The night is very deep, the noisy military camp has long been quiet, the wind is very strong, the roaring north wind swept the snowflakes on the tent, bursting with a rustling sound, such a night is only suitable for hiding in the bed to sleep a dull sleep, but there are many people who can't sleep this night, not only Yinzuo, but also Arabutan can not sleep.

In addition to this fiasco at the Russian level, in fact, he really didn't suffer too much, even if the expedition ** was forced to retreat untenably by the general Yunyu of the expedition to the west, the Jungger Department has not suffered too much, and the annihilation of the 60,000 elite army of the Qing Dynasty in the first battle of the Karawusu River Bend is the greatest victory in the history of the Junggar Department. Arabutan had always been confident and ambitious—restoring the glory of the Mongol Empire had always been a dream buried in his heart, but the battle of Brento Haizi had completely shattered his ambitions, and the power of firearms had since become a demon in his dreams, and he could not remember how many times he had been awakened by nightmares.

"Sixth brother, in your opinion, how are the firearms of the Qing army compared to Lao Maozi?" Arabutan, who had been wandering silently in the tent for a long time, finally stopped, stared at Tsering Dundob who was standing in the corner of the tent with a pair of eagle eyes, and asked in a calm voice.

Tsering Dundob, in his early thirties, tall, looks like his cousin Tselu Alabutan, is a good hand in war, the original long-distance attack on Lhasa by the Dzungar Department is the handiwork of this person, the total annihilation of Erdan's 60,000 troops and the annihilation of the Kazakh Khanate are the masterpieces of this person, the reason why the Dzungar Department can re-rise so quickly is inseparable from the great military exploits of Tsering Dundob.

"Great Khan, according to his subordinates, the power of the Qing army's firearms should be much stronger than that of Lao Maozi." Tselingtondob bowed down and replied succinctly.

"Well, it's a lot stronger." Arabutan nodded, and said with a wry smile: "Emperor Qing is also a powerful character, this time my Junggar Department is a wolf at the front door and a tiger at the back door, alas, I can't regret it, if I had listened to you, my eldest brother would not have fallen to this point today." ”

When Russia entered the Dzungar Division, Tselingdun Dob once suggested that there was no need to fight to the death with the opponent, lure the enemy deep, and then cut off its way back, rely on the mobility of the rangers to scratch the battle, and use the vast steppe to drag the Russian army to death, which should have been the only correct strategy and tactics, but unfortunately the one who plotted Alabutan was eager to win, and he thought that the impact of the Mongolian cavalry was unparalleled in the world, and the other was blinded by hatred - Lao Maozi burned all the way, and the herdsmen of the Dzungar Department suffered heavy casualties, Despite the dissuasion of Tseringdun Dob, he tried his best to fight, and as a result, the whole army was defeated in the first battle.

Originally, it was nothing to lose, it was a big deal to start guerrilla warfare, and use the advantage of cavalry to move quickly and fight with Lao Maozi again, but Alabutan was frightened by the power of firearms, and once again ignored the advice of Celing Dundob, and insisted on borrowing troops from the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't expect that the Qing Dynasty would have a firearms force that was more powerful than Lao Maozi's strength, coupled with the Eight Banners Cavalry Battalion of the Qing Dynasty, Alabutan was now difficult to ride a tiger.

"Great Khan, now we can only endure, waiting for the opportunity, my subordinates think that the Qing army is strong, but it is not much stronger than Lao Maozi, even if it wins Lao Maozi, I am afraid that the strength will be greatly damaged, at that time, our army will take advantage of the situation, capture the Qing Emperor, and force the Qing Dynasty to sign a covenant with me, especially promising." Tseringdondob thought for a moment.

Arabutan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy, the Ili army of the Qing Dynasty marched out of the Altai Mountains, but did not rush to the Brento Sea, and the march speed of the 50,000 troops on the west road was also pitifully slow, even if it was in March, it may not be able to reach Brento Haizi, these two roads of soldiers and horses are not going to Lao Maozi, they should be ready to deal with my Jungar Department, if the Qing Emperor and Lao Maozi fight, these two lines of soldiers and horses will definitely speed forward in the name of reinforcements, covering the back road of our army, even if our army wants to move, it is difficult." ”

After thinking silently for a while, Tseling Dundobu said: "Great Khan, it is inevitable that the Qing Emperor is not good, if we fall out with the Qing Dynasty at this time, the Qing Dynasty will march into the army, so that we are sandwiched between Lao Maozi and the Qing Emperor, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky." If you are attached to the Qing Emperor's army, and you are afraid that it will treat us as cannon fodder, and now, you can only temporarily attach to the Qing Emperor and wait for the opportunity to get out of the control of the Qing Emperor. ”

"Well, that's the only way, sixth brother, today the Qing Emperor said that he would send guns to my Mongolian tribes, if the eldest brother proposed to the Qing Emperor that firearms were needed for joint operations to enrich his strength, would the Qing Emperor give it?" Arabutan's face twitched for a while, and then he said.

"This ......" Tseling Dundobu was stunned for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be, how can Emperor Qing be willing to give such a divine soldier?" ”

"Hey, it will, Emperor Qing will definitely give it." Arabutan bit his lip and said: "The Qing army wants to enter my Junggar Department to fight, and before defeating Lao Maozi, it is absolutely inseparable from the cooperation of my Junggar Department, he has to give this gun if he doesn't give it, the eldest brother will find the Qing Emperor tomorrow to go, if he doesn't give it, hey, the men in the grassland are all watching." ”

Tseringdondob looked at Tseling Dorbu in disbelief, but did not ask. Arabutan didn't explain much, just shook his hand and said: "That's it, it's late at night, you can also go down and rest, tomorrow's big brother will have his own opinions." ”

"Yes, Great Khan." Tsering Dundob bowed, put his hand on his chest, bowed and exited the tent, Tseling Alabutan let out a sigh and whispered faintly, "The snow should stop, I hope tomorrow will be a good day." ”

Marching on a snowy day is drudgery, and even Russians are known for being hardy, but trekking through knee-deep snow is not an easy task. Major General Buchrusky rode his horse and stood on a small dirt slope, his face tense and his face turned pale as he looked at the soldiers who were trekking in the snow, the fire in his heart jumped straight out, and the whip in his hand was tightly gripped, eager to whip a few lashes on the slow soldiers - according to the original plan, the end of December should have arrived in Brento Haizi, but this year's winter came early, and as soon as he crossed the Ural Pass, the snow began to fall, and the next one was endless, It is to make the already difficult road even more rugged.

Major General Buchrusky, commander of the second division of the Third Army of the Guards, participated in Russia's foreign wars, he was born in the aristocracy, he was promoted from a young second lieutenant to a major general division commander in just over ten years, of course, there is the influence of his family, but more importantly, his own combat command ability, Major General Bukhrusky, who was born in Peter the Great's attendant, as the commander of the reinforcements in the Far East, is a heroic figure with outstanding achievements even in the entire Russian army series, if it is not for the "style problem", This unfortunate expedition would not have fallen on his head, who asked him to make the belly of the daughter of Rulindsky, a favorite of Peter the Great, bigger, and there was no way, he could only volunteer to be the commander of this reinforcement operation, so as to avoid the limelight.

"Major General, the Far East is of great significance to the Empire, your task this expedition is glorious and arduous, for the glory of the Empire, for the Empire's tomorrow, go and teach those savage yellow monkeys a good lesson, let them taste the taste of iron and fire, I have high hopes for you, so that I can do it myself!" Looking at the vast expanse of land, Major General Buchrusky couldn't help but remember what Peter the Great had said before he set out on the expedition. To tell the truth, Major General Buchrusky was stunned and could not see the usefulness of such a desolate place for the Empire, as for the hardships, he had tasted enough, but the glory was not yet known, of course, in the eyes of Major General Buchrusky, those barbarians with spears and broadswords were not worth mentioning at all, victory was only a matter of time, and perhaps its difficulty was not half of this arduous march.

"Report." A Cossack ranger rushed up the hill with a stub of snow, panting and dismounting, and shouted: "General, the receiver of the Far Eastern Brigade has arrived, just ahead." ”

"Oh? Okay, let's go, let's go! Order the team to speed up the march. With a smile on his otherwise grim face, Major General Buchrusky flicked his whip and rushed forward, snowflakes splashing everywhere over the horse's hooves......

After a few days of heavy snowfall in Beijing, finally looking forward to a ray of sunshine, although the sunshine in winter is not hot, but it can give people a rare warmth, taking advantage of the good day when the snow stops, the cat has been hiding at home for several days People can finally go out to breathe fresh, although the snow on the street is still not melting, but the crowd on the street has increased, everywhere are happy children playing snow battles and leisurely pedestrians, there is no tension in the war at all. More than 100 princes, captains and other figures gathered around a large sedan chair with eight lifts turned out from behind the wall of Prince Yi's mansion, shouting all the way to the direction of the palace, Prince Yi Yunxiang was sitting in the sedan chair at the moment and pondering silently.

Today is not a collegiate day, nor is it the hour when Yunxiang is on duty, as the prime minister, there are many court affairs that are annoying, and this is almost three months without a good breath, Yunxiang originally planned to rest at home, but he didn't expect that such a small wish could not be realized, no, he just got up, and he didn't even have time to use breakfast, and there was a word in the palace, saying that it was the prison brother Hongli who had been invited, but he didn't say anything, so Yunxiang could only deal with a bowl of white porridge and have to rush to the palace.

"Uncle Thirteen, you are here, please take a seat." When he saw Yunxiang walking in, he hurriedly got up, bowed very politely, and greeted him with a smile.

"Okay, sit down." Yun Xiang returned the salute, and he was not polite, he sat down with a smile and said, "Big brother got up so early today, I don't know how to find me in such a hurry, but what's the urgency?" ”

"Thirteenth uncle, that's the case, the first eighth uncle made an excerpt, saying that he wanted Huang Ama to give the authority to approve the excerpt to the little nephew, so the matter involved the little nephew himself, so the little nephew did not express his opinion, so he transferred to the military aircraft department, it is estimated that it should have been passed to the emperor Ama now, but the little nephew thought about it and felt that something was not quite right here. Thirteenth uncle, you know, the little nephew is young, the knowledge is still shallow, how can he afford such a responsibility, if something goes wrong, it will be a mistake, so the little nephew wants to recommend the thirteenth uncle to approve the fold, one is the thirteenth uncle is the prime minister, and the emperor Ama is a trustworthy person, compared to the little nephew is countless times stronger, the name is also good, what does the thirteenth uncle think? Hongli said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, Yun Xiang suddenly gasped, and Huo Ran stood up and said: "No, Uncle Thirteen has no such ability, he can't afford to bear this burden, and this matter has to be mentioned again." ”

"Ah, how can this be, oops, Uncle Thirteen, the little nephew has already sent this excerpt, this ......" Hongli said with a look of chagrin.

Yun Xiang's face turned white in an instant, his eyes stared at Hongli like a knife, his teeth were clenched, he didn't say a word for a long time, and after a while, he let out a sigh of relief and said: "Uncle Thirteen has been tired and flustered recently, and his health is not good, so if he wants to take a leave of absence, he will rest for two days, so please ask the eldest brother to approve it, but if there is anything important, the eldest brother can negotiate with the Military Aircraft Department to do it, and say goodbye." As soon as Yunxiang's voice fell, he was about to go out, Hongli got up busily and hurriedly said: "Thirteenth uncle, you misunderstood, the little nephew didn't mean anything else, this, this...... Alas, Uncle Thirteen, can't you trust your little nephew? ”

Yunxiang stopped, looked at Hongli, his lips moved for a while, but he didn't say anything, sighed, and didn't care what Hongli said behind him, he went out of the study by himself, and ignored the greetings of the officials who came to send the folds along the way......

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