Chapter 531: Chen Jun's Purpose
In any war, raining will cause great trouble to the offensive forces.
Gurkha is not a drought climate, and there is not a lot of rainfall here, especially now, Gurkha is entering the rainy season.
Not only is the temperature high, but there is also a lot of rainfall.
In fact, compared to now, it is more suitable to fight in Gurkha in winter. Because it is the dry season here!
The temperature in this place is not very cold in winter. The latitude is there, and people are targeting the Yangtze River Basin.
However, although the winter in Gurkha is comfortable, the winter in Tibet is a big problem, especially if you want to cross the Himalayas, it would be a complete disaster and impossible.
So Chen Jun had to wait until this time.
When it rains frequently and the temperature is high and hot.
The rain is heavy, the muddy and slippery, and the mountain roads are particularly difficult to walk, and there are people who fall off the cliff.
In addition, the temperature is high and the heat will cause even more disease.
Even though Chen Jun has put a lot of effort into epidemic prevention measures, there are still people in the army who get sick due to the humid climate.
There are some dysentery inside, which cannot be prevented by you.
The mistake is not that Chen Junbei has many drugs, and even cinchona frost. As long as the disease in the army is plagued, Chen Jun's situation will only be worse.
Even though Meng Can and the others had expected the difficulties of the war before, they did not expect the situation to be so difficult.
When Chen's reconnaissance troops discovered the gathering of Gurkha troops in Xiebru, he really, very sincerely thanked God for making Gurkha's territory so narrow.
The terrain of Xiebulu is very similar to that of the Hot Cable Bridge. It also has a tributary flowing into the river from the east. The river channel is wide and deep. Due to heavy rains and mountain torrents, the bridge has been demolished. The Gurkha army all resisted on the south bank, and bullets were like rain.
Chen Jun was unable to succeed in rushing from the north bank for a while.
Although the distance between them is very narrow, only five feet is not enough. At this little distance, Chen Jun could directly use a wooden bridge to sweep it to the other side.
But first of all, the shooting of the Gurkha army was a big trouble. The second was that many huge rocks in Hanoi were scattered across the middle, vortexed rapidly, and the rocks were rushing. The water power was very high. The soldiers had just put the big wood on the other side and were drifted away. This was repeated over and over again but failed but failed.
This small river was passed by Chen's army at night while the Gurkha army was unprepared and went out for miles and tied up big trees.
Then things will be easier to handle once you cross the river.
They either attacked the mountain along the mountain, or attacked the enemy's back, or snatched the enemy's side ridges, or climbed the mountain in remote and deserted places. Although there was no heavy artillery to help, in just two days, the Chen army attacked together, and the Guer Air Force was defeated again.
After Chen's army had obtained the help of Bru, he moved forward and approached Dongjue, the Gurkha Army's garrison.
This place is considered a forefront of Kathmandu, just like the relationship between Tianjin and Yanjing.
Here, the Gurkha army was in danger and set up camps on the top of the mountain. There were wooden cities, stone pavilions and stone cards below the mountain, until the riverside of the "Honghe" that came from east to west. The two mountains stood in the river, and the walls stood thousands of feet high. The "Honghe" was just like a line.
Previously, Chen's army came from Jiling south. Although the mountains along the way were narrow, the Kazhai and the river crossing place where the Gurkha Army encountered were still slightly sloped, and the terrain here was extremely dangerous and steep.
The Chen army divided the work on the north bank. First, Yang Yuchun led the team to bombard the army day and night with the small cannons of the army from the main road; then Yang Lei, who had off the horse, took the intermittent road and crossed the mountains and ridges to destroy the other seven strongholds. Meng Can led his troops to detour to the shallow waters of the upper reaches and crossed the river. He fought hard for three days and nights. After fierce hand-to-hand combat, he defeated the Gurkha army and captured Shika and Mucheng on the other side. Yang Yuchun took advantage of the situation to attack from the main road, crossed the river and attacked the more than ten Gurkha camps. Yang Lei also led his troops to attack together, and then completely captured Dongjue and chased the enemy to Yongya.
Meng Can directly stopped the troops of Yong Crow.
Chen Jun was about to rest for a while and breathe slowly.
The hard battles for many consecutive days are a great test for people's physiology and psychology.
Below the Qiyong Crow is Galera, piled up wood, Jiaergula - the three major mountains of Jimuji, all facing north and south, and very steep, so the Gurkha army must have been guarded by the dead.
That place is their Tongzhou.
If he didn't go to defend, Chen Jun Bingfeng would directly fight to Kathmandu.
Therefore, Meng Can needs a large army to take a break, and at the same time also orders the rear to transport more ammunition and medicine, including sending some rockets as much as possible.
The Gurkha strength was limited, and from the captured Gurkha army, they heard a lot of news about Jimuji.
There is Tongzhou in Gurkha, and the latter will definitely guard this place.
So many fortifications were built.
However, due to the urgent time and financial resources, the fortifications built by the Gurkha Army were mixed with a large number of Mucheng Muzhai.
The Gurkha people never expected that Chen Jun could hit Jimuji in one breath.
They felt that Resuohe alone could block Chen Jun.
So when Chen's army took down the Reso River and then captured Xiebulu, and after the troops arrived at Dongjue, the Gurkha army began to build a large number of defensive fortifications in Jimuji.
Because of the short time, don’t think about all the stone forts and stone castles. A large number of Muzhai and Mucheng are their choice.
Moreover, it is too expensive to build permanent stone buildings.
When they heard the news, Meng Can and the others really wanted to attack immediately. But the troops really had to rest for a few days.
So while he interrogated the prisoners, he reviewed the geographical terrain of Jimuji, and on the other hand, he asked the rear to send some rockets cleanly.
It is not guaranteed that these things can play some role in the Mucheng Muzhai of the Gurkha Army.
During this period, the Regent of Gurkha also sent people to negotiate peace with Chen Jun.
He changed his previous arrogant attitude and summoned the previously detained Tibetan envoy Danjin Banjul and others, released them and asked them to explain to the general (Meng Can) that the war between Gurkha and Tibet were caused by the instigation of the treasures of the Tashilunpo Monastery when Shamalba was alive.
Yes, Shamalba is already dying of illness.
The Regent asked for understanding and asked the Chen army to stop advancing, and said that he could return the property of the Tashilunpo Monastery and compensate the lives of the Han and Tibetan officials who died in the Nyalam Chongdui incident. In the future, he would also pay tribute to the emperor and Tibet on time every year.
If we can persist, Saye Bahadur Shah will definitely not be willing to bow his head.
But in the current situation, Saye Bahadur Shah is already hard to hold on.
This is just like the second ravens. If the British and French coalition forces were willing to stop in front of Tongzhou City, Emperor Xianfeng would definitely happily agree to any conditions between Britain and France.
But Meng Can refused all this, and his mission was not to simply regain some wealth.
Chapter completed!