Chapter 27: Frustration
The forces of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Dzungar Khanate were being mobilized. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The three columns of Zheng Xiong, Zhao Jin, and Hu Jian were also armed with 100 Kangxi No. 1 automatic rifles and rushed to Hangaishan.
They also brought 100 Kangxi No. 1 automatic rifles to Wu Tianbu, while only Geng Dagao was left behind on Changbai Mountain.
With more than 2,000 people in five columns and 500 Kangxi No. 1 automatic rifles, Yang Meng's confidence was also completely sufficient. In the face of the Dzungar army, where cold weapons still dominate, this is undoubtedly the biggest magic weapon for victory.
The Selenga River flows quietly, and on the riverside, the expeditionary force is on standby.
Yang Meng slowly urged his mount to step back and forth in front of the expeditionary army, and suddenly, he pulled out his waist knife and raised it above his head.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Dzungars are a mountain blocking the progress of our expeditionary force, in order to eliminate the threat of the evil countrymen, the Dzungars must be conquered by us, today, you will become a participant in the creation of history, no matter how strong the enemy is, you will tear them apart, tell the general, what are the guns, knives, bows and arrows in your hands for?"
Yang Meng gave a lecture.
"Kill the jackals! Kill the jackals! Kill the jackals! ”
The expeditionary force roared in unison.
"Excellent! Now, General Ben has ordered that the pace of the expedition has officially begun! ”
Yang Meng waved his sword, and the expeditionary force set off.
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At the same time, the 50,000-strong army of the Dzungar Khanate also quietly set out from the banks of the Ili River. The leader of the army is the scheming Arabutan.
"All the warriors listened to the order: after a false shot, they will go straight to the Pamir Plateau and occupy Qinghai-Tibet!"
Arabutan drew his sword and shouted.
"Long live the Great Khan! Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”
The Dzungar army shouted in unison, and the sound was earth-shattering.
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Three days later.
"Report! General, I found traces of a large group of people walking ahead! ”
The expeditionary force marched to a three-way river, scouting for the Malay newspaper.
Yang Meng grabbed the reins and frowned, "How many people are there?" ”
"General Qiqi, about 50,000!"
The scout said again.
"Probe, report again!"
Yang Meng said.
"Yes!"
The scout patted the horse and left.
Yang Meng thought secretly: "50,000 people? Did you meet the main force of Dzungaria? But the direction they are going in seems to be the direction of Qinghai-Tibet, don't they want to deal with me? It stands to reason that there are so many people in Dzungaria, they should come to take revenge, what does it mean to go to Qinghai-Tibet now? Do they still want to take advantage of the opportunity to plot against Qinghai-Tibet? ”
Thinking of this, Yang Meng immediately shouted: "Someone! ”
"In!"
"Quickly and quickly inform the general Wang Yinyu that the Dzungar army wants to plot against Qinghai-Tibet." Yang Meng said.
"Yes!"
After a few hours of pause by the Sancha River, the scout returned.
"Report! General, this group of men and horses is indeed the Dzungar army, and the leader is their Great Khan who is plotting against Alabutan, and the direction of the Dzungar army is really the Pamir Plateau, it seems that they want to attack Qinghai-Tibet! ”
The scout reported.
"What? The Dzungar Khan personally led the army? Yang Meng was immediately overjoyed and said, "Haha, God really helps me!" Since he plotted to lead the army to attack Qinghai-Tibet, then he can't be allowed to run this time! General Chuanben ordered: Wu Tian and Tan Da's troops led the army to attack the Dzungar Khanting, and the rest of the men and horses were ambushed near the Sancha River. ”
Yang Meng's original purpose in sending troops was to disrupt the Dzungar Khanate, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack Alashankou.
Now I didn't expect that Arabutan would be dispatched, and this Sancha River is a necessary place for the Dzungar army to go back and forth, once the Khan's court is attacked, I don't worry that Arabutan will not come back to rescue.
With Yang Meng's current men, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to completely annihilate the Dzungar army, but it is still very promising to take the opportunity to hunt and kill Alabutan.
Historically, he successfully occupied most of the territory of Qinghai-Tibet, northern and southern Xinjiang, Dzungar Mongolia and even the Kazakh Khanate, and the population of the khanate once exceeded 5 million, becoming the greatest threat to the Qing Dynasty.
Once he died, the entire Dzungar Khanate would inevitably fall into chaos, and it would not be impossible to break through them one by one and the Dzungar Khanate would disappear.
After issuing the order, Yang Meng sent Luluo to pay attention to the movements of Wu Tian and Tan Da's subordinates, and sent Mei Niang to pay attention to the movements of the Dzungar army.
However, the things that surprised Yang Meng were one after another.
First of all, Wu Tian and Tan Da's troops did not sharply break through the defense line laid by the Dzungars, probably because they knew that the firearms of the expeditionary force were powerful, and the Dzungars could not hold out, so they did not give the expeditionary force a chance to fight at all.
And without artillery, the number of the expeditionary force was completely at a disadvantage, which made the expeditionary force have no chance if they wanted to storm it.
Wu Tian and Tan Da were both blocked south of Mount Gedon and could not move forward.
The Dzungar army, on the other hand, was very fast, and they had already passed through the Pamir Plateau and entered the Qinghai-Tibet region.
"It seems that the Dzungars are really hard nails, no wonder Kang Mazi took a lot of effort to kill Galdan, but this trick Alabutan seems to be even more difficult to deal with than Galdan."
Yang Meng sighed secretly.
If they can't break through the defense line of the Dzungar Khanate, and wait for the plot to come back, the expeditionary force can only retreat to the defense line of Hangai Mountain.
"Then pass on the general's order: order Zheng Xiong and Zhao Jin to lead the troops to reinforce Wu Tian and Tan Da's troops, and order them to join forces and use powerful firepower to open the passage to the Dzungar Khanate as soon as possible!"
Yang Meng issued another order.
If the previous two columns of 1,000 men and 200 guns were weak, then now the increase to 2,000 men and 400 guns should be enough to break through the Geshan defense line.
The Khanting of the Dzungar people is just north of Gedeng Mountain, and once the defense line of Gedeng Mountain is broken, the Khanting will be broken soon.
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Mount Gedeng.
Wu Tian and Tan Da were reprimanding their subordinates.
"You are all of the sheep? With such a powerful firepower, you actually attacked ten formations in a row, and returned in vain? Where do you put Lao Tzu's face? How to carry out the military orders of the great general? ”
"Made, concentrate your firepower to attack in one place, and then kill Geden Mountain in one go, otherwise, we can't explain to the general!"
Wu Tian and Tan Da had a deep understanding of the power of the Kangxi No. 1 automatic rifle before, but in Gedeng Mountain, two hundred rifles failed to break through the defense line of the Dzungars.
Although nearly 2,000 Dzungars were shot, Arabutan had deployed an army of 30,000 here, which prevented Wu Tian and Tan Da from getting their wish.
"The two generals are a little calm, the number of Dzungars occupies an absolute advantage, we have few people, we attacked before, and lost dozens of brothers, if we attack again, I am afraid there will be losses, this is inconsistent with the original intention of the general."
Wu Tian's deputy Xiao Cheng said.
"Hey, it's a pity that there are no cannons, otherwise how can this Gedeng Mountain stop the advance of our army? Perhaps send someone to consult the general to see what to do next. ”
Wu Tian sighed.
Tan Da also said: "Old Wu, we are not in a good position, and we can't think of any other way, so we have to consult the general." ”
At this time, Wu Tian's personal soldiers came to report: "Report to the two generals, the general has sent General Zheng and General Zhao to help, and the two generals will arrive in a few days, when the four columns will join forces and attack the weak defense line of the Dzungars with all their might!" ”
"Huh? Two more columns of the general? Then isn't there only one column of Hu Jian beside him? ”
Wu Tian exclaimed.