Since Prince Yu Fuquan and General Fei Yanggu received the news that Kangxi and his party were ambushed and disappeared at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, they hurriedly led their soldiers to the attack site and launched a carpet search.
They searched for four days and four nights, and gradually felt a little desperate. Finally, at dawn on the fifth day, they found Kangxi and his party in a mountain col.
Seeing the emperor's brothers sitting on the grass and resting, although their faces were tired and their armors were stained with blood and soil, they all seemed alive at first glance. Fuquan and Fei Yanggu just breathed a sigh of relief, and then they came again.
My heart was lifted high:
The emperor's right shoulder and right arm were wounded by arrows fired by the enemy!
The fifth elder brother Yinqi’s right arm was fractured. If the emperor had not used his right arm to block the fifth elder brother from a sharp arrow that flew into his face at the critical moment, the fifth elder brother would have been disfigured at this moment! Paul
Don't let your eyes go blind!
The Fourteenth Prince has disappeared with a cavalry of more than 500 people!
Each of the three pieces of news was more horrifying than the last. Fuquan and Fei Yanggu felt their heads were spinning. They first sent the injured emperor and his elder brothers back to the camp so that the army doctor could treat the eight father and son, and then they took them non-stop.
The soldiers went to look for Brother Fourteen.
But more than half a month had passed since the search, and the fourteenth brother was still alive and dead, but his body was not found. The ominous premonition in everyone's mind became more and more serious.
They were not only afraid that the Fourteenth Prince would be captured by Galdan and become a hostage of the enemy, but they were also worried that the Fourteenth Prince had been eaten by wild beasts in the mountains. Even though the Fourteenth Prince was born with supernatural powers, he was still just a human being after all.
A young boy of fifteen who went to the battlefield for the first time with his father and brother!
As the days passed, the grief in the hearts of Kangxi and the other seven princes became heavier and heavier.
The eight father and son never thought that they would lose their youngest son/brother when they went out to fight. How should they explain to Yan'er/Huang'er Niang when they return!
When the news of the disappearance of the Fourteenth Brother spread throughout the army, the army was also in an uproar.
After the soldiers learned that the Fourteenth Prince was the biological son of the imperial concubine, they felt very sad. The army searched for more than twenty days and could not find the Fourteenth Prince. Maybe the Fourteenth Prince was really bad.
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The "death" of the fourteenth elder brother greatly stimulated Kangxi and made the Qing army hate the enemy even more. Kangxi almost acquiesced in his heart that his old son was gone and he wished he could chop Galdan into pieces himself.
Feed meat sauce to wild wolves.
He endured the grief of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man away, and formulated tactics with the generals.
On April 14, the Qing army launched a general offensive.
The book of war says: "A soldier who mourns will surely win."
On the day of the general attack, all the soldiers, from Kangxi to the young, were filled with hatred to avenge the Fourteenth Prince and let the enemy pay with blood. They fought very bravely. The grass was covered with blood, and their arms, legs and heads were beaten so hard.
Galdan had to take his cavalry and retreat to the west.
Kangxi tried his best to catch Galdan this time, but unfortunately Galdan was too cunning. In the final decisive battle between the two armies, Galdan saw that there was no hope of victory, so he gritted his teeth and changed into
Xiaobing's clothes took advantage of the chaos and took a thousand followers with him. He left his own soldiers and fled into the Qilian Mountains overnight.
When Kangxi led the army to capture countless enemy heads and finally captured "Galdan" with great efforts, he did not expect that it was just a fake that looked sixty-six centimeters like Galdan.
Kangxi thought that he had even risked the life of his youngest son in this personal expedition, and even after paying such a high price, he still failed to destroy Galdan. There was no guarantee that he would have to "conquer Galdan for the third time" next year.
He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, almost driving himself crazy.
After the prince and the imperial concubine who were far away in the capital received the military intelligence information that "the army destroyed countless enemy troops, Galdan escaped, and the fourteenth prince has been missing for many days", even though Qingyan had always been in good health, after hearing that her youngest son was alive...
He disappeared near the Qilian Mountains without seeing anyone or his body, and he fell seriously ill.
At the beginning of May, the Qing army had a great victory and the news that they were preparing to return to Beijing soon reached the capital and the palace. Everyone was cheering for the news of the Qing army's victory. Only Chuxiu Palace seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, and even the seeds in the
The fruit trees in the front yard seemed to be covered with an icy frost.
The army began to break up camp and return to Beijing, but there was still no good news from Brother Fourteen. It has been more than a month since Brother Fourteen disappeared. I think Brother Fourteen was really killed...
Everyone from Kangxi to the soldiers almost acquiesced in this sad news.
Crown Princess Guarjia, with her seven-month-old belly, was sitting on a soft couch in the main hall of the Chuxiu Palace, shedding tears silently. She saw that in just half a month, the imperial concubine had lost a lot of weight.
The imperial concubine who used to be full of energy now had a haggard face and empty eyes. She was lying on the canopy bed in the inner room without eating or drinking, staring at the beige bed curtain in a daze without saying a word.
Guarjia is about to become a mother. She can especially understand the grief-stricken mood of the imperial concubine at this time. She understands that the good news that only the fourteenth brother is alive has reached the palace. Otherwise, the imperial concubine will really want to die.
I can't hold it any longer.
Standing not far away, Bai Lu's eyes were as red and swollen as walnuts from crying. When she thought of the naughty and mischievous appearance of the Fourteenth Prince in the past, and the oil portrait that the Fourteenth Prince had specially painted for him before the expedition, she burst into tears.
The flow continued turbulently.
Qingyan couldn't eat anything. She closed her sour eyes and let the tears flow down from the corners of her eyes. Her heart felt like it was being fried. She felt sad and regretful at the same time. She kept blaming herself for what she had done in the past.
She held Shi Shi tightly and refused to let him go to the battlefield, or she went to the battlefield with her. Wouldn't Shi Shi disappear now?
It's a pity that if the word "if" really existed in this world, the word "regret" would not be born.
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The Qilian Mountains in early May are picturesque.
The endless mountains faded away little by little, and then were dyed with layers of green, and many colorful flowers bloomed on the mountainside.
The top of the mountain is covered with white snow that never melts all year round, and the sun shines on the snow-capped mountains, emitting a shining golden light.
Hundreds of clear streams meander down from the top of the mountain, and clusters of wild flowers bloom where the streams flow.
The little animals in the mountain forest gathered together in twos and threes, twitching their furry ears and lying on the side of the stream, lowering their heads to drink the sweet snow water in the stream.
The river flows happily to the foot of the mountain, nourishing acres and acres of highland barley fields and rapeseed fields.
The battle was over, and Kangxi, who had basically recovered from his injuries, was riding a bloody horse, taking his remaining seven sons with him, and looking towards the Qilian Mountains with sad eyes.
Yinti, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, Yinzuo, Yinyou, and Yinti were also riding on war horses, following Kangxi, silently looking at the Qilian Mountains in the distance, their hearts filled with depression and panic. I knew that my Khan Ama was missing their fourteenth brother.
Now Galdan has fled back to Moxi. They have been on the front line for more than four months and will return to Beijing tomorrow, but their little brother can never go back...
Yinzhen's nose felt sore when he thought of the "Nezha" look of Fourteenth when he went out to fight, wanting to hang all his weapons on his body.
He sniffed, raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears on his face, and raised the telescope hung around his neck with a gold chain to look again at the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains, where they were attacked.
He was leaving tomorrow, and he wanted to take another look at this place so that when he went back, he could explain to his mother exactly where they lost their little brother.
Yinzhen sadly raised the telescope in front of his eyes. Unexpectedly, a figure of "Nezha with three heads and six arms" suddenly flashed across his field of vision like a rabbit.
Yinzhen's hand paused, and his slender red phoenix eyes widened instantly with tears in them.
He hurriedly raised his arms and wiped the tears from his eyes on his sleeves, then put the telescope in front of his eyes and looked east again. This time, although "Nezha" did not appear in his field of vision again, he saw many things. The moon head with a bare forehead is the Qing army! There were also Qing troops in the place where they were attacked!
After seeing this unexpected scene, Yinzhen's heart beat like a drum. He hurriedly clamped his horse's belly with his two long legs and walked a few steps forward. When he came to Kangxi, he immediately looked excitedly at Kangxi, whose eyes were red. Shout loudly:
"Khan Ama, Khan Ama, hurry up and use the telescope to look at the place where we were attacked. I just seemed to see my fourteenth brother there."
Yinzhen's words fell on everyone's ears like a thunder.
Kangxi, Yinzhen, Yinzhi and others all felt for a moment that they seemed to have tinnitus. Otherwise, how could they have heard Yinzhen say such ridiculous words as "He seems to have seen his fourteenth brother".
"Khan Amma, please use the telescope and look eastward."
Yinzhen looked at his own Khan's dumbfounded expression, and hurriedly raised his hand to take off the telescope hanging around his neck and handed it to Kangxi, urging Kangxi to look east.
Kangxi swallowed, took it with trembling hands and looked at the distant view.
When he put the telescope in front of his eyes and saw a familiar and slovenly figure in his field of vision, Kangxi burst into tears instantly. He didn't bother to talk to the other sons, and was busy holding his hands with his long legs. As soon as he caught the horse's belly, he grabbed the reins and ran eastward like crazy.
When the seven brothers Yinzhi and Yinzhi saw Kangxi running away, they quickly controlled the reins in their hands and chased after him.
"Brother Fourteen, it seems that we are no longer here. Let's hurry up and take Galdan's head towards the camp, otherwise I will worry that the emperor will lead the army back to the capital."
A sturdy man with dark skin raised his hands and said to Brother Fourteen who was wearing broken armor.
His eyes were full of admiration for the little boy in front of him,
At the beginning, he accidentally heard Mr. Shu talking about the legendary battle of the Imperial Concubine at the door of the teahouse, so he joined the army in advance with the hope of following the Imperial Concubine on the battlefield.
He didn't expect that instead of fighting with the imperial concubine, he would become a big boss with the imperial concubine's youngest son.
The sturdy man looked at the head hanging on Brother Fourteen's bloody horse and was about to say something more.
Suddenly the sound of galloping horse hooves came from the west.
Yinzhen, the sturdy man and the rest of the cavalry all frowned with wary expressions, preparing to look west.
Yinzhen reflexively raised his two bloody hammers, but he didn't expect to turn around before he did so.
Shouts of sadness and joy mixed with crying sounds rang out:
"Little Fourteen!"
"Old Fourteen!"
"Fourteenth brother!"
Khan Ama? Fourth brother? Big brother?
After hearing the familiar man's voice, Yinzhen hurriedly turned his face, and the other soldiers also saw the emperor and the seven emperor's brothers who were running towards them quickly!
"Khan Ama! I cut off Galdan's head!"
When Yinzhen found out that his Khan Amma and his seven brothers had really arrived, he immediately threw his two hammers on the ground with a "thud", and then he picked them with the red-tasseled silver-headed spear on his back.
A black cloth bag hanging from the horse's head.
As if performing acrobatics, he stepped on the stirrups with both feet, lifted his butt off the horse's back, stood up straight, vigorously turned the silver-headed spear in his hand, and swung the black cloth bag containing Galdan's head.
Xia Feng spread Yinzhen's words to the ears of Kangxi and others.
Kangxi looked at his youngest son, who was wearing tattered armor and was extremely slovenly. His face was black and white, and he grinned, showing a set of neat white teeth.
The joyful giggle on the younger son's face made Kangxi couldn't help but recall the three-headed twins who carried their mothers on their backs when they were young, sneaked into the front yard of Chuxiu Palace, and hugged the fruit trees with their two short arms.
They happily stepped on the muddy water in the tree pit, euphemistically calling it "two little pigs stepping on the mud pit".
Kangxi, who was riding a war horse, burst into tears instantly.