is different from before, after all, it is the first time for his eldest son to personally lead troops to the outside world, and Zhang Zuolin is completely very cooperative with Zhang Hanqing in terms of personnel arrangement. The young marshal rarely found a few people who could be used easily, so he took special care of him, and at the same time ordered Niu Yuanfeng, the quartermaster of the Fengjun Army, to fully cooperate with all the needs of the "Anmeng Army".

At this time, the entire territory of Hung Yen Province and most of the northern part of Chahar were under the control of the Feng army, and the "Anmeng army" could directly send troops to Kulen on the eastern front, hundreds of kilometers from Manchuria to Arshan.

Hailar is an important place in the east into Outer Mongolia. The Hailar River, where it sits, joins the Erguna River to the west and flows south into Hulun Lake. The river flows westward along Hulun Lake, flows through the border town of Kerlun Sumu Town, and then turns sharply to the north, and is called the Krulun River in Outer Mongolia. The Krulun River meandered westward for about 1,000 miles, turning north about 100 miles from Kulen (now Ulaanbaatar) and disappearing into the desert within 100 miles. Moving west along the river can not only replenish the water source, but also not easily lose its way. You must know that at present, the only way to enter Mongolia from the inland is a dilapidated official road from Zhangjiakou to Kulun from the north to the time.

The first stop in Mongolia is Bayantumen, which is a county-level "big station" on the Gobi Desert in eastern Mongolia. It is said to be a county, which is about the same size as a tunzi in the northeast, and the buildings are much worse than ours, and there are almost no roads.

Next to the "county seat" is a military camp, there are not many soldiers, only more than 200 people, it is these more than 200 people, there are hats crookedly, some clothes draped over the shoulders, some are shirtless, there are belts with pants open and loose and loose hair almost exposed, basically the expression is numb, the eyes are dull, a bit like the expression of their brothers and sons before Xu Sanduo joined the army in "Soldier Assault", it looks not as spiritual as the bandits in China in the old society. It seems like a combat-ready army, yes, certainly because their countenance exposes it.

Of course, such a large number of troops and a large number of cavalry into Mongolia have other intentions, as the "Aunt Huang Operation" comes to an end, Zhang Hanqing's current focus is no longer on how to win, and his mind has flown to the aftermath. In addition, taking Mongolia is not a problem, the question is what to do after taking it? How can we avoid the fate of the Mongols in the official history of reconquest and rebellion, and eventual separation and independence? His troops were also the seeds of the future Mongol New Army, and were tasked with ensuring the political naturalization of Mongolia into China after the war. China has always had a saying that "if you get it immediately, you can't cure it immediately", but when Xu Shuzheng tried his best to appease the surrendered Outer Mongolia, he failed to appease their uneasy hearts, resulting in Mongolia becoming independent two years later.

Is it because the Mongols are incompatible with the Han Chinese? Not really. Historically, the Xianbei and Mongolian Manchu Qing dynasties were all in the Han Dynasty, and the Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Xinjiang, Zhuang, Hui and other ethnic minorities in later generations have been well integrated into the big family of the Chinese nation, and they have been united and harmonious for 60 years, and their development has complemented each other. Chinese Confucian culture told Zhang Hanqing with great inclusiveness: It is not that the Chinese nation is not inclusive enough.

That is another conclusion: it is the unwillingness of some Mongolians to be included in the big family of the Chinese nation. For these people, persuasion and comfort alone are not enough, and civil rule must be prepared for military affairs. We must not be merciful to those who are determined to turn themselves into pawns of a foreign race and to separate Mongolia from the country, and we should resolutely expel them as they wish, so that they can get what they want. If we do not leave, and we become a-stirring stick to create reactionary forces and voices in the locality, we should resolutely stop killing and killing, or we can exchange peace and stability for a long time.

Another option is immigration.

The Kyakhta Agreement and a series of previous treaties made migration from Chinese mainland to Outer Mongolia impossible. Probably because of the vast land and sparse population and the low pursuit of quality of life, Outer Mongolians are a little lazy (its description of "very lazy" seems to be more accurate, but the use of "very lazy" is suspected of ethnic discrimination, so it is not used), and of course they are very poor. So even with such abundant resources, the Mongols did not get rich. At that time, the population of Mongolia was about 2 million, and at the beginning of the 21st century---- it was only 2.5 million the reason why the population did not grow significantly after nearly 90 years is because the birth rate of Mongolians is extremely low, which is quite different from the Mongolian nationality in Inner Mongolia.

Occupying Mongolia, if you want to hold such a large place, you can't do it without a large number of immigrants. Moreover, there are so many Chinese in later generations, and the vast territory of Mongolia should be able to relieve the huge population pressure.

Mongolia's means of subsistence are concentrated in the hands of a small number of high-class people, such as Mongolian princes and nobles, who occupy a large amount of pastures and live a life of drunken dreams, and of course do not want to change the status quo. Herders without knowledge and culture are simply unable to transform themselves and survive, and can only become slaves. The reason why the dominant Mongolian upper strata have such a strong tendency to independence is that a central and centralized government has always been an unstable factor in their privileged life.

After passing through Bayan Aobao County, Öndörkhan City, Mulun County, Gergalat Khan County, Chenhelmandal County, Bayan Dragar County---- these counties are actually just small villages or even villages, and finally there is no bay of rivers (the remnants of the tributaries of the Ergun River go north from this and disappear into the vast desert), there is no decent resistance along the way, maybe the east is the vast Gobi Desert, the personnel are extremely scarce, and there is no reason for military economic value. There is no garrison here in the full sense of the word at all.

In his spare time, Zhang Hanqing also discussed with several members of the Central Military Commission the significance of Ammon and its impact on the situation in the northwest. Of course, on this long journey, they have had many discussions on this. They will still be skeptical about Zhang Hanqing's elevation of Mongolia's strategic position in influencing Soviet Russia's layout in the Far East, because in their view, no matter how advantageous the geographical position of China is, it cannot threaten the existence of Soviet Russia, but they fully recognize the importance of Mongolia in stabilizing the northwestern frontier, and also recognize the military strategy of using this as a springboard to enter the northwest provinces where the armed forces are relatively weak, and at the same time they are attracted by the grand ambition of the young marshal.

Zhang Hanqing talked about the contradictions between the Zhiwan faction, the fragility of the Kuomintang regime of Sun Yat-sen in the south, and the future glory of the Feng faction. He formally confided to them his initial idea of China's current situation: to gain a foothold in the northeast, encroach on the northwest, and threaten North China; Use the contradictions between the Zhiwan system to seize the peripheral terrain, then stabilize the strength, and then use the contradictions between the two sides to break them one by one, and complete the work in one battle to unify China. In the middle of this process, the People's Party will attract people of insight to complete its leadership of the country with a highly appealing slogan.

He talked about the current world situation and predicted the changes in the coming period and China's response strategy. He mentioned China's determination to achieve military power through economic development and industrial development, and to use force to drive the Japanese out of China and from the Asian continent. All this made the eyes of these hot-blooded soldiers straighten. What could be more exciting than making a meritorious deed?

As the first step towards China's strength, they are full of confidence and a sense of urgency to win the first battle into Mongolia.