Forty miles west of Gongchen City, on the banks of the Ergos River. An encounter between Russian cavalry and Chinese infantry is underway.

There were not many people on either side. The Russian army had two or three hundred cavalry, while the Chinese army was a fully equipped squadron.

Wild Russian cavalry emerged from the ridges to the left and right, shouted 'Ula', and swept away at the Chinese infantry on the path.

The latter immediately relied on three wagons in the queue to organize a defensive position. Two heavy machine guns and two 60 mortars sprayed fury frantically at the roaring Russian cavalry.

Gunshots rang out, grenades exploded. The screams of men and the wails of horses echoed in the sky with the sound of gunfire......

This is not the only battle, there have been many such battles before, and there will be many after that.

The Qin army learned to change in blood and tears, and the troops traveled with horse-drawn wagons, on which heavy machine guns and mortars were placed, and boxes of ammunition were placed.

The Russian cavalry, which had absolute superiority in numbers, was extremely rampant, and they relied on their great mobility to gallop back and forth in the vast open space between the Chinese front line and the rear. If it weren't for the fact that a large number of herdsmen had already been relocated to the area east of Ningyuan City, I don't know how many more people would have been killed and robbed.

Just as Wang Guosheng had predicted before the battle, the Russian army used this method to block the transportation and supply of the front line. If it weren't for the large amount of ammunition and food that the troops on the defensive line had stockpiled, the troops on the front line would have been in a panic now.

Wang Guosheng is in dire need of troops. Liu Xian gave Le Shan a month, and he directly sent someone to tell Le Shan that if he could be one day earlier, he would give Le Shan a quota for entering the Xinjiang Military Academy one day earlier.

But. The Russian army, which is also on one side of the war, is not comfortable at this time.

The Qin army's patrol troops and transport troops. The scout is far away, and the scout's su zhì is also very high. It was difficult for the Russian cavalry to get within five miles of the Chinese troops to lay in ambush. These are the lessons of the blood. The Xinjiang Military Region took the initiative to make changes. Especially now that the Chinese troops have horse-drawn carts carrying mortars and heavy machine guns, after encountering an ambush by the Russian army, Chinese soldiers often rely on horse-drawn carts to resist the enemy.

If the number of people is too small, it is often difficult for the Russian cavalry to break through the resistance of the Qin army, even if they rely on the strength of the crowd to kill the ambushed Qin army, they will also pay a heavy price.

The Qin army had generous treatment and death benefits. Or it is more cost-effective to say that the disabled are not killed in battle. The will to fight is strong, and it is difficult to capture prisoners. A 'victorious' ambush battle often outweighs the losses of the Russian cavalry.

Also, the current cavalry of the Russian army is mostly composed of Central Asian cavalry. Not a pure Cossack cavalry. After the migration of a large number of herdsmen in the Ili River valley in winter, these people no longer have the pleasure of slaughtering, killing and bullying, and have no substantial gains, and their enthusiasm for fighting has been greatly reduced. Now there are heavy casualties in every encounter, which makes the Central Asian cavalry even more unable to raise the fighting spirit.

The combat efficiency of the Russian cavalry units is greatly decreasing!

"We must take these defensive lines and positions of the Chinese before the combat efficiency of the cavalry drops to the danger line." Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolaevich roared loudly at the four army generals in front of him.

He must win the battle in winter! Otherwise, the humiliation that Skobelev suffered in St. Petersburg would have ended with Nikolai as it was. On the head of Grand Duke Nikolaevich. As an important figure of the Russian royal family, as a meritorious minister of the 10th Russo-Turkish War, as a veteran of the Russian army. Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolaevich did not allow such a thing to happen.

"Now I order, in five days, to launch a fierce assault on the line of the Kuitun River. The first line of the Baking Gol Mountain and the first line of the Chalin River [Toulek area, formerly known as the Bucharin River]. Closely monitored. "Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolayevich's eyes were sharply looking at the two major generals of the army, Nochersky and Kirilenko. The Watcher's task was left to the two of them. This is not Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolaevich discriminated against them. After such a long confrontation with the Chinese army, the Russians have long understood that monitoring the Chinese army is not easier than an offensive war.

"Lieutenant General Shirokov."

"The war is about to reach a critical juncture. The Cossacks should be more prominent in the battle, leading the cavalry of Central Asia. Complete the task of cutting off the connection between the Chinese's fronts, positions and rear. ”

"I'm sure you'll be able to do it!"

"Yes, Marshal. I was able to get the job done! The Cossacks were enthusiastic and firm in battle. Just like my loyalty to His Majesty and the Empire. ”

Nikolai, who felt that he could not go on like this. Grand Duke Nikolayevich kicked off another bloody battle. At this time, Wang Guosheng was still enthusiastically looking forward to the independent division coming from the rear.

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Turpan, at the foot of Borotu Mountain. A town with rough houses had been erected in the original barren grass and fertile wilderness, which looked not much different from any pioneer new town, but the circle of wooden fences on the periphery of this town, and the groups of Ding Zhuang cruising back and forth, showed the difference of this town.

This is the camp of the 10th Battalion of the 8th Construction Corps, where a total of 6,000 or 7,000 people live. The entire 10th Battalion had four or five thousand families, nearly 30,000 men, women and children.

Outside a house in town, a man in a green coat, a thick cotton hat, and long leather boots who looked like a soldier spoke in Han-Chinese to a woman leaning against the door, her head bowed.

"If there is any knot, I will bow my head to Lao Wang and say soft words, and I Li Quan can still help deliver it. It's not a good thing for a delicate big girl to be bored in this camp all the time. If you can really choose your family this time, whether it is your father or your brother, and risk your life to do it, this family will have a head start in the future. ”

Li Quan didn't say anything cruel, and he didn't let the thugs who stayed in the distance directly rob people. Just said a few words, turned around and left. He believed that the woman was wise and knew what to do. After all, she was also a lady of the fourth grade official, and she had a score in her heart.

"Team Wang took care of this mother-in-law in every way, but she still didn't eat oil and salt, which was too uninteresting. Just took the opportunity to kill her arrogance. Let him obediently send him to the bed of the Wang brigade. ”

"This little girl is just too proud. Now let her be proud? The future of the family rests on her. These days, in order to let their men be selected to join the army, there are more people who buy bodies and stick to their daughters......"

Li Quan did not object. What's there to be pitiful? Twenty years ago, people like myself didn't even have a glance. A life is not worth even a dog full of these people. Not to mention the killings and sins of the early Manchu Qing dynasty. Now it is repaying the debt, and the court did not take the banner people, all the men into the mine, and all the women were used as officials, prostitutes, camps, and prostitutes, which is great mercy and compassion.

This area at the foot of Borotu Mountain is known as a wind reservoir, and you don't see a few drops of rain a year. Even in the 8th Construction Corps, the 10th Battalion is the most guilty battalion leader.

The Han laborers are fine, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they still have silver. The flag man and the prisoner of war were different, the food and clothing were more than one level lower than that of the Han laborers, and the salary was only one-third of that of the Han people. Half of it was also issued, half of it was deducted, and it was retained for the end of the labor camp.

If it is half of the prison or labor camp, there will definitely be no shortage of escapes and troublemakers. However, the Eighth Construction Corps also has many Han people and few flag men, and the prisoners of war and the flag men are not all of the same mind.

The force of the corps will only be selected from the Han Chinese, and the 10th Battalion has a total of 30,000 small men and 2,000 long and short guns, all of which are controlled by the Han Chinese. Moreover, whether it was a prisoner of war or a banner man, they were all scared by the Qin army. Even if you run, where can you run? This is all over the world for the new dynasty. And as long as you escape, you will be severely punished if you are caught, and the number of years of labor reform will be doubled, and those who have hurt people during this period will be directly shot.

And if you can wait until the expiration date, you can regain your freedom. Those who are willing to stay in the local area after the expiration of the term will still have to reclaim the land, buy money, or work in a fixed mine. If you don't want to, you can also take your salary and go outside. For this future, the Han laborers did their best, and the prisoners of war also did their best, and the banner people did not dare to make trouble no matter how reluctant they were. Men build roads, plough fields, mine, and women do laundry and cook, busy all day long but in order.

Finally, Xinjiang is deserted for hundreds of miles, and there is nowhere to run.

The last trick is that the Corps selects a group of 'traitors' from among the prisoners of war and banner men, and uses them boldly after the expiration of the period. These people are particularly careful in suppressing their own flag men and prisoners of war, and it is difficult for flag men and prisoners of war who are willing to cause chaos to succeed.

For the banner man who has a long 'labor reform period', it is a cost-effective thing to join the army now and exchange a life for a new life for the whole family.

Within a few days, the commotion throughout the town had subsided.

About 500 prisoners of war and bannermen walked out of the playground outside the city step by step under the watchful eyes of several thousand, dragging a long procession to the west.

There was a whimpering sound in the crowd of people who saw them off, and how many flag men knelt on the ground with red eyes and kowtowed. This is most likely to be goodbye, goodbye......

Another three days.

More than 2,000 bannermen and families of prisoners of war marched out of the city in a long line.

"It's been almost two years since I came to Xinjiang, and I can finally leave this hellish place!"

Zhang Yuchun crossed his waist and sighed to this new city. He is Jing Lian's descendant, and when Liu Xian fought in Xinjiang, Zhang Yuchun was already the chief soldier. At that time, he would never have imagined that he would become Liu Xian's prisoner ten years later. Then he was sent to Xinjiang, a place where he had been mixed for half his life, to eat sand!

In this recruitment, Zhang Yuchun is too old, he is fifty-five years old, and this person has been in Xinjiang for a long time, and his official reputation is quite good, so Le Shan crossed Zhang Yuchun off the 'promotion' list without thinking. It was Zhang Yuchun's son who joined the army!

"yes, finally left." Li Quan stood at the head of the city and looked at the team, and his eyes flashed with envy.

Once you join the construction corps, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out in this life. Who wants to live their whole life in a place where birds don't? (To be continued......)