"The Qing soldiers have already moved, and the first to come out is the patrol battalion, which is estimated to have been forced out by the Japanese. The third town of Changtu was silent. The three battalion commanders and political commissar Wang Shuxun arrived at Qi, Wen Yongyu briefly introduced the enemy situation, "This time it is the Fengjun front road patrol battalion, the commander is Zhang Zuolin, the strength is about eight to ten patrol battalions, more than 4,000 people, currently marching to Xinmintun, according to the speed of the march in the snow, the infantry can get here in about five days, and the cavalry is uncertain, two days for the fastest, three or four days for the slow." The meaning of the General Staff is to withdraw westward to the area around the Bahrain flag and take root. ”

"Captain, the patrol battalion is easy to fight, they came to find fault on such a snowy day, and it is impossible to deal with it twice." As soon as he heard that the patrol battalion was to be withdrawn, and then he heard that he was going to withdraw to the Bahrain flag, he was very unhappy to occupy the Central Plains.

"These patrol battalions used to be horse bandits, and they were not easy to fight." Wen Yongyu said. Although they have not fought each other, the intelligence of the military intelligence is still relatively thorough, "and they came in such a hurry, not like they used to passively avoid war." ”

"Let's take refuge to the Kulun Banner first, and see if this Qing army is looking for the bandits or us. If you look for us, it's never too late. "It's snowing heavily, it's really not a good time to fight, Wang Xiaozhen likes a weather that is more suitable for field warfare, and then fights hard and kills a few patrol battalions like last time.

"There's no news from the left patrol battalion in Jinzhou?" Yu Peiming, the commander of the third battalion, asked, he has always been very silent, usually the first two battalion commanders finished speaking, but the questions were asked at the key point. Feng Linge on the left also had six or seven battalions, which were stationed in the Chaoyang area of Jinzhou. If he also comes, it will smell like a volley from front to back.

"There are fast horses out of the city on the Shengjing side, but I can't tell that they went to the capital to secretly report that the Japanese were killed. It is still necessary for Feng Linge to send troops. If he also came to join in the fun, then Kulunqi wouldn't be able to stay for long. "Feng Linge is the leader of the bandits in Liaoxi, and now he has recruited An, which can be regarded as whitewashing. Most of his soldiers were bearded and more difficult to deal with than ordinary people.

"Then retreat to the Naiman Banner. At that time, even if Feng Linge comes from Chaoyang, he will not be able to cut off our back road. Seeing that everyone was pondering, Wen Yongyu decided on a place to retreat. He actually wanted to get out of the way and let Zhang Zuolin go to trouble the Mongols.

The march in the snow was difficult, but the guerrillas were always mobile. There are enough mules and horses, and there is this item in daily training, so it is bearable, but Zhang Zuolin's department, which is rushing to Zhangwu, is not so comfortable. Although Xinmintun is his old nest. Grain and grass can be replenished there, but the section from Sujiatun to Xinmintun is still extremely difficult, especially when the wind and snow suddenly become bigger halfway through, only freezing the soldiers to death. Finally arrived at Xinmintun, and when he entered the camp at night, Zhang Jinghui came to report, "Yuting, some brothers can't stand this suffering." I ran away at night. ”

"Spicy. Which battalion? Whose people? Zhang Zuolin was also choking on the cold, drinking wine and wanting to rest for a night. Tomorrow he will continue to hurry, but he doesn't want to have a deserter for a day, which really makes him angry.

"It's the two battalions that were transferred from the middle lane, and it's estimated that they're comfortable in the city, and they can't stand it when they freeze in the snow." Zhang Jinghui picked up the two pots on the table and took a sip as he spoke, and said: "The two pots are still delicious enough, and I don't know how to make them." It's cold, so brothers have to bring some more. ”

"This is all done by the old Zhang family, there is a shop in Xinmintun, and the big guy can take care of it." The old Zhang family that Zhang Zuolin said was actually Zhang Rong's family, since the Russo-Japanese War, his family was a coal mine and a pot, and he made a lot of money. However, although Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Rong are colleagues, they are not good friends, and he can see that this Zhang Rong and himself are not the same kind of people, and they rarely worship others.

"Wine is a small thing. What kind of charter does this bandit have? You have to take care of this rain pavilion. Zhangwu passed, and the revival army heard that it was there, and Baiyin Dalai was said to be there. "Zhang Jinghui is not in a hurry about deserters, what he is anxious about is that Zhangwu is a bandit nest, although he has more than 4,000 people, but the labor expedition will still suffer a loss.

Zhang Jinghui's worry was not a big deal on Zhang Zuolin's side, he picked up the bottle at the head of the second pot and took a sip, only drank all the wine in it, and then burped: "What is there to worry about, this time the troops are not going to fight them, when they get to the place, just send someone over to make it clear." This time, it was the bandits who annoyed the Japanese, and it was Tauk Taohu who wanted to suppress him, and he had nothing to do with the others. On such a cold day, beating around and drinking the northwest wind? ”

"But what if they think we're encircling them?" is different from Zhang Zuolin's big grinning thoughts, Zhang Jinghui is a fine person, but fine people also have the characteristics of fine people, that is, they often see big with small, and small is big.

"There are a lot of us, as long as the meaning is clear, then they will understand." Zhang Zuolin didn't seem to care about the Fuxing Army and Baiyin Dalai, and as he spoke, he took out a bottle of Erguotou and drank wildly.

"If only that were the case." Zhang Jinghui believed in Zhang Zuolin in all matters, but he thought of another thing, "Yuting, what do you mean when you say that An Shuai transferred two patrol battalions to us?" If these eight lambs tell us about our fornication with the revival army......"

"He dares!" The second pot head bottle slammed on the table with a 'snap', Zhang Zuolin wiped the wine stains on his mouth with his sleeve, and said fiercely: "If these two kings and eight lambs don't know each other, let people do them, and it will save trouble." ”

Zhang Zuolin is very clear about the goal of this time to suppress bandits, and sending troops so quickly is nothing more than to give the Japanese a step down, and also give the imperial court an excuse to deal with the Japanese. As long as he leads the people and the Revival Society to fight hard with Bai Yinda, he will never do it.

He didn't want to work hard with others, and others didn't work hard with him, and when he arrived in Zhangwu, he had heard that the revival army was going west, and he had no worries at this time, and went straight to the north to Tongliao, Taoke Taohu was near Erlong Suokou (now Tongliao), and heard that the Qing soldiers were attacking and suppressing, and they were busy retreating to Liquan County (now Tuquan County) and Baiyin Dalai joined forces, and they fought a big battle with the Qing army in Delong Pot. With the guns he bought from the Revival Society, Tauktaohu killed and wounded a large number of Qing soldiers and retreated.

Originally, according to history, Tauk Taohu and Baiyin Dalai should have run all the way to Mount Sauron in the north, but when the direction of the march was determined. Under the persuasion of Deliger, Tao Ke Taohu actually wanted to go west and south to find the Fuxing Army, Bai Yin Da was furious when he saw this, "The eagles on the grassland do not need the protection of houses, and the descendants of Temujin should not defect to the Han people." So saying, he went north.

"Father......" Deliger watched Bai Yin Dalai lead people to the north, and felt ashamed of his own mentions.

"Nope. Let him go. Tauktahu looked at the loaded wagons, all of which had been captured by Bai Yin Da Lai in the city. At the beginning of the meeting, Tauk Tau Hu felt that Bai Yin Da was extremely displeased, thinking that he had brought him a disaster. If it weren't for the 200 guns sold by the Fuxing Society, I'm afraid that when Delong was burning the pot, he wouldn't have been able to escape.

Looking at Bai Yin Da Lai, who was gradually moving away, Tao Ke Taohu's eyes were deep. After a while, he said firmly: "Let's go south." ”

"To the south?" Deliger was surprised. Yashi, a subordinate next to him, was also surprised: "Mongolian men shouldn't go to the Han people." ”

"Hmph. Without the guns of the Han people, we can beat the Qing soldiers, and without the bullets of the Han people, we can escape here. "I've heard people say before that the Renaissance Army said that the Manchus are slaves of the foreigners, and we are the slaves of the Manchus, whether they are Mongols or Han Chinese, we must unite to fight the Manchus; Deliger also said. The Wen leader of the Fuxing Army did not approve of the reclamation of Mongolian land, and the Han people had Han land. The Mongols had the pastures of the Mongols. Why did we rebel? It was the Manchus who colluded with the princes to sell the grassland to the Han Chinese. Since the Baath Army does not want our steppe, then we and them can become brothers, but never enemies. Bai Yinda dislikes us for bringing disaster to him, and he is not happy that we follow him, but the revival army is originally a thief, and if we don't provoke the Qing soldiers, the Qing soldiers will also look for them. If we go and they don't welcome us, then we'll go further west to Bahrain. ”

If Yang Rui listened to the effect of the revival society's propaganda so well, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. However, everyone bowed their heads when Tauk Tau Hu said this, but after a while, Deliger said, "Then how can we find them?" ”

"If you go south, you can find it, and if you can't find it, go west." Tauktau said calmly. With that, he turned his horse's head and led the way west, and as soon as he walked away, the people behind him also hurriedly followed.

The chief of Wen in Tauktaohu's mouth did not know that his earlier half-truths and half-truths had taken such a big effect, and only attracted the Mongols to his side, and if he knew it, he would have broken out in a cold sweat. In fact, the people in western Liaoning are complicated, there are Manchus, Han Chinese, Mongolians, and Hui people, and the propaganda of the Fuxing Society is only aimed at the corruption and loss of power and humiliation of the Manchu elites, rather than completely targeting the Manchus like in Guannai. However, this is only propaganda, in order to have a good reputation among the people and facilitate the movement of troops in various places, and the clear national policy of the Revival Association has not yet come out.

"It's better for the other races to assimilate." In Yang Rui's apartment in the French Concession in Shanghai, Zhang Taiyan, the great political officer, fanned his fan and said: "The so-called consumption of its strength, teaching its young, changing its customs, absurdizing its books, changing its words, and annihilating its history, in this way, after a hundred years, there will only be Han people, no Manchus, Mongolians, and Hui people." It's just that religion is not easy to do, the Hui people have Islam, the Manchus have shamans, the Tibetans and Mongolians all have Buddhism, and with them, it is still very difficult to assimilate them all. ”

Zhang Taiyan said that Yang Rui was in a cold sweat, thinking about those who learned English, spent Christmas, and wore Western clothes in later generations, isn't this the assimilation strategy of foreigners, but it is not complete, after all, the progress of science and technology will still make essential changes in life. As soon as he was distracted like this, Zhang Taiyan didn't hear the last few words, so he had to say blindly: "Uncle Mei, what do the Han people teach?" ”

"Han Chinese are not religious." Zhang Taiyan said firmly. "During the Shang Dynasty, they still believed in ghosts and gods, but after the Zhou Dynasty, they only believed in the ritual system, because the Han people did not believe in religion from then on, but only believed in their ancestors. But this belief in the ancestors is just for show. If you respect your ancestors, your descendants will respect yourself, so since ancient times, filial piety has come first. ”

Zhang Taiyan was obsessed with the matter of the turn of Shang and Zhou, but Yang Rui was no longer as interested in it as before. "Cangqiao really knows etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace", not "Cangqiao really knows etiquette, and you know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing". 'And' and 'then' express different meanings, and 'while' is a juxtaposition. 'Then' is a progressive relationship. The original sentence uses 'then', which comes from Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period, and 'and' was changed by Sima Qian of Han Confucianism according to the meaning of Confucianism.

'Then' and 'while' are a bit chewy. But Yang Rui denied it, or it delayed the cultural revolution of the Renaissance Association, because only when the people have food, drink, food and clothing, can they understand etiquette and humiliation, which is the same as Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory in later generations, normal people can only meet the higher-level requirements after meeting the most basic requirements, and rarely ignore eating and drinking just to realize self-worth. Of course. It's not that there aren't any, but there are very few. The current 'madness' of the Revival Society is to encourage its members to transcend the present for the sake of their ideals and ultimately realize their own values. Arguably. 'Madness' is not only for the success of the revolution, but also for the rapid accumulation of wealth after the founding of the country, and only by being rich can we rebuild the glory of the past.

Yang Rui thought about this. Zhang Taiyan said something else. When Yang Rui listened again, he happened to talk about the national characterization, "...... In the future, as long as it is a Han thing, it will be replaced by a country, such as Sinology, it will be called Guoxue, and Hanfu will be called Guofu. The Chinese language is called Chinese......, so people of other ethnic groups have to learn it. Had to wear it, I have to say. Otherwise, if you come to a Chinese language, they will come to a Tibetan school, you will come to a Hanfu, he will come to a Mengfu, you will come to a Chinese, and he will come a Huiyu, so there will be no superiority. If such a national character is added, it means that there is a distinction between superior and inferior. Mongolians can learn Mongolian, but as Chinese, they must learn Chinese. ”

Zhang Taiyan said this, but Yang Rui remembered that he had made the national quintessence journal before, and it turned out that this was what it meant not to call Hancui to be called the quintessence of the country, so he smiled: "Okay! In the future, the strategy of assimilation is still to write a lot of paintings by Uncle Mei, especially on the Mongolian side. ”

"Mongolia shouldn't be looking for me, but looking for Xiao Xu, not that he ......" Zhang Taiyan stopped when he said this.

Yang Rui also thought deeply when he heard this, this is actually saying that Wang Xiaoxu is Mongolian, it seems to mean that when his grandfather or great-grandfather went to Mongolia to take up his post, his grandmother was in labor, so he had to find a Mongolian doctor to deliver the baby. Who expected that night a herdsman's wife was also going to give birth, so two strange women lay in a yurt and gave birth to a child, both were mother and son peace, both were boys, seeing the mother and child safe his grandfather and grandmother were asleep, but when he woke up, he found that his child was taken away by the Mongolian herdsman, at this time the sky was already bright, the grassland was full of herdsmen, and at night did not pay attention to the appearance of the Mongolian herdsman, and finally could only take the herdsman's child as his own child.

Wang Xiaoxu may be a Mongolian Wang Xiaoxu said it himself, but he is not sure, because it is only his mother who has such a statement, and his father has not explained. However, Zhang Taiyan completely believes that this is true, because the appearance is very similar. Yang Rui also believes it, because the personalities are very similar. However, this matter is always the privacy of others, and it is difficult for the two to continue to talk, but they discussed some strategies for ethnic assimilation, and then the policy was determined and then sent to the General Staff.

Because Zhang Zuolin went north directly from Zhangwu, Wen Yongyu has been waiting for Xiang Xiang's cavalry regiment in Naiman Banner, but the cavalry regiment did not come, but the Mongols came. Tao Ke Taohu rebelled for the grassland, the grassland is everyone's rice bowl, and at the same time, his troops are extremely strict, so the people everywhere they go are welcome, and it is very simple to inquire about a Han army in the grassland, so Tao Ke Taohu came like this.

"Are you here to buy a gun again?" Wen Yongyu listened to the news that Tao Ketao Hu asked to see, and said this in a daze.

Wang Shuxun, the political commissar next to him, said: "I'm afraid that the Qing soldiers have been brought in." We're going to have to withdraw again. Now all the grasslands know that the Qing soldiers are chasing Taoke Taohu, saying that they will give gold according to their flesh and silver according to their bones. He had nowhere to hide, so he came here. Lao Wen, your popularity is really good. ”

Seeing that the political commissar quipped, Wen Yongyu didn't answer, but said: "Then I have to avoid it first, you came forward to send these people away." As soon as he finished speaking, the guards outside reported to the skipping class Tao Hu and asked to see him.

Wang Shuxun saw that he had no objection, if the Mongols really came to take refuge, it was better to send it away, now not only Zhang Zuolin is chasing and suppressing Taoke Taohu, but Feng Linge, the commander of the left road, and Wu Junsheng, the commander of the back road, are already sending troops to strangle, only the third town has not moved, probably thinking that the suppression of bandits is a matter of the patrol team, and the regular army only deals with the revival army.

"Tao Ke Tao Hu asks to see Chief Wen." A Mongol man in his forties, surrounded by a group of cavalry, dismounted from a distance. Seeing Wang Shuxun coming out of the Chinese army's tent, he stroked his chest and bowed.

"Chief Wen is not here for a while. Excuse me... What's the matter? Wang Shuxun smiled all over his face, looking at the Mongolian in front of him who was worth the same price as gold and silver, and smiled.

"Chief Wen said that the Han people have the land of the Han people, and the Mongolians have the steppe of the Mongolians. It is also said that the Manchus are the slaves of foreigners, and we are all slaves of the Manchus. Tauktau Hu came to take refuge and rebelled with the Wen chieftain. Maybe I feel that only by telling the truth can I gain trust, or maybe the Qing soldiers are chasing too closely, Tao Ketao Hu said it very bluntly.

The new policy that came from Shanghai only arrived a few days ago, and it was considered to have opened up the mouth of accepting the Mongols on a large scale, but four or five hundred people came to defect together. It was still unexpected by Wang Shuxun, and he heard it for a long time before he said: "Please also ask Brother Tao to rest first, I'll discuss it before making a decision?" ”

He was followed by a long string of tails. If Wang Shuxun agreed as soon as he heard that he had joined the gang, then Tao Ke Taohu would be at ease, for fear that these Han people would buy him, and at this time he heard that Wang Shuxun said that he wanted to discuss. Then he said yes. Under the arrangement of Adjutant Wen Yongyu, he went to rest. As soon as Tao Ke Taohu left, Wen Yongyu came out and sighed: "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" ”

"If you lose your horse, you don't know what a blessing or a curse. Let's send a telegram to the above, we can't decide. Wang Shuxun shook his head and said, he had long guessed that the bandits who were dispersed one day would definitely come to defect, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

The telegram of the Liaoning West guerrillas was sent to the General Staff, which discussed the results and then sent them to Shanghai. The meaning of the General Staff is not to accept it, after all, now the Tauktau Hu Department is the target of public criticism. Accepting it did not do the guerrillas themselves any good, but attracted a large number of Qing troops to encircle and suppress them. However, when the telegram arrived in Shanghai, Yang Rui's opinion was different, the news from Beijing was that after the snow melted, the third town and the patrol battalion were going to enter and suppress the western Liaoning guerrillas on a large scale, so it was not bad to be surrounded and suppressed by the Qing army earlier, at least now it is only a patrol battalion, not a patrol battalion co-located with the third town. Besides, whether Mongolia was deceived by Russia in the future, whether it was independent or not, it was always good to have some Mongolian leading party in hand, and the telegram back meant the opposite of the General Staff.

After the staff received the telegram, because Yang Rui did not list the reasons in the telegram, they thought that Yang Rui's judgment was wrong, and Pei Shoutong and Xu Jingxi jointly called back to oppose it. Seeing this opposition, Yang Rui couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to elaborate on the news from Beijing before pressing down the resolution.

Although the telegram was fast, it took a lot of time to go back and forth, only when it was dark, Wen Yongyu received a telegram from the General Staff, since the tone was set, then Wen Yongyu could come forward, so he took people out from the back of the barracks, rode around and turned back to the main gate, pretending to be out of the way. As soon as he entered the camp, Tao Ke Tao Hu came to ask for a meeting again, this time he did not hide it, and directly let Tao Ke Tao Hu and a few people into the big tent.

After the ceremony, Tao Ke Taohu sent a tray of gold and silver to Rang Deliger, but Wen Yongyu sent someone to stop him and said, "Is Tao Ke Taohu bringing friendship, or gold and silver?" ”

Tao Ke Tao Hu was stunned when he heard this, he had not seen Han people who didn't want gold, so he said: "Tao Ke Tao Hu brought naturally friendship, these gold and silver are just the property of the Manchu people and the Mongol princes, I just want to thank you for the kindness of buying a gun last time." ”

Seeing that the Mongols only wanted to buy a road with gold and silver, Wen Yongyu feigned anger and said: "Those who bring gold and silver are merchants, and those who bring friendship are brothers." If Tauktahu still wants to hold gold and silver, then please go back. "Then I'm going to send off the guests.

Seeing that the Han people are not greedy for immediate profits, but also to send off guests, this made Tao Ke Taohu a little panicked, he said that he was talking about rebellion, but in his heart he still had the calculation of avoiding trouble, so he quickly took out the gold and silver from Deliger, and then said: "Chief Wen said that the Han people have the land of the Han people, and the Mongolians have the grasslands of the Mongolians. I also want to work with Chief Wen to overthrow the court of this foreign slave. ”

After Tao Ketaohu finished speaking, he looked up at Wen Yongyu, hoping that he would agree to his request, and Wen Yongyu also looked at him, just wanting to see this Mongolian Jin Liang. The two looked at each other for a long time, and only after Tao Ketaohu avoided his gaze did he say: "Those who are brothers will always be brothers, and those who are passers-by are ultimately passers-by." Brother Tauk, your men are still stationed behind us. If the Qing soldiers come, then let them have no return. ”

Wen Yongyu's words were heard very clearly by Tao Hu, and after hearing the words, he bowed down. As soon as he left, the battalion commanders standing on both sides of Wen Yongyu were puzzled.

"Why don't you let him in?" Wang Xiaozhen asked. "He's obviously taken refuge this time."

"Didn't you come to take refuge when you joined the meeting?" The Central Plains is very familiar with the psychology of horse bandits, and strange gangs are always wary of each other when they meet, and only after drinking and killing people together can they be regarded as friends. However, this kind of friendship also depends on people, some people are selfish in their bones, and it is difficult to come together; There are also some people who are just wary of strangers, and after they are familiar, they are exchanging lives for lives, which is righteousness. If you can't do this, or you can't do it, then you shouldn't come out. And this Tao Ke Tao Hu will soon be able to have so many people to follow, it must be the one who puts righteousness first. Captain Wen doesn't want gold and silver, unlike the businessman, it is only beneficial to the future alliance, even if Tao Ketaohu leaves after this battle, the reputation spreads, and the revival army can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in Mongolia, this is not a loss, this is the logic of the rivers and lakes. (To be continued......)