In the north of the land of China, lies the vast, mountainous Mongolian Plateau, where stretches a vast fertile fertile soil, this fertile soil composed of mountains and deserts, grasslands, lakes and mountain springs, here is China's Outer Mongolia, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu in the north, although the nomadic tribes of this plateau have rebelled repeatedly, but here has always been a Chinese territory.

When spring arrives, the warm tropical winds that blow from the Pacific Ocean reach the Mongolian Plateau, deep in the heart of Asia, and drive the cold Siberian air covering this plateau back to the Arctic Ocean when the snow melts in the month. The dry yellow grassland was instantly dressed in a layer of green, and the birds that went south for the winter also returned to their homes in the north in the direction of the warm wind, and the Mongolian grassland at this time seemed to be full of vitality.

The spring and summer of the Mongolian steppe is short, compared to the short spring and summer, the harsh winter is the longest, at the beginning of August every year, when the first cold wind from the Arctic Ocean collides with the warm wind of the Pacific Ocean, the autumn of Mongolia comes, for the herdsmen on the steppe, they must hurry up, let the cattle and sheep accumulate fertilizer at the same time, but also cut the pasture, less than three months after the first snow falls, they must be prepared before the arrival of winter.

In the yellowed steppes of the Mongolian Plateau, the herdsmen drove their cattle and sheep to graze on the grasslands so that they could store enough fat to survive the winter, the men rode low Mongolian ponies and galloped freely on the grasslands, the women made dried milk and ghee, and the merchants from the Guannai seized the autumn fat season to trade with the herdsmen.

Although the entire Mongolian steppe is preparing for the coming cold winter at this time, the Living Buddha Palace in the center of Kulun City is still shrouded in a haze, and the oil lamps in the Living Buddha Palace that have not been extinguished for hundreds of years emit dim light, and the dim light makes the palace always shrouded in a strange air.

The sky is getting dark, the night is shrouded in the Kulun Living Buddha Mansion, and the panicked cries of the birds who return late swim among the halls and pavilions, making the silent Ganning Temple seem eerie. Jebtsundamba sat cross-legged, with no master of the six gods in his heart, extremely flustered, and he didn't even bother to take care of the matter of holding the lamp. The room was pitch black, and under the faint starlight, only the figure of Jebtsundamba sitting cross-legged could be faintly seen.

Naren Gaowa gently pushed the door in, quietly lit the lamp, brought a pot of milk tea to Jebtsundamba, and then stood quietly beside him. Jebtsundamba looked at Narengaowa silently for a while before he asked:

"The princes of the south have successively attached themselves to Nanjing. Have you heard? ”

Naren Gaowa nodded slightly. That Ren Gaowa is the woman who has been described by the minister of Kulun as Pu Shou many times in the mouth of the imperial court, and the Tsarist Russia "uses foxy means to carry out its wolf-swallowing heart", "The female disciple gave birth to a little Buddha, and the Russians also offered a woman, and she was a living Buddha, and she was called a nurse, thinking that it was a means to contact the living Buddha." "Since this woman came to Kulen ten years ago, she has had a much greater influence on Jebtsundamba than anyone else.

Naren Gaowa nodded, after the capital was captured by the Guangfu army, the banners of Inner Mongolia successively obeyed the central government, and they had already spread to Kulun and the entire Mongolian tribes along with those Jin merchants.

Two months earlier, after the Han people's anti-Russian army was stationed in the Fifth Regiment, as for the other Inner Mongolia Banner League, after the Shaanxi rebellion, Jingyue Xiufang took office as the commissioner of Inner Mongolia, that is, he led a cavalry brigade of 3,000 people, penetrated Shaanxi into Sui, and persuaded the Inner Mongolian banners to belong to Nanjing by means of making friends, racing horses, and worshipping the handles, and Nanjing gave these princes the appointment of county kings. I am going to hand over Pu Shou to Jing Yuexiu who returns to Suicheng, and at the same time go to Nanjing and obey the orders of the ruling axe. ”

The cunning Naren Gaowa deliberately frowned and pondered, and only asked rhetorically for a while.

"Nanjing wants to carry out a new policy in Mongolia, although Nanjing is the king of the county to the princes, Jing Yuexiu returned to Sui to take office for only one month, first in the name of "the whole country only survives the recovery army", the army of the prince is relieved, only a team of the protector is left, and the Hetao Border Reclamation Bureau is set up, 6 million acres of land are divided, and the land is awarded to the Han army, Nanjing has an order to pass the whole army, after the recovery of the country, retired soldiers can get 20 acres of Xuntian, and only this place can place 300,000 soldiers! If the Buddha returns again, I am afraid that the future of the land will not be good! ”

"If it doesn't work, what can I do? The merchants brought news that the 21st Division of the Liberation Army had been stationed in Zhangjiakou and could go to Kulen at any time...... Therefore, I would like to obey the orders of the ruling axe, and ask Nanjing to follow the old system of the former Qing Dynasty and send a senior clerk to the treasury. ”

"Is it possible for the Buddha to agree to Nanjing?"

Naren Gaowa's rhetorical question again only made the Living Buddha of Jebtsundamba shake his head and sighed:

"I don't know, but judging from the current situation, Nanjing will probably not agree."

"Aren't you working in vain?!"

"What else can I do, I can't send troops to intercept the Han army! The Han army has millions of troops."

This will make Jebtsundamba's face full of despair, as if he has reached the end of his rope.

As soon as Naren Gaowa saw that the time had come, she persuaded according to the mission she had undertaken when she came to Mongolia, "Buddha, the Chinese say that all roads lead to Yanjing!" You have a lot of countermeasures! ”

Jebtsundamba seemed to see a glimmer of life and asked eagerly:

"What do you do?"

"Buddha, even if Nanjing agrees to your request, you can be safe this time, but who can guarantee you; There will never be a new deal in Mongolia again, so this is not a long-term solution.

"If Nanjing doesn't agree to your request, then you will have to let them be enslaved! - "So, speaking of which, you'll always be in the palm of someone else's hand!"

"Buddha. You are the reincarnation of the Buddha, you were born to rule Mongolia, you used to be at the mercy of Qing officials, why are you at the mercy of Chinese officials now? ”

Jebtsundamba sat with his eyes closed and sat cross-legged for a long time, and then said:

"What you say makes sense. But now is no longer the time when Genghis Khan swept away thousands of armies, and the Mongols can't resist the guns of the Han Chinese! ”

Naren Gaowa was overjoyed, and said with disgust:

"Buddha, I see you've forgotten Mr. Shimalef's words again, haven't you?"

Jebtsundamba came to his senses, gritted his teeth and nodded:

"That's right! Right! Russia is my faithful friend!

Jebtsundamba stood up and paced around the room.

"It's time for a showdown with them! To-morrow I will inform the princes of Behanda Dorzi, Chakdurzab, and Bandbsurun to come to Kulen and consult with them on matters relating to reading......"

Early in the morning, as in the past, Park Shou, the minister of the Kulun Office, got up.

In the past three months, his mood can be described as complicated, first the whole country went from rebellion, to the fall of the capital, the emperor was martyred, the queen mother was captured in Jiangning for trial, and the destruction of the Qing state made him, the minister appointed by the Qing state, always in a state of anxiety, panic and confusion.

The current Pu Shou looks much thinner than in the past, and his face is full of sadness, and his complexion is not good. He could not forget that when the capital was besieged, he took the holy decree of the imperial court and went to visit Jebtsundamba and asked to send troops to the king, but they refused, and those lamas and princes were not willing to send troops at all, and even in their opinion, this was an opportunity for Mongolia to get rid of the imperial court.

After the fall of the capital, the frustration, hardship and embarrassment of the office under the jurisdiction of Pu Shou made him live like a year, he only had 200 horsemen by his side, and now these 200 flag horsemen have not escaped without paying, because they do not know where to flee, fleeing to the south, they will definitely be sent to the prisoner of war camp, facing the north is the world of the Russians, what can they do if they escape there?

Recently, Kulun Jin Shang has been persuading him to go to Nanjing and announce the liberation of Mongolia, although he knows that this can protect his family from serving in prisoner of war camps, but he cannot cross the threshold of being a "loyal minister".

When Pu Shou was pondering, the office servant had just brought up the breakfast, and Pu Shou, who had no appetite, had to pretend to sit calmly at the table in order to stabilize the hearts of all the officials and servants in the office, and ate tastelessly, the food in the office was not as good as a day, not to mention the salary of the office staff in the past month, even the fire became a problem, if it weren't for the fact that Pu Shou was friendly with those Jin merchants and borrowed some silver from the firm, I was afraid that the office would have been cut off.

At this moment, the doorman of the office hurriedly came to report.

"My lord, the shopkeeper of the Dasheng Kui Kulun section meets your lordship."

As soon as he heard that it was the shopkeeper of the Dasheng Kui Kulun section, Park Shou even gave an order.

"Hurry up, please!"

In the nearly five months after the rebellion from the provinces south of the Yangtze River, the office of the silver was broken, and the money was borrowed from the city of Kulun, first borrowing 50,000 yuan from the living Buddha, but the silver was broken before and after the rebellion of the capital three months ago, and then borrowed silver from the firm, and the firm also refused.

Without waiting for him to go out to greet him, Duan Luzhuang had already walked into the compound of the office, and when he saw Pu Shou facing him, Duan Luzhuang was about to kneel on the ground, and Pu Shou hurriedly helped him to avoid this gift.

"Brother Jingzhai, you must not do such a big gift in the future, Renshan is just a minister of a dead country, and he really can't afford such a big gift!"

Without too much politeness, Duan Luzhuang's face was full of urgency, and seeing that there were no outsiders around, he said in a low voice.

"My lord, something is wrong!"

Saying that, Duan Luzhuang leaned in Pu Shou's ear and revealed the eyeliner report in the Living Buddha Palace to Pu Shou, and in Pu Shou's surprise, Duan Luzhuang had already knelt down.

"Stealing half a life!"

For Chen Moran, this may be just a dream, he originally wanted to stay with his wife and daughter at home in Shanghai for a few days, but this was just a fantasy, but he only rested in Shanghai for half a day, and then he was "forced" to take his wife and daughter on the way to Ma'anshan to maintain the "Zhenhai" and return to Nanjing.

Press the cigarette butt into the ashtray and turn it very neatly, and the cigarette butt will be extinguished. Then Chen Moran looked at Niu Yongjian and Jiang Fangzhen in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.

There was a hint of excitement on his face, as a soldier, he had always longed to be able to leave the War Department and lead troops to the front line, especially after his friends and classmates had gone to the front.

But in the end, he still stayed in the War Department, he knew that Mr. needed him to stay in the War Department, Nanjing was the center, and the responsibility of commanding the world was carried out, but in the War Department and the General Staff, it can be said that the members were mixed, and the responsibility of the two marching orders was to order the National Liberation Army and the volunteers outside the Guan, and with the "Whampoaization" of the Liberation Army, a large number of Lu Shi graduates were promoted to serve in the General Staff, and the Liberation Army was controlled by a large group of young and surprisingly young Whampoa officers.

Jiang Fangzhen did not listen to political affairs and only asked about military affairs, so he could take charge of the General Staff as the commander-in-chief, but there was a need for someone to sit in the War Department, and the most suitable person was Niu Yongjian, who graduated from Lu Shi, because he unconditionally obeyed the government.

And now, the ruling party intends to let him go to Beiping to serve as the commander of the Northern Command, responsible for the defense of the 18 divisions in the north and the northern region, and it is inevitable that he has some expectations for this, that is, a few hours ago, he received an order to go to Zhenjiang to board the Zhenhai and have a long talk with the ruling government for nearly two hours, and now the only thing he needs to do is to wait for the appointment.

"Ruling on, according to your orders, the Volunteers have stopped marching towards Harbin, and at the same time appropriately shrink the defensive line!"

At this time, Jiang Fangzhen reported another matter.

"Because of the refusal of the Ben to revise the tariff agreement and the threat of war, our country has to suspend all cooperation with the Benedict!"

Chen Moran shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he was not prepared to abide by the agreement reached on Zhangzi Island from beginning to end, the previous compliance was just out of strategic necessity, and now of course he has to kick himself aside.

"In disregard of international trust, the people have flagrantly refused to negotiate with our country on a new tariff treaty, and even intended to threaten with force, so in order to prevent trouble before it burns, I am ready to set up the Northern Command to be responsible for the defense of North China!"

In fact, during the tariff incident, the General Staff proposed the formation of a Northern Command, and compared with the Beijing-Shanghai area, it was obviously inappropriate for North China to rely on only one coordination command.

"It is necessary to form a Northern Command to command 18 divisions in Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces. North China and Northeast China are connected, although there are nine divisions of volunteers in the Northeast, but it is more than enough defense and insufficient attack, and the Northern Command is formed in North China, which can be used as a support force in the Northeast region, and can be pulled to the Northeast battlefield once needed. ”

Turning his gaze to Niu Yongjian, Chen Moran smiled.

"Tisheng, the defense of the north depends on you!"

"Please rest assured that the ruling party will never live up to the responsibility of defending the territory!"

When Niu Yongjian stood up to answer, Jiang Fangzhen couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, originally in his heart, he preferred Songpa to be the commander of the Northern Command, but the ruling ...... Thinking about Songpo's experience in recent months, Jiang Fangzhen's heart couldn't help but darken.

"Baili,"

Although the different colors in Jiang Baili's eyes only flashed, they did not escape Chen Moran's eyes.

"Tisheng went to Beiping, it is a military need, and it is also a military need to transfer Songpo back to Nanjing, and the post of minister of the army is vacant, and it is not said that the inspection group will go abroad, and at present, there is a call for the start of a referendum in China to prepare for the founding of the country, so the issue of the candidate for the minister of the army must be elected as soon as possible.

Listening to the words of the ruling party, Jiang Fangzhen did not show any unusual expression.

"Tisheng, you are traveling north this time, firstly, to coordinate the volunteers in the northeast and be responsible for the defense of the north, and secondly, ...... Mongolia! ”

Lightly spitting out these two words, Chen Moran pulled a map from the table, this is a map of Mongolia, but it is not a military-grade map.

"Now, in addition to the northeast, there is only Mongolia left in the whole of China, and the affairs of the northeast can be put on hold for the time being, but Mongolia can not afford to delay, in recent times, Jebtsundamba living Buddha and others have frequently contacted the Russian minister in Kulen Pokotilov, although Russia is now mired in the quagmire of the Russo-Russian war, Russia does not want to get involved in Mongolian affairs in this situation, but once Mongolia declares that it reads! I'm afraid that the Russians will still get involved! Yesterday, Jing Yuexiu sent a secret telegram, Duan Luzhuang of the Dasheng Kui Kulun got the news from the Living Buddha Palace, Jebu Tsundamba has secretly summoned the four princes to discuss the matter of reading power in Kulun, and now is the time to wait for me! ”

When Chen Moran took a puff of cigarette again, Jiang Fangzhen and Niu Yongjian both looked surprised, neither of them had expected that the situation in Mongolia would collapse to this point, and just two weeks earlier, Jing Yuexiu had sent a telegram saying that he was negotiating with Outer Mongolia about annexation.

"For us, the top priority now is to immediately march into Kulen and completely abandon the negotiation method and force Jebtsundamba to give up his reading power!"

And this Chen Moran took a sip of tea without showing a look, and then narrowed his eyes.

"In short, Tisheng, you will go out to Peking this afternoon, and go by land, and take the train or the army's military vehicle along the way, which is faster than passing by sea. The troops entering Mongolia, I have already selected for you, Xiaolinzi's first cavalry division is good, and the second cavalry division can't go there if you want to, if you say that there is resistance in Mongolia, and the first cavalry division can use a saber to cut down the northwest, you will use the knife of the second cavalry division to cut that place for me! ”

Chen Moran continued to drink tea, sometimes people really don't have psychological pressure when doing something, just like now there is not only no pressure between words, but it seems a little relaxed.

"In power, Jebtsundamba is the leader of Mongolian politics and religion, if he rashly uses force, he may arouse the disgust of the Mongolian people.

Jiang Fangzhen pondered for a moment and expressed his worries, which is why he has not entered Mongolia so far, not because the recovery army is unable to recover Mongolia, but because of the long-term peace and stability of Mongolia, and now he is in power to pacify Mongolia with swords.

"There is no need to worry about this, now the [***] lama is about to arrive in Lanzhou, not to say that he will go to Nanjing, [***] lama in Mongolia is not inferior to Jebtsundamba, can be entrusted to Mongolia to preach the scriptures, in order to collect the people, if after the recovery of Outer Mongolia, Jebzundamba VIII will be divided according to the heart of ......"

The cigarette between his fingers was slammed into Chen Moran's hand, and his eyes were cold.

"When the time comes, I will find the reincarnated spirit child, and after the golden bottle of the Lama Temple is drawn, I will re-enact the Ninth Jebu Tsundamba."

When he said this, a person popped up in Chen Moran's mind, there was a capable and talented Duan Fang, and the kid from Duan Fang gave himself a solution to the trouble, and that kid was still somewhat useful in addition to deducting the basin.

(To be continued)