Chapter Eighty-Nine: The First Battle of Geldan (5)

By noon, the army had marched to a distance of about five miles from the Galdan outpost, and Tong Guogang ordered his troops to stop advancing and summoned the generals to discuss the offensive strategy. Reading a book// Yinzhen, Peng Chun, Sunu and the battalion generals led by him all gathered beside Tong Guogang, Tong Guogang picked up the Qianli Lookout around him, and took a few people to climb a hill to let everyone observe the enemy's situation. Yin Zhen saw in his field of vision that there were all human figures between the camel formations, which showed that the Galdan Department was obviously prepared.

Tong Guogang waited for everyone to finish reading it, then took out the map and pointed: "You should have seen it? Galdan must have been discovered, and it is estimated that it will not work if our army wants to take it by surprise, and at present, there is only one strategy to attack." The two strong men and horses met and won bravely! Show the courage of my Manchurian son, and I will wait to take the head of Galdan to repay the emperor's holy grace! The soldiers and horses of the right wing led by Prince Gong are estimated to be close to the current position of the Dzungar department, and according to the agreement, they will use the horn cannon as a letter to echo me. Listen to my orders: the internal and external firearms battalions will allocate 300 soldiers and horses led by Lao Penggong, Haiyu will assist from the side, sneak to a distance of two miles from the enemy camp to standby, and Su Gong will lead 3,000 infantry troops to support the firearms battalion. The firearms battalion horse army, follow my follow-up horse team to arrive, and rush out together, Su Gong, your infantry army will be changed to gallop assistance, the fourth elder brother bothers you and Su Gong to guard our rear road together, and the remaining 100 soldiers of the firearms battalion will escort the fourth elder brother. ”

Everyone said yes, only Yinzhen was quite dissatisfied, and immediately said indignantly: "Lord Tong, I am more familiar with the internal firearms camp than Peng Chun." Why don't you let me lead the firearms battalion?"

Usually Yinzhen is always gentle and elegant, but at this time the tone is aggressive, which surprises others, Tong Guogang naturally has a hard time arranging this: this is his niece's favorite son, and part of the future of the Tong family is firmly tied to this young man, how can he take such a risk, but the fourth elder brother is eager to fight, and it is not good to sweep his temperament, and if he really has military exploits, the holy family in front of the emperor will naturally rise. Reading//

After hesitating for a moment, Tong Guogang said: "Young people are heroes, since the fourth elder brother is so insistent, let's go with Pengchun." It's just that you have to bring more people, you have to bring all the firearms battalions, Mu Chen also followed, and the horse army was led by Kang Kala, with the fourth elder brother. Fourth elder brother, the slave has a word first, the slave is ordered by the general, as the main general on the left, when charging, you must listen to my general's order, if you don't follow, the slave would rather refute your face now. ”

When talking in the past, Yinzhen never let Tong Guogang call himself a slave, and always held his own junior courtesy, saying that he was a junior in private and a subordinate in the public. Tong Guogang was also quite moved, and the title was more casual. At this time, Tong Guogang moved out of the official title so seriously, Yinzhen knew that he was serious, and his goal had been achieved, so he hugged his fists and said: "Yinzhen obeys the general's order." ”

At that moment, several people were in their own departments, Yin Zhen and Peng Chun were on the side, watching the soldiers put gray gun jackets on the sub-mother cannons. This time, thanks to Kangxi's heart of licking calves, there were originally only 60 firearms battalions inside and outside the sub-mother cannon, but 20 were allocated to Yinzhen at once, and there were three gunners for each cannon, plus 200 Pangu shotgunners and 140 firearms and horse soldiers, almost concentrating the most elite strength of the firearms battalion. The firearms battalion is equipped with a different cannon from the main redcoat cannon in the flag battalion, the redcoat cannon is known for its long range and is a sharp weapon for attack, but its weight is heavy, it is inconvenient to move, and the rate of fire is very slow, which is not conducive to shooting shotguns. The sub-mother cannon is based on the Franc machine artillery, mainly to shoot shotguns, the rate of fire is fast, in the case of Yinzhen's several test firings, every four cannons are only about fifteen seconds, it is really good, and the close-range lethality is great, the killing area is wide, the range of the sub-mother cannon is also between the red-coat cannon and the Franc machine artillery, about two miles less than the range of about two, it is the most practical to deal with the cavalry-based formation of Geldan, and the mobility is also very strong. Therefore, after comparing the sub-mother cannon made by Dai Zi, Yinzhen still required all internal and external firearms battalions to be equipped with sub-mother cannons.

Looking at the cannon placed on the gun carriage with a cold light, Yin Zhen secretly said in his heart: "This time it's true, don't let the firearms battalion disgrace me." ”

Kang Kara, Hai Yu, and Mu Chen were all quite excited, and their faces were shining, constantly urging the soldiers to prepare their equipment and prepare for the next thunderous battle.

Then, everyone divided the horse team into two teams, one team in front, the artillery team in the center, and the other team pressed behind, and the front team was led by Hai Yu and Mu Chen, without waving flags, and quietly advanced towards Galdan's camel formation. On the way, we bypassed a small lake and reached the banks of the Saric River, and two miles ahead were camel formations. Yinzhen became more and more excited, and his face was already sweating slightly, while Peng Chun had been closely by Yinzhen's side, as if he was more nervous about Yinzhen's safety than Baozhu. Pengchun's old surname is Dong E, Manchuria is a red flag person, he is the master of the old calendar battlefield, his ancestors are full of military achievements, to his generation, he entered the first-class duke in his thirties, and he is the first hero of the battle of Nebuchu, and he was given the royal robe, bow and arrow, and he is definitely a tiger general, but today, looking at Yinzhen, the son of a daughter, he is also a little trembling in his heart, thinking that this young master should not have an accident next to him, so, even Fuquan to Tong Guogang, these agreed with Yinzhen to follow, and he was scolded in his heart.

After setting up the artillery array, everyone began to wait quietly for the signal from the right flank.

What everyone didn't expect was that Chang Ning was actually in big trouble. The soldiers and horses on the right flank were trapped by a large quagmire and could not advance or retreat. With the speed of the horses, it was still possible to cross the swamp, but all artillery had to be abandoned. And even if the horse corps of thousands of men could continue, without artillery, what could be used to break through the camel formation, and this quagmire that had been ruined by thousands of horses, and the rest of the infantry army could not be wiped out? After thinking about it for a long time in front of the quagmire, Chang Ning still decided to return to his original place and set up camp. At the same time, red fireworks were released, informing the Chinese army and the left flank.

Seeing the red smoke, understand the situation of the right flank, Yinzhen this is called a dizzy, at this time the sun is a little westerly, the soldiers are also beginning to show fatigue, if you do not attack at this moment, there will be morale due to the second drum and decline of the situation, at this moment back to the camp, their own number is small, in case Galdan attacks, it will also cause a big disaster. Moreover, the attack in the middle must be premised on the opening of a breakthrough on the left and right flanks, the right flank is no longer a failure, and if the left flank is also abandoned halfway, this operation is tantamount to failure.

It is estimated that Tong Guogang also considered this, and Tong Guogang was very rigid, and after a little weighing, he made a decision. So, Yinzhen and Peng Chun received an order from Pegasus, and a moment later, the cannon attacked!