"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless; Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging. Mountain Dance Silver Snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to compete with the heavenly princess ......"

Standing at the head of Duolun City, looking at the snow-covered northern grasslands in the distance, Tang Zhidao couldn't help but have a feeling of who lives in the common people, and couldn't help but read out this famous chapter of Taizu, which attracted the unanimous praise of Governor Ma, President Ai and the subordinates of Tang Tuan behind him.

"I didn't expect Commander Tang to be an all-rounder in civil and military affairs!" Governor Ma, who has always been quite conceited about his literary talents, sincerely admired: "This poem has a lofty artistic conception, a wide opening and closing, and is quite famous!" ”

"Of course!" Tang Zhidao said lightly, ignoring the feelings of others, immersed in endless memories alone, and did not notice that someone had memorized this poem, and it would be popular all over the country in the near future, earning the title of a snow country poet for Tang Tuanchang!

"It's coming, it's coming!" Suddenly, someone next to him screamed, and where the eastern heaven and earth intersected, black spots first appeared, since there were more and more black spots, more and more, and then they converged into a rushing torrent and went straight to Duolun City, and the snowflakes that they trampled on flew all over the sky, and they looked extremely dazzling under the light of the setting sun.

"That's probably tens of thousands of people!" Someone in the crowd trembled and said, "Can we really hold Duolun City?" ”

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" Someone immediately retorted: "As long as we hold out for ten days and half a month, the reinforcements from the Dutong Mansion will come!" "Yesterday, when I received the news that the Babu Zabu Brigade had invaded the border, Commander Tan, who was acting as the town guard, sent a 100,000 urgent secret telegram to the Chahar Metropolitan Government, asking the Metropolitan Government to immediately send additional reinforcements to suppress the Babu Zabu.

As a matter of fact, as early as a few days ago, Beijing had strictly ordered the Recha and the two councils to suppress Babu Zabu, and instructed Cai Chengxun, commander of the First Division of the Army, to be the general office for suppressing bandits, and to be fully responsible for exterminating Babu Zabu. After receiving the order, Division Commander Cai also quickly took action, with the first brigade of the first division as the backbone, supplemented by infantry, artillery, cavalry and other arms to form a mixed brigade and go straight to Duolun.

"Babu Zab, you've finally appeared!" Even if he had been prepared, Tang Zhidao was infected by the scene of thousands of horses galloping in front of him, and this momentum could not be experienced without seeing it with his own eyes. Of course, the number is definitely not as many as tens of thousands, according to the information obtained by Commander Tang, the cavalry is only three or four thousand people, plus the infantry will not exceed 11,000, with a regular army of about 3,000 in the city plus one or two thousand merchant groups, militia groups, and policemen It is still relatively certain to defend the city, so Commander Tang looks like he is sitting firmly in the military tent.

"Commander Tang, do you want to shoot a warning!" Lin Jianzhong saw the cavalry of the bandits flying out and did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and he had the courage to capture Duolun in one fell swoop.

"No!" Tang Zhidao waved his hand lightly and said, not to mention the era of hot weapons, even in the era of cold weapons, these cavalry in front of him alone could not attack the city. It would be nice if Babu Zabu was so stupid, although the Tang regiment commander only put one company on the first-line position in the east of the city, but the artillery company set up in the city was enough to inflict great damage on the other side.

Sure enough, as Tang Zhidao expected, the main cavalry of the Ba bandits stopped two or three miles away from the city wall, and the crowd watching the battle in the city also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bang bang ......" The bandit cavalry that stopped on the periphery fired indiscriminate guns in the direction of Duolun City for a while, and when they saw that there was not much reaction in the city, they stopped.

"Let's all go down, that's all for today!" With Tang Zhidao's order, the crowd at the head of the city slowly dispersed, and they acted according to the division of labor determined a while ago, the enemy had arrived in the city, and the battle of Duolun was about to break out. …,

"Brother Tang, why don't we go out tonight and do a vote!" The victory a few days ago made Wuyun Geri full of confidence, and the thousands of cavalry in front of him seemed to be ignored.

"You're still honestly staying for me, there's a chance for you to attack later!" Tang Zhidao glanced at Wuyun Geri and said with a smile: "Just your two or three hundred people, now if you go out, you will fight dogs with meat buns!" ”

In this battle to defend the city, a battalion of mixed regiments guarded the area around the east gate, which was extremely important to the enemy's approach, and it was an extremely open flat land out of the city, which was suitable for the brigade to deploy; The three companies of the 2nd Battalion defended the south of the city, which was a low wood, and it was relatively difficult to move; The two battalions of the original Duolun defenders are divided into two relatively well-defended areas in the northwest, especially in the north of the city, there is a hill more than ten meters high, the terrain is extremely dangerous, as long as a platoon is nailed to it, it can form an angle with the defenders of the north gate. The defenders of each of the four gates sent a company or so to station the first line of defense that had been hastily constructed a few days earlier, and the rest were directly arranged around the city wall to build the second line of defense. A company of the second battalion, the guard platoon, the merchant group, and the guards of the original town guard embassy office supported all parties as reserves, and retreated to the three most important strongholds in the city when necessary, but this was the worst plan, and the head of Tang estimated that he would not need it.

"No, it won't!" Wuyun Geri shouted unconvinced: "In the art of war, it doesn't say that attacking it is unprepared and unexpected, Babu Zabu is bound to be sleepy and lacking in horses when he comes from afar, but he is defenseless at night because of the large number of people......

"Brother Wuyun, have you seen the Three Kingdoms!" Tang Zhidao said solemnly: "In the face of absolute strength, all so-called conspiracies and tricks are floating clouds!" "Joke, Babu Zabu is not the reckless person of Dari Hachi, this person has been crisscrossing the grassland for many years, how can he be a good match, put a good city wall and do not rely on going out of the city, only if his brain is broken.

"Look, they're back!" Tang Zhidao didn't explain too much, just pointed to the retreating bandit cavalry and said.

"It's not early, it's impossible for them to enter Duolun City tonight, so they can only retreat and set up camp!" Lin Jianzhong picked up the binoculars and glanced at it and said, "There is a high ground seven or eight miles east of the city, and I think they went there to camp. ”

"Chief of Staff Lin, let the logistics burn more hot soup and send it to the front-line positions." Tang Zhidao thought for a moment and ordered: "Change the guard in the second half of the night, and follow this rule in the future!" ”

"Commander Tang, why don't you evacuate the people from outside tonight?" Lin Jianzhong couldn't bear to propose: "Anyway, it's unlikely that the bandits will attack the city tonight!" ”

"No way!" Tang Zhidao replied: "As a commander, you must not pin your hopes on the enemy. ”

"Okay!" Lin Jianzhong reluctantly answered and went down, after all, Commander Tang had the final say in this city now.

Almost at the same time, on a small piece of high ground two or three miles away, Babu Zabu, the prince of the town, was surrounded by several of his leaders and looked out over the sunset city of Duolun.

"It really deserves to be the pearl of the grassland!" Through the eight-fold telescope in his hand, the tall Duolun City came into view, and Babu Zabu sincerely admired that this was also the capital of the Xilin Gol Alliance or Xilin Gol Kingdom that he expected in the future.

"Sooner or later, it's not in the lord's pocket!" Master Guo wrapped the inappropriate fur coat on his body, and said flatteringly: "Wait a few days, when our artillery team arrives, it is better to explore the bag and take the goods!" Although he said this, Master Guo was extremely dissatisfied in his heart. The concubine that Babu Zabu gave to himself had not had time to play, so he left Jingpeng Town in a hurry and marched hundreds of miles in the ice and snow, which is not a good crime.

"Don't wait for any bullshit artillery! My Daichin's right cavalry is enough to take Duolun! Dai Qin, the commander of the right flank of the general under the command of Babu Zabu, said unashamedly: "As long as the lord orders, I will let the lord live in Duolun City tonight!" Babu Zabu imitated the military system of the former Qing Dynasty, and divided his infantry and cavalry into five roads, each with three to five battalions under its jurisdiction, and the number of each battalion ranged from nearly 100 to four or five hundred. …,

"Commander Daiqin, I'm afraid this Duolun City is not so easy to enter!" Another general, the commander of the cavalry battalion on the front road, Lakshin, retorted: "Not only is the city high and the walls thick, but the defenders in the city seem to be well prepared, and a defensive line has been set up on the periphery of the city, so we must not underestimate the enemy!" ”

"Humph! Rakshin did not want to be discouraged by others to destroy his prestige, but only dug a few shallow ditches, and my cavalry could break through such a simple line of defense with a single charge. Dai Qin disdainfully dusted the remnants of the snow on his body with a horsewhip and said, he, Akshen and the already hung up Dari Hachi are the three most important generals under Babu Zabu's command, and now only the two of them remain.

"Even if you break through the first line of defense, it's useless, it's hard for your cavalry to climb the city wall!" Akshen didn't get angry but smiled and said: "At least wait for two or three days, and then attack the city after the infantry arrives!" ”

"I'll stop here today, go back and set up the camp!" As if he hadn't heard the two subordinates arguing, Babu Zabu said to himself: "Early tomorrow morning, Daiqin, you will bring your people here to call for war, remember not to get too close!" ”

"Piercing!" Dai Qin hurriedly responded, he is not a fool to say big things in front of him.

"Akshen, your subordinates will take turns to keep vigil tonight, don't let the officials in the city have any chance!" Babu Zabu arranged again, don't look at the thousands of cavalry standing here with a menacing attitude, in fact, after marching in such a harsh environment in the past few days, they are already exhausted, and they must at least rest for one or two before they can attack the city.

"Duolun City, in a few days, you will be mine!" After everyone left, Babu Zab stood alone on the hillside and watched for a while before leaving in a huff.