The Xu family plans to pay off all the arrears in five years, and after this year's task is completed, there will still be three or four years of food rations left in the family, which is such a happy thing for the immigrants who were poor two or three years ago and only had one life left.

Xu Qi was about to say something, when he suddenly heard the sound of a military horn coming from the tunzi, at first he was stunned and didn't hear it clearly, and then after Xu Qi heard the horn clearly, the whole person's face changed.

"Rally ?!!!" What happened?

Xu Qi's reaction in the next moment was to throw away the hoe and shout loudly to the little sister: "Get out and throw the shovel into the ground, you hurry up and drive the sheep back." It's a rallying cry in the tunzi, and I don't know what's going on. But don't be a horse bandit. Hurry back to Tunli, I'll go back first. ”

Xu Qi is one of the militia in Tunli. He has a rifle and a short gun at home.

Xu Xiaomei's face was very disapproving, looking at the back of her eldest brother running away, she said disdainfully: "When did a horse bandit dare to come to rob Kulun, it is fake to be a soldier in the city." You just invited the horse bandits to come, do they dare to come? ”

Xu Qi didn't hear the little sister talking behind him, and rushed back to the tunli with a smoke, and when he arrived at the door, he glanced out, and saw that farther away, countless young women and children were rushing back, and many people's hoes may not even touch the mud.

Xu Qi quickly ran home, said hello to his parents who had just gotten up, and hurried to the school field in full gear. The instructor in the tunli, a retired veteran and the captain of the militia, was standing on the playground in a military uniform. Xu Qi knew that he was not joking when he saw the captain's face, shouted a report, and hurried into the ranks.

There are a total of 26 militias in Tunli. After Xu Qi entered the ranks, he stood in a military posture for almost twenty minutes, and all the talents were all there.

The militia captain's surname is Feng. A single name is an character. He opened his throat and said to them in a loud voice, "I'll tell you something serious." I received a notification from the Kulen Armed Forces Department today. The troops fighting in the north need logistical transportation. Kulen doesn't have enough troops, so we need to send our militia to join.

Ten people in each tun, the captain leads the troops, forming a squad.

Now let all of you assemble that we must choose ten of us to join the transport force.

The monthly salary and allowance of each person during the war period were all in accordance with the standards of the regular army. In addition, for our own families, the imperial court will also reduce the arrears accordingly.

If there is an accident in the meantime. In the case of severe disability or death, all bereavement benefits are provided in accordance with the standards of the regular army, and all arrears of the family are waived. ”

"Now, let's talk about it, who wants to sign up for the front line."

There was a gasp in the queue, and some of the faces were already showing flinching. Cullen's life was very satisfying for them, they were no longer the people who had nothing in the first place.

But there are also those who have bright eyes, and Xu Qi is like this. Not only was he not afraid, but the hot gaze in his eyes made Feng An take a fancy to him at a glance in the crowd.

Xu Qi has a very light sense of belonging to the current Daqin. Their family is able to live the life they are living now. In his opinion, it was all the kindness of the imperial court.

And Xu Qi also understands a truth very well - the war in the north is not far from Outer Mongolia. If the Qin army is defeated, then the Xu family's days in Kulen may not be there. He was only worried that if he went, there might be no one on his family's land, and he was by no means afraid of going to the battlefield and fighting. And his heart that has been stimulated by his second brother for many months. It also made him disgusted with the current days, although he was well fed and warm, but as plain as water.

Xu Qi is strong, and his second brother has always followed the tail behind his buttocks. Xu Qi never thought that he was inferior to his second brother, and the strong contrast hurt his self-esteem.

This 'selection' really made him happy.

Two days later, Xu Qi was dressed in a straight green military uniform. Sitting on the threshold of the main house, the little sister squatted on the ground. While crying, he tied a circle of leggings to Xu Qi's calves, and tears dripped on Xu Qi's leggings one by one.

His father sat in the chair silently, and his mother was busy in the kitchen, hoping to bring more for Xu Qi. Although they all know that there is no hunger in the troops.

Xu Qi helped her sister wipe away her tears and said softly: "Big brother won't die, take good care of your father and mother at home." ”

Xu Xiaomei choked up and said: "How can you tell the story of the war, the bullet doesn't have eyes." The little girl was young after all, and she cried, Xu Qi didn't persuade her again, but just looked at her father with her eyes.

"Now it's decided. When you see Lao Maozi, don't be afraid of death. Don't disgrace your ancestors. Go with confidence. I have the family business. ”

Separation was not long in coming. Ten militiamen gathered on the playground in Tunli, and Feng An and Tun Chang led the team into two carriages. The carriage rushed to the school yard in Kulun, and the militia captains of each township counted the people in their own township [Shitun and One Township], and then handed over clearly with several officers one by one, and finally signed and confirmed by the township chief and the tun chief.

Xu Qi stood in the front row, looking at the officers in woolen dresses on the stage with some envy.

The image is completely mighty and handsome.

"Soldiers, from today onwards, you are no longer a militia. Before the mobilization order is lifted, you will be the official soldiers of our Mongolian Military District.

You are all carefully selected from the tun, and I am sure that you will not lose the face of your family. The colonel officer on the stage coughed and continued: "The reason for this mobilization is because of a logistics, and your task is to escort it. Delivering the military supplies needed by the troops to the troops is your greatest mission. After completing this, your merits are not inferior to those of the front-line fighters......"

The voice reached Xu Qi's ears, and looking at the grass-green hurried figures around him, Xu Qi showed a smirk on his face: "I like to be a soldier." ”

……

With only 20,000 cavalry, it is absolutely possible to completely destroy the Baikal region. But it is impossible to rule the entire Baikal region.

The fighting in Ulan-Ude subsided. The Russian army can't break through the iron wall cast by Xu Dongshan, but Xu Dongshan, who lacks troops, can't take Ulan-Ude.

Although the battles of the other Qin armies were smooth, what about the Buryat Mongols? The Buryat Mongols, who make up a third of the population of the entire Transbaikal province, are now silent. Although these Mongols seem to be tame, they still have a great deal of force. It is a strict and unstable factor, but it is an indisputable fact.

So. The 20,000 cavalry of the Mongolian Military Region were really incapable of doing so, and they could only be mobilized by the armed forces in the places where the immigrants gathered. Local militias were mobilized for reinforcements.

As the largest city in Outer Mongolia and the largest gathering place for immigrants, Kulen was the first time to issue the mobilization order and the task to be determined as soon as possible.

……

"Kolparov has returned to Kilensk, Ayagu is dead, and the situation in Nizhny Angarsk has been brought back under control. The 1st Brigade, now active there, is clearing the remnants of the local Tunguska. Ayagu was killed, and during the battle, they captured many rebels and rebels, and after interrogation, they could pick melons along the vine. ”

Ayagu was the leading figure among the Tungusic people of Lake Baikal. It was the governor of Nizhny Angarsk. When the Qin army came, he was very obedient and surrendered. But when the Qin army was about to relieve him of his military power, Ayagu rebelled. And the dog faced Kolpalov in Kilensk.

Because the Tungusic people of the Baikal region were far less powerful than the Buryat Mongols, as well as relatively close ties. Ayagu was able to become the leader of the 100,000 Tungusic people only because he was a loyal dog of the Russians. It's not that he himself has the strength to make the Russians win over at a high price.

In the camp of the Qin army on the shore of Lake Baikal, a lieutenant colonel staff officer was explaining to the officers on the map on the wall, "According to the information coming back from the Buryat Mongols, their internal opinions are very confused. The Russians have too deep a backlog on them to eradicate in a short time. Unless we can pull out Ulan-Ude in one fell swoop by thunderous means. ”

As a battalion commander of the Second Brigade of the First Cavalry Division, Ma Yukun got up and asked, "There are only a few hundred militias in Kiliansk, and the real Russian army is less than a company. As long as Nizhny Angarsk does a good job, Kolparov is not a threat at all. Even if Kolparov could gather forces from the Russian towns further north, they would not be as large as Kilensk, and the Russians would add them together. A head-to-head battle is definitely no match for one of our battalions. It seems that we need not be too vigilant about the threat from the north.

I think we should let the 1st Brigade go south and sweep the western shore of Lake Baikal. Or concentrate your forces and pull out Ulan-Ude. ”

Ma Yukun was originally Song Qing's general. But after Song Qing surrendered. There is no way to talk about the so-called resolute army. Even when Song Qing himself can't decide whether to stay or go, it is a great opportunity for Ma Yukun to enter the First Cavalry Division. Not to mention after a year of hard work. He successfully qualified for the post of battalion commander.

The lieutenant colonel's staff officer did not answer, but looked at Wei Ming at the top. Wei Ming smiled: "If it's just one Kiliansk and one Kolpalov, we really don't have to make a big move, but there are a large number of Russians in the Baikal region who hate us, and Kiliansk is too close to Lake Baikal." "So it's important to prevent the two from uniting together. The 1st Brigade could not move, but needed to increase the number and intensity of sweeps in the area of the northern tip of Lake Baikal.

As for Ulan-Ude. Fight is definitely going to fight.

Otherwise, Wei Ming would not have mobilized the whole of Mongolia. By the end of September, at least 5,000 militias could be gathered on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude.

With such a large number of troops mobilized, if it was just empty consumption, the logistical pressure on the Qin army would be very great.

……

Just when the commander of the Mongolian Military District, the commander of the Qin army's operation in the Baikal region, Wei Ming, looked at Ulan-Ude, Liu Xian in Beijing also had his eyes fixed on Lake Baikal.

The choice of 200,000 Buryat Mongols made Liu Xian a little different. However, this situation must not be sustainable for long.

The Qin army had to establish the absolute mastership of the Baikal region. The Buryat Mongols either submitted completely or became prisoners of the Qin army. Unaware that Wei Ming was planning an attack on Ulan-Ude, Liu Xian only gave Wei Ming an order that Wei Ming could announce the 'Holy Decree' and move the Buryat Mongols south if he saw the right time.

This will definitely make the restless Buryat Mongol tribes jump, and will make the truly submissive Buryat Mongols act obediently. It's easy to tell friend from foe. As long as Wei Ming felt that the time was right and the time was ripe, he would be able to use this trick to make a move. Liu Xian set the time for him to be in the spring of next year.

Sweep the entire Baikal region before spring, and sweep the Lena River basin north next summer. If the Russians had still refused to compromise at that time. (To be continued......)