The generals did not dare to promise with a bitter face, and Shuo Dai, the commander of the Khalkha Mongolian cavalry, came from the steppe, and was no stranger to the marching route of this road, and was the first to stand up and say: "Marshal, all the way to this is a wasteland, there are few people, and my army has nowhere to supply grain and grass, how should this be?" ”

Bo Wen, a general in Xi'an who was in charge of logistics, also stood up and said: "Marshal, the existing grain and grass in our army is only enough for five days, and the next batch of grain and grass will arrive in three days at the earliest, and it will be too late to come up." ”

The commander of the firearms battalion, Adhiha, was even more angry, and shouted loudly: "Great commander, the last general's subordinates are all artillerymen, how can they be as fast as their cavalry running on four legs, and the daily travel of thirty miles is already the limit, how can they reach the ground within ten days?" ”

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Someone took the lead, and the commanders of the battalions complained of their bitterness in a mess, and for a time there was no difference between the big tent and the vegetable market. Yin Zuo stood up with a smile, waved his hand and said: "Generals, don't worry, the Holy Lord has made arrangements for the grain and grass, and the Holy Lord has ordered Lord Mingzhu to allocate half of the grain and grass of the Chinese army, which has been transferred to Sabo Dui, just on the way of our army, and our army will arrive within five days." ”

Feiyangu then said: "Everyone, this is the grace of the saint, the saint would rather suffer himself than forget our Western Route Army, if you don't work hard, are you worthy of the saint's love?" ”

The generals knelt down one after another to thank the Lord Longen. Feiyangu looked around at the generals and said: "I order: all the troops immediately start preparing dry rations for five days, throw away the rest of the baggage, leave half of the artillery here, mobilize all the mules and horses of the baggage battalion, and be sure to transport the remaining artillery to Zhaomodo." Shuo Dai of the forward battalion was the vanguard, and General Bowen was the rearguard, and the stragglers were collected. It's getting late today, so rest here for the night, and set off tomorrow morning, and all the generals will go and prepare. ”

Two flowers bloom, each with a branch, the West Route Army has a long journey of its own hard work not to mention for the time being, and said that the old man Kangxi's middle route army was divided into two ways to go straight to North Mennalan Mountain, Galdan did not expect the Qing army to come so fast, and did not expect that Emperor Kangxi would drive the expedition in person, when he saw Kangxi's imperial camp and the continuous Qing army camp in the North Mennalan Mountain, he couldn't help but be shocked, so he ordered the whole army to abandon all the tents and equipment, and fled west by night. Kangxi seized the fighter plane, and in addition to leaving a force to search for the remnants of Geldan in the Bayan Ulan area, he personally led the elite cavalry to pursue for 3 days and nights until Tuonuo Mountain (Bayan Ulandong). Pursued by the Qing army, the Galdan army fled all the way to the west, and many old and weak people were forced to abandon them, and by the time they reached Trurji (southeast of present-day Ulaanbaatar), there were only more than 10,000 troops left.

After ten days and nights of arduous marching, the Feiyanggu Division of the Qingxi Route Army finally arrived at Zhaomoduo on the afternoon of 12 May, but there were less than 30,000 people left in the whole army, of which only 15,000 were cavalry, and the rest were infantry. The famous generals of the Feiyangu generation, of course, understood that it was not appropriate to take the initiative to attack at this time, and immediately ordered the whole army to rest in the dense forest for the time being, in addition to sending rangers to reconnoiter the location of the Geldan army, in order to avoid exposing their own actions, they also sent people to the rear army to summon the message, ordering the rear army to gather their ranks and not to approach Zhao Moduo again.

When night fell, the scouts sent out reported that there were about 13,000 people in Geldan's army, all of them elite cavalry, and the camp was only thirty miles away from Zhaomodo. The situation suddenly became grim - it was difficult to defeat Goldan's cavalry head-on with less than 30,000 tired soldiers, not to mention that if he wanted to annihilate them all, Feyangu immediately summoned all the generals to discuss it. This time, Feiyangu did not give the generals room to express their opinions, and directly issued a battle order: early the next morning, Shuo Dai, the commander of the forward battalion, led 400 cavalry to challenge the Geldan camp, and must provoke Geldan and lead him to Zhaomodo; General Kusoda led the Beijing Division infantry, Xi'an Green Battalion, and Chahar Mongol cavalry, a total of 5,000 men and horses, to line up in the mountains east of Zhaomoduo; The commander of the right guard, Commander Ling, led the right guard army, the Datong army, and the Khalkha Mongol soldiers, a total of 9,000 men and horses, lined up along the river to block the road to cross the river in Geldan; Zhenwu general Sun Sike led 5,000 green battalions to line up at the top of Zhaomoduo Mountain; Fei Yanggu personally led 10,000 elite horsemen to hide in the dense forest on the hill opposite Zhaomodo, waiting for the fighters; The whole army is ready immediately.

It was originally Yinzuo's proposal to set up Zhao Moduo, but at this moment, seeing Feiyangu arranging it like this, he couldn't help but admire it in his heart - if Geldan doesn't come, as long as he comes, he won't be able to run. With Yinzuo's vision, it is easy to see the key to this ambush - the Sun Sike department guarding the top of the mountain is the key to the overall situation, as long as the top of the mountain is in the hands of the Qing army, it can be killed at any time when Geldan retreats, relying on the mountain to go down, the cavalry will be unstoppable, and will be able to break down Geerdan's military formation, so if Geerdan comes here, he must first attack the top of the mountain, once the top of the mountain is lost, the Qing army will be cut into two sections, and the Geldan army will be condescending and anti-guest-oriented, even if Feiyangu's cavalry is dispatched at that time, It can't save the situation of the collapse of the war, and at most it can only fight a draw with Geldan, but it can't defeat Geldan, let alone completely annihilate Geldan army.

"Great Marshal, the last general asks to stay at the top of the mountain." Originally, according to the plan, Yinzuo would hide in the dense forest with Feiyangu, but Yinzuo himself was not happy: Didn't we come all the way to think about the war addiction, hiding in the dense forest to play sneak attack is certainly very cool, but there are no soldiers under him, and it is not interesting to play, right?

"Huh?" Fei Yangu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, knowing in his heart that Yinzuo saw the key to this ambush battle, the problem is whether Yinzuo is a brother or a favored brother, Fei Yangu doesn't have the courage to let Yinzuo take risks, if there is a good one, what will Fei Yangu do to explain to the old man Kangxi. "Sixth elder brother is still better with Ben Shuai." Fei Yanggu threw down a sentence and turned around to leave, but Yinzuo was in a hurry, and said loudly: "Fei Shuai, the last general, as the deputy marshal of the Western Route Army, can't lose the face of my love for the Xinjueluo family, and please ask the marshal for permission." ”

Yinzuo's words have all been said to this, Feiyangu has no choice, and Feiyangu has already learned from the secret order that the designer of this battle is this sixth elder brother, and he muttered for a while: "Pay attention to safety." As soon as the words fell, he strode away.

Sun Sike, the word Xunchen, was fifty-four years old, and the Han army was a white flag man. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the famous general of the Green Camp made great contributions when quelling the rebellion of Wu Sangui, and together with Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, and Wang Jinbao, he was called the "Four Han Generals of Hexi", and his father was the famous war general Sun Degong in the late Ming Dynasty. Sun Sike's troops are the lowest status among the armies of the Western Road, but they are also the most well-trained, 10,000 people when they set out on the expedition, after such a difficult long-distance march, there can be more than 8,000 people when they reach Zhaomodo, which can be regarded as the strongest force in the Western Route Army. Originally, Sun Sike was a little happy to get the hardest bone, but when he heard that the sixth elder brother was going to stay at the top of the mountain, it was like a basin of water poured on his head, and his heart was cold.

For this easy-going sixth elder brother, Sun Sike has not heard much about him, that is a difficult master, if the sixth elder brother has a mistake under his escort, Sun Sike has a few heads that are not enough to cut off, but Yinzuo is a brother, or the deputy marshal of the Western Route Army, Sun Sike just wanted to oppose it, so he had to politely welcome Yinzuo to the camp, and kept asking God to bless this brother not to do anything funny.

Sun Sike was a little careful about how to hide from Yinzuo, but Yinzuo was too lazy to say anything at the moment, anyway, it was dark at this time, in order to prevent the army of Geldan thirty miles away from being alarmed, there was no way to light torches, dig trenches, repair fortifications, everything was said after dawn, and Yinzuo had been tired enough to choke after the continuous rotation of more than 20 days, so he arranged his own personal guards to keep vigil, and he got into the tent by himself, and fell asleep.

The big war is coming, it's definitely a lie to say that you're not nervous, the stray arrow doesn't have long eyes, and you won't care if you're a soldier or a brother or something, next to it, you have to accept your fate, even if it's a veteran of the battlefield, you will have heart palpitations for no reason before the war, not to mention that it is a rookie like Yinzuo. Don't look at the calm and calm appearance of Yinzuo people in front of him, in fact, he still has some hair in his heart, no, he got up before dawn, he was going to meditate and practice Wudang's internal skills for a while, but he couldn't settle down, and his heart was always uncertain, so he simply walked out of the tent, pretending to go to inspect the army, and let himself be more sober.

Zhao Moduo was originally a small hill, more than 5,000 green camps are nested on the mountain, except for the two tents of Yinzuo and Sun Sike of the Chinese Army Department did not lie around, 5,000 men and horses fell to the ground one by one, it was already crowded, there was not even a place to settle, and there was no way to go out at all, and there was no way to inspect, so I had to go back to the tent to lie down, in a half-dream and half-awake in a daze, it was easy to stay up until the sky was just dawn, and I was going to go to Sun Sike to discuss the defense arrangement, and Sun Laoqi came to the door by himself.

"Lord Belle, it's morning, this is the defense map drawn by the lower officials last night, please correct Lord Belle." Sun Sike handed over the submap with a smile on his face.

When we slept sweetly yesterday, this old man was busy, ashamed, ashamed, ashamed, yes, hurry up and observe Old Man Sun's masterpiece. Well, don't say it, the topographic map drawn by Sun Laoqi is really like a thing, this mountain is a mountain, the water is water, and even the contour line is there. Yinzuo looked at the picture of the old man Sun, while tossing on the ground casually, with the water to wash his face, he made a model after a while, took out a piece of paper from his arms, tore, tore, and set up a formation on the model.

"Where did Lord Belle learn this model, it's very wonderful, if you can make a model for marching and fighting in the future, this battle will be much easier to fight." Sun Sike could see at a glance that this sand table was really the treasure of marching and fighting, and he really learned a trick.

Where did the fight come from? Oh, it looks like I got it on the Internet in my previous life, but I can't say it explicitly. Yinzuo smiled and said, "It's nothing, let's just make do with it when we think about it ourselves." ”

"Lord Belle is clever, and the lower officials admire him." Sun Sike's words are not entirely complimentary, Yinzuo did have two hands in the arrangement of troops just now, and the integration with Sun Sike's arrangement also turned the entire mountaintop fortification into a death trap.

"Lord Belle, your silver ticket ......" Sun Sike suddenly said a half-sentence.

What? Silver ticket? Yinzuo reacted at this time, but the paper he took out just now was a silver ticket, or Zhang Qianliang's, and he was suddenly a little distressed: We have a lot of money, but we can't spend it like this, right? Dizzy! But he said: "Ah, it's okay, it's okay, after the battle, the saint will naturally have a lot of silver, hahaha......"

"That's, that's, Lord Baylor, you rest first, and then the next official will go and deploy one or two." Sun Sike was in a hurry to deploy his troops, and Yinzuo was not polite, after all, time waits for no one, prepare more, and guard more steadily, and said with a smile: "Okay, you always go first, Ben Baylor will arrive later." "Well, hurry up and pack up all the broken silver tickets, and go back and let people frame them, maybe they can still be used. was busy when a smiling face appeared outside the tent, "Master, it's time for breakfast." ”

Damn, you're Liu Yao, dare to make fun of your master, hey, let's clean you up. Yinzuo's face sank and said: "Little demon, go and pack up the silver tickets on the ground for your master, after this battle, those are your rewards." ”

Liu Yao, Liu Shuangcheng's eldest son, is currently the captain of Yinzuo's personal guard. A few years ago, Yinzuo had included Liu Shuangcheng and Haida under his door, and they were all released to be officials, Liu Shuangcheng's official luck was good, plus Yinzuo's help and his third brother Liu Mingchuan's silver support, this time he was already the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, a dignified member of the second grade, although the Navy Division did not have any status in the Qing court army, but it could be regarded as a member of the aspect; As for Haida, the official luck is much worse, and now it is the Guangzhou Xuanfu envoy, only five products, except that he does not have a rich brother, Yinzuo does not pay much attention to him, without him, Yinzuo has already guessed that Haida is one of the nails that the old man Kangxi has placed beside him.

Liu Yao is two years older than Yinzuo, has a good temper, and has a good family martial arts, always likes to laugh on weekdays, and has been following Yinzuo for four years, and has won Yinzuo's favor, and has a nickname called "Little Demon." At this time, I saw that the shredded paper all over the ground became my own reward, and I was not angry, and said happily: "Thank you, I don't know that we have learned pasting since we were children, and I originally planned to make a living from this, hey, I sent it, thank you for your reward." There was also a deliberately greedy look on his face, which made Yinzuo laugh out loud, and his originally tense mood because of the imminent war also relaxed a lot.

didn't say it, Sun Sike's green battalion soldiers were really sharp, in less than two hours, those fortifications were almost complete, if it was replaced by that guy Jingshi Eight Banners, maybe this time it would be a mess. Pits, antlers, artillery positions, sassholes, rolling stones, cavalry attack passages, trenches are all complete, Yinzuo circled around the small hill, and he didn't find anything wrong.

Well, yes, with such men, this battle can be fought. Yinzuo was proud, and suddenly heard an uproar: "It's coming, it's coming!" Looking back, the smoke and dust rose in the distance, and it seemed that there were more people and horses coming, so he was busy, pulled out the sword at his waist, and shouted: "All the troops listen to the order: everyone is in place, and the whole army is on alert!" The soldiers of the Green Battalion, who were originally sitting on the ground resting, immediately unsheathed their knives, their arrows were sheathed, and they were on guard, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the place where the smoke and dust came from.

After a while, Shuo Dai, the commander of the forward battalion, led more than 200 cavalry to rush past Zhao Moduo, and did not stop, and ran directly to the right formation Kusoda, and then the chasing Geldan army saw that there was an ambush in front of him, and stopped twenty zhang away from the mountain, after a burst of people roaring and neighing, four neat phalanxes were discharged, and thousands of rangers scattered outside the formation to prevent the sneak attack of the left and right flanks of the Qing army.

The battlefield was quiet for a while, except for the occasional sound of horses snorting, the battlefield was deadly silent, the air was full of pre-battle tension, and the atmosphere was very oppressive, which made people feel a kind of unstoppable fear......