Autumn is high and cool, and the horse's hooves are brisk. On the endless grassland, a group of cavalry galloped on horseback.

This is the 'Gate'g ancient grassland, and the cavalry is the Chinese National Defense Force, which belongs to the Independent Cavalry Division.

The officer who led the team was named Yang Banghan, who was now the deputy commander of the Independent Cavalry Division and also the commander of the First Cavalry Brigade.

The day before yesterday, the Independent Cavalry Division had already taken a train from the Henan garrison to Beijing, and then it was transferred from Beijing to Kouwai along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, which had just been completed and opened to traffic, and as the deputy commander of the Independent Cavalry Division, Yang Banghan led a cavalry regiment to walk in the forefront of the main force, and now the cavalry regiment is rushing from Zhangjiakou to Guihua City, while Yang Banghan is walking in the forefront.

There were only more than 100 people who came with Yang Banghan, escorting several four-wheeled carriages, which were loaded with the munitions urgently needed by the Naturalization City, as well as military tents and other military supplies.

Now, the Naturalization City is in sight, Yang Banghan is eager to enter the city, and he is galloping at the moment. Leaving the guard company and the baggage team far behind, he took the lead, which made his subordinates a little worried, and had to rush up desperately.

Naturalization is located in the central area of the inner 'gate'g, north of the Great Wall, you can go to the north to go to the outer 'gate' g ancient, to the south you can go to Shaanxi, Shanxi, to the west you can go to Xinjiang, to the east, that is Zhili, because of the geographical location, the naturalization city since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, here is the thoroughfare.

The first time the naturalization city showed its important "nature" was in the Qing Dynasty Kangxi period, out of the need to use troops in the external "gate" g, Xinjiang and other places, the Kangxi emperor from the inner "gate" g flags to requisition camel teams, in order to transport the needs, and the naturalization city is an important transit station for military supplies, most of the camel teams at that time were ' Gate 'g ancient camel caravan, only later gradually appeared Han people camel caravan, the Han merchants in the Guannai fancy the commercial value of the naturalized city, so settled here, later to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the naturalized city has appeared with hundreds of camels of the Han merchant camel team business, such as Yihequan, Ronghuatai, Changshengtai, Xinglongmao, Shuangxingde, Yichangrui, Liu Caopu and other more than 40 businesses, these businesses mainly operate three transportation lines, to the north to the outer 'door' g, to the west to Xinjiang, to the east to Beijing and Tianjin, most of the commodities are tobacco, wine, tea and rice, skin fluff 'hair'. No matter which road it takes, this camel caravan will never be empty, and this long journey of thousands of miles is carried out by camels.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the society has continued to move 'swing', especially in the northwest direction, it is a year of war 'chaos', the camel caravan business has also been affected, Xinjiang, Gansu and other places have closed the 'door' or simply moved to the naturalization city, so that the number of camel teams in the naturalization city is more, to now, if you count according to the camel, then, the camel to the west is about 50,000 peaks, and the camel to the east is about 150,000 peaks.

Although camels did not go as fast as war horses, but the Qing court had made great efforts to maintain the situation in the northwest, and Zuo Zongtang used a large number of camels for transportation in the westward expedition that year, so to speak, if there was no camel team in these naturalized cities. There will be no "Great West Road" of the western expedition to the Hunan army, and there will be no decades of peace in the northwest, and it is precisely because of this that after the end of the war, many camel team business owners were rewarded by the Qing court to show their support, with this official hat, the camel merchants are stronger, and some businesses have even set up large pastures in Balikun and other places, which can graze more than 1,000 camels at a time.

The wealthy camel merchants concentrated in the naturalization city, which brought a problem, that is, the "door" g bandits on the grassland, since the First Sino-Japanese War, the grassland area is not very peaceful, after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the social situation is more turbulent, in this context, if you want to protect your own net worth, it is not enough to count on the imperial court, so after buying off the official government, the camel merchants in the naturalized city also organized a cavalry unit similar to the "black horse team" of Rehe, and the special "door" and the grassland roared back and forthThe number of 'gate' bandits is not large, but there are more than 500 people, and due to backward equipment and low military salaries, this combat effectiveness is not very good, and it is precisely because of this. Naturalization City is not a paradise.

This time, the independent cavalry division was ordered by the Ministry of War to transfer the inner 'gate' g to solve the bandits on the grassland, but considering that the situation of the east 'gate' g and the west 'gate'g is not the same, so which side should the main force be placed on this side does require on-the-spot investigation.

A few days ago, a very strong 'gate' gang crossed the border, and Guihua City has been on guard for several days, and it has not been lifted until today.

However, Yang Banghan is also confident, although he only brought a cavalry company to accompany the escort, but all the soldiers of this cavalry company are "double spearmen", a cavalry gun, a submachine gun, and the bandits at a distance to 'shoot' with a cavalry gun, if the bandits rush to the front, then pick up the submachine gun, to catch the other party off guard.

Yang Banghan is very confident in this submachine gun made by the Hanyang Arsenal, because this kind of gun has been tested in actual combat, and the fierce firepower is enough to ensure the destruction of all enemies in sight. Even the German military advisers expressed great interest in this gun, believing that the new weapon could effectively "sweep" the trenches, but Yang Banghan believed that the most suitable use of this gun was to form a "double spearman" unit.

But this kind of gun is not light, and carrying two guns at the same time is a test for any soldier, even if it is a cavalryman, he can only hang the riding gun on the saddle, otherwise, this road will come at a gallop, and people will not be able to bear it.

With submachine gun guards. Yang Banghan is naturally brisk, taking the lead all the way, and he does not take those grassland bandits who are still wandering around in the slightest.

When Yang Banghan led the guard company and the baggage team to the city of Guihua, he found that the city 'gate' was still closed, and the guards on the city wall were standing curiously behind the battlements to look at them.

After grinding for a long time, the city 'gate' opened a crack, and an officer came out to inquire about Yang Banghan's intentions, which is not to blame the people in the city for being suspicious, now these days, even the bandits know the importance of destroying the telegraph line, two days ago, the gang of crossing the 'gate' G bandits have cut the telegraph line along the way beyond recognition, and there is no high-level gadget like a radio station in the city, so in the past two days, the naturalized city has basically cut off the news from the outside world, and I don't know that the independent cavalry division will send people over so soon.

As soon as they heard that this was a team sent by the center to fight the bandits, there was a burst of jubilation on the head of the city, the city 'gate' was opened, and Yang Banghan and the others entered the Naturalization City in the middle of the people's welcome, and the red 'color' battle flag was immediately raised at the head of the city.

After entering the city and settling the baggage team, Yang Banghan did not hesitate, asked the direction of the "Northwest Frontier Office", and went straight with the guard company.

The "Northwest Frontier Affairs Office" is a newly established organization, which is currently presided over by Xu Shuzheng, who is now the "Northwest Frontier Affairs General Office" and also the director of the Northwest Frontier Affairs Office.

Although Xu Shuzheng brought more than a dozen adjutants and staff officers with him when he rushed over from Beijing, and he also brought a 'strong' machine gun, these people alone could not confront the hundreds or thousands of 'gate' bandits head-on anyway. Especially when Tsarist Russia was still standing behind the other party, in this year, the bandits' equipment was much better than that of the political army, which not only opened the eyes of the people in the naturalized city, but also made General Xu feel the lack of strength at hand, and it was his telegram that finally prompted the War Department to make up its mind to transfer the entire independent cavalry division to the inner 'gate'g.

Xu Shuzheng also wanted a few planes, but the War Department didn't have so many planes to adjust, so the current task of suppressing bandits was basically the cavalry unit of the Wehrmacht.

Hearing that the cavalry had arrived, Xu Shuzheng hurriedly led people to greet him, and before he had gone far out of the 'door', he saw Yang Banghan leading the guard company over.

Xu Shuzheng and Yang Banghan met, but the atmosphere was not very harmonious, both of them were characters with their eyes on the top of their heads, one was arrogant and arrogant, so in this meeting, as long as the other party did not salute first, then the other party would definitely not salute first.

Yang Banghan's military rank is brigadier general, and Xu Shuzheng's military rank is also brigadier general, so I can't say who leads whom, but since Yang Banghan is a guest from afar, it should be the first thing to do as the master.

But Xu Shuzheng didn't do it, and Yang Banghan was too arrogant, when he saw President Xu's office, he was still riding on a war horse, and he didn't mean to jump down at all, so he looked down at this General Manager Xu's office condescendingly.

The two sides were at such a stalemate, but the adjutants who were in a hurry for Xu Shuzheng, but everyone didn't dare to say more, so they had to turn their eyes sharply, thinking of easing the embarrassing atmosphere at the scene.

At this moment, a few gunshots suddenly rang out outside the city, and the embarrassing atmosphere at the scene immediately eased.

"The 'door' bandits are coming! It was the gunfire of the sentries. Xu Shuzheng stopped fighting with Yang Banghan, turned around and ran back to the office, and when he came out again, he was already carrying a rifle in his hand.

But at this time, Yang Banghan also disappeared, Xu Shuzheng saw the yellow dust at the end of the street from a distance, and knew that this deputy division commander Yang was only afraid that he was going to meet the 'gate' G bandits.

"Lead the horse."

Xu Shuzheng ordered to go down, and the adjutant brought him a 'gate' ancient horse, he turned over on the war horse, and rushed to the direction where the gunshots came from with a few staff officers.

Gunfire came from the north of the city, indicating that the bandit brigade was in the north of the city.

When he arrived in the north of the city, Xu Shuzheng found that Yang Banghan did not go out of the city to meet the battle at all, but stood on the city wall and looked out of the city with a telescope.

Xu Shuzheng also climbed the city wall, and when he looked at it, his heart was also in his heart.

I saw that the grassland in the distance was black and oppressive, with various 'colored' flags fluttering and horns sounding.

Looking at this posture, the 'Gate' G bandit brigade that came over this time is probably the main force, and the bandits have 5,000 if not 8,000.

No wonder this Yang Banghan didn't go out of the city to face the battle, he also knew that it was powerful, and it was better to defend.

From this point of view, this Yang Banghan is not a brave and unscrupulous man, Xu Shuzheng's first impression of this person has changed a little.

However, Xu Shuzheng quickly turned his attention back to the bandit outside the city, this is the first time that such a large-scale gang group has appeared outside the naturalized city, and this situation is worth vigilance.

What is this gang going to do? Is it a siege, or is it a crossing?

Xu Shuzheng didn't dare to be careless, and with an order, the whole city of Naturalization City entered a state of combat readiness, and the strong men of the whole city were also organized, foreign guns, earthen guns, spears, broadswords, bows and arrows, fire oil, and all the weapons that could be used to defend the city were basically prepared, which was the "political achievement" of General Manager Xu's office in the past few days.

This also made Yang Banghan change his first impression of General Manager Xu's office, so he smiled at Xu Shuzheng.

Xu Shuzheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

Now that the gap between the two seems to have been removed, it's up to them to deal with the enemy outside the city.