In the middle of April of the 35th year of Kangxi, the Qing Central Route Army that captured Tula did not continue to advance, but stationed in Tula. Unexpectedly, two bad news came one after another in three days -- the Western Route Army had to take a detour because most of the grasslands along the way were burned by Galdan, so the speed of the march could not catch up with the Middle Route Army, and it would not be able to reach Tula until mid-May at the earliest, and the Eastern Route Army was also unable to reach the predetermined location as scheduled due to the high mountains and roads, which formed an unfavorable situation in which the Central Route Army advanced alone.

At this time, the Qing army in the middle was basically the same as Geerdan's military strength, but Geerdan's men were all cavalry, while the Qing army only had 15,000 cavalry, and the rest were infantry; Geldan waited for work, the Qing army ran for a long time, the battlefield situation was extremely unfavorable to the Qing army, how to decide, the generals and the ministers of the army discussed a lot, and the opinions could not be unified, and the old man Kangxi was also a little undecided, so he had to hold a military meeting in Tula to decide the next step.

Tong Guowei, the minister of the guard and the first-class duke, was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, our army is alone in the depths, and the enemy army is waiting for work, and I am afraid that the war will be unfavorable. ”

"No!" Tu Hai, the former commander of the army, stood up: "Your Majesty, our army has few cavalry and many infantry troops, and the mobility is unfavorable, if it is stationed here, once the news leaks, if the thief takes advantage of the situation and cuts off my grain route, then our army will inevitably be in a passive situation." The minister thought that it would be better for the emperor to lead the rear army to withdraw first, and the minister volunteered to lead the front army to fight for thieves. ”

"No!" Lun Xi, the deputy general of the Chinese army, said loudly: "Although the commander is brave, but I have few cavalry soldiers, if the whole army attacks, I dare not easily say victory, and it is even more impossible to rely on the front army alone. ”

The eldest brother also stood up and said: "Huang Ama is the body of ten thousand gold, don't be in danger, Erchen thinks that this time it may be difficult to ask for thieves, and asks Huang Ama to think twice, Erchen volunteered to be the rearguard to cover the retreat of the army." ”

The ministers discussed a lot, and most of them were based on the theme of withdrawing troops, and even those who proposed to continue the war insisted that Kangxi must evacuate first to ensure safety. The old man Kangxi frowned, his eyes were always staring at the large map spread out on the table without speaking, and after a long time, he suddenly asked: "Mingzhu, what do you think of the marching chief?" ”

Mingzhu since he got rid of the scholars, although he is still very favored by Kangxi, but his power has long been much worse than before, and he is a much more low-key person, and he rarely speaks in public, and he was appointed as the head of the march on this expedition, and he is responsible for the logistics of the whole army, but he has never done a good job in the supply of food, water, etc., originally he didn't plan to open his mouth at a military meeting like this, but the old man asked, and he couldn't help but answer, so he had to step forward and say: "Weichen thinks that all the adults are reasonable, Please also ask the emperor to take care of the dragon's body, and he is not in a hurry to ask for thieves. ”

"Hmm." Kangxi replied noncommittally, then looked at Yinzuo, who had been silent, and asked, "Little Liu'er, what do you think?" ”

Hey, it's finally our turn to perform, and it's not in vain that we've done so much homework, and we've broken several maps on this map alone. Hehe, it's easy to offend people when discussing politics in the court, and maybe it will arouse the suspicion of the old man, let's not speak, if there is no performance in this military field, the saint will be in danger, ha, let's see a big show. Yinzuo was happy in his heart, but his face was very calm, and he said loudly: "Back to Huang Ama's words, Erchen thinks that my middle route army cannot retreat at this time, and the thieves don't know that our army has crossed the desert and the danger, and they don't know the reality of our army. If our army withdraws at this moment, the Western Route Army will be unable to run out of the grain route, and once it is attacked by the enemy, it will only be the result of losing its troops. Based on the above, Erchen thought that our army not only could not withdraw, but also had to move forward quickly, and the thieves were caught off guard. ”

"! Xiaoliu wants to trap the emperor Ama at a disadvantage, and this statement should be cut. The eldest brother jumped out first to object.

The old man Kangxi ignored the eldest brother, stared at Yinzuo with his eyes and said, "Tell me how to fight this battle?" ”

"Yes." Yinzuo strode to the map, pointed to the various strategic points on the map, and said: "First, the art of war is cloudy: the soldiers are treacherous, now our army is in the dark, the enemy army is in the light, there is no way to know the reality of our army, our army can bluff, pretend to be an army of 100,000, and set up more camps in each place to confuse the enemy." Second, the thief chief Geldan is located in Bayan Ulan at the moment, most of his cavalry is scattered, there are only more than 20,000 people around him, if our army is fast and sends troops directly to North Mennalan Mountain, the enemy army will not be able to concentrate all its strength to deal with the battle, our army will be superior to the enemy's army, even if it is a frontal battle, there is a great chance of victory. Third, the enemy army was defeated by our army, and in the hearts of the army, they were afraid of our army, but now our army is taken by surprise and attacked unprepared, and the thief army can only flee all the way under the panic. Fourth, Sun Tzu said: Surround the three queyi, now our eastern route army has blocked the thief army's escape route east of the north Mengnalan Mountain, if our army is divided into north and south roads to make a posture of encirclement and annihilation, the thief army will not be able to find out the truth in the panic, only to flee to the west, our army will take the opportunity to cover up, will be able to injure most of it, and our western route army can just wait for work, set up an ambush to annihilate the rest of the enemy army on the way to escape. ”

Kangxi listened to Yinzuo's words, but did not immediately express his position, pacing back and forth in the big tent, and all the ministers were calm and did not dare to interrupt Kangxi's thinking, and the big tent was silent for a while.

"In your opinion, where should Feiyangu set up an ambush?" Kangxi suddenly asked another question.

Yinzuo carefully looked at the map again, pointed to Zhao Moduo in the upper reaches of the Tula River, and said, "Right here, Zhao Moduo." This place is a hill covered with dense forests, surrounded by rivers on three sides, which is the ideal terrain for ambush, when Ming Chengzu defeated the Mongol army, he had set up an ambush here. ”

"Huh?" The old man Kangxi immediately leaned down, his eyes were fixed on Zhao Moduo, and after a long time, he laughed and said, "Okay! It is Zhao Moduo, if this battle is successful, it should be a big trouble. ”

Kangxi stood up sharply and began to order: "Tuhai." ”

"The minister is here." Tuhai stands out proudly.

"You immediately lead the front army to attack from Erdeni Tuoluohai, and arrive at the North Mennalan Mountains before May 8, and set up more camps along the way, claiming to be an army of 40,000."

"Minister, obey the order." Tuhai received the order and immediately went out of the camp to prepare.

"Pearl."

"Wechen is here."

"It is difficult to transfer the grain and grass of the Feiyang Ancient Department on the West Road, you can leave half of the grain and grass of the Chinese army here first, and transfer the West Road."

"Yes, Wechen will do it." Mingzhu also took the order.

"The generals obeyed the order, followed me out on the expedition, and sent the troops to the North Menalan Mountain."

The generals agreed. Yinzuo stood up again and said, "Huang Ama, Erchen is willing to go to the West Road to deliver the secret order." ”

"Huh?" The old man Kangxi frowned and said, "The battlefield is dangerous, you better follow me." ”

How can there be a war with your old side, we have waited for so many years, not just to get back the war and enjoy it, how can we miss a big drama of beating water dogs. Yinzuo said loudly: "Huang Ama, since this plan is made by Erchen, Erchen is willing to go to the west road to assist Fei Dashuai." ”