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When the sun was about to sink in the west, two cavalry regiments camped in a place called Qingwozi in the depths of the wasteland. www.biquge.info This is not a village, nor is it the herdsmen's aul, and the troops camp here mainly because there are two springs and a grassy beach nourished by these two springs. There are also several mounds on the grassy beach, on which shrubs and grass grow, from which the name Qingwozi is said to have come from. Because of the warm climate here, the tender grass on the grass beach has broken through the soil, and the winter grass left over from last year is still edible, which can roughly meet the forage needs of the two cavalry associations. All in all, it's a pretty good campsite for the whole desert.

As soon as the troops arrived here, the soldiers immediately got busy, some set up tents, some dug stoves and pots, and some collected fuel (mainly dried cow dung, red willow, and saxo, etc.), and after a while, the campfire rose on the camp, the cooking smoke was filled, and the uninhabited field suddenly showed a lively scene. The liveliest thing was next to the two springs, where the soldiers brought almost everything that could hold water and carried the water back to the camp one after another around the two small springs. Due to the limited spring water, Feng Guozhang made three rules on the order of water intake in advance: first, the two cavalry associations each had a spring and did not interfere with each other; second, the horses were not allowed to go directly to the spring to drink water to prevent the spring from becoming dirty; The third is to promote unity and fraternity, and not to quarrel because of the competition for water.

The sun was setting in the mountains to the west, and the sky was getting dark. Beside the tents, piles of bonfires were burned, and the cavalry soldiers sat around the bonfires, some drank tea and laughed, some played the piano and sang, and some played cards, as if turning this inaccessible wasteland into a joyous field party, and it was difficult to make people feel that this was on the eve of the battle and on the journey to fight the enemy. The guides who accompanied the army were quite emotional about this, and they all said that this area of the wasteland has never been so lively. In the past, except for the occasional camel caravan that stayed overnight here, it was the world of yellow sheep and hares, and it is said that there were many yellow sheep in this area, especially in the evening, when they often came to the spring in flocks to drink, sometimes in the hundreds. But now, due to the arrival of the cavalry units of the cadre army, these beasts do not know where to go.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the bonfires were more vigorous, illuminating the whole camp. I don't know if it's the vastness of the wasteland or the seasons, it's past nine o'clock, and the afterglow of the sunset still refuses to recede, as if it intends to spend this happy night with the soldiers.

But the officers of the two cavalry associations were not as idle as the soldiers, and they had just gathered in Feng Guozhang's tent for a meeting after dinner. Despite its size, the tent is still crowded. At the meeting, Feng Guozhang first told everyone about the current military situation and Lin Yiqing's main deployment for counterinsurgency. The current rebels are mainly besieging Hami. Since they have not yet been attacked by the main force of the cadre army, although the siege has suffered repeated setbacks, they are still very arrogant at present. In particular, the rebels of the Hindman Division, who had entered the area of the Great and Little Hongliu Gorges on the northwestern edge of the grassland in the west of the town, in addition to intercepting passing caravan vehicles and looting on a large scale, they also brutally slaughtered the people who resisted him many times, and from time to time carried out reconnaissance activities in the area of Dashi, to which the Mulei River belonged, and had a great tendency to continue westward advance; In addition to taking over some of the original garrisons of Ustman, Bai Yanbiao's main activities have been shifted to the area of the northwest mountain of the town and Yiwu, which is close to the Sino-Mongolian border area, extremely deserted, and the specific situation is not known. In addition to the situation of these two major rebel armies, Feng Guozhang also explained some potential rebel situations and hidden dangers, which are mainly the activities of some tribal leaders in the Kazakh pastoral areas along the line from Dihua to Suilai Nanshan, as well as the activities of some Kazakhs in the Altun Mountains on the border of Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang provinces, especially the activities of the Hussein tribe, which has been communicating with the Ustman rebels.

Then Feng Guozhang assigned a combat mission to everyone - to reinforce the Hami defenders. They will break the rebels' siege of Hami, transport the important defensive weapons urgently needed by the defenders into Hami City, strengthen the defenders, and then attack with the defenders at the right time to completely annihilate the main force of the rebels, the Ustman.

Knowing their respective tasks, the officers were ready to make a difference in the ensuing battle.

After the meeting was adjourned, the officers walked out of the crowded tents, and they could not help stretching their tired muscles and greedily breathing in the particularly fresh air of the wilderness.

Bonfires were still burning in the camp, and the soldiers were still talking and laughing around them. Around the bonfire on Gertai's side, the soldiers were listening intently to Gertai's singing.

Gertai is a famous singer in the army, everyone also knows that he is the adopted son of a famous pianist, because he was influenced by the playing and singing career since childhood, he can not only casually compose and sing vivid poems, but also play the horse-head qin very well, and the soldiers are praised his dexterous fingers as "golden fingers". He had been playing and singing for a while, and most of the songs he began to play and sing were familiar traditional folk songs, and now he was improvising and singing a new poem in combination with his mood at the moment: "O brave mountain eagle perched on an ancient mountain cliff, it can see through the secrets of the forest even if it closes its eyes, poor mountain eagle, are your eyes dizzy, why do you see the general not wearing armor?" He has no golden helmet and wears a soldier's uniform, he is on a war horse but gallops like the wind, he is a general but he is like a soldier, oh my God, this is really the most difficult riddle in the world to guess......"

While the soldiers were listening with relish, Gertai suddenly stopped playing and singing, and suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Stand - right!" ”

The soldiers listened to the command and stood up almost instinctively, but they didn't seem to have figured out what was going on, and it wasn't until Feng Guozhang walked in front of everyone from behind that they figured out what was going on.

Feng Guozhang looked at his subordinates who were standing tall and said, "Sit, let's sit." He spoke several times in a row, and the interpreter translated it several times as usual, but the soldiers still stood with their chests held tall and refused to sit down. Feng Guozhang also said: "In the regulations of our Great Cadre New Army, there is such a stipulation, that is, these etiquettes can be waived on occasions of rest or entertainment. On such occasions, I am not an assistant commander, I am the same soldier as you, I am a member of the joy with everyone, you can laugh and play with me, there should be no restraint, as long as you obey my command on the battlefield, these ordinary etiquette can be completely dispensed with. How's that, you know what I mean? ”

The soldiers still stood tall and replied in unison: "Yes!" ”

"Look, it's etiquette again." Feng Guozhang shook his head and said, "It seems that you haven't fully understood what I mean, okay, if you don't sit, I'll sit down first." With that, he sat down. The soldiers couldn't help but look at each other, and finally glanced at Gelthai, who made a gesture for everyone to sit down, and then the soldiers sat down.

Seeing this, Feng Guozhang couldn't help but smile and said: "It turns out that the problem is with you, Gelthai, I will say it again, in the future, these etiquettes will be waived on rest and entertainment occasions, otherwise I will ask you questions." Gertai was about to answer "yes" loudly, but in a moment of thought, he realized that this move would violate Feng Guozhang's decree, so he hurriedly swallowed the word "yes" back. Gelthai's instantaneous change in thought did not hide from Feng Guozhang's eyes, and he couldn't help but smile secretly, and then asked: "Gelthai, I heard your singing just now, what are you singing?" ”

Gertai kept his mouth shut, an unnatural smile on his face. At this time, Niu Guozhong couldn't help but say: "Lord Xietong, if I heard correctly, he is singing you." ”

Feng Guozhang smiled: "Sing me? What do I have to sing, are you scolding me? ”

Niu Guozhong hurriedly said: "No, he is singing your praises, but he said that he doesn't understand why you, as a general, don't wear a golden helmet, don't wear armor, and wear the military uniform of an ordinary soldier, he said that this is really the most difficult riddle in the world to guess." ”

Feng Guozhang suddenly realized at this time, and said with a smile: "We are light cavalry, armor is a heavy cavalry thing, although the dress is majestic, but it is too bulky, and it can't block the bullets of foreign guns, and it is useless to wear it, so I don't wear it, besides, we are the new army, and the military uniform of this new army is more spiritual!" Even if I die, I will die in this new uniform. ”

Feng Guozhang spoke easily, but the ethnic minority soldiers listened very seriously. After Feng Guozhang finished speaking, a Kazakh cavalryman ran back to the tent, brought a pair of brand-new boots with spurs, respectfully held them in front of Feng Guozhang, and said earnestly: "I haven't worn these boots once, if Lord Xietong looks up to me, please accept them." ”

Feng Guozhang couldn't help but be stunned, and at this time, Geldai interjected and said, "My lord, according to the customs of the Kazakhs, you can't refuse. ”

Feng Guozhang shook his head and said, "No, we are on a combat mission, boots are very important to every soldier, especially as a cavalryman, this kind of boots with spurs is even more precious." ”

"That's why it's given to you as a gift, and if you're worried that he won't have boots to wear, we can all make him a pair at any time, but if you don't accept his gift, he'll be a great shame," said Gertai. ”

When Feng Guozhang heard this, he happily said: "Okay, since this is the case, then I will accept it." As he spoke, he took the boots and put them on his feet at once. The boots are a little bigger, and they fit well. Feng Guozhang looked at his boots expectantly, unable to suppress the joy in his heart. Because of his momentary joy, he even danced a few steps of the Boren's whirling dance, which made the boots shine and make the soldiers laugh. When the laughter subsided, he walked up to the Kazakh rider, shook his hand warmly, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you!" Thank you! Thank you for this precious gift! With that, he looked at his pocket watch and said goodbye to the soldiers. When he saw that the soldiers seemed to be quietly preparing something, he hurriedly said, "I repeat, in this occasion of rest and entertainment, all propriety is to be dispensed with, and I command you not to stand up again." ”

This time, the soldiers really didn't stand up again, and they all behaved very naturally. They watched the backs of Feng Guozhang and the others so kindly, until they disappeared into the hazy night.

Gertai was so excited that he couldn't help but play the horse-head fiddle and sing again: "O brave mountain eagle perched on an ancient mountain cliff, it can see through the secrets of the forest even if it closes its eyes, brave mountain eagle, your eyes are not dim, and there is no riddle in the world that cannot be guessed." The general's war horse is like a wind blowing away the fog in the mountains, and the general's language is like a golden key that opens my heart, it turns out that he is an ordinary soldier like us, and only on the battlefield is he a general......"

At dawn the next day, the troops were out.

In the Xia Ren Cavalry Association, Cen Chunxuan, as a guide, has been tense his nerves.

After he met Lin Yiqing, he truthfully told everything that was born here, and Lin Yiqing understood his desire to avenge the rebels, so he made him the guide of this vanguard force.

When Cen Chunxuan learned that Lin Yiqing had only sent more than 6ooo people from the two cavalry associations to support Hami, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

You must know that the rebels have more than 100,000 people! And the number of people is increasing every day, but he only sent 6ooo people to meet it!

When Cen Chunxuan plucked up the courage to ask Lin Yiqing his question, Lin Yiqing smiled.

"Record everything you see. When the counterinsurgency is over, I will allow you to go back to your hometown to visit your relatives, and you can tell your father everything you see, and see what he says. ”

Cen Chunxuan remembered that Lin Yiqing had commanded all the battles since he became famous in Japan and returned to China, all of them were won with less, and some understood that they would no longer talk too much.

In this cavalry unit, he has also been silent.

He just wanted to see how this force could defeat the enemy.

Little did he know, and soon, he would see what he wanted to see.

"Look there! Looks like someone! One of the riders said, pointing to a few small black dots in the distant wasteland.

"Could it be a wolf?" Someone asked.

Feng Guozhang raised the telescope and looked in the direction where the black dot was, Cen Chunxuan also raised the telescope, and soon, he recognized that it was a few people on horseback.

"It's not a wolf, it's a scout of the rebels." Feng Guozhang put down the binoculars, "They are now us." ”

In a moment's time, a few black dots disappeared.

"Their army will come in a moment." Feng Guozhang ordered in a deep voice: "Command the whole army, prepare for battle!" ”

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