At the beginning of November of the 45th year of Kangxi, the conscription order was issued, and the Yongjun Wang Yinyu ate and lived in the Yamen of the military department for more than ten days in a row, and began to mobilize soldiers and horses from all walks of life.

On the tenth day of March in the 46th year of Kangxi, Wang Yinyu of Yongjun, who was ordered to go on the expedition, sent 30,000 Chinese troops from the Fengtai camp from Beijing to Xi'an, ready to go on the expedition, and Prince Yinzuo of Yi led a hundred officials to send it to the suburbs on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

In May of the 46th year of Kangxi, 150,000 troops marched to Qianzang, bringing together the Mongolian and Tibetan armies who came to turn, with a total strength of more than 220,000 people, in June of the 46th year of Kangxi, a grand military parade was held in Qianzang, and the troops were dispatched into Houzang to attack the invading Jungar Department. In August of the forty-sixth year of Kangxi, the initial battle was unfavorable to the delusion of Alabutan to see that the situation was not good, and fled frantically, with a small force feint to cover the main force retreat from Lhasa, and ran hundreds of miles in one night, and withdrew ** to the Junggar Basin all the way to the rout, the Qing army did not collect the troops back to the camp after recovering **, but pursued at the tail of the tail, except for some of the troops stayed, most of them marched to the Jungar Basin, the old nest of the Junggar Department, and there was a posture of not completely taking the Junggar Basin without collecting troops.

The army is a mountain of gold and silver, 200,000 soldiers eat horses, and the military expenditure every day is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, if it were not for the opening of the sea ban a few years ago, the imperial court has money, and the cost of military food transfer has been reduced a lot, otherwise this battle is really a little unbearable, even so, Yinzuo and Yinzhen, who are in charge of the general logistics supply, have really added a lot of wrinkles to the matter of military spending - the old man Kangxi does not agree to raise taxes, and this battle is obviously a protracted war, and I don't know when I will fight it. Although there is money in the treasury, it can't stand such a flowing consumption, so he has no choice but to donate a lot of money by himself, and calls on salt merchants and maritime merchants in the world to donate, which can be regarded as being able to keep the supply of the front line without affecting the normal operation of the court.

In the past two years, the old man Kangxi's body has collapsed, not to mention that he has returned to the court in ten days, and it is common for him not to go to court for two or three months in a row, and his sons are looking forward to the old man returning to the west as soon as possible, but the old man is sick and does not die, and the front line continues to win battles, not only has the old man Kangxi's illness not worsened, but it seems to be a lot better, and his spirit is also stronger. Basically, all the big and small government affairs are handled by the ministers in the study.

Time flies quickly, like a white horse passing by, in a blink of an eye it is February of the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, look at the day of the fifty-fifth birthday of the old man Kangxi, this is a big birthday, although it is not as grand as the whole birthday, but for the old man, this is also a good day, plus the old man has been in good spirits recently, and the court has proposed to celebrate a lot, not to mention the civil and military officials, governors from all over the country, even the brothers are busy preparing to give the old man Kangxi a birthday, and all kinds of rare things have come out of the cage, Just waiting for the birthday gift on March 18 to show loyalty, even the old fourteenth on the front line, the great general king, is not willing to be defeated, and he has prepared a gift to surprise the old man.

The battle has been fought for more than two years, Dazhang has not fought many times, but the small battles have been fought innumerable, the old 14 strictly in accordance with the strategic plan agreed with Yinzuo in advance, not impatient and impatient, pressed on all sides, encroached on the activity space of the Junggar Department, consolidated a place every time it occupied, and slaughtered all the captured herdsmen or transferred them to the rear, leaving no chance for the slightest counterattack of the Arabutan, steadily compressing the activity space of the Junggar Department, although the battle was fought slowly, but the victory was real, Seeing that it only takes a few more months to trap the Jungar Department to death, this makes the old fourteen proud and can't help but feel a little anxious, without him, he is fighting in front, but most of his mind is put in the back, the old man's illness is the most concerned thing for the old fourteen, don't look at the old man's recent spirits, but the big guys understand that this is just a return to the light, and the old man's time is running out.

The old fourteen has been ambitious since he was a child, and at the moment he has a heavy army, it is naturally impossible to say that he has no ideas, and there are many brothers who enter and leave his big tent every day, whether it is the third, the fourth or Yinzuo, Yinzuo's door, he does not refuse, but he has never seen him express any attitude, always smiling and welcoming people, no one can figure out his true thoughts. A few days ago, Yinyu personally led the main force of the Chinese army to fight a battle with the rampant fleeing strategy Alabutan, and took advantage of the victory to occupy Urumqi, originally according to the scheduled battle plan, it should be to leave the guard clearance team, and the main force continued to pursue the tail, but Yinyu saw that the old man Kangxi was approaching, and he was afraid that it would be a little worse, and a small defeat was not beautiful, so he did not give the order to enter the suppression but stopped, and set up camp in Urumqi.

Li He, Shandong Penglai people's clan, was originally a general under Shandong Governor Li Ke, fought bravely, repeatedly made meritorious contributions, after the first battle of Dongying, he was promoted to a thousand generals, and then transferred to Yinzuo Mansion as a captain, carried into the Han army flag, Kangxi 45 years by Yinzuo introduced into the Yinyu Chinese Army as a guerrilla general, when the attack was ** again meritorious service, promoted to the general, has been followed by Yinzuo around, has been reused. Today, he just occupied Urumqi, Li He was busy arranging his subordinates to set up camp, and suddenly heard the Chinese army herald calling, and rushed to the big tent of Yinyu, just about to step forward to pay a thousand salutes, Yinyu laughed and waved his hand: "Excuse me, excuse me, I have to come with the master to this set of false, today the master asked you to come because there is something for you to do." ”

Li He has been under Yinzuo for many years, so he naturally knows the relationship between the old fourteenth and his master, and he didn't dare to ask more, but just bowed down and said: "If the general has something to do, he will definitely do it." ”

"Well, it's not a big deal, the saint's birthday is coming, this king can't be without a voice, right? Well, fortunately, Urumqi was defeated today, which can be regarded as a big victory, and there is nothing to prepare in the army, so you can escort some prisoners of war back with Orotai to sacrifice prisoners. Old Fourteen said with a smile.

Offering prisoners is not a trivial matter, it has to be the glory of the triumph of the army, although the victory of this battle is in sight, but after all, it has not really been won, and it is necessary to rush to sacrifice prisoners, although it is the icing on the cake for the birthday of the old man Kangxi, but it is too early. Although Li He is a soldier, he also understands that it is a great honor to sacrifice prisoners, and he has some doubts in his heart, but since it is the commander's military order, it is not easy to say anything, so he can only bow down and promise.

Not to mention that Li He, Oro Tai and others trekked all the way through mountains and rivers to escort the prisoners of war to the Beijing Division, at this time the Beijing Division was already filled with a festive atmosphere - the old man Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight, and it is now forty-seven years, although there is no horror of reigning for sixty-one years in the time and space from which Yinzuo came, but it is also one of the longest reigning emperors of all dynasties, and this fifty-fifth birthday is not a good birthday to celebrate? As the chief minister of the study, Yinzuo can naturally only serve as the commander-in-chief of the celebration, relying on the help of Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu and others, plus the full support of the third person in charge of the Ministry of Rites, he was busy for several days and finally decided on all the required matters.

There is only one day before the old man's birthday, and Yinzuo, who was tired and busy, stayed up until three o'clock before dragging his tired body back home, just entered the door, and before he could sit down and drink tea, Mo Xiang, the scholar in charge of the study, came to report: "Master, Li He is back, and he is talking with the two gentlemen, does the master want to see him?" ”

Li He is the best of the dozen lieutenants sent by Yinzuo to the old fourteenth, and he was originally valued by Yinzuo, and he had long known that he was ordered by the old fourteenth to return to Beijing to send congratulatory gifts, and it was said that he was going to sacrifice prisoners, Yinzuo originally didn't care much, at this time I heard that Li He had arrived, thought about it, or planned to see him, waved his hand, ignored Moxiang, and strode to the study.

"Master." Li He was originally sitting with him, talking to Wu and Lin, the two strategists, about the war on the front line, when he saw Yinzuo, he hurriedly got up and paid a big salute.

"Excuse me." Yinzuo waved his hand with a smile, looked Li He up and down with interest, and said with a smile: "Yes, I haven't seen you for two years, hey, you are already a general, okay, I am very relieved to see that you are promising." ”

Li Hegong kowtowed respectfully before getting up and replied: "The slave can have the master's vigorous cultivation today, and the slave will be determined to repay the master's grace." ”

"Okay, there is no need to say those clichés, hey, you kid has been in the army for a long time, and the bigger the official, the more sophisticated the sycophants are." Yinzuo laughed and teased Li He, and immediately provoked Li He into a red-faced Guan Gong, and his mouth was squirming and he couldn't speak.

Hey, I'm still shy, it's kind of interesting. The corners of Yinzuo's mouth twitched, and he smiled and said: "Your general sent you to offer prisoners, what are the prominent prisoners of war, let's hear it, this king is also very curious." ”

"Back to the master's words, the fourteenth master sent the subordinate and Lord Orountai to escort the prisoners of war into Beijing, there are the daughters and wives and concubines of Alabutan, and there are some captured generals of Zungar, a total of one hundred and thirty-seven people......" Before Li He's words were finished, Yinzuo suddenly waved his hand and said: "Orotai is also back?" ”

"Yes, master, Lord E came back with the lower officials, and after the servants escorted the prisoners of war to the post station and handed them over to the people of the Fengtai battalion to take care of, they went into the city separately to prepare for the sacrifice of prisoners. Li He said with some puzzlement.

Orotai? Hmm, this kid is back too, damn, I remember that the person who came back with the gift of the old fourteen in the TV series in his previous life was Orotai, damn, there shouldn't be any mess this time, right? Hmm, remember that the TV series didn't play prisoners of war? Yinzuo frowned and thought for a while, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't explain his own uneasiness, so he could only say vaguely: "Li He, you hurry back to the post station, go through all those prisoners of war, watch carefully, don't make a mess, otherwise this king will not spare you." Li He was a little confused, but he didn't dare to ask, got up, kowtowed respectfully, strode out of the study, and hurried to the post station outside the city.

"Lord Wang, what's wrong?" After Li He came out of the study, Lin Xuanyi asked abruptly.

Inappropriate? Hey, maybe something is wrong, ***, if this prisoner is a prisoner in court to assassinate the king, it doesn't have to be successful, it's a big deal to make a farce, if it's a prisoner, it's also a troublesome thing for the prisoners to die a collective, and the ground touched the mold, damn, what kind of fame is this bastard of the old fourteen, what kind of sacrifice do you want to play with dignity, mother, isn't this deliberately adding to the chaos? Yinzuo shook his head with a wry smile, and briefly said the doubts in his heart, of course, Yinzuo would not mention the farce at the Qiansu banquet in his previous life.

Wu and Lin glanced at each other, their eyes showed a look of horror, and after pondering for a while, Lin Xuanyi smiled bitterly and said: "The fourteenth master seems to be moved, one of these two escort officers is the prince's person, and the other is the eighth master's person. ”

Wu Sidao nodded and said: "Now the situation is stable and beneficial to the prince, and the chaos of the situation is beneficial to the eighth master and the fourteenth master, one is the idea of the generals outside, and the other is the idea of the official prestige, even if the fourteenth master doesn't want to mess up, the eighth master is afraid that he can't hold back and cause trouble, and the fourteenth master may have seen this point before offering this hand." Although it is just speculation now, the prince must also be prepared accordingly. ”

Well, preparation is to be done, but don't be afraid, if something really happens, with the shrewdness of the old man, he may not be able to see through the strangeness here, hey, people who think of ways to make trouble will only lift stones and shoot themselves in the foot. Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, looked at the night sky outside the window with deep eyes, and pondered silently......

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