Finally arrived at the most tense moment, Yin Zhen looked at the artillery queue that had been prepared on his side, and gave an order: "The first column, light the cannon! Hit the master hard!" After speaking, he couldn't help but feel a little happy, especially the first two words, which sounded like playing mahjong and letting go of the gun. Reading a book// But as soon as the cannon sounded, the deafening formation still made Yinzhen's heart surge.

Yinzhen and Peng Chun held a thousand miles of looking, nervously observing the situation of the shelling, after a round of five cannons, Yinzhen appeared, because the camel formation is located in the woods, the position is hidden, it is difficult for their artillery fire to be accurate, although the shell is a shotgun, but if it is not the target, the lethality is still not large. This is the same as the artillery warfare of later generations, when the specific location of the target has not yet been clarified, the lethal effect of artillery is limited. However, Yin Zhen began to panic when he saw the figures shaking between the camel formations, which showed that these tentative shots still caused a lot of shock to the Galdan camp.

At this moment, Yinzhen heard an artillery bombardment from the easterly direction, judging by the distance, it should be Prince Yu's department in the middle road. This shows that Prince Yu has decided that regardless of the situation on the right flank, the offensive has officially begun according to the original plan.

Peng Chun then ordered the artillery bombardment to continue, while Yinzhen was busy making the firearms battalion and the Kangkara army form an attack formation, and as soon as the main force of Tong Guogang's left flank arrived, he would immediately attack the enemy formation.

At this moment, Peng Chun suddenly pointed to the east and said, "Fourth elder brother, look, Prince Yu has started to attack." ”

Yin Zhen hurriedly looked in the direction pointed by Peng Chun with a thousand miles of hope, and sure enough, judging by the flag, the Zhengbai Flag Battalion and the Forward Battalion were attacking the camel formation. After observing for a while, Yinzhen felt that something was wrong, the two sides were in the area on both sides of the Salik River, the Galdan army was concealed and defended at the height of the river, and the middle road Prince Yu's department had to cross the river first, and then attack from the back, so his side attacked head-on many times, but was suppressed by the opponent's muskets and short-range artillery, and the progress was not great.

At this time, Tong Guogang also led his troops to arrive, he hurriedly watched for a while, and asked inquiringly: "How many rounds of shelling has passed?"

Yin Zhen replied: "More than ten rounds." Reading //"

Tong Guogang said: "I watched the enemy formation, although I saw that his subordinates were slightly flustered, but I did not see the camel formation chaotic its rules. It seems that there is also a blockade in the middle of the attack, and if it continues like this, it will become a stalemate. ”

Peng Chun and Yin Zhen also nodded, Yin Zhen said: "The enemy formation is hidden in the forest, because the artillery does not know its exact location, the shelling is only a blind attack, and its troops are panicked, there must be a shotgun has fallen into its formation, but all the artillery is together, but I don't know which artillery is in the right position." ”

Peng Chun continued: "What the fourth elder brother said is extremely true, the only plan for now is to find out the specific location of the Galdan camel formation, use artillery to gather and attack it, and then attack it after breaking its formation. ”

Tong Guogang immediately said: "This is very good, so I will first send a team of men and horses to make a feint attack and find out the layout of the camel formation." ”

Next, several people had an argument over who to send to take the lead. This is the most difficult role, fortunately, finding out the location is a miracle, but if you fall into the enemy formation and don't get out, you will be captured by Galdan, and you will have to be shrouded in horse leather. Tong Guogang first wanted to take the lead, but was stopped by Peng Chun and Yinzhen.

Peng Chun said: "Lord Tong is the main general on the left, how can he be involved in danger. In my opinion, the number of people on this errand should not be too many, my artillery will attack in the same way, choose a hundred warriors, and lead the team with a brave and resourceful man, and break into the enemy's position with light horses, and retreat immediately after finding out the situation, and above the halfway, a thousand horsemen can meet it. ”

Tong Guogang thought about it for a while and agreed. Yin Zhen thought that among the generals under his account, Mu Chen, the leader of the internal firearms battalion, was rough and detailed, courageous and knowledgeable, and looked at his actions, as if he could take on this responsibility, so he recommended Mu Chen to Tong Guogang. Tong Guogang was noncommittal at first, only summoned Mu Chen to his side, explained the errand in detail, and then asked: "Lord Mu, this move is very important, my entire army has tens of thousands of people, victory or defeat may be here, do you understand?"

Mu Chen slammed down and said, "The last general understands." ”

Tong Guogang said again: "The fourth master recommended you today, which means that he will also take on a great role, do you understand?"

Mu Chen looked at Yinzhen, his eyes were full of gratitude, and said, "The last general understands." ”

Tong Guogang said: "Okay! I may go here and there will be no return, do you dare?"

Mu Chen said: "Why don't you dare? Mu Chen is a seven-foot man, and some of them are bloody. However, grandpa, can you allow Mu Chen to say another word. ”

Tong Guogang thought that Mu Chen had retreated, and his eyes suddenly brightened, and he said, "Say!"

Mu Chen was happy and said: "The fourth master said, this time let the slave take care of the errand, and when he is victorious, he will ensure that the slave earns a yellow jacket, and the slave will earn the credit this time, and he will have to go and go back, waiting to wear the yellow jacket." ”

When the three of them heard this, they all laughed, and Tong Guogang waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's you, go and choose a hundred warriors to accompany you immediately!" Yin Zhen was even more moved in his heart. He stepped forward, patted Mu Chen's shoulder, and said, "Old Mu, you give the master a good meal, not a single hair is missing, the master is waiting for you, when this battle is won, the master will personally ask for a yellow coat for you and put it on for you!"

Mu Chen also stared at Yinzhen, hugged his fists and said: "The slave will never live up to the trust of the fourth master, and the slave will go." ”

It was only a moment's work, and the other 100 people were also ready to wait, and looking at them, the internal and external firearms battalions accounted for a small half.

In the sound of rumbling artillery, Mu Chen led a hundred warriors to approach the camel formation from the side, Yin Zhen has been observing with a thousand miles of looking, and his nervous palms are sweating a lot. Mu Chen was dressed in white armor with red edges, which was easy to identify. He wielded a war knife in one hand, and carried the reins of the horse in the other, and suddenly lay on the camel formation obstacle, rushed into the enemy formation, in the smoke of his own artillery, and the light mist of the Kaldan musket, he saw him and the hundred soldiers rushing left and right, and from time to time there were figures on the Galdan side who fell to the ground, and occasionally there were Qing troops falling off their horses. It didn't take long for Mu Chen to go in and out of the camel formation three times! This was a major test of Yinzhen's heart function. Tong Guogang and Peng Chun also ordered an artillery attack on the one hand, and they were also paying attention to Mu Chen's progress on the other.

After another moment, Yinzhen saw Mu Chen running out of the camel formation with more than forty horsemen, galloping towards his own horse army, leading the team to meet Gestai, the forward staff member, and the two groups of men and horses quickly gathered together and galloped in the direction of Yinzhen.

When he got closer, Yinzhen appeared, Mu Chen's robe was covered with a patch of crimson blood, Yinzhen was shocked, and hurriedly hugged Mu Chen, who was crumbling on the horse: "Old Mu, what's wrong?"

Mu Chen had almost lost his strength in the battle, and the wound made his face pale and his lips blue, but he smiled and said: "Fourth master, the slave is useless, he was stabbed in his left arm and right leg, and the rest is the blood of the Dzungar soldiers." ”

Yin Zhen was a little relieved, and after passing the medical officer, Tong Guogang and Peng Chun also surrounded him and asked, "Is there any investigation of the situation of the camel formation?"

Mu Chen smiled weakly: "It has been found out, the right side of the camel formation, is the place where I am directly in front of the left and a little behind, which is where Galdan's lifeline is, and the rest of the camels are lying on the half-human high box stacks, and then connected by fences, and there are two layers, although there is shelling, but the damage is not great, only here, it is estimated that there are not many camels in Galdan, only a single layer, and the fence and the box stacks have collapsed." I also see that most of the artillery in front of me only hit the stacks, and the threat is very small, and if they can hit the camels, it will make the camels frightened and rush into their own camp!"