The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 102 Unexpected
After patiently waiting, Hai Cha and his men returned safely with a fat prisoner.

Capturing prisoners, also known as catching tongues, was a common and necessary means of gaining knowledge of the enemy, even after World War II.

It’s getting late and time really waits for no one.

Yinyou took action personally, lifted up the prisoner's robe, drew the dagger from his waist, and lightly cut the prisoner's thigh, which was just a few inches away from the vital part.

I saw bright red blood gushing out, instantly dyeing the hem of the prisoner's robe dragging on the grass red.

"Ouch..." The prisoner, whose mouth was covered, rolled over in pain.

"Tell me everything you know. If you dare not tell the truth, I will cut off your evil roots and make you drool only at beautiful women from now on." At the critical moment, Yinwei had to be as hard as iron.

Because every second of delay is likely to expose yourself to the enemy.

Under the deadly threat of castration, Yinyu obtained more accurate first-hand intelligence.

The number of enemies suddenly increased because they wanted to take advantage of the fact that Kangxi was in Rehe to join forces with the Dzungars and launch a surprise attack.

In other words, the enemy now has a prince, a duke and a beile, about 5500 people.

The 5500 people here refer to the cavalry soldiers, excluding the elderly, the weak, women and children.

After receiving the detailed information, Yinyu did not rashly order an attack, but asked Setu beside him: "How can we completely annihilate the enemy?"

In the past, Setu was not only not timid, but also extremely brave. He had participated in three expeditions against Galdan and made great contributions in the Battle of Ulan Butong, earning him the title of the third-class light cavalry captain.

"Replying to the Fifteenth Master, I think that our numbers are too small and it is difficult to completely wipe out the enemy. If we do not attack the three gaps and one, the enemy is likely to fight to the end and cause us great casualties." After all, Setu had led troops for many years and had actually killed people in the battlefield, so his opinion must have attracted the attention of Yinwei.

In fact, at this time, Yinyou faced a trade-off.

If we attack three and leave one, the enemy's princes, dukes and beile will definitely take the opportunity to slip away.

Yinyu pondered it carefully and finally made up his mind to capture the leader first. As long as he caught those leaders, it would not matter even if he did not completely wipe out the enemy.

To this end, Yinyu made a very bold arrangement. He personally led Haicha's 200 Sauron cavalry to ambush on the other side of the deliberately left gap.

When the enemy is confused and flees in panic, we will cut them off and catch them off guard.

As for which bandit leader can be captured, it depends largely on luck.

After Yinyou expressed his intention, Haicha didn't say anything, but Setu immediately jumped out to object.

Damn it, if anything happened to Yinyou, Kangxi would definitely skin him alive.

"This is a military order and must be executed!" Yinyu raised his status as the commander-in-chief and made the decision without question.

Military orders fell like a mountain!
According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, anyone who disobeys military orders will be executed without mercy!
So Yinyou led Haicha's troops and stayed where they were.

Setu led his men to encircle the enemy and drove them towards Yinyou.

Yinyou was not idle either. He asked Haicha's men to arrange the hundreds of accompanying carriages into several rows to serve as temporary obstacles.

It can be expected that the enemy's deserters, upon encountering an insurmountable obstacle, would instinctively split into two directions.

At this time, if we cut the enemy off in half, we may reap huge rewards!

After a short while, the loud attack horn finally sounded.

"Woo-doo..."

"Kill!"

Setu was indeed a veteran general, and he chose the right time to attack. When the sky was getting brighter but still dim, the grassland people were sleeping soundly.

The enemy, caught off guard, fled in panic.

Setu was indeed experienced. The vanguard he arranged rode their horses to the front of the enemy camp, then threw out a long lasso, looped it around the wooden fence of the stockade wall, and tied the other end around the horse's neck.

At this time, they rode their horses hard to charge back, and there was a loud "boom", and a large section of the enemy's wall was pulled down.

Setu's army rushed into the camp as if they were in an empty space.

At this time, the sky was basically bright.

Yinyou sat upright on his horse, completely disdainful of the scattered groups of deserters.

It is better to capture one prince than to kill ten thousand of these little bugs.

Seeing the scattered deserters slipping away one after another, Hai Cha couldn't help but ask Yin Yu: "Fifteenth Master, more and more of them are running away."

Yinyou smiled calmly and said, "Be patient, we are here to catch the big fish."

Before he could finish his words, a group of enemy cavalry, surrounded by a fat man in a yellow robe, fled out of the camp gate.

Hai Cha said impatiently: "Master Fifteen, the big fish has come out."

Yinyu's combat experience was certainly not as rich as Haicha's. However, his understanding of human nature was enough to surpass Haicha by at least 18 blocks.

"Don't worry, there must be something fishy going on!"

If Yinyou's status was not too noble, Haicha would have drawn his sword and rushed out to kill him.

As expected, after waiting for a while, a group of ragged people, most of them riding saddleless horses, escaped from the enemy camp. Yinyu couldn't help but smile slightly. The big fish was cunning, but it couldn't escape the sharp eyes of a good fisherman.

"Haica, bring a hundred men with you and kill them mercilessly!"

"Hoo!" Haicha drew his sword excitedly, and rushed out with half of Sauron's cavalry.

Beside Yinyu, there were still half of the Sauron cavalry.

Haha, Emperor Na once said that no matter when and where the war is fought, a reserve force is needed at hand, and Yinyou really listened to it.

Just when Haicha intercepted the enemy and was about to kill them, a large group of cavalry escaped from the enemy's rear.

At this moment, the sky was already bright, and Yinyu could see clearly that there were actually several women in the enemy's ranks.

"Swish!" Yinyou decisively drew his sword, pointed it fiercely in the direction of the enemy, and shouted sternly, "Follow me and kill!" He rushed out first.

That’s right, what Yinyou said was, kill with me, not kill for me!

Although there is only one word difference, the connotations are completely different.

The fifteenth son of the royal family has set an example in the charge. Who dares to fall behind?

Don’t underestimate Yinyou’s riding and archery skills, he ranks among the top five among all the princes.

When they really got to the battlefield, the Sauron warriors, whose job was to kill people or beasts, completely surpassed Yinyou in the blink of an eye.

In a short while, Yinyou and the guards around him were left far behind.

When the Sauron warriors were fighting the enemy, Yinyu discovered a little secret.

Sauron warriors usually formed groups of two or three, and would shoot arrows at a distance. When it came to close combat, one would draw a bow and shoot the horse, while the other would swing a sword and chop fiercely.

Yinyou secretly admired that the Sauron cavalry, which was feared by the world, was indeed worthy of its reputation.

In the era of cold weapons, the cooperation between soldiers often became the key to victory or defeat. For example, the mandarin duck formation of Qi's army frightened the Japanese pirates.

Military law in the early Qing Dynasty was extremely strict. If the commander-in-chief made a mistake, all senior officers would be executed.

That’s not all. What’s even more terrible is that if Yinyou died in the battle, Kangxi would be so furious that who knows if his entire family would be implicated.

As a result, until the end of the battle, the knife in Yinwei's hand had never been used to cut meat or see blood!

But what makes people sad is that several guards who had been protecting Yinyou closely fell down forever.

A clay pot is bound to break near a well, and a general is bound to die in the battle!
How can there be no casualties in a war?

After the battle, seeing that Yinyou was not injured at all, with only a few drops of blood on his cotton armor, Setu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In this battle, we won a great victory. A total of 2,000 enemy soldiers were captured, several hundred escaped, and the rest became fertilizer on the grassland.

After a careful count, Yinyou was surprised to find that two of the three bandit chieftains had been captured, including Prince Wuhanduo.

Due to the huge disparity in troop strength, they were unable to completely encircle the enemy, so it is understandable that a beile escaped.

With a weak force of only 1,200 soldiers, they completely defeated more than 5,000 elite enemies, not only captured two bandit chieftains and 2,000 prisoners, but also captured dozens of wives, concubines and princesses.

After a great victory, it is natural to reward according to merit.

As for titles and official positions, Yinyou only had the right to make suggestions but not the right to decide.

However, the right to distribute the spoils was firmly in the hands of Yinwei.

Yinyu kept his word. He only took a loan of 10,000 taels of silver. The rest of the things belonged to whoever got them.

Although it is said that when a general is away from the court, he is not bound by the orders of the king!

However, it is difficult to escape Kangxi's blame by spending money to win people's hearts!
As for borrowing money, it should be repaid and no one owes anyone a favor, so everyone will be happy!
On the way back, Yinyu was not at all carried away by victory. Dozens of Sauron hunters were deployed to act as the eyes and early warning posts of the army.

Kangxi, who had already received the news of the great victory, sent out 3,000 elite Eight Banners cavalry from the Cavalry Battalion to reinforce Yinyou.

When they were almost reaching Duolun Nor, Yinyu and the reinforcements successfully joined forces.

What surprised Yinyou was that the fifth brother was actually in the Cavalry Battalion.

"Your Majesty, order the fifteenth prince, Yinyu, to quickly lead the Solon soldiers and ride back to the Rehe Palace. All the troops under his command will be handed over to the fifth prince, Yinqi, for command. I decree this!"

"Your Highness obeys my command!"

When Yinyu hurried back to Rehe, he handed in a sign to ask for an audience at the palace gate, but Liang Jiugong bowed and said, "Fifteenth Master, the Emperor has gone out to play, you should go back and rest first."

Yinyou was totally confused and bewildered. Kangxi was anxious to call him back, but he went out to travel by himself. What was he trying to do?
When Yinwei returned to the gate of the villa, he was so lost in thought that he did not notice that the servants at the gatehouse all looked strange.

After passing through the screen wall, on the way back to the rear residence, Yinyou didn't meet a single servant. He felt somewhat strange.

Continuing to walk in, when Yinyu passed the fish pond, he saw a man wearing a bamboo hat, holding a fishing rod, fishing leisurely.

The man fishing had his face hidden by his hat, but Yinyu could recognize the person standing next to him even if he was burned to ashes.

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