Chapter 49 Continue to advance
"Report to the battalion commander, we release scout patrols from afar. There is no movement of the main force of the Mongolian rebels in the Suuersa area. Our main force can move forward quickly!"
The An Meng Army taught Hou Ming, the battalion commander of the cavalry regiment, to ride on the horse and adjust the reins in his hand. More than a dozen cavalrymen who had just returned from the front reported the reconnaissance results to him. The cavalry were carrying cavalry rifles and rolled up their sleeves, which seemed energetic on the horse. Everyone meant to lead the cavalry battalion forward quickly.
The An Meng Army embarked on the road of the Tushetu Khan League in Outer Mongolia and rushed straight to Kulun. This road is the shortest and fastest, with abundant water and grass along the way, and the supply is quite convenient. He Sui believed that with the strength of the An Meng Army, there was no need to make any detours at all, and it would be better to concentrate and attack Huanglong directly.
The teaching cavalry regiment took on a very heavy task during the march this time, and patrolled and protected the troops in the brigade, and detective scouts. The regiment was a rare cavalry regiment, with three battalions and twelve companies, each with four platoons and more than ninety people. The regiment headquarters also directly under the command of a cavalry company and a cavalry and artillery company. This regiment had more than a thousand people. The Jiangbei Army had transferred most of its cavalry to the An Meng Army.
When he was in Suiyuan, He Sui also purchased a large number of external troops and was assigned to the infantry regiment. Now the An Meng Army is probably the unit with the highest cavalry ratio in China. Cavalry is indeed very important to march on such a vast grassland.
Hearing the report of the soldiers under his command, Hou Ming struggled constantly in his mind. Suwuersai, such an important place, does not have the main garrison of the Mongolian rebels! As long as the troops can grasp this key point, the most convenient way to Kulun, the old Zhangkutai Station Road will be opened to the An Meng Army!
Although the commander gave them the order to keep in touch with Suuersa and cover the flanks of the army. Waiting for the arrival of the main infantry force of the Anmeng Army, the target in front of them was really tempting. The troops in the teaching system had never fought any major battles, and the goal of making achievements this time was right in front of him, asking him to give up? More than 380 agile men under his command were even more anxious than him. They had already spontaneously formed a company queue, waiting for him to give orders.
Hou Ming was a cavalry student who had just graduated from Baoding. As soon as he went south to join the Jiangbei Army, he rushed from the company commander, taught the expansion of the cavalry and was promoted to battalion commander. It was when he was young and ambitious. He touched the Qing army badge on his chest, and his face changed. In a blink of an eye, the cavalry platoon searching the east and west sides also returned, and the movements of the Mongolian rebels were still not found on both sides!
Hou Ming finally made up his mind: "The third company stayed on the east side, the fourth company stayed on the west side, and continued to search and monitor on both wings! I led the first and second company to do a power search to Suuersa, and we cut in contact! The communication platoon of the cavalry directly under the battalion headquarters was contacted by the main force of the army and reported our movements... Everyone was lightly equipped, with weapons, ammunition, food and water, and handed the luggage to the communication platoon, and everyone was ready to fight!"
Hearing their battalion commander's decisive order, the soldiers cheered: "Don't Fort Zhang Bao!" They all acted according to the mission. This slogan is the standard combat slogan for teaching the brigade troops. The cavalry are still wearing the armband of the Wuying Zhang Bao in white circles and black letters.
Hou Ming felt a little excited in his chest. The shame of the failure of the Zhangbao cavalry unit must be found on this Mongolian prairie!
More than 180 cavalrymen of two companies were trotting towards Suuersa, wearing the flags of the first battalion. They were bound to win this time.
Suuersa is a typical market town on the Mongolian grassland. It turns out that this is the only way to lead from Suiyuan to Kulun. There are many merchants who come and go to the west entrance. It takes only five or six days to go from here to Suiyuan. This town has about two or three hundred households. It is worse than a large village in the mainland. But here is already a big place. In order to prevent horse bandits, there is a wall that is almost ten feet high. Two earthen watchtowers are erected on both sides of the east and west, and the holes are densely opened.
The guards of more than 100 Hulunbezis from the Tushetu League. After Kulun announced his independence, all the men with guns from various tribes in Khalkha Mongol gathered together. In addition to the main force being handed over to Wutai, there were more than 2,000 Prince Handa in Kulun. In other places, there were such princes from various places, Taiji, who were spontaneously defending. There was no unified command or strategy. The news of the Anmeng Army going north also reached Kulun. However, since the main force of Wutai invaded Onan, he has been wandering in Ulan and Keknidun of the Chechen Khan League. He and Prince Handa and others had some conflicts about the establishment of the future Outer Mongolia government, but they were unwilling to return to Hyokulun, but they were not sure what they were going to with the princes of the Chasing League.
Prince Hangda and others of Kulun had no choice but to do anything about him. The so-called independent government of Outer Mongolia has no binding force on the forces of these alliance flags. There is almost no understanding of modern wars. Only by gathering the main force in Kulun City and leaving it to fate. Such an important place as Suuersa is guarded by Hulunbeizi and other troops.
Hulunbeizi was placed in the Guard of Suuersa, led by his confidant Taijino Yintai. In addition to going to nearby to fodder and fowls and sheep every day, he would go back to the merchants here all day long. Since the troubles in Outer Mongolia, the business route has been cut off, and the price of fur has doubled! Although Nuo Yintai considered himself a Mongolian hero, he would still make money that he should make. As for the Han people from the south...... Mongolian men had horses under their crotch and guns in their hands, who were they afraid of?
When he woke up from his nap and climbed to the top of the earthen tower to look around to see his territory, a Mongolian cavalry ran back from a distance, and the dust rolled up Lao Gao behind his horse. Nuoyintai saw it on it and asked at the top of it: "Bae, what makes you look like a rabbit caught in a gun? Running so fast?"
The Mongolian cavalry Ba'e was running and panting. He looked up and saw Noyintai who called him. He also said loudly: "Master Taiji, the Han soldiers are coming! There are about 200 people coming for our Suuersa! They are very strong!"
Nuoyintai was shocked and almost fell from the watchtower. The shouts of Ba'er also vibrated the entire small town. The chaotic Mongolian soldiers rushed out of the various houses. In fact, they praised them. The old, the young, the young, the guns in their hands were also very messy. Many people were stationed in this town, and they even brought their wives and children. However, when they heard that the Han troops in the south came over, they all went to lead the horse and get the guns.
Nuoyintai jumped on the watchtower: "There are two hundred enemies! What are you going to lead a horse? Put your guns up, and everyone who should go to the watchtower came up! You guys, one who eats meat and drinks, is so scared when they hear the Han people coming!"
The sound of cavalry rushing hooves sounded from the south like thunder. Nuoyintai looked there, and some Mongolian soldiers who had climbed up the wall also looked there. Under the clear sun, a fiery red flag first rose from the horizon, and then a young officer wearing a large-brimmed hat of the Han army holding the flag.
He rushed to the front, and the horse under his crotch stood tall and made a high neighing sound. Then the flag waved forward, and the team of horses rushed up from behind. The horse's knights leaned down, carrying a big rifle. Nearly two hundred war horses roared and rolled towards Suuersa. They actually had the momentum of thousands of troops!
Seeing this army, Nuoyintai knew that he could not defend this place. The Mongolian soldiers below were all frightened. I don’t know which idiot fired a gun when the enemy cavalry was still five or six hundred meters away from him. Then the sound of the gun lifting on the wall sounded. The whole town was covered with smoke from black gunpowder. But how far the range of these earth guns with lead bullets and iron sand can be. Even the horses can’t be scared at this distance.
Hou Ming immediately issued an order loudly: "There is no trench in this town. When it reaches 200 meters, the Second Company dismounts and uses firepower to cover the first company to attack the main gate of the town. The enemy is so weak, rushing in will be a victory!"
The cavalry team immediately divided into two rows, one stopped more than 200 meters in front of the town, and the well-trained war horses lay on the ground. The cavalry dismounted and hid behind the horses, and quickly fired at the walls and towers. The rate of firing of ten bullets in one minute made the Mongols holding bird guns and carrying guns fall down one after another. There were only two towers with a sound of quick guns fighting back.
Another team of cavalry turned their horses and rushed towards the main gate of the town with a wooden fence. This level of defense is not as good as a small village in the mainland! The soldiers who were leading the way took out the Minyuan grenades in their hands and threw them over. With a few huge explosions, several Mongolian soldiers who were originally fighting at the door were blown away. The horses hit the fence gate heavily and neighed a few times. The cavalry who were leading the way fell down a few times, but the thin wooden door was also knocked open. The team following behind rushed into Suuersa without any obstacles. The Mongolian soldiers guarding the wall quickly jumped on their horses and shouted to escape from the north.
Some Mongolian soldiers who were housed in the town insisted on resisting. These An Mongolian cavalry were too lazy to use guns to deal with them. They had a grenade in their left hand and a Western-style sabre in their right hand. They used grenades to bombard the places with a large population, and rushed over and waved their swords when there were few people. These Mongolian men did not expect to be killed by Han cavalry on their own land in Mongolia!
These Mongolian soldiers are no longer the devils who are rampant in the entire Eurasian world led by the Golden Family. There is thick smoke and crying sound in the town of Suuersa. The bodies of dozens of Mongolian soldiers are lying everywhere. Only two watchtowers are still resisting, and the gunshots are still ringing, but in this situation, under the cover of the lively cavalry of the An Meng Army, their resistance is just futile.
The book "An Meng Army's Northern Expedition" record of this small battle is simply recorded. On September 10, 1912, the An Meng Army taught a cavalry regiment. During the search for the power of Suuersa, he easily occupied the enemy because he found that the enemy's garrison was weak. Kulun opened the door to the An Meng Army, and the An Meng Army also realized through this battle that fighting against Outer Mongolia may be easier than imagined. In addition to the main force of the Utai tribe who has more combat experience and needs to pay close attention to their movements, there is no force in the entire Khalkha Mongolia that can be a blow to the An Meng Army.
At this time, Yuchen was on the deck of the warship. He watched the waves crashing into the bow of the ship and splashing a few snow-white waves. On the surface of the Yangtze River, with the ceasefire between the Hubei and Jiangxi armies, a peaceful and peaceful scene.
He turned around and a group of reporters sat on the chairs arranged on the deck. He looked at him with a straight look. These reporters came from Wuhan, chased from Shanghai, and of course there were people from several newspapers he controlled in Jiangsu. Even the Tianjin Ta Kung Pao had reporters coming over. How Yuchen went to Hubei to regulate the mess, which involved several forces. The whole country was very curious. Yuchen was very polite to these reporters, and with a big stroke, he asked them to follow the Wuhe ship to Hubei. The food and accommodation were all his guests.
Yuchen smiled and said, "What? It's rare to take time to meet everyone, the uncrowned kings. By the way, I just enjoy the river view. Why do we just look at me and don't talk?" His attitude was really kind and cheerful. He no longer had the gloomy look behind his back.
A reporter finally asked loudly: "General Yu, thank you very much for your hospitality to us. Judging from your relaxed expression, you should be confident about the situation in Hubei. Do you know how to resolve it?"
As soon as he asked this question, there was a buzzing sound. Everyone was concerned about this topic, but they were called out by reporters from the Shanghai Times first.
Yuchen smiled and said loudly: "I am so relaxed because I have confidence in the Hubei-Jiangxi armies, which are both Chinese! Everyone's starting point is to build a good country. I also admire the commander Chen Huan who went south to Beijing. I believe that everyone will put state affairs first and resolve and eliminate this misunderstanding. This is not a problem!"
Listening to Yuchen fighting with them in evading the important and light, the reporters all laughed kindly. Only the middle-aged reporter from Tianjin raised his hand and said loudly: "General Yu, I think you still don't understand it. What our reporters need is the truth, and what the people need to know is the truth. General Yu is willing to deal with us more, which naturally touched us. But in this situation in Hubei, how do General Yu plan to start? Moreover, General Yu sent troops to Hubei and Jiangxi to mediate by himself, and has not received a clear order from the central government. That is to say, did the general fight for territory for himself this time? The general has mastered the three provinces. What are the plans for the central government in the future?"
The reporter from the south would never ask him these questions in front of Yuchen. In their opinion, Yuchen is the representative of the south and their pride. As long as he follows the report on his great achievements, he will be successful. This Tianjin reporter spoke the accent of the north, but the problem was extremely sharp.
The reporters below all made a voice of discussion, and their eyes were focused on the Tianjin reporter. But he was very calm. Yuchen looked at him for a while and smiled faintly, "These are probably questions that need no explanation... I have already made it clear in the Yudian. As a soldier, I can't care about so many praises and criticisms. As a soldier, the sovereignty on the Yangtze River surface must be maintained to the end. Yu puts public opinion and national interests first... How did the situation in Hubei be started by the Mr. asked about this? This requires an open and honest discussion with the people of the Hubei and Jiangxi military personnel and General Chen Huan. Only when everyone sits together can we talk about the solution. What kind of virtue can Yu and how can he arrange the situation in Hubei?"
He paused for a moment, and his tone became extremely sincere: "As for Yu, who has mastered the three provinces, this is even more absurd. Yu is just a public servant who inspected the Yangtze River for the country. Jiangxi and Suzhou provinces have their own state-appointed governors. Yu is in these three provinces, but he is devoted to implementing local autonomy policies, so that we the people can manage themselves and build their own homes. Yu will still be based on military service in the future. As long as the official government is established after the national election, Yu is a glorious national defense soldier, his wish is enough! How the central government will arrange it at that time, Yu will act. Now it is only in the transition period that he will be reluctant to let the difficulties. In the future, Yu retreated from the position of the inspector. As long as everyone thinks that I have done something for the country during my term, I will have no regrets even if I die!"
He still said without hesitation. The Tianjin reporter opened his mouth for a long time, but still didn't know what to say. He could only take notes with his head down. However, the reporters present could believe that the Rain Pass could retreat by then, probably not one of them.
After a long time of dismay, I heard a young reporter ask: "General Yu, now you are probably the youngest person in this position, and you are single. The public is also very interested in your private life. I heard that General Yu can receive a lot of courtship letters every day. Can you reveal this a little?"
With a loud bang, everyone laughed. Even Tao Dingnan, who was beside Yuchen, turned around, and didn't want his boss to smile when he saw him. Yuchen was really embarrassed now. He didn't know what to answer. Suddenly, he thought of Li Yuan, who was still waiting for him in Xuzhou, and his heart softened slightly, but he still couldn't say it.
The reporters rarely see Yuchen awkward, and the sound of cheering became even louder. Many people know that Yuchen has a confidante around him. He is the daughter of Li Zhangyun, a famous banker in Shanghai. If he admits it in person, it will be a news that will attract many readers.
Yuchen finally smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You guys, why do you care about my personal affairs? How many major things have not been done? The national situation is like this, how can I have the heart to handle my personal affairs? When the national election is over and the country has begun to take shape, will I give you another explanation?"
Listening to him begging for mercy, the laughter on the deck became even louder. A trip to the river in Hubei seemed to be a very relaxed and freehand thing.
"Commander." As Yuchen walked into his cabin, some people sitting stood up to salute. Yuchen nodded with a stern look when chatting and laughing with the reporters. This time he went to Hubei because Wu Cai needed to keep his guard. His staff team only brought Sima Zhan as the chief of staff of the camp. He seemed reluctant to leave this position.
When Yuchen came in, he was alone sitting there, carrying a book and reading it carefully.
The Wuhe was originally an inspector ship of the Qing Dynasty Navy Minister. The official cabin was originally arranged in a luxurious manner. However, after Yuchen took over, all the decorations were cleared. In this official cabin, there was only one office desk, a camp bed, and several reception chairs. The four walls were full of maps. Especially the map outside Hubei and the mouth was hung in the most eye-catching place opposite the desk. He called Sima Zhan: "Chunru, what book are you reading?"
Sima Zhan said oh, threw the book down, Yuchen's eyes were sharp-eyed. He had already seen a quote from Zeng Hu Zuo Li's military administration. Sima Zhan said lazily: "I received a few official documents and information. I was urgent and I had already paid attention to the commander's opinions first. I waited for the plan to come back to deal with it...... The matter didn't seem to be much. I'll read the book and relax."
Yuchen nodded, sat down and started to do routine official documents. Except for Sima Zhan, the people in the cabin were waiting to get the back text. The rest of his day was really pitiful. Suddenly, he saw a summary of information transferred from the intelligence department, which had been taken apart. He looked at Sima Zhan with some anger and found that he was sitting in the corner holding the book and reading with relish. Finally, he endured it and took out the summary. As soon as he looked, his face changed suddenly.
"Reliable news came from Beijing. Yuan Shikai seemed to have the intention of breaking up. He also contacted the forces of the Tongmenghui. It is said that he would make concessions in the parliamentary and responsible cabinet systems to obtain cooperation. The target should be pointed at our army in Jiangbei, and the specific steps are to be investigated. The An Meng army is progressing smoothly, but the Beiyang 29th Division in the Northeast has moved towards Rehe. The 4th Division in Baoding and the newly formed 13th Division have moved west along the Jingsui Line. The specific how to target our An Meng army is still to be investigated. Please ask the commander to make a decision early. Urgent."
The next one is Wu Cai’s signature. Now Wu Cai is also the intelligence director of Jiangbei Army. With his calm style, he can actually write the word "urgent" in a hurry. Yuchen can’t sit still. In order to deal with him, Yuan Shikai can actually unite with the Tongmenghui? Regardless of whether it can be achieved or not, this is what he is most worried about! The southern governors and the Tongmenghui background have the most people. If they become hostile to themselves, not to mention the grand goal of integrating the southern forces, even their internal internal situation will be unstable immediately! This must be faced seriously!
As for the situation facing An Meng army, he had discussed several specific response steps with He Sui before setting off. Now that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, it depends on how He Sui himself dealt with it. He could not help much.
Chapter completed!