Except for the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, all enemy troops inside and outside the Qingsong Village have been cleared. Battle and Xu Xuezhong arranged men and horses, and more than 100 steps in front of the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, they built a new fan-shaped encirclement position, preparing to "catch turtles in the urn". For the sake of safety, Li Jiekundu and Ah Shankun both evacuated the team from the ring position on the top of the mountain, because this ring position is just above the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, and once the explosives and shells in the main cave are detonated, this mountain may cease to exist.

At this time, the enemy's artillery position on the platform outside the main cave entrance also shrank inward by some distance, and the five field guns were densely arranged in a fan-shaped dense arrangement in a narrow area less than 30 meters wide in front of the cave entrance.

The leaders watched the movements of the enemy from their positions not far away.

Xu Xuezhong said with some regret: "If only the cannon just now was still there, one cannon could solve them!"

Battle shook his head and said, "There is no need for cannons, there are more ways to deal with them now." We now control all the branch openings of the hilltop position and the Tibetan Cave, and the easiest way at present is to pour tung oil down from the branch cave and light it. It's just ......"

Tashi Delek quipped, "Why bother!" Now peeing on them from the top of the hole, they all have to bear it honestly...... Why don't you throw a few more bundles of dry branches into the hole from above, and a few torches to make them into 'barbecue'? ”

Battle waved his hand and said, "There are still more than a ton of explosives stored in the cave, as well as a large number of shells, which have forced them to hurry, and those cannons at the entrance of the cave may not be able to save them......"

When Tashi Deluck heard the music, he smiled and said, "Oh! You're still thinking about other people's cannons, no wonder...... So what to do? ”

Xu Xuegong said with a smile: "It's best to let them be quiet first." After the head is clear, think clearly, and be able to give up resistance, put down the weapon and walk out on your own, this is the best ending! The cave left behind by these millions of years will not be destroyed, and those valuable artillery pieces will also survive......"

All the leaders have seen the power of this kind of artillery today, and in fact, they are all thinking about how to keep these good things intact, and they will definitely be used on the battlefield in the future. The Tibetan Cave is an ancient cave that was formed over millions of years, and it is of course the best if it survives safely...... But I couldn't think of a good way for a while.

King Khan thought for a while and said decisively: "Xuegong is right! Don't push them hard, give them time to think about it. It's time for us to eat......"

Tashi Delek said loudly: "Yes! I was hungry and screaming. Let's eat first, and then drink the 'return wine'. Slowly find a way to get them to surrender......"

When the leaders entered the big tent, there were already freshly boiled finger meat, milk tea, and a lot of milk gnocchi (dried cheese) and dried naan......

Everyone had just taken a sip of milk tea when they suddenly heard "Bang! An explosion was followed by a loud rumbling sound! shook the whole earth, shook the big tent violently, and a lot of milk tea was spilled in everyone's bowl......

Several bosses were shocked! Hurriedly stood up and checked out.

King Khan, Xu Xuegong, Xu Xuezhong, and Battle all sat still...... It seems that this was to be expected - the Kokand invaders were cornered and cut themselves!

Battle shook his head and said with some regret: "The cave of the hidden soldiers was not saved, and those foreign cannons were finished......"

Xu Xuegong sighed and said, "It's all over!" ……”

Sharman and his advance team, a group of brutal executioners, have finally been wiped out!

The advance team of the Kokand Army was completely eradicated, and the haze in everyone's hearts disappeared, and they were extremely excited! At this time, everyone really sat down and drank with peace of mind without any scruples, and they all felt that the meat they ate at this time was particularly fragrant, and the mare's milk wine they drank was also very sweet......

The Khan arranged for Lama Mucheng, Batel, and Sanji Mering to be responsible for greeting the heroes of the fraternal tribes; He also ordered Ashan Kundu to take all the men and horses of the Erhut tribe in the territory led by Su Kai Zhaleng, Li Jie Kundu, Meng He and others to immediately start scattering throughout the Heavenly Wolf Valley, searching for the bones of the surviving people and the dead villagers of Sharga Sumu......

In the big tent. King Khan picked up the full wine bowl and sincerely thanked Xu Xuegong, Xu Xuezhong, Gao Kewu, Tashi Delek, Hailati and other leaders! solemnly said:

"I am grateful to the heroes of all walks of life for not fearing strong enemies, helping each other, and sacrificing their lives against the Kokand thieves when my Turkut tribe Sharga Sumu suddenly suffered a catastrophe! …… On behalf of the entire tribe, I would like to thank you for your kindness, which we will never forget! Please drink this bowl of alliance wine, and live and die together in the future! ……”

Everyone drink it all!

Lama Mucheng took Lama Cairen and walked in front of each of the leaders and presented a white Hada to everyone.

The king of Khan also said: "Eradicating these bandits is a feat of protecting the country and the people; It is also an immortal contribution made by everyone to the country! According to the imperial court code, after the 'Medel Festival', we will go to Beijing for Hajj. When I go to court, I will definitely show everyone's merits one by one, and I will not delay! ”

Tashi Delek and Hailati were both local officials appointed by the imperial court, and the Xu Xuegong siblings and Gao Kewu were also the generals and queens. As soon as everyone heard this, they felt even more happy, and they did another bowl!

On behalf of the Turghut tribe and on behalf of the Khan himself, Batel and Sanji Merren walked through each felt bag, thanked everyone, and toasted everyone.

Everyone drank as much as they could, and those who drank too much lay down in the felt bag and fell asleep......

King Khan, together with Xu Xuegong, Xu Xuezhong, Batel, Sanji Meiren, and Lama Mucheng, came to Xu Xueying and Catherine's felt bag. Xu Xueying and Catherine hurriedly got up and stood aside a little shyly.

King Khan said affectionately: "Xue Ying and Miss Catherine! I really don't know how to thank you both? If it weren't for you, although we surrounded these bandits, we would have paid a great price to deal with them, and many people would have sacrificed their lives. We will always remember your kindness! ”

Catherine said in a non-standard Chinese dialect: "King Khan, you are too polite! It was you who saved my life twice, and I was able to help you later. In the words of you Chinese, it is 'gathering is fate, and good is rewarded'. Now, everyone is even! ……”

Everyone let out a hearty laugh!

King Khan continued: "We feel that our fate is not over. My Hatun misses you very much, and I sincerely welcome you to our tribe. ”

"When spring blooms, if Catherine hasn't returned home, I'll take her to visit you! Check out your base camp in Halmodun and Bayinbrook, the largest alpine grassland in China! Xu Xueying said excitedly.

"Very welcome! The sooner the better! King Khan said with a smile and nodded.

Lama Mucheng said aloud to Xu Xueying and Catherine, "Amitabha! You are the living bodhisattvas of great compassion and compassion, waiting for your arrival at any time......"

The king of Khan instructed Batel and Sanjimeren to give all the captured war horses, rifles, sabers and other booty to everyone, leaving no ......

Before you know it, it's time for the sun to go down.

Everyone was full of wine and food, and those who had drunk too much also woke up. The chieftains of all walks of life bid farewell to the Khan and the other chieftains, and returned with their men and booty. However, everyone left with some reluctance. Although the battle time is short, this life-and-death friendship that has undergone the baptism of "blood and fire" will last for a long time!

Xu Xuegong, a group of brothers from Peach Blossom Village, Xueying and Catherine were the last to leave. Before leaving, Catherine was still thinking about Meng He, who had rescued her from the Kokand army, and wanted to say a word of thanks to her face, but when she didn't see Meng He, she asked Battle:

"Why isn't Meng He, who snatched me back from the front of the Kokand army like a chicken? I'll have to say thank you to him in person! ……”

Battle hurriedly explained: "He and Ashankun both took people to the mouth of the West Valley to search for the survivors, and they will come back later." I will convey your thanks for you! In the future, you will see him again when you visit our tribe. When we go to Peach Blossom Village again, I will definitely bring him with me. ”

Catherine told Battle in all seriousness, "Don't forget this agreement! ……”

Battle replied with a smile, "I won't forget it!" ”

When Xu Xuezhong left, he knew that Li Jie Kundu, Ashan Kundu, Meng He and other generals regarded horses as their fate, and specially left thirty captured war horses assigned to their own militia as a souvenir for these horse lovers. Battle couldn't refuse, so he could only accept it......

In the pine forest on the mountain of Xigukou in the Heavenly Wolf Valley, Ah Shan Kundu and Meng He with more than 200 people are working hard here to search for the villagers who may have survived.

According to the analysis of the situation at that time, the surrounding area of Qingsongzhai, including the back mountain, has been completely blocked by the Shaman advance team, and the people who can escape from the direction of Qingsongzhai are most likely to settle down and hide here. However, this is also the area that the Shaman advance team paid the most attention to in the two major mountain searches...... Will there be a miracle?

Ahsan Kundu led people to search around the cave where he lived again, but still found nothing. He was about to head to the top of the mountain to see the situation, when he suddenly heard Meng He's hysterical shouts on the mountain:

"Ahsan! Mountain! Come here! There are people here! ……”

Ahsankundu's heart burst into ecstasy! He ran to the top of the mountain, and his followers also ran to the top of the mountain......

I saw that Meng and the dozen or so people were hurriedly clearing a small hole on the edge of the jungle...... When the snow, thatch, branches and leaves on the pit were carefully cleared, everyone was surprised to find that in this pit, which was not half the size of a felt bag, there were five old people and two children of six or seven years old who were dying......

Ah Shankun took a closer look, and felt that joy fell from the sky! …… One of these old women turned out to be Sangeji's wife, Bayincha Khan, and the lady of Sharga Sumu!

The other is two elderly couples, one with their granddaughter and the other with their grandson.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, the night when the advance team of the Kokand army killed Sangejizo and dozens of people, Bayincha Khan desperately walked more than ten miles of mountain roads and sent his grandson Cai Layer Batu to the foot of the cave where the Ashan Kundu family lived; Because Caijie Batu had come here to play with Baoli before, and knew the way to the cave, his grandmother put down her grandson and told him to go up the mountain alone to find the cave and hide with Baolidu's family. In order not to be discovered by the thieves about her grandson's whereabouts, she followed the route she came from alone and wiped out all the footprints left by the two on the snow...... After that, she climbed the jungle behind Qingsong Village with great difficulty, and happened to meet the two old couples who had fled there with their grandson and granddaughter.

They first hid in a snow pit in the middle of the jungle for the night. The next day, I wanted to escape from the Heavenly Wolf Valley, but I saw that the Kokand army had placed guard posts around the perimeter, and I couldn't get out at all, and when it got dark, I fled to this small pit near the mouth of the West Valley and hid there. After hiding here for two days, I couldn't walk even if I wanted to.

In the past few days, seven people have survived with a small bag of "milk lumps" (dried cheese) that one of the elderly couples brought with them in a hurry when they escaped. On average, each person eats a piece of "milk bump" that is a little bigger than a fingernail every day, and it has been maintained until now.

Thanks to the survival experience of the old people, this very narrow hole was sealed with branches, leaves, and dry thatch, and then covered with thick snow, which not only kept warm, but also escaped the two large-scale mountain searches by the Kokand army...... This is really an eye!

Seeing this scene at this time, the tears of extreme surprise and sadness of Ahsan Kundu, Meng He, and everyone present instantly rolled down like dense raindrops...... Everyone hurriedly knelt down and picked up the seven villagers who had survived and rushed down the mountain...... This is the only survivor found except for the more than forty old people who were exchanged for hostages and the dozen or so children that Ah Shankun rescued from the Tibetan Soldier Cave!

Li Jiekundu led people to find the body of Sange Jizuo in a snow pit near the enemy command post in Qingsongzhai; In another large pit, the remains of more than 30 people who were cleaned up by the enemy army from under the main cave of the Tibetan soldier cave were found, and the remains of two heads of ten households were also among them.

Not far from the two checkpoints at the East Valley Pass and the West Valley Pass, Su Kaizha led the people to find the bodies of a number of sentries who were killed by the advance team of the Kokand Army who were guarding the two valley mouths at that time......

In this catastrophe, more than 150 people in the entire Sharga Sumu, 77 people, including Zuoling Sangeji, were brutally killed and 4 people were missing. The three members of the Ashan Kundu family and Sangeji's grandson, Caitai Batu, escaped from the clutches of the devil by luck; 46 elderly people and 17 children who were taken hostage by the invading army survived; In addition, five elderly people and two children who escaped from hiding were also rescued in time, including Zuoling's wife, Bayincha Khan......

The next morning, the green hills of the entire Heavenly Wolf Valley were solemn and the cedars were low. The Khan led all the soldiers of the Erhut tribe and the surviving people of the Sharga Sumu to hold a solemn funeral for the fallen soldiers and villagers.

Lama Mucheng personally chanted sutras to transcend the dead...... May the sacrificed soldiers who defended their homes and protect the country and the villagers who were killed by the invading army enter the Pure Land of Heaven as soon as possible! In the next life, reunite with Turgot, and also go into battle to kill the enemy and defend against foreign invaders! ……

The Sharga Sumu of the Turghut tribe of the Heavenly Wolf Valley finally ushered in the day of rebirth after the catastrophe. In two days, it will be the "Lantern Festival" and the "Maidel Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Cherry Valley Mountain Temple and the mountaintop Ao Bao not far from the Heavenly Wolf Valley will welcome more good men and women, sincerely grateful to the Buddha and Bodhisattva who are merciful and compassionate, and the Jinjia Mountain God who subdues demons and destroys demons, and the gods who protect the party...... In the spring not far away, the Gesang flowers all over the mountains of the Heavenly Wolf Valley will still be fragrant and blooming in the wind, showing the sustainability of the hero tribe and the tenacity of life!