The Guards Brigade used the Japanese-controlled military columns with such fanfare and delayed a precious day, and there was no lack of possibility that the Japanese would tell them, so that the Babuzab rebels were basically clear about the movements of Han Linchun's regiment, and they almost guessed the strategic intentions of the Guards Brigade.

After receiving the news, the Babu bandit army immediately changed its direction in order to avoid being surrounded by the bandit army. Relying on the superiority of cavalry, some of the Ba bandits broke through the upper reaches of the Huolin River, which was dry from time to time, in one day, and the whole army marched towards Xilin Gol. In Babu Zab's view, being surrounded on three sides and forced into Jilin was not a good idea, and as a Mongol, he had to be in Mongolia to be like a fish in water. So it was decided to preemptively go west, in an attempt to obtain in Xilin Gol the status that the Hulunbuir people had "acquired with the help of the Russians" and to establish a semi-autonomous place outside the central government.

After he forcibly crossed the Huolin River, he quickly increased the impact on the defense line of Mibe and crossed the river overnight.

In the plan of the Guards Brigade led by Zhang Hanqing to suppress bandits, in order not to alarm this wave of puppet troops, the western and southern fronts would not start until Han Linchun's northern front was assembled, so as not to frighten the puppet army back to its old nest, but due to the dispute over the transportation of the South Manchurian line, the western and southern lines were delayed at the same time. When the news spread, the front line of the bandit army had not yet reached Tongliao, and it was twice as large as the bandit army in Huolin Gol.

However, the anti-bandit army, which is mainly infantry, will not be able to catch up with the four-legged horses in any case, so the plan drawn up by the general staff of the anti-bandit army to encircle three without one may be aborted. Once the bandit army breaks through Huolin Gol, the vast Mongolian hinterland will be ravaged, and the campaign to suppress the bandits will be protracted.

Zhang Zuolin urgently contacted Jiang Guidi, the commander of Rehe, and asked the Rehe army to stick to the line of the central banner of the right wing of Huolin Gol and Horqin. This old and self-sufficient Manchu relict swore that the Yi Army would not only be able to hold the defensive line, but also become the backbone of the crushing bandit army.

Mi Zhenbiao, the deputy commander of the Yi Army, the deputy commander of Rehe, and the guard of Linxi Town, made a mistake after receiving the order: the Yi Army formed its own line in the Beiyang Army, and the same origin was Li Hongzhang's Huai Army. However, after years of "evolution", the Yi Army has gradually degenerated into a two-spear soldier who has turned magic into decay on the land of Rehe, a land of big smoke. Not only is the equipment extremely poor, but the combat effectiveness has also dropped amazingly---- there is no way, the money is used to buy smoking guns and fireworks (not munitions).

Fortunately, there had been a resolution on the Quadripartite Coalition to suppress the rebellion, which set the tone for intercepting the rebels outside the Rehe, and the Yi Army was still relatively well prepared for this.

Rao is like this, when the cavalry of the "Qinwang Restoration Army" all over the mountains rushed over, the Yi army was still stunned. There are thousands of people, and there is no boundary. Thousands of war horses galloped across the grassland, what a majestic scene! The sound of horses' hooves and the flying of sabers have already made the officers and soldiers on the front line of the Yi Army tremble, and the front defense line of the two battalions of the Yi Army was torn open in an instant.

Yes, like a sickle cutting butter, hundreds of volunteers melted into the herd of horses after only one round of gunfire, with only confusion, wailing, blood and filth, interspersed with the occasional gunshot of fire.

Under the overwhelming cavalry attack, the Yi army appeared vulnerable.

Also, although the world's military development was at the first peak of the *** era at this time, the great war in Europe also made the cavalry permanently give way to the position of the main force. But China, which was quite backward militarily, did not have an effective way to confront the cavalry, except for another cavalry team of comparable size. The cavalry duel scenes that can be common in later movies and television only took place in backward places such as China, and it was not until the 40s. In Europe, the use of machine guns on a large scale made it easy for infantry to suppress cavalry fire in World War I.

Mi Zhenbiao, who was in the battle, also did not expect that the troops under his command would not have the strength to fight under the attack of a group of rabble! He ordered the uneasy Regiment Commander He Yan: "Your troops are such bastards! Now you must resist immediately, or Lao Tzu will remove you from your post! ”

He Yan, who was hard-headed, put his last reserve team into the second line of defense, but this group of hundreds of people was only a drop in the bucket. Babu Zabu used the Mongols' usual two-wing flank flank to hit the central strategy, taking advantage of the large combat radius of the cavalry, but in a moment, the second line of defense was lost again! Mi Zhenbiao took another regiment of his own, and fought and retreated, in response to the rout of the Yi army, and retreated to the town of Tulie Maodu on the bank of the Huolin River.

Tulie Maodu Town, said to be a town, but a radius of several miles, is not as good as a street in the mainland. This small town, which cannot be found on the map of China, but has only 300 herdsmen, is destined to go down in history.

The Yi army retreated into the town, and finally could rely on houses, fences, and firewood stacks for active defense, which weakened the advantage of the rebel cavalry. Yes, just weakened. The rebels surrounded the town, and the cavalry stepped back a distance long enough to gallop in preparation for a new offensive.

While preparing for the attack, Babu Zabu arranged for his rebels to shout: "Brothers of the Yi Army, we are the Mongolian 'Qinwang Restoration Army', our Mongolian independent hero, the commander of the Mongolian army, Babu Zabu, is unstoppable, and we don't want to embarrass you." Now you lay down your arms, the descendants of the reborn heavens will not embarrass you, and we in Mongolia will live in peace with you! ”

Mi Zhenbiao originally still had the spirit of the old Huai army, although this spirit had been worn out on the vast majority of the old Huai army generals, but the bloodshed of the battlefield still made him finally lose his blood and accumulated blood. He decided to evacuate this projectile land to Huolin Gol City, where there was a strong city to defend, which was enough to hold out for a while.

But his other regiment commander, Song Jiuling, strongly advised: "Commander, the bandit army is strong, so it's better for us to stick to it and wait for help." Our brothers, who are less than 3,000 people, walk on two legs, let alone run, and even if they drag them, they will drag them to death. Now hurry up to strengthen the defense line, relying on the existing geographical advantages, we still have the strength to defend. Moreover, Zhang Dashuai's guard brigade will arrive soon, and when the time comes, the inside and outside should be combined, and this battle will definitely be victorious. ”

Thinking about it, the advantage of the Mongolian cavalry is to annihilate the enemy's living forces in the movement war, Mi Zhenbiao is not sure if he can withdraw safely, thinking that his three thousand men and horses with guns will not be so sad, and they can't hold a few back and forth in the case of stubbornness, right? He secretly hoped in the direction of Fengtian: Zhang Dashuai, Zhang Dashuai, your army must come over earlier!

But soon, Deputy Commander Mi was distorted by the vivid situation: the rebels were in full swing, and they also had a certain discipline, relying on the advantage of fast horses, to launch wave after wave of provocative charges. There are many experienced veterans of the bandits, and they basically have good kung fu immediately, shooting while running, and they have changed places with one shot, harassing the already unstable defense line of the Yi army back and forth, basically seeing red again and again, making the Yi army tired and suffering heavy losses. Basically, the Yi army was pressed and beaten, and under the cold light of the saber, many Yi soldiers with guns shrank their heads one after another, chanting "Amitabha, don't cut the saber to me!" ”

However, Deputy Commander Mi was still very glad that he had made a fortunate decision: to hold on. If in the field, his troops would definitely be much higher than the current losses. Everyone is stuck in this town, at least you don't have to worry about a saber behind your back, right?

By the end of the evening, morale had been so demoralized that the rebels could even cross the streets at a gallop. Babu Zab even arrogantly shouted: "Take the town, brothers go into the town and sleep at night!" ”

The loose defense line of the Yi Army made Mi Zhenbiao very worried, how long can this last, and can he still see the sun tomorrow?