After a bloody battle in Wudaogou, Yue Zhongqi's department was lost more than half, and there was no strength to fight again, but there were only more than 60,000 remnants left in his hands, but he didn't dare to stay in Zhenyuan City for a moment, Bu Yi withdrew to Zhenyuan City, hastily gathered the rout, and then fled westward with the remnants the next day, all the way to Pimple City (now Daban City), thus crossing the Tianshan Mountains, the whole army withdrew to the northern Xinjiang, and settled in Luntai City (now Urumqi).

The retreat of the Junggar army was extremely panicked, not only did not burn the heavy grain and straw in the city far away from the town, nor did it massacre the common people at the time of the rout as in previous years, the root of it, although there was a reason why it was killed by Yue Zhongqi's department, but there was no lack of reason for being deterred by the precedent of the entire Wai Xie Ersu clan, and this, for the Qing army, is naturally a good thing, after Yue Zhongqi's department cleaned up the battlefield, there was no polite word, and directly waved the army to occupy Zhenyuan City, but did not march forward, Instead, he rested on the spot, urging heavy supplies to the rear, while waiting for the main force led by Hongqing to complete the thorough cleaning of all parts of southern Xinjiang.

On the ninth day of September in the second year of Chengde, the main army of Hongqing's department arrived in the ancient city of Gaochang, and the Yue Zhongqi department from the east victoriously joined the division, on the same day, Hongqing presented the imperial court in the form of a Ming chapter worship, saying that the southern Xinjiang had been decided, and Keri would enter the northern Xinjiang, and in addition to the victory, he again asked for immigration to Shibian, and asked to set up a new barracks in Zhangye, Jiuquan and Weiwu, and recruited 20,000 young men from Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces to enter the camp for training, so as to supplement the reserve.

On September 16 of the second year of Chengde, the good news and Hongqing's recital arrived in Beijing together, the government and the opposition were sensational, and the "Beijing Times" reported the news of the successive victories on the front line in a series of articles, and the whole country was overjoyed, and the businessmen, especially the salt merchants in Yangzhou, took advantage of the situation to launch a large-scale fundraising, in just a few days, more than 12 million taels of silver have been raised in various places, remitted to the household department, and said that it was used to reward the army, and countless literati and writers wrote poems and essays to celebrate the successive victories on the front line, and for a time, Yue Zhongqi's reputation was famous. Known as the god of war in the army, he is in the limelight.

The front line has won great victories one after another, and the enemy has been annihilated in tens of thousands, which is certainly a thing worth celebrating, but Emperor Chengde does not seem to be very happy, no side, the front line is too fast, how long has it been, from April this year, the army left Beijing, to Qinghai, southern Xinjiang to pacify, and the total is less than half a year, if it continues to fight at such a pace, the Dzungar Khanate will have to finish this year, and the new army training of the Fengtai battalion that Emperor Chengde cares about the most has just begun, Although more than 30,000 soldiers and horses have been mobilized, the training has always been unsatisfactory - the thirteenth master is sick, it is difficult to say whether he is really sick or false, but it is an indisputable fact that he no longer participates in the whole army, even if Emperor Chengde has personally gone to Prince Yong's mansion to visit the sick, he has not been able to make the thirteenth master "good".

Victory, Emperor Chengde is needed, there is no other, if the front line is defeated, the situation in the country will inevitably deteriorate, and it is difficult for Emperor Chengde to sit firmly on the dragon chair, such a reason, Emperor Chengde is still clear, but this kind of quick victory, but it is definitely not what Emperor Chengde is happy to see, but such an idea can not be declared, otherwise, a "faint king" hat is afraid that it will be buckled on his head Emperor Chengde, in desperation, Emperor Chengde can only play the trick of delaying, on the one hand, it is a big reward for the three armies, There are many rewards for meritorious generals, and there are not a few knights, especially Yue Zhongqi who has received the most, Jin Yi waited, and then Yin two sons, and Min, Li Mingliang and other meritorious heroes also gained a lot, the former was promoted to the third class marquis, the latter was awarded the first class uncle, and there were rewards such as Zhuangzi, gold and silver, etc., to appease the army; On the other hand, he did not say a word about Hongqing's proposal for the establishment of the immigration camp and the new barracks, nor did he issue an edict to enter the army, only saying that all kinds of important matters must be carefully considered.

Emperor Chengde is so careful, with Hongqing's IQ, he will not be unable to see through, but he understands and understands, Hongqing is also helpless, after all, Emperor Chengde is the emperor, he refuses to issue an edict, Hongqing is not good at acting without authorization, although the name of righteousness is a mysterious thing, but if you want to stabilize the world, but it is indispensable, helpless, Hongqing can only be on this chapter again, and explain in detail the importance of immigration and recruit training.

Hongqing's chapter is like this, Emperor Chengde is not good to sit idly by anymore, but well, he obviously still refuses to give up the idea of delaying the progress of the war, and with great fanfare, he issued an edict to all kinds of ministers to discuss Hongqing's recital, not only the courtiers can go to the book, but also require the provincial officials above the third grade to say anything about these two things, not only that, but also let the "Jingshi Times" report on this matter, encouraging the people of the world to also participate in it, for a while, the whole country was a sensation, and the officialdom and the people were all happy, There are those who are in favor and those who are opposed, and the "Jingshi Shibao" has thus become a stage for a great debate between the pros and cons, and it is lively, but the time has been unconsciously dragged to the end of October, when the snow is heavy, the road to march into the army has been blocked, and there is no possibility of sending troops to the north of Xinjiang within the year.

Daxue like this, even if Emperor Chengde's goal is achieved for the most part, he will naturally no longer let the boring chaos continue, and soon issued an edict, first soothing Hongqing with kind words, and then, he gave a discounted commitment to the two things proposed by Hongqing - the immigration of the real border according to the example of Qinghai, mainly the people's voluntariness, and the other way, the offender was exiled to the border, and Qinghai and southern Xinjiang should be the first choice, as for the recruit training camp, it was agreed that Hongqing would set up a new barracks in Zhangye and Jiuquan, and he would be allowed to follow Gan, Shaanxi requisitioned and transferred 20,000 young men to join the army, in principle, one of the three should be taken from the other, and the treatment of one should be the same as that of the new army, and this matter was handled by Yanxin, the governor of Shaanxi.

Although the edict arrived late, it was finally down, in this regard, Hongqing except for a wry smile, there is really nothing to say, after the last thanks, it can only be stationed in the ancient city of Gaochang, rearrange the sequence of troops - from the third army of the infantry selected more than 10,000 soldiers to fill the first division of the first army and the second division of the second army of the short supply, and from the third army selected more than 5,000 horsemen to supplement the first cavalry division, and the remaining backbone of the third army was sent to Zhangye, Jiuquan, responsible for recruit training, For a period of three months, the winter time was used to carry out large-scale military training, and on this basis, the third army was rebuilt, and the new army reorganized by the Sichuan army led by Li Minxing was scattered by Hongqing and assigned to the cities of southern Xinjiang to be garrisoned to prevent the tribes in southern Xinjiang from making any changes.

The days of winter training are undoubtedly boring, but it is necessary, there is no other, this is the most important thing, in the past half a year, although it is a repeated victory, it seems to be invincible, but in fact, it still exposes a lot of flaws in training, all branches of the army have this or that problem, if it is not solved, the coming day will encounter the battle-hardened Russian army, there will inevitably be a situation, in this regard, Hongqing has a lot of knowledge in his heart, he did not plan to kill the northern Xinjiang in this year, and now, can get a winter time to train the army, Of course, in addition to training, Hongqing did not forget the two things of changing the land and returning to the stream and immigrating to the real side - although Emperor Chengde only gave a discounted will, but Hongqing didn't care, no, he had the power to cut off the five northwestern provinces in his hands, and he would not be reluctant to use it, and he couldn't help but cooperate with Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces after several military orders.

Immigrants are really in the community, it is a good thing, but in the people, it may not be so, there is no other, the people love their homeland, even if they are poor, they do not want to leave their hometowns, unless it is a year of catastrophe, they have to leave their hometowns to escape, if you want to let the people go to the reclamation of the border independently, it is simply difficult to climb to the sky, no matter how favorable the conditions are in the official documents, those who are willing to go willingly, there is absolutely no doubt, if it is according to the so-called voluntary principle of Emperor Chengde, the real side of immigration is just empty words, about this, Hongqing knows very well, Naturally, he will not do it, of course, Hongqing does not dare to really blindly suppress, otherwise, it is not a fun thing to provoke a small infamy, and it is not a fun thing to provoke a civil uprising, for this reason, Hongqing played a hand-rubbing ball - the following five northwestern provinces, strictly ordered to clean up local security, except for the heinous death row prisoners, the rest of the prisoners, whether they are thieves or brawls and other criminals, together with their families, will be transferred to the border for reclamation, and the required expenses and the settlement expenses of all kinds of people will be given according to the treatment of voluntary immigrants, by " Eight Banners Firm".

Hongqing's order to appease local security, the local officials will not be idle, whether they want to or not, they have to be carried out, no side, the name of "officialdom butcher" on Hongqing's head is too scary, since no one is willing to take risks with their own official hats, besides, those prisoners are the most headache for the local government, a guy packed up and sent away, in terms of local governance, it is a good thing, and there will not be too much resistance, of course, It is inevitable that the unjust, false and wrongful cases that will occur because of this, so many charges of disturbing the people, naturally fell on Hongqing's head, in this regard, Hongqing, who had already been mentally prepared, did not care, in his opinion, a little infamy can be exchanged for the stability of the border pass, it is really not a big deal, as for how the future generations will evaluate this immigration initiative, Hongqing is even more indifferent, what to do as usual, what to do as usual, the interesting thing is that Emperor Chengde has taken a tacit attitude towards this, Even if many local officials complained about these immigration measures, and the previous one expressed opposition, Emperor Chengde also stayed in the middle of the country, and the matter was settled.