Although Kangxi's health had visibly improved, the war was still going on and Kangxi's previously exhausted body needed recuperation, so he did not return to Beijing immediately as in history. Instead, Yinreng, who was in charge of regent, was sent back after Kangxi's condition stabilized.
What about Yinzuo? Of course he didn't go back. With Liang Jiugong's presence in the imperial tent, Kangxi certainly couldn't hide what happened that day. Now that he knew what happened that day, he naturally knew what Yinzuo said during the argument with Crown Prince Yinreng: he wanted to be the emperor's son rather than the emperor's brother. Kangxi laughed at this guy's cunning but felt extremely relieved at the same time. After all, the two sons had very clear attitudes towards deciding their own life and death. Who wouldn't like to be loyal to their own children?
Speaking of his son, Kangxi couldn't help but think of Crown Prince Yinreng again. Although he could understand Yinreng's thoughts at the time intellectually, he couldn't accept it in his heart. After all, what could be more painful for a father than the successor he painstakingly trained not thinking about saving himself when he was seriously ill but instead thinking about making him die quickly?
Even though Kangxi has not mentioned a word about what happened in the tent in the past few days, it does not mean that he has no resentment in his heart. He may not even realize that he has actually begun to feel a little dissatisfied with the prince.
"Hahahaha~~ Han Ama, come and see what your son has hunted today? We can have a snack at noon. I tell you, this pheasant is really fat..."
Well, as soon as he heard the voice, Kangxi knew that it was his boy who had gone out hunting again. Yes, Yinzuo had become obsessed with hunting these days. Every day he would take people to run around in the surrounding woods. Sometimes he would bring back a few rabbits, sometimes a few pheasants. Anyway, no matter what he caught, he was very happy. In his words, he no longer relied on hunting for a living, so it didn't matter whether he hunted prey or not. What he enjoyed was the process of hunting.
"Why are you yelling? They're just a few pheasants. I'd think you'd killed a tiger! And look at that pheasant in your hand. It's been shot to pieces. It's hard to believe you shot it with so many arrows. But it doesn't necessarily mean you killed it. After all, your arrows can't necessarily hit pheasants."
Seeing that Kangxi was still slandering him, Yinzuo picked out a few pheasants nearby, held one in his hand, and pointed to an arrow on the pheasant to show Kangxi.
"Khan Ama, you look down on your son by saying this. Look carefully, this arrow was shot by my son, right in the neck..."
Kangxi looked at the bloody pheasant in front of him and was too lazy to listen to Yinzuo's bragging, so he called Liang Jiugong over.
"You're not very perceptive. Didn't you see that Sixth Prince brought back this chicken? He didn't even send it to the kitchen to tell them that this was brought back by Sixth Prince himself. I'm going to have this chicken for lunch today..."
Liang Jiugong had served Kangxi for many years, and the master and servant had some tacit understanding. Hearing Kangxi's words, he quickly walked to Yinzuo and took the chicken from his hand.
"Your Majesty is right. I will personally deliver the pheasant hunted by our Sixth Prince to the kitchen and instruct them to cook it well."
Here, Kangxi and his son were living a very comfortable life, one recuperating and the other traveling, while the fighting on the front was in full swing.
On July 29, Prince Yu Fuquan learned through reconnaissance that the Junggar army was stationed in Ulan Butong for rest, so he led his troops there overnight. After arriving, he sent people to investigate again and found that the Junggar army's camp was stationed on the opposite hillside, with no cover on all sides, so there was no barrier on the east and west wings.
Galdan simply ordered his men to tie the feet of more than 10,000 camels together and place them at the outermost edge of the military camp to block the wind. He then added boxes and cages to the camels' backs and covered them with wet felt blankets to form what they called a "camel city."
The soldiers relied on these camels and boxes to fire bows and arrows and firearms to block the attack. Fuquan adjusted his deployment in time, preparing to use the firearms soldiers to attack the front, followed by the infantry, and the cavalry as the left and right wings to attack Galdan's camel city.
On the first day of August, the Qing army concentrated all its artillery and set up a station not far from Galdan's camp. The artillery bombarded and the camels were frightened and fled everywhere. The war lasted from day to night. The Qing army finally defeated the "Camel City" of the Dzungar army. Then the infantry launched several rounds of attacks from the front, and the cavalry attacked from the left and right. After several actions, the Dzungar army suffered heavy casualties.
Galdan was very cunning. When he saw that the situation was not good, he thought of a delaying tactic. He sent people to Fuquan to ask for peace, while he secretly led his troops to withdraw to the north of Sharamulun River under the cover of night. He set fires and burned grasslands along the way to block the Qing army's pursuit. Prince Yu believed Galdan's request for peace and missed the best opportunity to track Galdan, causing Galdan to escape. For this, Kangxi was furious and ordered to strip him of his title.
"Khan Ama, come and have a cup of tea to calm down. Uncle Prince Yu is an honest man. He never thought that Galdan was so cunning. He pretended to surrender while secretly leading others to seduce. You have punished him and he has knelt down. Why not let him go this time? You have just recovered and you can't get angry. If you get angry, you will have to suffer. Besides, Uncle Prince Yu is fine, but my brother is still injured. Even if you don't feel sorry for Uncle Prince, you feel sorry for my brother. Otherwise, let's let them get up first, you see..."
The eldest prince Yinzhen knew that Yinzuo was also in the military camp, so he sent people over several times in the morning, meaning that he should go to Kangxi to mediate and find out. Originally, Yinzuo did not intend to get involved in this matter. After all, Kangxi was angry at the moment. If he tried to mediate, he might not be able to do so, and he would get into trouble.
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