In ancient China, every dynasty and every generation was in constant turmoil. From the change of so many dynasties, it can be seen that a dynasty must face not only internal riots and uprisings, but also foreign invaders such as the Xiongnu and huns. In a cycle of dynasties, it is naturally the military generals who bear the brunt of ensuring the stability of a country.
The country has a powerful military general, which can naturally protect the family and the country. But as the saying goes, a companion is like a companion tiger. Military generals do not necessarily die on the battlefield, and some people are killed by the emperor for talking and doing things.
During the Qianlong period, two generals were rewarded for their merits, and as a result, one was an important official and the other was a beautiful woman, and the fate of the two was completely different.
General Highlander
Highlander came from a mediocre background, and although he was a Manchu Yellow Bannerman, his family was not a high-ranking official. When Helancha was three or four years old, he became interested in martial arts, so his father found a master to teach him some simple basic skills of fist and foot.
When Highlander was ten years old, the master who taught him discovered that Highlander's arms were very strong during a fortuitous training, and after many repeated experiments, the master decided to concentrate on teaching Highlander to practice archery.
Years of training have made Highlander's riding and shooting skills reach the point of pure fire. This Amir Sana gathered a crowd to start a riot, and the Dzungars became chaotic,
Hyland sensed that it was time to enlist in the army and use his skills to defend his family.
When Highlander first entered the Dzungar Department, his identity was just an ordinary big-headed soldier. But gold shines everywhere, not to mention highlander's dazzling foot gold. Highlander was already highly skilled, but also bravely charged in battle, and was soon promoted to the rank of commander.
Highlander is not only highly skilled, but also good at platooning and marching to fight, and soon Highlandcha's talent is favored by the deputy commander, and he put Highlandcha'an on his side as his deputy, and in the next battle, Highlandcha has a chance to jump the dragon gate.
The deputy commander led his troops to block the enemy and was trapped in a canyon, and Highlander led his troops to help. Highlander arrived and lunged,
He broke through the enemy's encirclement and rescued the deputy commander. However, the deputy commander was seriously injured, and on his deathbed, he suggested that the commander wait until his death and let Highlander take his place.
In this way, Highlander became the deputy commander of the army, because Highlander's personal ability was very good, so the generals in the army had no objections.
But the next thing that happened really made Highlander step up to the sky.
Noble General Urden
Turning first to another protagonist, Urden, unlike Highlander, whose family is prominent and is a nobleman of the Qing Dynasty, because of family reasons, Urden received the best education from an early age. Moreover, the Urden family has the custom of martial arts, so Urden's martial arts training has not fallen.
When Urden was thirteen years old, he could already fight with the nursing home invited by the family, and he knew that Urden was still a child at this time.
Soon after five years, Urden participated in the scientific expedition in the capital, not only Wen was the first, but also Wu was the first.
The Urden family had already had close ties with the emperor, and after learning that Urden was actually a general who was both literate and martial, Qianlong personally ordered Urden to be tempered in the imperial forest army, and Qianlong made Urden not a big head soldier, and also let him command a small team of imperial forest troops.
But Urden was not a man of the ordinary, and his ambitions were great. Because the Yulin Army basically had nothing else to do except train and patrol in peacetime, Urden wrote to Qianlong, saying that his revenge was to kill the enemy and defend the country on the front line.
Qianlong felt that Urden was a malleable talent, and gladly agreed to send Urden to the front. Urden was very excited, in the front line of the troops, he did not have a so-called noble frame, and a group of brothers mingled, and the courage to break through the enemy line, can be described as a tiger general.
Battle of Dzungar
Highlander was still fighting in the Dzungars, and suddenly the commander was killed by an arrow in a battle. As deputy commander, Highlander could only temporarily assume the responsibility of commanding the whole army, leading the troops to evacuate to the rear with minimal casualties.
After the burial of the commander-in-chief, the appointment letter of the imperial court arrived, and he ordered Highlander to be the commander-in-chief, and the officer was promoted to a higher level to continue leading the troops in battle.
But there was also the problem that the position of deputy commander was vacant, and Highlander did not know who to let in this role.
But the next morning, the imperial court's letter of appointment came again, and it was written that the imperial court had appointed a tiger general to rush here and appoint him as deputy commander to assist Inlanda in the battle. While Highlander was still wondering who the tiger general was, he heard a rushing horseshoe sound.
Then a tall man came in and said to Highlander that Urden had been ordered by the court to come and assist Highlander. In this way, the two can be regarded as acquaintances, because they have learned martial arts since childhood, the two talk very happily, and the relationship is very harmonious.
However, the problem of the Dzungar Ministry had not yet been resolved, and the two men immediately discussed strategies against the enemy.
After a day of deliberation, the two worked out a seamless battle plan. As a veteran of the region, Highlander also knows the enemy generals of the other side, so he is responsible for facing the enemy head-on.
Urden had just been transferred from somewhere else, and the enemy did not know his skills, so he asked Urden to lead a strong army. When Highlander engaged the enemy, he led his men straight into the enemy's hinterland to solve the enemy's base camp.
After the war began, Highlander commanded the generals to drag the enemy to death, and within half an hour, the enemy's rear sounded the sound of a trumpet, which meant that the base camp was attacked. The enemy wanted to turn the horse's head and go back to the rescue of the base camp, but Highlander could not let them go.
In this way, under the front and rear attacks of Highlander and Urden, the main force of the enemy army had been completely destroyed. In another half a month, the two joined forces to sweep away the Dzungar region and declare the country moving towards true reunification.
After the two men had won a great victory, Qianlong was very happy in his heart and ordered the two to quickly return to the dynasty, and he would personally reward them.
When the two of them knelt on the Golden Ruan Hall, Qianlong asked him what the two of you wanted most, and each of them could meet one request.
At this time, Highlander spoke first, saying that he wanted a beautiful woman, because he was now quite old, so he wanted to marry a daughter-in-law to open up the family. This caused everyone to laugh, but Qianlong felt that this was beyond reproach, don't say one, I want to reward you with several.
When it came to Urden, he said he wanted an official position, because then he could better serve the country. After he finished speaking, the whole audience was very silent, but Qianlong promoted him to two levels and let him do a good job.
However, when the two men lost a battle, Qianlong directly executed him, but Highlander was unharmed.
This is because the two wanted different things at that time, and Highlander seemed to ask for simple things, but this was the common sentiment of people, and it also showed that he had no ambition.
However, Urden's important officials proved that he had great ambitions, and Qianlong did not allow him to have such troubles around him, so he directly executed him for this reason.