In the late autumn of Saibei, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the sky in the north is vast like the blue sea, and the white clouds drifting leisurely by, if a thousand sails are quiet, hidden sparkling waves. The earth is filled with the last smell of autumn, quiet and serene! Passers-by stepped on a green meadow, and with each step, the grasshoppers on the ridge jumped up in groups, and then fell elsewhere in a hurry, but there was no summer noise.

In the morning light, a cluster of yellow wild chrysanthemums on the side of the avenue, so dazzling to the eyes of passers-by, at this moment the dew has slipped down, chrysanthemums, calm, calm, not happy or sad smile to welcome the hurried guests, wild chrysanthemums tightly squeezed together, like a group of children wearing small yellow hats, thin and weak, branches and leaves have dried up, faint flowers, strong chrysanthemum fragrance.

Facing the rising sun, a long queue is slowly moving northeast along the Zhangjiakou Tongduolun official road. Most of the officers and men in the crowd still leaned on their legs, and only a few people rode horses, such as officers, cavalry companies, and sick soldiers, but in the middle of the group were some horse teams, and the horses were full of heavy luggage.

"Be filial to your son, and be loyal to your ministers. The imperial court borrowed national debts with profits, and did not hesitate to pay heavily to raise soldiers......"

"The marching song, teach the march, and all the soldiers must remember it. Now that guns are at stake, you can only do it by spreading the team. If you get too close to the team, you must be careful, and you will walk on the ground and ...... on the ground."

"The warriors of the Three Kingdoms are brave, Zhao Zilong is the first to be recommended, the hero in front of Changhan Slope, retreating thousands of generals, killing and retreating millions of soldiers, and holding Adou too ......"

"My car is both attacking me and my horse, the male enemy is playing skin skills, internal unity, external independence, and the world looks up to heroes. The five colors of the national emblem make the sky clear......"

The officers and men of the Second Regiment of the Army, which had just left the city and were carrying heavy luggage, were in great spirits, and under the leadership of the newly formed political propaganda detachment, they sang military songs one after another, attracting passing merchants and the vast grasslands on both sides of the road to stop and watch. Of course, what made the soldiers most happy was the bright ocean in their pockets, and another piece of ocean that they could get when they arrived in Duolun. The two oceans can also be invited to a table in the best restaurants in the capital, and it is a lot of money outside the city. Many soldiers have gone to the army many times, but it is the first time that they have received the so-called promotion fee so refreshingly.

"The sky is vast and the grass is blowing, and the cattle and sheep are low!" Tang Daodao, who came out of the gate of the Great Realm for the first time, was immediately fascinated by the scene of the sky and the earth in front of him, and couldn't help but recite this folk song of the Northern Dynasties. Coming to this sparsely populated Saibei grassland, people have a feeling of ups and downs in the vast land.

"Commander, it's your first time coming to Saiwai!" Looking at Captain Tang looking left and right on horseback, Lu Enhe, who was walking side by side with Captain Tang, said.

"Well, I remember that you and you spent a while outside the plug!" Tang Zhidao said with a smile: "How does it feel to revisit the old place?" ”

"The head of the regiment really has a good memory, I stayed in Guisui for a few months the year before last." Lu Enhe said unexpectedly that he had never deliberately mentioned this experience.

"It's just a pity that this is a great river!" Lu Enhe pointed blankly into the distance and said. Outer Mongolia was split in the early years of the Republic of China, and Inner Mongolia was also in turmoil in the past two or three years.

"Enhe doesn't have to be like this, chaos can be cured!" Tang Zhidao said comfortingly: "My Huaxia clan has been sinking for hundreds of years, and now is the autumn of our generation's hard work. ”

"Yes!" Lu Enhe also echoed loudly: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!" ”

"It's been a hard time for you these past few days." Thinking of the events of the past few days, Head Tang praised again: "In just two days, more than 1,000 sets of cotton clothes have been gathered. "Saibei is much colder than the capital, and it is impossible to buy so many supplies from Zhangjiakou, an important town in Saibei. I'm afraid that the first snow in Saibei may not fall at the end of the month, and it will be too late to rush by then. …,

"The regiment commander smiled, if you hadn't begged for hundreds of sets from the Dutong Yamen, the brothers would have scolded me to death as a quartermaster." Lu Enhe smiled embarrassedly, although he and a few colleagues almost ran all over the large and small shops in Zhangjiakou, there were still three or four hundred sets of short in the end, after all, it was only two or three days of effort, and there was still a month before the cold winter, and the cold clothes on the market had just begun to be listed, although the bid was not low, but nearly two thousand sets of cotton clothes were still a big number.

"This time, Tian Dutong was in a hurry to go to the doctor, otherwise where would he be so generous!" Thinking of the fact that he had received a lot of benefits from Tanaka Yu last night, Head Tang was in a better mood. In addition to several hundred sets of warm clothing, more than 100 batches of war horses and a slightly larger number of pack horses, miscellaneous old guns also had about 100 rods, and a few caravans hired from inside and outside the city temporarily, the burden on the whole regiment, especially the artillery company, was greatly lightened, and the speed of march was naturally greatly accelerated, and it took more than 20 miles in one morning to reach Duolun in more than 10 days.

"Regiment commander, it's just that our troops are not thin!" Lu Enhe said hesitantly, the news that Babu Zabu had broken through Linxi and killed Mi Zhenbiao had spread in Zhangjiakou, which made people inside and outside the city panic. Especially the rumors are getting more and more outrageous, and Babu Zabu's bandits have been boasted from thousands at the beginning to tens of thousands or more, which makes even some of Tang Zhidao's subordinates tremble a little.

"Eun He only has such doubts after listening to the rumors in the city, right?" Tang Zhidao asked with a smile, he also knew the concerns of his subordinates, how could he not have a little apprehension in his heart when he led his troops on an expedition for the first time! This was the beginning of the 20th century, except for a radio station, there was no communication tools and intelligence system support, after leaving Zhangjiakou, he did not know anything about the outside world, and this was the first time he fought in this situation.

"Hear some! This Babu Zabu is really haunted, and last year he was driven to Outer Mongolia by Xiao Liangchen Xiao Zhen's guard, and it only took a year before he made a comeback. Lu Enhe said with emotion: "Now he has broken through Lin Xi and killed Mi Zhenbiao, and the momentum is huge!" ”

Xiao Liangchen's word Hanjie, the official Baiduolun town guard, the army lieutenant general, is a famous general in the north, graduated from the first phase of the Army University, in the early years of the Beijing Banner Standing Army infantry management officer, later renamed the first town infantry management officer, screwed into the first phase of the officer academy crash course (that is, the first phase of the Army University), after graduating in 1907, he was sent to the United States to participate in the International Navy and Army Competition, and after returning to China, he was promoted to the first standard commander of the town, and on May 4, 1911, he was promoted to the provisional 25th mixed co-commander, and was awarded the title of assistant commander of the army infantry team, stationed in Changsha.

After the Xinhai Revolution, he served as the chief of staff of the Hunan Military Government, was awarded the rank of major general on October 18, 1912, was promoted to lieutenant general on March 16, 1914, and was awarded five special decorations on April 25, and was appointed chief of staff and chief of military affairs of the Chahar Metropolitan Government on July 12, and was promoted to the guard of Duolun Town on February 27, 1915, and concurrently served as the Suiyuan Bandit Suppression Committee Office in February 1916.

"Babu Zabu can also be regarded as a hero, but it is a pity that he was born in the wrong era, and if it were not for the support of Japan, Russia and Mongolia, it would have been wiped out long ago." Tang Zhidao said lightly: "Although it is said that the Dongshan has made a comeback this time, after all, the descendants of the army were almost consumed last year, and the people who followed him were just a large group of rabble, so there is nothing to worry about." "Since the founding of the Republic of China five years ago, this Babu Zabu has been defeated and fought repeatedly with the support of Russia and Japan, as if he was an unbeatable little powerhouse, which made the chickens and dogs in Rehe and Chahar restless, and made many Mongolian princes unable to live in peace.

"Besides, the high road from Linxi to Duolun Mountain is far away, and there are interceptions by various departments of Rehe along the way, and it is estimated that it will not be dangerous to us for a while and a half!" Tang Zhidao analyzed again: "Taking a step back, even if they can fight Duolun, one of our regiments plus Duolun's original garrison can at least be invincible if they defend the city." "The cavalry-based Ba bandit department will naturally not be too strong, if it weren't for the death of Mi Zhenbiao this time, which caused the defenders of Linxi to abandon the city and flee for their lives, I'm afraid that Linxi would not have fallen for a while. …,

At this time last year, there were as many as 10 battalions of 3,000 or 4,000 men and horses, and there was also a general Xiao Liangchen. Last year, Babu Zabu gathered thousands of people from Outer Mongolia to Chadong and Rebei to plunder, and was defeated by the Duolun and Linxi garrisons. Xiao Liangchen, the envoy of Duolun Town, led 800 cavalry to follow and pursue, and smashed the Babu Zabu base area in the snowy night to visit the Geji Temple. While still in his sleep, Babu Zab's headquarters was suddenly attacked and panicked. The government forces attacked bravely, killing more than 1,000 rebels on the spot, and at 11 a.m. the next day, the Babu Zabu troops fled northeast. Xiao Liangchen ordered a separate pursuit, captured more than 700 people, captured 1 cannon, 1 machine gun, more than 1,000 rifles, and countless other materials. It's just that with Xiao Liangchen's westward transfer to Suiyuan, the Duolun garrison dropped to about 1,500 people.

The government probably didn't expect this Babu Zab to make a comeback so soon, otherwise how could the strength of this important town of Duolun be so empty. Of course, if it weren't for the Japanese incident in Zhengjiatun, Wu Junsheng's Fengtian Second Cavalry Brigade stationed in Taonan alone would have been enough for the bandits to drink.

"It seems that the subordinates are too careful!" Lu Enhe said ashamedly, after all, it is not a glorious thing to be cowardly before fighting.

"Commander, it's been a morning, do you want the brothers to rest for a while and eat some dry food before leaving?" At this time, the officer on duty who was at the forefront of the team, and the new battalion commander of the first battalion, Zuo Jiwu, rushed back.

"Save the dry food first, and bury the pot directly on the side of the road to make rice!" Tang Zhidao waved his hand and ordered, this time from the market in Zhangjiakou purchased a lot of fresh vegetables, pigs, beef and mutton.

"Yes!" Zuo Jiwu was overjoyed when he heard this, and the cold wind blowing in Saibei was cold on his face, who doesn't want to eat a hot meal in this situation.

Soon smoke rose from the grasslands on both sides of the road, and the overflowing aroma of rice filled the four fields, attracting some small animals in the withered yellow grassland of the grassland to also be ready to move.