The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 703 Battle of Guangxian Temple

{Yongzheng was really bad at fighting wars, except for pacifying Qinghai and stabilizing the territorial base left by Kangxi.}
{In theory, we fought a draw with the Dzungars, but in reality, we won fewer battles than we lost.}
{The Battle of Hetongbo was the biggest defeat of the Manchurian Eight Banners Army since the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass and put down the Three Feudatories Rebellion. Everyone in the Eight Banners in the capital was in mourning.}
{It cost 60 million taels of silver to fight against the Dzungar Khanate, but the result was that Urumqi, Turpan, half of Kobdo, and half of Uriankhai, which were actually controlled by Emperor Kangxi in his later years, were ceded to the Dzungar Khanate, and the Qing army's front line was pushed all the way from the Altai Mountains to the Hangai Mountains (dog head)}
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Tang Xuanzong Period
Li Longji scratched his forehead.

"I remember... this person seems to have a treaty of some kind, right?"

Yang Yuhuan nodded gently and whispered:
"According to later generations, it should be a treaty to cede territory?"

Li Longji put his arms around Yang Yuhuan.

"Then the military and diplomacy columns are probably useless."

"I wonder how the internal affairs are being handled?"

"If the internal affairs were mediocre, the turning point of the Qing Dynasty might have been here during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng."

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Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Heng analyzed the "culprit" of this war to Liu E.

"Specifically speaking, when it comes to tactical command, the two commanders don't have too many problems."

"The reason for Yue Zhongqi's failure is not his fault."

"Although Fuldan made mistakes by being too aggressive, he was able to remain calm in the battle with Tongbo and forcibly found a way out of an irreversible defeat. This performance is at least acceptable."

"His only problem was that he rested for a night at the Hetongbo Lake."

Zhao Heng paused for a moment, estimated the speed of the quasi-troops in the sky, and said:
"But even if they don't rest, it won't be difficult for the Junggar cavalry to catch up with the Qing army given their superiority."

"The middle and high-level generals of the Qing army did not have any major problems, and they showed amazing determination and perseverance in the face of danger."

"Since there is nothing wrong with the commander-in-chief and the middle and senior officers, then where is the problem?"

Liu E looked at the emperor who was about to ask me a question, and rolled her eyes silently in her heart, but a look of kindness appeared on her face.

"Oh? Then, Your Majesty, where does this problem come from?"

Zhao Heng raised his head, smiled and said:
"Of course it's Emperor Yongzheng!"

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[Although the Qing army suffered heavy losses in the two battles of Kuoshetu and Hetongpo, the situation at the time was not too bad.]

[In the direction of the Western Route Army, upon hearing that the Northern Route Army had started a war, Yue Zhongqi did not sit back and watch the outcome, but personally led 10,000 troops to attack the heartland of the Junggar, trying to contain the Junggar Army and cut off the enemy's retreat.]

[During this attack, the Western Route Army defeated thousands of Junggar troops twice and arrived at the vicinity of Urumqi on July 1731, the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign (), only two days away from Urumqi.]

[In the direction of the northern army, the Fuerdan Corps still has 16,000 soldiers in the city of Kobdo, and the construction of the city has been mostly completed. The circumference is 12 miles, which can be used as a base to defend against the possible eastward advance of the quasi-army.]

【Then, the two armies received the order from Emperor Yongzheng.】

【Order Yue Zhongqi’s army: “Conduct a brief guerrilla campaign and then withdraw to the camp (Balikun).”】

[Order the Fuerdan Corps: "Withdraw all the soldiers stationed in Kobdo and station them in Chahansouer, Zabuhan and other places."]

[To put it bluntly, Yongzheng ordered Yue Zhongqi's army, which was about to reach Urumqi, to retreat 500 kilometers and return to Barkol.]

[Let the Fuerdan Corps retreat 400 kilometers and station in Chahansouer. ]

[After this retreat, there were no more Qing troops stationed in Kobdone.]

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Ming dynasty.

"Hey, you're scared!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed to the sky.

"What do you call this? This is called being scared! You're giving in!"

"Really? He thinks this kid is playing house?"

"In a war, it's not like you can't defeat the opponent and just give in."

"Even if the affairs of the six kingdoms and Qin are too far away, the affairs of the two Song dynasties are not far away."

"Even if you give up the entire Kobdo and Uriankhai, they will not give you the face to withdraw their troops."

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who finally got the chance to complain harshly, and smiled helplessly.

"Look at you, you look so narrow-minded.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly, sat up straight with his knees resting on his shoulders, and looked at the sky without answering.

I am just petty! Humph!

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Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Kangxi tried to endure it again and again, but he really couldn't bear it anymore.

With a loud "bang", the teacup and memorials on the imperial desk jumped.

"Call the Fourth Prince to me!"

The butler retreated in a hurry.

Kangxi looked at the sky with a gloomy face.

Soldiers, the country's major events, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be observed.

Once a war begins, it is difficult to end without one side being beaten to a pulp and begging for mercy.
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【After the Qing army retreated across the board, Galdan Tsereng pressed forward step by step. 】

On September 6, the ninth year of the Yongzheng reign, Fuerdan, who had not yet withdrawn from Kobdo, reported: "The enemy army is more than 50 miles away from Kobdo, claiming to have captured Chahansouer and spent the winter in the Hangai Mountains. Our army has taken horses and livestock into Kobdo to defend it."

[Because of Yongzheng's order to retreat, the Qing troops in Kobdo were preparing to move.]

[The Junggar troops were only fifty miles away from the city, and no one went out to resist.]

【It was only then that Yongzheng realized that the other side’s appetite was not just for Kobdo.】

[So, within less than half a month, three emergency war orders were issued.]

[First, order Xibao and Danjin Dorji to lead the troops to defend Chahansouer, but they must not leave the camp easily to fight. The first priority is to protect military supplies and horses.]

[Second, appoint Grand Secretary Marsai as General of Fuyuan to lead troops to support the Northern Route Army.]

[Soon after Marsai led his army to the expedition, Yongzheng ordered him to slow down his march and send someone to Kulun (now Ulaanbaatar) to pick up Jebtsundamba and send him to Duolun Nor.]

[Yongzheng made this arrangement to prevent the Junggar Army from kidnapping the Khalkha Living Buddha.]

[However, at this time, Kulun, where Jebtsundamba was, was still 1,700 kilometers away from Kobdo, where the quasi-military forces were attacking.]

【Third, a general mobilization was carried out in Inner Mongolia, and an imperial edict was issued to the 49 banners of Inner Mongolia: "The imperial court will send troops in two routes, both for Inner and Outer Mongolia. The protection of the Khalkha Nair cannot be ignored. Wang Taiji and the soldiers can really serve the group, and they will be promoted and awarded the hereditary title of 'Baturudarhan', so that their names will be passed down forever."】

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Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period
"Son, what do you think of these three decrees?"

Xiaozhuang, dressed in casual clothes, looked at the three actions in the sky, her mouth twitching, and then asked the emperor.

Fulin, who was also wearing a navy blue uniform, was carefully wiping the silver sword in his hand.

Hearing this, he looked towards the sky and frowned.

"If I were to evaluate these three actions, they are all stupid...but my son can't really tell me exactly why they are stupid."

Xiaozhuang glanced at the sword in Fulin's hand, and then looked at the brick floor and city wall that were being repaired.

With this thing, you can break it by yourself...but you can't rely on it for everything.

Xiaozhuang said softly:
"You're right. These three battle orders are all extremely stupid."

"First, tell the frontline soldiers not to attack and to stay in the camp..."

Xiaozhuang found it absurd and speechless when it was mentioned.

"The vast grassland is full of roads that can be used by the Junggar cavalry. How can we stop the enemy by defending the camp?"

"Second, the Qing army has not yet entered the Khalkha territory, but they have already brought the Khalkha Living Buddha to Mongolia. Isn't this clearly telling the Mongolians that the Qing army is unlikely to be able to defend Khalkha?"

"Aren't we just waiting for the Khalkha tribes to collapse without a fight?"

"Third, since the reign of Emperor Taizong, the emperor has always been decisive in mobilizing the armies of the various Mongolian tribes south of the desert."

"There's no need for him to make such a general mobilization!"

"This is clearly telling the tribal leaders that we are almost dying, and you must do your best to protect yourselves!"

Xiaozhuang slammed the Eighteenth Son in her hand on the imperial desk and said sternly:

"If you don't know anything about military affairs, don't make comments!"

"idiot!"

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[Because the Qing army was required to "hold the camp firmly", the Qing army actually only controlled the line from Kobdo to Chahansouer, and the other vast grasslands were left to the Dzungar cavalry to roam.]

【As for the various tribes in Inner and Outer Mongolia, people were in a state of panic due to the relocation of the Living Buddha to the interior and Yongzheng's general mobilization order.】

【Galdan Tsereng dispatched Daze and Xiaoze to lead an army of 24,000 people to launch a full-scale attack on Khalkha.】

[The Junggar army first attacked Kobdo City, but the Qing army held out and refused to come out. Then they attacked Chahansouer, but the Qing army still refused to come out.]

[At this time, Da Ce and Xiao Ce understood the situation and turned their horses around, with three to four thousand men in each team, to attack the various Khalkha tribes in a dispersed manner.]

[For a time, Khalkha was in chaos, repeating the tragedy of the previous invasion by Galdan.]

[Since there was no unified command from the Qing generals, the leaders of the tribes were at a loss, and many tribes simply gave up resistance, abandoned their livestock and baggage, and migrated to Inner Mongolia.]

[Bazi, the Duke of the Huite tribe who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty before, surrendered directly to the Dzungars and led the Dzungar army to plunder. ]

【Emperor Yongzheng was also panicking. He dismissed Marsai from his post as General of Fuyuan on the spot, saying: "(Marai) was very absurd to dispatch him immediately. The military intelligence he obtained was not accurate, and his actions were also very confusing."】

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Datang.

“The more you do, the more you make wrong.”

Li Shimin really didn't understand what Yongzheng was thinking behind the decision to stick to this policy?

"Cheng Qian, you need to know one thing."

"When marching and fighting, morale comes first."

Li Chengqian approved the memorial with an expressionless face.

Aye, I'm very busy now and don't really want to know.

Li Shimin twisted his beard and said to himself:
"Outside, the Quasi-military forces are wreaking havoc. The imperial court has ordered the Qing army to hold its ground, so the Qing army can only passively defend."

“But there are always two sides to every coin.”

"The Zhun army is now attacking in a scattered manner. The Qing army can take this opportunity to select a brave general to lead a group of elite soldiers and attack Huanglong directly!"

"It doesn't matter whether we can defeat Huanglong or not. Even if we can only kill one or two hundred people in the battle, the morale will be maintained."

"What a pity, they just refuse to leave..." "Don't give orders if you don't understand something!"

He thought of Li Longji again...

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[After entering Khalkha, the Junggar army dispersed and looted. ]

[The camp of the commanders of Da Ce and Xiao Ce is set up in Suk Al Dahu. ]

【At that time, the person in charge of this defense zone was Xibao, a Qing general stationed in Chahansouer. Due to Yongzheng's order to "defend the camp firmly", Xibao did not order the Qing troops in the city to move out. Instead, he sent Danjin Dorji, the leader of the Khalkha tribe in the city, together with Celeng, the Duoluo Prince of Tamir, to lead the troops of their respective tribes to jointly attack the Zhun army.】

[On September 1731, the th year of Yongzheng's reign (), Celeng and Danjin Dorji led men to attack the Junggar's camp at night, killing many and then fled.]

[Due to the previously extremely smooth march, the quasi-military commanders Da Ce and Xiao Ce did not take this Mongolian army seriously, and they sent out 3,000 people to chase after them without hesitation.]

【Celeng had anticipated this and set up an ambush in Odenchule in advance.】

[On September 25, the pursuing Junggar troops arrived, and Dan and Ce led their troops to "ambush and attack, beheaded their brave generals, and the rest of the troops fled in panic." The Junggar general Karabatulu was beheaded.]

[At this time, most of the Junggar troops were robbing and looting, and Da Ce and Xiao Ce did not have many troops around them. After hearing the battle report, they mistakenly believed that the main force of the Qing army had been dispatched, so they fled overnight and directly crossed the Altai Mountains back to Junggar.]

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{To be honest, the scale of this battle was not large, and the Qing army only captured and killed hundreds of people. The historical records did not describe the battle in detail. I don't know why the author mentioned this section?}

{Because this battle is of great significance.}
{This was the first time that the Qing army defeated the Junggar army in a battle involving more than a thousand people since the Qing and Junggar officially started fighting in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign.}
{After the war, Emperor Yongzheng rewarded Dan and Ce with 10,000 taels of silver each, and upgraded Celeng's title from "Prince" to "Prince".}
{In addition, they ordered all Khalkha troops to obey their orders and transferred part of the Eight Banners troops in the capital to their command.}
{Although Yongzheng made many foolish decisions in suppressing the Qinghai Rebellion and the Qing-Zungar War, he always did a good job in selecting key figures.}
{He used Yue Zhongqi to quell the Qinghai Rebellion, and Celeng to fight the Qing-Zunghar War.}
{This is still good.}
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In October of the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, four or five hundred Junggar soldiers plundered Wukeke Ridge, which was defended by the Western Route Army. Yue Zhongqi cited Yongzheng's previous order to "hold on firmly" and said that he "would never dare to act rashly and fail to fulfill his mission", so he ordered the Qing army to hold on and not pursue the enemy. 】

[When the news came, Yongzheng was furious and reprimanded Yue Zhongqi: "You are only two or three hundred miles away from the camp, but you can't protect the horses and still let the bandits do whatever they want. I don't know what the general and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are doing?"]

[This incident is a microcosm of the situation of all Qing army generals at that time.]

[On the one hand, Yongzheng ordered them to hold their ground and not to attack rashly. On the other hand, if they suffered a small loss, Yongzheng would scold and punish them.]

[In this embarrassing situation, many high-ranking officials were punished by Yongzheng one after another. ]

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Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
Qianlong smacked his lips twice.

To be honest, his father's move is like Wu Dalang eating arsenic - if he eats it, he will die, and if he doesn't eat it, he will also die.

"Emperor Zhaolie of Han said something very good."

“It can be regarded as a golden piece of advice for dealing with people.”

Yongyan's eyes lit up, he took a step forward and asked softly:

"Can Khan Ammar teach his son?"

Qianlong waved his folding fan, shook his head and said:

"This is what I said:"

"Every time you oppose Cao, things will be accomplished!"

Yongyan felt like he had suddenly been enlightened!

Yes, yes!
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[In July of the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign (1732), Galdan Tseren personally led an army of out of the Altai Mountains and invaded Khalkha again.]

[Faced with the attack of the Quasi-military army, the new commander of the Northern Army, Xi Bao, decided to divide his troops into three groups to intercept them. ]

[The route is towards Chahansouer, and is defended by 10,000 troops from Xibao’s headquarters. ]

[The route is towards the source of the Eder River, and is guarded by Danjin Dorji and Celeng, who lead 18,000 men.]

[The road is towards Zakbaidarik City, and Marse leads his army of more than 10,000 people to defend it. ]

【Since he suffered a loss at Celeng's hands near Tamir last time, Galdan Tsereng decided to raid Celeng's pastureland Tamir as revenge.】

[Celeng was transferred away, which led to the Zhun army not only looting tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, but also kidnapping Celeng's wife and two sons. ]

【When the news came, Celeng was completely furious. 】

……

On the canopy.

The man in Mongolian royal clothing had red eyes and shouted to the generals in front of him:
"A man's heart is filled with blood, and he should be loyal to Nuo Yan!"

Then he cut off his own hair and the tail of the horse he was riding, and said:
"Although the enemy army has 300,000 soldiers, as long as we can kill ten with one, we can still defeat the enemy!"

"I will lead you to reclaim our territory!"

When the grassland soldiers saw the prince cutting off his hair and swearing an oath to the sky, they all blushed.

He drew out his long sword and pointed it toward the sky.

"For the prince! For Sayin Noyan! For Noyan!"

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【Celeng, a member of the Borjigit clan, was a Khalkha Mongolian and a descendant of Tumenken, the eighteenth-generation grandson of Genghis Khan.】

[The family has been nomadic in the Tamil area for generations and is affiliated with the Tushetu Khanate. ]

[During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Galdan led his army to invade Khalkha, and Celeng's homeland was ravaged. ]

[At the time, Tse Leng was less than ten years old, and he witnessed the atrocities of killing and looting by the Dzungar army in his hometown.]

[From then on, he and the Dzungars had a blood feud.]

[This time, the Junggar army once again massacred the Saiyinnuoyan tribe. With new and old hatreds added together, Celeng completely stopped caring about the deployment of defenses.]

[In early August, Celeng and Danjin Dorji led their troops to catch up with the quasi-military forces that had looted Tamir.]

[In two days, we chased the Quasi-Army and fought ten small battles. The Quasi-Army never had a chance to form a battle formation and was defeated every time.]

[On the fifth day of August, Celeng led the Junggar troops into Erdene Zhao.]

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On the canopy.

At the junction of mountains and rivers.

A white, gorgeous and noble temple is located here.

But at this time, there was no cool nectar of Buddhist Dharma in the Jiaojie Temple.

There is only bloody weapons and killing.

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[Erdene Zhao, also known as Guangxian Temple, is the place where Living Buddha Jebtsundamba sits on the throne, which is equivalent to the Potala Palace in Khalkha. ]

[There are continuous mountains to the southeast of this place, and the Erkun River is on the northwest side of the mountains. ]

【Guangxian Temple stands on a narrow plain between the mountains and the river. 】

[Galdan Tsereng set up his formation on the mountain, using camels and rocks as support for his musketeers, trying to lure Tsereng to attack and give full play to the quasi-military's firearms advantage.]

[Celeng was ready to do it without hesitation, but Danjin Dorji, who was traveling with him, refused to do it.]

[Tanjin's previous victories were due to the fact that the quasi-army was constrained by the captured people and livestock, and the army was not in good order. Such victories were accidental.]

[Now that they have formed their battle formation, wouldn't it be Qing's plan to die if he attacked them now? Therefore, he refused to join forces with Celeng to attack.]

【But at this time, Celeng was as hard as stone. He directly led more than 10,000 soldiers who were willing to follow him to attack Erdeni Zhao. 】

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"It is close to mountains and rivers, easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Liu Che looked at this place with a frown.

The temple is sandwiched between two mountains, one on the left and one on the right.

On the other side of the mountain is the river.

The Qing army was sandwiched between the river and the mountains, while the Junggar army deployed its defenses according to the terrain of the mountains.

"If we attack head-on..."

Liu Che shook his head and then looked at Huo Qubing.

Huo Qubing looked at him for a few times, then stroked his chin and said:
"It's impossible to attack by force."

"Given the power of the firearms after the camp is set up, ten thousand people won't even be enough to fill the gaps between our teeth..."

"We have to lure the snakes out of their holes and hook them out."

Liu Che nodded.

"Hide the main force and feign defeat to lure the enemy."

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[Most of Celeng's troops were cold-weapon light cavalry, with only a few being soldiers of the Eight Banners firearms battalion equipped with muskets and sub-guns. Faced with this situation, Celeng developed a rather detailed combat plan.]

[He personally led the main force of the Mongolian cavalry to cross the Erkun River in advance and ambushed in the mountains to the north of the Junggar army, leaving a small number of Mongolian cavalry on standby.]

[He ordered more than a thousand soldiers of the Eight Banners to line up in front of the Dzungar army with firearms, barricades, and other equipment to meet the enemy.]

【Finally, he instructed the troops to take action when they heard the sound of the Hujia.】

[The two sides just started fighting, the Eight Banners soldiers were defeated and retreated southwest along the river. ]

【Galdan Tsereng ordered the entire army to attack and pursue this Qing army.】

[When the Jun army charged, they would blow the Hujia. At this time, the main force of the Mongolian cavalry on the north side of the battlefield heard the sound of the Hujia and began to move out. ]

[Because the terrain along the river was narrow, the more than 20,000 Junggar cavalry could not fully deploy. At the same time, the Eight Banners soldiers set up antler barricades to block the enemy cavalry's attack during their escape, further delaying the enemy cavalry's attack.]

[In this way, more than 20,000 Quasi-Army cavalry were crowded in the narrow river bank lowland.]

[At the same time, the main force of the Mongolian cavalry on the north side of the battlefield attacked the empty formation of the Junggar Army on the hillside from the flank, burning their baggage and equipment.]

[Then, they rushed down the hillside towards the quasi-soldiers crowded on the river bank, "like a storm, beheading more than 10,000 people, filling the valley with corpses, and seizing countless livestock and weapons."]

[Galdan Tsereng led the remnants of his army to escape across the river, but as they swam, they were shot at by Mongolian cavalry on the other side of the river.]

[Many Junggar soldiers died in the water, and the rivers turned red]

【Galdan Tsereng led the remaining troops to desperately break through the defensive army on the other side of the river, crossing the Tui River and the Baidarik River and fled westward.】

[In this battle, Celeng used a force of more than 10,000 soldiers to inflict heavy damage on the Junggar army of 30,000, capturing more than 10,000 heads alone, and thousands of Junggar soldiers fell into the water or were killed along the way.]

[Zungar was severely damaged and could no longer launch a large-scale attack on Khalkha in a short period of time.]

【Then they negotiated peace with the Qing Dynasty.】

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{From this point on, we can see the difference in national power between the Dzungar Khanate and the Qing Dynasty.}
{The losses suffered by both the Qing and the Zunghars in the Battle of Guangxian Temple and the Battle of Hetongbo were similar, and the main forces were basically wiped out.}
{Also around the 20th year of Qianlong's reign, Qianlong was able to gather an elite main force of nearly 10,000 people, while the Junggars had no strength to rebuild their main force due to natural and man-made disasters.}
{In this battle, "more than 10,000 bandits were killed" and many "equipment, camels, horses, cattle and sheep" were seized, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qing army.}
{For this reason, on the first day of September, Emperor Yongzheng specially awarded Ce Ling the title of "Chaoyong".}
{From then on, Ce Ling was called "Prince Super Brave"}
{Very brave! He is very brave!}
{Unfortunately, this battle could have achieved greater results, but after the Qing army was defeated in Hetongbo, they did not dare to send troops to cooperate in the battle because of Yongzheng's order to defend the city.}
{Prince Shuncheng Xibao in Chahansouer's camp did not dare to go to battle, and Fuerdan in Kobdo did not dare to send troops to intercept the retreat of the Junggar army, thus missing the opportunity to fight.}
{There was no way out. After Celeng got his revenge for the first time, Yongzheng started to go crazy.}
{The commander of the Northern Army, Fu Erdan, and the deputy commander, Chen Tai, were dismissed from their posts. The commander of the Western Army, Yue Zhongqi, and the deputy commander, Shi Yunzhuo, were dismissed from their posts and will be executed in prison!}

{You have no idea who is responsible for all this, right...}
{Kangxi's sons are all in great spirits...}
{The emperor should blame others, not himself.}
(End of this chapter)