In the camp of the Qing army, thousands of camp tents were lined up in turn, and a tall banner with the word "year" was hung in the camp, but there was no wind at night, and the flag hung down directly, but it looked a little lonely.

In the handsome tent in the center of the camp, it was brightly lit at this time, Nian Qianyao sat in the middle of the handsome tent, with a bowl of wine in front of him, and a roasted leg of mutton, and under the handsome tent were more than ten Qing army generals wearing armor, and their expressions looked at Nian Qianyao solemnly.

Nian Qianyao was holding a knife in his hand and was cutting meat piece by piece to eat, while the other generals didn't do anything, not even saying a word, everyone just watched Nian Qianyao eat meat quietly, and the whole handsome tent was silent.

"A few days ago, you wanted to grab a handful of Suzhou, it is said that the girls there are quite smart, and they can warm the bed, and they can act as military prostitutes when they are tired of playing, but why didn't they rob it in the end?"

Nian Qianyao smiled and cut a piece of meat from the fat leg of mutton, stuck it with a knife, dipped it in the salt on the table, and then put it directly into his mouth, feeling the juice dripping.

"The little ones don't dare to say it.....," a general stood up, a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Don't dare to say? Is there anything I dare not say in front of Ben Shuai? Nian Qianyao chewed the piece of meat in his mouth, quickly swallowed it in his stomach, and sneered: "Since you don't dare to say it, then drag it down and cut it." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

Soon a soldier rushed into the tent and threatened to drag the general down, and the general fell to his knees with a look of fear in his eyes.

"Marshal, it's General Yue..... General Yue said that for now, we have to think about the way to retreat in the future, and we can't kill people casually anymore........."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Nian Qianyao's mouth, he waved his hand, but it was for people to let go of the general, and said with a smile: "General Yue's words are also reasonable, come here, invite General Yue, and the marshal will invite him to eat meat!" ”

At that moment, someone went down to invite Yue Zhongqi to come, and now almost everyone has already seen it, I am afraid that this posture will not be good today, which side will it be on when the time comes?

When Yue Zhongqi arrived at the tent, Nian Qianyao personally walked down and led Yue Zhongqi to sit on the main seat, and then someone put down an empty bowl in front of Yue Zhongqi, and then also put a roasted leg of lamb, which was fragrant, but it was appetizing.

Yue Zhongqi has always been silent since he entered the big tent, and his expression has hardly changed, as if he has just been staring at Nian Qianyao.

Nian Qianyao smiled, "Dongmei, we two brothers haven't been able to eat meat and drink wine together for a long time....... as he said that, he reached out and took the wine jug and began to pour wine for Yue Zhongqi, while the other people in the big tent also began to eat meat and drink wine.

Yue Zhongqi shook his head, "Dashuai, when we were in the northwest before, we were much more familiar than now. ”

Nian Qianyao's expression changed, but the action of reaching out to pour wine suddenly stagnated, and soon returned to normal, he smiled, "Time has passed, when the emperor sent you to the northwest as a brother, no one thought that this battle would make you Yue Zhongqi famous in one battle.......

Yue Zhongqi looked at the clear wine bowl in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "Life has its own certainty, I, Yue Zhongqi, have been able to get to where I am today, and I have been able to rely on the support of nobles along the way, but now there is really no way out." ”

Nian Qianyao had a smile on his face, "Dongmei, for my brother, I will also tell you a heart-wrenching word, it's not that there is no way out at the moment, it just depends on whether you want to go or not." ”

"Jungar? Does the marshal really believe in them? ”

Yue Zhongqi took the wine bowl and drank it all, and said with a wry smile: "What if you don't believe it?" What can be done with a pile of dry bones in a mound? Even the emperor was defeated in the hands of Ning Chu, what could they do? ”

Nian Qianyao put down the wine bowl in his hand and said coldly: "Brother Wei doesn't really believe in them, but now that the brothers want to eat and live, we have already run to Anxi Mansion, if there is no food, sooner or later everyone will run out....... Count for yourself, how many people are left from Qinghai-Tibet? ”

When the generals in the tent heard this, they were all silent, it was obvious that this problem was indeed the core problem of the current Nian and Yue army, if it weren't for Nian Qianyao slaughtering all the way, I was afraid that most of the soldiers would have dispersed a long time ago, they didn't have enough food, and they wouldn't give Nian Qianyao their lives at all.

But at that time, it was still possible to slaughter, because it was in the heart of Gansu, and there were still some people, and now that they have all arrived in Anxi Mansion, who can they slaughter to stabilize the morale of the army? This is a very real problem.

Yue Zhongqi shook his head firmly, and sighed: "What the handsome man did along the way, it is really difficult to agree with the general...... Today's banquet, there is no need to say more. ”

For Yue Zhongqi, he is not really against the slaughter of the people, as long as he can really solve the problem, he will not be soft - but in his opinion, Nian Qianyao's approach does not solve the problem, but only improves morale by indulging military discipline.

And the biggest problem with this method is that it cannot establish its own rule, and there is no way to encourage more people to join its side, and more and more people will die.

There are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a sentence. When Yue Zhongqi said this, the two of them completely tore their faces.

Nian Qianyao's face became more and more cold, he held the wine bowl in his hand and raised it high, but before he could fall, there was a commotion outside the tent, as if many soldiers were beating each other, but the tension in the tent was swept away.

"What's going on? Who dares to make a mistake? Nian Qianyao snorted coldly.

Someone came out of the account to check at that moment, and after a while, he turned around and said with an ugly face: "It's General Yue's soldiers, I don't know why there was a riot." ”

When Yue Zhongqi heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Dashuai, it's really unfortunate, the last general will retire first, and after the rebellion is quelled, he will come to drink and eat meat with Dashuai."

Nian Qianyao glanced at Yue Zhongqi deeply, he didn't directly agree, but he didn't object, just looked at Yue Zhongqi quietly, and said slowly: "Okay, please go early and return early." ”

Yue Zhongqi's expression was stunned, but he made a new salute, and then walked out of the big tent without looking back.

Nian Qianyao smiled strangely, "If you don't bomb the camp sooner or later, you won't bomb the camp at this time, and someone will come to monitor Yue Zhongqi's things. ”

"Yes, Marshal."

At that moment, the faces of the generals changed, and soon two of them retreated, and then a group of Qing cavalry disappeared into the night, and the sound of their horses' hooves gradually faded away, but the mood of the generals in the tent became more and more worried.

I don't know how long later, a man broke into the tent, his body was drenched in blood, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured, and then he knelt directly on the ground.

"Commander, Yue Zhongqi led his personal guards to escape at night, but the horse team couldn't intercept it, but he killed a few people, grabbed the horse and ran away."

"Ran away?"

Nian Qianyao's voice became colder and colder, "Let such a big living person run away, you really give Ben Shuai a long face, come and cut off all their right arms!" ”

"Yes!"

With a scream, the face of the general in the camp suddenly changed slightly, and the eyes that looked at Nian Qianyao became more and more respectful.

.........

At the end of September, Yue Zhongqi escaped from the Qing army camp at night, but Nian Qianyao swallowed all his troops, and then led an army of 50,000 to join Zhunger, and personally went to Hami to meet with Arabutan, professed to him, and changed his banner, and officially became a part of the Dzungar Khanate.

With the help of Nian Qianyao's 50,000 troops, Arabutan held a sacrifice in early October, and announced various crimes of the Khalkha Mongols, claiming that the other side had offended the Dzungar Khanate, so he decided to send troops to fight and completely eliminate the three hateful Khalkha Mongol tribes.

For a time, more than 60,000 troops launched an attack on the Khalkha Mongols, of which 40,000 were the main force of the Dzungar Khanate, led by Tselu Alabutan himself, with the Great Tsering Dundob and the Younger Tsering Dundob as the vanguard, and 20,000 led by the Great Prince Galdan Tseling, who attacked from the other side

As for Nian Qianyao's 50,000 troops, they were still under his leadership, and they were ordered by Alabutan to contain the forces of the Fu Han army from the northwest, and they should neither rashly attack nor retreat at will, but should resist the attack of the Fu Han army.

Although the army of Dzungar was only 60,000 men, it was quite elite, constantly equipped with a large number of arquebuses, and also had a very strong ability to make firearms, and even the gunpowder was almost made by itself.

The firearms of the Zungar tribe originated from the expansion of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Central Asia, and as early as the past 100 years, firearms have continued to flow from Central Asia to the Oirat Mongols, and the Dzungar tribe of the four Oirat Mongols attaches special importance to firearms, so the foundation of firearms has been established early.

Of course, the Dzungar tribe at that time basically obtained firearms through the smuggling channels of Bukhara merchants, so the number was relatively scarce, until after the rise of Kaldan, the Dzungar tribe conquered Tarim, Ferghana and other regions under his leadership, thus obtaining a large number of firearms.

And the Jungar Department not only has very elite firearms, but also has very advanced tactics, "and makes Muslim firearms, teaches warfare, first bird artillery, second shooting, and second stab." Ordered the armor to carry bird cannons, short spears, waist bows and arrows, swords, camels and cannons. If you go out of the division, you will change the number of people in the three-point country. Among them, the so-called camel city tactics also made the Qing army at that time suffer enough.

Therefore, after such an elite Dzungar tribe sent troops, the three Khalkha Mongol tribes suddenly panicked, behaved unexpectedly, and could not even unite, but they were successively defeated by the Dzungar tribe The Karen soldiers and Taiwanese soldiers sent by Zasaktu Khan and Tushetu Khan caused a great threat to Zasaktu Khan.

On the one hand, Zasaktu Khan panicked and mobilized reinforcements from the Khan's army, but on the other hand, he wrote letters to Tushetu Khan and Chechen Khan, asking for their urgent support, and claiming that if Zasaktu could not be saved, then Tushetu Khan and Chechen Khan could not be saved either.......

Just when the northern Mongolia was faintly showing a trend of chaotic war, His Majesty Ning Yu, the Emperor of Ningchu, also arrived in Beijing, and at the same time, the long-planned Mongolian assembly was basically ready, and the leaders of the 16 tribes and 49 banners of Mongol gradually gathered in Beijing, waiting for the emperor's inquiry.

Ning Yu did not directly summon those Mongolian princes in the Forbidden City, but ordered to hold a royal hunt in the Mulan enclosure, and also held a military parade, and invited the Mongolian princes to watch the ceremony together, as for the negotiations, these things will naturally wait until the royal hunting is completed.

For the emperor's set, the Mongolian princes will not feel unfamiliar, in fact, the previous steppe lords will take the opportunity of the Mongolian conference to show their strength, so as to coerce other tribes to cede enough interests - this is the logic of the steppe, whose fist is loud and whom.

And the person with the biggest fist at the moment is Emperor Ning, so no one dares to refuse, everyone just quietly waits for the day to come, and by the way, they express some worries about the situation in the north.

"The Dzungar Department is on an eastward crusade, and the Khalkha Three Divisions are in danger, if the Assassination Alabutan really annexes the Mobei Three Divisions, I am afraid that the forces will be too great to control in the future, and Your Majesty should send troops early."

The Mongolian princes were not really in a hurry, but the new second assistant Li Fu was a little anxious, and after receiving the report from the Military Intelligence Department, he immediately presented an excerpt to Ning Yu.

Ning Yu just smiled, and handed the fold back to Li Fu, without the slightest change in expression on his face.

"The Khalkha Third Department has not yet asked me for help, which means that the situation is not critical enough, so let's wait."

"But Your Majesty, at the moment, the Khalkha Third Department may have sent a request for help, but it has not yet arrived in the capital."

"Then we'll talk about it later."

"But ......"

Li Fu sighed, but he didn't continue to say anything, but directly put the fold back.

Ning Yu shook his head, "No, I don't care what their reason is, but since they are unwilling to bow to me, it means that they are not from Great Chu, so their life or death naturally has nothing to do with Great Chu." ”

"As for the Jungar Division, sooner or later it will have to be fought, even if he swallows the three Khalkha Divisions, it is impossible for him to transform into strength so quickly, we still have a lot of time."

This is indeed the case, Ning Yu is not worried that Junggar will swallow the Khalkha Sanbu into his stomach, because the size of the two sides directly determines one point, even if Junggar unifies Mongolia, it is impossible to recover its strength so quickly, let alone pose a threat to Ning Chu, if Alabutan is smart enough, he should have sent an envoy to Jingshi.

To use a very vivid analogy, the Dzungar Department was originally clenched with fists, and no matter where it hits, it can form a lot of pressure, but now he has punched, and no matter what this punch looks like for the Khalkha Sanbu, it is destined to lose its deterrent power - a punch that goes out, and the only thing left is to be beaten.

On the contrary, it is the current Ning Chu, after settling the Korean war, the army gradually shrank to the north, just like a fist began to gradually shrink, accumulating strength for the next punch, so it was Ning Chu at this time who had the strength to make the enemy fearful.

"The most important thing at the moment is to have a Mongolian conference as soon as possible!"