With less tails and more eyes and ears, the speed of the entire mixed group was greatly accelerated, and at the current speed, it would be possible to reach Duolun City in another four or five days.

"Wait, wait!" At the back of the long line, a young officer chased after the crowd with his playful flapping mount, kicking up puffs of dust on the dirt road.

"I'm the adjutant of the Metropolitan Mansion, and I have an urgent matter to see your regimental commander!" After catching up with the rear of the group, the young adjutant asked loudly, and soon an officer led him to separate the crowd and rushed towards the place where the head of the regiment was Tang.

"Regiment Commander, this is the adjutant of the Metropolitan Mansion, and he said that he has an urgent matter to see you!" Du Shijie brought the future to Captain Tang's side.

"Chief, chief, chief, Tian Du has an urgent ......official letter," the young adjutant said breathlessly, the light gray military uniform on his body was already soaked.

"Brother, drink saliva first!" Tang Zhidao picked up the military kettle on his body and handed it over, and said with concern: "Don't worry, say it slowly!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" After the young adjutant drank two sips of water, he quickly took out a crumpled letter from the close pocket of his arms and handed it to Tang Zhidao.

"Yupu, take this brother down to change into clean clothes and get some food!" Tang Zhidao commanded while opening the envelope.

"Don't bother you, the task of delivering the letter to me is complete." The young adjutant smiled faintly: "I have to rush back as soon as possible to recover my life!" Then he turned his horse's head and walked back.

"Song Hualong, Song Hualong!" Tang Zhidao just hurriedly scanned the contents of the letter and shouted loudly.

"The subordinates are here!" Song Hualong was not far away, and hurriedly responded. I thought that from today onwards, the cavalry company would finally be able to rest for a while and not need to be on high alert. ”

"Assemble the cavalry company immediately!" Tang Zhidao ordered coldly.

"Commander, what's wrong?" Zhou Wenruo on the side asked in surprise.

"See for yourself." While handing the letter to Zhou Wenruo, Tang Zhidao looked at the staff officer Du Shijie and said: "Du Shijie, immediately gather all the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment who can ride horses!" ”

"Yes!" Du Shijie immediately transferred to the team with Tang Zhidao's order.

"It's coming so fast!" Zhou Wenruo frowned and glanced at the content of the letter and said, the letter is very simple, saying that Duolun City has reached the point of 100,000 urgency, and if you want to form a second regiment, you must go to Duolun as soon as possible to stabilize the local situation.

"Yupu, find Zuo Jiwu and Fu Ming, one or two battalion commanders!" Tang Zhidao finally commanded in a low voice.

About half an hour later, two or three hundred cavalry left the brigade and galloped straight ahead, and the remaining soldiers also continued to march under the leadership of Fu Mingyi, Zhou Wenruo and others.

And the city of Duolun, an important town in the east of Chadong, is a different situation at this time, the street is deserted, the shops are scattered open and closed, and from time to time there are merchants with large bags and small bags to hire three or two carriages to leave in a hurry, and rush to Zhangjiakou or Guannei.

The Duolun Town Guard Mansion is located in the northwest of Duolun City, and two stone lions stand majestically at the gate, while the two guards look a little sluggish. It is said that this place was originally the mansion of a Mongolian tribal prince, and in the early years of the Republic of China, Wang Huaiqing, the "toilet general", forcibly occupied it when he was the town guard. The office space in front of the government was empty, but in the lobby of the backyard, there were five or six middle-aged and elderly men who were spitting clouds, making the whole room smoky and hazy.

At the top of the table was Lieutenant General Tan Zongrui, the acting envoy of Duolun Town, who had become the supreme military and political governor of the hundreds of kilometers in the eastern part of the country since Xiao Liangchen was transferred west to Suiyuan in July. At first, this veteran from the Yijun army was extremely excited, after all, after so many years, he finally had the opportunity to sit on the side. If Xiao Liangchen succeeds in suppressing bandits in Suiyuan, he will not be allowed to be promoted to a higher rank, and then this acting officer can be removed, and if he can't add an assistant to handle Chahar military affairs with his qualifications, it may not be known if he will be mixed up in a few years. Of course, all this is just a beautiful fantasy, and the development of the situation is far beyond General Tan's expectations, and now he is sitting on the crater of a volcano, not knowing that one day the Babu Zabu, who has been stabbed with a thousand knives, will come over. …,

"Commander Tan, you have an idea! Now there is chaos inside and outside the city, and if we continue like this, we don't need to be beaten by bandits, and our Duolun will become a dead city. Governor Ma, who was wearing thick glasses, said bitterly, as the county governor of Duolun, the first commercial capital in northern Cyprus, it can be said that it is a fat shortage, which Governor Ma spent a lot of money to get, and he has only been in office for less than two years, although the capital has long been back, but who doesn't want to make more money.

"Yes, these days, many idle people in the city are also taking advantage of the fire to rob, and the dozens of policemen under my command can't be suppressed at all!" The director of the police station Ma followed the bitter water and said: "This rumor is more and more evil, at first it was only said that there were 8,000 children, but now it has spread to 100,000 or 200,000, and it is said that there are also Orientals to help in the war." "A few days ago, there was news from the herdsmen that Babu Zabu led tens of thousands of Mongolian troops straight to Duolun.

"Not really! Many of our militia members have deserted these days, and the rest of the brothers are also panicking. The head of the militia group, Liu Tuan, patted the box on his waist and scolded angrily: "I think I have to collapse a few to stabilize." "In addition to the three battalions of regular troops led by Tan in Duolun City, the militia group of Regiment Leader Liu has the largest number, but the combat effectiveness is the lowest, not to mention the equipment, bird guns, earth cannons, spears, and broadswords.

"I don't think you need to panic, this bandit is not far away in Rehe, and it is not as scary as the legend!" Compared with others, Ai Qingshan, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, is much calmer, he is the owner of the largest business in the city, "Juchangfeng", and there are more than a dozen good shops and hundreds of caravans in Duolun City alone.

"Rehe is only a few hundred miles away from us, and most of the Mongolian bandits are cavalry, and they will arrive in five or six days." Governor Ma muttered: "Besides, the Yi army on the other side of Rehe has been defeated repeatedly, and even Mi Zhenbiao, who helped to handle Rehe's military affairs, has folded in, and they can still be expected to wipe out the bandits in Rehe!" “

"Alas! The old man is also powerless! Governor Ma mentioned Mi Zhenbiao, Tan Zongrui's expression was even more lonely, and he said with a long breath: "When Xiao Zhenshou went west to Suiyuan to suppress bandits, he transferred all the elite soldiers and strong generals in the city, and only left me three battalions, and a Mongolian battalion, you tell me how much I can do!" "Mi Zhenbiao is a veteran general of the Yi Army, and he is also an old comrade-in-arms of our Tan Commander for many years, he fought side by side in the first day of the First Wu Dynasty, and his prestige and status in the Yi Army are second only to Jiang Guidi, the commander of the Yi Army, and he is much stronger than Tan Commander.

"There are a lot of three battalions, plus the militia group, the merchant group of the Chamber of Commerce, and the police in the city, there are about 3,000 people, relying on the strong city may not be without the possibility of a war!" Ai Qingshan did not change the essence of the businessman, and counted with his fingers: "Last year, Xiao Zhen's guard only led more than a thousand cavalry to beat seven or eight thousand bandits, holding their heads and running around!" "The Duolun Chamber of Commerce also has two or three hundred people in its hands, although the number is not much, but the equipment is not bad, and it can basically achieve one steel gun per person.

"President Ai, this is a real war, and it's not as simple as your businessman's business." Lin Jianzhong, the chief of staff of the town guard embassy, sneered and said: "If the militia and those individuals in your chamber of commerce can fight, they can also scare those ruffians in the city, even the herdsmen on the grassland!" ”

"Chief of Staff Lin, I don't like to hear what you say. How can we say that there are more than 1,000 people in our militia group, how can you be said to be worthless! Captain Liu said dissatisfiedly, although he also knew what kind of people he was doing, but after all, it was his Captain Liu's reliance in this city. Over the years, Duolun City has come and gone several times as a town guard, and they all gave him six regiments a little thin face, but in the final analysis, it was not to look at the face of the thousand people in his hands.

"If you don't believe it, let's pull it out and practice, Lao Tzu can defeat your thousand people in one company." Lin Jianzhong said coldly. He has long had an opinion on these militia groups. …,

"Practice practice, practice!" Commander Liu was annoyed, stood up and said angrily: "I want to see if the garrison of our Duolun City has great ability!" ”

"Forget it!" Governor Ma hurriedly said: "Everyone has this strength, don't think much about how to keep Duolun City!" ”

"Commander Tan, Governor Ma, aren't we asking for help from the Metropolitan Mansion, this reinforcement should arrive in three or five days!" Director Ma thought for a while and said: "Zhangjiakou has more than 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in a division, as long as we send three or five thousand, won't Duolun be able to defend it!" ”

"Alas! The provincial capital is also tight everywhere! Commander Tan shook his head and said, he regretted it a little after sending the telegram. If he hadn't sent this telegram, the reinforcements might have come slowly, and he might have been stuck as soon as he heard about the Duolun crisis, so he didn't expect much so-called reinforcements in a short period of time, although the Totong Prefecture sent many telegrams saying that the reinforcements were on the way.

"Zhangjiakou is adjacent to Gyeonggi, and there is a Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway that leads directly to Beijing, and the reinforcements from Beijing will arrive in a day or two." Governor Ma said angrily: "I don't know what the princes of the capital think, Duolun is such an important town to let this point of soldiers." At this time, he completely forgot how happy Xiao Liangchen was when the main force of the Duolun garrison marched westward, and felt that the burden on his county government had been greatly reduced.

"It's no wonder that the princes of the capital and the capital of the Tongfu side, after all, no one expected that Babu Zabu, the dog who had lost his family last year, would make a comeback in just one year, and the momentum was so huge." Lin Jianzhong said with a long sigh: "I knew that I would fight for my life last year and chase after Outer Mongolia to exterminate Babu Zabu!" ”

Speaking of which, the whole room fell silent again, and there was no good way to discuss and discuss, maybe it could only be maintained by being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day.

"Report, report, report!" At this time, an officer outside ran in out of breath and said loudly.

"What's wrong? Have you found the traces of the bandits again? Governor Ma asked cautiously in a cold sweat, and the others also pricked up their ears and listened quietly.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements, reinforcements are out of the city!" The officer said intermittently.

"Really! How many people came! Tan Zongrui couldn't hold his breath anymore and stood up from his seat excitedly.

"I don't know, I'm back to report." The officer scratched his head and said, "I guess there are at least five or six hundred people, all cavalry!" ”

"Alright, alright, alright, come with me to meet the reinforcements!" Tan Zongrui strode out of the gate regardless of everyone.