In spring and March, the land of the Central Plains is already full of verdant trees, and the area around Ganzi Aba in northwestern Sichuan is still a cold, desolate and hazy winter scene.The white-haired wind that passed through the vast desert outside Yumen Pass froze the marsh exposed to the muddy yellow water into a hard shell, like scabs of abscesses, dotted all over the place, big or small, like broken The ground stretches across the water, stretching to the end of the boundless.Red clouds move slowly across the vast sky, sometimes pouring down mist of freezing rain, and sometimes dropping snow particles like fine salt. Shang Lai Lai trembled.Even if there is no wind or snow, there are not many sunny days here. The hot and humid air from the southeast river and the cold wind from the north of Sichuan meet here, and there is a heavy fog all day long, covering the endless water and grass swamps. Small trees, high ports, hills, ponds, mires, criss-crossing and slowly rolling rivers...all embraced in its mysterious veil.It was so wet that even the birds didn't bother to fly.As long as a person walks through such fog for an hour, all the clothes will be soaked in water, sticky and uncomfortable, and cold to the bone.

Because of the intensive wars in Jinchuan and Jinchuan, which lasted for nearly 20 years, the army of western Sichuan and northern Sichuan and the troops of Jinchuan Chieftain Sha Luoben faced each other. Aboriginal Muslims and Tibetans fled and moved, and the Shujing Temple stretched more than 300 miles from east to west, except for the barracks or barracks.The rickety cottages were full of smog, charcoal and muddy grain carts were piled up everywhere, and the donkey, mule, camel, and horse dung all over the street were trampled into the mud by the cowhide boots of the soldiers, making it run like gruel.There are hundreds of awning boats in the Suomo River, which are also used for grain transportation. It is the dry season, and they can neither go up nor down. Thousands of boatmen and migrant workers are trapped here, so they have to build densely packed huts on the bank. , Start a stove and support a pot to live.It is the boatmen in the "shacks" in the middle of Sichuan, whose sons and daughters wash clothes and vegetables, bringing a touch of human fireworks to this large military camp full of murderous intentions.

When the fog cleared at noon, a team of about fifty officers and soldiers galloped from west to east. Horses covered in mud carried Goshhas all wet and unkempt on their backs. " Running wildly, the slurry splashed all over the cowhide tent beside the road, even on the quilts that the soldiers had just dried out in the distance.When the horse team passed by, the soldiers immediately scolded them. "What are you doing poorly, Guizi! I just need this dry quilt!" A bald man was setting up a pole for drying quilts by the side of the post road. A piece of muddy juice was splashed on the coat, and even a drop fell into his mouth. "Bah" spat, and cursed: "The ancestors are rigid, the grain depot is full, and they ran so hastily to drive away the dead sand! The pole is about to fall! What are you ghost sons selling? Come and help me!" Stand still! Blood ancestor, what the hell is this place. It’s dark and frozen like a slate, and when the old man (the sun) comes out, it will turn into a puddle of stinky mud again!"

A few soldiers who were chattering and laughing in the tent rushed out, picking up gravel and stuffing the crooked clothes-horse.A short man raised his face, yelled his nose and bared his teeth and grinned: "The bald old man has long wanted to drink the wine stored in the grain storehouse, so he wants to take a sip of urine juice first. How does it taste?" The bald man brushed his body He said bitterly: "Ge Laozi, I can't eat it, and Neqin's son may not be able to eat it! Sooner or later, I asked Sha Luoben to carry the dog day's grain depot, and everyone couldn't eat it! It's so weird, Zhang Jun The gate belt is an old soldier, but he is not called a belt, but he is a stinky scholar, he only knows how to scold others with a straight face, he can fight?" His voice immediately aroused a resonance:

"The bald old fifth speaks so well!" "At the beginning, I was in Xiaojinchuan, nestled in the rotten mud pond, and almost asked someone to take away the old camp army. Now it is moved to the North Road, and it is still a **** tent sleeping in the rotten mud pond... I even want to sleep in a dream. My son's shack!" "Take Dajinchuan, take Dajinchuan, take it twice, hundreds of miles of rotten grass and quagmire, food can't go up, and you have to return it if you take it! People who died in the muddy land are ten times more than those who died in the fucking war. Times!"

"If we, Marshal Zhang, are still in charge, how can we be so useless? When Marshal Zhang attacked Miao, the Miao Man King of the 72nd Cave rebelled..." The bald man kicked the root of the wooden pole with his feet, and said with a sneer: "You are talking about that year! When a cat is old, he must avoid rats! Didn't Zhang Guangsi command the battle of Xiaojinchuan? Save face, or even he will be captured alive!" The dwarf shouted in a shrill voice, fearing that others would steal the conversation: "It's all the fault of Neqin who messed up in it. If he doesn't care about military affairs, Zhang Junmen is a mother-in-law. I can't get out of the chaos in Xiaojinchuan!" A bearded man immediately stood up coldly, and said, "Zhang Junmen is a lively Zhou Yu, the least capable, and the older he gets, the more bastard he is! My brother cooks for him in the Chinese army. The reason why Jinchuan was defeated was that the man surnamed Zhang did not listen to the ideas of Ah Gui's army and was jealous. He first sent a group of grandparents guarding the treasury to go deep into the isolated land to scrape ear cliff. Exposing his faults, and wanting to kill people! Who dares to follow him with this kind of virtue? Who is willing to work for him?!" He looked out of the tent and whispered: "Qi Guan brought Chaying here, Guizi came down from Zhang Guangsi's personal soldiers, let's go into the tent and sing!" Then several people slipped into the tent one by one.In an instant, the tents rose one after the other, and the voices of the soldiers with incomplete gongs sounded:

Shengluexuan, Huangwei is powerful, and electric shocks are popular. Objects oscillate, sounds are galloping, unbreakable and indestructible! In the Western Regions, the territory is outlined, with more than 20,000 miles in our territory. Two Jinchuan, dare to fight against thousands of people, self-imposed injustice and self-mutilation... The spring breeze blows Rao into the Peach Pass... The victory is returned, and the tiger ministers and black soldiers are all rejoicing... Of course, that group of cavalry didn't pay attention to what the soldiers said, and they had already galloped to the Vatican Pagoda of the Buddhist scriptures temple.The two leading officers rolled their saddles and got off their horses in front of the prayer wheel in front of the mountain gate, and threw the whip and reins to Geshha who followed them. Then they saw the officers of the Chinese army came up to them and said: "Mr. Na Jinglue and Zhang Junmen The two are discussing matters, please Hailancha Junmen and Zhaohui Junmen come to the waiting hall to suspend hearing orders!"

"Yes!" The young officer named Hai Lancha promised with his arms folded, but he didn't move. He turned around and smiled at the other officer beside him, "Hefu, the waiting room must be full right now. , They are all smoke bugs, I am afraid of smelling the smell of smoke. If you want to go in first, it will be dry outside and dry in the sun, and I will go in when the clothes are completely dry." Zhaohui said: "I I also think the room is stuffy, let me do what you don’t want to do! I’m also going to hang out outside!” The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

These two officers were both in their thirties and about the same size, and they both liked to wear black armor and red robes.At first glance, it looks a bit like a twin brother.Because the two get along well in normal times, they are inseparable during wars and business trips. They stir horses and spoons in the same stove, and live in a big tent together. They manage the grain depot of the conquest army. Lieutenant general, he also loves soldiers as much as his life, so he is known as "Red Robe Double Star General" in the army.But in fact, the two are very different in family background, temperament and appearance. Zhao Hui has a long, lonely face, pale and thin, and a pair of slightly sunken eye sockets.There is very little expression on the steep face, under the heavy broom eyebrows, a pair of pupils are pitch black, and occasionally the eye waves roll and flicker, crystal clear as a fluorescent gemstone, but it is fleeting.Hailancha's figure is slightly fatter than Zhaohui's, her eyebrows are plucked out, a bit like the wings of an eagle sticking upwards, her copper-colored face is not outstanding at all, and she has an unflattering bulbous nose, but Is a happy temper.At this moment, the two of them were standing in front of the stone steps of turning the prayer wheel outside the Buddhist scriptures temple, basking in the warm sunshine, Zhaohui had a peaceful face and closed his eyes to the sun, but Hailancha was restless like a monkey, panting for a while feet, picked the mud spots on the boots with his hands, took off his robe after a while, shook and rubbed, walked back and forth quickly, turned the row of prayer wheels with a smile, and asked Zhaohui: "The word turning in this song, I don’t even know a damn thing! Brother Zhao, you’ve been to Mongolia, tell us about it!”

"That's not Mongolian, it's the mantra of the six famous kings in Tibetan." The muscles on Zhaohui's cheeks twitched imperceptibly, as if waking up from a deep reverie, and said word by word: "Oh, well ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and moo—" He tightened his lips again, and the eyes that were narrowed into a line by the sun were shimmering, and he stared at the blue sky without saying a word.Hailancha followed his gaze, and saw the gloomy mountains, the old yellow bushes and the grass, with a light blue mist, the temple in front of the Buddhist scriptures was decorated with bright yellow borders, and the royal blue handsome flag seemed to be surrounded by The fog was wet but not completely dry, and it hung flat, with six large characters written on it:

Fuyuan Recruits Envoy Ne Sometimes it is blown by the wind, and it buzzes lazily, like a yawning person who wakes up from noon, which makes this desolate and lonely empty mountain even more lonely.Seeing that he was in a daze for a long time, Zhaohui approached him, poked his flank with his finger, and asked with a smile, "Hey, what's the matter, and you're in the old monk's meditation again? Let me tell you, I know the six mantras. I have never eaten pork before." Go away, which temple doesn’t have it? The word ‘moo’ is pronounced as ‘boom’, you’re so wrong!” Hailancha then turned his face and said with a smile, “No wonder you pronounced Sun Jiagan’s name as Sun Jiajin—does the character for 'moo' mean 'cow'?" Hailancha stared and thought for a while, then clapped his hands and laughed: "Yes! Last time, Le Min joked that Lord Yongzheng went to Beijing at that time for a lama in red, and cursed Tanhua to death. He also recited six characters. Mantra, wake up and ask him, "What did you hear?" He smiled and said, "I didn't hear anything else, just heard him say: I coaxed you!" He grinned his teeth, sniffed his nose, stomped his hands and feet without a moment's silence, and said again: "Why are you so worried? Why do you keep staring at this flag?" "I'm worried about the big grain depot." Zhaohui took a deep breath, "Our big grain depot is too close to Xiaojinchuan, with only more than a hundred miles of grass in the middle. It takes ten pounds to transport a hundred catties of grain from Chengdu. Five catties is going to be snatched by Sha Luoben, and it’s thirty catties anyway, so this battle can’t be fought.” He clasped his thin white fingers together, rubbing them uneasily, his knuckles trembled The slight rattling sound, coupled with his gloomy and pale face, made Hai Lancha shiver uncontrollably.Hailancha suppressed her giggles, lowered her head to think for a while, pursed her lips and meditated for a moment, and said, "Chengdu's food is also transferred from the two rivers and lakes, but it's not from the military expenditure. Here, we don’t have to worry about it, now he is far away, the general Jianya who sits in Gubeikou, leaving us to deal with it——” He looked at the deserted temple gate of the Shujing Temple, “—these two days A living treasure of a bird's nest!" The "two living treasures" he mentioned naturally refer to Neqin and Zhang Guangsi.Zhang Guangsi was originally a general under the command of Nian Gengyao, the general of Fuyuan in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Because of his stubborn temper and discord with the general, he was transferred to the command of Sichuan Governor Yue Zhonglin.In the Battle of Qinghai in Nian Gengyao, he defeated Lobu Zang Tenzin, and more than 200,000 Zhungeer Mongol soldiers were defeated and scattered all over the place.Emperor Yongzheng ordered Yue Zhonglin to lead his troops to exterminate. Zhang Guangsi led 2,000 troops from Songpan to support Yue Zhonglin's main force. Beiyuka broke the siege of the Chinese army.Since then, he has been promoted to Admiral of Yunnan and Guizhou.In the first year of Yongzheng, Yunnan and Guizhou were ordered to change their lands and return to their own countries.The Miao people in the two provinces revolted, the corruption was out of control, the villages were on fire, and the trees and trees were smoking.With 5,000 solitary troops, Zhang Guangsi conquered more than 70 Miao villages in three months. In less than a year and a half, he wiped out the rebel Miao people in two provinces and captured the false king supported by the rebel Miao people alive.With this illustrious feat, Zhang Guangsi was promoted to Marquis, and controlled the garrisons of the six provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan and Hubei.With this power, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has been no other person except Nian Gengyao.People privately give the title "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses". Such a great general who has fought victoriously all his life, came to the land of Sichuan, Tibet and Qiang, but suffered repeated defeats.Since Qianlong ascended the throne, in order to open up the road to Tibetans, he first sent academician Qingfu to attack the Bangun tribe who had entrenched the upper and lower Zhandang. It cost millions of years, and only two empty "cities" were left, and they had to be guarded by a large army. Bangun sneaked into Jinchuan and provoked the Tibetans to rebel, which caused the war to spread to western Sichuan and almost affected Qinghai. Qianlong was furious and sealed Qingfu Grandfather Ebilong gave Qingfu the sword to kill himself. Zhang Guangsi took charge of the military and stationed in the Jinchuan area. With 150,000 elite soldiers, he attacked from three directions and did not damage a single hair of the rebel Sha Luoben. Only found out that Qingfu's fake military exploits He was caught in a trick to lure the enemy, and was besieged in Xiaojinchuan, where his entire army was almost wiped out.Qingfu was ordered to commit suicide, and Zhang Guangsi was also punished for "replacing a crime and making meritorious service", and was "assisting in military affairs" in the camp.Nanaqin is even more interesting.He is the first assistant prime minister of Qianlong, the "First Minister of Xuanli" of the Military Aircraft Department, the nephew and grandson of Empress Xiaocheng of Kangxi, and his position is still above the powerful and powerful uncle Fu Heng.A noble man named Tianhuang, the prime minister of Taiping, would suddenly want to make meritorious service and become a marquis, so he volunteered to come to Ping Jinchuan.Zhang Guangsi, who is helping with military affairs, went to Chengdu to recover from his "sickness". The group of Qiu Baye below are all arrogant soldiers he has led for decades. How can he look down on this white-faced scholar?In several meetings at the camp of the Shujing Temple, they were all sang one-man shows, and the military men respectfully performed the salute to twelve points, but they were either humming or complaining. Please move, please go to Chengdu to move this "old man" back to the camp. There are two people.The generals and generals in the army all jokingly called "two live treasures" in private. Hearing Hai Lancha's words, Zhaohui raised his face and was lost for a while, then turned his face and smiled and said, "Keep your voice down! Didn't you see where this is? Last meeting, you muttered in the hall, who did you talk to?" Is Zhang Guangsi the gray grandson of Zhang Shigui? Did Marshal Zhang rub his eyes with sand? Ask Ma Guangzu to ask me privately a few times, what did you say about the two generals? ." "I think you are frightening people in Heilongjiang." Hai Lancha said, "The two of them are so ugly, why don't you ask people to talk behind their backs? You said that Ma Guangzu asked you, why didn't he ask?" Don’t you beat me? — Leading troops depends on kindness and righteousness, they don’t have both. After losing a battle, they are afraid that they will reveal their ugly bottom, so they put some eyeliner on us to guard against thieves!” "They are now high in the mountains, the emperor is far away, and they have power in their hands. One Cai Jing and one Gao Qiu, once they have the power, they will carry out their orders. They have a hard life, and they have to guard against finding the next one." "Cai Jing Gaoqiu cares about the pain." Hai Lancha kicked a pebble far away, "I'm not Lin Chong, so I don't have a wife for him! Master Cai saw me the other day and said that the grain depot would be moved here. Said It’s Agui’s note—the grain depot is too close to Sha Luoben, the emperor is worried, and issued three secret orders—of course it’s good to move it here, it’s only close to these two bastards, there are many things to do Disgusting!" Zhaohui said: "I reckon this meeting is about this matter. We two, you come from Uliasutai, and I come from Heilongjiang. It's not easy to get rid of a baby in the arms of a stepmother, so be careful. stop!" Just as he was talking, Li Fei also seemed to run out of a Chinese army at the mountain gate, shouting as he ran. "Xiangye Junmen has been promoted to discuss matters, why don't you go in? Quickly 1" before you reach the front, you turn around and return.The two looked at each other and agreed "Yes!" and trotted into the mountain gate.A stone's throw away to the west, in front of the waiting hall, Goshhama's personal soldiers stood in front of the gate like geese, all of them pressed their hands on their waists and knives without looking sideways, standing still like nails, a chilling scene.Hailancha and Zhaohui calmed down at the door, and reported loudly: "Fuyuan recruits Zhaohui and Hailancha, the chief food management officer under the command of Dajunmen, to see you!" There was a dead silence in the room, no one answered, and after a while, I heard Neqin's slightly hoarse voice ordering gloomyly: "Come in!" "yes!" The two agreed in unison and stepped into the room almost at the same time.This is the room where the lamas of the Shujing Temple recite the evening class on weekdays. Because of the wide gable wall, the four rooms are as big as the usual six or seven rooms. The bricks are only used to prevent moisture, and the windows are very small, making the room look gloomy and gloomy. When you come in from outside in bright daylight, it is as dark as if you got into a hole in the ground.It took a long time for the eyes of the two to get used to it, and they saw that there were seats in front of the scripture cabinets on the east and west sides, and two rows of generals sat quietly with their hands and swords, as motionless as wood carvings and clay sculptures. There is a gigantic altar, the butter lamp bowls are stacked in one place, and a large sand table with a radius of Zhang Xu is placed in the empty space. In front of the sand table, Neqin sits in the middle, and the robe with nine pythons and five claws is covered with a brand new crane eye. The beeswax beads hanging on the neck are faintly shining under the window, and a magnificent peacock feather is inserted behind the coral top.Standing behind him is a fifth-rank school captain, holding a bright yellow tasseled Nine Dragon Sword in both hands, with an embroidered satin dragon bright yellow burden on it, shining in the dark, as if showing off its supreme authority—this is the so-called " Tianzi Sword". Zhao and Hai stopped to salute, but Neqin didn't let them sit down immediately.A long face was expressionless, and a pair of triangular eyes pressed under the tadpole eyebrows on a pale face that was almost bloodless, as deep as an ancient well, staring straight at the two late generals, and said after a long while: "You are late, Sit down!" Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two walked to the two empty seats on the left side, Zhao Hui sat quietly and calmly, Hai Lancha turned his back to the acquaintance on the side, sticking out his tongue to make a grimace, but turning around in a serious manner. Turning his face, he carefully looked at the general Zhang Guangsi who was sitting on the right of Neqin, but Zhang Guangsi also turned his face, the two of them met each other, and they both avoided it.But he was very uneasy, and he searched for Dao Lemin, the food supervisor and councilor of the army, but he saw that Le Min was seated next to Neqin, not in the same rank as the generals, and he was just thinking about his own thoughts.Sitting side by side with Le Min was a third-rank civil servant, short and thin, with a pockmarked face and a pair of small pepper-like eyes that were very energetic, but he didn't recognize him.Just thinking about it, "What does this guy do?" Naqin coughed lightly and spoke. "Everyone!" Neqin straightened his slightly hunched back, with a tinge of blood on his face, and said in an unhurried manner, "The Battle of Jinchuan has been fought for thirteen years, counting from the time when Shang and Xia fled to Ban Gun. So far, the enemy and we are still in a confrontational situation. Although the emperor is in Jiuzhong, since he appointed me as the Minister of Economics and Strategy, he has almost issued an edict every three days and an order every five days to inquire about the progress of the army. But until now, our army has only made troubles against Jinchuan and Jinchuan. This is an encirclement situation. The two armies fought several times because there was more than a hundred miles of grassland and swamps in the middle, so it could not be a long-term battle. As the Minister of Economics and Strategy, he lived in a high-ranking corpse. He has led the army for more than half a year. There is an inch of meritorious deeds. Pushing the pillow in the middle of the night and wandering in the heart, I am really ashamed and unable to control myself! There is no way to feel anxious about the Lord, and to appreciate the feelings of Yuan Yuan. Teacher ambition is useless. If this continues, not only the court will not tolerate it, but we ourselves, how can we treat the emperor and the people?" He sighed softly, pointed to the official next to Le Min, and said: "This It's Li Shiyao, Master Li, who just came from Beijing to pass the decree. He came and brought us 650,000 taels of military pay, and 300,000 catties of air-dried beef as a reward to the three armies. Before starting to discuss military affairs, please ask Master Li Instruct!" The generals couldn't help but look at each other: the generals present here are the commanders-in-chief, the high-ranking officials are the best, and the worst are the third-rank generals who command the army. What qualifications does this little Taoist have to give lectures on this occasion? "Brother is giving instructions on behalf of the heavens!" Li Shiyao said loudly while sitting on a table.He seems to have recovered from smallpox not long ago, the pockmarked and scabbed tender flesh on his face glows under the window, his voice is high-pitched and bright, with a trembling sound like metal: "Originally, my brother was ordered to go to Yunnan to take charge of the Tongzhengsi , but when the majesty was about to say his speech, the emperor personally summoned him in the Qianqing Palace, and spoke earnestly and earnestly for two and a half hours before ordering his brothers to come and work in the army." "What kind of 'labour' is used to serve the army under the order? The 650,000 silver was transferred from the household department Qiandu, and it was transported directly from the Huguang Fan Treasury to Jinchuan, all handled by the brothers. No yamen can handle this matter. What I am afraid of is that those unscrupulous subordinates simply said that they lost two grams and deducted 'fire consumption'. When I left Beijing, I brought three masters, and now I bring here only one..." When he said this, some of the generals were already whispering: "You bastard, why are you so wordy..." "Hey—Old Wang, you worked as an officer in the Ministry of War, do you know where he was selected?" "...Don't underestimate it, it was recommended by Master Fu Liu!" "No wonder you are so big!" "Hmph! A fox pretends to be a tiger..." Immediately, their discussion was shocked by Li Shiyao's words: "The other two, I invited the governor of Huguang to carry out the Fa-rectification in public at the Hanyang Wharf - the silver box was loaded on the ship, and they took advantage of the chaos to load it on their own ship." One box!" Li Shiyao's eyes flashed viciously, but his voice remained the same: "This seems to be off topic. The emperor said that Jinchuan Sha Luoben, men, women, and children, totaled less than 70,000 people, and they launched two expeditions. The army has suffered 30,000 casualties, repeated battles and repeated defeats, costing more than two million taels, without a single step... The emperor cried, and I also cried and fell to the ground. The lord knows the grace of encounter, how dare you wrong the public for personal reasons?! Therefore, 650,000 silver is not less than one tael, and it will be transported to the army three days later. The 300,000 jin of beef is transferred from Lijinli, Tongzhengsi, to honor the generals. Yes. As a limit, if you don’t level Jinchuan, you can’t capture Sha Luoben alive, and if you can’t do Liting and Sweeping Points against Xichuan Barbarian, I’ll give each of you guys a coffin!” After finishing speaking, he got up and sat down with a bow, His expression was as calm as before.The waiting hall was so silent that one could even hear a needle drop. "Well, this—what Lord Shiyao said just now is all in the imperial decree. I didn't read the decree to you, but the decree was only addressed to Prime Minister Na and me." Zhang Guangsi cleared his throat, squinted his eyes and said quietly: "Little In the Battle of Jinchuan, Qingfu was self-willed and did not listen to advice and went deep into the lonely land, resulting in a big defeat. As the deputy commander, I can hardly escape the blame. I am an old soldier who has led soldiers for decades, and suffered such a big loss. It's really humiliating, and I got seriously ill with anger. As courtiers, what we pay attention to is a civil and military remonstrance, and a military death battle. I can't win this round, not to mention Tianwei's unpredictable king's kindness, and I am ashamed to death .Brothers, Jinchuan is just a place to play nine times. Our army is seven times stronger than the enemy. We besieged it, but tossed and turned our own people on their backs. Isn’t it worthy? It’s really worth winning, and I can’t afford to lose! Everyone is with me The person who rolled out of the cannon fodder that broke the city under the rain of swords, guns, arrows, at least this time, I will let my old bones be fulfilled, and you will also be fulfilled..." He glanced at everyone with depressed, almost begging eyes, and froze. mouth, looking forward as if trying to penetrate the wall. Although his tone is calm, more than half of the generals here have been with him for more than 20 years. Whether in Qinghai, across thousands of miles of yellow sand and Gobi, or in the dangerous mountains and rivers of Yunnan, Guizhou, against Qiangmeng Qiangmiao, that kind of agility The resoluteness, the fortitude of commanding, the aura of taking the lead and breaking the formation, overwhelming the three armies, seemed to have disappeared in the fiasco of Xiaojinchuan.He has never been so eloquent and earnest, speaking to his subordinates in an equal tone, not to mention the desolate and helpless pleading in his words!Listening to his words and looking at his short hair, which was more than half white on the front of his forehead, the generals were calm and their hearts sank.When there was nowhere to go, Neqin turned to Le Min again: "Lord Le, do you want to say a few words?" "Don't dare!" Le Min leaned back in his chair, and said, "Students don't understand military affairs, so they can't interject. I was ordered by the emperor to be in charge of the army's provisions. If there is any shortage of food in the army, it's me. The relationship. I have sent documents to Yin Jishan, Governor of Liangjiang, and specially selected three thousand stones of polished rice to be transported to Jinchuan. After winning the battle, let the brothers have a good life. Although Dajinchuan was defeated in the first battle, the mourners will win. This time it is a good life Raise money, take advantage of the spring drought when the roads are easy to travel, and fight this battle well before the rainy season! There is nothing else to say." After speaking, he stood up, smiled and clasped his fists, bowed in circles, and gently smoothed the braids on his shoulders. Behind him, he sat down again.He is a shabby bannerman, who was poor in studying in the capital, and unexpectedly became the top of the Dragon Gate, the top scholar in the palace examination, and a civil servant with a bright future, so he volunteered to serve in the army.This ambition was deeply loved by Qianlong, and he moved over again and again in a few years, and he has been added the title of the right deputy capital censor.He is not under the jurisdiction of the recruiting camp, so everyone from Qingfu to Neqin and Zhang Guangsi respected him. Neqin waited for Le Min to finish speaking, nodded gently to him and Li Shiyao, and said to Zhang Guangsi beside him: "We discussed all night last night, you can tell everyone, and see what the generals have to say." Zhang Guangsi just smiled and said "Master Ne, it's a deal! It's up to you to preside over it. All my subordinates will obey!" "That's good." Neqin turned his face and raised his voice slightly, and said, "We're reviewing the failure of Xiao Jinchuan, and we've made mistakes. It is a big taboo for military strategists that the lone army goes deep and cannot continue to support. The South Road attacked Xiaojinchuan, and the swamp was more than 300 miles all the way. More than 800 soldiers died when they got stuck in the mud on the way to the army. The mark of sticking bamboo poles on the mud, Tibetans After moving a little at night, we had to try again and again. The Chinese army went deep into the hinterland, and Agui went deep into the scraping ear cliff. Dawei, Xiao Jinchuan and scraping ear cliff were divided into sections by Sha Luoben, and they could not see each other from the beginning to the end. The people are all natives, familiar with the terrain, and not afraid of miasma, and the soldiers can fight alone and endure hardships, so we have suffered a lot." He stood up, took a stick from Ghoshha, and ordered "Remove the seat ", pointed at the sand table with a stick, and said: "Everyone, please look!" "tie!" Dozens of generals stood up in unison, and immediately their spurs and sabers clanged.Form a half-moon shape in front of the big sand table, and listen to the instructions of Neqin. "Everyone, come and see this wooden picture!" Neqin became a little excited, her cheeks flushed, her eyes sparkled, and she pointed at the sand table with a stick and said loudly: "This is the Shujing Temple, and this is our Songgang The grain depot, here is Dajinchuan. I have sent a general to order Lelong’s Southern Route Army to station in Heika, and Cao Guozhen’s troops in Kangding also occupied Danba. The enemy cannot flee westward to Ganzi, and they have no way to flee to Yunnan and Guizhou. This is the big situation.” He paused After a while, his voice was soft and hoarse, and he said again: "Our army captured Dajinchuan twice because of the lack of food supply. The more than 100 miles of grassland between Dajinchuan and Songgang became a natural barrier. The key key The reason is that we have never occupied the Xiazhai. The Xiazhai is between Dajinchuan and Songgang. If we take it down, it means we have a bridge across the grassland. Therefore, this time we will use the most elite Hou Ying's troops, 20,000 people, to storm the Xiazhai. Both the South Route Army and the West Route Army stood still. In this way, Sha Luoben must have fled towards the scraping cliff. I have sent people to spy on the scraping cliff several times. Although the terrain is dangerous, as long as the Dan River is cut off, his lair will be cut off. It's a more powerful move than cutting off food. If Sha Luoben doesn't retreat and scrape his ears, he will become a bandit within a hundred miles. Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, he will have no choice but to catch him with nothing—what do you think?" Everyone was silent for a while, and there was nothing wrong with the plan itself.They have all fought wars for decades, so every time the pre-war arrangements are made well, don't they?But every time there is a war, unexpected changes occur every time, which catches people off guard.The South Route Army and the West Route Army are more than a hundred miles away from the Central Army. In the middle, the Jinchuan Mountains are crisscrossed with water, winding and winding, like an enchanted formation.Although Sha Luoben is a Tibetan, but in fact he is cunning and careful, he is thoughtful about the future, and he is proficient in Chinese and has learned the art of war, so he is not an easy opponent to deal with.A few people in Neqin came up with such a plan of killing food in just one night, and everyone felt that they had no bottom in their hearts.After being stunned for a long time, Naqin saw that no one had spoken, so he said: "Everyone has no objections, Zhang Junmen and I are about to issue an order to act!" As soon as the words fell, someone said: "I have a few humble opinions!" Everyone turned their heads at the same time, and saw that the person speaking was Zhang Guangsi and Neqin's most capable confidant, Ma Guangzu, the commander of the right army.Ma Guangzu also has a pockmarked face, but he is in his thirties. He has a pair of triangular eyes above his slightly high cheekbones. Compared with the whites of his eyes, his pupils are a little too small. There is also a smart mole on the left side of his nose. The upper mustache raised up and down, and he was very straightforward: "Our commander camp has only 40,000 soldiers on the North Road. We will use 20,000 to capture the village, and the rest will have to protect food, roads, and the camp. It will be empty. If the Tibetan soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to seize our rear camp and cut off the food road, how would we deal with it?" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Guangsi asked coldly, "Which way will they take to raid our rear camp?" Ma Guangzu hung his head With his head crossed, he said: "I don't know under the bid, I just thought of it and talk about it." Naqin said: "It's also good to talk about it, let's brainstorm! Who else has anything to say?" "If we fight like this, we can only have half the chance of winning." Zhaohui said in the silence of the people: "I can't fault this strategy, but it's just our calculation. We know ourselves and don't know our enemy. What does Sha Luoben think? , we don't know much about it." "You mean, we should ask Sha Luoben?" Neqin teased. "There is no need to ask. How many garrisons are there in Dajinchuan City, how many garrisons are there in Xiazhai, how are the troops deployed in Xiaojinchuan and Bao'erya, and whether there are any hidden garrisons in other places? All you have to do is find out if you can." , it is not feasible to plan again.” "How long will that take?" "No matter how long it takes, if you don't know the enemy's situation and act rashly, you only have half hope. This is not what I Zhaohui said, but my grandson!" "The cleverness of using it comes from one mind, it's Yue Wumu's words!" "I know Lord Zhongtang's heart. But Sha Luoben also has a 'one heart'. He is a hero, not a reckless bandit." Zhang Guangsi saw that he was at a loss for words, and said: "The emperor has been furious about the Jinchuan incident, Longyan has repeatedly issued strict orders to attack immediately. Who will bear the crime of slowing down the king?" After speaking, he stared at Zhaohui like a falcon. Zhaohui swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Under Zhang Guangsi's majestic gaze, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, then regained his composure, and said, "I can't afford it. But the commander-in-chief just said that our army can't win or lose. The general will go outside In my opinion, I am strong and the enemy is weak, so I should order the South and West armies to slowly march towards Xiaojinchuan, and our central army will press south from the North route. Although Sha Luoben is cunning, his strength is too large. At least, he can't afford to offend any route, and he can't win by surprise on any route. Although he is slow, he can win the game steadily." He didn't finish speaking, and everyone was already discussing. "That's right! The 130,000 troops of the Third Route Army rushed into Jinchuan together. Sha Luo only had less than 70,000 troops in the tribe, and there was no way for reinforcements to retreat. Even if we were tofu, we could still break the belly of his old sow!" "It's really easy for him to split and break through alone." "Let me tell you, it's better to send more secret agents, and sneak into Jinchuan to find out his details!" "No, it's easy for their people to mix with us. It doesn't look like Han Chinese pretending to be Tibetans. Last time I sent 20 of his grandma's, only two came back, and they cut off their ears!" Hai Lancha likes to be lively, listening to people in the room relax and discuss, but he is different, he just squeezes around in the crowd, pokes this armpit, pats that person's buttocks, making people laugh for no reason , but he has a serious face. Lieutenant General Liao Xuemin of the right wing is speaking, "Protect our food road, don't be afraid--" Suddenly he was slapped a few times, he was the most impatient, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, everyone Knowing that it was Hailancha who was playing tricks, they laughed even more recklessly, scolding and laughing amidst the discussion, which made the venue chaotic. "Go back to your seats!" Naqin listened to the noisy discussion, his head swelled, and ordered: "Continue talking one by one!" Zhang Guangsi's face was ashen, and when the generals returned to their seats, they pointed at Hailan Said: "This is talking about military affairs, how dare you make a fuss! Have you lived enough?" Hai Lancha bowed in the chair, and said with a half-smile, "I don't dare to be humble! I want to ask them to step aside, and I will also say a few words." "you say!" "Protect the grain, and we will be invincible." Hai Lancha said, "The grain road and the grain are well protected. I think the three armies can be suppressed together. It looks stupid, but it is steady and prudent. Put the South Road and the West Road 70,000 to 80,000 people don’t need it, we’re here playing hide and seek with Sha Luo, it’s hard to win any favors.” "You mean—" Neqin's face turned red all of a sudden, "You mean we're ignoring military aircraft?!" "The right time, the right place, and the harmony of people." Hai Lancha was startled, and immediately became indifferent again, "The location is not ours. Even if we and Sha Luoben are 'harmonious', there is only half the chance of winning. This battle cannot be won by surprise. You can only bully the weak by bullying the weak, making use of your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses. So what Zhaohui said is still reasonable. How dare a humble official say that Zhongtang and the military sect are 'negligent', you told us to discuss it!" Neqin breathed a sigh of relief.He has been a minister for many years, and his self-cultivation and tolerance are rare.并不在乎海兰察和兆惠的言语态度。他是计较二人说话的内容，这样以来，等于全盘推倒了他和张广泗苦心孤诣商定的计划。面子且不说，乾隆那边就无法交待！刹那间，他心里划过乾隆附在廷寄谕旨里专给自己的密谕： 尔欲蹈庆复之覆辙耶？入川以来，计时已一岁又四月十三日矣，未见尺寸之功，芥微之获，不知尔日复一日何所事事？乃前奏连连索饷，后奏又请赐尚方宝剑，复奏必得张广泗入营弹压诸将。今粮饷已足，宝剑已赐，张广泗亦奉严旨前赴行在，仍无进军消息！朝议沸腾，交章论奏弹劾尔畏敌误国，志大才疏。朕日望捷音，夜思徘徊，外遏众议，中心焦焚不能自己，思之曷胜愤懑！不意尔乃如此辜恩溺职！即遂进矣，不然，锁拿问罪之旨将至矣，朕即欲保全，奈国法何，奈军法何？ ! 那谕旨朱砂蘸得极浓，殷红字迹斑斑，血一样刺心醒目，又写得极端楷，显是再三思虑稳重思定而后书。唯其如此，比之愤怒之下的潦草狂书更使人胆寒……他的心颤栗了一下，又目视张广泗。 张广泗紧绷着脸，用略带呆滞的目光斜睨一下勒敏和李侍尧，钱粮已足，他们本该返回成都，却都滞留在刷经寺，又不干预军务，显见是奉了密旨察看军情。他自己也有一份朱批密谕，也是恭正端书，却甚是简短： 尔之首级至今在项，乃朕堇念前功，曲意保全，力拂众议之故。收敛些刚愎，努力辅佐讷亲，则前罪可恕，后功可继，令名可保。成全讷亲，即是自全之道，朕无心多嘱，尔其自爱。 有此圣旨他才勉强到军中帮办军务，也只能唯讷亲之命是从。眼下众将意见，虽然显见是万全万安之策，但要重新布署西南两路军马，绕道往返传令，移动，联络、粮袜供应，事繁日久，若在雨季前不能会师，这一战又成吉凶未卜前途不测之局。还要背上违旨罪名……他看了一眼沉吟不语的讷亲，打定了主意：你是主帅，我已经“参赞”过了，还是你来拿主意！ “大家都是忠诚谋国。不过，玉泉山水好，难解近渴。”讷亲左右思量，自己的布署天衣无缝，咬着细碎的白牙笑道：“过了春旱，这个仗就更不好打。天时我们占着，大家齐心合力，就占了人和。打下下寨，地利就是敌我共险，我们攻下大金川站稳，再令西南两路同时进兵，这样，联络会战就便捷得多了。就这样定了。诸将听令！” 将军们“刷”地一齐站起身来。 “由我亲率马光祖部、蔡英部两万人马，三日内集结松岗，然后进击。限三日内，松岗粮库的被服军资粮油菜蔬全部转运刷经寺大营，仍由兆惠、海兰察部护理。驻黄河口的两千绿营兵向大金川佯动，牵掣莎罗奔兵力，原驻三段地的方维清进驻黄河口，防止莎罗奔乘虚攻我大营……”他眉棱骨低低压着，用自信的目光扫视众人，待众人一一答应听命，正要说话，兆惠却道：“松岗库内除军用被服辎重，仅粮食就有五千多石，我只有不到四千人，三日之内无论如何也办不下这个差使！”海兰察接口便道：“情愿随讷相前去下寨打仗！” 讷亲脸上闪过一丝不快，说道：“被服辎重可以不动，其余的人一律运粮！”兆惠毫不介怀立刻说道：“谁来护粮？”张广泗道：“用中军护营的五百骑兵！”海兰察一哂，双手一禀说道：“标下也愿随讷相前阵杀敌！”讷亲厌恶地看了看这两位青年，愈看愈觉面目可憎，再不想和他们啰唣，冷冰冰说道：“可以。你们随大军行动，中军大营和松岗粮库由廖化清接管，听张广泗节制！” "tie!" 将军们齐应一声躬身退出。偌大的候见厅里只剩下讷亲、张广泗、勒敏和李侍尧四个人。勒、李二人知道两个人还要计议军务，也就起身告辞。李侍尧笑道：“我和勒兄不能插问军事，是皇上特谕，请二位鉴谅。明日饷钱押到，我就要到贵州。勒敏兄也要回成都督粮。兆惠、海兰察他们年轻气盛，但有粮饷，我军立于不败之地，这话十分中肯，盼二位大人留意。如还用钱，请发函云南铜政司我那里，一定鼎力相助！”说罢二人一揖别去。讷亲见张广泗神情恍忽，一副若有所思的样子，因问道：“平湖，你似乎心事很重？” “兆惠和海兰察精明啊！五百骑兵护这粮道，我思虑不周，万一有失，就要累及全局。” “平湖太多虑了。”讷亲笑道：“莎罗奔没有那么大的兵力，他也不是神仙！这样，三段地的两千驻军不再向黄河口，调到中军听你指挥。”