to the death with the Qing soldiers here.

The so-called "camel city" was used by the Mongols when they destroyed the Song Dynasty. That is, the camels were lined up in a city circle to defend the siege. The camel is known as the "ship of the desert", and it lies still when it encounters a strong wind, and it is wonderful to use this characteristic of the camel to form a temporary camel city in the battle array. At the order of Galdan, all the thirteen,000 camels used to transport the axle weight gathered under Jingfeng, and lay down around the camp, with stacks on their backs, and the felt was soaked in water and covered tightly, and three hundred musketeers lay behind the camel array, and ten thousand archers stood on the high slope behind them.

Feyangu rode around in front of the camel formation, and when he returned to the camp, it was already the hour. He closed his eyes and half-leaned back on the chair, "What the Holy Lord wants is that no one slips through the net, and it is not a must-win!" Feiyanguhuo opened his eyes, his expression became extremely grim, and he thought to himself, "Galdan is not an idle person. I thought he was using a camel formation to block our army and cover his Chinese army to flee to the northwest! Otherwise, why was his most elite Musar battalion not in front, but set up to the west of Jingfeng? You know, Musar was in charge of guarding him! The artillery can't be used all on the front, at least half of it has to be transferred to the northwest! ”

Feyangu ordered the transfer of ten red-coated cannons. After noon, he stopped and came to the front of the battle. With a sly smile, he commanded: "The camel formation first bombarded with artillery, opened a gap, and immediately rushed in to divide the Galdan battalions. Capturing Galdan is the first achievement! With that, he waved the blood-red flag in his hand.

Ten red-clothed cannons immediately roared angrily, missiles carrying thick smoke and flashing flames flew towards the enemy formation, and more than a thousand shotgunners stood in front of the formation and fired fiercely at Jingfeng's enemy formation. Almost at the same time, three hundred musketeers from the Galdan array also fired at the Qing army. Although they did not have artillery, the Russian-style muskets were indeed much better than those of the Qing army, with a long range, good accuracy, and concentrated firepower. Thanks to the proper deployment of Feiyangu, each cannon is equipped with more gunners, at this moment the battle of guns and artillery is fierce, under Jingfeng, the sound of artillery on the riverside rumbles, shaking the earth violently, several fires under Jingfeng, crackling in the north wind, the thick smoke and yellow dust on the battlefield go straight to the sky, the sound of killing drums is endless, very tense and terrifying.

But Galdan's camel formation was not attacked. The difficulty is that the camel is alive, and several times the gap in the front explosion is blown, and the camel is blown to the flesh and blood, and immediately there is a driver to adjust and fill it. Until then. Feiyanggu ordered to concentrate his firepower on Xiji, and told the shotgunners to concentrate on shooting the drivers, which worked. The opposite side of the left flank of the Qing army was finally torn open a large gap of 30 zhang, and then the front was also opened. Feiyangu's eyes were red, and he shouted: "The seven-foot husband's meritorious deeds are at this moment, brothers, kill!" Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers immediately dismounted and shouted in unison. When the Galdan battalion was neutral, the horn sounded sharply, and more than 10,000 cavalry poured out of the front of the formation, immediately showing a bloody battle of hand-to-hand combat!

Although there were few cavalry in Galdan, they were all Mongolian warriors selected from the nomadic tribes of the Western Regions. The Qing soldiers have been training for many years, and they have formed formations to rush and kill, advance and retreat in a controlled manner, and the killing is indistinguishable. Cannons and shotguns were useless at this time, and the people on the battlefield were all like blood gourds, and they only used braids and no braids as symbols. The horses neighed and rushed back and forth, sabers and sabers burst into each other, and sparks shot in all directions. The severed heads were kicked around by human feet and horses' hooves, and the bubbling blood became pools of blood, gradually solidifying and purple. This hand-to-hand combat has not been killed from time to time, and it has not been slackened. Feiyangu groaned slightly, and suddenly shouted:

"The emperor has arrived, long live the warriors who have come to visit me! Hooray! ”

When the Qing soldiers heard this shout, they went even more crazy, waving their swords at the enemy and fighting hard. While shouting "long live", he slashed and chopped hard. Galdan's soldiers were outnumbered, three stops and two stops, at this moment more and more discouraged, Galdan saw that he could not support it, shouted "return to the army", let the horse flee to the camp. On the battlefield, the Qing soldiers surrounded the remaining 3,000 enemy regiments in front of the battle, chopping melons and vegetables, killing none of them in less than half a meal, and then rushed into the base camp of Galdan, and the enemy camp was neutral and lit a raging fire.

After the defeat of the Kaldan battalion, the remaining battles did not end, and the Mongols preferred to die rather than give in, although they lost their formation, they still fought for themselves in the night, and in the darkness they slashed with swords, and countless people died. Galdan's Chinese soldiers forgot their lives and finally escaped with him. After Kangxi got the report, he looked at the dark and dreary grassland in the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Now we must do our best to determine the whereabouts of Galdan, and we can't relax for a single step, and chase to the end until we get it, so that I can sleep in Beijing!" ”

Feiyangu kowtowed and said: "This battle has not been fully successful, the responsibility lies with the minister, the minister is willing to take 30,000 light cavalry to chase, within a year can not catch Galdan, the minister will pay the head to the servant to send back to Beijing, never work again!" Kangxi was silent, and glanced at Fei Yanggu's automatic request for meritorious service from the former enemy, and he was overjoyed. But at the moment, he has fallen short, does he have no responsibility at all? After a long time, Kangxi Fang said: "I said that I was pro-conscripted, but in fact, I didn't fight a battle. Pursuing Galdan, I personally led 14,000 Chinese troops and pursued fiercely from behind. Feyangu led an army of 35,000 troops from the north road and forced his march straight to Kobdo to intercept his rear road! ”

And so it was settled. Kangxi led the army to pursue head-on, and Feiyanggu led the North Route Army to outflank him and pursued it to the northwest. Within a few months, the Qing army annihilated more than 10,000 remaining troops in Galdan in the important towns of Lianke Bahanar and Erenhot. In June, the Qing army met in Zhaomoduo and fought fiercely for one day to capture this important village. When examining the captives, he first sent someone to contact Gorovin, but when the Rakshasa saw that he was useless, he not only refused to take him in, but also refused to deliver even the 1,000 muskets he had promised. Liaison with Huibu and Qinghai, the messenger went like a yellow crane. The general of the city only said that Galdan was escorted by his daughter, and that he had abandoned the city ten days ago, and no one knew where he had fled.

Upon learning of this, Kangxi immediately convened a military meeting in the lama temple in Zhaomoduo. At this time, Tong Guowei, who stayed in Beijing, was ordered by the crown prince Yinren to hand over the flying fold, saying that the Hui Ministry, Qinghai, Kazakh and other departments had all repaired the imperial court, rebelled against Galdan, called the ministers to pay tribute, and ensured that Galdan was alone, and immediately captured and sent to Beijing. Kangxi summed up: At this moment, Galdan has no way out, but to take refuge in ** Lama Sang Jieren.

"If that's true, then it's troublesome." Kangxi thought of his preparation for more than ten years, and he really wanted to cry without tears, and Tong Guowei and others on the side knelt down to ask Kangxi to return to Beijing.

Kangxi casually flipped through a stack of folds handed over by Beijing, dozens of pieces, all of which were invited by ministers of various ministries and courts to drive back to Luan. Some said: "The barbarians are subdued, and the rule is not cured, and the only way to defend them is to expel them." Some said: "The labor expedition may not be effective." Kangxi looked at it and sneered contemptuously, pushed Wen Jiàn, and said to Feiyangu and the others: "Cheer up!" Now that Qinghai is in my hands, it is not easy for Galdan to go to northern Tibet! At best, I see him fleeing to the Tamir River. As long as the Tibetan soldiers can't join him, they will definitely be able to capture him. It can't be said that it has fallen short now, if it really lets the tiger return to the mountain, it will become a big tumor in the Western Regions in a few years! Fei Yanggu and the others looked at Kangxi, Kangxi's face was tense, and the stone man was as silent. Feyangu and the others were ashamed and admired, so they kowtowed and said, "The Sacred Heart has been so hard to work so hard that the ministers cannot be blamed for their death!" Now that the emperor has made up his mind, how dare the ministers be afraid of difficulties? ”

Kangxi stood up as soon as he hit the case, his eyes emitted an aggressive light, he thought about it for a while, and wrote before the case:

The general is bold and bold, and the ice spear is a green sword and a frost-bladed knife.

Wait until the day of the triumph of the heavenly soldiers, and take off the battle robe with the general!

looked at it, there were two words "will" in the middle, which seemed to be inappropriate, and he didn't scrutinize it carefully, and handed the ink-drenched paper to Fei Yanggudao: "This is for you!" You still lead the army to outflank from the north road, and I lead the Chinese army to supervise the battle! Today, I will summon the officers of the three armies and above, and I will personally admonish them, and if I do not achieve my goal, I will not give up! ”

Feiyangu took the poem with shaking hands, and tears welled up like a spring.

The army marched again, Feiyangu and others according to the deployment of Emperor Kangxi, set up an ambush, flanked the front and back, the remnants of Galdan died, surrendered, and killed Galdan's wife Anu, and in the end, Galdan only escaped with a few dozen cavalry.

In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, the army triumphed in mid-June.