Life and Death in Tibet: The Dream of Chenye Chen

Chapter 6 Entering Bomi
Ever since Juelagou was robbed, the residents in the Gongbu area have been panic-stricken, thinking that if the Han garrison is transferred away in the future, it will be their turn to inflict disaster on their heads. Every day, I hear horrified remarks. superior.The local Diba and others also asked me to come up with coping strategies again and again. As for myself, of course, I couldn’t bear to see the local people in a bad mood, or one day, as they feared, they would be invaded and ravaged by the wild bandits in Bomi Therefore, a whole set of response plans for Bomi rape and border defense interests were planned in detail, and soldiers were sent to report to the Lhasa authorities.Soon, I received another reply from the camera applause.I immediately decided to dispatch troops to appease first and then suppress.Prepare the army to march into Lulang in three ways.It was intended to show off the strength of the troops, and it formed a threat from the very beginning, causing the wild bandits hiding in the mountains to be shocked and confused.This creates a situation that is easy to appease, and it also achieves what the ancients said "the intention of infinite military warfare at the beginning".

From Demo to Lulang, the journey is seventy miles, and you have to pass the Demo Mountain.The mountain was fifteen miles high, and I personally led the troops to climb it. After walking more than ten miles, I saw peaks piercing the sky ahead, steep cliffs, ice and snow all over the mountain, and the road was muddy.On this dangerous road, the whole army tried their best to stabilize their bodies, and barely managed to make the transition.From Lazuo to Lulang, and then to the territory of Bomi.So I decided to find a place to camp in Lulang.Send someone to call Diba, inquire about Bomi's situation in detail, and tell him to prepare an official document to go to Dongjiu tomorrow.As soon as I finished giving my order, Diba stood there with a pale face, hesitating.I had no choice but to say: "Okay, I won't ask you to go, I will send another cavalry forward, so don't worry about it."

Early the next morning, he gave the prepared official documents to a selected cavalryman, and took Diba with him to Dongjiu.The content of the official document is mainly for the battalion officer in Dongjiu area, Oki, to understand the principle of good fortune and misfortune. I hope that after reading the official document, he will repent and surrender resolutely, so as to save our majestic army from having to use swords and guns as a last resort.At the same time, I also led the troops back to Demo that day, first to set an example of credit to the enemy.Two days later, Diba appeared staggeringly on the mountain road in front of me. I was about to praise him for his speed, but when I saw the expression on his face, he told me sadly: "Your legendary cavalry has been killed by Bomi wild bandits. We were walking on the road that day, and we fell off our horses. Before we realized what was going on, we became their captives. No matter what we said, they didn’t listen. To my face, kill the cavalry, let me go back, and threaten me not to come again, come again, kill yourself!" At first, I couldn't imagine that those wild bandits in Bomi could be so violent.Seeing such a result now, I feel really resentful and ashamed.Immediately report what happened to the High Command.At that time, Lianyu, the supreme commander of our army, was discussing with all parties about the reconstruction of Tibet as the administrative provincial capital. When Bomi is recovered and the administrative provincial capital is rebuilt, there will basically be a foundation.So the troop dispatch plan I reported was immediately approved.The headquarters ordered Zhong Ying to lead a battalion of infantry and a team of artillery to gather at Gongbu and prepare to be on standby.Order the troops I lead to get ready to go.I also followed the instructions of the soldiers and horses, and rested in place.After Zhong Ying and Chen Qing, his commander, led the infantry battalion and artillery, we studied the terrain and roads of Bomi in detail.Finally, it was decided that the first step would be to go from Dongjiu, Nayidangga, and Balang to Tangmai, and clear the two wings along the way; the second step plan: the whole army would advance to Katuo and Qingduo Temple; Bomi bandit leader and wildling chief Baima Qingweng's fierce attack on the location made the whole army form a siege.Throughout the process, I will lead the troops ahead, leaving Nishihara at home.However, when I went home and told Xi Yuan, Xi Yuan refused and insisted on walking with me, so I had no choice but to agree to her.

On the first day, the troops camped in Lulang, using Diba as a guide.The next day we set off at four o'clock, and marched quickly to Jue Niba, where there were only a dozen or so families scattered.We are so fast, the wild bandit army has no time to notice.I left a platoon of soldiers to keep an eye on the place, and still marched hastily.The road is full of dense grass forests and rocky hills.After crossing a long wooden bridge and walking for a few miles, we arrived at Dongjiuying Official Village.There are more than 100 houses inhabited there, and there are only a dozen houses of Yingguan Chongben left in the village. They are surrounded by earthen walls, and deep trenches have been dug outside the walls, with mountains on the left and rivers on the right.By this time, the wild bandits were still unaware of the sudden doom of the army.After a long time, their battalion officer came to see him, his face was respectful but his eyes were terrifying.I repeatedly announced the policy of the army, knowing the benefits and losses, and ordered him to give me a satisfactory answer within five days.

Five days, a tense date for both parties, passed without any reply from me.I had to weigh the next attack repeatedly in my heart; the Bomi savages were all majestic and vigorous, and it seemed that they were beyond the reach of Gongbu people.Another day later, Zhong Ying led an army and finally arrived from behind.I discussed with Zhong Ying, and everyone agreed that the rebellion of these wild bandit troops had been revealed, and if they didn't enter the army, the situation would be unfavorable to our army.I also heard that there are high mountains and dangerous roads in the Balang mountaineering area ahead, so I immediately decided to send a battalion of us, and then take the engineering battalion commander Zhang Hongsheng to climb the mountain first to snatch the favorable terrain.The main force of the army will advance to Nayidangga, let the vanguard pass through Balangdeng, and then push forward to complete the first plan of the whole army.When the discussion is over, act now.I took Zhang Hongsheng and set off from Dongjiu.On that day, our troops camped in Nayidanga, where there were more than 30 families.The next day I slept in Qingbo, Krabi, surrounded by wilderness and barren mountains, with grass five or six feet deep in the road.Grass blades are covered with dry locusts, which are as small as needles. When they hear a human voice, they raise their heads and wriggle around. Once they attach to a human body, they wear their clothes and drill their muscles, sticking to the human body and sucking blood. It grows to an inch long and is so terrifying that no soldier passing by can escape its poisonous sting.Everyone had no choice but to set fire to clear the vegetation near the campsite.At night, I had a peaceful sleep.The Tibetans said that after the fire, this kind of leech will be resurrected when it rains, and become the size of an inland leech, but its ability to pierce and suck human blood will be several times that of before the fire.

Early the next morning, the army moved forward again, walked forty miles, and began to climb the mountain.The mountain is majestic and the old trees are towering. Our troops meandered on the mountainside road, walked through the long and steep slopes for seven or eight miles, and then went down the mountain. After the downhill, we climbed up again. After more than ten miles of hard work, suddenly a wild bandit from Bomi jumped out of the hillside and shot at the danger to prevent the troops from moving forward.In the hail of bullets, the soldiers took the fight calmly.I immediately used a platoon of soldiers to try my best to gain time to climb up, seize the dangerous position above, and shoot from the height, and those wild bandits began to retreat.We followed them, chasing after them, and the bandits dropped their clothes along the way, as if they were in a panic, but in fact they were probably luring our troops to go deep.After chasing for more than ten miles, I arrived at a place called Balangdeng.After a little resistance, the bandit soldiers still retreated.Balangdengyuan is located at the pass of a mountain peak, with no human habitation and steep rocks.The natural caves on the mountain wall are like huge houses, and the caves are close to the abyss, which is unfathomable.Looking down at the river below from there, there is a group of blue waves and silver waves rolling forward, and the sound of the torrent resounds through the valley.Looking from a distance, deep in the river valley, there are dense old trees, each of which is a sturdy shape of three or four people hugging each other. It is tens of feet high and shades the sky.Surrounded by ancient vines, each ancient vine is as thick as a human arm.The leaves of the vines are tender green, and they will break when you touch them. They are all plants thousands of years ago.There are various animals in the forest.Among them is an unknown, rare beast that is almost unheard of.It has a tiger's head, a fox's tail, and a pair of fleshy wings on its back, like the legendary flying tiger. The local savages also call it "Bengbo". From the top of the tree, there was a terrifying roar.Every time I saw dozens or hundreds of them in groups.At this time, I felt that the mountain was too dangerous to march forward, so I stopped and waited for Zhang Hongsheng's troops, but I couldn't wait for him, so I decided to leave a squad of soldiers to stay on this mountain pass, and I still led the army. The rest of the troops advanced.After walking for seven or eight miles, the mountain road gradually twists and turns.Looking at the foot of the mountain from a distance, I can't help but feel a sense of horror in my heart!In the distance, dense greens and rocks can be seen, almost covering all the roads.There are mountains on the left, and the river is on the right.Four or five miles ahead, another towering mountain peak lay across.There were as many tents as clouds in the open space at the foot of the mountain, and many wild bandit officers and soldiers were busy dismantling the tents there.As if knowing that my end was approaching, I immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and sent a squad of scouts to search first.The scouts went down for more than half a mile, that is, to the foot of the mountain. Suddenly, from the dense forest on the left, there was the sound of muskets and earth guns shooting. Undoubtedly, the soldiers I sent were ambushed.Look at the surrounding terrain again, the mountain on the left and the stream on the right, a line of intestines.The soldiers had no choice but to rush forward. There were heavy casualties at the time, and they could not go any further. So I commanded another group of soldiers to march along the hillside. Attack from both sides.The soldiers on the next road along the hillside had already entered the dense forest, and the bandits who were ambushing were defeated one after another unexpectedly.Captain Li was wounded, and I led the main frontal force and charged down the mountain.After chasing for more than a mile, there is no way to go.The road ahead has been blocked by rocks.The bandits built up big stones one by one to form a stone wall more than ten feet high, so that our army had no way to go around.Just as we were hesitating and in a dilemma, the bandits in front of our army had a chance to breathe and began to bombard us from danger.The ambush soldiers on the high mountain on the left also responded by building fortifications, attacking our army, and retreated for a while. The situation on the battlefield was completely disturbed by the pile of rocks, and no obvious progress could be made.After fighting like this for more than an hour, the two sides started to face each other with red eyes, and started a arduous hand-to-hand combat in the bushes.After a while, our Captain Liu was unfortunately killed in battle, and the number of soldiers killed and injured increased.The distance between our army and the bandits is almost zero.I also noticed that the large army of bandits was circling this way from the front hillside, so I was even more anxious. Seeing that the battle had progressed until the sun set, there was no sign of Zhang Hongsheng's troops who were waiting for me.Just as I was running around in a hurry, suddenly several bandits came around from behind the big rock where I was, raising their guns to shoot, but fortunately they were spotted by the sharp-eyed Xi Yuan, who immediately called me to be careful!Regardless of the situation, I turned around and shot, killing one of them, and the rest scattered in an instant.Only then did I realize that my position was being attacked on both sides, so I might as well retreat to the river, so I waved my hand to let the surrounding soldiers retreat slowly.On the way, there was a rock several feet high. Nishihara jumped down first before me, and finally, he jumped down with both hands under the rock.Only a few seconds later, bullets rained down on the opposite hillside, violently pouring towards the top of the rock.If I had been a step or two slower, I would have been dead.The soldiers who jumped down after me were hit one after another, killing and wounding seven people in just the blink of an eye.My Secretary Su Baolin was also killed on the spot.I didn't care about taking care of the wounded, and immediately led the rest of the soldiers down the river beach, fell down among the rocks, and hastily formed a square formation for battle.It was already dark, and the gangsters did not dare to approach again at this time.I took the opportunity to check the number of people, and there were only more than 60 troops left, and each soldier had less than ten rounds of ammunition.I could only smile wryly, trying my best to comfort them and tell them not to act rashly.Just like this, I lay down among the rocks in the stream and waited until midnight, and vaguely saw a dozen bandits walking on the mountain road ahead, laughing while walking, and I don't know which language they spoke.After another period of time, the moonlight was hazy.The officers and soldiers under my command have been marching and fighting for almost a whole day. They are all tired and hungry, seeing that the reinforcements behind them are nowhere in sight.Among them were two wounded soldiers, lying in the crevice of a rock cave beside me, moaning and screaming in pain, slowly waiting to die.Xiyuan said next to me: "If Battalion Commander Zhang can come to help, he should have arrived today. If you don't come now, I'm afraid it's in danger. You can't stay here, don't you think about it quickly, wait until the sky is here. Liang, after the bandit soldiers see our reality, will everyone still survive?" Everyone around thought she was right, and I had no choice but to wait until the fourth watch, and risked my life and led the remaining soldiers to snake along the stream Going up to the halfway up the mountain, it was already dawn, and all the soldiers were so thirsty that smoke was coming out of their throats, so they randomly picked up wild mushrooms and fruits on the hillside and stuffed them into their mouths. Take another step forward.Only Xiyuan, from the beginning to the end, endured hunger and cold, helped me climb the mountain, and finally walked into the security guard line set up by Zhang Hongsheng's camp on the mountain, and finally entered the safe territory.When they arrived at Balangdeng, all the soldiers were hungry and exhausted.Zhang Hongsheng explained with a look of shame on his face: "I saw it was dark yesterday, so I didn't dare to move forward easily..." I didn't bother to argue with him, so I just nodded to him indifferently.Check the results of this battle: our army killed more than 20 officers and soldiers and injured more than [-] people, which can be regarded as a fierce battle.

I still have lingering fears when I think of the scene of hiding under the big rock in the valley.That night, I discussed countermeasures with Battalion Commander Zhang again and again. After discussing and planning for a long time, we decided to divide the troops into two groups to attack tomorrow.Battalion Commander Zhang led a team to advance along the main road and stop near Shika.I led the rest of the other team of soldiers to advance along the mountain from the left side of the mountain, waiting for the opportunity to eliminate the ambush of the bandits on the mountain one by one, and then seize the favorable position and shoot from the heights.Then Battalion Commander Zhang attacked in the front and our army was behind. In this way, the bandits would flee from danger.The plan was agreed, and at dawn in the early morning, I will set off separately from Battalion Commander Zhang.I still took Xi Yuan along with me, overcoming thorns and thorns all the way, and walked for more than ten miles along the mountain. When I arrived near Shika, there was an abyss separated from the opposite mountain, and I could no longer move forward.Looking down at Battalion Commander Zhang's troops, there was no sign of a soldier.I had to stay where I was, anxious.However, after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement.At this time, our department is already advancing alone. If we are surrounded by bandits at this time, it will be very difficult to break free!I immediately decided to withdraw quietly from the original road, and after a lot of hardships, I retreated to Balangdeng.At first glance, Battalion Commander Zhang's troops are still staying in place, and they haven't marched a step forward at all!I asked him the reason, but he just hesitated, so I didn't say any more, knowing that he was in such a situation, that he could no longer be expected to attack, so I reported the situation of the gangsters in the past two days to the Zhong Ying Department for additional troops to assist. .He also had to discuss with Battalion Commander Zhang about standing firm and waiting for help. Before the arrival of large troops, he must not abandon the existing position.At this time, a large number of bandits had already approached our position at Balangdeng, attacking us day and night.Although they were repeatedly repelled by us, they also organized attacks again and again.The two sides were stalemate and fought fiercely for four days and nights.One of the battles was fought at the second watch of the night. That night, more than 1000 bandits charged in three directions, and the sound shook the valley.I personally went to the front to supervise the battle, and the battle lasted until the fourth watch before barely repelling the invading enemy.The scene at that time, the moon is dark and the wind is high, the mountains are high and the night is quiet, the strange birds are screaming, the river is sobbing, and the soldiers are desperate.I still remember it vividly. Even the Yuefu poems of the ancients are not so desolate and tragic!
On the fifth day, the reinforcements sent by Zhong Ying and Wang Lingji, who joined the army, arrived, and the troops finally had a little respite. I discussed with Wang Lingji what to do?His plan was to retreat immediately.He said: "The mountain is too dangerous to march like this. Now we are going deep into the enemy's territory with two battalions, and the enemy has probably mobilized all the soldiers in Bomi to come out to resist. In addition, food and ammunition are starting to run short. Now, once these gangsters learn to be smart, and turn around to the front to cut off our army's retreat, what will happen in such a deep mountain and natural moat, you know, we might as well retreat to Nayidangka first, there is danger Shou, our commander is still in Dongjiu now, and it will be much more convenient to communicate there than here. At that time, we will negotiate with the border guards and start the attack from Shuobanduo, so as to divide the enemy forces. We will reorganize the divisions and brigades With more troops, if we push forward again, it should be a sure thing." Everyone nodded after hearing this, and immediately decided to retreat.

That night, the troops retreated at midnight.Wang Lingji led a platoon of soldiers to go first, followed by Hong Sheng.After I led a battalion of soldiers, there was no battle along the way.When we arrived at Qingbo, Krabi, the troops rested.Going forward to Nayidanggar, it is already midnight.Woke up at dawn the next day and scouted the terrain.More than three miles ahead, there stands a natural stone gate, which is extremely dangerous.There is a long stone wall on the left side of the stone gate.Connecting the surrounding high mountains and cliffs, there is also a horizontal stone wall on the right in the shape of a battlement, with a steep slope hundreds of feet high on the top, and a turbulent river below, with a wide river flow.The other side of the river is the same high mountain cliff.That stone gate is six or seven feet wide.Going out of the stone gate is a wide slope, winding down.According to legend, Tibetan soldiers fought fiercely with Bomi bandits many times in history, so it became a famous ancient battlefield.Although the battlements of Shimen have been destroyed several times, the ruins still exist.I immediately took the remaining old site and personally urged the officers and soldiers to build this natural castle day and night.It took two days and two nights to build a solid position.Immediately went to the outside of the city wall and dug a deep trench.Use a team of officers and soldiers to garrison Shimen. Half a mile behind Shimen is a long-dried Hengxi River. Another team will be stationed to build several sections of city walls in the middle of the riverbed to prevent the enemy from shooting fire from the opposite mountain.About one mile further back, let Hongsheng's troops stay.I myself led the rest of the troops to garrison inside the city wall.After only three days, a large number of bandit troops rushed towards us.The fierce attacks again and again were repelled one by one by us according to the dangerous fortifications.The wild bandits suffered heavy casualties and were unable to attack again after being stopped for eight days.During this period, I inspected the situation inside and outside the position from time to time, and Nishihara always followed me.I found that although the area on the left was full of high mountains and cliffs, there were still a few slopes. If the enemy took advantage of it, I could take advantage of the danger and go down. So I immediately stationed another team of soldiers behind Hengxi to the left, just in case.One day, we had just finished breakfast, and wanted to inspect carefully outside Shimen, and suddenly saw a section of the city wall near the river that was too low. I was afraid that if the guards were negligent, wild bandits would take advantage of it, so I immediately gathered all the officers and soldiers , instructed them to pay attention to this place, and then ordered several Tibetan mastiff dogs accompanying the army to be fastened under the stone wall. While they were busy, there was a loud gunshot outside the wall, and the howling bullets flew in. Nishihara hurriedly pulled me back out of the stone gate .In the blink of an eye, the bandits had already attacked the weakest stone wall.The soldiers concentrated their firepower to stop this small group of bandits. Finally, the bandits retreated slowly due to the heavy casualties, but the gunshots did not abate.At that time, I was sitting under a rock wall on the left side of Shimen, and I ordered Xiyuan to go back to the city to make bread for the soldiers to satisfy their hunger.After a long time, the gunfire stopped.I thought the wild bandits probably really retreated this time.Suddenly, gunshots erupted again at the left rear of the position, and a messenger hurried over to report: "The wild bandits have come down from the high mountain behind!" , Captain Huang sat at the place where I got up and left. I had just walked less than 100 steps when I suddenly heard the sound of a huge rock falling from the sky and cracking. Right in the middle of where Team Officer Huang was sitting, Team Officer Huang suffered a head injury and blood gushed out instantly, his arms were broken and his knees fell off, and he was no longer in human form.I went closer to see, he was dead on the spot!If I don't leave first, and leave for that fatal ten seconds, it won't be him who dies, but me!Although the ancients said that life and death are up to fate, such a situation is really shocking!Immediately after I ran all the way to the rear, the gunfire from my squad and Hongsheng's troops had subsided, and all the wild bandits who had come to attack had been wiped out.Almost [-] wild bandits were killed by us.In addition, we also captured more than a dozen people, almost none of them survived.At this point in the battle, the Bomi wild bandits stopped attacking for more than ten days.During this period of time, Zhong Ying's troops were still stationed in Dongjiu, and they had already reported the situation on the battlefield here to Lhasa, asking the border guards to send reinforcements to support them.However, it takes thousands of miles for the troops to go back and forth, and it will take at least a month before the reinforcements can set off.So Zhong Ying repeatedly asked us to be strict.One evening, another bullet was suddenly fired from the opposite mountain, and it concentrated on our army's position on the Hengxi side. Fortunately, the horizontal wall blocked it, and there were no casualties among the soldiers.Everyone hid in the temporary fortifications and did not fight back.After a while, I saw bold wild bandits snaking down the hillside, thinking that there was no garrison under Hengxi.Thus, the hiding soldiers jumped up and ended the battle in an instant.This went back and forth, and small-scale fierce battles between the two sides occurred from time to time.Wild bandits from other positions on the opposite hill also came to join in the fun. On this day, the two sides fought until the third watch before the gunfire really subsided.Since then, the bandits have stopped attacking rashly.A few days later, from the opposite hillside, I vaguely saw a small army of wild bandits secretly marching in the direction of Dongjiu.I immediately sent an orderly to report to Dongjiu's base camp with my own letter.I was thinking that this Shimen is a dangerous place, because the bandit troops may not come to attack again because they can’t attack for a long time, but our army is stationed in one place to defend, the situation will only get worse after a long time, the bandits in Bomi must have seen it In this regard, they sent troops to attack Dongjiu directly, and I will definitely try to rescue and protect Dongjiu's base camp. If I fall for this trick, the soldiers of Nayidangka will retreat without a fight.In this way, the situation before the whole army suddenly became urgent.I immediately discussed with several officers under my command, and everyone agreed that although the current Shimen is dangerous, it will be difficult to defend for a long time. It is better to find a way to unite the troops in Dongjiu. waiting for help.Everyone thought that the opinions were good, so they forwarded the above-mentioned ideas to Zhong Ying.However, after a while, there was no reply from Zhong Ying's side, and I had no choice but to take strict precautions in my own position.

Our troops have fought more than 100 battles with bandits since they arrived in the area of ​​Nayidangga, and the death toll has reached more than [-] people.Blue phosphorus and white bones, touching the eyes and hurting the heart.A few days ago, I went to inspect the defense lines of the surrounding positions, and overheard several soldiers, all whispering, talking about seeing will-o'-the-wisps at night.I stopped and asked, and they all said they saw it with their own eyes.I had no choice but to reprimand me on the spot.Suddenly one night, when the first watch was dying, a guard rushed into my tent and reported, "The will-o'-the-wisps on the other side have come out again!" Like the firelight of a dustpan; around the firelight, there are countless shadows of people sitting around the fire, as if they are talking.At this time, Nishihara also came up behind me, and I asked her if she saw it. Nishihara pointed to the fires and said, "Oh, there are one or two people jumping around in the firelight, do you see them?" I followed her finger to look ,really.So I got more courage and went down the mountain to follow those fire lights. The closer I got, the lower the fire light became.Walking to the bank of the river, the light suddenly diminishes.After a while, it completely disappeared....I have often heard people talking about ghosts in my life, but this is the only time I have seen it with my own eyes.The Buddha Sakyamuni once said: Heaven and hell vary with people's state of mind. Good people will be reborn in heaven, and evil people will fall into hell. The truth of this is just like a magnet to iron. In order to look at the world from an atheistic point of view, I don’t know that Confucius was very particular about people not to disturb the gods by speaking indiscriminately at that time, because above all the worlds, there exists a great creator.So it's really not good for people to talk rashly without thinking.There are so many mortal beings in the world, whose quality is mediocre and low. They have done nothing in their lifetime, and they will naturally disappear without a trace after death.This should be considered common sense at least.But if it were those loyal ministers and filial sons, martyrs and virgins in troubled times, who met death in a hurry and regarded death as home, their unyielding souls lingered and appeared in various shapes that ordinary people could not imagine, it would probably be reasonable.What's more, around the battlefield, there are so many unknown warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country, their souls are bound to foreign lands, and they follow behind their compatriots for a long time, and they take advantage of such a moonlit night to show up. , From a logical point of view, it is also inevitable.The so-called dead fire is really passed on, how can we blame our own eyes at every turn?

Since our army has been defending for a long time, the number of wild bandits in Bomi is also increasing day by day, and finally has increased to more than 1 troops.Their large troops all made a detour behind the mountains on the other side of the river to Dongjiu.On the right bank along the river, ambushes were set up everywhere, so that the messengers we sent to deliver documents were often shot by the ambushes on the other side of the river, causing heavy casualties.Afterwards, the communication soldiers of the army had to walk a long way around the mountain.It's just that the cattle and horses carrying grain and grass cannot go around the mountain. They have to take the road along the river, and at least one team of soldiers is needed to escort them.In this way, over time, the avenue from Nayidangga to Dongjiu was gradually blocked and no longer passed through.Immediately afterwards, Bomi's bandit army suppressed the border and went straight to Dongjiu.Our army and the bandits are only separated by a river, so it is difficult to do anything.Fortunately, the high command sent two additional infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and six Green cannons from Lhasa to support Dongjiu's siege disadvantage.Our military strength is relatively strong.A few days later, the Bomi bandits were already in broad daylight, openly haunting the open area from Dongjiu to Lulang, and robbing our army and local support of food shipments from time to time.Even the traffic behind the large army was gradually blocked.At this time, our division commander Zhong Yingcai really felt frightened, and hurriedly transferred our army out of the deep mountains and valleys, and immediately concentrated in the front position of Dongjiu.I also took advantage of the dark moon and high wind with Zhang Battalion Commander to retreat overnight and walked for more than 30 miles in one breath. Just after dawn, the bandits behind were desperate to catch up. More than 100 people.Only when they showed signs of retreat did our troops speed up their pace of retreating back to Dongjiu.

Retreating to winter nine o'clock, it was already noon the next day.After a hasty meeting with Master Zhong, I immediately led the battalion management to take action and climb the mountain to inspect the terrain.Dongjiu is located on the hill on the north bank of the Dahe River. On the left is Hengshan Mountain, which winds to Tangmai in Bomi. The mountain is about 600 miles long.Walk about two miles east from Dongjiu, cross a long bridge, and go west to Lulang.To the northeast is Nayidanggar.After crossing the bridge, there are high mountains on both sides, and only a very narrow road can pass.On the west bank of the bridge, the rocks and steep rocks have been occupied and guarded by Bomi bandits.About half a mile forward from here, there are high mountains on both sides, full of bandit camps in Bomi, with no less than four or five thousand people.Other than that, our army guarded the key passes along the river and the Hengshan area for the time being. Fortunately, in the spring of that year, the river was wide and the water was deep, so it was difficult for the Bomi bandits to go down the river on foot.It can only shoot at us across a big river.But I was still very worried about the group of enemy bandits on the other side. If they were not chased away as soon as possible, once the traffic in the rear was interrupted and the food and ammunition could not be transported, it would be our turn to call Tiantian.Therefore, we launched an offensive for several days in a row. Although we achieved partial victories, those cunning gangsters defended the dangerous mountain and quickly gathered a large number of troops. At this time, the number of casualties in our troops has reached more than 300 up.A few days later, the mountain on Dongjiu's left side was occupied by them again.A few days later, the situation I was worried about appeared: the transportation line on the Lulang line was cut off, and our grain storage was only enough for three days.At the same time, Bomi's army is still getting denser.Zhong Ying made up her mind, and the whole army retreated to Lu Lang.Once you get in touch with the border guards, you can attack again, so as not to be trapped on the spot.It happened to be the first ten days of April at this time, and the weather in Bomi became extremely hot.The troops took advantage of the darkness and retreated in the middle of the night.I led the leading troops, walked in front of the army, rushed all the way across the bridge, cleared the bandits and enemies in the chaotic rocks beside the road, and covered the advance of the army.I led the third squadron to break the rear, and finally burned the bridge so that the enemy bandits could not easily transition.

At four o'clock that day, the large troops set out, and our vanguard launched a charge across the bridge, only to see random bombardment from the surroundings, and the cannons fired fiercely at the same time, and the large army took advantage of the momentum to advance.All of a sudden, the guns blared, the sound shook the valley, the bullets flew like rain, and the speed was like lightning.After all the troops had left, I immediately ordered the bridge gate to be closed and set fire to the bridge.Our army was fighting and walking. Commander Zhong Ying was obese and it was difficult for him to walk. Just after crossing the bridge, he saw bullets flying, illuminating the valley in the middle of the night as if it were daytime.Because he was afraid that the guns would not have eyes, Mr. Zhong simply lay down on the ground.I had no choice but to quickly select more than 20 soldiers on the spot, and asked them to carry Master Zhong on their backs in turn, trying their best to break out of the encirclement.Fortunately, the battle was in the middle of the night, and the bandits were caught off guard by the actions of our army. The muskets and artillery they used were very slow to fire, but our army was caught by surprise and rushed with all their strength. Therefore, they could not resist and had to retreat slowly.Some of the gangsters responsible for guarding the key roads and traffic, also under the pressure of our strong firepower, gave up their positions and fled to the nearby mountains.Our troops began to be able to withdraw safely.In the entire encounter, only two soldiers were injured, which is very lucky.On the way, I met a group of soldiers sent from the direction of Demo to release the grain shipment. They said: "When we walked about a dozen miles out of Lulang, we fought with more than 100 bandits who were in ambush. After a fierce battle, they now I have fled to the mountains, and the food and equipment are intact." I couldn't help feeling secretly happy, so I went back to Lulang with this small team.When we arrived at our destination, it was almost ten o'clock the next day.The officers and soldiers fought and marched all night without a grain of rice on their teeth.We walked in a hurry on the road, and everyone was hungry and exhausted.I just reluctantly ordered my subordinates to deploy vigilance.Back at the camp, the orderly brought out bread, and Nishihara fried a plate of tripe for me. With the bread in my hand, I started to eat with my head on the pillow, halfway through eating, and fell into a deep sleep.When I woke up, it was already midnight that day, and the half-eaten pancake was still in my hand. I can imagine my fatigue in those days.

It has been more than a year since I went to Tibet with the army.Usually marching and fighting, many people died, so Zhong Ying recruited many new recruits from Sichuan.Among them, Chen Xialing, a native of Xupu, Hunan, entered Sichuan with Huang Zhonghao's troops and served as the supervisor of the industrial defense battalion.Most of his subordinates are from Xiangxi, Hunan.Later, the Sichuan Army was expanded into divisions, and the Industrial Defense Battalion was withdrawn and merged. It happened that our army in Tibet needed people at that time, so we asked them to sign up for Tibet voluntarily. As a result, 160 people signed up, and they were reorganized into a team of recruits on the spot and sent to Tibet. Tibet.After arriving, everyone was willing to belong to my army because I was from Xiangxi.At that time, it happened to be the battle of Bomi, and my subordinates suffered a lot of casualties. Zhong Ying asked the first team of recruits to be added to my team.

After our army safely retreated to Lulang, Lhasa was shocked by the report. Commander-in-chief Lianyu hurriedly dispatched Zhong Ying to Lhasa, announcing that he would be dismissed from the post of division commander, and Zuo Shen Luo Changqi would replace him as the new division commander.Fortunately, Zhong Ying received a secret report from his Tibetan friends in Lhasa and did not go to Lhasa for face-to-face training.When Luo Changqi took office in Lulang and met each other, they met each other silently without saying a word.The next day, each of them completed the handover procedures, and Zhong Ying left in a hurry. For several years, Master Zhong was quite attached to his officers and soldiers because of his generosity in handling affairs.Before leaving, all the officers and soldiers lined up outside the barracks, even crying to see him off.I also sent him to the foot of Mount Demo with Guan Dai and Chen Tongdai.Zhong Ying called everyone into a room and sat down, angrily sighed: "I'm not the kind of person who criticizes others behind their backs, but there are not many people like me who give others good intentions and only get this kind of repayment! "We asked him what he said?He said: "At the beginning, Luo Changqi was in charge of the new army of the Sichuan Frontier Defense Army. He was dismissed due to a battle error and was placed in the staff of the command headquarters as a small clerk. He often complained in front of me. The commander also once He was uncomfortable and sad for a while when he was reprimanded face to face. It happened that once I met the Commander-in-Chief in Gengqing, met him, and became sworn brothers. Later, he asked me to do whatever he wanted to do because he wanted to come to Tibet. Pay attention to help him. I also agreed on the spot, and explained Luo Changqi's details in front of the commander many times, and then transferred him to the army in Tibet. But today, you see: this person took advantage of others' danger and tried various methods , Drive me down and replace me with himself, does such a person have any heart? God! It's all because I took a thief as a friend, it's my own fault!" After finishing speaking, he cursed alone.It took a long time for everyone to say goodbye to each other, and Zhong Ying was left alone, leaving bitterly.

(End of this chapter)