As mentioned earlier, Yongzheng's initial motivation for setting up the military supply house and the military aircraft office behind it was to support and directly focus on the military in the northwest.
This time the enemy is also "Galdan", but his name is Galdan Celing. He is the son of Cewang Alabutan. The official documents of the Qing Dynasty call him "Junggar Taiji", and he himself calls himself "Khan". ".
Readers may know very little about Junggar. Some Western geographers call northern Xinjiang, generally called "Djungaria".
Junggar was originally one of the four Oirats in northern Xinjiang. The other three Oirats were Heshuote, Turgut and Durbot. The Junggars occupied the most fertile area there, the Ili area, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they directly drove the Turgut tribe away from the vicinity of Tacheng and moved to Russia near the Volga River. As for the remaining two Oirat, they cannot be enemies with Junggar.
During the Kangxi period, the leader of Junggar was Galdan, which lacked the word "Celing" compared to Galdan Celing during the Yongzheng period. Galdan was killed in Kangxi's three conquests that year. The reason why he committed suicide was because his nephew and enemy Cewang Alabutan had already "surrendered" to Kangxi. So with the support of Kangxi, he made a surprise attack on his hometown in Junggar and destroyed the country. After he was defeated, he could not go back.
Cewang Alabutan was indeed "arrogant" and quite arrogant. He actually sent a general, Celing Dundobu, to station in Lhasa. This Celing Dundobu was later driven away by Yue Zhongqi.
It stands to reason that after suffering this big loss, Cewang Alabutan should also restrain himself, but he is indeed worthy of the word "wang". He did not give up and planned and instigated Luobuzangdanjin, the leader of Qinghai Heshuote Tribe. Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. As a result, Luobuzangdanjin was beaten to death by Yue Zhongqi, commanded by Nian Gengyao. He even abandoned his wife and children, disguised himself as an old woman, and fled to Xinjiang to seek protection from Cewang Alabutan. Cewang Alabutan allowed him to live in Ili to protect him. Yongzheng asked him for Luobuzangdanjin and asked for "extradition" back. When he refused, Yongzheng was furious, but he had no choice but to give up.
Cewang Alabutan died of illness in the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, and his position as leader was inherited by his son Galdan Celing. Yongzheng looked down on this young man and wanted to send troops to attack. Many ministers in the court opposed it, but Zhang Tingyu expressed his strong approval.
Yongzheng mobilized 50,000 elite troops and handed them over to Fu Erdan. They marched to Khovd in Outer Mongolia and attacked Junggar from the northwest. Fu Erdan's name was General Jingbian. He was the founding father of the country and the fifth minister of Nurhachi Fei Ying. Descendants of the East.
Among the 50,000 elite soldiers given to him by Yongzheng, 6,000 were "Eight Banners Soldiers of the Capital", 9,000 were "Chariot and Cavalry Camp Soldiers", and 8,800 were soldiers from Fengtian and other places. In addition, there were Horqin and Tumote. flag soldiers.
Yongzheng was not a militaristic person, but this time he made great preparations and extravagance for Fuerdan's expedition. For example, he specially performed the "yue ceremony" for Fuerdan in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and first went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices and pray, and then went Nanyuan reviewed it. This fully shows the importance Yongzheng attached to this expedition.
Fuerdan arrived at the foothills of the Altai Mountains and wanted to catch Luobuzangdanjin alive. Yongzheng asked the Military Aircraft Department to order him not to advance lightly, and recalled him to Beijing in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, together with "General Ningyuan" Yue Zhongqi who was stationed in Barkol, for "face-to-face instructions."
In June of the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, Fu Erdan captured a Junggar spy. The spy said that Galdan Celing had sent 30,000 soldiers to attack Khovd, and one of the generals was the son of Celing Dunduob. , this little Ce Lingdun Dobu has arrived at a place called "Chahanhada".
After Fuerdan heard the news, he was very excited and set out for Chahanhada on the Gengzi day in June. When we reached the Yaksa River, we caught another Junggar sentry. The sentry said, "After crossing the river, we can reach Chahan Hada in three days' walk. Xiao Ce Lingdun Dob's troops have not yet arrived. About a thousand people.”
Fu Erdan quickly crossed the river and walked for five or six days. He still did not reach Chahanhada, but he caught another spy. The spy said, "Two thousand Junggar soldiers are at Fu Kecai Ridge in front."
Fu Erdan immediately mobilized his army and attacked Fu Kecai Ridge. When he encountered Junggar soldiers, the two armies fought hard and killed more than 400 soldiers. The rest fled over the ridge.
Fu Erdan then moved his army to a nearby river to search for surrounding Junggar soldiers. Instead, he was cut into sections by tens of thousands of Junggar soldiers and surrounded individually. Among the taboos of military strategists, division of troops was the most feared. The two armies fought for three days in total. Voerdan's entire army was defeated. After escaping from the siege, he counted the soldiers and found that only about 2,000 were left.
The army included all the elite Manchurians at that time, and was exhausted after the First World War.
When Yongzheng learned about the battle report from the front, he cried loudly. After calming down, he sent a message to Fu Erdan, "If Khovd cannot defend, you may as well retreat back." For safety reasons, Yongzheng actually mobilized a large number of soldiers to reinforce Khovd at this time.
Yongzheng awarded Fu Erdan the title of General Jingbian to Xibao, Prince of Shuncheng County, and asked Fu Erdan to take over Xibao's position as General Zhenwu and be commanded by Xibao in the name of "holding the seal of General Zhenwu".
The next year, Junggar sent troops to attack Khovd. Xibao ordered Fu Erdan to lead 3,000 people to resist, but was defeated again. Yongzheng forgave him and asked him to continue to serve in the army.
In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign, someone committed a corruption case. Fu Erdan was implicated and escorted to Beijing. As a result, Yongzheng died of illness soon and did not have time to approve the execution of Fu Erdan. After Qianlong came to the throne, Fu Erdan was released in the second year of Qianlong's reign.
After the victory in that siege, Galdan Celing, the leader of Junggar, attacked Khalkha again in the autumn of the same year. As a result, he was resisted by King Doluo of Khalkha and Kangxi's consort named Celing.
What needs to be reminded is that Ce Ling, Galdan Ce Ling, Ce Ling Dun Dobu, and Xiao Ce Ling Dun Dobu all have the same Mongolian character.
Yongzheng granted Ce Ling the title of Prince Heshuo because of his meritorious service in resisting.
The next year, the tenth year of Yongzheng, Galdan Celing sent Xiao Ce Lingdun Dobu to lead 30,000 soldiers to attack Celing. They met in Erdeni. Celing won a great victory, but Xiao Ce Lingdun Dobu lost three points. Two of the soldiers were defeated and fled.
Because Xibao did not seize the opportunity to move the soldiers who were assisting Ce Ling, Xiao Ce Ling Dun Dobu could still return to Junggar even though he was defeated.
There was a Manchu general named Marsai who happened to be chasing the remnants of Xiao Ce Ling Dun Dobu. After receiving Xiao Ce Ling Dun Dobu's message in advance, he not only ignored it, but when the enemy troops staggered across the border, he He ordered the city gates to be closed to prevent his troops from taking action.
Encountering such a bastard general, his two young generals were so angry that they took some soldiers with them and went out of the city despite military orders, killing more than a thousand Dzungar soldiers.
Afterwards, Yongzheng learned that he immediately sent an imperial envoy to the military camp to execute Marseille.
Xibao also lost his position as general and the title of prince because of the delay in military flights.
The person who replaced Xibao was Fupeng, the king of Pingjun. In name, he is the "General Dingbian".
After Fupeng succeeded, he had no achievements. He was recalled in the twelfth year of Yongzheng and was succeeded by Qingfu, a cousin of Longkodo. At this time, Yongzheng already wanted to negotiate peace with Galdan Celing, and the other party followed the trend and expressed his submission. Therefore, the Altai Mountains were expressly defined as the boundary between Junggar and Khalkha.
