Chapter Fifty-Six: Feiyang Gu
"I really didn't, no, we didn't collude with Gerdan...... I'm an envoy, you can't do this to me, it's not in accordance with the rules......"
The Qing court surrounded Geldan on all sides and vowed to exterminate him in Ulan Butong, but at this time, a poor foreigner was standing in the firewood room with a sad face and a yellow dog's tail grass.
Due to the large number of firearms in Geerdan's army, and these firearms are exactly the same as the standard firearms of the Russian army, although Fei Yao Duoluo and his party left Mukden quickly, but because they were afraid of being implicated in this matter again, Mo Jing and his gang asked Sabu Su to send the best knights, Pegasus to Peng Chun, who was heading south from Heilongjiang, and Jilin General Sunu, asking them to intercept Fei Duoluo and his group again. Thanks to the strong support of Prince Gong Changning, who returned from defeat, it was quickly implemented, and the results were quickly obtained.
Because Fei Yaoduoluo and his entourage were all foreigners, and they were walking along the main road, the goal was obvious, and soon, they collided with Sunu, the Jilin general who received the order. This Jilin general Sunu, brave in battle and irritable, after receiving Sabusu's order, naturally wanted to bring Fei Duoluo and his entourage back to Mukden according to the military order, but Fei Duoluo wanted to go back to Russia and was unwilling to return to Mukden, and because Sabusu's order to Sunu did not explain the reason for the matter, Sunu really couldn't find a reason to bring Fei Duoluo back, which fell into a stalemate, Fei Duoluojue's Sunu's behavior was arrogant and rude, so the momentum came up a little, although the words were incomprehensible, but, His performance finally annoyed the Jilin general, and in the end, as soon as Sunu got angry, he "invited" this guy back to Fengtian, and in the process of "please", it was really not polite......
And after Fei Duoluo and his group were arrested, because Sabu Su was in a hurry to dispatch troops, Prince Gong Changning was also anxious to take revenge, and he forgot about it for a while, Sunu is a big grinning character, belonging to the kind of people who will be happy when there is a battle, as soon as he received the military order, he threw himself in, and forgot to report it, his subordinates had no choice, so they temporarily threw Fei Duoluo into the firewood room in the military camp and took care of it.
Until one day, Peng Chun also led the army of Heilongjiang to arrive, and the old man Fei, who was responsible for arranging logistics, remembered this, and looked left and right to see that the two armies had not brought anyone here, so he eagerly asked.
And after getting the news, the most anxious to see Fei Yaoduoluo was not Old Man Fei and others, but Changning, Prince Gong, who fled to Fengtian in defeat. His Royal Highness always believed that his defeat was caused by the Russian firearms in the hands of Geldan, so as soon as he heard that the person had been caught, he immediately took Old Man Fei, the translator, and killed him violently towards the firewood room of the Sunu military camp.
"The surname is Fei, this king asks you, if you didn't collude with Geldan, then where did the firearms in his hand come from? And it's the same firearms as you make, how do you explain them to the king? You'd better be honest, otherwise, this king will not be polite! Although Chang Ning is Kangxi's younger brother, he has lost tens of thousands of people in a battle, and these people are either from the elite of Manchuria, or the soldiers and horses seconded by Korqin, all of whom are subordinates of their relatives, so in the future, when it comes to merit and demerits, he will definitely not be able to keep the title of prince on his head, and maybe he will be condemned by Kangxi, therefore, he has long held back the fire in his belly, but there is nowhere to vent, and now he sees Fei Yaodoluo, although he has not done it yet, but the old man Fei next to him also feels fast.
"Lord, how can you say that this Fei Yao Doro is also an envoy of Russia, and his status in his country is not low, even if he wants to interrogate, he must get the emperor's order, if we torture him privately...... In the future, let those imperial envoys know, and refer to the previous one, saying that we 'have lost the national body', which is not good! ...... "Originally, the idea of Old Man Fei and his gang was to let Sabu Su stop Fei Yao Doro and his party back, after all, if Mo Jing really fornicated with Russia, he would not know that the Russian-made firearms in Geldan's hand had been exposed, and he would let Fei Doro, who was a marquis and not a low status in Russia, come back for interrogation, wouldn't that be self-isolation from Russia?" And it is possible to get Fei Doro to confess her. However, they didn't expect that Sunu would actually "commit violence" to the Russians, and now, things will be difficult to do, detaining and "abating" envoys from other countries like this, this problem is too big, Old Man Fei thought about it, only to appease Fei Duoluo first, and to appease the Russians, you must first persuade Chang Ning, who currently hates Russians to the core.
"Please ask the emperor?" Chang Ning is not a stupid person, otherwise Kangxi would not have been the first to think of him after hearing the news of Geerdan's troops, and as soon as Old Man Fei said this, he thought of the key to the matter. However, he was really angry. You know, even if it is the emperor's own brother, it is not so simple to get a prince's hat to wear, at least, the surface work has to be done all day long, especially when he is facing Kangxi, but also to practice real skills, think about it for so many years, is it easy for him?
"Lord Wang, now that this matter has come to this point, General Sunu's behavior is a little excessive...... This will definitely cause a dispute between the two countries, and the "Chengde Treaty" just signed may be annulled, if the emperor knows, even if there is no impeachment by the imperial envoy, none of us will be able to escape......" Old man Fei's gloomy and sympathetic voice finally aroused Chang Ning's reason, thinking that Kangxi might have to continue to fight with Russia after fighting Geerdan, he suddenly sweated like rain - this is too much of a crime!
"What then?" He asked urgently.
"First of all, appease this Fei Yao Doro, as long as Fei Yao Doro does not speak, everything is easy to discuss! ……”
"How can you keep him from talking? Could it be ......" Chang Ning made a gesture of wiping his neck, as long as anyone who knows it is secret, this is from Manchuria to Moscow, thousands of miles away, it is not impossible to meet a tiger, leopard or wolf on the road, who will know how Fei Duoluo died? However, he immediately gave up this idea, seeing that Sunu had more soldiers arresting people, and there were many people, so he couldn't kill them all, right?
"Lord Wang, Mo Jing in the minion's mansion knows Russian, and she is also an old acquaintance with Fei Yao Doro, so she can come forward...... It's just that Lord Wang, a few days ago, Mo Jing had some things, and by doing this, I was afraid that she would get into some lawsuit! "Old man Fei first got a preventive shot.
"Mo Jing? It's the Lord of Doro, can she do it? Chang Ning didn't listen carefully, he just wanted to know if Mo Jing could appease Fei Yao Duoluo, if he couldn't appease him, he would really make another big war, let alone the prince, even the concubines didn't have to do it.
"It should be possible...... However, I'm afraid that some people will gossip! Old man Fei only nodded, who said that they came up with the idea to stop Fei Duoluo and his gang back? What else can you do without nodding?
"That's good! What will be the gossip? …… Forget it, don't be afraid of gossip, everything is handled by this king, as long as this matter can be settled well, even if this king is removed from the throne because of the defeat, he will never let people slander you...... By the way, don't forget to ask about the firearms in Geldan's hand, if you can understand the origin of those firearms, it will be considered a success! ”
"The slave knows, please rest assured!"
"That's good, well, why am I so unlucky? Forget it, I'll go first, and I'll take you back to the house for this fee...... It's better to hurry, now that the three armies are converging, Sabusu is about to send troops......"
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"Boom to Lao Tzu! Boom, fuck it! Hahaha......"
Prince Yu Fuquan stood on the position, looking at the newly arrived thirty red-clothed cannons, and was excited.
And on the other side of him is the camel city of Gerdan!
Originally, Geldan defeated Arni and Changning in a row, thinking that the Qing court had not yet reacted to the arrival of Geer's army, so he wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack Beijing, but after marching to Ulan Butong, he learned that Fuquan had led an army of 100,000 out of Xifengkou, and his way south had been blocked.
However, in the face of this situation, Geerdan did not choose to fight Fuquan immediately, because in his opinion, even if he could break Fuquan and hit the city of Beijing, it would inevitably be a heavy casualty at that time, and it would be difficult to pose any real threat to Beijing. So, he chose to keep!
Make a tired army after marching thousands of miles and fighting continuously, show weakness to the enemy, lead the enemy to attack yourself, consume the enemy's strength, and then wait for work, launch a counterattack on Fuquan, and strive for the minimum casualties.
Therefore, he built his own Chinese army camp on the north bank of the Saric River, tied tens of thousands of camels to the ground with hooves and lay on the ground, built a camel city, and piled wet felt and stacks on the camels as a cover to confront the Qing army!
And at the beginning, Fuquan did not disappoint him, because he had not seen this kind of warfare, Fuquan did not take this short camel city in his eyes. Seeing that Geldan actually made such a scene, the contempt in his heart suddenly rose, and he ordered the army to cross the river and attack.
In this way, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties!
When Fuquan ordered the army to cross the river, Geldan did not send troops to stop it from doing anything "half-crossing and attacking", but let the Qing army cross the river. And when the Qing army launched a fierce attack on his camel city, his Junggar army hid in the city and began to fire guns, cannons, arrows, and crossbows in unison, killing and wounding Qing soldiers according to their bunkers. Fuquan saw that the camel city was difficult to attack on the south bank of the river, so he increased his troops to the north bank, however, the camel city was still unable to attack for a long time, and in desperation, Fuquan began to withdraw his troops, but, at this time, the Junggar army took advantage of the situation to kill out of the camel city, and on both wings, there was an elite iron cavalry assault ambushed by Geerdan, as a result, Fuquan was defeated, and the Qing army on the north bank of the Saric River was killed and wounded countless times, although many people fled back with their lives, but after counting, there were nearly 20,000 casualties. As a result, Fuquan's troops were only more than half of Geerdan's, so Fuquan urgently asked Kangxi for help while defending the south bank.
I never thought that Kangxi would fall ill!
But fortunately, Suo Etu and Tong Guogang arrived with 40,000 imperial battalions, and also brought thirty red-coated cannons.
Now it's Fuquan's turn.
Each of these red-coated cannons weighs six thousand catties, with huge power and a long range, and the ability to defend the camel city is not worth mentioning at all in front of their might. Under the roar of thirty cannons, a piece of flesh and blood churned......
The camel city was blasted out of a large gap and broken!
"Retreat! Retire now! ”
Fuquan is first disappointed and then proud, but Geldan is the complete opposite!
There were no firearms in the Junggar army that could compare with the power of the red-coated cannons, and Geldan also saw the two musketeer phalanxes on the Qing army's position holding the thirty red-coated cannons, which were a full 2,000 musketeers! The Qing army also had firearms battalions appear.
Geldan was not afraid of this firearms battalion, and the number of firearms in his hand was no less than that, but he had to retreat. Because, the current situation makes him unable to fight with the Qing army, he must preserve his strength, otherwise, even if he can defeat this Qing army, he will be dead when several other armies of the Qing court come together. Therefore, the only way to do this is to avoid the enemy's edge!
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"Gerdan is going to run!" On the south bank of the Saric River, Suo Etu and Tong Guogang both saw the movement of Geldan's army, and after glancing at each other, the two of them rode their horses at the same time and ran towards Fuquan, who was overseeing the army in front.
"Prince Yu, if you don't catch up yet, Geldan is going to run away!" Before the Suo'etu people arrived, they shouted at Fuquan.
"Prince Yu, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and pursue Geldan!" Tong Guogang also shouted.
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Fu Quan looked back at the two of them, and didn't speak, but just said to his relatives beside him: "Order, bombard me a few more times at the Geldan camp...... The army is always ready to pursue Goldan! Remember, let the generals of the various departments act carefully, follow closely behind the Dzungar army, don't let him run, don't take the initiative to attack, and be careful to guard against Geerdan's tricks! ”
"Wow!" Personally follow the command.
"Prince Yu, why don't you take advantage of the situation to attack? When Geldan retreats, the army will be in chaos, and this is the best time to attack! Suo Etu had already arrived at Fuquan's side, heard his order, and asked.
"Soxiang, how could Geldan not know this after many years of marching? I must guard against his tricks! Fuquan replied disregardedly.
"What if Gerdan runs away?"
"Hmph, there are our armies in the south, south, and west, so where can he run even if he runs? My army will be right behind Gerdan, he won't be able to run......"
"Prince Yu, why don't you let me lead a team of cavalry and try to attack!" Although Tong Guogang is Tong Guowei's brother, he has always been uncomfortable with Tong Guowei entering the upper study. In his opinion, the position of the minister of the study was originally prepared by Kangxi for the Tong family, but Tong Guowei was only close to the water and the moon because he was in Beijing, and he Tong Guogang, as an elder brother, did not get this opportunity because he lived a little farther. Especially since Tong Guowei came to power, he has fought with Suo Etu and promoted a large number of people, but he never thought about him as an elder brother, which made him secretly hate in his heart. This time, he begged Kangxi to take him on the expedition, just to earn a military merit, to get a high position, and let the world know that the Tong family is not just Tong Guowei. In the process of leading the troops with Suo Etu, he has been bought by Suo Etu's promised position as the secretary of the military department, and has officially become a member of the Suo Party. Therefore, now he saw that Suo Etu seemed to be a little angry because of Fuquan's words, and he was afraid that this Suo Laosan would provoke Fuquan regardless of the consequences, so he hurriedly interjected and proposed a compromise plan.
"No! Lord Tong, you and Suo Xiang are the uncle of the country and the prime minister, and they must not be lost! Fuquan flatly refused.
"Prince Yu, although I am the uncle of the country, I am also a general who accompanied the expedition, and I didn't come out to hang out!"
"No, it's not good, if something happens, this king can't afford this responsibility!" Fu Quan put down the next sentence, and no longer cared what Tong Guogang and Suo Etu thought, turned around and left, and Suo Tong and the others were afraid of his identity as the second brother and prince of Kangxi, so they could only watch him leave blankly.
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"Suo Xiang, look, what is that?"
Just when Suo Tong and the others were secretly slandering Fu Quan's belly, Suo Etu's entourage suddenly pointed forward and shouted.
"What's going on?" Suo Etu and Tong Guogang saw the surprised look on their faces, and hurriedly took their respective Qianli Lookers and looked at each other.
Adjusting the direction, soon, the two saw the source of the exclamation of the relatives.
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On the horizon northwest of the Geldan camp, a long line of black pressure emerged!
That's a cavalry of thousands!
Immediately after, groups of cavalry emerged from behind the horizon...... By the time the follow-up forces of this cavalry stopped appearing, Suo Tong and the others had already seen tens of thousands of cavalry appear there.
Quickly adjusting the formation, in a very short time, this cavalry formed three huge phalanxes.
Then, in the middle of the phalanx, a large flag was erected.
"General Fuyuan: Fly!"
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Suo Etu and Tong Guogang glanced at each other and saw the same message in each other's eyes:
Feiyanggu has arrived!