The next day, agents from the Intelligence Department of the Han Kingdom visited Yuan Shikai, and the agents revealed to Yuan Shikai that part of the strength of the Han Kingdom was that with the strength of the Han Kingdom, he was sure enough to defeat the Four-Nation Alliance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shikai, who was originally unwilling to be his puppet, finally agreed to return to the Han Kingdom after thinking about it for a few days, and more than 12,000 people in his department accepted the change of the Han army.

On the Mongolian side, Inner Mongolia has been subordinated to the Han Kingdom, and various commodities produced in Siqi will soon be imported into the Inner Mongolia region, and the Han army has also begun to recruit Mongolian cavalry in Inner Mongolia, initially preparing to recruit two cavalry divisions, totaling more than 11,000 people, and the two cavalry divisions will also be equipped with rifles, and the bows and arrows they are accustomed to using will be eliminated, but if these two cavalry divisions want to have combat power, I am afraid it will take a few months.

At the same time, the Han army sent envoys into Outer Mongolia to try to contact Jebtsundamba VIII and persuade the tribes of Outer Mongolia to surrender, but at this time, Tsarist Russia also sent envoys into Outer Mongolia to win over the tribes of Outer Mongolia, and the form of Outer Mongolia became a little unpredictable.

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Batang County, Siqi Province

The 2nd Brigade of the Praetorian Guard (Division) and the 11th Division, which had been reorganized, converged here, and their goal was Saizai.

After several months of preparation, Qi Lin's 11th Division was finally completed, and Yan Xueyi ordered Qi Lin's 11th Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Praetorian Guard (Division) to enter Tibet.

The march to Xizang was a very big test for the Han army.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the latest uplift, the largest and the highest altitude plateau in the world, so it is called the "roof of the world" and is regarded as the "third pole of the earth" in addition to the Antarctic and the North Pole.

The climate of Nishizo, due to the influence of topography, landform and atmospheric circulation, is unique and complex and diverse, due to the repeated increase of terrain, the temperature gradually decreases, and with the increase of altitude, the air pressure decreases, the air density decreases, the oxygen content per cubic meter of air gradually decreases, people who live in the plains for a long time are prone to altitude sickness when they enter the plateau, and there are symptoms such as headache, insomnia, loss of appetite, fatigue, and difficulty breathing.

All of the above made it very difficult for the Han army to march in the process of marching into Xizang, and if you are not careful, there will be Han soldiers who will die because of various accidents.

In order to deal with these problems, the 11th Division of the Han Army was trained in Batang County, which is close to Xizang, which is more than 2,500 meters above sea level and has high terrain.

Moreover, many of the soldiers of the 11th Division were recruited from the area already near Batang County, making the 11th Division more suitable for marching and fighting in Xiqiang than other units of the Han army.

However, the 11th Division has always been a newly formed and trained division, and its combat effectiveness is relatively weak compared to other units of the Han Army.

Compared with the first four numbered divisions of the Han Army, the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guard (Division) is not weak at all, and the Janissary Army (Division) can also be said to be a main division, but the Janissary Army (Division) is mainly responsible for guarding Yuanhe City, and there are few opportunities to go to the battlefield.

However, the Han army, as the main armed force of the Han Kingdom, is responsible for defending various places, so that the troops are overstretched, so this time there is a chance for the Praetorian Guard (division) to fight, but the Praetorian Guard (division) can only send one brigade to fight, and the rest of the troops still have to stay in Yuanhe City to protect Yan Xueyi's safety.

The Praetorian Guards (division) finally had a chance to fight, and the various departments of the Praetorian Guard (division) scrambled to get this opportunity to fight, and finally even put out a big contest of the Praetorian Guards (division), and finally Zhang Lingyun's second brigade won the victory of the big contest and got the opportunity to go to Xizang, which also made the officers of other units of the Praetorian Guard (division) regret it, and secretly made up their minds to go back to double their training.

In addition, before the Second Brigade of the Praetorian Guard (Division) entered Tibet, it also conducted a period of adaptation training in Batang County in advance to prevent the Second Brigade of the Janissary (Division) from having no combat effectiveness as soon as it entered Xiqiang and had not yet started a war with the enemy.

The Han army had a difficult march, and likewise, it was very difficult to transport supplies to the Han army.

Faced with the problem of supply difficulties, the Han Kingdom has collected a large number of mules and horses for the Han army, relying on these mules and horses, the Han army's troops entering Tibet can carry a large number of supplies, enough to hold on to the Han army's airship flying into the blue sky, and at that time, this army will no longer need to worry about the problem of supply.

Before that, the troops entering Tibet will give up most of their heavy weapons, artillery over 100 mm will not carry it at all, 75 mm field guns will only carry a quarter of the number, and heavy machine guns and 60 mm mortars will also carry only half of them.

However, with only the remaining heavy weapons, the Han army's troops into Tibet are enough to conquer Xizang, even if they have to face the British army later, because of the terrain problem, the British army will not be equipped with many heavy weapons, and the Han army's troops into Tibet still have a weapon advantage, and by the end of July, basically the Han army's airships will transport all kinds of supplies and even the heavy weapons needed by the troops into Tibet.

The time soon came to 1 July, and the 11th Division of the Han Army and the 2nd Brigade of the Janissary Army (Division), totaling more than 16,000 troops, under the command of Qi Lin, formally marched from Batang County to Xiqiang, passing through Mangkang County, Zuogong County, and other places, and reaching Lhasa, the capital of Xizang.

"Let's go!" Qi Lin, who was standing at the forefront, ordered loudly.

The Han army's troops marching into Tibet, lined up for several kilometers, marched forward with solid steps, accompanied by thousands of mules and horses loaded with various supplies.

At this time, Yan Xueyi, who was far away in Yuanhe City, also received the news that the Han army's troops entering Tibet had set off, and Yan Xueyi's profound eyes seemed to look through the space and saw the figure of the Han army's troops entering Tibet marching into Xizang.

After silently staring in the direction of Batang County for a while, Yan Xueyi returned to the study and continued to process the documents.

There is only one month left until August, and the Han Kingdom is about to face the attack of the Four Nations Alliance, but fortunately, the Four Nations Alliance is attacking the Han Kingdom separately, and the Han army that has been scattered to various places is enough to resist or even eliminate the Four Nations Alliance.

It is not difficult to eliminate the Four-Nation Alliance, but Yan Xueyi sees further, once the Four-Nation Alliance is defeated, whether Tsarist Russia in the north will send more troops to attack, and whether Britain will send his powerful Han army, all this is unknown. (To be continued.) )