Chapter 118 Temporarily stationed in Ganjingzi

Zhu Qinglan was very satisfied with Wang Maoru's support, and asked Jiang Dengxuan to take him to meet Shang Yuanqing, the captain of the cavalry team of the Overseer's Mansion. Wang Maoru looked at it, heh, this Shang Yuanqing is so big, he is one meter nine tall, and said: "Brother Shang's figure, I'm afraid it's the modern version of evil, haha." ”

Shang Yuanqing also laughed, he spoke with a mouthful of Shandong pancakes, he was Zhu Qinglan's fellow of Shandong, made a military salute of the former Qing Dynasty, knelt down on one knee and said: "Subordinate Shang Yuanqing, meet the brigade leader." ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile: "There are too many rules in the former Qing Dynasty, I don't like it, and I don't like soldiers to bend over." In our army, this kneeling salute has long been abandoned, although we are not the main force of the Beiyang Six Towns, but how can we say that we are also in the 17th Mixed Brigade of the Republic of China Army in the War Department, and we will salute the military in the future. He picked up Shang Yuanqing and looked up and down, this big guy is simply a fighter in the UFC unlimited fighting competition, he was really happy to look at it, and said: "I don't have many cavalry going north this time, Yuan Qing is willing to help me, you are my Zhao Zilong, this time you will kill the Mongolian rebels seven in and seven out, hahaha." ”

Shang Yuanqing rode his tall horse, it is said that this war horse is still the Don hippopotamus of Russia, very mighty, he wears the 17th Mixed Brigade unique black and white-edged gold-threaded general's official uniform, tied with a white cloak, with a group of newly dressed cavalry walking at the front of the entire team, while his cousin Shang Jianwei said with a smile: "This 17th Mixed Brigade is indeed not ordinary, I have heard that they are bullish, I didn't expect such bullishness, we are an ordinary soldier, wear leather shoes, wear tweed coats, and use fire to refine bead guns." Brother, brother, you see, I have 200 rounds of ammunition in my magazine, and I may use it hard in the future. The cotton clothes on his body are also warm, which is really good, better than being a soldier in the Overseer's Palace. Shang Yuanqing scolded: "You uninformed thing, what is this, look at your unproductive appearance." But ah, this saber is really good, now I want to touch a person who doesn't have long eyes, Xiao Jiu, don't mess with me. As he spoke, he was still wielding his saber, and the light of the knife, especially the light from the white snow, made him even more happy, Shang Jianwei hurriedly dodged away, and said, "Brother, brother, you can pay attention, don't hurt me." ”

"Virtue." Shang Yuanqing pouted.

The road to the north is getting more and more difficult to walk, and the official road is also full of mud, and now everyone is looking forward to the weather being colder, and the ground is frozen and solid is better than a foot of mud now, and the military boots are full of mud and water, and the military boots were wiped in vain last night.

Gannan County is a small county seat, Zhang Zuolin once led the Fengtian Left Road Patrol Battalion to pursue the Taoketao Humeng bandits here, so there is a small military camp here. When Zhu Yongquan and Gong Xiaoqi led the cavalry regiment here, they renovated and expanded the barracks, and also hired local people to renovate, and the barracks that originally accommodated 3,000 people were expanded to accommodate 8,000 people after a month of reconstruction. Of course, there are many unsatisfactory places, such as the location of the armory near the door of a newly built room, Wang Maoru saw this simple armory, was surprised, and said, "What's the matter with this house?" He kicked the wall, and with a bang, the wall was kicked out of a big hole, which was more tofu scum than the tofu scum project.

Zhu Yongquan explained: "General, I review, I didn't complete the task well. The time is too tight, in order to build a house for people to spend the winter, other armories, stables, forage, canteens, thatched houses, and even the fence are also a thin layer, and they are really too busy. ”

"That's not an excuse." Wang Maoru was very dissatisfied and said, "How is the house in the barracks?" ”

"The local villagers said they could barely survive the winter."

Wang Maoru shook his head and said: "This can't be done, the winter outside the gate is too cold, and it is also risky to barely survive the winter." I brought five thousand men and horses from the pass, and I collected three thousand men and horses outside the pass, and these men followed me, and there could be no other dead or wounded except those who died in battle. ”

"Yes, Brigade Marshal," Zhu Yongquan said.

Wang Maoru's tone softened a little, and said: "Zhiqing, it's hard for you these days, you are not good at this civil affairs work." Now I give you another task, to spy on the Hulunbuir rebels, make a battle plan, and try to give them a gift before the Chinese New Year. ”

"Gifts?"

"Yes, a big gift." Wang Maoru sneered, "I heard that Babu Zabu has gathered five thousand people, and he is not a little courageous, so we have to give him a hard time before the general attack in the spring next year, Babu Zabu, his life is mine." ”

"Yes."

Zhu Yongquan is a military person, and he is really not suitable for construction, so after Wang Maoru saw it, he immediately changed the director of general affairs, He Rufei, to continue the construction of the military camp, and asked him to formulate a plan to attack the Hulunbuir autonomous rebel government. The reason why the Hulunbuir Autonomous Government dared to become independent was not only instigated by the Russians, but also supported by the Waimengkulun government, and backed by the 5,000 rebels in Babu Zabu. In the first year of the Republic of China, Shengfu, the governor of Hulunbuir Lute Banner, led the army into Hulun City, drove away the Qing army, and declared Hulunbuir autonomy, joined the Great Mongolia formed by the Kulun government of Outer Mongolia, and appointed himself as the deputy capital of Hulunbuir to manage the entire Hulunbuir. Due to the initial establishment of the government of the Republic of China, the confrontation between the north and the south, and the lack of time to take care of Hulunbuir's autonomy, this allowed Shengfu to drive the Han people, banner people and Qing army out of the Hulunbuir area step by step.

Wang Maoru took the initiative to lead the troops north to recover Hulunbuir, this kind of behavior actually made many old Beiyang puzzled, Hulunbuir is cold and frozen, except for the wild wolf is the endless grassland, no one likes to come here to garrison. Even the Mongol nobles such as Lian Shengfu naturally thought so, and after winning the support of the Kulen government and the Russians, they put their Nanshan swords and guns into the warehouse. After learning that the Republic of China government had sent troops north to force negotiations, Shengfu hurriedly assembled an army and appointed Babu Zabu as the commander of the Hulunbuir Mongol cavalry. On the way from Outer Mongolia to Hulunbuir, Babu Zabu took in many bandits, horse bandits and rebels from Mongolia, about 2,000 people, and with the support of Shengfu, he set up a large banner in Hulunbuir to collect troops and horses, and formed a cavalry division with a nominal claim of 5,000 men in a month's time.

Although Babu Zabu's subordinates were gathered in a hurry, and the weapons in their hands even had cold weapons such as nearly half a bow and arrow, Mongolian scimitars, etc., they also had their own advantages, they were all natural cavalry on the grassland, coming and going like the wind, especially in the vast Hulunbuir steppe, the Mongolian cavalry had a geographical advantage.

In order to deal with Babu Zabu's cavalry, Zhu Yongquan sought out the local Han Chinese in Gannan County who had been expelled from Hulunbuir by Shengfu, inquired about the terrain with them, and proposed to the headquarters to recruit these expelled Hulunbuir Han Chinese as guides as guides, and Wang Maoru readily agreed. After half a month of rest, the 17th Mixed Brigade was stationed in Ganjingzicheng, the county seat of Gannan County, at this time the population of Gannan County was only more than 20,000 people, and Ganjingzicheng was only more than 8,000 people, half of which were driven here by Shengfu two years ago.

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