On the evening of the 15th day of the battle, the advance of the Chechen army arrived at the city of Kulen and surrounded this iconic city of Outer Mongolia. In the steppe in winter, night came early, and the fall of Kulen City was very fast.

When the Chechen army began to light torches outside the city, the gates of the city of Kulen were opened. Of course, this is indispensable to the Mongol rulers who surrendered on the banks of the Krulun River.

The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party was not all "pro-Soviet" factions, and not everyone wanted to make Mongolia part of Soviet Russia, such as the feudal remnants in the eyes of Choibalsan, the moderate Danba Dorzi, who is currently the head of the city of Kulen. It was under his command that the gates were opened.

He would be taking Timur with them to take over important buildings in the city of Kulen, such as the Imperial Palace!

"What about His Majesty the Emperor?" After Timur entered the city, he was most concerned about this boss-level figure.

"His Majesty the Emperor was secretly taken away by the commander-in-chief before the army set off!" Danba Dorji is always answering questions.

"Commander-in-Chief?" Timur didn't know anything about these official positions, not because he didn't want to know about them, but because there were too many people with such titles. Many small groups of 20-30 people dare to call it that.

"It's the Commander-in-Chief of the Mongolian People's Army, Sukh Bartol." Dembadorzi's tone was a little emphasized.

"Are you talking about the Sukh who originally lived in the Damudin family of Khalkha Mongolian Chechen Khan Aimak Yaostub Zi Durkizhab Banner?" Jiya Saiyin interjected that there were not many people with names and surnames in Mongolia these days, except for nobles, commoners generally did not have surnames.

"That's right! His name is Damudin, but I don't know if he didn't originally live in Chechen Khan. "This time it's Danba Dorzi's turn to be half-understood.

"Your own people?" When Timur heard Jiyasayin's interjection, his first thought was this. "This Chechen Khan is really capable! Choibalshan also came out of the Chechen Khan, he is the second-in-command of the People's Party, but he did not expect that the number one leader of the People's Party was also from the Chechen Khan. ”

"Ugh! The small one was only heard before, but no one confirmed it, and now it is certain. "He should be the child of the Damudin family. His father, Damuddin, was a loyal and honest ordinary herdsman, and about 30 years ago, he moved his family to the city of Buying. It is said that on the day Sukhbaatar was born, his brother picked up an axe while going up the mountain to chop wood, which is transliterated as "Sukh" in Mongolian, so he named the newborn "Sukh".

His mother, Hand, had two older brothers and two younger sisters, and the eldest sister was born and gave it to someone due to difficulties in family life.

When Sukhbaatar was 4-5 years old, his family moved from the city of buying and selling to Kunsul. Kunsul was close to Kulen (now the city of Ulaanbaatar), where the Tsarist Russian consulate in Mongolia was located at the time, and there were many Russian workers there. Sukhbaatar learned a little Russian from then on. In 1907, at the age of 14, Sukhbaatar went to work in the family of Zabenyang, who ran the inn, and became a post worker at the post station between Bulgredai and Kulun. ”

"What a twist and turn! Hehe, there is an old saying in China, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold! The suffering of the early years was nothing more than a grind. Okay, don't sigh here, go and take stock of your possessions! Don't lose your important treasures. Timur waved his hand to drive the men away.

With the continuous march of Chechen troops into Kulen, the 15-day war has come to an end!

But war is not an end, it is only a means, and there is still a lot to do before the goal is achieved!

Several of the battles in this campaign were fought near the Kruren River, which can be called the Battle of Krulen.

In this battle, the Soviet Russian commander Neyman's immediate command was impeccable, and the Soviet Russian army also took the lead, almost forcing the Chechen army into a desperate situation several times. In the end, the Chechen army won the victory in the Shubutai Army and the Timurid Army, and the discipline and fighting spirit of the Timurid Army enabled the servant army and the recruited Mongol tribal soldiers to have high morale, challenge the Soviet Russian soldiers, and withstand adversity without being in disarray. Neiman used the Mongol cavalry on the snow-covered plains very riskily, and if it had not been for the accidental death of Xie Jingjin, his adventurous cavalry would have led to the collapse of the Chechen army's flank.

However, due to the mixed sources, the Soviet-Mongolian Eastern Expeditionary Army was ideologically very dependent on the commander of the Soviet Russian army, and once it lost the commander of the Soviet Russian army, it immediately collapsed, and the Soviet Russian generals have always had the tradition of taking the lead, and the Mongolian People's Party army affected by this also has this kind of martial atmosphere. The death of the main general of this battle, Xie Jingjin, dealt a great blow to the morale of his troops, and was also the main reason why the left-wing army was ineffective in the future, and it was also one of the reasons for the failure of this battle.

In the battle of the Krulun River, the Chechen army won quite a fluke, and for the sparsely populated Mongols, the losses were also very heavy.

The servant army and the Mongol tribal army were all very badly defeated, and nearly 10% of them were killed. Even if the Chechen soldiers of the Chinese army were the last to attack, they did not pick up a cheap advantage in the hands of Choibalshan, they were counterattacked several times, and they encountered high-consumption battles such as sieges, and they also lost more than a thousand!

The losses of the 35th Division of Soviet Russia were even higher, they first carried out combat missions, then carried out blocking missions, covered retreat, and finally were surrounded and carried out breakthrough operations. After Timur and the others captured Kulen, they had time to make a good calculation of the 35th Division of Soviet Russia.

The 35th Division of Soviet Russia was confined in situ as soon as possible after the Battle of Krulun, and after Timur and other main forces returned to the rear, the division headquarters and regiments of Soviet Russia began to carefully count the personnel, and when the initial count was made, 2,456 people were killed, 1,616 were wounded, and 5,572 people were missing, captured, scattered, and left behind. Among the prisoners, nearly 4,000 were wounded, sick, cold, and hungry.

A total of materials were lost: 12 mountain artillery, 684 horses, 15 vehicles, 1 radio station, and 6 walkie-talkies. It can be described as a team that completely annihilated the Soviet Russians and participated in the war.

As for the losses of the Mongolian People's Army, it is difficult to count, there are many small roads on the mountain roads, and many people run through the ravine as soon as they see that the situation is not right, and it is really difficult to count at this time, but according to the statistics of the number of people before the war, the number of captured Mongol troops is more than 11,000.

In the later stages of the Battle of Krulun, the Russian general Ivanov, who had been dragging behind, saw that the situation was unfavorable, and immediately ordered a reconnaissance unit of 140 people to cross the city of Dabaganoer without entering, retreat across the Krulun River, and retreat directly in the direction of Kulen.

This Soviet Russian army broke through the heavy interceptions of the gray wolf Coru along the way, relying on fake death and lying in the snow, and went through a lot of hardships, until the last of them reported the battle of Kruren to the Monxi expeditionary army, and when the task was completed, the time was almost the end of February.

This soldier became the only survivor of the Russians in the Battle of Krulen, and the rest were either killed or captured, so to speak, half of the Russian expeditionary force into Mongolia was cut down. But compared to the infantry, the mobile Russian cavalry was more difficult to deal with.

After listening to Timur's report, Zhao Yun checked the various camps and found that most of the prisoners in the Soviet army were yellows, and couldn't help asking: "Why are there so many Chinese in Lao Maozi's army?" ”

"There are Mongols among them, but most of them are Buryats, whose history is closely related to the Mongols, and they are the descendants of the Mongol "Buriyaci" of the Yuan Dynasty. To this day, they can communicate freely with us Mongolians in Mongolian. Moreover, their appearance characteristics and lifestyle are very similar to our Mongolian people. ”

"Oh, I see!" In Zhao Yun's heart, he couldn't help but have a plan for the next step. "This time the personnel are basically in place, and we should also start a new R&D plan!"

"Yes! A new weapons research and development program has begun in the Outer Mongolia camp! Timur was also very optimistic about the prospects of this weapons program.

Since both sides were concentrating most of their forces, the armed forces around Kulen were largely depleted, and on the night of the capture of Kulen, Timur ordered the Mongol divisions to publicize the victory of the Chechen division and pursue Sukhbaatar. He also sent people to the Chechen Ministry to welcome the Chechen Khan to Kulen and presided over talks between various Mongolian tribes.

At this time, the captured Mongolian princes and the leaders of Eastern and Western Mongolia, such as the Chechen Ministry, were all vying to do these three things, and everyone saw that Lao Maozi would not stay in Mongolia for long this time. Because the Russians have always used the Mongols as cannon fodder, there are also many voices of resistance among the Mongolian tribes, and the Mongols have always claimed to be the descendants of Genghis Khan, and they are full of pride, so there are many people who are cold to Soviet Russia.

But with the support of Timur and Shubutai, they are still willing to fight with Lao Maozi. After all, in the current form, if the Mongolian People's Party is in power, it will already affect the existence of their transcendent position.

The Four Leagues of Outer Mongolia refer to the Outer Mongolian Leagues during the Qing Dynasty, namely the Khan Alin League, the Qizir Lik League, the Krulunbar and Tun League, and the Zak Bila Seqin Bidur Nuoer League.

The Chechen Ministry represents Krulenbal and the Tun League, also known as the Che League.

The city of Kulen, located in the middle banner of Tushetu Khan, belongs to the Khan Alin League, so the Chechen Khan can no longer call the shots here, and must seek the opinion of the princes of the Khan Alin League. Of course, due to the negativity shown by the local Mongol princes during the attack on the Chechen Ministry, the Chechen Khan could not have much resentment towards them, and still focused on appeasement.

After the outbreak of the Russian civil war in 1917, his government issued two declarations on China in 1917 and 1919, announcing the abrogation of the unequal treaties signed between Tsarist Russia and China, but in fact continued to support the independence of Outer Mongolia. On July 25, 1919, Soviet Russia issued a declaration against Mongolia, declaring Outer Mongolia an independent state and demanding the establishment of diplomatic relations with it. However, in August 1919, the princes of the three Mongolian leagues (Chemeng, Tumeng, and Hanchen) jointly submitted a secret letter to Chen Yi, the envoy of Kulun Town, voluntarily abolishing autonomy and restoring the old system.

In 1919, despite the shadow of the Paris Peace Conference, the return of Outer Mongolia and Tangnu to the motherland should be the most joyful event for the Chinese people in that year!