While they were talking, Hongshi had already returned to Jungar's camp with the remaining two thousand people. That night, Galdan didn't even close his eyes. As soon as the explosion sounded, he jumped out of the camp.
Zhong rushed out and saw the four huge beams of fire with his own eyes. He knew that in addition to the five thousand men and horses, Hongshi also brought five artillery pieces. These fires should be related to him, but the specifics were not clear.
clear.
Hongshi came to Galdan, knelt down and said: "King Khan, fortunately, I have lived up to my command. Although the Qing army could not be completely defeated in the battle just now, it caused the Qing army to lose at least six to seven thousand people, and our own losses were not enough."
Three thousand."
His words made Galdan extremely surprised. He originally thought that this sneak attack could kill one or two thousand enemies, but he didn't expect that Hongshi could kill six or seven thousand enemies. You know, he only brought five thousand people.
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A general following Galdan heard this and sneered: "Forward, I won't tolerate your nonsense in front of King Khan, six or seven thousand... Humph, why didn't you say six or seven thousand."
Hongshi raised his head and said expressionlessly: "The general said that because you don't believe what I said?"
The general said unceremoniously: "You were beaten so badly by Yongzheng during the day, and now in the blink of an eye, the enemy camp is said to be at your mercy. How do you want King Khan and this general to believe it? Or are you saying that the Qing army is stupid and lets you go?
Bombing artillery?”
Seeing Hongshi looking at him, Geerdan said: "Please tell me carefully what happened just now. I also want to know what method you used to kill so many Qing soldiers at less than half the cost.
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"Yes." Although Galdan said it nicely, Hongshi couldn't hear the doubt in his words, but he didn't intend to hide it. He explained the matter in detail immediately, and when he heard that he was using himself
When he used the soldiers as bait to lure the Qing soldiers out of the camp, and then used artillery to attack indiscriminately, Galdan immediately changed his color. Those thousands of soldiers were not so much killed by the Qing army as they were by Hongshi.
Killed by artillery.
Alimo, who had never spoken before, couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, and said sternly: "Hongshi, you are so brave, you actually killed your own soldiers."
"General, I am not being bold, but I did what I should do. Although we lost two to three thousand people, the Qing army's losses were much greater than ours. This is enough to explain everything."
"You don't need to make any more excuses." After saying that, Alimo cupped his hands towards Galdan and said: "King Khan, Hongshi deliberately killed our soldiers. This is an unforgivable crime. I beg King Khan to cut him into pieces on five horses to comfort the spirits of all the soldiers in heaven.
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Hongshi said quickly: "King Khan, I am doing this for you and Jungar. I have no selfish motives and no malice. If King Khan wants to kill me because of this, I will not accept it."
Galdan narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "But it is true that you killed so many of your own people. My soldiers have always died in fierce battles with the enemy, and have never died in the hands of our own people.
Unless...you are not one of our own."
Hongshi met his unkind gaze and said, "I dare to ask King Khan, why did Yongzheng win the battle he had sent out before and the battle a few days ago?"
Galdan was startled by his question, and then he remembered that the reason why Yinzhen won twice was because he used his own soldiers as bait, using small and big skills, exactly the same as what Hongshi did this time.
Although Galdan did not answer, his expression already gave Hongshi the answer, "King Khan, there is not much time left for us. We must defeat Yinzhen and seize his food within two days.
Otherwise, we will lose. In the Central Plains, there is a saying that those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. If King Khan can't even be so ruthless, then this battle... It's okay not to fight, because even if it does, you will definitely
Lost to Yongzheng."
Alimo heard what he said and immediately shouted: "How dare you disrespect King Khan!"
Galdan raised his hand and said: "Okay, what he said makes some sense. I can't lose this battle. Now that I'm on the battlefield, I have the consciousness to lose my life." He raised his hand to stop him from speaking.
Alimo immediately said to Hongshi: "However, you are indeed unscrupulous enough."
"No matter what I do, I just want to help King Khan win this battle. I don't want to do such cruel methods. Everything is forced by Yongzheng, unless King Khan is willing to lose to Yinzhen."
This sentence made Galdan's face twitch, and then he said: "There are only two days left. In the next battle, we must win, and it will be a big victory. Can you do it?"
"King Khan has your destiny, and Hongshi will definitely do it for you!" Hongshi understood that Galdan was acquiescing to his approach and was preparing to give him another chance to lead his troops on the battlefield.
"Okay, there are still two days left. I hope you won't let me down again." After saying this, Galdan turned around and entered the camp. Having been cut off, Galdan's desire for victory exceeded everything else.
, or maybe he thought he could control everything, so he ignored some fatal things.
The eyes of the Jungar soldiers standing silently around were full of fear and panic. Many of them had followed Galdan in many expeditions and knew that they could die at any time on the battlefield. But this did not mean that they could die at any time on the battlefield.
They are willing to be used as bait and then be killed by their own people without knowing anything.
It would have been fine if Galdan had executed Hongshi on the spot, but not only did Galdan fail to do so, he instead asked Hongshi to lead the troops again. This undoubtedly increased the fear in their hearts and also laid the hidden danger of unstable military morale.
In the final analysis, they came here to plunder, not to die. They did not have the determination to die like the Qing soldiers. From this point alone, Galdan undoubtedly lost.
The next day, Hongshi did not start the war, but at this time, the food was only enough to last for another day. The soldiers began to feel uneasy. Once the food was cut off, they would starve. How could they fight like this?
The next day, Hongshi summoned the entire army of more than 100,000 people
Together, they said loudly: "Today is the only day we can still have enough to eat. After today, there will be no more food to eat. If you don't want to starve to death, give the Qing soldiers the food."
Grab it, and then attack the capital to win our victory!"
Although the soldiers were quite dissatisfied with Hongshi's previous actions, it was a matter of their own life and death, and no one was willing to fail. Therefore, no matter what, they would try their best in this battle, not for Junggar or their Khan.
, only for yourself.
When Hongshi formed the formation, the Qing Dynasty also summoned all available troops and stood ready. Although Yinzhen was ill in bed for the past two days, he still thought hard about the method of marching and setting up the formation, because Hongshi
Due to the existence of the enemy, the formations that were originally used could no longer be used, so we had to think of other strange strategies.