PS. Present today's update, by the way, pull a vote for the "starting point" 515 fan festival, everyone has 8 votes, and the vote will also give the starting point coin, kneel and beg everyone to support and appreciate!

The rebel tribes will unite in one place, and the defeat will stop for a while, and Utai hurriedly bows to the living Buddha Gegen, praying for the manifestation to retreat from the enemy. But when the Living Buddha Marshal heard of the great defeat in the war, and saw the tragic situation of the two or three of the ten remaining parts of the Wutai Division, he was frightened and panicked, and trembled. Reluctantly raised his spirit and begged the Buddha to "manifest his spirit and retreat from the enemy", but it was not effective at all. Not only did I not see the clouds and fog and invulnerability of the lamas, but I also couldn't see the stones falling from the sky, and even the snowflakes did not fall.

At this time, a large force of the government army finally arrived in Taonan County. Wu Junsheng's men and horses were full of momentum and launched an attack on the rebels again. At this time, the rebel army was distraught and their morale was weakened, so they just resisted indiscriminately for a while, fired a few shots indiscriminately, and ran again.

Wutai's rebels were defeated in Gegen Temple, and they wanted to take advantage of the danger of the high-walled tile temple of Gegen Temple in the center of the town to resist the official army for a few days, thinking that it was a chance to breathe. So the three-way soldiers and horses put together more than 1,000 people, and they resisted stubbornly.

Gegen Temple is a big town in the middle of Inner Mongolia, with temples one after another, densely populated and prosperous. It was both a military fortress and a commercial center for agriculture and animal husbandry. At that time, there were more than 100,000 residents. In addition, more than 40,000 refugees moved in from the two banners of Za and Zhen, and the "canopy" and yurts that were erected were connected and stretched for several miles, which was crowded.

Gegen Temple is also the general headquarters and base camp of the "independence" turmoil in Wutai. The lamas of each temple burn incense and chant scriptures every day, welcome the gods and send ghosts, pray to the heavens, and bless the success of Utai's "independence". In the midst of this hustle and bustle, the rout who had been defeated again and again ushered in, and the temples suddenly fell into chaos. The sixth Gegen "Marshal" said "Fa Zhi", saying that with the reinforcements of the Living Buddha of Outer Mongolia, weapons and ammunition can be obtained. He asked everyone to be calm and resist desperately. In fact. Everyone saw that this seventeen-year-old Living Buddha "Marshal" looked panicked more than anyone else.

The day after Wutai was defeated in Gegen Temple, Wu Junsheng led the third battalion of light cavalry in pursuit. After inspecting the topography of Gegen Temple, I felt that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if it was attacked hard, there would inevitably be great casualties. So they surrounded the town and waited for the arrival of infantry and artillery.

Two days later, the soldiers of the 6th Infantry and Artillery Battalions arrived, and the time had come for a general attack.

The artillery set up a cannon on the top of the hill in the south of Gegen Temple, aimed at the rebel headquarters of Gegen Temple, and ordered Wan Fulin to lead the cavalry to stand by at the south gate.

Artillery battalion commander Li Zhixin. After the gun position was corrected repeatedly, the artillery bombardment was fired. The first shot landed in the center of the temple, and the rebels were in chaos and hid in the temple. These rebels have no combat experience, and the more they hide in the house during the shelling, the more dangerous it becomes, so they should lie on their stomachs in the open ground and wait for the opportunity to roll into the crater.

Shells flew one after another. A few cannons blew up the west corner of the main hall, and the copper roof on the ridge of the hall was shaken to the ground. This is regarded as a "bad omen" by living Buddhas and lamas. At this time. The "decrees" and "mantras" of the Buddha were completely out of order, and the rebels, from the "marshal" and "commander" to the Mongolian soldiers, knew that the general trend was gone. The leaders of the rebel armies such as Wutai and Shuodai trembled and chilled, chiseled open the back wall of the big temple, fled in embarrassment, and fled for their lives to the palace of Zasaktu.

When Wan Fulin got the order to lead the horse team to charge the town. The rebels defending the south gate had already fled, and they fought their way to Gegen Temple without encountering resistance. Seeing that Utai had already absconded, he pursued him without stopping, and pursued until he stopped advancing on the south bank of the Guiliu River.

Utai fled to the palace. Only then did he have a slight respite. When he inspected the men and horses, there were only three hundred horsemen left, and nearly half of them were lightly and seriously wounded. However, the reinforcements from Outer Mongolia had not yet arrived, and it was learned that another official army had arrived from Heilongjiang Province and would join forces with Wu Junsheng to attack the palace. The most fatal thing is that Gaqin has been occupied by the official army, and the retreat to Outer Mongolia has been cut off, which is really a desperate end.

……………

After the Chinese Revolution, Russia intended to cooperate with Japan and jointly send troops to occupy the three eastern provinces of China. Since Britain, the United States, and other countries resolutely advocated that the great powers take concerted action against China, and that Russia considered that the situation in Europe was more urgent, and did not want to antagonize Britain and the United States on the China issue, it proposed to the Japanese Government that Japan take the lead in jointly dividing up the three eastern provinces.

Japan, on the other hand, attached great importance to its alliance with Britain and was unwilling to offend Britain and refused to do so. The tsarist government could not wait, and after single-handedly directing the "independence" of Outer Mongolia, it instigated Jebtsundamba to contact the princes of Inner Mongolia in the name of the "Mongol monarch" and instigated them to lead a rebellion and secede from China.

However, the Northeast Military Region reacted quickly to the Mongolian rebellion and used its troops decisively. At the end of his rope, Wutai abandoned the palace and fled to Mount Sauron overnight under the escort of the "Eighteen Arhats" and other personal soldiers. Subsequently, the Heilongjiang Provincial Garrison broke through Rashminjur's Zhenguo Mansion, and Rashminjur ordered to "burn down" the mansion by himself, and fled to Hailar with a small number of his relatives in the chaos.

After more than a month and more than 30 large and small battles, the troops of the Northeast Military Region completely quelled the "independence" turmoil in Uthai and Rashminjur. He killed 757 rebels, wounded more than 1,000 people, and seized more than 500 guns of various kinds, effectively striking a blow to the separatist forces and safeguarding the reunification of the motherland.

At the same time, the anti-bandit units of the Northeast Military Region seized this opportunity to obtain the name and fact of increasing troops in Inner Mongolia and began to approach Outer Mongolia from the east. However, the difficulties were still very great, and Yao Yuping sent a telegram to the central authorities: "It is not easy to raise funds for the purchase of grain stations, so we have to postpone the operation for the time being, and I still hope to encourage the soldiers to take strict precautions." In addition, the environment in Mongolia is harsh, the area around Mongolia is extremely vast, our army has not passed, all the situation of the mountains and rivers and the key passes that are convenient for attack and defense are at a loss, and it is difficult to win in the period, please send a letter to the Survey Bureau by the Central Committee, and send a number of copies of the map of the pre-survey place as soon as possible, so as to investigate the location of the attack and defense. In addition, most of the Mongolian rebels were cavalry, and they moved quickly. Our army went out to search and convey orders, as well as to copy and defend against the enemy quickly, and it was difficult to win unless there was a team of powerful horses. ”

According to the natural conditions of the Mongolian region, since ancient times, the use of troops to fight has been beneficial to cavalry and not to the infantry. The rapid movement of the Outer Mongolian rebels somewhat compensated for their lack of numbers and poor organization. Although the government army was better equipped than the rebels, most of them were infantry and moved slowly, so that the rebels from Outer Mongolia invaded Inner Mongolia, and the government forces were often attacked.

When a place is tight, reinforcements are often not in a hurry, resulting in many losses. The only way to do this is to recruit and reorganize troops on the spot, form cavalry battalions and regiments, and increase cavalry units from the rear, thus greatly improving the mobility of the troops. in order to march into Outer Mongolia and fight the rebels.

In order to further understand the experience and shortcomings of fighting against the Mongolian bandits, the War Department issued a special order to summon Wu Junsheng, Wan Fulin, and other officers to Beijing to report and commend and commend them.

At the same time, the War Department made a series of military deployments. In order to prevent the rebels of Outer Mongolia. The garrisons of Rehe, Chahar, Shanxi, Suiyuan and other places began to assemble and set out for various military points. In total, there were more than 39,900 officers and men, 86 cannons, and 148 machine guns.

In addition, a large number of reinforcements were also ordered to begin to march towards the Pangjiang River (25 kilometers east of the present-day Sunit Right Banner in Inner Mongolia), Baishentu (30 kilometers northeast of the Central and Later United Banner of the present-day Inner Mongolia Urad Central and Later United Banner), and the Dashetai Passes.

Li Yuanhong, commander of the Northwest Military Region, also received an order to begin to increase the number of troops in Xinjiang and other places, and to step up the sorting out of the troops stationed in Xinjiang in the former Qing Dynasty, and to make preparations for a counteroffensive against Kobdo, so as to threaten Outer Mongolia from the west.

Russia instigated rebellions in various parts of Outer Mongolia. The Tangnu Ulianghai is the only exception, as it has decided to occupy it outright. At that time, Kosovic found an early file at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, reported it to the Russian government, and used it as the basis for the Russian attribution of the Tangnu-Ulianghai to Russia. Tsar Nicholas II commented: "I completely agree with the opinion of the chargé d'affaires in Beijing. China has changed dramatically since the discussion of the Wulianghai region, and we must be more active in resolving this matter, otherwise we will have little to gain on China's borders. ”

Tsarist Russia is accustomed to taking advantage of people's dangers. Take advantage of the fire to loot and swallow the territory of neighboring countries. At this time, Nicholas II could not help but recall the difficult situation of his ancestor Alexander II who took advantage of the difficult situation of the Qing government during the Second Opium War. The history of forcibly occupying a large area of Chinese territory north of the Heilongjiang River and east of the Ussuri River. Now it was decided to do the same, seize the Tangnu-Ulianghai, forcibly separate it from Outer Mongolia, put it under the direct rule of the Tsarist government, and include it in the territory of Russia.

After Russia instigated Outer Mongolia to declare independence, it sent a note to the government of the republic. Indicates that it can act as a mediator between China and Mongolia "with the purpose of concluding a Sino-Mongolian treaty guaranteeing Mongolian autonomy", the main contents of which should include China's commitment not to station troops in Mongolia, not to reclaim Mongolian land with Han Chinese, and not to set up Chinese administrative institutions in Mongolia; Mongolia recognized China's suzerainty. Officials are allowed to be stationed in Outer Mongolia.

In addition, Russia proposed that the measures taken by the Chinese Government in Mongolia should be consulted and that the Russian consul in Kulun should supervise the compliance of both sides with the treaty. Russia also demanded that the Chinese Government agree to give it the right of first refusal to build the Mongolian railway and to build a railway from Kulen to Russian territory.

However, the government of the Republic of China was very tough, and Secretary of State Chen Wenqiang solemnly informed the Russian envoy that Inner and Outer Mongolia are China's inalienable territory, and all the affairs involved are China's internal affairs, and how China handles them has nothing to do with foreign countries.

Seeing that the Chinese government has dispatched troops and made a posture of settling the Outer Mongolian independence incident by force. The Russian side also warned the Chinese representative in Russia that if China invaded Outer Mongolia and Russia intervened, the two countries would probably provoke.

The new government has not only set off a wave of popular anti-Russia in the country, but has also passed a special budget in the Congress, expanded the strength of the two military regions in the northeast and northwest, ordered a large number of artillery, machine guns, and ammunition from the United States and Germany, and even lodged a serious protest against Russia's invasion and occupation of China's inherent territory.

The mountains and rains are about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and the Republic of China has just been founded less than a year ago, and a severe test is imminent.

In addition to the regular Standing Committee members, the Deputy Chief of the Army, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, the Deputy Chief of the Navy, and several presidential advisers attended the enlarged meeting of the National Security Council, and the atmosphere of the meeting was very solemn.

Tsarist Russia chose to instigate the "independence" of Outer Mongolia at a time when the domestic political situation was in turmoil before and after the Chinese Revolution, and instigated the rebels of Outer Mongolia to invade Inner Mongolia.

However, China still has a number of favorable conditions. First of all, the Kulen clique's traitorous activities to defect to the enemy not only met with the opposition of the broad masses of the Mongolian people and many patriotic princes and lamas, but also aroused the righteous indignation of the people of the whole country.

Second, the situation in Europe at that time was becoming more and more worrying, the main forces of Russia were engaged in the struggle for Europe, the class contradictions in the country were intensifying, and the rule of the tsars was on the verge of collapse. Despite the aggressive ambitions of Tsarist Russia, there were also many difficulties. Russian Foreign Minister Shazonov bluntly admitted: "We are now desperate to annex Mongolia, and we are unable to do so."

Therefore, if the Chinese government can carry out a-for-tat struggle diplomatically and militarily, it will be possible to thwart the aggressive and expansionist activities of Tsarist imperialism against Mongolia. In the face of the threat of Tsarist Russia, the Beiyang government did not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the country and the nation, and retreated and compromised step by step, but as a result, it encouraged the arrogance of the enemy, so that the "independence" and riots instigated by Tsarist Russia succeeded one after another, and it occupied the vast areas of Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia without much effort.

Now the domestic situation is much better than in history, and the international environment is relatively relaxed, Chen Wenqiang certainly does not want history to repeat itself.

"My talks with the German envoy were quite successful, and the German Government is very supportive of our just act against Russia, and has agreed to purchase 30 million marks of weapons and equipment on credit for a period of five years." Chen Wenqiang spoke first, which also gave everyone an explanation and played a role in boosting morale.

"Are you sure of repayment?" Song Jiaoren asked with some concern when he heard that the amount was so huge.

"It's so easy." Chen Wenqiang smiled and said: "The Germans don't have any good intentions, they want our country to fight with Russia, and use us to weaken or contain the Russians." ”

In fact, Chen Wenqiang did not tell the whole story, and the terms of the credit purchase he signed with Germany specifically stated that he would repay in marks after five years, which was a trap. When World War I broke out and the mark was devalued, I am afraid that only he can know about this matter.

"If you say easy, that's easy." Song Jiaoren nodded reassuringly.

"How did other countries react?" Yuan Shikai then asked.

"Britain said they would not interfere, but they also wanted us to teach the Russian bear a lesson, to turn the Russian bear's attention to Europe, and to weaken the power of Russia so that they could not compete with Britain for Tibet." "The United States, as always, has expressed support for our position, but they want to keep their doors open in areas newly controlled by government forces, and they just want to compete for the market," Chen said. France secretly supported Russia, but did not do anything substantial. The Japanese are cold bystanders, and if the government is weak, I don't think they will mind falling into the trap and coming up behind the Russians and taking two bites. ”

"The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, can the government's financial resources support it?" Duanfang, who served as the special adviser, said worriedly.

Chen Wenqiang said very firmly: "Money is not a problem, even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you must persevere." The key is to look at the army, to raise it properly and act quickly. If you drag the mud and water, it will be difficult to support it for ten or eight years. ”

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )