They didn't wait for reinforcements, nor did they see the next day's sunrise, and when the morning sun rose, there were few Qing people left in the city, and instead there were dead corpses.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Ge Erdan's face was expressionless, since Yunli took Ling Ruo and injured him, there was no trace of mercy in his heart, letting these people live would only be troublesome, it was better to kill them all cleanly, and he didn't want anyone to go to the capital to report the news, and he wanted to catch the Qing army off guard.

Patton escorted a young Qing soldier over, "King Khan, this person wants to escape and report the news, but he is caught by his subordinates, what should I do?" ”

Geldan glanced at him and said in a cold voice, "Do you still want this king to teach you?" ”

Barton hurriedly bowed his head in agreement, and then stabbed the man in the heart with a knife, which immediately made him breathless, Geldan didn't even look at it, and said in a dark voice: "Did you catch Yue Zhongqi?" ”

Before Barton could say anything, another person dragged Yue Zhongqi, who was tied up by five flowers, and arched his hand: "King Khan, my subordinates caught Yue Zhongqi, this person can really fight and kill many of our brothers." ”

Geldan ignored him, walked straight to Yue Zhongqi, who was covered in blood, and said: "This king respects you as a good man and has the ability to command troops, if you are willing to surrender and submit to this king, this king can not only let you live, but also give you endless glory and wealth." ”

"Whew!" Yue Zhongqi spit out a mouthful of blood foam and said sharply: "You barbarian, if you want to kill, you will kill, and if you want me to surrender to you, it's just a fool's dream!" ”

Geldan didn't say anything, just spit out four words, "Stubborn!" ”

Yue Zhongqi died, not in the war in the northwest, but died in the hands of Geerdan, if he knew that the reason why Geerdan would attack the city frantically last night and killed so many people was because Hongshi reported the news, I don't know what kind of mood it would be.

In short, every Qiē in this small city has come, the news has been blocked in the city, no one has gone out alive, and naturally no one has reported the news, whether it is Yinzhen or the 300,000 troops who have already gone on the road, they are all in the dark, and when they know, it is too late.

Jiang Ying's map is not wrong, the place circled is the place where the 300,000 army is going to pass, Geldan ambushed here in advance, although there are not as many of them as there are, but the offensive is fierce, and the 300,000 army does not have a decent commander, after all, according to the arrangement of the military department, they are going to be assigned to Yue Zhongqi's subordinates, who would have thought that before the people arrived at the border pass, they had already encountered the cavalry of Junggar, and they were taken by surprise, and many people were killed and wounded, although in the end, relying on the numerical advantage, they were forced to retreat, But more than half of the grain and grass they brought with them were burned, and the losses were heavy.

When the news reached the capital, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, no one thought that Geldan could sneak into the Daqing realm to set up an ambush unknowingly, and how did he know that the army would pass there, this route was only known to Yinzhen and a few people from the military department, if it was not a coincidence, there was only one possibility, someone leaked secrets.

After the initial shock, the hundred officials focused their attention on the city where Yue Zhongqi was, and the Junggar army crossed the city but no news came back, either Yue Zhongqi had defected and surrendered, or they had died in battle.

It didn't take long for this speculation to have a correct answer, after being ambushed, the army regrouped, all the way to the city, but before they could enter the city, they were attacked, and had no choice but to camp and settle outside, after some reconnaissance, it was already determined that there was no Qing army in the city, in other words, it was very likely that all of them were destroyed. Later, it was confirmed, because they saw Yue Zhongqi's body on the city wall, where he was hung in the sun and rain, and could not be buried in the ground.

And their own situation is also extremely difficult, tens of thousands of dead and wounded, only more than 200,000 are left, not to mention a decent commander, and most of the grain and grass have been burned, if there is no supply, they will not last long, not to mention that there are still Zhun Geer staring at it fiercely.

Looking at the fold in his hand, Yinzhen's face was gloomy and could drip water, and several Shangshu servants in the military department had already knelt on the hall tremblingly, not daring to raise their heads, Yinzhen slammed the fold in front of them, "Look for yourself, the 300,000 army has already killed and injured tens of thousands of people before the official battle, and even the grain and grass have been burned." I wondered why Geldan was so powerful that he knew the route of the march, and slaughtered the entire city without a sound. ”

"Damn it." The military department Shangshu said in fear: "But the ministers can guarantee that except for the ministers and the two squires, Prince Bao and Wubeile, no one has seen the route map of the march, and it is absolutely impossible to leak it out." ”

Yin Zhen stared at him coldly and said, "According to what you say, is it a coincidence?" Are there so many coincidences in the world? And he had fought with Geerdan before, this person was cautious, he would never do it without a certain certainty, Yue Zhongqi's talent I know, even if Geerdan's cannon was in his hand, he would not be without resistance, unless the artillery attack was too fierce. ”

Hongli, who had not spoken up, stood up and said: "Huang Ama, Geerdan's cannons and muskets were given by Tsarist Russia, not to mention that the two countries are quite far apart and inconvenient to transport, let's just say that Tsarist Russia and Zhungeer are a temporary alliance formed for the sake of interests, and Tsarist Russia cannot give them a large number of firearms, in case in the end, Junggar takes these to deal with them, wouldn't it be a stone to shoot himself in the foot, so Erchen guessed that the number of firearms should not be much, and Geerdan has not captured the city should also be this reason, And a lot of the artillery and ammunition that should be used in this siege, if he was not sure, there was no reason for him to do it suddenly. ”

Yin Zhen listened carefully and said, "Do you also think that Geldan will do this after knowing the route of the army?" ”

Hongli nodded and said, "Yes, Erchen does have this suspicion. ”

"And who do you think will leak the secret?" Yin Zhen swept over the Shangshu and others of the Ministry of War as he spoke, making the latter feel cold, they really felt inexplicable, obviously they were very cautious, and even many officials of the Ministry of War didn't know, how did Geldan know.

Hongli hesitated for a moment and said, "This son has not known for the time being, and he does not dare to speculate in vain. ”

"This matter will be handed over to you to investigate, and if there is anyone who leaks secrets, I must find out." Yinzhen gritted his teeth when he said this, if he really found it, it would not be an exaggeration to cut it with a thousand cuts.

After Hongli received the order, Yin Zhen glanced around at everyone and said: "Okay, now let's talk about the top priority, Yue Zhongqi is dead, who should be sent to lead the army, and how to solve the matter of grain and grass." ”