"Bang bang bang-"

In the silence of the night, a series of guns crackled and crackled, and a troop of cavalry was seen galloping across the endless steppe, although they galloped in the night, but did not light the torches, and from time to time someone fell down in the darkness, and then was trampled over.

The sound of broken bones and muscles was heard from time to time, accompanied by the muffled snorting of some people, but no one roared from the beginning to the end, just entered death in endless depression.

I saw that in the distance of hundreds of paces behind this group of cavalry, there was a large group of cavalry trying to catch up, among them there were sporadic torches, and the others were also galloping wildly, because the distance between the two sides was too close, it seemed that as long as the front relaxed a few breaths, the pursuers behind would catch up.

"You must not die here....... To live...... Stay alive ......."

Dong Ce thought silently in his heart, he was riding a horse at this time at the forefront, and it was also the safest position at the moment, because from time to time someone took the initiative to pounce and block the projectiles and bows and arrows behind him, so that seven or eight cavalrymen had fallen behind Dong Ce, but he was always safe and sound.

Although the current situation is extremely dangerous and many brothers have died, Dong Ce still feels that it is very worthwhile, because in this spy at night, he touched the edge of the Jungar camp, and also grabbed a Jungar night patrol ranger, and dug up information from the other party's mouth, it turned out that this was really the location of the main army of Jungar!

According to this ranger, Jungger did not come to attack his own eastern route army, but it was because of too much coincidence that his own traces were exposed, but at the moment Jungar's army was not in full swing, only heavily deployed in the north and west, and the east and south were still blank.

After getting these news, Dong Ce was slightly relieved, but he understood that he couldn't be completely relieved, so he thought about arresting another spy to confirm the news, but he didn't expect that in this arrest, the spy was startled and let him fire the gun, so that the entire Jungar camp was boiling, and soon organized heavy troops to round up.

Therefore, Dong Ce could only lead his fifty dead soldiers to the rear, he had to bring the news back to the camp, and then hurry up to organize a retreat south to deliver the news, because if the retreat to the south is timely enough at the moment, it can completely avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Jungar army, and when the news reaches the emperor's side, he can gather and annihilate the main army of Jungar at the moment.

"Bang-"

Just when Dong Ce's heart was thinking slightly, a shot from the rear hit the horse's leg, which made the horse can't help but bend his legs forward, and he was almost thrown out, the whole person's body hung obliquely on the horse's back, and the speed slowed down instantly, and the Jungger soldiers in the rear couldn't help but shout when they saw this scene, and they seemed very excited.

Based on the distance at the moment, they only needed ten breaths to be able to capture the fallen man alive!

At this time of crisis, the dead soldiers beside him also saw this scene, their faces did not change, one of them decisively pulled sideways, and brought Dong Ce to his horse, just after Dong Ce just sat down, he glanced at his horse quite nostalgically, and the whole person revealed a sense of death.

"Run out with the division commander ......."

After the dead man left these words, he decisively jumped off his horse, and threw himself on the ground diagonally, without the slightest fear on his face, only with a little peace, and then took out the fire breaker he was carrying, and lit the fuse of the grenade.

Dong Ce gritted his teeth, he didn't say anything, just rode his horse and rushed forward frantically, and the others were like this, until after a dozen or so breaths, a huge roar came from behind them, and with a strong smell of blood, it dispersed in this wilderness.

It turned out that not long after the dead soldier fell, the pursuers in the rear had already chased up, but before they could force the dead soldier, they were blown up by a roaring grenade, and more than four cavalrymen were directly blown down, covered in blood and flesh.

No one said anything, not even Dong Ce himself. Because everyone knows in their hearts that after a long gallop, a horse's physical strength has reached the limit, and it may be possible to continue running with one person, but there is no chance of survival with two people.

Therefore, when the dead man reached out to pull Dong Ce, he had already chosen to give up his life to Dong Ce.

Finally, after a long pursuit, Dong Ce and the dead soldiers who were galloping in the dark night saw a faint fire, and everyone couldn't help but jump in their hearts, because everyone knew that it was the direction of the camp, and this fire was the hope of survival.

The pursuers behind them soon saw the fire, but they did not want to give up at all, and continued to chase, and when the fire became more and more prosperous, a fire also shone from the camp, and it turned out to be a large group of cavalry with torches, who were rushing out of the camp and galloping in this direction.

"Hahaha, survived, we survived!"

Dong Ce's face was a little excited, and he couldn't help laughing loudly: "Erlang, after we gather the army and change horses, there will be another happy fight!" ”

"Good! Kill them all! ”

"The last general is willing to live and die with the general!"

Bursts of cheers finally converged, and the pursuers behind them seemed to be intimidated, and they finally did not continue the pursuit, but chose to turn around and gallop in the direction from which they came.

Sure enough, the cavalry that came out from the direction of the camp was the son of the horseman, it turned out that since Dong Ce left the camp, he had not slept all night and had been waiting for Dong Ce's news, so when Dong Ce fled in the direction of the camp, he also found this cavalry in time, and then found the pursuers, and immediately chose to go out of the camp to respond.

"General Dong deserves to be a first-class hero today, and with this late-night camp, he will definitely be famous all over the world in the future!"

In the world of the Mongols, if you want to convince each other, the best way is always to use courage and force to face it, they only admire the man who really stands up to the sky.

Dong Ce sighed slightly, he didn't say much, just took the rest of the dead soldiers back to the camp with everyone, and then after a short repair, he began to count the casualties, but the result was inevitably sad, the fifty-one people who left the camp were now only nineteen, and the entire thirty-two people died on the way home.

Looking at the resolute dead soldiers, even if Dong Ce was like a stone heart, he was also full of regret at this time.

"Brothers, although they have not returned, Ben will promise that in the future, they will definitely welcome their loyal soul remains and return to the Loyal Soul Pavilion."

"Thank you, sir, for the last brother who died, and salute your lordship!"

A major's eyes were red, he made a military salute upright, you must know that ordinary soldiers sacrifice, will only enter the Loyal Martyrs' Shrine, few people can enter the Loyal Soul Pavilion, unless they make great contributions, and once they enter the Loyal Soul Pavilion, it means that their relatives and descendants will no longer worry about the future for the rest of their lives.

Promises like this are not something that anyone can give, and it is not something that anyone can give and be useful.

After saying this, Dong Ce pulled his son and the officers of the General Staff Office to analyze the current situation in order to decide on the next step.

When Dong Ce said that the main army of Jungger had arrived nearby, almost everyone's breathing was slightly tighter, and they all understood how important the position of this army that had disappeared was very important, and it could be said that at present, Ning Chu's 100,000 army had been marching in three ways, just to find the shadow of this main force.

At the moment, the target is in front of them, but they are not able to eat it, and I have to say that it is very regrettable.

Xiao Er pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Dong Ce, how about we stay here and wait for His Majesty's army to come?" If we wait for reinforcements, we will definitely be the first to fight this battle! ”

That's right, if the Eastern Route Army takes the lead in finding the location of the army of the Zungar Khanate, then in the next battle, Ning Chu will have the advantage, and he can completely send reinforcements to surround it, and even if the Eastern Route Army is dead, it can completely swallow the 60,000 overall situation of the Zungar Khanate, which is equivalent to completely destroying the Zungar Khanate.

But at this juncture, no one dared to agree, the reason is very simple, once they choose to stay, then they will face the result of nine deaths and a lifetime, because they only know a rough idea of the current position of the Middle Route Army, but the specific is not clear enough, so the time they have to hold on will be infinitely extended.

A trace of solemnity appeared on Dong Ce's face, there are only some small tribes near Bala and Tun at the moment, and there is no decent city at all, so it is actually very difficult to hold on, plus the logistics supply line is extremely easy to be cut off by the Jungger army, and it will be extremely risky to hold on here.

"Dong Ce, you have to understand that our mission was originally to contain the Dzungar Khanate, if we just run away, if we want to find their traces in the future, I am afraid it will be even more difficult!"

He sighed softly, he was not the kind of barbarian who could only use force, in fact, his thinking about this issue was no worse than Dong Ce.

"Yes, my lord, if you want to leave now, I'm afraid that you will be easily intercepted by the Jungger striker halfway, and you will still have to fight when the time comes!" Another major staff officer also spoke.

"Hit! Even if the sacrifice is great, we will fight! ”

Dong Ce took a deep breath, he understood very well that there can be big benevolence on the battlefield, but there must not be small benevolence.

The so-called great benevolence is to do everything possible to end the war as soon as possible, so as to completely reduce the damage caused by the war to the lives of the people and avoid the displacement of the people, and in this process, even if it is unscrupulous, it will not hurt, and this is the real great benevolence.

As for those gentlemen who engage in "benevolence" and "etiquette" in war, they have completely forgotten the essence of war, and they can only be defeated by others who take advantage of their weaknesses, which will not only lead to their own death and annihilation, but also make the country lose its future and make everyone fall into an even more miserable situation.

The current situation is like this, if you only think about the current 14,000 people, even if you can escape with them, it will only be Xiaoren. But for the sake of the overall war, even if everyone is sacrificed here, it is a great benevolence.

"Yes, follow the orders of the commander!"

With a little joy and nervousness on their faces, they began to gather in front of Yutu, preparing for the next battle, and their time was only the last moment before dawn.

As for Dong Ce, he had people write nine letters asking for help in code language, and sent nine messengers to the direction where the emperor was, and they had only one task, that is, to send the letters out desperately, as long as one person could deliver the rescue letters to the emperor, then they would be able to fight.

"Let's fight, let's see if you can beat me down!"

Dong Ce looked at the direction where the Jungger army was located, with a slight murmur in his mouth, and a slightly tired look in his eyes, there was a little sharp light.

........

At dawn, a red sun began to rise slowly with the morning fog, and the land illuminated by the sun began to become colorful, and on the endless grassland, there were bursts of dull drums.

The 60,000 Jungger army began to circle the direction and surrounded the position of the Fu Han army, and most of them carried an Erlut musket, and the rest of them carried spears, and there were a large number of camel cannons in the queue, which looked very powerful, but it was much stronger than the Qing army.

In fact, if the Qing army saw this scene, it would indeed be ashamed of itself, because the muskets used by Junggar were not comparable to them at all, because the military industry in Dzungar was very developed, such as "its iron is the best", and the developed iron-smelting industry also made the gun industry in Dzungar very strong.

Compared with other Mongolian tribes at that time, Jungger has long gotten rid of the traditional style of archery and horse riding, and began to realize the "bow and arrow for gun", just like in the previous battle of Ulan Butong between Kangxi and Zhunger, the Jungger army had tens of thousands of musketeers, relying on the bunker of the 'camel city', to launch a fierce fire attack on the charging Qing army, which made the Qing army's casualties very heavy.

Therefore, in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Jungar Khanate at this time, they did not particularly take the strong firepower of the Han army, because they have always been known for their strong firepower, and in the hearts of these Mongols, they did not think that Ning Chu, who could defeat the Qing court, could defeat them, they thought that they would be even stronger.

And when the army was marching, Galdan Tseling also appeared in the army, and he was surrounded by many guards, all of whom faced the Khan King with a cautious attitude, because the big guys basically knew that just last night, the spies of the Fu Han Army actually touched the side of the camp, provoking the Khan King to not sleep all night, and the whole person was almost stunned.