At the beginning of October, the land of the Central Plains was still verdant with thousands of trees, but outside the customs was already the scene of autumn light.

A heavy rain on the grassland makes an autumn prairie feel a little more autumnal, and on the grassland where the autumn rain has passed, there are no cattle and sheep, stretching for dozens of miles in addition to the barracks or barracks. In the barracks, which were staggered by the autumn rain and the winds above the grassland, there were piles of charcoal and mud-filled grain carts everywhere, and the streets full of donkeys, mules, camels, and horse dung were trampled and kneaded in the mud by the cowhide boots of the soldiers, and flowed like porridge.

This sudden raincoat made all the officers and soldiers in the barracks feel like they had been soaked in water, sticky and wet all over the body, especially when the wind blew, it was even colder, but as soon as the sun came out, the soldiers hurriedly checked the quilts and military uniforms, and the autumn on the grassland was not as good as the Guannei.

When the sun cleared the rain and fog, a group of about 50 cavalrymen, galloping from west to east, covered with mud on the Don River war horses, carrying a drenched and unkempt cavalry, galloped wildly on the "post road" more than four feet wide, and the slurry splashed everywhere, bursting all over the sail tents beside the road, even on the bedding that the soldiers had just dried in the distance.

When the cavalry passed, they immediately attracted a scolding from the soldiers.

"What are you burning when your turtle son is poor! That's all I have for this dry quilt! ”

The soldier with his shaved head was supporting a pole to dry the bedding next to the post road, and the military uniform was splashed with a piece of mud juice, and even a drop burst into his mouth, and he spat and scolded.

"The ancestors are boarded, and the pole is going to fall! What do ghost sons sell? Come and help hold it up! Blood ancestor, damn, don't let Lao Tzu go to the front line, go to the front line to scrape a few Russian soldiers alive! ”

A few soldiers who were laughing and laughing in the tent hurriedly ran out, picking up the rubble and stuffing the crooked clothes pole.

Wearing an inferior soldier on the collar of his uniform, the short man looked up, snorted and grinned.

"Fifth brother, if you really go to the battlefield, do you really dare to scrape the Russian soldiers?"

The shaved head of the superior brushed off the mud spots on his body and said hatefully.

"Ge Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is aggrieved when he fucking thinks about it, the dog's Oriental little nose is playing with Lao Maozi in Liaoyang, and the rear is empty, we should have taken advantage of the weakness to hit Harbin, but the fuck didn't know that the gang of bastards in the headquarters made a mistake, and actually ordered the troops to stop attacking, dog?"

As soon as his voice fell, it immediately caused a burst of resonance:

"Lao Wu's words are authentic!"

"When the lead was in the front, the chiefs shouted all day long to go to Harbin...... I even dreamed of hitting Harbin and sleeping in a warm pit! It's better to cuddle up to sleep again! ”

"It's not, what kind of work is spent on the grassland, damn it, as long as our volunteers get to Harbin, we can safely let the old hairy fart go back to Russia, maybe we can hit Vladivostok and take a bath in the sea!"

"Come on, when we hit Vladivostok, the dog said that it was cold in the morning, and he had to pee with a stick!"

"According to me, our Commander Lin is also embarrassed now, our Volunteer Army has a total of so many troops, four main divisions, fourteen regiments to the south, and even the first cavalry division has entered the customs, just with our little man, the old Maozi of the dog is hundreds of thousands of troops waiting for that ......"

The cavalry that was speeding by, of course, did not pay attention to the soldiers' comments, and at this moment they had galloped in front of a row of wooden houses, and it took a lot of effort to set up this wooden house on the grassland, after all, it was not easy to find a tree with a thick arm on the grassland.

The two young officers led by the two young officers reined in their horses and jumped off their horses in front of the row of wooden houses, and threw whips and reins to the cavalrymen who jumped off their horses behind.

"The commander and Division Commander Zhang are discussing things, please ask Division Commander Liu and Chief of Staff Deng to wait in the meeting hall to listen to the order!"

"Yes!"

The young and somewhat surprising Liu Pingchuan gave a military salute and agreed, but did not move, turned around and smiled at another officer beside him.

"Shaofu, the waiting hall is going to be full at this time, it's all smokeworms, I'm afraid of smelling the smell of smoke. You're going to go in first, it's going to be dry outside, it's drying in the sun, and I'll go in when the clothes are dry. ”

Dunson shook his head in the same way.

"I also think that the house is boring, and you tell me to do what you don't want to do! I'm out to dry too! ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

These two officers are around twenty-two or three years old, and they are about the same size, because the two usually get along well, and at the same time they are inseparable, stirring horses and spoons in a stove, and living in the same tent.

In their words, "one is a father and the other is a mother, and this soldier is the child of the two of them, and the one who is a father and mother does not love children." Since the establishment of the Second Cavalry Division, they have not heard the Second Cavalry Division fight a hard battle, and all rely on mobile guerrilla warfare to fight cheap battles.

In fact, although the two are from the same Whampoa, their surnames and appearances are very different, Liu Pingchuan has a long face, a pale and thin complexion, and a pair of eye sockets are slightly sunken. There is very little expression on the steep face, under the two broom eyebrows that are heavy, a pair of small eyes that are squinted, if it is not occasionally flashed, I am afraid that he really can't see that he has eyes, and as the chief of staff, Deng Sen is slightly fatter than him, his eyebrows are knocked out, and there is a smile on his face all day long, on the surface, he seems to be a Xiha surname, but those who know know know that he even had a smile on his face when he shot the deserter, but these two people are the father and mother of the second cavalry division.

At this moment, the two of them stood in front of the wooden steps in front of the wooden house of the headquarters, basking in the melting sun, Liu Pingchuan closed his eyes and basked in the sun, and he couldn't see any expression on his face, while Deng Sen was kicking and trampling like a monkey, panting for a while, rubbing the mud spots on his boots with his hands, rubbing the mud on his breeches, walking briskly back and forth, maybe idle and bored, he smiled and grinned and talked to those soldiers.

The surnames of the two are different, but it does not prevent them from being best friends, the kind of classmates and friends who have exchanged blood and share life and death. Then Dunson walked back again, carrying an object in his hand as if he were offering a treasure.

"Hey, you see, just now I spent six dollars to buy a silver medal from a private, I heard him say that it was touched from a spy when he was on guard, you see the words in this song, I don't know any of them! Brother Ping, haven't your family been to Mongolia to do business, tell me about it! ”

It is the habit of Deng Sen, a young master from Sijiu City, to collect things, not only his salary is used to collect things, but even money is collected from his family, basically every time he finishes a battle, he can watch him ride a horse, like a businessman to take things out of the hands of the soldiers.

"That's Mongolian."

The eyes that were open as if they were squinting seemed to open, and the muscles on Liu Pingchuan's cheeks twitched imperceptibly, and then said word by word.

"This may be a hundred years of Mongolian gold and silver medals or something, I don't know what is written on it, I can speak Mongolian, but I can't write Mongolian, you spend six yuan! Definitely worth it! We like these things, maybe if you are promoted to the throne in the future, you can still give it to the ruler! If it falls into the hands of the soldiers, it will be turned into silver! ”

As he spoke, his lips tightened again, and his eyes, which were sparkled into a line by the sun, shimmered with crystal, and he looked at the blue sky without saying a word.

"I heard that the first cavalry division is known as beheading 100,000 in the northwest, and the knife of the knife is fast!"

For no reason, he Liu Pingchuan mentioned the first cavalry division again, Yu Daozi is the nickname given to Yu Zhucheng by the two of them, the black-faced knife is more ruthless than everyone else, to his own people, and even more to the enemy, although they are not used to some of the practices of the first cavalry division, but they know that they are riding a division, why do they do that.

"Haven't you heard the commander say that it's a knife, that knife, used in the right place, is a treasure knife! The northwest side is for him! ”

As he spoke, the messy beard on Liu Pingchuan's lips was sometimes blown by the wind, and he buzzed lazily, yawning like a person who was sleepy at noon.

Seeing that he had been distracted for a long time, Deng Sen approached, stabbed him with his finger, and asked with a smile.

"My commander, you said, what is the reason why the commander urgently recruited us back this time?"

"Our division is still more than 100 miles away from the Middle East Road, this order is suspenseful, if it is said that there is a change of defense troops, it is good to say, but we are fleeing all the way back!"

The small eyes that seemed to be squinting and open were raised, and Liu Pingchuan stretched his waist again before he said.

"I think I'm afraid it has something to do with Liaoyang, Liaoyang's Dashanyan won, the situation in Liaoning is afraid of changing greatly, according to the commander's temper, it is estimated that he is ready to pick peaches from Dashanyan!"

When the two of them speculated on the commander's actions outside the door, several officers in the wooden house were measuring the military map with rulers, and when the staff officers were measuring the map, a young man with a silver-edged black paper leader with a three-leaf silver pine and cypress leaf on the side of the table, and two silver stars on the table would put his feet on the desk and be wiping his gun there, as if all this had nothing to do with him, but there was only one person in the entire volunteer army who could wear two silver stars of three-leaf pines and cypresses in the rank outside the border. That is Lin Yanren, the commander of the Volunteer Army.

However, on the slightly thin melon seed face, the eyebrows were furrowed, and the two lips under the mustache had a coldness that seemed to be smiling, and it was also a little arrogant and contemptuous. Listening to the quarrel over there, Lin Yanren's eyebrows raised and he sneered.

"Isn't it just going to Mongolia! What's the big deal, let the Second Cavalry Division quickly whip down Kulun, cut off the head of that Jebzundamba, send it to Nanjing, and then let the Second Cavalry Division come back, and we still point to picking a few big peaches outside the gate! ”

Picking peaches, these three words are afraid that Lin Yanren's biggest feature of the war, he can fight skillfully and never fight hard, he can pick peaches, and he will never throw his life away, which made him fall into the nickname of "Fox of Kanto" in this newspaper.

"Sir, this matter is not so simple, for that place in Mongolia, you must have both grace and power, so that Mongolia can achieve long-term peace and stability!"

Without answering his chief of staff's question, Lin Yanren turned his head and instructed the two staff officers.

"Hey! Liu Pingchuan and Deng Sen didn't the two of them arrive? Let them both come in! We, who are the chief officers, are letting go of our subordinates and giving a general direction, you, you, you ......"

Lin Yanren's hand lit up and shook his head as the chief of staff and the other staff officers in the room shook his head.

"None of us are veterans who have been through a hundred battles, and can formulate any foolproof battle plans, fighting this thing, relying on that little bit of enlightenment, and aura, they just need to play their surnames on the battlefield, if they really make it too detailed, they will tie their hands and feet! Well, in short, their task is just one sentence, hit Kulen and open the way for the 21st Division, it's as simple as that, as for the rest, let them discuss it themselves! ”

When Lin Yanren was nagging, Liu Pingchuan and Deng Sen had already walked, and after the two entered the house, they took three steps into two steps, stood upright and saluted.

"Hello Commander!"

"What a bird!"

Suddenly put down his legs from the desk and stepped on his boots, Lin Yanren walked to the front of the map.

"What kind of battle are you two dogs fighting, there are still more than 100 kilometers away from the Middle East Road, if Yu Daozi is here, it is estimated that they will all fight in Heilongjiang now, you two don't always want to be parents, you have to act like a chief!"

scolded in his mouth, but there was a smile on the thin pointed face on his face, those who are familiar with Lin Yanren know that he is this temper, the more he scolds, the more it shows that he didn't take this person seriously.

"In this march and battle, whether the knives of the troops are fast or not depends on the advantages of the knives of the military justice team! If you lose the battle, be careful that I cut off your two heads and kick them as balls! ”

"Hey! Commander, my head is a little heavy, kicking my feet, I'll help you cut off an old hairy man when I go back! ”

Liu Pingchuan smiled and said, peeked at the commander, just met his gaze, and was immediately stunned by his cold and shining, sword-like eyes, and he was shocked to quickly lower his head, not daring to say anything more.

"Lao Maozi's head melon seeds are not needed for the time being, this time let you, let you cut off the head of a thief bald man and kick me as a ball!"

Lin Yanren joked again, his temper was a little weird, so strange that no one knew who was afraid of him, when he was joking, when he was talking about serious things.

"Commander, the head of a thief bald? Didn't you point at the bald man and scold the monk, I'm bald! ”

Deng Sen didn't care about the commander's strange temper, but touched his head and joked with Lin Yanren.

If the commander's temper is strange, then Dunson is a cheap temper, he is easy to get close to, and the soldiers like him, but he just has a small problem, that is, he likes to joke with people, and he also loves others to mess around with him. The more you scold him, the happier he becomes; If you ignore him and don't scold him for three days, he will feel uncomfortable and even lose his temper.

"You, look back, be careful, I've really cut off your bald head!"

Lin Yanren also found out this cheap problem of his, and scolded one according to his words, and Deng Sen still smiled, everyone in the volunteer army knew that he and Liu Pingchuan were living treasures, Liu Pingchuan always had a calm and gloomy face, which made people feel cold at first sight, but he couldn't hide anything in his bones, and Deng Sen's face was always piled up with a vice smile, and behind the seemingly cheap temper was a ghost idea, more than half of the reputation of the second cavalry division was exchanged for Deng Sen.

"Commander, my head,"

As soon as he touched his hand, Dunsen's face squeezed the fat!

"It is estimated that the commander has been reluctant to cut it recently, such a happy head, but it is the only one!"

"Dog!"

After scolding, Lin Yanren smiled and motioned for the two to walk to the map.

"No more nonsense, you both come here!"

Hand on the map.

"Do you know that?"

"Mongolia!" The two of them replied at the same time, and they immediately understood the commander's intention for letting them come.

"Don't talk nonsense, the 2nd Cavalry Division will rest for two days first, and after replenishing the personnel and ammunition, go straight to Darigangai, and when you get there, you will change the flag, change the logo, and change it to the Guangfu Army, temporarily break away from the establishment of the Volunteer Army, and come under the command of the North China Command, and knock down the city of Kulun!"

This will Lin Yanren's thin melon seed face is full of meat, and he only heard him say in a hoarse voice.

"When you arrive in the city of Kulen, if they dare to rebel, speak with your sabers and rifles, in a word, kill! Kill them with cold in their bones! As long as they are afraid of killing, those Mongols will not dare to read! ”

When the words fell, Lin Yanren said with a cold smile on his face.

"Of course, don't blindly kill indiscriminately, although sometimes the muzzle of the gun is better than the mouth, but we also have to salute first and then the soldiers, the place of Kulun, Lao Maozi has been in business for a while, you have to learn to be kind and powerful there, bald thief,"

He twisted his head and stared at Dunson, who smiled and touched his nose.

"You kid is a bad boy, give it to me when you get there, in short, in a word, hurry up, maybe you can catch up with our big counterattack, do you know?"

"A big counteroffensive?"

The two of them were stunned at the same time, looking at the commander in some surprise.

"That's right, Dashanyan won Liaoyang, and counterattacked Kuropatkin's counterattack, but according to our intelligence, Dashan's ammunition is insufficient, and it is estimated that the southern Liaonan battlefield will fall into a stalemate, and it is estimated that the army will turn to concentrate all reserve forces and attack Lushun Fortress, which is estimated to be a matter of three or four months, if they take Lushun, they will definitely gather troops to fight Mukden, and it is estimated that the Russian army will definitely ...... in order to protect itself."

Saying that, Lin Yanren lowered his voice, he was still acting like that, trying his best to pick other people's peaches.

"In a word, if you don't take advantage of it, you two have to hurry up, otherwise don't blame Commander Ben for eating meat and drinking soup, and I won't even leave you with some bones!"

"Commander, you're not kind! If we come back, we won't leave you with any slag! ”

Ignoring Deng Sen's confusion there, he pointed to the map with his hand, and Lin Yanren smiled again.

"Whether you can gnaw on the bones and eat the meat depends on your ability, huh...... I don't have anything to say here, the two of you are discussing, see how to march and fight, I still say the same thing, when you get to the battlefield, you play freely, if there is anything, I will help you with it here, okay, nothing to do, just hurry back to the army! ”

(To be continued)