Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Your Highness, the Tuoli troops of the Wei army have captured Fuzhou, Luochuan and Yichuan, cutting off our connection with Xi'an. Please send troops to retake Fuzhou as soon as possible," Bai Qing'e, the Left Deputy Imperial Envoy who was accompanying the expedition, suggested to Prince Zhong Huilan in Yan'an. This man was quite talented. He was dismissed from office because he was listed as a member of Oboi's party, but was later reinstated. When Emperor Zhenwu heard of his name, he appointed him as the Left Deputy Imperial Envoy and ordered him to follow Prince Zhong to the expedition.

"Recapture Fuzhou?" Huilan shook his head painfully. "It's not that I don't want to, but I just can't. Don't look at the 100,000-strong army in Fushi (the capital of Yan'an Prefecture), but half of them are hastily recruited soldiers with weak combat effectiveness. The 60,000 guards in the south are all elite soldiers who have fought many battles. Attacking Fuzhou may not be successful, but it may waste troops and lead to the loss of Fushi. What's more worrying is that the guards led by the pseudo-Khan in the north are more than 160,000, and Gao Zongzhen has been asking for help one after another. I was about to lead the troops to help, but unexpectedly, the enemy came from the south again. It's really a dilemma!"

"Your Highness, the Gaozong garrison reported that Yulin~Yulin has been lost." The two were discussing when Gushan Ezhen Wang Guoguang came in with a serious look, panting and telling a big bad news. Although this person has a Han surname, he is actually a Jurchen. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with his father very early. He was an official of the Han Army Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen and was very loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

Huilan was young after all, and his face changed color when he heard the words, but he pretended to be calm, but his hands trembled involuntarily when he read the military newspaper. As an important military town, Yansui Town was originally stationed with elite troops, but Emperor Zhenwu took away many elite troops stationed in Yulin when he attacked Shanxi. After General Gaozong was defeated and fled to Suide Prefecture, he also transferred many Yulin garrison troops. It happened that the Lotus Khan of Weiguo was a master at playing with people's hearts. He deliberately deployed heavy troops near Suide Prefecture, but did not attack the city, inducing Gaozong to transfer troops from Yulin again and again. When he estimated that the elite troops of the Yulin garrison had been almost withdrawn, he sent Jin Wang Ergalang to lead 20,000 troops to easily capture Yulinwei; then he ordered Lu Guogong Erke to capture Jiazhou and Mizhi; then, it was still the old tactics, deploying heavy troops near Suide Prefecture but not attacking.

"Gao Zongzhen has only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and even after the transfer of the Yulin garrison, there are no more than 30,000 soldiers. How can they stop the pseudo-Khan? If Suide Prefecture is lost, the guards can march south in large numbers. We must lead the troops to reinforce immediately," Huilan was anxious when he heard the news.

"How many days ago was the date on the military newspaper?" Bai Qing'e asked.

"About half a month ago."

"Half a month?" Bai Qing'e frowned. "With the strength of the Wei army, why did they delay for so long and not attack the city? And the Wei army could easily besiege Suide Prefecture, but the military reports from Suide have never stopped. Isn't it strange?" Bai Qing'e said.

"Are you saying that the Wei army wants to trick me into sending troops to reinforce Suide and wait for an opportunity to ambush the reinforcements?" Huilan asked solemnly.

"Exactly".

Huilan pondered for a long time and ordered: "What you said makes a lot of sense. However, Suide is an important place and must be rescued. Order Admiral Shen Yongxing to lead his troops to station in Anding, and Melezhangjing Daldu to lead his troops to station in Qingjian. After the two armies arrive, they will no longer advance, but only respond to Suide."

"I still think that we should concentrate our forces to recover Fuzhou and restore the connection with Xi'an. If Your Highness feels that the forces are insufficient, you can gather the troops from all places and send people to Ningzhou to invite Zhang Fuyuan to send troops together. Don't divide the troops to give the guards a chance to defeat them one by one!" Bai Qing'e urged. After Shaanxi Governor Zhang Zide and Angbang Zhangjing Fu Kachan were defeated by the guards Tuoli, they retreated to Ningzhou. He wanted to persuade Huilan to ignore the guards in Suide Prefecture and unite with Zhang Zide and Fu Kachan's troops to recover Fuzhou. The judgment was correct. In fact, after hearing the news that Tuoli's guards had captured Fuzhou, in order to save the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Yan'an and Yulin, Emperor Zhenwu immediately ordered Zhang Zide and Fu Kachan's troops to go to Ningzhou for assistance, and the Red Banner Manchu General Du Min and Gushan Ezhen Suohong to go to Xi'an for assistance. If they made a full-scale counterattack on Fuzhou, they might really be able to take it down.

Huilan thought about it and felt that it made sense. He ordered the Yatali army to stay in Fushi, and he led 70,000 troops to attack Fuzhou. He also sent people to Ningzhou to contact Zhang Zide. However, in order to prevent Fushi from being lost after he left, he refused to gather troops from all over.

"Alas! In such a big battle, how can we not try our best?" Seeing that Huilan was only willing to listen to half of the advice, Bai Qing'e shook his head and sighed, but he could do nothing about it.
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"Huilan was alert, but he didn't fall into our trap, causing the warriors to lie in ambush for so many days in vain!" Upon hearing the news that Huilan had only sent two troops to station in Anding and Qingjian counties, responding to Suide from a distance and not advancing, the Great Khan Lianhua laughed.

"Don't be disappointed, Khan. I, David, am a lion, and the Qing Dynasty are nothing but cattle and sheep. When cattle and sheep meet a lion, instead of fighting with all their might, they divide their troops and station them in various places. Isn't that a good way to defeat them one by one?" Grand Secretary Bobe suggested.

"Bobei, you and I have the same idea!" Sultan laughed, "I have not been idle during this period. I will give the Suide garrison a surprise tonight!" On the surface, he wanted to use the Suide city as bait to ambush the enemy's reinforcements, but in fact, how could the battle-hardened Oirat war god act so simply? He ordered people to secretly dig seven tunnels leading to the city wall. If the enemy is fooled, that would be the best. If not, he would use the "hole-underground explosion method" to blow up the city.

The guards quietly carried coffins and jars filled with gunpowder into the tunnels under the city wall and ignited the gunpowder.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~" With seven loud noises, the city of Suide shook and three large gaps appeared. The largest gap collapsed more than two meters of the city wall.

"Da~Da~Da~" Bailigong Suhe led five thousand elite cavalrymen to rush in through the gap. Whenever they encountered resistance, they swung the axe in their hands and chopped it down, quickly killing the defenders and opening the city gate.

"Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~" The guards rushed in with a roar.

Gaozong wanted to lead his personal guards to drive out the guards who had rushed into the city, but he ran into the fierce general of the guards, Sonom Tsering, the head of the Bukhara Wanhu. Seeing the enemy's flag, he was like a cat seeing a mouse, and ordered his subordinates to kill towards the flag. "Swoosh~" the iron fork in his hand went straight to Gaozong's face. Gaozong held his spear horizontally to block it, but the enemy's weapon had three prongs, and Sonom Tsering was very strong. The iron fork pressed the long spear against his face, and two prongs caught the long spear, and one prong pierced his forehead.

"Ugh~" Gaozong groaned in pain and died.
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After taking Suide Prefecture without much effort, the Great Khan Lianhua adopted the method of concentrating troops and defeating them one by one. He first captured Qingjian County and beheaded Qing Meilezhang Jing Dardu; then attacked Anding County. Anding garrison commander Shen Yongxing was the younger brother of Xushun Gong Shen Yongzhong stationed in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. He was relatively loyal to the Qing court and led his troops to defend the city. Seeing that he could not take it down for the time being, the Great Khan did not waste time and ordered Zhao Wang Biligendalai to lead 20,000 troops to besiege the city, and he led 140,000 troops to Fushi, the capital of Yan'an, to attack. He received news that Huilan had led the main force of the Qing army to leave Fushi. When would he not take the opportunity to capture the city?

The Qing army commander Yatali who was guarding Fushi was a Manchu. He had 10,000 soldiers stationed in Hangzhou. Huilan ordered him to guard the city because he knew that his men had fought against the rebels in the past and were very elite. Moreover, they were Manchus and loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Yatali knew that he had few soldiers, so he sent someone to ask Gao Bichang, the deputy general of the Yan'an Camp stationed in Yanchang, for reinforcement.

Gao Bichang and Melezhangjing Dardu retreated to Yanchang after the defeat in Pingyang, Shanxi. After Dardu was transferred to Qingjian, he had only 7,000 men left. After receiving the call for help, the defeated general was terrified. Before he was defeated, he was no match for a small army of the Wei army. Now facing the army led by the Great Khan of Wei, how could he defeat them? Seeing that the Qing Dynasty was doomed, why should he, a Han Chinese, die for it? Without saying a word, he raised the flag of surrender and became a minister of Wei. Hearing that Gao Bichang had surrendered, Sultan summoned him to comfort him in order to show that he was a good master who treated people with respect.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to get Fushi." Seeing that the Great Khan was so kind, Gao Bichang was moved and took the initiative to offer advice.

"Oh, what do you have in mind?"

"The Fushi defender Yatali once sent people to ask me for help. I am willing to lead the army to seize the city," Gao Bichang was full of confidence.

"This way we don't have to send troops to attack." Sultan raised his eyebrows and encouraged, "You try it. If you succeed, the court will reward you generously!"

"Sanrong, it's the flag of Gao Furong." The defenders immediately reported to Yatali when they found Gao Bichang's flag in the east of the city. Yatali was like seeing a life-saving straw, and he happily ordered people to open the city gates and stood at the front to welcome them.

As soon as they met, Gao Bichang drew his knife and stabbed him hard.

"You~" He just roared and then fell to the ground dejectedly.

After taking over Yan'an Prefecture, Sultan appointed Gao Bichang as the general of Fushi, selected thousands of elite soldiers from the captives and incorporated them into his camp, ordered him to lead 10,000 surrendered soldiers as the vanguard, and led 140,000 troops to follow, and marched to Fuzhou. During the march, they received news that Zhao Wang Biligenda had captured Anding and killed the Qing army admiral Shen Yongxing.

At this time, General Tuoli was under great pressure. He ordered Altan Cang to lead 30,000 troops to block the 50,000 Qing troops led by Fu Kachan, Du Min, Suo Hong, Zhang Zide and others in Luochuan, and personally led 30,000 guards to fight to the death with the 70,000 Qing troops led by Prince Zhong Huilan in Fuzhou. The battle was fierce, and deputy generals He Keliang, Liu Hongcai, Xiao Mingzuo and others died in the battle. Sixty-seven generals above the rank of Qianzong were killed. Even so, the strong Eagle of Oirat still fought to the death and intercepted Huilan's army in Fuzhou.

On January 1668, , the army of Great Khan Lianhua appeared in Fuzhou. Upon learning the news of the fall of Fushi City, Prince Zhong Huilan was shocked and pale. He had deployed to troops near Fushi, and in Suide Prefecture. How could his old nest be captured so quickly?

"Your Highness, now we can only fight the enemy in an open and honest battle!" Bai Qing'e reminded Huilan.

"Soldiers, follow me!" Huilan forced himself to remain calm, drew his sword, and took the lead in rushing towards the dragon and lion banner of the Lotus Khan, hoping to inspire the fighting spirit of the entire army with his bravery.

"Kill~" Gushan Ezhen Wang Guoguang followed the commander-in-chief and led the cavalry to charge.

"Haha~ You don't know how to live or die!" Sultan sneered and ordered the whole army to charge. His own troops were more than twice the enemy's, so what was there to fear?

"Warriors, the Khan is just outside the city. How can we be trapped inside the city? Follow me to kill the enemy!" Seeing the reinforcements coming, Toli led the defenders out of the city.

The Qing army was originally inferior to the Wei army in strength, and was attacked from both sides. How could it win? It was quickly defeated, and civil and military officials such as Wang Guoguang, Bai Qing'e, and Zhao Ju were killed, and their bodies were scattered across the field for dozens of miles.

"Your Majesty, I have captured the fake prince Huilan," Gao Bichang excitedly dragged the bound and loyal prince Huilan of the Qing Dynasty to the Great Khan. Huilan was very angry and cursed at Gao Bichang, but it did not dampen the general's good mood to seek credit from his new master.

"You are truly a lucky general! You have accomplished great things again!" Sultan patted Gao Bichang's shoulder happily, and the surrendered general was so happy that he was at a loss.

"I've heard that Lord Wei is wise, but why does he use such a traitor? This man can betray the Qing Dynasty today, and he will betray David tomorrow. Why not kill him to prevent future troubles?" Huilan suddenly spoke.

These words really scared Gao Bichang.

"Ha~ha~ha~" Sultan's eagle eyes flashed, and he laughed loudly, "Loyalty or disloyalty depends on who you are to. If I can't even tolerate a mere surrendered general, how can I be worthy of being the master of the whole world? I wanted to spare your life to recruit Jidu, but you wanted to use a divisive strategy to destroy the loyalty between David and his subjects. How can I spare you? Drag this beast away and behead him, and send his head to Xi'an!" (End of this chapter)