Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Wind Rises and the Clouds Fly
The April sun was scorching the desert, there was not even a trace of cloud in the blue sky, the air trembled in the sunlight and rippled like water, and the eight hundred miles of Hanhai desert was as silent as death, even the wild camels, known as the ships of the desert, did not dare to run out at noon. A herd of yellow sheep rested leisurely in the poplar forest, except for a few young sheep jumping and playing restlessly, hundreds of adult yellow sheep quietly ruminated in the shade of the trees, suddenly, the yellow sheep on guard chirped uneasily, the head sheep quickly stood up, pricked up its ears, and looked nervously at a large sand dune in the distance.
A puff of sand kicked up from behind the dunes, followed by dozens of heavily armed cavalry appearing on top of the dunes. It's human, and it's armed. Sensing the approaching danger, the head sheep no longer hesitated, let out a sharp chirp, and led the yellow sheep to turn around and rush out of the poplar forest, fleeing towards the depths of the grassland by the forest. The cavalry had already spotted the flock of yellow sheep galloping for their lives, but they did not try to chase or intercept it, on the contrary, more than a dozen of the cavalry carefully entered the small poplar forest and searched carefully, and then a rider who looked like a commander whispered an order to one of the knights beside him, and the rider turned his horse and galloped away in the way he came.
It's hot, it's really hot****** hot. Although he has been marching on the desert for a month and a half, Yinzuo still can't get used to this heat, and sighs in his heart: The bowl of rice is really not delicious when he fights. In February of the 35th year of Kangxi, Kangxi sent 100,000 troops, divided into three routes: the East Route Army was formed by 9,000 troops commanded by Heilongjiang General Sabusu, crossed the Xing'an Mountains, went out of the Krulun River, and flanked the Dzungar army; The Western Route Army, which was composed of 46,000 troops commanded by Fuyuan's general Fei Yanggu, crossed the desert from Guihua (********) and Ningxia, and went north along the Wengjin River to cut off the Galdan retreat; Zhenwu general Sun Sike led 10,000 green battalion soldiers from Shaanxi to cooperate with the Western Route Army; The old man Kangxi led 34,000 people to form the Middle Route Army, went out of Dushikou (now north of Chicheng, Hebei Province), and went north through the upper reaches of the Krulun River, cutting off the Galdan retreat route, and attacking the Galdan Army with the East and West Route Army.
Yinzuo, as the elder brother of the two known soldiers among the adult elder brothers, was also ordered to go out with the driver this time and follow the Chinese army of the old man Kangxi to crusade against Geerdan. The reason why the old man brought Yinzuo was that he was worried that he was not in Beijing, and Yinzuo had housework with the prince, although Yinzuo had been a man with his tail between his legs over the years, and he behaved like a good young man, but the old man still couldn't rest assured, he could see it: every time Xiaoliu and his brother made housework, in the end, it was always others who suffered, and this time he simply took Yinzuo with him to save some trouble; Second, I also want to give Yinzuo a chance to stand out and show the ability of Brother Zhibing. The old man's mind Yinzuo has a number in his heart, but he can go out to fight and also fulfill Yinzuo's intentions, this product was looking forward to the chaos in the world in his previous life, and it was fun to fight a war or something like that, this time it is considered to be a good idea, but from February to April, he walked for more than two months, and he never fought a battle, and he ate a lot of dust, but it made Yinzuo a little unhappy.
"Report." A ranger rushed quickly from the front of the army, threw his stirrup in front of Kangxi's carriage, got off his horse and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the vanguard of our army has left Hanhai, and Tula is in front, and Tuhai, the commander of the former army, asks the emperor for instructions." ”
As soon as he heard that the army was about to walk out of the eight-hundred-mile Hanhai Desert, Kangxi was interested, lifted the bright yellow curtain on the carriage, stood up, and ordered with a smile: "Order Tuhai to take Tula immediately, and not let go of a single person or a horse." ”
"Huang Ama, my sons have never experienced war, and I want to take this opportunity to observe the front army, and ask Emperor Ama to approve it." Yinzuo hugged his fists on his horse and gave a military salute.
"Hmm." Kangxi looked at his sixth son with a smile, the sixteen-year-old Yinzuo was tall, and the perennial martial arts practice made him look extremely strong, except for the fluff on his lips that showed Yinzuo's youth, he was completely like a battle-hardened general. The old man Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go." ”
"Order." Yinzuo was ecstatic, let go of the horse's hooves, and led more than ten personal guards to chase after the herald in front.
It's not easy, we've been in this dynasty for ten years, and it's hard to get back to the war, so we have to toss it anyway. Observe? Ball! Lao Tzu also has to taste the taste of blood, and we will also play those tricks before the battle, and it is not in vain that we have to spend the boss's strength to cross once. Yinzuo was proud in his heart, and the horse rushed fast, and in a blink of an eye, he caught up with the herald, and came to the front army with a smile on his face.
"All the troops are attacking." The former army commander Tu Hai was stunned and ordered loudly. The soldiers of the front army immediately divided into several roads according to the predetermined deployment and surrounded a group of Mongolians not far from the front, Yinzuo just pulled the reins and planned to charge with the army, Tu Hai spoke: "The sixth elder brother is a little restless, and he can watch the battle with the old man." ”
Watch? Watch a fart war, Lao Tzu is here to fight, watch others play with blades, what is the matter with us standing aside? Yinzuo was about to ignore Tuhai's words, and led his personal guards to rush forward, and dozens of Tuhai's personal guards surrounded him. The captain of the guard said loudly: "Tu Shuai has an order, Lord Belle is a daughter, and he must not be in danger." "Ah, this dead old man is really in charge. Yinzuo glanced at the dozens of horsemen and horses surrounding him, and then looked at Tu Hai with a tense face, although he was angry in his heart, he was helpless, although with his martial arts at this time, he could easily defeat this group of cavalry, but the charge of disobeying military orders was not something he could afford, and Tu Hai was also a good intention, Yin Zuo could only tighten the reins stupidly, slowly paced to Tu Hai's side, and watched the former soldiers rush to kill.
Tula is not so much a small town as a gathering place of herders, the herdsmen of the steppe are nomadic, rarely settle in one place, the reason why Tula has so many herders is only because the meandering tributaries of the Krulun River flow through this place, forming many sea bubbles (lakes) of different sizes, and the water and grass are fertile, attracting many herders to graze here, of course, these herdsmen are Geldan's subordinates.
There are not many herdsmen who have settled in Tula, that is, more than a thousand, among which there are even fewer adult warriors, and they did not expect that the Qing army would be able to pass through the 800-mile Hanhai Desert, so they did not take any precautions at all, and when they found that the Qing cavalry had launched an offensive, it was too late to escape, but these Mongolian herdsmen were really brave, facing the Qing army that was pouring in from all directions, no one knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, all the herdsmen who could take up arms rose up to resist, even women and children shouted loudly, Fighting, but unfortunately the number of people was too small, not to mention, the incident suddenly failed to be effectively organized, but in a moment the whole army was wiped out under the siege of the cavalry of the Qing army.
War, this is war? Seeing that many lives fell in front of his eyes so easily, Yinzuo's heart twitched, listening to the screams coming from the battlefield, and then seeing the scene of the Qing cavalry brigade swinging a knife and slashing, even children did not let go, Yinzuo's heart was heavy, and there was an indescribable taste......