Chapter 68: The cavalry stands out and the swords and guns are heard (2) Alashankou (Part 2)
"The day has passed, and the pursuing Qing army has obviously received news from the rear. Where will they continue to pursue?"
Garzangdorji was still a little confused, "Dataiji, although the Qing dog is cruel, its combat power is extraordinary. According to your statement, there are only 5,000 people who can appear in the Kurkalawusu prairie"
"If five thousand people are sure to defeat the Yongchang army that remained behind?"
Sheling did not answer him. In fact, he was a little confused, but nodded, "It must be, otherwise the pursuers have come up now"
"But now they have retreated, and they have tried their best to pursue us. When they go back, wouldn't they face the Truqin army who is waiting for their hard work?"
"We are resting here for a while, and then we don't go west, but turn back. According to the tactics of the Truqin army, although they have strong combat power and rely on the advantages of firearms, they are used to hitting more with less, but facing many enemy troops, they cannot be wiped out all of them."
At this time, Garzangdorji finally nodded quickly, because he finally made up his mind to abandon his former idol and become a follower of Qitad.
But he still asked.
"Where is Amursana..."
He suddenly realized something, "Since the pursuers are gone, the thousand pursuers ambushed at the mountain pass are meaningless, is it..."
"But according to Shelen, there are only one thousand cavalry there, and Amursana still has at least three thousand cavalry. Even if the Truchen army wants to be unfavorable to him, it will not be easy."
Although he was ready to regard Qitad as his new idol, Amursana grew up with him after all, and he did not want Amursana to die at Qitad's hands, although this scene has been repeated in this land for fifty years.
No, it has actually been on stage for a hundred years.
It has been repeated since Baturhuntaiji's eldest son Sengge was killed by his two brothers.
Either die in foreign wars or in internal struggles.
Is this the fate of the grassland tribe?
Garzangdorji looked at the sky with a little sadness, the immortal heaven in their eyes.
She Ling looked at him in a daze and suddenly asked a strange question.
"How about this person in Qimuku?"
Qimuku is the Zaisang of Garzangdorji. At this time, as the Zaisang of each tribe, all of them are both civil and military, Qimuku is no exception. After hearing this, Garzangdorji nodded, "It's nothing to say to him in charge of the ministry affairs."
But Sheling said, "When he was conquering Dawazi Khan not long ago, this person tried his best to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty."
Garzangdorji said: "This is different from the past. Dawazi Khan was tyrannical and all tribes have been resentful for a long time. Since Amursana fled back to the pasture on his way to Chengde, he has not done anything unbearable."
"Isn't it too unbearable?" Sheling couldn't help but feel a little chilled, "He almost killed Dawazi Khan's close relatives and the Choros family who threatened him. Isn't this an unbearable move?"
But he said, "Since Qimuku was able to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, he was able to rebel with Amursana this time, not because he was attracted by his character, but because he was the fine work placed by Amursana by the Qing Dynasty, which was used to monitor him."
"You mean Amursana will eventually die at the hands of Chimuku?"
Sheling stood up.
"I don't know, but since he can surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he can also surrender to Qitade, who can defeat the Qing Dynasty, because I know that Qitade sent someone to contact him early in the morning"
He walked towards his horse, while walking, he was full of thoughts and a little sad.
"Does the big guys do these things that are secretly intrigue and can't be put on the table?"
Look at myself and Garzangdorji who was still dazed in the distance.
"It is only people like us who have no ambitions and great ambitions who live well. In short, Garzangdorji is better. After all, I have some ambitions."
"Forget it, Qitade is so talented that only such a person can keep the peace in the country"
He rode his horse away, and this time he didn't care about Garzangdorji, and turned his head and drove to the east with the remaining thousand riders.
....
West.
Amursana's large group finally entered the Alasan Pass.
Faced with the strong northwest wind, Amursana finally woke up.
"I finally understand why Qitade didn't ask to attack the main force of the Qing army with me. That's because he just wanted me to make a fool of myself and thus lose the qualification to compete for the position of the real Junggar Khan"
"His men will definitely appear on a battlefield after I am defeated and fled, and then they will appear as the savior of the Weila. At that time, there is no need for me to fight, the entire Weila will crawl at his feet."
“But what should I do now?”
"The best result is to let us lead all the Hessot herders and then help me fight back to Lhasa and restore the Hessot Khanate"
Thinking of this, I looked at the mountains on both sides and said to myself with some jokes: "Qitad, Qitaad, I don't believe you will honestly set up a whole brigade of troops here"
On the mountain.
The commander of the Qilibu Railing Cavalry Corps who stayed here, Kang Xiaozi, who also came from the Han people, sighed after seeing Amursana and others in the telescope.
At that time, in addition to three martial arts actors, there were many musicians who followed the opera troupe to beat drums and drums, and some Han Chinese people from the Tulichen delegation, there were a total of more than a dozen people.
Obviously not everyone's descendants will be valued by Qitad.
After all, the three martial artists are very knowledgeable about literature and knowledge and understand the principles of survival in foreign countries, but it is different for those musicians and Baoyi.
Since they were abandoned there by their masters, they could only leave their will. In order to survive, they could only fully integrate into the Turkuts.
Martial actors are all loved by Taiji. They are good-looking and good at martial arts. The women they rewarded by Dahan are not ordinary people. At least they are also the daughters of Zaisang. For example, Su Wenyu's mother or a daughter of Taiji who is not valued, so their identities are naturally different.
But most of the descendants of Han people are like everyone else.
Kang Xiaozi is one of them.
Both literature and martial arts are average. If he was a Mongolian, he would obviously not be able to see Qitade's eyes, but he was half-man and half-Meng, and he still had the caution and honesty of the Han people.
But such a person happens to be the perfect candidate for the Qitadragon cavalry.
With the advantages of the Hussars' firearms, there are almost no time when the dragon cavalry needs to fight with each other. Most of the time, they deal with baggage, horses and mules, and fight on camps.
For Qitade, such a unit is the most important quality of abide by laws and regulations and strong execution.
Kang Xiaozi obviously has these, so he can stand out from a kind of descendant of Han people.
He was very grateful that if he stayed in the Qing Dynasty, he would never be able to get rid of the fate of Baoyi slaves in his life, because the Qing Dynasty no longer needed Baoyi slaves to fight. It was when the national strength was at its peak, and cavalry used the Mongols and infantry used the Green Camp.
Even the Eight Banners of Manchuria rarely come out, let alone these coat slaves?
Just like a low-ranking eunuch in the palace, just serve the masters carefully. Once they are comfortable serving them, they will be rewarded with a wife who is the wife and will burn incense. Fortune, they will not manage their own shops for their masters, but can also become the masters and staff of the masters.
But now it's different. Kang Xiaozi knows his identity well.
Although not as good as the commanders of various brigades and ministers of various ministries, as the commander of the regiment, he was also a member of the Truqin Khanate.
And Zasanzimuku in Amursana's team is also mixed with emotion.
From the moment he entered the mountain pass, he remembered what Bayar sent by Qitad said to him.
"Zaisang, what do you think of my great khan?"
"Naturally a genius"
"Who can you compare?"
"Baturhuntaiji, Galdan Khan, no, no, no, stronger than these two people, only Genghis Khan, Badu Khan and Hulagu Khan in history"
"Why do you say that?"
"The above people are naturally talented and stubborn. Not to mention Genghis Khan, the others were already great nobles of the Khanate when they debuted, with at least 100,000 herders under them. Each time the army was dispatched, there were at least 50,000 people"
"But Qitad Khan is different. According to your method, three thousand people are in each brigade, and he dared to break into the Kazakh prairie with only six brigades!"
"You must know that when the above-mentioned people were in power, the prairie did not have a powerful force like the Kazakhs. Therefore, I think the ability of the Qitad Khan is still above these people, which is almost the same as the great Genghis Khan."
"Very good, then are you willing to join my family's sweat?"
"Will, ten thousand willing"
"Okay, come here"
“……”
After entering the mountain pass, although Bayar's words kept ringing in his ears, he was still very nervous.
Until he walked to the middle of the mountain road, he finally sighed and took off the single-fire flintlock gun that Bayar gave him.
Carefully pull out the wooden stick that was pressed against the ammunition to prevent it from being transferred out, then carefully looked at the muzzle, opened the faucet, and closed his eyes.
"Bang..."
The sound of muskets suddenly sounded in the escaped team.
Then someone shouted, "Qinggou is catching up!"
The team was in chaos!
Kang Xiaozi on the mountain also closed his eyes. He had a new rifle in his hand, and there were many soldiers like him around him.
"I've seen it clearly, targets: Amursana, Bilige, Zibahan..."
"Bang..."
Just when the mountain road was in chaos, in addition to the sound of guns in Qimuku, there were also some more muskets, which further aggravated the chaos in the team.
But the mountain road is narrow and chaotic, and I can only line up and run forward one by one.
"Bang..."
Amursana, Bilige, and Zibahan were shot on the spot one after another, and then fell into the cliff on one side.
Along with Amursana were killed, some Taiji from the Huit tribe, Ulianghai tribe, Dulbert tribe, and Hoshote tribe.
Later, when someone traced this matter, it was summarized like this.
"It is probably because someone accidentally got out of fire at that time, which caused the team to be nervous and panic. They all held muskets and shot around, which led to this tragedy"
Amursana's tragedy is that someone is lying ambushed on the mountain, only he and Shelen know, even his adopted son Bilige, which was repeatedly told to him.
Of course, Qimuku didn't know it at first, but when he learned that Amursana and others died in the chaos, he knew it.
Chapter completed!