The Mongols were broken into pieces and harassed along the way. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info whether it is day or night, the Mongols have never stopped harassing. Although the result of the harassment did not have much impact on the Qing soldiers, it seriously affected the clothed minions, auxiliary soldiers, women and children, the old and weak, and the palace maids and eunuchs.

Kangxi, Bumu Butai, Kangxi's brothers and other royal personnel are relatively good, they have comfortable Nanyang imported carriages to ride, they don't sleep well at night, and they can still sleep in the car during the day.

Let's just say that the quality of the large carriage produced by Nanyang Company is really good, the wheels are covered with a layer of glue, there are spring steel sheets at the junction of the wheel axle and the frame, the wheels are crushed over the undulating ground, the body has no vibration, the car is spacious and comfortable, and it is relatively comfortable to sleep in it. If it weren't for the annoying Mongols who came to harass them at any time and had a nightmare from time to time, Kangxi Bei Hunt could be regarded as a comfortable trip.

The family members of the prince's officials are also okay, they also have four-wheeled carriages imported from Nanyang, although the comfort is not as good as the big carriage taken by the members of the royal family, and it is not as good as the holy car that Kangxi rides, but it is still good, the space in the car is relatively spacious, the wheel axle is connected to the frame with spring steel sheets, the bumps are small, and the ride is quite comfortable.

The families of petty officials, bannermen and high-ranking clothed servants naturally did not have four-wheeled carriages imported from Nanyang, and they could not afford such a good car, so they rode in ordinary domestic two-wheeled carriages, although the ride comfort was much worse, but after all, they could still rest in the car, in order to make up for the sleep affected by the Mongol attack at night.

However, those ordinary clothed servants and their families, as well as the green battalion auxiliaries, the families of the green battalion soldiers, maids, low-level palace maids and eunuchs, men, people and other entourages, they had no car to ride, so they could only follow the team on foot. They were harassed by the Mongols at night and could not sleep well, and during the day they were exhausted from the march on foot, and as they walked, some fell asleep on the side of the road, and were called out to fall asleep on the side of the road after walking a few steps. Some of them fell ill halfway through the march and could no longer walk, unable to pull up at all.

In the beginning, the Qing soldiers also put overworked and sick people on large carts carrying grain, so that they could keep up with the large teams. Later, however, more and more people became overworked and sick. Even if Kangxi issued an order to slow down the march of the team, they could only walk thirty miles a day, but there were not enough cars, and those people had to be left on the side of the road.

The lagging clothed minions, women and children, the old and weak, the green battalion auxiliaries, family members, maids, palace maids and eunuchs, men and men were far behind the team.

The Mongols, who were chasing after the Qing army like a vicious wolf, were very excited when they saw the people who had straggled. Those who fell behind fell into the hands of the Mongols, almost all the men were killed, the ugly old women were also killed, and some of the younger and passable-looking women were captured by the Mongols and turned into tools for the Mongols to vent. Some of the young children, after falling into the hands of the Mongols, were reduced to slavery.

After more than a month of arduous marching, the Qing court fled through the grassland and into the desert Gobi region.

Today's northern part of Outer Mongolia all the way to the territory of Russia, is an arid desert Gobi, far from the sea, not only the moist air currents of the Pacific Ocean but also the humid air currents of the Arctic Ocean, it is difficult to get here, because of this, there is a lack of water here, and even grass is difficult to grow.

Originally, it was not a problem for a well-prepared team, not only with enough food, but also with a map showing the location of the water source to cross this desert Gobi. In fact, there are still many river water sources in Outer Mongolia today, otherwise it should be a desert without people, since there are people living, there are water sources. Unfortunately, the Mongols did not intend for the Qing army to reach the Beihai area to make peace with the Russians. Along the way, the Mongols either occupied the water source and built castles on the edge of the water source, or threw dead cattle and sheep carcasses into the water that had been dead for a long time, rotting and spoiling, polluting the water source and making it impossible for the Qing army to obtain clean fresh water.

The polluted water sources were all no-man's land far from the pastures, and the Qing army struggled to pass through a large area of no man's land before discovering that the precious water source had been contaminated.

The Mongols used their own water sources, sent troops to garrison, and built forts. Although the Mongols did not have a good ability to build cities, and the camps and earthen cities built were simple and short, for the Qing army, which lacked siege weapons, it was very expensive to take the camps and earthen cities on the edge of the water source.

When the Qing army evacuated the capital, all the heavy artillery was not taken away, and only some light small cannons were carried with them, but the gunpowder was limited, and the Qing army had consumed a lot of gunpowder when they fought with the Mongols before. Several water sources were attacked, and the gunpowder carried by the Qing army was basically exhausted.

Because of the lack of fresh water, the speed of the march became slower, with a large number of women, children, old and weak Qing army walked hard, but also faced the harassment of the Mongols, it was very good to be able to walk fifteen miles a day, originally Kangxi thought that enough food, are about to bottom, the Qing army began to limit the supply of food.

Because of the restrictions on the food supply, the coated minions and auxiliaries who were responsible for transporting the food were the first to starve, and they had the most work every day to transport the food, but they were the least restricted in the supply of food, and as a result, more coated minions and auxiliaries were left behind and became captives of the Mongols.

After the Mongols seized the coats and auxiliaries, they no longer cut them without saying anything, but gave them weapons, armed them, and used them as cannon fodder.

As the clothed minions and auxiliaries were left behind and captured, the task of transporting food gradually fell on the soldiers and eunuchs, which increased the difficulty of transporting grain and reduced the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. Even though the number of troops was rapidly reduced, the food was still consumed quickly, and many mules and horses transporting grain died in the desert due to lack of water, and the carts could not be pulled away, so they fell behind, and the grain also fell into the hands of the Mongols.

Thirst, hunger, fatigue, disease, and the Mongols and wild wolves of the steppes plagued the Qing army. Many of the Green Battalion soldiers and the Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners of Mongolia began to flee, taking advantage of the commander's inattention, they turned around and slipped away, and then surrendered to the Mongols.

More and more Qing soldiers surrendered to the Mongols, and the Mongols incorporated the surrendered Qing soldiers into the new annex army, and these Qing soldiers became Mongol soldiers, serving as cannon fodder for the Mongols and helping the Mongols hunt down their original companions together.

What was once a large contingent of more than 500,000 people (including women, children, the elderly, and the weak) has rapidly shrunk rapidly, and within a month of entering the desert Gobi, the number of this contingent has rapidly dropped to less than one-third of its original size.