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After seeing the doctor, Yinhu knew that although he had lost a lot of blood, the damage was not severe. Fortunately, he was young and did not leave much hidden danger.It's just that the wound will hurt when the weather changes, avoid drinking alcohol, avoid getting angry, and eat more sweets.Both of them brought a lot of money with them, bought a lot of fur and dried meat in the market, and brought some more dry food.Yinhu's wound gradually healed, and he could barely ride a horse by himself in a few days.Celing also picked a horse for him, but it was not a strong horse, but a docile gelding.Yinhu didn't say much, but let Cering arrange everything on his own.

Before leaving the market, something caught Yinhu's attention—his portrait.

It was only then that Yinhu suddenly remembered that because he had a premonition of danger, he had left a note with Fulton early on, telling him that if he died, he would present it to the emperor.At this time, he hadn't appeared for a long time, if Sun Shaohua and the others caught the Mongolian captives, they would naturally find out that he had been killed by Orondai, but the body could not be found.If the emperor believed it like this - after his funeral was held, it would be a small thing for him not to be able to restore his status. If it hurt the Orondai family because of this, it would be really bad.

Yinhu wants to find someone to go back and inform.If she loses her identity in such an unexplained manner, the loss outweighs the gain.

"Cering, is there a messenger in the market here?"

"Send the letter? Where are you going to send it?"

Yinhu couldn't let Celing know his identity, so he just said: "I still have Ama Erniang at home, send it to the capital, let them know that I am safe here, don't worry."

Celing was silent for a while, then said: "Your brother has already surrendered to me, I spared your lives, you must not go back to Beijing."

Knowing that Cering would not let him go easily, Yinhu nodded, and said, "I also promised you guys, even if you don't leave, I have to send a letter to my family. There are only me and my brother in my family, and now my brother is gone." , if there is no more news from me, Er Niang, she..." Yinhu seemed extremely sad, with tears in her eyes, as if she was about to cry.

Celing stretched out his hand to help Yinhu wipe it off, sighed, and thought of his brother who died on the battlefield, feeling sympathetic, said: "Someone from Qinghai Mongolia will go to Beijing to congratulate, you can ask them to bring a letter, I can definitely bring it to you, can you find it at your house?"

"It's easy to find." Yinhu laughed through tears, saw Celing stunned, and then smiled, took Yinhu's hand, warmed it in the palm of his hand, and said, "Don't worry, the grassland will be yours from now on." Home, I am your brother, the vast sea of ​​grass, isn’t it much stronger than the siege of the city?”

Yinhu also loves the grassland. At this time, the enthusiasm written in the blood of the nomads, when he heard what Celing said, he also nodded. smiled.

Celing stretched out his arms to wrap Yinhu in his arms, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Good brother!"

After getting acquainted with Celing, Celing also asked him why he had the whip of Cewang Allah Butan, and why he was injured so badly. Yinhu had already made up the answer in his heart, and naturally the answer was tight.Yinhu's strength has not recovered, and it is difficult to do anything to Cering. Although Cering is not on guard against Yinhu, he has an instinct that is close to a beast, so Yinhu has to let go of the hatred in his heart for a while, and call him brother and brother. He didn't even have the strength to escape, so how could he wait for an opportunity to assassinate him.For the first time, Yinhu felt that he was useless. The enemy lay beside him every night, and he was powerless to take revenge. If others found out, how could he not laugh his ass off.

Ce Ling forced Yinhu to eat some caramel every day. A bag of caramel was smashed into countless small pieces by Ce Ling. Yinhu was seriously injured and couldn't eat greasy food. He just ate two bites of pancakes a day, and if he ate sweet ones, he would feel jealous .But Celing stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes were always undeniable, with forbearing concern.

Yinhu just endured it, the wound would hurt every day, and sometimes Yinhu was in a cold sweat from the pain, but he just gritted his teeth and endured it.No matter how great the pain is, it is nothing compared to the deep hatred in front of him.He pushed himself to the limit, if he could, he even wanted to order his body to get better soon, and when he got better, he would be able to kill the enemy in front of him and go home.

Yinhu felt that all of Cering's troops would be willing to die for him. He only said that he took care of him these few days, and Yinhu's heart softened a little, not to mention those brothers who were under his wing every day.Yinhu admires generals like Cering, he is a natural general, once, he was also the blade of Junggar, the Great Wall of Junggar.However, his existence is a crisis for the Qing Dynasty.

"Why don't you stay in Moxi and bring the army to fight the Qing Dynasty? If you don't come, maybe my brother and your brothers will not die." Yinhu asked casually while roasting a rabbit.It was snowing on the grassland at this time, and it was not easy to hunt rabbits again. Ce Ling woke up early in the morning and called, and poured the rabbit's blood for Yinhu to drink a few sips.Yinhu's blood loss, to make up for it, he can only drink more animal blood, so Celing has to run a long way to find some live animals and come back. Although Yinhu hates the fishy smell, he reluctantly drank it for his health. It's getting better and better.

"You question me? Why don't you tell me what will happen if I don't come? Khan thinks highly of you, so you can see through it."

"You doubt Qing Dynasty?"

"The Great Khan was not killed by Turqing and the others. Now that they have contacted Zhe Heli, it is impossible for them to hire another assassin. Turqing is very poor, so how can he have so much spare money? If the Great Khan did not suppress them, he would not have hired another assassin." As for leaving the refuge area, follow my troops all the way to Qinghai."

"Then the Great Khan was killed by someone sent by the Qing Dynasty?" Yinhu frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not like that. The Qing Dynasty is responsible for the security of this meeting. If it does this, it will be self-inflicted robbery?"

"I don't understand these strange words you said, but Dumbudorji doesn't have such courage. Although they have enmity with Galdan, they have no enmity with Great Khan. This battle is also for profit. If you want to To gain benefits, we can only start with the Great Khan. Many people in power in Junggar, including me, do not support peace talks. We are all bloody men. If the enemy enters our grassland, we will never beat them back. Let it go! It will be winter soon, and my troops can fight all year round. Can the cavalry of Khalkha do it? Can the cavalry of Qing Dynasty do it? In November, I will not only drive the Khalkhas back, but also attack Kazakhstan westward, and then we will not have to worry about food, cattle and sheep.” Celing fiddled with the firewood in front of him angrily, as if expressing his heart sulking.

Yinhu's heart trembled, he believed what this person said, his army was indeed too powerful, just like the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty a few decades ago, they were real warriors, making the enemy invincible.It was also this person back then who drove away the Russian Cossack cavalry, wiped out the [-] expeditionary army of the Qing Dynasty, marched into Tibet, and occupied Qinghai. This person is the God of War of this era. If he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty...

Yinhu couldn't help shaking his head, how could he be loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

"You don't believe it?" Seeing Yinhu shaking his head, Celing thought that he didn't take what he said seriously, so he stood up immediately, drew a few lines on the ground with a long wooden stick, and circled a few times, as if It was a map of Moxi, and he introduced it while drawing: this is Hami, this is Yili, and this is...

Yinhu is very familiar with the map of Mongolia, of course he knows what Cering drew, so he no longer sits down, throws the roasted rabbit aside, stands up and looks at the Moxi that Cering drew on the wilderness.

"Cut off Khalkha's cavalry from here, and lay an ambush here..." Celing said, his mood gradually lost his composure, and Yinhu could hear the suppressed passion and resentment in his tone.

"Then I'll attack your rear from here," Yinhu heard Celing saying, so he couldn't help but took another long piece of firewood and gestured on Celing's map, "The Qing army is powerful, even if a single soldier The combat power is not stronger than your cavalry, but the Qing Dynasty has more people."

"So what's the problem with too many people? The supply of food and grass will inevitably be limited if there are too many people. It is very convenient to get food from the enemy!"

……

The two of them held sticks and pointed to draw pictures, while talking about their own plans, as if this was the battlefield, where they confronted each other.The two were tired of talking, and they both sat on the ground, pointing at the picture on the ground with their feet, and continued talking.Tired of talking, Yinhu couldn't help sighing: "If we fought like this in the battle a few days ago, how good it would be."

Ce Ling was feeling happy in his heart, but he couldn't help feeling sad when he heard Yinhu say this: "Sigh, the command of the Qing army is too powerful, and I underestimated them. It was true that the troops should not be divided at that time."

"Your strategy is a bit risky, but the 4000 people in the Qing Dynasty were also beaten to pieces by you. If you have the same number of people as the Qing Dynasty, you will definitely be invincible."

"Only blame that eighth brother." Celing lay down with his head in his arms, leaning very close to the fire, his face flushed by the flames, "How on earth did he bring 400 people to kill so many elite soldiers of mine!"

Yinhu didn't answer, but just asked with a smile: "Your soldiers are willing to die for you, why?"

"I care about them, take care of them, and treat them as brothers. Whenever I fight, I take the lead, and whenever I retreat, I personally follow the rear." Celing replied calmly, looking at the sky, feeling a little sad, "but I abandoned them at the last moment." Abandon them and escape with you. They shouldn't have followed me..."

"Brother No. [-] did not. From the time he sent Orondai out, he had already decided to live and die with all the brothers in the camp. He knew he would die, but he was not afraid of death."

"Am I afraid of death!" Celing sat up "teng", looking at Yinhu with burning eyes: "You think I am willing to leave my brothers and escape by myself? Of course I don't want to! As a general, the most important thing is to Do you know what it is?"

"Win the victory." Yinhu replied without hesitation.

"No, the most important thing as a general is to bring your brother home alive!" Celing said, already crying, "Two thousand lives! How can I explain to their parents when I go back? How can I explain to their parents?" Confessions from your wife and children?! Even if you bring one more person, it’s good to bring one more person. If you didn’t have a token of sweat in your hand, I would have let you die on the battlefield. Qingren, how can I compare to my own brother?"

"But now I'm the only one left for you." Yinhu smiled lightly, not caring about Celing's belittling.

Celing wiped his face, but the tears in his eyes suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing but desolation.He lay on the ground again, looked in Yinhu's direction, and sighed: "Yes, I only have you left."

After a while, I felt unconvinced again, sat up again, and had another plan in my mind: "If I beat like this at that time," while talking, he drew a big circle on the ground to represent Qinghai Lake, and in the big circle again A triangle was drawn in the southeast of the lake, indicating the Shenjiawan meeting place, and a boat was drawn on the lake, "If this team can take more risks and set off at night to touch Shenjiawan, the army of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be killed in their sleep." solve."

"If the eighth brother had already discovered that you were going to sneak attack the night before, and still prepared defenses in advance, or simply left an empty battalion for you, and when you are not prepared, you are attacking with the main force, what should you do?"

"It's easy," Celing said without even thinking about it, "If the defense is done in advance, then retreat from the water instead of launching a fierce attack, let the soldiers rest in the middle of the lake for a night, and attack again the next day when the enemy is exhausted. If there is an empty camp left, set up camp on the spot and do a good job of fortifications, turn from offense to defense, and abandon the camp from the water when necessary, so that you can advance or retreat."

"It's a good idea." Yinhu nodded, "But everything can't come back. You didn't expect that Eighth Brother would stay there regardless of his life, so you lost."

"What's there to be proud of? Even if he wins this battle, he's not a qualified general." Ce Ling was not stubborn, and looked at Yinhu with a sly look in his eyes, as if he hadn't said anything.

"why?"

"He's dead, but I'm still alive. Tell me, who is stronger between the two of us?"

Yinhu laughed, "You are stronger."

"I'm serious. Although he is not afraid of death, he takes human life too lightly, and his own life too lightly. He is the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and I heard that he is still a favored prince. In a fight, he still has a wife and children, parents, and so many brothers who support him. His life can even change the entire Moxi for ten years of stability, but is this person stupid? Throwing his life on the battlefield, he is not afraid of death at all, but commits suicide! That Orondai, who didn't have to die, if it wasn't for him, how could he leave the army to protect him and come to rescue him personally? What kind of guy is he to hurt the general on the battlefield? General, he deserves to die, if such a person doesn't die, it's really that Lord Hades doesn't have eyes!"

The more Yinhu listened, the more angry she became, she bit her lip and looked at Celing angrily, and squeezed out a few words between her teeth: "What did you say?"

"I said he deserved to die." Ce Ling didn't realize it, but continued, "Since he already knew that he would be attacked by me if he stayed in Shenjiawan, why didn't he take everyone away? He didn't want to die because he wanted to die." Forget it, he just stayed in the big camp and waited for someone to catch him. Why did he bring 400 people to die with him? Aren’t those people his soldiers, living people with parents, wives and children? Why did he just because If he reads one by one, so many people will be left to accompany him to his death?"

"He didn't!"

"Hmph, how do you know?" Celing snorted, and looked at Yinhu provocatively, "Could it be that you are the eighth elder brother?"