At the beginning of June of the second year of Chengde, the first battle broke out in the Jiuduowa grassland, the Qing army took He Min as the main general, led 7,000 cavalry hundreds of miles to attack the camp of Luobzang Danjin, and ambushed the first division of the second army Li Mingliang in the northwest line, broke the 'Mongolian' ancient coalition army, killed more than 60,000 enemies in a battle, captured more than 25,000 alive, the old tooth guard Altentur surrendered without a fight, a total of more than 40,000 war horses were captured, and countless baggage, once the news spread, the heads of various ethnic groups in Qinghai and the living Buddhas of the temples who participated in the rebellion were all terrified all day.

The defeat of the main force of Lobzang Danjin in the first battle was certainly a good thing worth celebrating, but Hongqing did not get carried away because of it, and on the day he passed through the old tooth pass, he immediately divided his troops to attack in all directions, except for the Northern Route Army Yue Zhongqi Department is still responsible for suppressing the rebellion. In addition to the chaotic Wai Xie Ersu and other tribes, Lu Yousheng of the Second Cavalry Division led more than 10,000 cavalry from his headquarters and Li Mingming's subordinate unit of the First Division of the Second Army to use a large number of captured war horses to march to the Qaidam Basin with all their might, one man and two horses, so as not to give the slightest respite to Lobzang Danjin, who had fled in the desert; exterminate them all; Zhang Miao of the Second Army led two divisions to march into Dari and Banma, and the task was also to exterminate the rebels everywhere, while Hongqing himself was to 'hand' over the defense of strategic places such as Laoyaguan to Sichuan Admiral Li Minxing, and then led the main force of the Third Army Cheng Guiwu Division, the Artillery Division and the 1st Cavalry Division to slowly march to the Qaidam Basin along the direction of the 2nd Cavalry Division as a backup.

The Qing army is divided into many roads, it seems that each road is not a lot of troops, but the combat effectiveness is amazingly strong, where it passes, but all the tribes and temple forces that dare to resist are all crushed into pieces by the powerful firepower of the Qing army, in just two days, several large armies are progressing smoothly, and there are countless people who have surrendered when they hear the wind, but Yue Zhongqi's department, which took the lead in initiating the battle of Qinghai, has encountered a little trouble - after the defeat of the Baba Gongga of the Outer Sersu Department since the defeat of the Banunan Sanchuan battalion, he retreated in the city of Xining, and closed up for four ' Gate', put on a stubborn posture, echoing the garrison of Shibao City, and was actually preparing to fight a protracted battle with the Qing army.

Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province, since ancient times is one of the important border towns, the city defense facilities are quite strong and perfect, the reason why it fell into the hands of the Wai Xie Ersu tribe, the reason is the same as the fall of the Banu Sanchuan battalion, are the violent 'chaos' Tibetans from the inside raid and break, the city defense facilities are almost intact fell into the hands of the mob of the Outer Xie Ersu tribe, of course, this so-called fortified city is only relative to the army of the cold weapon era, Yu has heavy artillery, bombing' For the Qing army, it is not too difficult to forcibly conquer Xining, but there is a rather tricky trouble - the first division of the first army of the Qing army has only more than 12,000 people, all of whom are infantry, and the cavalry assigned to Yue Zhongqi's department only has more than 1,800 remnants of the first cavalry brigade The escape of the Tibetan people is bound to be difficult to achieve in order to achieve the predetermined strategic goal of quickly extinguishing the 'chaos' in Qinghai.

Reason? It's very simple, the area of Qinghai is too big, the violent 'chaos' Tibetan army hiding in the city is good to say, once they escape to the vast prairie, and then want to round up, but it is not so easy, because of this, Yue Zhongqi actually has only one choice, not to fight Xining for the time being, first take Shibao City, close the Xida 'gate' where the enemy of Xining fled, and finally come to catch turtles in the urn, and wipe out the Wai Xie Ersu tribe in Xining City in one fell swoop, this idea is undoubtedly good, but the problem has arisen again- Shibao City is located in the southwest of Xining eighty miles, if the Qing army wants to bypass Xining to attack Shibao City, it must leave enough troops to clamp down on the enemy of Xining, and the troops sent to attack Shibao City cannot be too much, but Shibao City is one of the most difficult to capture since ancient times, the terrain is dangerous, the road is difficult to travel, and it is not easy to get down.

Shibao City, also known as Tiejian Pass, is located in the southwest of Huangyuan County, has been an important military town since ancient times, during the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Army and Tubo surrounded Shibao City. Fierce battles have been fought several times, the most famous battle is the Tang Xuanzong period, Geshuhan overseer army stormed Shibao City, in order to pay the price of more than 35,000 casualties, only to break through only more than 400 people to defend the Shibao City, just such a casualty victory actually achieved the reputation of Geshuhan famous general, it can be seen how difficult the Shibao City is to overcome, and now, the Shibao City is guarded by more than 1,000 Tibetan troops, the Qing army wants to capture this city, and how many lives should be taken to fill it?

There is no doubt that this determination is obviously not so easy to make, Yue Zhongqi in the city guard of the Sanchuan camp of Banun, a full two days of deducing the large sand table, before making a final decision, on June 11, the second year of Chengde, led his troops to leave the Sanchuan camp of Banuna, the army was not fast, two days later before entering the city of Xining, but did not launch a rapid attack, but ordered the first brigade, the second brigade and the first cavalry brigade to set up a camp in the east of Xining City, in order to contain the defenders of Xining, and led the third brigade to ride the captured war horses around Xining, Went straight to Shibao City, in this regard, although the defenders in the city were aware of the Qing army's movements, but did not take it to heart, only sent a messenger to inform the defenders of Shibao City to strengthen their vigilance, other than that, there was no other action, obviously, Bagongga did not think that the Qing army could really take such a strong pass as Shibao City.

Stone Fort City is backed by Huashi Mountain, facing the 'medicine' water river, located on a brown and red 'colored' cliff, the front cliff is steep, the mountains on both sides are varied, such as the goshawk spreading its wings, it is intimidating, the road leading to the city is only a mountain road that is not very open, the defenders only need to roll the wood and rolling stones, they can block the road of attack of the invading enemy, if they attack head-on, there are not tens of thousands' Nature's life, it is difficult to take the stone fort city, even if the Qing army has advanced weapons, there will be no exception, there is no other, the mountain road is narrow and difficult to walk, not to mention that the heavy artillery can't go up, even the light infantry cannon is difficult to set up the mountainside, if the array is at the foot of the mountain, and because of the problem of elevation angle, it is difficult to attack the stone fort city, and it is such a precipitous and incomparable pass in front of Yue Zhongqi!

"Division commander, this Guancheng ......"

Although he had learned a lot of relevant information about Shibao City from the scouts in advance, when he really witnessed the precipitousness of Shibao City, Chang Shancheng, the commander of the Third Brigade, couldn't help but be frightened, and took advantage of the fact that all the soldiers under his command were busy camping, and came to Yue Zhongqi, who was silently looking at the Xiongguan outside Lixu, with a worried face, and spit out half of his words.

"What, you're scared, huh?"

As soon as he heard Chang Shancheng's words, Yue Zhongqi turned his head sideways, glanced at him coldly, and asked in a calm tone.

"Report to the division commander, the last general is not afraid of death, he is afraid that he will not be able to complete the task!"

Although Yue Zhongqi really accepted the first division for only a few months, he could use his old-fashioned methods of governing the army, as well as with Hongqing's full support, the authority of the first division was already becoming increasingly apparent, Chang Shancheng did not dare to speak arbitrarily in front of him, this hearing Yue Zhongqi ask the law, he couldn't help but be surprised, and then he was upright, and his face was solemn.

"Isn't that 'quite' pretty, hey, you often don't have confidence or don't have confidence in Yue, huh?"

As soon as Chang Shancheng said this, the sneering smile on the corner of Yue Zhongqi's mouth immediately became a little thicker, and he reluctantly asked again.

"The last general won't dare, but this is the ...... of the city"

Being asked by Yue Zhongqi like this, Chang Shancheng's black face was suddenly suffocated, and he couldn't say why, but the meaning was obvious - both! This is not surprising, but anyone who is a general, when he encounters a Xiongguan like Shibao City, he will inevitably panic, especially at this time, there are more than 3,000 people under his hands, Chang Shan himself can't think of a clever plan to attack the city, and he doesn't think that Yue Zhongqi can come up with any good way to face this kind of Xiongguan, of course, this is not very good, Chang Shancheng only dared to muttered in his stomach, saying that he definitely didn't dare to say that he would come out in front of Yue Zhongqi.

"Guancheng is there, if you can't run, pass the order, all departments will rest on the spot, and after sunset, the chief officers above the battalion will go to the Chinese military tent to discuss matters!"

Although Chang Shancheng never said it clearly, Yue Zhongqi could hear his unfinished words, but he didn't take responsibility, nor did he explain in detail the enemy's strategy, he just gave the order with an expressionless face.

"Wow!"

Chang Shancheng was still waiting for Yue Zhongqi to say that he would know about taking the city, but he never thought that Yue Zhongqi would stop there, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey Yue Zhongqi's order, so he could only respond respectfully, and went straight to arrange all kinds of matters without mentioning it.

"What do you want to do with Qing Gouzi?"

"It's strange, it's been so long, and there hasn't been any movement, it's really strange."

"Yes, if you don't attack it, you won't attack it, and the siege will not be a siege, can you try to deceive me and wait to go down the mountain?" …… The Qing army is a veteran of the march, the ability to set up camp is not bad, before and after only half an hour, a simple camp has been erected in front of the mountain a mile up, and at this time, it is only the end of the card, it is still far from the dark, but the Qing army is even tempted' None of the regular attacks were launched, and the cats went straight to the camp, except for some patrol posts, all of them went into the tents to rest, and as soon as this posture came out, the generals of the Tibetan army who were on strict guard on the city could not help but be dumbfounded, and surrounded the main general of the pass, Bahedati, and you guessed blindly as soon as I spoke......--5aahhh+24793764--> [End of chapter]