Chapter 65: The cavalry protrudes with swords and guns (1) Kulkarawusu (Part 2)
“Sweat!”
Soon, an Erlin Qin Daoerji's own gambler came in.
Seeing that it was him, Elin Qindaoerji couldn't help but frown.
"This person was sent by me to the Tianshan Mountains to monitor the enemy troops that might have come from the Jiergalang River. Could it be that the enemy troops arrived so soon?"
Sure enough, the cavalry said, "Khan, the Junggar Sheling tribe has arrived near Kuitun!"
"So fast?!", Elinqindoerji couldn't help but take a breath, "At this time, Lord Yongchang's army is still on the east coast. If Sheling, Amursana will attack me in a pincer manner"
Previously, the reason why he was able to follow Yongchang's orders to advance to the west bank of Kuitun River with a pioneering attitude was because there was Yongchang's army behind him. In autumn, the river water of Kuitun River was very shallow and could be crossed, but he also had the idea of "there is only the rabble of Amursana in front of him, not to be afraid."
But if the enemy Ranger said it was true, it would be bad.
He thought about it and immediately sent someone to cross the river to report to Yongchang, asking for reinforcements, while preparing the army.
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East Coast, Yongchang Daying.
After receiving the news of Elinqin Daorji, he immediately summoned Prince Sebutenbalejur, the chief of the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner Tang Kalu, and the counselor Yarhashan to discuss.
This Butenbalezhuer was raised in the palace by the emperor since childhood, treated as an adopted son, and married the third princess. He was very noble and led the elite Korqin.
Tang Kalu was the deputy commander in charge of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner as a Manchu. In addition to the Han armament camp, there were also some Chahar and Neikhar Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers.
Yarhashan was a royal relative, Jueluo family, a member of Zhenghong Banner. He served as the governor of Jiangsu and the minister of the Ministry of War. He was in charge of Yongchang Daying's documents, food and grass, and three thousand elite men of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
As for Yongchang, he was a native of the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner. Dong E family was fifty years old at the time. He served as the governor of the Enanguine Red Banner, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.
It is obvious that Yongchang, Tang Kalu and Yarhashan are the real leaders, while Sebutenbalejul was specially asked by the emperor to come over to share the military achievements.
"Sir"
Sebutenbalejul is also an influenced by Amursana. Although his heart is still on the side of the Qing Dynasty, he cannot bear to see Elinqindaorji defeated by Amursana alone.
Besides, only he, the Mongolian prince, understood Elinqindaorji's state of mind - "If you force him into a hurry, you must surrender Amursana"
"Please order to rescue Erlinqindaoerji immediately!"
However, what I always fight with Erlin Qindorji alone is to attract all Amursana's army to his side, and then pay attention to it all in one go. How can I listen to him easily?
Given his "half son" of the emperor, he reluctantly said: "How to save the law? I have not seen the Truqin army at the moment. According to their elusive tactics, if all the main forces of our army are exposed, wouldn't they be in danger of advancing or retreating?"
Tang Kalu also smiled and said, "Elin Qindaoerji has great combat power, and has built a front in advance. You can attack and retreat and defend. Can't you stick to it in a day or two? The prince is too worried?"
Yarhashan is well aware of the strategy of the Qing Dynasty, which is to get close to Inner Mongolia, be kind and powerful, and to use Outer Mongolia. He also said: "If the prince is worried about Elinqin Daorji, he might as well deploy the elite Korqin troops to the riverside and provide support from afar..."
"No!"
This proposal was rejected by Yongchang.
"Our army is currently arranged to attract all the rebellious army out. How can we abandon it all at once?"
At this time, Sebutenbalejul had to say: "You all know that Amursana sent people to the north and south of the desert not long ago to exaggerate. If the enemy attacked Elinqindaorji too much, I would be afraid..."
Only then did Yongchang realize something and hesitate for a moment.
After a while, he still made a decision.
"Entertain and outer Mongolia have been bewitched by Amursana. Now it is an opportunity to check whether they are truly loyal to the Qing Dynasty. What's more, Elinqin Daorji has been deeply favored by the country. How can he change his mind when he sees strange things?"
Then he said: "The raising soldiers is used for a thousand days. In addition to cavalry, there are also a thousand musketeers on the periphery, which are not so easy to be captured by rebels."
He looked at Sebutenbalejul again, "Well, at most three days, if Elinqindaorji can last for three days, the army will advance west immediately!"
Sebutenbalejul had to give up.
However, he did not forget Elinqin Daoerji and secretly sent someone to report the matter to him.
When Amursana learned that when his army approached the west bank of the Kuitun River, there was still only one team of Elinqindaorji in the west, he drove there at full speed.
This time, he did not hide his own personal information, so he asked Sheling to guard near Kuitun River, and personally led a 15,000 army to launch a fierce attack on Elinqindaoerji!
Yongchang expected it well. Faced with Amursana's fierce attack, Elinqindoorji still held on. He camped at the shallowest part of the Kuitun River, and he could retreat to the east bank at any time. Because he arranged the defense line in advance, he actually resisted Amursana's two-day attack!
But after two days, he saw that there was still no movement on the east coast, and Sheling's army was always monitoring his every move, which made it very difficult for him to retreat to the east coast.
So he couldn't help but become angry.
"I just voted for Amursana!"
But this was just his annoying words. Just like Salar, leaning behind him with the giant Qing Dynasty, no one would press his treasure on someone like Amursana, because he knew that he would cross the river if he persisted for another day.
However, although he was annoyed, his every move did not escape Yongchang's eyes. As the prince of Khalkha, except Cheng Gunzabu, according to the customs of the Qing Dynasty, he was closely watched, and there were guards given by the emperor around him.
It is called to protect him, but it is not without the meaning of surveillance.
That night, after receiving the news about Elinqin Daoerji, Yongchang also fell into deep thought.
"I'm not afraid of anything but I'm afraid of it. If Elin Qindorji really invested in that guy Amursana, what would happen? Although my combat strategy has been passed on to the capital in an urgent manner for 800 miles, I still can't get rid of the blame afterwards."
"And there have been no traces of the Truqin people in the past two days"
So he had to let the army set out to approach the Kuitun River
This move was naturally seen by Amursana on the other side.
In order to avoid being besieged by the Qing army before breaking through Elinqin Daoerji, he continued to attack overnight. This time, he couldn't help but let his Huitti lineage join and let the Sheling tribe join!
The opposite move naturally could not escape Yongchang's eyes. Seeing that Elinqindaorji's camp was about to be captured, he finally ordered all the cavalry to start crossing the river from the upstream and downstream of Elinqindaorji.
He personally led 1,500 Eight Banners of Manchuria and all the firearms to cross the river from Elinqindaoerji.
At this time, under the fierce attack of Amursana's army, Elinqindoorji finally couldn't hold on. In the past two days, his troops had lost at least half, and the musketeers in front were almost completely lost. If they continued to fight, they would have to be wiped out.
"Kill!"
The sound of the Whits charging was clearly heard. Elin Qindaoerji sighed and had to prepare to retreat to the east coast under the escort of his personal soldiers.
At this moment, a large number of elite Manchu Eight Banners had crossed the river and rushed towards his camp!
The leader was the leader of the Yongchang Army (Bayala Army), and one of the five ministers, Eyidu's great-grandson Ailona!
Ailona had only one thousand cavalry under his command, but they were all elite soldiers wearing two layers of heavy armor. After rushing to the river bank, he quickly retreated from Amursana's attack and recaptured the camp!
On the north and south sides of the camp, the cavalry of Tangkalu and Sebutenbalejul also defeated Amursana and Shelen!
Amursana escapes!
Elinqindaoerji Camp.
At this time, Elinqin Daoerji's tent had been damaged in the battle, and Yongchang had to discuss with everyone in the open air.
"Everyone, the situation is clear at the moment. There is no Truqin figure among the rebels this time. Obviously, this guy Qitade will not make wedding dresses for others, but he cannot be careless."
"Tang Kalu!"
"The last one will be in"
"You just attacked Sheling's men. Have you found out?"
Tang Kalu thought for a while, "Sheling's army is indeed stronger than the Weots, but it is also limited. Under the fierce attack of our troops, he persisted for less than half an hour before retreating"
"There is no other discovery?"
When Yongchang convened a meeting, most of the cavalry under his command went to pursue Amursana. Only some of the personal guards, the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the Han army, with only about 10,000 people left.
Especially the Han military weapons camp, because it is difficult to carry firearms, it is still trekking in the river.
"No..."
Tang Kalu took his words back to his mouth.
"According to previous information, Sheling had five thousand elite cavalry, and I also had five thousand cavalry at that time. Although it was at night, now I think about it, Sheling's subordinates were as many as five thousand, and at most only three thousand"
Yongchang felt a little nervous, but then he felt relieved.
"It is probably because he deliberately left two thousand people on the periphery in order to preserve his strength. Since Qitad came, his Turkut tribe would be highly valued. How could he consume Amursana in one go?"
So he didn't care, but he still asked Aarona: "Can you scatter out and search the cavalry?"
Ailona nodded, "Say, my scout cavalry exists thirty miles north and south on the west bank of Kuitun River, and I have not received any news at the moment."
Yongchang was a little confused now, "What do Qitade want to do?"
Yarhashan said, "Sir, isn't that guy still in Zhaisangbo? There are nearly 20,000 people under Salar's command. How could he be so easy to meet? He can't get out of here."
"Not right", Yongchang shook his head, "The example of Qitade defeating the Kazakhs in Chuhe has been reported by our army's spies in the Kyrgyz tribe. Look at how steadfast he takes every step, it is almost completely clear."
"How could such a person miss the fighter plane tonight? When our troops fought with Amursana, if his army broke out, he could reap the benefits of the fisherman, but he just let it go!"
After all, Yarhashan was a civil servant, and had a deep understanding of the treacherous officialdom, so he said, "Is this guy Qitade going to let the Turkuts take over the power of Junggar, so he deliberately let Amursana defeat?"
Tang Kalu said: "Is he so confident that he can fight against our Qing army alone?"
Sebutenbalejul also said: "According to previous news, Qitad only has one brigade in the Bortala area. So what if he brings them all here quietly? We still have tens of thousands of troops here!"
Yongchang nodded, but he immediately thought of something.
"Allona"
"The job department is here"
"Your scout only thirty miles away?"
"Yes, but Thirty miles are just a general idea. As for the moment, it is certain to go deep into the desert area of the northern border of the Kurkalawusu Prairie. Some of the alert people will reach the Karamay area at the farthest distance"
"But if you want to get accurate information, it may be dawn"
Yongchang then felt relieved and immediately ordered camping on the spot.
Chapter completed!