At a time when the political axes of the north and the south were facing off, and Shanghai was going crazy for the "gold mine stocks" that were about to be issued, something went wrong in the north of China!

In the autumn of the 7th year of the Republic of China, under the supervision and participation of the war affairs led by Duan Qirui, a Northwest Frontier Defense Preparatory Office was established, with Xu Shuzheng as the director, as a preparation for changing "participation in the war" to "border defense". After the establishment of the Frontier Defense Preparatory Office, it happened to encounter the Russian Revolution and seized power, so that Outer Mongolia had the intention to break away from Russian control and lean towards China.

The reading power of Outer Mongolia is that the emperor instigated the Outer Mongolian Jebzundamba to ascend the throne in Kulun on the 28th day of the lunar calendar of the Xinhai year, known as the "Great Mongolia", and the year name is "Gongdai". When the Republic of China was founded, everything was being created, which gave imperial Russia an opportunity.

Due to the civil strife in Russia, the loss of control of Outer Mongolia gradually aroused the coveting of Yuben. He used the Buryat Seminov and the Mongol bandit Fusheng Ah to plot the formation of a great Mongolian state that included Buriyat, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia and Hulunbuir, under the control of the Buryat. Presiding over this work was Matsui Nakasa, the military attache stationed in Kulun. Photographs of the meetings and banquets of Matsui and the Briats were later obtained by the Chinese General Staff.

In view of the miscalculation of reading power, many princes of Outer Mongolia were afraid that Yuben would take the opportunity to invade and occupy it, so they contemplated re-belonging to China.

The introversion of Outer Mongolia gave Xu Shuzheng a good opportunity to show his ambitions. Xu Shuzheng is a man of great political ambition. The chaos of the situation in Yanjing made it impossible for him to display his ambitions, and his every move was easy to cause [***], and Duan Qirui's supervision and participation in the war was no longer tolerated by the people. It just so happened that he was serving as the director of the Northwest Frontier Defense Preparatory Division, and he was encountering the problem of inward-looking in Outer Mongolia, so he put forward the "Outline of the Northwest Frontier Preparation Measures." After the State Council decided to do so, the political axe specially appointed him as the northwest frontier envoy, and then appointed him to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Frontier Army.

As early as when Xu Shuzheng took over as director of the "Northwest Frontier Defense Preparatory Office," he had already paid attention to all of Mongolia's external relations, so he was well aware of all the conspiracies and attempts of Russia against Mongolia. He believed that Mongolia's wandering and wait-and-see approach to China and the lack of achievement of Chen Yi, the envoy of the capital, for a long time were caused by the confusion of the Russian and Russian countries. Therefore, before he entered the Enlightenment. Eighty large trucks were purchased for the transportation of troops later. 80 trucks, that's a staggering number.

When Xu Shuzheng decided to enter Mongolia, he immediately ordered Chu Qixiang's unit of the Third Brigade of the Northwest Army, which was preparing to enter Mongolia, to drive from Xuanhua to Duolun on foot, and then take the 80 large cars that had been prepared and march towards the road where Kulun went. It is about 2,000 miles from Duolun to Kulun, and most of the way is sandy moraine, which is transported by car, and it takes five to six days to arrive.

In order to maintain the rectification of the army, Xu Shuzheng specially stipulated that the seven-day deadline should be reached. His own chariot and the vanguard marched slowly.

When Xu Shuzheng arrived in Naklin, he suddenly stopped and couldn't enter, so he picked up the phone and called the office of Matsui Nakasa, the military attache stationed in Kulun.

When Matsui answered the phone, Xu Shuzheng first said his name and mission, and then said straight to the point:

"According to the report of my clerk stationed in Kulen, there are as many as 2,000 armed forces in your country stationed in Kulen, is this really the case?"

Before this, Xu Shuzheng had detected that there were about 100 soldiers in Kulun, and now he deliberately exaggerated it, just to ask Matsui to admit that there was a garrison in Kulun.

Sure enough, after Matsui heard Xu's deception, he hurriedly argued: "Your information is not accurate, I really only have 120 armed forces here. ”

Xu Shuzheng heard Matsui's frank admission, and immediately laughed and said: "I'm not going to fight against you, the number of your garrisons has nothing to do with me!" What I want to ask is: On the basis of which treaty between China and the two countries did you openly station troops in Kulen on Chinese territory? ”

At this time, Matsui understood the intention of Xu's conversation, but he couldn't find a proper answer for a while, and he muttered for a long time before he argued and said: "This is because our political axe is not quiet in the Kulen area, and I am afraid that the lives of diplomats will not be guaranteed, so I sent a small number of troops to plan everything, and there is no other intention." ”

Xu Shuzheng said that Matsui's reply had gone beyond the scope of his reply, so he was no longer polite, and replied resolutely: "Whenever there is any measure between the two countries in any respect, and the interests of the other country are involved, they must act with the consent of the other country in accordance with the facts. Your current garrison in Kulen has no treaty basis and has not obtained the consent of the Chinese political axe, which is obviously a violation of the law. I beg you to deliver your 120 men's weapons to our office in Kulen within three hours, and if the time limit is exceeded, you will be held responsible for any clash between the two sides when my troops enter Kulen. ”

Matsui was afraid of Xu Shuzheng's righteousness, and was afraid that Xu Shuzheng really brought a large number of troops, and the consequences would be even more unimaginable, so he delayed and said: "Your Excellency's request is too harsh, and it is not my authority and responsibility to reply, I must take a five-day time limit and wait for the political axe to ask for instructions before replying." ”

At this time, Xu Shuzheng had already heard that Matsui's tone contained fear, and he just wanted to delay time, so he replied in a categorical tone:

"The fundamental mistake in this matter is due to the fact that your Excellency is the person in charge of the political axe on behalf of the party, and of course it is your responsibility to admit your mistake for the political axe, and you also have the responsibility to correct this mistake. Now, please show the courage to be 'responsible' and give an affirmative answer! ”

Matsui listened to Xu Shuzheng's tone, and there was no room for maneuver, but his mouth was talking to the microphone, and he coughed dryly and was speechless.

So, Xu Shuzheng deliberately left him a buffer: "As soon as the conversation between us comes to an end, I will now order my troops to postpone the trip by one hour, and I hope that you will solve this problem with my head of office during this time." I decided to stop with a phone call from my head of office. ”

After saying that, he was afraid that the other party would be verbose again, so he didn't wait for the other party to reply, and hung up the microphone and walked away.

Sure enough, within half an hour, a call from the Kulun office came, reporting to him: "Matsui, the military attache of this book, has surrendered all the weapons of the 120 troops stationed in Kulun. ”

So Xu Shuzheng immediately ordered 80 trucks, carrying neatly armed heroes, to drive into Kulun.

After Xu Shuzheng and the director of the office in Kulun exchanged views on the phone, he immediately stood on the side of the avenue and watched the military vehicles gallop in the direction of Kulun.

He expected that after the disarmament of the garrison, the Mongolians would lose Austrian aid, and the negotiations for the cancellation of autonomy in the future would be unhindered.

When he waved his army into Kulen, in order to show off his strength to the Mongols, he ordered in advance the commanders of each unit to limit each truck to 20 officers and soldiers, and to expose the weapons carried by each soldier as much as possible, so that the appearance of his own car really conformed to the so-called "armor is clear, guns and knives are like a forest".

When the military vehicles entered the city of Kulun, they deliberately walked around several streets and alleys with continuous shops and dense populations, and then drove towards the red city in the garrison area ordered by Yuan Shikai when he was in charge of the country in the western suburbs of Kulun.

However, when the vehicle entered the barracks, the soldiers were not allowed to get out of the car, but were monitored by the officers, who were asked to prostrate themselves in the carriages, and then covered them with a huge canvas from the outside, so that no one could be seen from the outside.

After the arrangements were made, the chariots were driven away from the barracks again, and not far from Kulen, they were again mixed into the ranks of the new troop vehicles, and entered the city of Kulen together. In this way, they often return, and those Mongolians who have never seen the world are dazzled, and they don't know how many men and horses the Northwest Army has driven?

Then, in the morning, the disarming of the garrison spread throughout the city of Kulen, and the Mongols in general respected the handsome young general Xu as if he were a god.

The Hongcheng barracks on the western outskirts of Kulun were originally built by Yuan Shikai under the supervision of Yuan Shikai, and their scale was large enough for five divisions to live. Xu Shuzheng only brought a brigade of men this time, and although the number of personnel in the establishment was more than that of ordinary troops, the more than 8,000 officers and men could not fill such a large barracks.

However, Xu Shuzheng had already made arrangements for this, and before the arrival of the troops, he stipulated that each company should live in a barracks that could accommodate a regiment of people, and that guards should be placed outside the gates of each barracks, and that local people were strictly forbidden to approach the barracks so as not to leak the truth. Therefore, the Mongols thought that the barracks were full of troops. The number should be at least 50,000 or more, but it is not known that there are less than 10,000.

As a result of Xu Shuzheng's careful arrangement, the psychological warfare against the Mongols has won a remarkable victory.

After Xu Shuzheng arrived in Kulun, he felt that the Mongolian people were suspicious, and if he used an interpreter in the negotiations, not only would he lose his original meaning, but it would also easily lead to misunderstandings.

"When I was studying Mongolian, I wouldn't be a guest unless I had a particularly important accident."

When he was in Yenching, he also paid attention to the Mongolian language, so it only took two weeks to "make up for the evil", and he was able to speak the common Mongolian language without hindrance!

As for the talks with Mongolian "Prime Minister" Batma and various lamas, he personally spoke in Mongolian without interpreting. Thanks to his brilliant genius and dexterity, he succeeded in revealing the Mongol autonomy of the Mongols after only 22 days in Kulen.

Xu Shuzheng did not need to shoot a single shot, that is, Mongolia was reincorporated into the Chinese territory, this martial art is rare in the world.

No matter what this genius has done before, the reconquest of Mongolia alone is enough to make him forever in history!

After learning that Xu Shuzheng had recovered Mongolia, Wang Hengyue, the president of the south, personally sent a congratulatory telegram to his "enemy", and the telegram contained only ten words:

"Regardless of the confrontation between the north and the south, the first contribution to the recovery of Mongolia!"

Regardless of the confrontation between the north and the south, the first contribution to the recovery of Mongolia!

The "dark" Beiyang political axe values the integrity of the country's territory more than Mount Tai! The "decadent" Beiyang political axe regards the dignity of the nation above all else! The steel backbone of the "reactionary" Beiyang political axe has never been bent in the face of any foreign forces that attempt to split the motherland!

(To be continued)