The Republic of Heroes

The night was as dark as ink, and the gate of a barracks in the west of Binjiang City was slowly opened. The well-equipped soldiers lined up in two columns, drove out quickly, and went straight to a small station ten miles west of the city.The special train that had already been prepared was ready to go, and the steam hissed out from the pressure relief valve. Soldiers with loaded guns and live ammunition were all around the small station, and the patrol team even swept through it in a few minutes until the special train sounded its whistle. Slowly accelerating out of the platform and heading straight to the west, the sky was already hazy and bright.

Wu Xiaoliang was in one of the carriages of this special train. He was exhausted from the whole night's action, but he still couldn't sleep peacefully. The telegram exacerbated his worries about the situation in Outer Mongolia. Unusual military strength, these people are obviously not the Mongolian army, they have a more western face, the spy agent once witnessed these people strangling the captured Beiyang soldiers in gray uniforms.

This telegram revealed two important pieces of information. The first is that external forces and armed forces have intervened in the war.The second is that the Beiyang soldiers have been defeated, and many of them have been captured, especially Xu Shuzheng's whereabouts are still unknown, which makes Wu Xiaoliang even more worried.

After leaving Binjiang City, to the west is Heilongjiang Province, which belongs to Bao Guiqing's territory.For this person, Wu Xiaoliang has never been in contact with this person since he came to this life, but through the memory of his previous life, he clearly remembers that Mrs. Bao is Xu Shichang's confidant, and at the same time he is Zhang Zuolin's in-law, so he was recognized and replaced by the Beiyang government and Zhang Zuolin at the same time. Xu Lanzhou, who launched a mutiny and drove away the former governor Bi Guifang, took charge of Heilongjiang.

After Bao Guiqing took control of Heilongjiang, he almost overwhelmingly voted for Zhang Zuolin.In a sense, winning Bao Guiqing's surrender was an indispensable factor for Zhang Zuolin to unify the three eastern provinces.Therefore, Zhang Zuolin attaches great importance to it. In his previous life, he successively served as the governor of Heilongjiang and Jilin, and even after Zhang won the leadership of the Beijing government, he became the chief of the army, which can be said to be powerful for a while.

However, Bao Shi did not seem to be in cahoots with Zhang Zuoxiang. When he was in Binjiang, he even took the initiative to send a telegram to let Wu Xiaoliang pass through the territory with peace of mind. He will definitely punish all illegal forces that try to fight against the country. And sent a coordinator to wait in Hulan to help Wu Xiaoliang coordinate the passage of supplies along the way.

In the territory of Heilongjiang, the Suidong Army really did not encounter the successive dangers in Jilin. After one day and one night, the special train arrived in Hulun. Wu Xiaoliang suddenly changed his plan and decided not to go to Manzhouli, but got off the train here, and the troops crossed Uer Along the river, it goes directly to Kulun from Kherlen and Bailutai of the Chechen Khan.Because the enemy repeatedly took the lead on the way, he decided to suddenly change the direction of travel in order to catch the enemy by surprise.

In fact, Wu Xiaoliang's sudden decision saved the Second Division of the Suidong Army from a devastating blow. On the road in Manzhouli, a group of thugs had already prepared a big gift for him, but it was a pity that they had not had time to send it out. They then received news that several important places had fallen one after another.

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The first snowfall on the Mongolian grasslands began at the end of October. The road along the river from Kerelun to Chulunker was muddy due to the accumulated water after the heavy snow melted. The soldiers of the division marched with difficulty.The goal of this day's march was to reach Chulunkel. The local Mongolian tribes in Krutai did not resist Wu Xiaoliang's squadron. They did not think that they had been invaded. On the contrary, they had been complaining A certain group of armed forces supporting their independence complained that those bandit-like people had robbed their horses, cattle and sheep, and even robbed the women who did not fall behind.

Here, Wu Xiaoliang did not get the news he wanted, Xu Shuzheng's whereabouts were still unknown, and his army was only guessed from the few words of the local herdsmen. It is certain that Xu Shuzheng himself was not killed or captured, and he should still be waiting for opportunities and reinforcements somewhere in the grassland.Wu Xiaoliang prayed, hoping that he could last longer.

A local guide confided in him more information along the way.

"Many of your Chinese officials are trapped in Kulun. They should not have been executed, but the situation is also very tragic. The group that defeated your squadron was led by a Belarusian Cossack officer named Semyonov. And he also has a wolf-like subordinate named Enqin. I have personally seen the horrors of the corpses of Chinese soldiers executed by him. The Cossacks nicknamed him the Bloody Baron."

"Will we meet them on this road?"

"There is no exact number. It is snowing today. I don't think they will march in the snow. At least we are safe today!"

The guide obviously misunderstood what Wu Xiaoliang meant, thinking that he was frightened by those cruel Cossacks and didn't want to meet them.In fact, on the contrary, Wu Xiaoliang wanted to give the remnants of the Tsarist White Army a thunderous blow on the road, so as to kill the morale of these bastards, and also give a sigh of relief to the defeated squadron.

"Where can we find these people?"

Hearing Wu Xiaoliang's questioning, the guide stared at him in disbelief, and was speechless for a while. It took a long time to realize that the Chinese general was not afraid but wanted to provoke the devil. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hit a cold war.

But the pride in the heart of a Mongolian warrior dared to do so, so that he did not reject this terrible proposal, but gestured on the map that Wu Xiaoliang had spread out.

"Warriors, if you want to find the traces of those devils, you have to turn north over the Kent Mountains, and then cross the Onon River to find their lair in the northern forest!" After the guide finished speaking, he felt that the explanation was not enough, so he continued Continued to add:

"Heavy snow is about to close the mountains, and then the entire grassland will be covered by heavy snow. Semyonov will not go south this winter. He just robbed Chechen Khan's sheep a month ago. If he goes south, Chechen Khan will definitely not let him go." It’s just that after this winter, when the Cossacks gather more people, the Mongol warriors may not be able to defeat them.”

The guide's words not only told Wu Xiaoliang that Semyonov would not pose a threat to him within the year, but also implied that this guy had reinforcements behind him, so don't take risks lightly, and he offended Chechen Khan, so he had to go If not, it is also a good choice to find a helper.

But then, the guide was disappointed. The young Chinese general didn't seem to understand his hint at all, and he was stunned by a single sentence.

"Very well, then find him and destroy him before the snow blocks the mountain!"