The Virtuous Concubine

The prince held his forehead with his hand, looking like he had a terrible headache.

Suo Xiang talked to him, and implicitly told him to beware of the Fourth Prince in Yonghe Palace.

During this expedition to Junggar, Yinzhen, a prince with mediocre riding and shooting skills, actually defeated the eldest prince who was born with supernatural powers. He will definitely grow into a thorny threat to him in the future.

The prince certainly knew the depth of his younger brother. He could tell when he was studying in the study that the fourth brother seemed to have a photographic memory.

Not only is he familiar with the contents and interpretations of many classics and historical books, he also has a profound understanding of them.

Under the guidance of his mother, he was well versed in both Chinese and Western learning, and had a good relationship with the missionaries. It was only a matter of time for such a person to come to the fore.

In Jiangnan, he showed his filial piety again and even took good care of his brothers and sisters. Both the emperor and he knew that Yinzhen had many small actions in private.

But in the end, all these things were for Wen Xian, Yin Zuo and even Thirteen! I owed him a lot in the previous dynasty.

Such a person would be too wronged to be a virtuous king, but he is not qualified to be an emperor. The prince lowered his head and looked at his hands.

The prince's hands had distinct joints, and were considered a bit slender for a man, but the thin calluses and raised veins on his fingers from years of martial arts practice and writing showed that his hands were extremely strong.

The tangled lines on the palm seem to be the guidance of fate.

The Fourth Prince must have ambitions, otherwise why would he go to so much trouble to plan all these things and show these actions to the outside world?

With Consort De around, it was only a matter of time before he became a prince. Even if the emperor didn't confer the title on him, he would be the first to confer the title on him after he ascended the throne for Consort De's sake.

The prince had seen too many ambitious eyes, but he knew that those who seemed to have no ambition were often more terrifying.

The prince turned his palm over, clenched his fist slightly, and said without hesitation: "Send a message to my uncle, saying that I have kept the matter of the Fourth Prince in mind. Now that the battle of Junggar has been a great victory, it will be extremely beneficial for him to negotiate with Russia in Nerchinsk. The overall situation is important and we must not act rashly. During the negotiation, remember that every inch of land must be fought for."

Chen Xin heard the prince do this and responded. But he didn't know whether the prince really cared about the overall situation or because Concubine De was soft-hearted.

This is the limitation of Chen Xin as a eunuch. The prince really looks at this matter from the perspective of the interests of the Qing Dynasty.

Both Galdan's Dzungar Khanate and Tsarist Russia threatened the borders of the Qing Dynasty.

However, the two could not get along because Tsarist Russia liked to press for more, while Dzungar was arrogant and refused to give up an inch of territory.

This is how the Qing Dynasty was able to form a three-way balance of power.

A while ago, the Cossack cavalry was repelled by the Qing Dynasty, but the troops and food were still tied up. Galdan was ready to take advantage of the situation and invade Khalkha Mongolia.

This prompted the emperor to personally lead the army. Now in Khalkha Mongolia, the emperor's original strategy was to rule but not govern, and then send a princess to marry and then take the opportunity to recruit them.

But Wen Xian refused to marry into Khorchin, so Ke Jing, who was originally going to go to Khalkha Mongolia, married into Khorchin.

Now, if the emperor wants to deal with Khalkha, he needs to find another way.

The victory of the expedition against Galdan gave the emperor the best reason. After all, it was the Khalkha Mongols who first asked the Qing for help, right?

Defeating Galdan would free up military forces, and the Khalkha Mongols would become closer to the Qing dynasty, while Tsarist Russia would become more afraid of the Qing dynasty and take advantage of the situation to bite off a piece of Galdan's Dzungar Khanate.

Soetu's negotiations in Nerchinsk would be more advantageous, as he could get Tsarist Russia to give up more land. For the sake of the overall situation and the Hesheli family, he could not touch the fourth prince now.

At least after this major issue is resolved, Soetu will definitely be able to overpower Ming Xiang, which will not be completely without benefits to him.

Kangxi was also not idle. Seeing that the war was going well, he freed up his hands and ordered his cousin, Prince Kang Jieshu, to lead the army to Guihua, and also contacted Tsewang Arabtan, the son of Sengge Hun Taiji, the nephew of Galdan, as an insider to attack Galdan's old nest Yili.

As a result, Galdan had nowhere to escape, and his army was attacked from both sides by the Qing army, resulting in heavy casualties.

His old nest Ili was also captured by Tsewang Arabtan, and Prince Kang Jieshu cut off Galdan's way in Guihua, forcing Galdan to flee towards Ulan Butong.

Chang Ning was really a waste. He led elite cavalry to chase Galdan, but he still escaped.

Galdan gathered his troops overnight, crossed the Salik River, fled northwest, and burned the grass along the way to cut off his pursuit.

When Chang Ning saw the raging fire, he hesitated for a moment, and Galdan ran away.

It was the guard under the Fourth Prince, holding the musket given to him by the Fourth Prince, and aiming at Galdan from a distance.

Unfortunately, in the end only Galdan's wife Anu Kotun was killed.

Borjigit Anu was originally the wife of Sengge, the leader of the Dzungar tribe, and the sister-in-law of Galdan.

Later, the tribe rebelled and Sengge was killed. After Galdan avenged his brother, he married Anu as his Khatun (the same position as the queen) according to custom.

At that time, the guards saw a sturdy figure wearing a Yuanhu hat, holding a spear, wearing chain mail, a seven-yellow robe under the armor, and green silk pants on his lower body. Although he was running away, he was extremely brave.

When the guards saw the figure, they thought it was Galdan and aimed at her.

The death of his wife did not stop Galdan. Instead, he ran faster and soon disappeared from Chang Ning's sight.

Chang Ning was also quite satisfied and sent someone to collect the body. The useless look made the Fourth Prince so angry that he rolled his eyes.

How can you be so disappointing! The military merit that is fed to your mouth!

The furious Fourth Prince ignored Chang Ning and sent someone to ask his uncle Fuquan to send troops to pursue.

Fuquan would naturally go after her, but he and the Fourth Prince had different opinions. He wanted to ask Kangxi first before deciding how much effort he would put in.

Is it better for Galdan to be alive or dead? He cannot decide.

Seeing that one of his two uncles was cowardly and the other incompetent, the Fourth Prince suppressed his anger and called his subordinates: "You, go and preserve Anu Khatun's body. Seal it with ice, I will use it when the time comes."

use?

The guards didn't understand what was going on, but seeing that the Fourth Prince had a gloomy expression, they didn't dare to ask more questions.

Soon Fuquan led his army to catch up with Galdan, and once again killed Galdan's remaining troops in Ulan Butong.

Galdan was very cunning and was preparing to pretend to surrender in order to confuse Fuquan and delay the supply of food and supplies.

The Fourth Prince personally dragged the body of Galdan's wife, Anu Khatun, to the front line where the two armies were facing off.

In full view of everyone, the Fourth Prince took out the whip given to him by the Crown Prince, and whipped the corpse fiercely in front of Fuquan, Changning and the two armies!