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Chapter 596 Wuhan Frontier Defense County
The battle in Trubu took place on January 1st, when the people of Middle-earth were supposed to celebrate the New Year.

For grassland herdsmen, there has always been a traditional New Year, also known as the Thanksgiving Festival. It is the eve of the rainy season every year. Express your gratitude with gifts.

On January 956, 1, the herdsmen of Trubu decided to place Thanksgiving on this day.

In front of Mayor Wang's felt bag, there were herds of cattle and sheep, all of which were dedicated to His Royal Highness by the herdsmen.

The mayor of the town, Wang, reported the report layer by layer, and finally the prince replied through the wireless broadcast, broadcasting to all the herdsmen with a loudspeaker. The general meaning is that the cattle and sheep will not be collected, and you live well. When the days are getting better and better in the future, welcome to Montenegro Play, I will be very pleased to bring me some souvenirs when the time comes.

His Royal Highness had a magnetic and deep voice, full of kindness, which made the herdsmen feel like they were bathed in the holy voice. Many herdsmen wept with joy, thinking that the heavens and the earth are so big that they are not as great as the prince's kindness.

Just when the herdsmen listened to the prince's words and brought the cattle and sheep home, the sentry gunshots in the distance warned, and the battle in the Tru valley started.

There was almost no suspense. Ma Quanyou's prairie cavalry brigade still had five reorganized battalions, more than [-] people, all out.

I thought that people in Zhongzhou would generally be happy during the New Year, so they would inevitably relax and lack the will to fight.

He even slaughtered all the Truths who had forgotten their ancestors, and used their blood to atone for their sins.

But unexpectedly, the cavalry brigade got into the encirclement, and ambushes were everywhere in the Tru Valley.

What the brigade commander Ma Biao didn't even expect was that his adjutant Ma Shengyi shot him in the head.

As a result, this raid turned into a one-sided massacre.

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On January 1, Prince Montenegro arrived at the Wuhan Lao Army.

This is already the extreme northwest, further west is the White Sea, where Ma Quanyou's remnants and Chen Xingchang's remnants have retreated into that area.

Wuhan is already a land of desert, hilly and mountainous areas inhabited by border residents, and the Baihai to the west is even more barren land, with swamps and grasslands on the edge, making it difficult for large troops to move, let alone mechanized troops.After passing the swamps and grasslands that devour people, there is the huge inland sea-the White Sea, and further west, there is suddenly a plateau area that is thousands of meters high, with towering mountains and boundless deserts.

The strange terrain has never been seen in Lu Ming's previous life, and it is also unique in this world.

Those stationed in Wuhan are mainly the Heishanbao Mountain Division and the First Air Regiment.

The Air Crew B Regiment, also known as the Black Sparrow Troop, has been fighting continuously, with outstanding achievements, and has returned to Montenegro to recuperate.

When Prince Heishanbao arrived at the Wuhan Lao army, the tribes of the Yellow Plains in the western prairie in the Sanyuan area changed their flags and surrendered. As a result, the western prairie was peacefully restored, and the Sanyuan prairie was formally incorporated into the territory of the Principality.

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"Company Commander Wang" is currently the head of the Special Work Department of Wu Han of the Montenegrin General Administration of Secrecy.

In the Wuhan area, if we had to divide the ethnic groups, the border residents could have more than a dozen ethnic groups, mainly yellow-skinned farmers, black-skinned mountain people, white-skinned herdsmen, desert people, and so on.

But none of them are Central Continents or Westerners.

There are many local languages, and the Central Continent language is not as civilized as the prairie.

The land here is sparsely populated, and Wuhan was designated as a special frontier county directly under the principality, and the county magistrate was directly appointed by the cabinet.

But this county is surprisingly large, covering 10,000+ square kilometers, which is comparable to many autonomous prefectures and provinces in the south.

Wuhan County has been an important border trade center since ancient times, and there are trade routes from northern Xinjiang and Hercynian from the east and north, converging here.

When Chen Xingchang ruled here in name, he marked Wuhan Dao, and only appointed a Wuhan Dao Yin. The defeat in the northern border battlefield was like a mountain, and there was no time to take care of it here.

Later, Chen Xingchang's and Ma Quanyou's troops withdrew into the White Sea from this point, passing by in a hurry.

Even some luggage was slow to move, and the guards were insufficient, so they were robbed by border residents.

The sturdy folk customs here can be seen.

Since ancient times, this place has been far away from the sky and the emperor, and the Chen family really has the final say in Wuhan City.

They are the descendants of the officials sent here during the Central Continent Dynasty, and they gradually spread out. However, it is hard to say that they are from Central Continent. On the contrary, from the living customs and so on, they have all been integrated into the border people, even the language is very different. Use the local vernacular.

In Lu Ming's previous life, there were many such situations. During the feudal dynasty, before the south was developed, many barbarian leader families were former Central Plains people who entered the barbarian area for various reasons, integrated into the barbarian tribe, and relied on the knowledge brought by the Central Plains. , led the family to gradually become stronger, but he himself became a member of the barbarian, lived a barbarian life, and spoke the barbarian language.

Before Qi Huaide became the governor of Northern Xinjiang, almost all Wuhan Daoyin were surnamed Chen.

After Qi Huaide came to power, he appointed several low-ranking officials and Dao Yin to come to Wuhan to take up the post, but the results of doing things were not very good. Those who only wanted to make money got along well with the three major families of the Chen family and could reap many benefits.

Especially in today's era, a large number of low-cost industrially produced daily necessities are transported here, and then sold to the frontier tribes in exchange for local specialties or unique gold sand, which is extremely profitable.

Wuhan City has its abnormal prosperity.

The new county magistrate was selected as a child of the Chen surname, but he was very young, just in his early thirties, and had studied at university in the provincial capital of northern Xinjiang.

But its own branches, other than the three most powerful families of the Chen family, have been merchants for generations. In the generation of the county magistrate Chen Shunming, his father is considered a good family guard, and he opened a business in Wuhan City. Money, send his son to a big city to study.

After graduating from university, Chen Shunming went to Shengjing to develop, developed well, and was admitted to the Montenegro Concession Administration Bureau.

Now, he was appointed as the magistrate of Wuhan County.

However, Chen Shunming knew very well that in fact, the affairs of the county were still under the leadership of Minister Wang for the time being, and all work was premised on the preparations for marching into the White Sea and finally defeating Chen Xingchang and Ma Quanyou's remnants.

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The office of the Wuhan Special Work Department of the General Administration of Secrecy is a typical building of the local wealthy family - an octagonal enclosure, which incorporates a Zhongzhou style building, similar to the Hakka architectural style of the previous life.

It is a square castle-like building, with various houses and small buildings inside, surrounded by two-story buildings on all sides, with a watchtower on each side, commonly known as a quadrangular building, and on the outer wall, there is another tower several meters high at each of the four corners. The watchtowers form an octagonal defensive structure.

In the octagonal enclosure of the special work department, there are hundreds of people working in various departments plus armed personnel.

This place is called "No. [-] Wuhan Street" in various correspondences between the Principality.

At this time, in the south office building of "No. [-] Wuhan Street", in the office on the second floor, Lu Ming had a strange feeling in his heart as he looked out from the window at this town whose architectural style was very different from that of the mainland, and the border residents in all kinds of strange clothes. Really to the ends of the earth.

Looking back at the letter on the table, it is mainly an analysis of the ethnic groups here, and an investigation of the three major families of the Chen family.

In addition, there are sporadic information in the White Sea.

The remnants of Ma Quanyou and Chen Xingchang who fled to the extreme northwest of Baihai have 3 to 3 people, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of barren land, and the frontier residents may only have more than [-] people, and their lives are difficult. Not only is it impossible to support two or three Thousands of soldiers and a small number of family members, these [-] people settled down and are self-reliant. In fact, they are also competing with the border residents for limited living resources.

However, no accurate information has been released yet.

In fact, the life of the barren land in the northwest of the White Sea has always been a mystery. The population, etc., and the living conditions of the tribes are all estimated.

There are also legends that there are still descendants of barbarians, but they have degenerated. Although they are tall, they are no longer giants like their ancestors, but generally around [-] meters, and they are no longer afraid of warmth like their ancestors.

But the specific situation still has to wait for the information.

There is a staff officer beside Chen Xingchang who has already been bribed by the Military Intelligence Division, but he lost contact recently and has not yet sent a telegram.

The Military Information Division has transferred his relationship to the Wuhan Special Work Department, and has been waiting for his secret message for a few days.

The bandits in Baihai must be calmed down as soon as possible. Only in this way can the northern region be truly stabilized.

For this, the price paid was the price of antagonism with the eldest prince, but in the long run, this price is worth it.

(End of this chapter)