lied to Kangxi

Chapter 567
The person who came to pass the decree was Zhang Hongxu, the chief eunuch in the palace and the deputy director of Qianqing Palace.

After Yuzhu ordered the incense table to be set up, he went to the gate of the temporary general's mansion and led Zhang Hongxu into the main hall.

Standing facing south and facing north, Zhang Hongxu spread out his decree and shouted loudly: "The jade pillar accepts the decree."

"Your servant, Yuzhu, respectfully listen to the oracle."

"Special order, President Yu Zhu's military affairs in the Northwest, and immediately lead troops to rescue Qinghai, hereby!"

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he understood that Nian Gengyao from Qinghai was in big trouble!

"Old Zhang, is the battle going on in Qinghai?" Yuzhu asked Zhang Hongxu with a smile after receiving the order.

If someone else asked him, Zhang Hongxu would definitely just say haha ​​and get over it perfunctorily.

It was Yu Zhu who asked the question, and Zhang Hongxu knew how powerful Yu Zhu was, so he didn't dare to hide anything.

Zhang Hongxu glanced around, and whispered deliberately: "To tell you the truth, Master Zhu, Nian Gengyao suffered a terrible defeat and was surrounded by the Junggars in the snow-covered Nagqu. Long Live Lord was so angry that he broke the commonly used string Agate beads."

Yuzhu nodded, the old emperor's favorite was the string of green agate beads, and it was smashed, so he was understandably annoyed.

In addition, Nian Gengyao, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was commanded by Yuzhu, which is already very illustrative.

"Are you going back to the capital, or following me to Nagqu?" Yuzhu didn't bother to go around with Zhang Hongxu, and asked the key question directly.

Zhang Hongxu smiled awkwardly, subconsciously licked his tongue, bowed his waist and said, "I will go to Naqu with you, Master Zhu."

Yu Zhu nodded, and understood in seconds. The old emperor was worried that he would not save Nian Gengyao, so he specially sent Zhang Hongxu to spy on him.

It's true, Yuzhu and Nian Gengyao's serious discord is well known to everyone in the world.

If Yuzhu dawdled on purpose and delayed the opportunity to fight, Nian Gengyao would definitely die without a place to bury him.

However, the old emperor must have been worrying in vain.After Yuzhu received the order, he immediately rectified the troops and horses, and only took two days to lead the troops to leave the Hutusi Mountain Pass.

Along the way, Yuzhu dismissed the Mongolian scattered cavalry step by step.

This time following the troops, the Mongolian scattered cavalry not only did not get any big benefits, but lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the Qing Dynasty war would never end, and these people would be needed next time.

Therefore, at the time of parting, these Mongolian scattered cavalry each gave another 50 taels of silver.The name, of course, is the pension.

When Yuzhu was doing these things, Zhang Hongxu was watching helplessly.

Uliasu Terrace belongs to Mobei Mongolia rather than Monan Mongolia, and it is extremely far away from the capital, so it cannot affect the court situation at all.Moreover, these people are not Mongolian princes, but the lowly people in the tribe, so Zhang Hongxu didn't care too much.

In the Mongolian prairie, the people who are truly qualified and capable of influencing the court are actually the princes and Taijis of Horqin Mongolia.

However, because of this, Kangxi spared no effort to suppress Horqin Mongolia.

After Shunzhi was about to be abolished, on the surface it seemed that the queen was extravagant, very jealous, and very unlikable.

In fact, almost all the concubines in the imperial palace at that time were Mongolian concubines, and Shunzhi was eager to weaken the influence of the Mongolians.

Since the Junggars had retreated to Yili, Yuzhu led his troops to take a shortcut to rescue Qinghai.

After leaving the Hutusi Pass, the army turned to the east and occupied the ancient city of the Junggars (Qitai County) and Balikun along the way, passing through Hami and Dunhuang, passing through the Qaidam Basin, and passing through Hexi Youzhong Banner (Golmud City), arrived at the Tanggula Pass.

Tanggula Pass is the only place where the Qing Dynasty attacked the snowy area.

Even considering the altitude sickness, Yuzhu did not stop at the Tanggula Pass, and led his troops directly into the mountain.

Tanggula Mountain is a famous mountain in the snow area, located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, bordering the Karakorum Mountains in the west and Hengduan Mountains in the east, with a total length of about 1000 kilometers and a width of about 150 kilometers.

The more we go up the mountain, the more severe the altitude sickness, and it is extremely difficult to breathe.

Yuzhu was fine, because he had expected altitude sickness long ago, and prepared Xinjiang Rhodiola in advance.

However, the Firearms Camp is in big trouble.The artillerymen dragged their cannons up the mountain, panting like cows and sweating like rain every few steps.

The supply camp is also very troublesome. It is indeed quite exhausting to drag the huge grain truck up the mountain.

Not long after passing the Tanggula Pass, one after another of Yuzhu's subordinates died for the country.

There is no way, compassion does not command soldiers!

Even though there was news that the soldiers of the new army were lying down every day, Yu Zhu could only hold back his grief and lead everyone firmly towards Nagqu.

On the way, Yuzhu looked back at the foot of Tanggula Mountain while taking a break, feeling filled with emotion.

Marching into the snowy area, on average, every two miles traveled, a Qing soldier had to be sacrificed.

Alas, it is so difficult!

Fortunately, Kangxi was quite ambitious and insisted on taking it back and actually controlling Xueyu.Otherwise, the ownership of Xueyu will definitely be in big trouble in the future, and the consequences will be disastrous.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven.

When Yuzhu arrived at Paohe Lao (now Nierong County), he learned a bad news: Nian Gengyao lost!
What Yuzhu was waiting for was Nian Gengyao's defeat.

To be honest, if Nian Gengyao is undefeated, Yuzhu will not be able to intervene in the military affairs of the Northwest in the future.

Now, since Nian Gengyao was defeated, Yu Zhu took the opportunity to go down the donkey and took the initiative to meet him, completing the rescue task entrusted to him by the old emperor.

Rescue and attack, the difference between the two words, have completely different meanings.

To be honest, in the final analysis, the old emperor underestimated the combat effectiveness of the new army.

The more than 6000 new troops trained by Yuzhu alone, as long as they have the support of cavalry and artillery, in this era, they can completely sweep away all monsters and monsters.

Anyway, the old emperor is determined to win the Xueyu, after this defeat, there will be a next time.

There are many opportunities, and Yu Zhu doesn't need to be anxious at all.

The logic is actually very simple, even if the old emperor still sent the old fourteenth to be the general king, there would always be a place for jade pillars on the battlefield in the northwest.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the old emperor does not need Yuzhu to command the army in the northwest for the time being.

After the old emperor breathed his last and Yuzhu achieved great things, it would not be too late to fight the snowy land.

The snowy land is there, and it must be there.As long as you make up your mind to regain the snowy land, are you afraid that it will not be able to move to Hawaii?

The defeated troops gathered along the way told Yuzhu that Nian Gengyao had already captured Nagqu.

It's a pity that the food road was suddenly cut off by Galdan Celing's troops. Because of the lack of food and grass, victory turned defeat.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that Galdan Celing would definitely be his lifelong enemy in the future Qingzhun war, and he would be entangled for a long time.

In Chuonuoguoer area, Yuzhu finally waited for Nian Gengyao himself.

Nian Gengyao suffered a disastrous defeat because of the robbery of the grain road.Of the 4 Shaanxi Green Camp elites he brought into the snowy area, more than [-] were lost, and only a few thousand escaped back.

More importantly, all the artillery was lost.

If ordinary people want to support the bandits, they will withdraw their troops.

Yuzhu is different from ordinary people, he understands the temper of the old emperor very well.If he retreated at this time, the old emperor would definitely become suspicious.

Therefore, Yuzhu distributed some food to Nian Gengyao and asked him to take the defeated army back to Xining.Yu Zhu led his subordinates and continued to move towards Nagqu without hesitation.

Nian Gengyao is the general of the defeated army, how dare he speak bravely?He could only watch helplessly as Yuzhu went to seek death.

Today, Yuzhu's subordinates are still three groups of soldiers, one is the more than 1 people stationed in Xi'an for the Eight Banners, the other is the [-] new army, and the other is the artillery armor of the [-] Firearms Battalion.

Because the cavalry stationed in Xi'an in the Eight Banners were ambushed by the Junggars and lost more than 1000 people. The total force controlled by Yuzhu is now less than 3.

Galdan Celing originally wanted to beat the dog in the water, but unexpectedly, Yuzhu came so fast, after weighing up and down, he had to lead his troops to retreat.

However, Galdan Celing was very clever. On the way back, he took away all the more than 100 cannons that Nian Gengyao had left behind.

After Yuzhu arrived at the north bank of the Kara Wusu River in Nagqu, he crossed the river several times in a row, but returned without success because there was no artillery cover.

The mother-and-child cannon has a short range and low power, and it is still effective against infantry. If it is used to attack a fortress with a large number of enemy troops, it will miss.

When the food was almost exhausted, Yuzhu led his troops back to Golmud in Qinghai.

Galdan Celing led his [-] cavalry, and stayed behind Yuzhu all the time, but he couldn't find a good time to sneak attack, so he had to watch helplessly as the Qing army retreated gracefully.

How Yuzhu rescued Nian Gengyao, and how he attacked Naqu who was frustrated, Zhang Hongxu saw everything in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

To be honest, Yu Zhu never thought of hiding anything at all, and he could see as much as Zhang Hongxu wanted to see.

Nian Gengyao lost too many cannons.Facing the condescending bombardment of the paramilitary troops, the Qing army would not have been able to approach the mountain pass of Nagqu without the cover of heavy artillery.

Without heavy artillery, Naqu could not be attacked. This is what Yuzhu wanted to tell the old emperor through Zhang Hongxu's mouth.

After Yuzhu returned to Xining with his troops, the court mail sent by Jingli had already arrived.

Therefore, Yuzhu and Nian Gengyao split up and went to Beijing to report to the old emperor.

When boarding the ship from Lanzhou, bad news also came from Sichuan.

Kangtai, the admiral of Sichuan, was trapped and killed by a black-hat monk in the snowy area. Zha Lihun, the deputy commander of the Eight Banners Garrison in Jingzhou, also died for his country. The thousands of Qing troops he led were wiped out.

The three-way army attacked the Junggar people, and as a result, the two-way army suffered a disastrous defeat.

Only Yuzhu stood alone. He not only occupied the ancient city and Balikun, but also rescued the remnants of Nian Gengyao.

More importantly, Yuzhu also brought back the wife, daughter and son of Tsewang Allah Butan, as well as more than 8000 Junggar heads.

This person is afraid of comparison in everything.

When Yuzhu returned to Beijing, Kangxi ordered the princes and ministers below the prince to go ten miles away to meet Yuzhu in the suburbs.

However, after Yuzhu heard the news, he was still as humble as ever, left the big team early, quietly entered the Changchun Garden, and knelt down in front of the old emperor.

In front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, it was Nian Gengyao's patent to show off.

Yuzhu could only say politely, thank you, this handsome man should never be taken advantage of!
(End of this chapter)