Chapter Seventy-Three: Kill!
To deal with the lack of food, Luo Xin's solution is actually to let Zhong Xiaozhen exchange horses for cattle and sheep, since he can't kill horses? Secretly exchange some horses for some cattle and sheep assemblies, right? It should be donated by the Mongolian tribe in the vicinity. And the reason why Zhong Xiaozhen was asked to do this is because the land where the Qing army is located now belonged to Geerdan not long ago, and Zhong Xiaozhen should be very appealing here.
However, Luo Xin's method is tantamount to letting her daughter help her father's enemy, so Zhong Xiaozhen didn't agree at first, after all, it is already very sorry that she can't fight against her father together, and Zhong Xiaozhen doesn't want to rub a handful of salt on Geerdan's wounds. What's more, along the way, the tribes that can be met on the road have actually been robbed by Geerdan, who is also short of food and grass, how can it be possible to gather how many cattle and sheep to give to the Qing army?
As a result, Luo Xin had to give up this unrealistic solution.
However, on the third day of her idea, a team dressed as Mongols caught up with the marching Qing army and offered a lot of horse meat. According to the men themselves, their tribe had been looted by Geldan, and a large number of cattle, sheep and horses had been looted and killed. They were very resentful of this, but they were helpless against Geldan. Therefore, they found the army of the imperial court, hoping that the army of the imperial court could avenge them, and, in order to show their sincerity, they also sent a batch of horse meat, hoping that the army of the imperial court would accept it with a smile.
In this regard, the Qing army did not know what to do. Kangxi personally met with the leader of this group of people and belittled him. He believed that these people had deliberately obtained these horse meat to give to the Qing army at the behest of Geldan in order to kill the Qing army. Let the Qing army on the march be punished after eating horse meat.
However, after talking about it, Kangxi changed the topic again, saying that he was not afraid of this set, and his army was not afraid of this set. Because Heaven is on His side, and He is the Son of Heaven. Geldan used such a funny trick, which can only show that his people have reached the point of despair, and in order to prevent the Qing army from pursuing, they have nothing to care about. Therefore, he not only had to accept the horse meat, but also took the whole army to eat it, so that Geldan could understand which side the heavens were blessing.
Then, Kangxi sent 2,000 people to escort these Mongols to the rear team, and then ordered people to put away the horse meat and use it as military rations...... Although Lang Zhong soon found out that these horse meat had been manipulated, there were *** people in the army who knew how to solve them, and they added a little salt to something they didn't know what it was, and they solved these problems.
This shows even more that the heavens are on the side of the Qing army.
No one has any doubts about this.
Instead, morale rose again, and the whole army was thrilled with the availability of rations, and laughed at Gerdan for shooting himself in the foot. Of course, in this case, no one noticed that the 2,000 Qing soldiers sent to escort the Mongols were originally cavalry...... And the soldiers of the Qing army in the rear team will definitely not know these soldiers who originally belonged to the imperial camp.
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A storm passed quickly. Kangxi's army was replenished with military rations, marched more quickly, and soon caught up with Feiyanggu's front army.
After that, the two armies, under the leadership of Feiyanggu, quickly conquered the important town of Zhaomodo, but Geldan had already abandoned the city and fled. In desperation, the Qing army had to chase after him again. It's just that at this time, the grain and grass of the Qing army, even with those horse meat, have almost been eaten. However, this time, Kangxi could no longer kill horses to fill the army's rations. First, a scene cannot be performed twice, and secondly, the cavalry in the army is also the main force fighting against Geerdan, according to news, there are still more than 20,000 elite cavalry around Geerdan, so the Qing army's war horses can no longer be consumed. So, in this case, Feiyanggu and the others didn't dare to let Kangxi chase after them, and everyone knocked on Kangxi to return to Luan. However, Kangxi was iron-hearted, and he had to catch Geerdan in person, but he didn't agree.
Fortunately, at this time, Suo Etu's military rations finally arrived. Although it was only a little, it was only enough for the army to eat for less than ten days, but it also solved the urgent need of Kangxi and others. As a result, the Qing army once again pursued Geldan fiercely.
This time, Feiyanggu summed up the lessons of the previous few times that allowed Geldan to escape, he handed over the army to Fuquan's command, and himself led the light cavalry to advance at full speed, blocking the only way for Geldan to escape back to IliTamir, making it difficult for Geldan to escape again.
At the same time, Kangxi also received a secret report from the capital, stating that Geerdan's nephew had taken advantage of Geerdan's absence in Yili, imitating Geerdan's past actions, borrowing troops to capture Ili, snatching the throne of Junggar Khan, and robbing Geerdan's wife, Ahai, known as the first beauty of Oirat. In addition, this conspiracy Alatan also submitted a vassal to the Qing court, and promised that if Geldan returned to Ili, he would definitely kill Geldan for the Qing court, cut off his head and sacrifice it, etc.
In this regard, Kangxi was naturally full of joy. However, at this time, unfavorable news came from the Feiyang Ancient Army again...... There was another lack of food in the army.
"Damn, damnable...... Spread my will, send all the remaining grain and grass in our army to the Feiyang Ancient Army, and must not let them go hungry to fight for the country. After receiving Feiyanggu's urgent document, Kangxi roared loudly and gave an order to Gao Shiqi and Fuquan. He must not let Geldan escape again because of lack of food at a time when the situation was very good and the thief cause was about to be completed. You know, although Geldan is now embattled, but, that guy still has a leg with *** lama, if the Feiyanggu army declines because of lack of food, and fails to stop Geldan who jumps over the wall in a hurry, let him run to ***, where the emperor is far away, and wants to exterminate him again, but I don't know how many times more difficult it is now.
"Your Majesty, if you give all the food to Feiyanggu, what will we eat here? What's more, those grains are not enough for Feiyanggu to eat for a few days......" Gao Shiqi asked.
"I can't take care of so much, Feiyang Gu led the army, all the way is either a field battle or a siege, they are all heroes, now that the decisive battle is coming, how can I let them go hungry to fight with Geldan again? If the soldiers don't have enough to eat, how can they fight? ......" Kangxi shouted.
"However, the emperor ......" Fuquan wanted to speak and stopped.
"Okay, you don't need to say more, I've made up my mind!" Kangxi said categorically, and then, he turned to Fuquan and ordered: "Fuquan, you send someone to transport grain immediately, don't delay." ”
"Minions...... Compliance. Fuquan was helpless, he knew that Kangxi was right, but he was also worried, what if the army had no food and something happened? Since ancient times, there have been many mutinies due to the lack of military rations, and if it were just himself, it would be okay, but the emperor was also in this army......
And just when Fuquan was about to walk out of the imperial tent, there was a deafening cheer suddenly from the southwest side of the barracks, and this cheer quickly spread from south to north, throughout the entire barracks.
"What's going on?" Kangxi also heard the cheers, took two steps, walked out of the tent and asked the guards.
"The slave doesn't know ......" The guard has been standing outside the tent and guarding, how do you know what's going on? Naturally, this is the only answer.
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......" Just when Kangxi, Fuquan and Gao Shiqi looked at each other and had just sent someone to investigate the cause of the cheers, Li Dequan ran over step by step, shouting non-stop while running.
"Li Dequan, what's the matter with you? What to call? What's going on? Fuquan saw Li Dequan's appearance and hurriedly asked.
"The Emperor...... The emperor, Yu Zhong, and the two lords Ma De, he, they brought the military rations, and they brought ......" Li Dequan shouted loudly.
"What? The military rations have arrived? Hahaha...... That's great! That's just great! Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor......" What else to say? Fuquan and Gao Shiqi took the lead in kneeling down in front of Kangxi and congratulated, this just felt that someone was hungry and someone brought food, which is really worthy of congratulations.
"What about Yu Zhong and the Made?" Kangxi said excitedly. Although he was happy, he was not yet to the point of getting carried away, and immediately thought of the two heroes who transported the grain. Although the journey from where the army is staying now to Shaanxi and then transport grain back is not as far as that to Ulan Butong, it is already very fast to be able to transport grain in such a short period of time, especially to solve the urgent need, and the credit of Yu Zhong and Ma De is really not small.
"Your Majesty, the two adults are kneeling outside the camp to plead guilty."
"Please? What sin please? The two of them are meritorious, and they are very meritorious...... Announce their audience at once! Kangxi laughed and said, not taking the so-called plea to heart. After all, with the credit of neutralizing Ma De's timely delivery of grain, as long as it is not a rebellion, any crime is enough to be compensated.
"The minions obey." Li Dequan ran out again, leaving Kangxi with a prince and a prime minister there to have fun.
Li Dequan's speed was very fast, and it didn't take long for Yu Zhong and Ma De to appear in front of Kangxi and others.
The two of them saluted Kangxi in accordance with the rules.
And Kangxi looked at the two kneeling in front of him, and he was also embarrassed for a while. He didn't trust Yu Zhong and Ma De, and of course, he didn't pay much attention to it. Compared with Ferdinand, there is also Mo Jing, he has always thought that Yu Zhong, Ma De and Luo Xin can only be regarded as additives. The reason why the two of them were asked to transport grain this time was not only because they were in a high position but could not fight, and they would not affect the battle situation because they were going to transport grain, but also because Mo Jing and Luo Xin stayed in the barracks, that is, hostages. According to the information he got, Yu Zhong and Mo Jing are very close and have a very good relationship, although Ma De and Luo Xin don't know how, but Luo Xin is still Ferdinand's niece, if Ma De doesn't want to be settled by Ferdinand in the future, he will definitely have to work hard to transport the grain. However, now when he saw the two people in front of him, covered in dust and dust, and his eyes were red when he looked at him, he couldn't help but feel guilty:
"Two Aiqing, you have worked hard, get up quickly......"
However, after listening to his words, Yu Zhong and Ma De did not respond, but kowtowed heavily again, and then heard Yu Zhong say: "Your Majesty, the two slaves are guilty, and they dare not get up......"
"Sin? What sin? Don't worry, get up and talk about it slowly......"
"Your Majesty, the two slaves were ordered to go to Shaanxi to transfer grain, and now it has arrived, Shaanxi Governor Sun Sike obeyed the orders of the two slaves, and has led his troops to transport another part of the grain and grass to the army of General Feiyanggu, and the two slaves have come to pay the order." Maddy Road.
"Okay, you two did a good job. Could it be that the sin you asked for was to transfer Sun Sike's department without permission? It's okay, hahaha, what kind of crime is this? Kangxi laughed.
"Your Majesty, the minions are not invited for this crime, the two minions ...... Kill Ge Li, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi! Yu Zhong said.
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