In the telescope, a group of typical Mongolian cavalry brandished waist knives poured out of the mountain pass, Wu Xiaoliang was surprised, the Cossacks were actually defeated by the Mongolian cavalry, this is not scientific, really, the sound of gunfire came from behind the Mongolian cavalry, followed by a group of infantry in khaki uniforms.

"Japanese."

Li Zhenqing was very surprised, the Japanese moved faster than them, and the two of them realized that the Mongolian cavalry that rushed out of the valley was not chasing the Cossacks, but the wolves who were chased by the Japanese.

Wu Xiaoliang decided to stop these Japanese, and must not let them rush out of the mountain pass, the infantry artillery and the Siyi mountain artillery all the long-range strike firepower that can be obtained opened fire, unexpectedly, these guys seem to be dying, under the rumbling artillery fire from the mountain pass continuously, and quickly divided into two strands to the sides of the roundabout, Wu Xiaoliang secretly had a headache, the Suidong Army has not set up a battle formation at present, and even the combat preparations are not ready, and the Zhuyuan setting of artillery shooting is also very rough, and the hit rate is extremely low.

In the face of the continuous outpouring of Japanese soldiers, more and more Japanese soldiers even had the danger of interspersing and surrounding the vanguard of the Suidong Army, but they did not expect to be caught off guard by the Japanese here, and the group of Mongolian cavalry were scattered on the vast grassland as birds and beasts, and the Japanese troops who had lost their target did not hesitate at all, and immediately regarded the Suidong Army that suddenly appeared as the first target, and their cooperation was extremely tacit and skillful, and they could not see a single pause, as if they were ready to launch an attack on the sudden arrival of the Suidong Army.

"Order the whole army, retreat."

Wu Xiaoliang immediately gave the order to retreat, he has never been used to fighting unprepared battles, such a sudden encounter, it seems to be a coincidence, but the ghost knows whether this is not a pit that the Japanese have dug in advance just waiting for him to jump, in case they engage in a front and back attack, it is not just a passive problem, he always takes Xu Shuzheng's fiasco in Outer Mongolia to alert himself, Li Zhenqing still has a lot of complaints about the retreat, he advocates that it is better to fight a dozen, and retreating like this will seriously affect the soldiers' military morale.

However, he did not directly object, but discussed:

"Weizhong, I don't think it's appropriate to withdraw all of them, leaving some of them behind, you can test it."

Wu Xiaoliang nodded.

"What Brother Li said makes sense, the back team becomes the front team, and the front team becomes the back team, so let's break the back."

The size of the Japanese army was indeed beyond their expectations, the Japanese artillery positions on the high ground of the mountain pass had begun to shell, fortunately the Suidong army's march was delayed by a heavy rain on the road, otherwise the losses may be great, Li Zhenqing no longer insisted on the idea of turning the encounter into a decisive battle, they were indeed not prepared, and the Japanese army had become a strict posture, and retreating to a safe area was the best strategy for long-term planning.

Muksa 100 miles away from Kent Mountain has become the most suitable place to garrison, here is a herdsman settlement in the west of the Chechen Khanate, after years of exhibition has initially had the characteristics of the town, although the herdsmen still live by water and grass, but a considerable part of them have begun to learn to farm people to build houses and settle, and, because of the proximity to the Tushetu Khan, is located on the transportation hub, so the business here is extremely prosperous, attracting a large number of businessmen from the Guannai to temporarily settle here, Their arrival brought more wealth to the settlement, and made Muksa one of the most prosperous towns in the Chechen Khanate.

Not only that, Muksa is simply a large warehouse, and more than half of the materials from Shanxi and Northeast China are concentrated here, and then dispersed to various departments, so Wu Xiaoliang's headquarters stationed here is equivalent to controlling the distribution of materials in the entire Outer Mongolia.

On the first day of his arrival in Muksa, Wu Xiaoliang convened a meeting with the representatives of the merchants stationed there, and he proposed that during the war, the entire Muksa and Suidong military control should be under military control, and the distribution and supply of all materials should be given priority to military preparations, in other words, to supply the Suidong army.

After this order was issued, there was a buzz in the yurt that temporarily served as a meeting place, and everyone was worried that their supplies would be lost, and that this young warlord would openly rob everyone's goods, which was a very unwise act, but there was a precedent, and the merchants were filled with resentment, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Wu Xiaoliang saw that the merchants had misunderstood what he meant, knocked on the table in front of him, and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Your materials are completely requisitioned by the Suidong Army in the form of purchases, so please don't worry."

But the merchants were still skeptical, and some people had the courage to ask:

"May I ask the commander, what kind of purchase method is this purchase?"

Many local warlords are also under the guise of purchasing, first goods and then payment, after receiving the goods only to put an IOU, and when the businessmen with a large number of IOUs in their hands want to cash in the money first, the warlords will turn their faces and deny people.

He was not the only one who had doubts, and when everyone saw that someone was taking the lead, they all echoed in unison.

"Yes, why is a charter still ask the marshal to make it clear."

Wu Xiaoliang was angry for a while, he saw from the eyes and words of these businessmen that there was no trace of joy to welcome the squadron, but all of them were deep distrust and vigilance, it is no wonder that since the fall of the Qing court in the past few years, warlords of all sizes have risen all over the country, and this military salary is to eat the poor and eat the rich, especially the businessmen suffer from it, and now the reputation of the Beiyang government among the merchants is probably not as strong as the bandits, if they don't take out the real money, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.

Money is not a problem, Suidong is rich in all kinds of minerals, this year he has made a lot of money, especially gold mines, dug out directly is money, but it takes time to transport the money from Suidong, but the attitude must be indicated first, so as to remove the doubts of the merchants.

"Naturally, it's money for goods."

When everyone heard Wu Xiaoliang say this, a hanging heart finally let go, but it didn't all fall to the ground, and his words made these people's hearts rise to their throats.

"However, it takes time for the money to arrive, so I won't buy your goods for the time being, but I also hope that you can cooperate and don't sell the goods elsewhere until the money arrives."

It turned out that it was not forced to buy, but it was just that they were asked not to sell the goods to the grassland before the transaction, this is acceptable, as long as they do not make an IOU, do not borrow goods for a good discussion, the merchants replied neatly this time:

"It's all up to the commander to arrange ......"

Wu Xiaoliang's words suddenly changed, and his tone became stern.

"Another point is that during the period of material control, if anyone dares to sell materials to the enemy, they will all be punished as collaborating with the enemy, and they will be shot and the materials will be fined."

The merchants shuddered and looked at each other.

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