The Qing army made great efforts to mobilize 20,000 men and horses in nearly four days. After a day of assembling in Songgang, the sea ate a few meals, Ma Guangzu led 5,000 people to move northwest of Xiazhai to block the road to Ganzi, and Cai Ying led 8,000 people to wade through the grassland, cut off the contact between Dajinchuan and Xiazhai to meet the enemy who came to help. Ne Qinqin led more than 7,000 Chinese troops to attack head-on. The three invincible general's cannons bombarded the Tuzhai Gate for half an hour, and the city gate was in ruins.

The relatives couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered Liao Huaqing to lead 2,000 soldiers to attack through the gap in the city gate. But the strange thing is that there is no movement in the city when the cannon bombards, as soon as the soldiers attack, the pheasant moat immediately wavels the flag, and in the middle there is also the handsome flag of "the Qing Dynasty Jinchuan Xuanyu Sha", and countless Tibetan soldiers are holding bows and crossbows, shooting like flying locusts in torrential rain. Liao Huaqing was also really brave, threw off his armor and hit his shirtless, holding a shield in one hand and a big broad-sided knife in the other, shouting: "Which ** raises a step back, Lao Tzu sacrificed his dog's day!" "Drink the order "hurry up"! Thousands of people became more and more motivated, shouting "kill"! More than 200 people led the way into the gap in the city gate, and more than 1,000 people around the city braved the rain of arrows, erected a wooden ladder with manpower, and swung their swords up the ladder.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, suddenly the city was "banging", and the sound of muskets sounded everywhere, and dozens of soldiers who had already attacked the city were caught off guard, and were chopped by the swords and axes of the soldiers defending the city, and they were unloaded and thrown down piece by piece. The Qing soldiers besieging the city were beaten by the shotgun and cried their father and mother, and the water of the ebb tide rushed back to the camp like wolves. Liao Huaqing couldn't help but shout, and was about to swing a knife to kill, when a black mist-like shotgun hit, and his left chest and left arm were hit by a bird's gun, and he shouted: "Grandma's!" "Plop and pour into the muddy water. At the same time, the one or two hundred men who had stormed the city also cried out for help, and only one or twenty soldiers fled back to the camp with arrows, panting and reporting to the relatives: "Nenene-phase! The gates are covered with mud, and the brethren are trapped in it—find a way, hurry, help! As he spoke, the cries for help in the city were gone, leaving only a terrible silence.

"Collect the troops today, and talk about it tomorrow!" Ne Qin's heart palpitated, he broke out in a cold sweat, and said in a panic: "The wounded soldiers were sent back to the Shujing Temple overnight, and Liao Huaqing was also sent back, if the injury is serious, it will be sent to Chengdu!" Seeing that Hailancha and Zhaohui were both squatting on the wet grass to inspect Liao Huaqing's injuries, a feeling of disgust suddenly appeared in his heart, and he ordered: "Liao Huaqing is injured, and the soldiers will be led by the two of you!" Then he turned around and left.

Zhaohui was holding the dying Liao Huaqing in his arms, Hailancha was holding a bowl of salt water, wiping the blood and sludge stains on the wound with a raw white cloth...... How did this fight come about? Looks, you have to change your style of play...... "Both of them were in a panic, and when they saw that they didn't look at Liao Huaqing and left, they were all furious in their hearts! The muscles on Zhaohui's cheeks twitched rapidly a few times, but there was no squeak. Hailancha gritted his teeth and scolded: "Grandma he has blood bumps!" The mule is sick, and the owner wants to see it! ”

"What did you say?"

The relatives who were walking heard Hailancha scolding his mother, but he didn't know it very clearly, so he stopped and turned around and asked. Hailancha stiffened his neck and said, "I said that he has bloody pimples with grandma-" He suddenly felt Zhaohui stab him in the leg, and continued, "-Do we have to fight from the city gate?" He had changed to a helpless wry smile.

"We'll talk about it in the evening!" Knowing that he was lying, he couldn't do anything, so he replied, turned around and left. Zhaohui whispered: "He has set his eyes on the two of us, and he has a sense of revenge, so be careful...... Hailancha spat and said, "Who can predict what will happen in the future?" Now he still has to use us! ”

Night fell. The moon was like a half-torn cake, half-hidden in the slowly moving clouds, and the great meadow was darkened, and the vast dome was covered with mud and water, and the slightly undulating grass stretched into the boundless darkness in the distance. As the breeze swept around, the light mist of twilight drifted with a slight smell of rotting grass and rotten roots. Dark clouds, moonlight, and light fog surrounded the star-lit candle-lit barracks, and with the drifting fog, the already dim candlelight also loomed, much like the phosphorus fire in a summer graveyard. The night of the meadow was already cold and miserable, and occasionally there was the sound of gongs patrolling and watching, accompanied by the sound of tuk-tuk, which showed its desolation even more.

About a mile south of the tent of the Chinese army, a dozen Tibetans walked silently, dressed in oily sheepskin robes, and their swollen sheepskin boots gurgling in the muddy water.

The Tibetan in the lead was tall, his leather robe seemed to be a little smaller, tightly wrapped around a bull-like body, and the hem of the robe barely covered the knees. Most Tibetans have black and red complexions, but under such a hazy moonlight, they can't see it at all, only the occasional touch of moonlight spills down, and only vaguely can you see the thick eyebrows on his face, a slightly straight nose and a broad mouth. This is the Jinchuan Datusi, who commanded the Jinchuan River within a radius of hundreds of miles and led 70,000 Tibetans, and openly fought against the officials and soldiers. He was followed by his old butler Sangcuo, and a lama Rencuo Living Buddha, all of whom were over the age of six, and their steps were still very strong. Behind the lama, there was also a petite and delicate middle-aged woman, with a wide leather robe on her body, which was also obviously out of place. Her name is Duoyun, and she has been a childhood sweetheart with Saroben since she was a child, but she accidentally married Saroben's *** Le Ben. In a terrible duel, the younger brother kills the older brother. She is now the wife of Salopun. At this moment she curled up in her leather robe, and followed her husband step by step. Saroben noticed that she seemed to be struggling to walk. Stand still and ask in Tibetan, "Duoyun, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Sozha," Duoyun said timidly, staring at the "phosphorus fire" one after another, "There are too many enemies. I...... I'm a little scared! ”

Sharo ran close to her, shook her shoulders with a pair of thick hands, sighed for a long time, and said heavily: "In front of the evil wolf, the most taboo thing is fear, this is what Lao Guzha often says. He let go of her and said to the Living Buddha and the guards, "Let's not go any further, just rest and deliberate here." ”

"So Zha," Sangcuo, who was standing beside him, coughed oldly, and said, "Is it please ask Madame to leave Jinchuan with the child, where Wangdui can hide." Sha Luoben shook his head and said, "The enemy is strong, and when we occupy the sky, we will take advantage of the people." If I send my wife away, I will lose the respect of my brother and father. My wife and children will fight with me to the last soldier! Clouds, right? Duoyun lowered her head with one hand to protect her chest, her voice trembling a little, "Yes! My old roots. I've told our two eaglets about you. After speaking, he turned his back to wipe away tears.

Sha Luo ran to look at the large area of the Qing camp, feeling that his tears were about to welling up, and he was busy collecting his thoughts, and his tone became categorical: "We have no other way out but to concentrate all our forces and defeat this relative." When they captured the village, they actually wanted to occupy Dajinchuan for a long time, and then transfer the officers and troops of the South Road and the West Road to capture the Scrapa Cliff and Xiaojinchuan, forcing us to flee east or go into exile in the mountains and forests in these hundreds of miles of encirclement. I was very worried when I heard the report that both the South Road and the West Road were advancing towards Xiaojinchuan. You know, their total strength is more than one-third of our entire population......" "Soza! The living Buddha twisted the beads in his hand and said in a deep voice: "** Lama sent a letter, saying that the Qing army is difficult to fight, and we can move the clan to Tibet, and he will row 500 miles of pasture for us." ”

"Nope." "The enemy is not familiar with the road as we are, and it is not difficult to escape from Jinchuan. But if you want to go around Qianning Mountain, and then turn over Jinshan, you have to attack up and down, and then walk thousands of miles of mountain roads, how much damage and consumption are you along the way? The road from Qinghai to Lhasa is closer than ours, and the Gangganba tribe moved to Tibet, and only 4,000 of the 80,000 people survived. Seeing that everyone was silent, Salopen said decisively: "It is absolutely impossible to escape. Surrendered, tied himself up, and went to his camp in humiliation to beg for his life, which is what Qianlong Bogda wanted. Even if we live, it will be like death—nay, worse than death—and we will be dishonored not only for ourselves, but also for our children and grandchildren! Or my words before the war in Xiaojinchuan, there is only one word 'type', and after winning the war, I will make peace! ”

As he spoke, the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance gradually approached, and it seemed that someone was running quickly in the mud. Everyone looked back and looked at it in amazement, and it was not until they came to them that it was Gaba, a little slave who was in charge of messengers. Gaba ran all the way, panting breathlessly, and it took a long time to settle down and report: "The great reason Zasha is handsome, a living Buddha!" A letter came from Xiaojinchuan, saying that the soldiers of the Han dogs were stationed in Danba and Heika, and built a wooden village there. Also, the 2,000 soldiers of the third section drove to the mouth of the Yellow River, and had already set up camp, and for some reason they drove to the Shujing Temple. After saying that, he bowed to Salopen and the others, turned around and ran again.

"Master," said the old butler Sangcuo, "so we should go back to Xiaojinchuan." Burn down the lower village and Dajinchuan and leave them for the Qing soldiers here. Hit his west road first, and seize some grain. and the Northern Route Army in Jinchuan. Our old people, women, and children are hungry......" said Ren Cuo, "This is a temporary expedient measure." Xiazhai and Dajinchuan fell into the hands of Neqin, and the overall situation was chaotic. Even if you beat Danba, it's still a fugitive. Mobilize our whole army, and here we will fight to the death with our relatives. Break the head of the snake, and the body of the snake is easy to do. ”

Salopun had been listening quietly, his eyes squinting, his pupils flickering faintly, and suddenly a thought came to his mind, and he looked up and laughed. Everyone was stunned by his laughter, Duoyun was about to ask, Sha Luoben smiled and pointed to the Brush Sutra Temple, and said: "The Western Route Army and the Southern Route Army are approaching, which really scared me, and the three roads entered Jinchuan, although stupid, we are weak and really unable to deal with it." This relative, I don't think it's better than Qingfu at all. His troops are all here, and the army that is still transporting grain all the way from Shujing Temple to Songgang also has to protect the grain. He is a stupid man who plays chess and doesn't care about his family! As he spoke, he turned to an entourage leader and ordered: "You go now, and order our defenders to withdraw to the village here before the fourth watch." The 7,000 Tibetan soldiers in Dajinchuan also withdrew, reaching 4,000 in Luqing and 3,000 in Luoweizhai. I'm going to—" he sneered, "cut off his grain and surround the Shujing Temple to see if he can be saved?" ”

Everyone was overjoyed. Ren said with a smile: "Sha Shuai is ruthless in this move!" Neqin dared to go all out to capture the village, because he expected that Luqing and Luo Wei were muddy deep pools when they went to the Shujing Temple, and there was no way to attack his old camp. They forgot that we were Tibetans, that we had our own way in the mud and mud! Fighting like this, it is not difficult to capture the Shujing Temple. Sangtso also became elated, and said with a smile: "That's good! They are transporting grain to the Shujing Temple, and we also have food! ”

"Surround the Brush Temple, don't take it down." Sharopun frowned and smiled, "When the relatives return to the division, the four thousand people of the Qing Qing can intercept and kill them for a while and divide them into two sections." first besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, and then besiege the city to help. Yes, that's it! Sangcuo said regretfully: "In this way, we will not be able to catch Neqin and Zhang Guangsi." ”

The living Buddha pondered and said: "So Zha, you are thinking so far, and you still have room for peace, what kind of siege Wei and help, how do you know so many things of the Han people?" ”

"I have traveled through the world in the mainland, I know Chinese and can read, and I learned it from Han Gouzi." Salo Benge smiled, "People are prime ministers and generals, I captured them alive, how can Qianlong's face be saved?" He turned around happily, raised the clouds with both hands, and said with a smile: "I don't think you have to worry about the child anymore." After winning this battle, you go to Beijing, meet the old man Yue Zhongqi, and find a way to make peace with the imperial court! After speaking, he put down his beloved wife and smiled, "Let's go to Luqing - tie up all the Han dog Ziqing soldiers caught by Xiaojinchuan and send them to the village." Tomorrow they will be called to beat themselves! ”

The relatives deliberated all night that night, and although they were reluctant, they still adopted Hailancha's suggestion and chose a slightly lower section of the wall from the south of the lower village to attack. But this time, it was necessary to move the four "invincible general" cannons weighing more than 1,000 catties. In such muddy grass, the artillery carriage could not be used at all, so the wooden platoon was now tied, the rope was pulled, and each cannon was dragged by a hundred people, and everyone was so tired that they were so tired that they finally stopped the gun emplacement before noon. At this time, Songgang brought the beef jerky sent by Li Shiyao, and his relatives ordered "one pound per person, eat enough to fight". The sergeants chewed a lot, and when the command of the red flag was ordered, the earth-shattering cannon sound immediately sounded, and in an instant, the smoke of gunpowder billowed in the south of the village, shaking the grass and trembling.

The walled wall here is much thinner than the walled gate, and it only took more than 20 shots to collapse a large gap of more than two zhang wide. Zhaohui and Hailancha slashed their swords in their hands and shouted in unison: "Rush into the stockade, and those who retreat will be killed!" The soldiers screamed strangely, held swords and spears, and rushed forward like wasps. Hailancha and Zhaohui are both dressed in big red robes, holding a sword in their right hand and a shield in their left hand, and they followed the soldiers straight to the wall.

Everyone is prepared for arrows, but they are more vigilant if they don't get arrows. A dozen or so soldiers who rushed to the gap were full of strength, and when they saw that there was no one in the city, they inexplicably stopped, and cautiously tiptoed around with their knives, so that the people behind were also shocked. Hailancha scolded: "your ancestors, why don't you kill them?" Saying that, he and Zhaohui went up to the wall one after the other. The two of them opened their eyes and saw the top of the winding earthen wall, and behind the battlement was a slippery passage, and sure enough, there was no one, and under the breeze, they saw the dry grass by the passage, and they were lonely and shivering. The rows of earthen houses and thatched huts in the gate were demolished in pieces, and the alleys were covered with broken logs, broken door panels, sheep dung and camel hair. Except for a few dog barks, not even half a human shadow is gone, and it is a dead city. Zhaohui and Hailancha were in a daze, and their relatives had already sent a message to ask: "What is the situation in the village?" ”

"The enemy withdrew overnight!"

Zhao Hui muttered. An ominous premonition suddenly struck, and he couldn't help but shiver, and turned his face to the sergeants and shouted: "All go into the city to search!" What are you stunned about? It's an empty city! "Pulled Hailancha back to the middle camp to see his relatives.

"Withdrawn!" Ne Qin listened to Hailancha's warning, "The enemy is gone, and I haven't seen a single dick hair." Although he was rude, this was not the time to care, frowning and searching for dry intestines in every possible way: the officers and soldiers stationed in all the dry places around the village, except for a large quagmire in the southwest of the village, were surrounded like iron buckets. Where did the people of Salopen slip out? Yesterday, he desperately resisted the vicious battle, why did he suddenly withdraw without a trace? There was a layer of frost on his face, and his already long face was stretched longer, but his eyes were a little confused, and he muttered: "Could it be that they have wings?" Is it to retreat to Dajinchuan and defend the city? Zhao Hui pointed to the shallow mud and said, "Ne Xiang, they must have escaped from there, there is a road in the quagmire here, only the local natives know!" Before he could speak, Hailancha suddenly woke up, and exclaimed softly with his hand and forehead: "God! There is a road in the mud...... Salopun shouldn't have gone to dig out the old camp of our Brush Temple, right? ”

This sentence hit Zhaohui's mind, his face immediately changed color, he circled around twice in place, and said with a sneer: "I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage or the knowledge!" Our army is temporarily observing the movement according to the troops, and the spies sent to Dajinchuan are about to arrive. Zhaohui bowed to Neqin, his tone was heavy and sincere, and said: "Zhongtang, Luqing is only twenty miles away from the Shujing Temple, and there is a swamp in the middle, and we have no fortification. If there is a road in the quagmire and water, and the enemy sneaks up on the tent of our Chinese commander, Zhang Dashuai's situation is unimaginable. If our army's rear roads are cut off and there is no food and grass, it will be extremely dangerous. ”

"Don't be chaotic, don't be frightened!" The relatives were furious by what they said, and hated them for being alarmist, and forced themselves to calm down: "You are still an old soldier!" Now the first priority is to find out where the enemy is going! He lowered his head and thought about it, and ordered: "Hailancha will take 3,000 people from the 234th shed of the left camp to return to Songgang quickly." If something goes wrong with the food, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Not long after Hailancha received the order, the flying cavalry from the direction of Dajinchuan came to report, saying: "Dajinchuan has strengthened patrols, and there are Tibetan soldiers guarding the two miles outside the city, and our detective cavalry cannot come close to check." He asked, "What's going on in the city?" From midnight to dawn yesterday, did the Tibetan army enter the city? The spy said, "None of the spies we infiltrated came out, and there was martial law inside." At the fourth hour, they heard some commotion in the city, and there were camels and the sound of people, and their soldiers were patrolling so well that they could not approach ......"

"It seems that the soldiers in Xiazhai have retracted to Dajinchuan." Neqin's heart suddenly let go, took a breath, and said, "We will be stationed in the village." He wants to defend Dajinchuan, so I will make the southwest two roads go hand in hand and encircle them. If I just shoot a shot at Dajinchuan, I will immediately besiege Dajinchuan. Isn't Saroben a native grandson, can he escape? When he saw the Qing soldiers who had entered the village to search for him, he asked, "What's the situation inside?" "Back in the middle hall, there is no river in it." The soldier couldn't understand his words as a prime minister, "The Tibetans are all clean." More than 200 people, all of whom were ours, were half starved to death, tied up and put in an empty house. When I asked them, they said that they were blindfolded and did not even know where they were. ”

Ne Qin Gege smiled: "Shaloben is not an idle person, and the saint has not mistaken him." also gave me a huge favor, keep it for talking about peace! "Shout:" Collect troops and enter the village, and the sergeants on the left and right flanks will build a wooden fence outside the village!" When he was about to order someone to recall Hailancha, he saw several soldiers rushing over in the direction of Songgang with mud, all of them rolling like mud monkeys, shouting as they ran: "Quick, fast...... Nave...... Salopon's soldiers, soldiers...... Surrounded by brushes, brushes the temple...... "Kiss heart" boom, immediately the head swelled, the surrounding sky, earth, water, grass, bushes, the stacks of the stack immediately rotated, staggered a step to stand firm, only to feel the heart suddenly beating, trying to calm down, but where can to?

"How many people are there in the temple?" Zhao Hui is a person who has experienced risks for a long time and has been in battle for a long time, and his heart was also shocked, his face became more and more pale, and he asked urgently: "Which way did they go?" ”

"Back to my lord, he, he—" The soldier gasped and gasped and replied, "The man who took Zhang Dashuai didn't say which way, Hai...... Lord Hai said that Xing may have touched the quagmire from the mud. ——I can't tell how many people are around the temple, but there are a lot of people who report the news, more than 10,000 people! He was hit by a few arrows before he escaped—"

"Don't say it's useless!" Zhao Hui snorted, "Where is Hailancha now?" The soldier calmed down a little at this time, and said, "Lord Hai is now gathering the people who are transporting grain back to Songgang, and the grain transport road has been cut off by half. Hundreds of cartloads of grain were lost, and dozens of brothers who carried grain and protected grain also died......"

Zhao Hui didn't ask again, everything was already understood, it was a plan by Sha Luoben to secretly cross Chen Cang, but the enemy acted so secretly and quickly, and did it so neatly, but he never expected it. Zhaohui lowered his head and thought for a while, and saw that his relatives were still turning around, and there were words in his mouth: "What should I do?" This...... How is it good...... "Because of the Tao," Zhongtang, don't worry, you have to find a way! ”

"What's the solution? What can you do? ”

"Return to the three thousand soldiers, and meet with Hailancha to save the Shujing Temple. There are 1,000 defenders left in Xiazhai, and we still have more than 10,000 sergeants to drive into Dajinchuan - he copied my back road, and I took him to the old man! ”

"There are only 6,000 soldiers in the army, how many hours will it take to rescue the Shujing Temple? There are only 2,000 people in the Shujing Temple, and the enemy is surrounded by 10,000 soldiers, how can you resist? lost the old camp and died Zhang Guangsi, how did the court explain? ”

"What does Zhongtang mean?"

"Leave 3,000 people here to garrison, and don't occupy Dajinchuan." The relatives have gradually calmed down, "Send a thousand people to clear the back road of Sha Luoben, and all the rest will return to the Shujing Temple." Zhang Guangsi is in danger, if we don't save it, no one can afford this crime! ”

There are only more than 30 people left in the Shujing Temple. Except for Zhang Guangsi, who was unharmed, his 300 personal soldiers and 2,000 sergeants on the periphery were all killed. The rest of these soldiers escorted him to the big Buddha hall behind the temple, and they all had knife wounds and arrow holes, and they were covered in blood, but they didn't dare to relax at all, and stood under the dripping eaves with bloody knives, ready for the last fight.

Zhang Guangsi's hair was unkempt, and his face was haggard sitting on the chair on the east side of the scripture hall, his eyes staring straight at the green bricks on the ground, as if he was looking for something, and the shouts and orders of the hidden soldiers outside clearly entered the main hall, but he turned a deaf ear. He took off the sword at his waist and drew half a foot, the cold light shining with the sword dazzling, still as sharp as that. This is to praise his Qinghai military exploits, Yongzheng Imperial Qianqing Gate, in front of how many civil and military officials in front of the gift, how many envious and jealous eyes have been aroused? This dragon inlaid jade sword, over the years, has been carved from the body, killed many enemies, and also used it to kill the fugitive, it itself is a kind of pride and pride, but also records his exploits and sorrows. Now...... He carefully pulled it out, gently wiped it with a white handkerchief, slowly stood up, looked at the Tibetan soldiers who had rushed into the inner courtyard and were waiting to attack, and suddenly burst into a creepy laugh: "Hahahaha...... I have killed countless people, countless people have killed me, why regret it? I didn't expect Zhang Guangsi's life to be over here-" The sword in his hand flashed a bright arc of light, and it was wiped out towards Xiang Zuo.

"Dashuai!" His master Wu Xionghong has been standing by his side, he was very alert when Zhang Guangsi drew his sword, and when he saw him commit suicide with a horizontal sword, he hurriedly took a step and grabbed Zhang Guangsi's arm tightly with both hands, and knelt on the ground with a long plop, already in tears: "Dashuai, leave Qingshan!" Remain...... Castle peak...... Songgang is not far from here, and there are cavalry, and the enemy of this big Buddha hall does not dare to set fire...... Wait for help for a while...... As soon as you take your life, the enemy will occupy the Shujing Temple in an instant......" Zhang Guangsi sighed and tears rained down, and slowly withdrew his sword.

Just as he was in desperation, a Goshha outside stepped in and said loudly: "Dashuai, Shaluoben has entered the courtyard of the courtyard, and I want to invite Dashuai to go out and talk!" ”

"No, call him in!"

"Why does Zhang Dashuai refuse people thousands of miles away?" Sha Luoben, who was standing in the middle of the courtyard outside the courtyard, smiled and said, "I have met the old handsome, why not meet him?" ”

Zhang Guangsi cut his hair and braided his hair, put on the crown and pearls, and did not wear a sword, paced out of the hall with a steady mind, stood under the eaves, and looked opposite Sha Luoben.

"Zhang Dashuai was frightened!" Saroben smiled, bowed his hands, and said, "Saroben is rude, and he has no choice but to do so. It is not what I want to see you and I in this situation. Dashuai looks a little older, his complexion is fine, and he is much fatter than the year before. ”

Zhang Guangsi has put life and death aside, but his bearing is calm. He stared at Salopun's tall body, and then said, "You come into the temple to talk!" Sha Luoben said with a smile: "As the safety of 100,000 fathers and elders in Jinchuan, I can't be in danger." Zhang Guangsi sneered: "As a top member of the imperial court, how can I deceive people?" ”

"I've been tricked into being smarter." Sha Luo Ben spoke a proficient Chinese dialect, politely and bowed, "When I say that you are fat, it means that you have broken your word and become fat." He shook out a piece of paper from his arms and asked: "This is the peace treaty signed by Dajinchuan and Qingfu, you and Zheng Wenhuan's army, with your autograph, and the first one is that you must not suppress Jinchuan again for no reason, have you broken your promise?" ”

Zhang Guangsi was speechless for a moment. reluctantly coped, and said with a dry laugh: "The so-called this time and that time." You are so full of swords and guns, the husband only dies, how can you succumb to your cheap slave and obscenity! Then he turned around and left.

"Zhang Dashuai!" The red tendons on Sha Luoben's forehead burst out, and when he saw Zhang Guangsi turning around, his voice was hoarse and he smiled deeply: "What is the difference between entering the hall and entering the courtyard?" I have 10,000 Tibetan soldiers outside, all of whom have a deep enmity with you. In fact, with a wave of my hand, the soldiers in this courtyard can chop you all into mashed meat in an instant! He softened, "You, I know I'm not afraid of death. But since you are loyal to Bogda Khan, you should think about the face of your father. The three armies are defeated, and the Lord will be captured and killed, aren't you afraid that Qianlong Laozi will be humiliated? Zhang Guangsi didn't expect that this little ambassador would have such a mind and foresight, and his hope of life was also moved in an instant, so he turned around and said: "Just talk about it, what charter do you have?" Say! ”

Zhang Guangsi also pulled the shelf and pulled the hard bow when he came to this, and when Sha Luoben saw his fierce appearance, he almost laughed out loud, and he was busy again, and said solemnly: "My soldiers can immediately withdraw from the Shujing Temple half a mile away." Let all the grain here be taken away - do not be angry, for we are short of food, because of your treachery and breach of contract. Second, confiscate the weapons in your hands and those of your guards, and don't take a step out of the temple! Zhang Guangsi snorted, "Disarm me?" Do you want to capture me Zhang Guangsi alive? ”

"Good! For the sake of the old people, we will not disarm! Sha Luoben laughed and waved his hand: "Move the grain out of the monastery, and let the Tibetans who are clear and active come and go back and forth!" - We withdraw from the Brush Sutra Temple! After saying that, he bowed again, and said "Meng Lang" and hugged out.

Sha Luoben and his entourage went out of the Shujing Temple, but they saw soldiers carrying grain everywhere, bustling and rubbing, everyone holding beef in their hands, carrying rice bags on their shoulders and walking in the direction of Qingshuitan. Seeing the crowd so chaotic, Sha Luoben couldn't help frowning, and ordered a Tibetan soldier beside him, saying, "Pass my order, all the Tibetan soldiers put down the rice bags on the spot!" - Call Yedanka here! The Tibetan soldier gave the order while running, and shouted: "So the old man called Yedanka!" For a while, I saw a middle-aged man trotting over with a sweaty head. Before he could stand still, he had already received two slaps in the face.

"Who told your soldiers to carry food?" Sha Luoben's eyes were red, and he roared viciously: "Immediately march to the west in formation!" The main force of Han Gouzi must have moved towards Songgang! Is it time for the enemy to stir up these rotten things?! Leave 500 people here to besiege the Shujing Temple, and burn and smash all the tents, charcoal, stoves and cooking utensils of the Qing soldiers here! Ye Danka hurriedly agreed, and ran to the prayer wheel to shout and command the dispatch. Sha Luoben wiped his sweat with his sleeve and said to Sangcuo beside him: "The Living Buddha of Rencuo is about to bring people over to transport grain." Ye Danka's troops were led by me to the west and joined up with our army in Luowei. If you are an old man, stay here to listen to the command of the living Buddha, remember, the temple is the first, and the grain is the second! - How did the clear soldier Yedanka bring it, like a flock of sheep without a head. Now the enemy is just being defeated by us, and we can't wait for them to get ready, we have to break them up halfway! ”

While speaking, the Tibetan soldiers had been arranged, Ye Danka reprimanded at the top of his throat, trotted over to ask for instructions from Sha Luoben, who pointed to the grain transport officer in the west and said loudly: "Luo Wei, our people have cut off the reinforcements from the relatives to the Shujing Temple. There are 2,000 of them in Xiazhai, 3,000 in Songgang, and 6,000 people in the Chinese army, and only 1,000 cavalry can still fight, and they are desperately rushing to the Shujing Temple. Although the enemy is a little more than us, they have already disorganized the battalion, and the officers cannot find the soldiers, and the soldiers cannot recognize the officers. We're going to take advantage of the chaos! Brothers, take the beef and eat and walk, the enemy crawled in the mudflats all night hungry, and they couldn't help but fight! Because he saw that someone had led the horse, he knew that it was taken from Zhang Guangsi's camp, so he smiled and raised his horse and pointed with a whip:

"Let's go!"

Neqin retreated overnight, and before he reached Songgang, he was attacked by Luo Wei's 3,000 Tibetan soldiers. In the middle of the night, in the dark, and completely unprepared, the camp was blown up in an instant. Those Tibetan soldiers were all brave and abnormal, shouting and shouting in response, blocking the front and chasing behind, cutting in the middle, and beating the officers and soldiers into a pot of porridge. Pity these officers and soldiers, who were closely driven and killed by the Tibetan soldiers, and were trapped on this grassy road, and the road signs were pulled out cleanly, and they did not dare to run around. Half of the officers and soldiers who had not eaten vegetables for several months had chicken eyes, and they were like blind people, slaughtered and chopped by Tibetan soldiers like melons and vegetables. Seeing that the large group of men and horses had been killed and disorganized, the 300 soldiers of the relatives surrounded the relatives and walked south, trying to flee back to the village. But under the dim stars and moon, there were dark shadows everywhere, shouting, shouting, shouting, greetings, screams, and weapons colliding one after another, mixed together. The mud was littered with corpses of officers and soldiers, and pigtailed heads were kicked around in the mud...... Further south, the fight became more and more fierce, rushing in one place, being blocked in one place, it seemed that the wilderness was full of hidden soldiers, and everywhere there were swords and swords. Everyone saw that it was wrong, and they stepped north with their relatives. Fortunately, a herald was familiar with the road topography, and did a good job, and he stopped on a small high port with a small locust bush growing with his descendants. Suddenly, there was a chill all over the body, and the legs were weak and about to sit down, but they were held up by two pro-soldiers, and they listened carefully to the shouts of this group of people and horses recently, but it was Chinese:

"Ne Zhongtang! Where is Ne Zhongtang - we are Zhaohui's soldiers! ”

Only then did the three souls gather the seven spirits into the body, and felt that the crotch was unusually uncomfortable, and touched it through the pants, knowing that it was embarrassing, and ordered in his mouth: "Call Zhaohui over, I'm here!" The soldiers under him shouted in unison: "Nezhongtang is here—the Zhaojun Gate!" "For a while, I saw Zhaohui wading over with a few people carrying knives. Zhaohui shouted as he walked: "Ne Zhongtang, don't panic!" I'm coming! Without waiting for him to arrive, he hurriedly asked, "How many of you still have them?" How many more people? ”

"More than 700 of my soldiers have died, and there are less than 1,000 left." Zhaohui looked up at the sky, as if he was trying his best to find a star, but said, "The most important thing now is to gather our people...... If you fight like this, it will be over before dawn...... It's not time to be ugly! The relatives only walked around in circles underground, muttering, "How is this good?" What to do......"

Seeing that this reserved and arrogant "Xiangye" was so, Zhaohui secretly smiled bitterly and ordered: "All the people shouted in unison: Zhaohui is here, the officials and soldiers are coming closer - pass it on!" ”

"Zhaohui is here, the official army is coming closer-pass it back!"

More than 1,000 people shouted in unison, and immediately overwhelmed the chaotic battlefield noise.

It worked. The 31st and 51st groups of officers and soldiers who were desperately struggling in the chaos were killing and rushing from the north and south roads, and gradually moved closer to this side. Only then did the relatives completely calm down, and they were busy calling the soldiers: "Pass the officials above the head of the shed guerrillas, gather their own subordinate sergeants, and then come over to listen to the order"!

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Another dawn in the meadow. The sun, like ever, crawled lazily out of the distant horizon, hidden in the thin clouds, a bit like an undercooked egg yolk, shining brightly on the grass water. After a trumpet sounded from the fourth watch, the Tibetan soldiers withdrew from the battlefield. It came suddenly, went suddenly, and disappeared without a trace in a moment or three. At this moment, looking at the battlefield of this night's vicious battle with the indifferent sunlight, it is really miserable. From Gaobu to the north for two miles, stretching to the south without end, the corpses of the Qing soldiers are like bales of grain cut down in the field, some places are intermittently sparsely scattered, horizontally and vertically, some places are crowded into piles, stacked into stacks, reclining, lying on their backs, kneeling with half-scumbags, sitting back to back, all kinds of strange things. Grain trucks were parked on the crimson muddy ground, bags of grain that the enemy had not had time to take away were half-submerged in muddy water, and blood-stained command flags were picked up on a shuttle marker, and they were blown away by the wind......

"Ne Xiang," Zhao Hui's gaze retracted from the battlefield, and said to the relatives who were sitting in a daze, "We have counted, including the wounded, there are still two thousand seven hundred and ninety-four people. I estimate that there will be no less than 1,000 people who will withdraw to Xiazhai, and some of the soldiers who are familiar with the road may escape back to Songgang from the north road. What to do next, please show me in the hall! Ne Qin was stunned with red eyes, and only after a while did he say: "As soon as the Tibetan soldiers came to attack, I sent someone to order Hailancha to come to the rescue, and he dared to watch the fire from the other side!" - I don't want to reason with him now, I'm most worried about Zhang Guangsi, somehow, I think something has happened to him-" He stood up suddenly, "-no, we have to hurry up and reinforce the Shujing Temple!" ”

Zhao Hui was silent.

"Gather the team!"

"Nope." Two words popped out of Zhaohui's lips, and after a long time, he pointed to the soldiers lying on the ground and said, "They fought all night hungry, and now they can't fight anymore." We have to go to Songgang now, and let the soldiers eat before we can say anything else - Hailancha will not come to help, I estimate that Zhang Dashuai has an accident on his side and he went to the rescue, or our letter has not reached Songgang at all. What about last night's situation, what about Hailancha? He's not a stupid person, he must have saved the Brush Temple! Zhaohui's reminder, Neqin felt that his stomach was empty. Thinking about Zhaohui's words, no matter how it sounds, it seems that he is scolding himself for being a "stupid person", thinking of Xiazhai Zhaohui's suggestion, he can't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, plus the famine in his stomach, he is even more angry. But at this time, there was no one available except Zhaohui, and after enduring it and enduring it, he had to swallow his anger in his stomach, so he forced a smile and said, "Okay, according to you!" Just as he was about to give the order to the whole team, Zhaohui pointed to the north, a smile bloomed on his face, and said, "Zhongtang! The soldiers of Hailancha are all carrying things and are here to give us food and help! ”

He followed the direction of his finger and saw a large group of soldiers winding near. But there were no horses, and every man carried a sack of cloth on his shoulders...... His eyes lit up, then dimmed and became unusually cold. only said: "Hailancha is also here, so comfortable, and riding a horse!" ”