What really surprised Yinreng was that Yinzhi had actually reached the outskirts of Tianshan Mountain.

The central army has been on the march for almost three months, and has just passed Hami.

Did Yinzhi and the soldiers of the vanguard camp eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep on horseback every day?

Are their butts made of iron?

Anyone who has hemorrhoids...

Tsk, that picture is too beautiful, I can’t bear to look at it.

Compared with his brothers who were fighting bravely in the battles, he, the prince who could only ride a horse and follow the team all day, seemed like a waste.

Yinreng pondered for a moment, and quickly put the idea behind him.

What's wrong with being "waste"?

Those who laugh at him and call him a waste are the ones who want to be waste themselves but can't, so they are jealous and jump up and down.

A few days after receiving the news from Yinzhi, the main army arrived in Turpan.

But to Kangxi's disappointment, most of the herdsmen in the area had already received the news and moved away, and only the old, weak and sick were left behind.

Kangxi ordered people to clean up the tribe and stayed here for a whole day to rest.

It is now midsummer, and just traveling under the scorching sun every day is a torture.

Although Kangxi had adjusted the marching time, the temperature was so high that he would sweat just by moving.

This poor place is dry, so the scouts have to determine the water source ahead every day before deciding which direction to go.

Yinreng was finally able to take a good bath.

During these three months, Yinreng had very few opportunities to take a good bath, which was a huge torture for him as he had a mild obsession with mysophobia.

The last time he took a bath was five days ago. After setting up camp, he found a nearby stream and swam two laps in it.

He couldn't even imagine what those heavily armored cavalrymen smelled like when they lay on the ground every day.

In this way, after another torturous journey of half a month, the Dzungar Khan took action in the Caohu area of ​​southern Xinjiang.

The time he chose to attack was when the left wing army was about to finish camping after marching all night.

Due to untimely response, the left-wing army directly lost more than 3,000 people.

However, the Junggar cavalry took advantage of their flexibility and immediately ran back after gaining the upper hand.

Even though the Qing army used muskets and left many enemy troops behind, compared with the results of the previous battle, this confrontation could be regarded as a huge defeat.

When Kangxi received the battle report, he was so angry that he cursed them as trash.

But after this lesson, the Qing army became much more cautious during the subsequent march.

The Dzungar Khan failed to find an opportunity, so he led his army to attack the central army where Kangxi was.

Even though the Dzungar Khan already knew the horror of the Qing army's artifact, he also intuitively saw the limitations of artillery.

Artillery can only be used for long-range attacks and is not very effective in close combat.

As for the muskets, the heavy cavalry was at the front, and the light cavalry at the back were little affected.

Therefore, the most important thing is to survive the period when the Qing army uses artillery to fight.

The Dzungar Khan thought he had figured out how to break the deadlock.

In mid-August, a major battle broke out between the two armies at Shihezi near the Tianshan Mountains.

The main force of the Qing army was 20,000, and the total strength of the Junggar army reached 36,000.

The final result was that the Dzungar Khan fled in defeat, and the Qing army lost more than 2,300 cavalrymen and more than 600 other soldiers.

But the number of enemies killed reached an astonishing 12,000.

The light cavalry led by the Dzungar Khan suffered heavy losses.

When Yinreng saw this scene, he unconsciously recalled the war that lasted for fourteen years in later generations.

"This is the power of advanced thermal weapons... If our army's weapons and artillery shells had crushed the Japanese at that time, how could so many Chinese people have died under their artillery fire?"

"A war that lasted fourteen years, fourteen years of humiliation. People were treated like animals, nearly forty million people died, and every inch of land was soaked in blood..."

Kangxi was originally pleased with the results of today's battle, but after hearing Yinreng's thoughts, he could no longer laugh.

devil!

Nearly 40 million people died in the 14-year war!

These words played repeatedly in Kangxi's mind.

He connected together the words that had come to Yinreng's mind a long time ago, and then looked at the extremely tragic battlefield in front of him, as if he saw the scene of the Qing people being unilaterally massacred in the future.

The blood color in Kangxi's eyes flashed away.

It seems that these foreigners are all restless!

He was just thinking about whether he should clean up the surrounding countries in his lifetime, when he heard Yinreng's voice again.

"Alas, technology is the primary basis of production. People in Western countries are riding trains, but the Qing Dynasty still relies on manpower and oxen and horses to pull carts. If you don't fall behind, who will fall behind..."

Kangxi was stunned. A train? What the hell is that?

"Otherwise, let Lao Qi and Lao Jiu develop steam engines. But is there any rubber in the Qing Dynasty now?"

"The people selected through the imperial examinations nowadays are all liberal arts students. Very few are good at math. If I openly recruit math-savvy people from the public, I'm afraid I'll anger those old guys again. Otherwise... forget it."

Yinreng sighed heavily in his heart. He was busy with something now and didn't want to have too much contact with Kangxi, otherwise he would be suspected by him again.

Although he was used to being stared at, he didn't like the feeling of being stared at.

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