There are more than a dozen princes of various tribes on the Mongolian steppe, and most of them control the power of about a thousand people in their hands, and there are more county kings, but the power in their hands is much less, and the most is not more than five hundred, as for Baylor, the retinue of a hundred people is already considered powerful. And each of the four great khans has thousands of young people in their hands. On the steppe, adhering to the bravery of Genghis Khan, the warriors of the steppe men are all natural cavalrymen. If it is the era of cold weapons, any steppe man is the best cavalry. Because they grew up on horseback. But in this era of hot weapons, if you want to become a qualified cavalryman, you must have excellent marksmanship. Even so, the prairie men were more suitable to be cavalry than the Kannai men, after all, they had already treated their horses as flat ground. Shooting on horseback is like shooting still on the ground, with a huge target.

The structure of cavalry-specific carbine pistols is not uncommon compared with ordinary rifles, but before World War I, cavalry was the most deterrent combat weapon, and the equipment of cavalry was expensive, and the cost of carbine was not high, but the price was not low. Although the Mongol princes had the financial resources to buy carbines, the rules of the Mongolian steppes had long been established, and it was useless to have a large number of arms. However, in the early days of the establishment of the Republic of China, the 8th Jebtsundamba announced the establishment of the Great Mongol Empire and purchased a batch of weapons and equipment from Tsarist Russia at a great cost. He wanted to completely subdue the Mongol tribes by force. Unfortunately, because of the actions of the Republic of China government to safeguard national sovereignty, the Great Mongol Empire was not established, and the strength of the 8th Jebtsundamba also decreased a lot. But it still has a 3,000-strong Tiger Guard, all of which are equipped with advanced Western cavalry. In order to defend their interests and prevent annexation, the Mongol tribes massively oppressed the herdsmen, raised financial resources, and purchased various types of cavalry equipment. This made the sparsely populated Mongolian steppes a counter for the Western industrial powers to exhibit their cavalry equipment. This also led to the proliferation of mounted guns in the Mongolian steppes. The reason why the Siberian tigers were able to organize a cavalry force of tens of thousands of people so quickly last year was that the cavalry equipment needed was provided by various Mongolian ministries. At that time, Mongolia supported the Siberian Tigers and only wanted to use the strength of the Siberian Tigers to stabilize the eastern defense line. It's a pity that his plan not only did not come true, but instead provided Feng Yong with a large amount of cavalry equipment through the hands of the Siberian Tiger, and now the Northeast is attacking the Mongolian tribes with the batch of equipment captured that year.

After the annexation of the four khans, the entire Kulen region was annexed by the four khans, except for the 5,000 guards (expanded from the 3,000) who belonged to the 8th Jebtsundamba. Among them, the Chechen khanate annexed the fastest and the most ruthless. Those who agreed to join the Chechen Khan were given status and money, and those who did not agree were exterminated. So at the end of the reorganization, the entire Chechen Khan miraculously reached more than 14,000 people. The troops that surrendered were almost twice as large as their own troops.

The other khans have basically reached the scale of 10,000 people. The strength of the whole of Mongolia reached 50,000 men. However, it is not clear what the specific combat effectiveness is.

The actions of the Mongol tribes did not hide from the eyes and ears of the Russians who were right in front of them. The commander of the Russian cavalry army, Lieutenant General Glezhnev, directly approached the 8th Jebtsundamba and demanded that the combined cavalry units of the Mongol divisions be added to the battle sequence of the Cossack cavalry army and accepted his leadership.

This request can make Jebtsundamba difficult. Strategically speaking, the two sides have a common enemy and can be regarded as allies, and although Lieutenant General Glezhnev has just suffered defeat, he is after all the commander of the regular army and has the ability to command the military. On the Mongolian side, the young and strong troops of various departments were put together temporarily, although there was no shortage of weapons and equipment, but the troops lacked training and tactical coordination, and their combat effectiveness was even inferior to that of the cavalry in the northeast. However, Jebtsundamba was a very ambitious man, and he always wanted to make a difference in the Mongolian steppes and regain the glory of his ancestors. And to do all this, you must have an invincible army. Although he can't directly command the troops of the other four khans now, with his identity as a living Buddha of the grassland, he will definitely be able to easily infiltrate these troops, and it will not be difficult to completely control them. Jebtsundamba wanted to gradually turn these four khanate forces into his own escort army. In this case, no one else should be allowed to get involved in the command of the Mongol troops, especially Tsarist Russia, which was eyeing Outer Mongolia.

Eventually, Jebtsundamba politely rejected Glezhnev's proposal on the grounds that he was unable to control the other khans.

Lieutenant General Glezhnev did not receive a satisfactory answer from the 8th Jebtsundamba, and went directly to the khans of the four khans. He advocated his own idea of unified command. But what made Lieutenant General Glezhnev depressed was that he was simply playing the harp to these uneducated khans. The end result, of course, was nothing, which made Lieutenant General Glezhnev extremely depressed. He wanted to absorb the Mongol cavalry, not because he valued the combat effectiveness of these Mongol cavalry. After all, no matter how elite these newly formed Mongol cavalry are, can they be stronger than their own Cossack cavalry? The reason why Lieutenant General Glezhnev absorbed the soldiers and horses of the Mongol tribes was to accumulate strength to compete with the Northeast again. It can be said that in the first two battles, there was nothing to do with him, the supreme commander of the Cossack cavalry, and even he lost half of his troops in a daze. This made him depressed at the same time, but also suppressed a fire in his heart, a fire that wanted to defeat the Northeast Security Army.

But with his current Cossack cavalry of less than 20,000 men, it was no longer enough to inflict heavy damage on the northeast, so he thought of the Mongol cavalry, which had just been reorganized. Although the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry is not very good, it is still very suitable to be used as cannon fodder for reconnaissance of the enemy. It's a pity that this is the Mongolian steppe, not in their Tsarist Russia. In the eyes of the Mongol Khan, who is young and strong in his hands, what is the power and wealth, what victory, what honor, is bullshit.

Lieutenant General Glezhnev was not depressed for long, and received a telegram from the Governor-General of Siberia. It is known that now the entire Far Eastern Army is divided into two routes, all of which are dispatched. Troops of 50,000 men had boarded the Trans-Siberian Railway and were ready to come to their aid. They could reach the Kulen region in three days at most, and they were to hold out until the Far Eastern Army arrived.

"Three days? Absolutely. Adjutant, send a telegram to the Governor of Siberia thanking His Excellency the Governor for his support. The Cossack cavalry army will definitely guarantee the stability of the entire Outer Mongolia region within three days. Lieutenant General Glezhnev said confidently. He didn't know that when he said this confidently, Jiang Baili, a Chinese war master, had already entered the camp of the Northwest Military Region.

In the large battalion of the Northwest Military District. Jiang Baili indifferently put down all the information collected by the Northwest Military Region, and said to Cao Zheng, commander of the Northwest Military Region: "Haven't the troops of the Western Military Region arrived yet?" "According to the itinerary, the Northern Corps of the Western Military Region led by Cui Xiaolong should also arrive. How is there no news yet.

"I just received a telegram urging the political commissar that they have entered the Kulen area, and they will be able to fight us in half a day." Cao Zheng said, and at the same time looked curiously at the young marshal in front of him. I heard that the elegant-looking man in front of him is a famous military theorist and the idol of Chief of Staff Li Jun. When he was studying in Beijing, he also heard of Jiang Baili's reputation and knew that he was the first of the "three outstanding non-commissioned officers" among Chinese students. It is also known that he once committed suicide because he could not fulfill his promise to the cadets. Such a legendary figure, Cao Zheng still admires him very much.

"The Four Great Khans control 50,000 Mongol cavalry? Interesting! Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Commander-in-chief, is there anything wrong? There were many large and small princes in Mongolia, and they didn't care about them at first, but when they concentrated their forces all at once, there were more than 50,000 people. I was shocked when I found out. Cao Zheng said. I don't know why Jiang Baili laughed.

"Commander Cao. According to your information, the Mongol rebel forces are controlled by the 8th Jebtsundamba, but looking at the current intelligence, most of their armed forces are controlled by the hands of the four khans, and Jebtsundamba himself only has one-tenth of the troops. Compared with the four great khans, the strength is at a disadvantage. This is our chance. ”

"Opportunity? Commander-in-chief, you mean to use a divisive strategy? Cao Zheng's eyes lit up and he said.

Jiang Baili shook his head and nodded again.

Cao Zheng was confused.

"The North-Western Military District wiped out half of the Cossack cavalry in the first battle, and I am afraid that now the entire Mongolian tribes are in a panic, and their unity of strength just shows their weakness. And now the situation inside Mongolia is that the lord is weak and the minister is strong, and it is definitely not our opponent to really fight them, at this time, will the selfish Khan Sect have other ideas? If we give them some benefits at the right time, is it possible that they will take refuge in us? Even if they don't take refuge and the four great khans come into contact with us, what will the 8th Jebtsundamba think, and what will the Cossack cavalry commander stationed in Kulen think? That's a great move! Well, we can even force the entire Cossack cavalry army out of the Kulen region without much effort. Jiang Baili explained with a smile.

Cao Zheng thought about it and felt that Jiang Baili's plan was very feasible. I couldn't help but admire him even more in my heart. Unexpectedly, he had just arrived, and with this bit of information in his hand, he formulated a strategy to surrender without a fight.

"Order the Western Military Region to send a regiment north to advance slowly, and without our orders, we can't reach the central area of Kulen. But you can't stop moving forward.! Jiang Baili paused, and issued another strange order.

(To be continued)