As last time, the defenders of the city were destroyed, and from the guards to the soldiers, no one survived; They were approaching the capital, and they were only ninety miles away from the Saric River. And this time, there was no 300,000 troops, no Yunli, and only 100,000 soldiers of good and bad in the Qing Dynasty and a Li Shumi, which was worrying. Fortunately, Yunli praised Li Shumi's talent in leading the troops, which was a lot more reassuring.

At the time of the departure of the army, the army of Dzungar was only fifty miles away from the Saric River, and it only took two more days of marching to reach the Sari River.

While the Junggar army was camping and resting, Geldan looked at the military intelligence reports sent in the makeshift barracks, all of which showed that the Qing Dynasty had received the news and was sending troops to stop it.

Geldan tapped on the table as he watched, and suddenly, his voice paused, and then he ordered the soldiers, "Go and invite Hiroshi." ”

The soldiers were ordered to leave, and after a while, Hongshi appeared in the camp tent and said, "The king of Khan has sent me to come, but I don't know what to order?" ”

Geldan pushed the report aside, spread out the map, and said: "In two days, we will reach the Saric River, but the Qing Dynasty has already sent troops, and I believe that we will meet us soon. ”

Hongshi smiled slightly and said, "Why does the Khan King need to bother with this thought, wouldn't it be good to attack directly on the Saric River?" ”

Geldan immediately frowned, "The Salic River is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this king was defeated there last time, the same mistake, this king doesn't want to make it twice." ”

"I understand what King Khan means, but King Khan can rest assured, we will definitely win this battle." Seeing Geldan staring at him, Hiroshi continued: "Along the way, I have carefully studied the terrain of the Salik River, and it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it may not be beneficial to us at all. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty has mobilized all its troops to Tsarist Russia, and now it is good to be able to send 100,000 people, and it will not be our opponent at all. ”

Geldan stroked the wound on his ear and said in a cold voice: "What you say has some truth, but this king believes that along the way, there should be more favorable terrain than the Salik River, and it seems unwise to choose there to fight first, which you don't want to ignore." ”

Hongshi said with a smile: "King Khan, think about it, the Salic River is the last line of defense against you for the Qing Dynasty, if this place is breached, the people of the capital will be panicked, even if they gather troops again, for us, there is no need to worry, because if the people are panicked, even if the army of millions is just an embroidered pillow, it is useless." ”

Geldan narrowed his eyes and said, "You are so confident that you can defeat the Qing army in the Sarik River?" ”

Hongshi said without hesitation: "Yes, and I will control the casualties to the minimum, just look at the ...... The Khan refused to give me this opportunity. ”

Geldan heard the meaning of his words, and said in a cool voice: "You want to ask this king for military power? ”

Hongshi said calmly: "If the Khan King can't trust me, then I will be a military advisor and help the Khan King give advice." ”

"Don't worry, since this king said that he would appoint you as a striker, it will naturally count." Geldan patted Hongshi on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Just let this king see the results of the past four years." ”

Hongshi bowed slightly and said, "King Khan will definitely be satisfied." ”

Geldan smiled and said, "By the way, the person sent by this king has returned, although he did not take off Hongli's head, but he saw him fall off the cliff with his own eyes, and he will definitely die, so what about you, what about your people?" ”

"The nine gates of the capital are blocked, and it is impossible to enter the city at all, let alone inquire about the news, but judging from Yinzhen's move to block the city gate, they must have succeeded." After that, he said, "Since Hongli fell off the cliff, the people of the Khan King have found his body." ”

"No, Hongli's body should have been washed away." Geldan glanced at Hongshi and said, "You don't want to tell the king that Hongli is still alive, with the height of that cliff, once you fall down, there is no possibility of survival." ”

Hongshi shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, when I stabbed Hongli in the chest in Fuzhou and set fire to the house, even if it was a fairy, he died, but he didn't, he was still alive, and he avoided several pursuits and returned to Beijing safely." I wouldn't think such a person was dead unless I saw a corpse. ”

Geldan glanced at him and said, "I'll talk about this later, the most important thing now is to defeat the Qing army." ”

"Yes, I understand." Hongshi temporarily put away his speculation about Hongli's life and death, and thought about the battle in two or three days, this battle, he not only had to win, but also won cleanly, only in this way, in order to gain the trust and reliance of Geldan, and to carry out his later plans.

Two days later, the army of Jungar, which broke through the fortified city and came all the way to the Sarik River, finally met the Qing army led by Li Shumi.

Standing at the front on horseback was naturally Hiroshi, who had been appointed as a striker by Gerdan, but at the moment he wore a mask with blue fangs on his face, making it impossible to recognize him.

Hongshi didn't expect a mask to be able to hide from Yinzhen, he wanted to hide from other people, if he showed his true face like this, wouldn't he tell the world, he became a lackey of Zhungeer.

Li Shumi can be recommended by Yunli, he has his own ability, so although the number is weaker than the other party, but he is not panicked, during the two-day march, he and those soldiers briefly described a few formations of encirclement and co-attack, although it is not too complicated, but for Zhungar, who is used to relying only on brute force to kill, it is more than enough.

And as soon as he handed it over, Li Shumi felt that something was wrong, the other party did not fight with them, but specialized in their weak points, once or twice was a coincidence, but three or four times was absolutely not, it was clear that the other party had seen through his method of arranging the formation.

But this ...... How is this possible? Li Shumi suppressed the surprise in his heart and tried his best to change the formation, but once he got along with the soldiers under him for a short time, he didn't have time to teach too many things; Second, every time the formation is changed, the opponent only needs a moment of effort, and immediately makes corresponding adjustments, which is like a ghost, and the terrain advantage is almost not reflected in this engagement.

After a confrontation, they only killed more than a dozen people on the other side, but their own side lost more than 1,000 people, this ratio made Li Shumi's heart tremble, and he couldn't understand why there was such an almost one-sided situation. And who the masked man was, he knew very well that the masked man was the soul of the Dzungar army, and it was under his command that the Dzungar army was able to identify his weaknesses again and again, causing them to lose so many people.