Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Burni smiled and said, "Since you are so close to Emperor Kangxi, I would also like to trouble you to go to Beijing and bring my personal letter to Emperor Kangxi. Is it convenient for the head lama?"

Sangji Gyatso said with satisfaction: "Convenience, convenience... Dayuan and Daqing believe in Buddha. If you can resolve the conflict and avoid the loss of life, it is really a supreme merit. No matter how busy the poor monk is, he can squeeze out time." Come to accumulate this merit.”

Burni nodded, and said again: "I still want to have a face-to-face alliance with Emperor Kangxi... I wonder if the chief lama can make it happen?"

Sangji Gyatso thought for a while, and it seemed a little difficult. After a while, he nodded his head and said: "Let's try it, poor monk... It's not that the emperor's younger brother is unwilling to meet with the Khan face to face, but that the emperor of Zhou is sending a five-way army to attack him." In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's younger brother was unable to resist, and he was already preparing to move the capital back to Shengjing."

As he spoke, he sighed: "It has been decades since the Qing dynasty established Beijing, and I never expected to move back to Shengjing. If I knew today, why should the glory and wealth be illusory back then... Amitabha!"

Burni frowned and said: "Now that I am willing to make peace with Emperor Kangxi, is there still a need for the Qing Dynasty to move its capital? Although the Emperor Zhou launched a five-way attack on the Qing Dynasty, his own strength is only a mere [-]. It’s the soldiers of Zhen and Zhu Heqi... If Zhen doesn’t join forces with Zhu Heqi, can’t he concentrate his strength to stop Zhu’s soldiers?”

Sangji Gyatso nodded, and said: "The Great Khan is right. The reason why the emperor's junior brother wanted to move the capital was because he couldn't resist the attack of the Great Khan and Zhu Heqi, so he had no choice but to move the capital to Shengjing. If the Great Khan is willing to negotiate a peace, the emperor's junior brother There should be no need to move the capital. If he doesn’t move the capital, he should have time to form an alliance with the Great Khan...I don’t know where the Great Khan wants to form an alliance with the emperor?”

Burni stroked his beard and thought for a while, then asked with a smile, "How about Chilbo in the north of Taipusi Right Wing Ranch?"

Chierbo is a lake located outside the mouth of the Great Wall of Datong, surrounded by grasslands and mountains, and it is also at a very important intersection.Qierbo can go directly to Datong in the south, and Zhangjiakou in the east, and it is not far from Kuku and Tun, only more than 200 miles away.

According to the advance plan discussed by Burni and Wu Yingqi, the first stop of the coalition forces' eastward advance was Chilbo.

After taking Chirbo, the coalition forces can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. They can fight Datong or Zhangjiakou.

Sangye Gyatso also knew about this place. He passed there when he came from Zhangjiakou. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay, the poor monk has a rest for one night, and he will return to Beijing tomorrow... I don't know if Da Khan wants to make an appointment with the emperor." When will you meet?"

"It's the first day of April now," Burnie pondered for a moment, "is there time for the first day of May?"

"It won't take that long. If the emperor's younger brother doesn't arrange to move the capital, he will definitely come as soon as possible. We should be able to meet in Chilbo around April [-]."

"Okay!" Burney laughed, "Then it's a deal!"

Sangye Gyatso asked again: "Did the Great Khan write a book for the poor monk to take back to Beijing?"

"Okay, okay, then there is Lama Lao in charge!"

……

On the third day of April, Kuku Hetun, Silver Buddha Temple.

In a side hall of this huge temple built in the era of Altan Khan, the day after Burni sent away Sangji Gyatso, he summoned all his generals here, Wu Yingqi, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, etc. The military figures gathered together in front of a topographic map of the right-wing racecourse of Taipu Temple, and held a "military discussion on looking at the map" together.

Although Burni and Wu Yingqi were not shrewd, they were not stupid enough to believe that Emperor Kangxi would cede land, pay money, and make peace.So after the big fool Sangji Gyatso left, they immediately started deploying the Chirpo battle!

"Either Kangxi doesn't come, or if he does, he will definitely bring enough elites... We can't take it lightly. We can rely on Chierbo and the nearby Naoer Mountain to set up an army, and wait for Kangxi to attack! He is now facing enemies on three sides and has to Seek a quick battle, so we can wait for work with ease and be sure of victory."

It was Wu Guogui who spoke. Although he felt that Kangxi was being attacked on three sides and was about to end, he still didn't dare to take it lightly.Therefore, a tactic of standing on the defensive first and waiting for the enemy to attack was proposed.

Burni nodded with a smile, and said: "Duke Dai is really old and prudent... I also think this method is very good, and I also learned a good defensive strategy when I fought against Galdan on the Khobduo grassland. .”

"What's the best move?" Wu Yingqi asked.

"Camel City!" Burni said, "That Galdan likes to lay down the camel carrying the big box on the ground, and then tie its hooves to quickly form a shield that can cover the bullets. At the same time, let the warriors under his command rely on muskets Camels and boxes for shooting!"

"That's a good idea," Ma Bao nodded, "Damn Khan, we've also thought about a similar method...to build car forts!"

"Car fort?" Burni asked, "How to build it?"

Ma Baodao: "We have specially built a batch of box cars in Shaanxi in the past two years. They can be laid down and filled with soil, and spears can be set up on the cars to form a fortress. Then rely on the fortress to deploy musketeers and hammer-throwing cannons. Form supporting strongholds... and then rely on these strongholds to dig long trenches and build barriers."

"Okay!" Burni said with a smile, "That's enough... We can combine the camel city and the car fort, and then we can quickly build fortifications and dig trenches on the battlefield, and we will be invincible! "

Wu Yingqi smiled and said: "To be undefeated is to win! We can afford it, but Kangxi can't!"

Burni laughed and said, "What King Yan said is absolutely true!"

I have to say that combat power is also "rolled" out!

Although the two groups of Burni and Wu Yingqi can't play with flintlock guns, they can't even support the "low sugar" army.

But they did work hard on digging trenches and building fortifications. One learned the "Camel City", and the other was even better and learned the upgraded version of the car fort.Now when we meet and communicate, there is a fusion, car base and camel city, the proper "roll" is like golden soup!

……

"Emperor Grandmother, don't worry... Burni and Wu Yingqi are no match for Sun Er in any case, even if they have 20 troops, it is useless. Sun Er can defeat them with [-] pikemen and [-] cavalry .”

Beijing, Forbidden City, Compassion Palace.

Emperor Kangxi, who was reporting the western expedition plan to Bumbutai, was equally confident. He had already met Sangji Gyatso, who had returned from Kuku and Tun, this morning.After learning that Burni offered to go to Chilbo to "meet the alliance", he immediately ordered the army that was resting to assemble...but he can't produce too many troops right now.Because part of the army he brought back from North Korea was sent to Shanhaiguan and Tianjin for defense, the number of troops that can be used now is only a mere 7.

But these [-] troops all fought against the Ming army under the personal command of Zhu Heqi in North Korea... and after Kangxi's battle in Seoul, he also conducted targeted training for them for a long time, and the tactical level was quite "volume" ", it can be regarded as the "King of Juan" among the Qing soldiers!

Chapter 581 Concubine Kong, come with me!

In the 18th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, on April 23, at the front line of Chirbo.

A lookout cart set up a lookout behind the Qing army that had just finished setting up the formation and was building fortifications.Since the Burni-Wu Yingqi coalition army arrived three days earlier than Kangxi's army, they had already occupied favorable terrain in advance... Therefore, Emperor Kangxi's [-] army could only form a flat lowland. The commanders and deputy commanders can only gain a little height with the help of the telescoping cart, so as to peek at the opponent's stronghold.

Under the yellow dragon flag, Emperor Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty was already neatly dressed, holding a particularly well-made binoculars, scanning the two enemy lines on the high ground of Naobao Mountain and the edge of Qierbo Lake on the opposite side.

The Mongolian army in Burni was deployed on the back of the head bag. From a distance, on a peak of the head bag mountain, the Nine Tour Black Banner, which symbolized the Mongolian Khan, was erected high, exuding a suffocating smell. murderous look.

If you look lower, you can find camel arrays arranged along the slopes of the eastern foot of Naobao Mountain.

The camel formation in Burni is not a big circle, but a small independent circle, not only the camels that have been brought down, but also some Mongolian soldiers digging the soil to pile straw bales.

Kangxi nodded appreciatively, this method is quite good.This kind of small circle camel formation is much more flexible than the large circle camel formation, and it is not easy to be hit by rockets. Even if it is hit by artillery, at most some of the small formations will collapse, and it is unlikely that the entire line will collapse.In addition, you can also put the mother-child cannon and the Weiyuan general cannon into these small camel formations at the front to form a front fire point... Kang Xueba feels that he has learned something again!

Behind the camel formation, there are groups of Mongolian musketeers and cavalry.Burni's musketeers and cavalry are arranged "with flowers", so that they can cover each other's actions, and there may even be cavalry leading the musketeers to move... This is also a pretty good idea.

Kangxi moved the binoculars to look up again, and what he saw was a large forest. There seemed to be soldiers and horses lying in the forest. He wanted to take a closer look but couldn't see clearly.

So he turned the binoculars again, aiming at the Qierbo position on the north side of Naobao Mountain.

Chierbo is a triangular lake, which happens to be tucked into a crossroads. You can reach Zhangjiakou to the east, Datong to the south, Kuku and Tun to the west, and the vast Monan prairie to the north.

Kangxi's camp is now set up between Daiqing Mountain and Laoyemiao Mountain in the east of Qierbo, blocking a mountain pass seven or eight miles wide. Entering this mountain pass is a road that passes through the mountains and goes straight to Zhangjiakou went to the mountain road.

And to the west of the Qing army camp, next to Qierbo and Nao'er Mountain is Wu Yingqi's car fort group - Wu Yingqi's car fort is not a large car fort like a city wall, but Small forts are deployed one by one, relying on woods, mounds, and rivers.Behind the Che Fort is the main position of Wu Yingqi's army.Kangxi observed carefully through the binoculars for a while, and found that the officers and soldiers of the Wu family army who were huddled behind the fort were also busy digging trenches and building fortifications.

Kangxi is considered to be a battle-hardened man now, and after some observation, he already understood what Burney and Wu Yingqi were thinking.These two probably also knew that their firepower was insufficient, so they thought of using car forts, camel formations, trenches, and barriers to fight against themselves.

However, the Qing Dynasty is currently facing enemies from multiple routes. If it cannot concentrate its forces to defeat one of the two routes in a short period of time, if it is delayed for a long time, it will definitely be over.

But Kangxi is confident at this time, because he already knows where the enemy's biggest weakness is!

Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked at Kong Sizhen, who was wearing a jute jacket and riding a Mongolian horse, pretending to be a bodyguard and came to the front line of Chirpo with him.

The two brothers of the Wu family obviously took the books of Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan without knowing it. They had a delusion to become the emperor of Zhou, engage in five ways to defeat the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time secretly communicated with the Qing Dynasty to kill Wu Yingqi without bloodshed. Wu Yingqi consumes Qing's strength... This strategy is better than his father Wu Sangui's, but it's a pity that his tricks are worse than his father's.

That Kong Sizhen looked very clever, but he would follow such a traitor wholeheartedly, could it be for the status of a noble concubine?Or did they already have an affair?

Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi shouted in Chinese: "Concubine Kong Gui, come with me."

As he spoke, Kangxi waved his hand to let the guards put down the watch, and then, with the support of Xiaoguizi and Duolong, he got out of the watch, got on a tall horse, and galloped towards the camp behind his own formation. go.

Duo Long hurriedly followed with a team of yellow jackets, and the father-in-law Xiao Guizi also got on a war horse, and when he arrived in front of Kong Sizhen, he said with a smile: "Imperial Concubine, Your Majesty, please come and serve me!"

Serve?

Kong Sizhen was already stunned by what Kangxi and Xiao Guizi said, she is indeed a noble concubine, she should serve the emperor.But her emperor is not Kangxi, but Wu Yingxiong!Now she is following Wu Yingxiong's secret order to use her special relationship with Bumbutai to become an "observer" in Kangxi's army, not to serve Kangxi.

Moreover, Kangxi is only in his 20s this year, and Kong Sizhen is already in his 40s... Both of her sons have been married and had children for many years, and she is now a grandmother. She couldn't even look in the mirror.

How could Kangxi fall in love with her?

Seeing Kong Sizhen in a daze, the father-in-law Xiao Guizi laughed and said, "Your imperial concubine... Didn't the emperor not bring a woman from the harem this time? You can serve him just once, this is also your blessing! In addition to our Lord Kangxi, You have already served the three emperors, right?"

Kong Sizhen glared at Xiao Guizi's father-in-law unhappily, but said nothing, but turned around, and also went to the big tent where Kangxi lived in the camp behind.After a while, Kong Sizhen got off the horse and seemed to be hesitating for a moment before he arrived outside a big tent with a golden roof. Father-in-law Xiao Guizi had already rushed to the horse.

Seeing Kong Sizhen standing outside the big tent hesitating, Xiao Guizi's father-in-law urged: "Imperial Concubine, what are you still hesitating for? Come in!"

Kong Sizhen took a deep breath, took off the waist knife she was wearing and handed it to a guard guarding the gate, then opened the curtain and walked in.

There was only Kangxi in the big tent, Kong Sizhen could only feel his cheeks burning and his heart beating faster, but he couldn't help but walked up to Kangxi, knelt down and saluted: "My concubine, Kong Sizhen, respectfully invites the emperor's peace."

Kangxi looked back at her and said with a smile, "Pingshen."

"Whoo."

Kong Sizhen stood up obediently.

"Take off the yellow jacket."

"Whoo."

Just let it go.

Kong Sizhen didn't make a fuss, she took off the yellow mandarin jacket in two or three strokes, revealing the white clothes she was wearing underneath.

It's summer now, and it can be warm on the grassland, so Kong Sizhen didn't wear too thick clothes, and under this white dress is a bellyband.

Kangxi looked at Kong Sizhen for a while, then nodded slightly: "You have a good figure, no wonder Wu Yingxiong likes it..."

While talking, he took out a roll of hemp rope from somewhere, and said to Kong Sizhen, "Do you know what to do?"

"Your majesty, you..." Kong Sizhen never thought that Kangxi would say "good".

But she was also very cooperative, with her arms cut behind her back, and then she knelt on her knees.

Kangxi nodded, "You are really obedient...Xiao Guizi!"

"Whoo!"

Xiao Guizi who was outside the tent entered in response.

Kangxi threw the hemp rope to Xiao Guizi, "Tie Concubine Kong Gui... Tighten it up!"

"Hey!" Xiao Guizi took the hemp rope, went to Kong Sizhen's side, knelt on one knee, and said in a low voice, "I've offended you!"

Then he started to work, and tied Kong Sizhen up very quickly. It was a little tight, but Kong Sizhen only yelled a few times in a low voice.

As soon as the tying was finished here, something unexpected happened to Kong Sizhen, she suddenly heard Kangxi shout: "Brother, Duolong, you all come in!"

what?

Before Kong Sizhen could react, Duolong and Sangji Gyatso had opened the curtain and entered.

Kong Sizhen hurriedly looked back at Kangxi with difficulty, only to see Kangxi smiling and saying: "Concubine Kong Gui, don't worry... I will ask Duolong and Sangji Gyatso to send you to Wu Yingqi's army later!"

When Kong Sizhen heard this, she became anxious, "Your Majesty, this concubine is the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager!"

Kangxi smiled and said: "You are still Wu Yingqi's sister-in-law...you can go and talk to Wu Yingqi about how you got into our army!

By the way, you can send a message to Wu Yingqi for me, I will not attack his Chebao today... If he does not withdraw tonight, it will be his turn to wipe out the entire army tomorrow! "

Chapter 582 Wu Yingqi, sweat profusely!

April 23, past noon.

When Emperor Kangxi had a full meal in his tent and returned to the front line, his army had completed deployment and field fortifications.

A long tube capable of firing five-jin solid ammunition was pushed to the front line, and the muzzles of the guns were all aimed at the Mongolian camel formation ahead... The gunners lined up on the left and right of the cannon, nervously waiting for the order to fire.

The Eight Banners new army of the five Gushans was divided into three formations, left and right, among which the left formation consisted of two Gushans, and a total of twenty participating infantry formed a horizontal formation.

Two hundred steps behind the left formation is the rear formation, which consists of a total of [-] infantry leading the column.

The right formation is composed of ten ginseng leaders under Gushan, a horizontal formation of one water.

The fifty subordinates of the five Gushans participated in the horizontal and vertical formations, neatly arranged on the battlefield, and most of the infantry carried bayonet-mounted flintlock guns.

Regardless of the quality of those bayonets and flintlocks?Just talk about this formation, this momentum.The British soldiers during the Opium War saw it, and probably said, "Bye bye..."

In addition to these, Emperor Kangxi still has two big cards in his hand.

One of them is four Mongolian cavalry Gushan—this is composed of [-] Mongolian light cavalry selected from the four Mongolian alliances that finally came to Kangxi.Although they are all light cavalry, they are not equipped with iron armor (including cloth armor) and muskets, but the carbine, saber, bow and arrow in their hands are not vegetarian!

These Mongolian cavalrymen were carefully selected heroes, and they were trained by Kangxi for two or three years with great effort.Not only can he do the chores of the light cavalry very quickly, but he can also serve as a guest shock cavalry.

And the other trump card is the [-] shock cavalry among the [-] cavalry drawn from the fifty new Eight Banners participating leaders (the other [-] are also light cavalry).

Historically, the Eight Banners vest soldiers did not distinguish between serious and heavy at the beginning. They had to do all kinds of dirty and tiring work, and they had to get off their horses to do heavy infantry work from time to time.

But later they had all kinds of Mongolian cavalry to drive, and they became more and more delicate, and finally they did some shocking work.When the work of rushing to the battle is gone, the only thing left is to lift the cage and frame the bird to smoke.

But now that Kang Mazi was desperately trying to roll, the new Eight Banners infantry were all lined up and shot, and the new Eight Banners' vests naturally had to improve.

The development route Kangxi arranged for them was to follow the route of Western heavy cavalry, allowing them to choose tall horses and wear two layers of heavy armor.They also invited Western instructors to teach them to form a dense assault formation and specialize in charge work.

And in order to allow the vest soldiers below to focus on the impact, Kangxi simply canceled their bows and arrows.

Although these old Eight Banners cavalry can still shoot arrows on horseback, their arrow skills are very bad, basically they can't shoot, so it is better to charge honestly.

The reason why they didn't come out to launch an attack in the last battle of Seoul was mainly because Liu Yan's hollow phalanx showed no signs of disintegrating, and when Ling Zongjun led the team to rescue Liu Yan, it was already dark and the road could not be seen clearly. .

This western-style shock cavalry is very particular about density, and it is best to be as dense as the infantry fuzzie array!