Jiaqing's army entered Tumubao.
The Tumu Fort is located on the inside of the line from Juyongguan to Datong and is an integral part of the Great Wall defense system.
It is about 1000 meters long from east to west, about 500 meters long from north to south, and the wall is 7 meters high.
After the Ming Dynasty Tumu Fort Incident, the Tumu Fort had been destroyed, leaving only the earthen walls.
And on this ruins is the presence of the Qing emperor.
After Jiaqing dismounted, he entered a prepared tent under the leadership of Yang Yuchun.
"Your Majesty, I am out on an expedition and have made do with simple things. Please forgive me."
Yang Yuchun brought a small stool, pulled up the cloak and wiped it, put it under Jiaqing's buttocks, and helped Jiaqing sit down.
Jiaqing took a deep breath, feeling the fatigue caused by the continuous march, and said to Yang Yuchun: "Yang Aiqing need not feel ashamed, this is already very good."
Jiaqing regretted it now. He didn't bring much with him when he went out. He had finished all the canned food in the past two days.
In the past two days, Jiaqing had no choice but to eat pancakes.
"That's it. You go and arrange the defense. I'll go to bed first."
"As you command!"
Yang Yuchun exited the tent and saw Xiao Lizi and Wei Dabao rolling over with bedding in their arms. One of them was holding a small lunch box in his hand.
Yang Yuchun shook his head.
The ruins of the Tumu Fort are not large enough to accommodate 70,000 people.
Except for the emperor's presence and a small number of guards.
Other soldiers were arranged on the outside. In the inner circle were 20,000 new troops, with more than a dozen large and small camps.
The tents were arranged in an orderly manner, drainage ditches were dug, and sentries were set up.
The outer circle is the Beijing Camp. Compared with the New Army, they are much more chaotic.
The military camp was set up haphazardly, and at a glance, it looked like you were surrounded by me and I was surrounded by you, and it was a chaotic mess.
What's more important is that there are only a few campfires on the outermost perimeter to protect against night attacks, and many places outside are in darkness.
After Yang Yuchun inspected the New Army's camp, he was preparing to go to the Beijing camp for inspection.
As a general who had fought against the White Lotus Cult in the south for several years, preventing night attacks had been deeply engraved in his mind.
It is a pity that the troops he commanded in the south were only two to three thousand men, and this was the first time he commanded 70,000 men.
The camp for 3,000 people only lasts a mile or two. It can be reached in just a few steps, and it doesn't take much time.
But the camp of 70,000 people is different. From Emperor Jiaqing's presence to the outermost circle, there is 6 miles of land.
He made a serious mistake: he didn't start from the outside!
This 6-mile distance would take more than ten minutes even by riding a fast horse.
Within these ten minutes, the night attack team of 2,000 cavalry organized by Truros quietly emerged from the forest.
They held rags in their horses' mouths and walked out carefully and slowly, trying to get as close to the camp as possible before being discovered by the Qing army.
In the woods behind the night attack team, more than a dozen Qing army scouts were lying.
When Yang Yuchun first arrived at the outer circle, he saw a shadow surging in the distant woods with the help of moonlight.
"Enemy attack enemy attack!"
Yang Yuchun whipped his riding whip, alerting the Qing army's battalions, while riding wildly.
"I hope it's not too late!"
He murmured quietly.
This was his second mistake.
The destruction of the capital camp was no longer just a day or two, it was dozens or even hundreds of years!
Treating them as front-line troops will cause big trouble.
When encountering an enemy attack, for these Beijing camps, the camp closest to the enemy should be abandoned directly. Prioritize finding the nearest general and organize rear defense as soon as possible.
Yang Yuchun regarded these Beijing camps as his troops in the south, and habitually loudly reminded the enemy of night attacks.
At this time, the nearby Beijing soldiers exploded.
"What? Enemy attack at night?"
"Run quickly, the Junggar army is attacking at night and has already entered!"
"Our army is defeated, our army is defeated!"
The camp, which had been relatively quiet before, was now in a state of uproar.
Countless Qing soldiers didn't even have time to put on their clothes before they rushed out of the tent with a tetanus machete.
The Qing soldiers ran around the camp, and the braziers they had set up were knocked to the ground, setting a large number of tents on fire.
Soon, the fighting began.
The panic of the enemy's night attack and the chaotic camps made the Qing soldiers highly nervous. Once they encountered any stimulation, it would be a roar of the camp.
The Qing army was quickly cut into pieces.
Before Junggar's night attack troops broke into the Qing army camp, they saw fire everywhere in the Qing army camp.
The shouts of killing are endless.
After a brief period of confusion, Lutros led the night attack team into the Qing camp.
"God of Immortality, are you taking care of me?"
Starting from the Junggar rebellion, they headed east, detouring through the Mongolian grasslands.
The weather was smooth along the way, and some grassland tribes even heard that they were rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and slaughtered more than a dozen of their cattle and sheep to express condolences to the laborers.
It can be said that the Junggar army came here eating and drinking.
When you are hungry, there are tribes who give you food, when you are thirsty, there are tribes who give you goat milk, and when you are lost, there are tribes who show you the way.
Junggar traveled thousands of kilometers without any hindrance.
Unexpectedly, just as they were preparing for a night attack, the Qing army itself fell into chaos.
"Warriors of Junggar, charge with me!"
The 2000 Junggar cavalry started to speed up from 200 meters, and the ground was shaking.
Lutros took the lead and rushed into the camp with a flintlock musket.
"Bang~"
He shot the Qing general who was stunned on the spot, inserted the flintlock musket back into the bag on the right side of the horse, then drew out his machete and rushed into the crowd of Qing soldiers.
Behind them, 2,000 cavalrymen rushed into the camp, raised their guns and fired randomly at the Qing troops, then drew their swords and started to kill.
These frightened "young masters" from the Beijing camp had never seen such a battle before, and they were pushing each other and running around.
While Lutros charged, he paid attention to the surrounding camps.
With the help of the firelight, he saw a group of Qing soldiers behind the camp, which seemed to be forming a team.
He raised his eyebrows, quickly arranged more than 500 cavalry, and quickly loaded their muskets.
After the loading was completed, Lutros took the 500 men and rushed towards the entire Qing army.
As long as the Qing army cannot organize a military formation, their Junggar cavalry can defeat the Qing army at a very small cost.
After Yang Yuchun realized his mistake, he and several Qing generals organized a military formation in the rear.
The spearmen were in the front, the musketeers in the middle, the longbowmen in the rear, and a small amount of cavalry was concentrated on the left side.
At this time, the Qing army retreated from the front line and rushed toward the military formation.
"The defeated troops spread out to both sides, those who attack the formation will die!"
"Those who rush into the military formation will die!"
Yang Yuchun shouted, and organized the cavalry around him to start channeling these broken troops.
Then, he saw hundreds of Dzungar cavalry behind the defeated troops. They drove the defeated troops to attack the Qing army.
"Bang bang bang~"
The muskets were not fired by the Dzungar cavalry. They strictly obeyed Lutros's orders.
The shooters were Qing army musketeers.
When they saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards them, they couldn't hold back mentally.
Regardless of the spearmen and broken soldiers in front, they directly started volleying.
A large number of friendly troops were shot and killed. After several volleys of guns, the spearmen who were close to the musketeers' formation were all killed.
Not only that.
Since most of the Jingying muskets belonged to the grandfather generation and lacked maintenance, many of them exploded.
Several exploding muskets even ignited the powder bags of teammates around them.
Fireworks were added to the musketeers of the Qing Dynasty.
