Chapter 288: Bloody Baron
The night was as dark as ink, the gate of a military camp in the west of Binjiang City slowly opened, and the neatly equipped soldiers lined up in two columns, and drove out quickly, heading straight to a small station ten miles west of the city.
Wu Xiaoliang was in one of the carriages of the special train, exhausted from the whole night's action, but still unable to sleep peacefully, and the telegram exacerbated his concern about the appearance of the outer Mongolian shì, the spy agents in Outer Mongolia appeared an unusual military force, these people were obviously not Mongol troops, they had a more Western face, the spy had witnessed these people strangled the captured Beiyang soldiers in gray military uniforms.
This telegram revealed two important information, the first is that external forces and armed forces have intervened in the war, and the second is that the Beiyang soldiers have been defeated, and a large number of people have been captured, especially Xu Shuzheng's whereabouts are still unknown, which makes Wu Xiaoliang even more worried.
Out of Binjiang City, further west is Heilongjiang Province, belongs to Bao Guiqing's territory, for this person, Wu Xiaoliang has never been in contact with this life, but through the memory of Guò's previous life, he clearly remembers that Bao is Xu Shichang's confidant, and at the same time he is Zhang Zuolin's in-law, so he was able to be recognized by the Beiyang government and Zhang Zuolin at the same time, replacing Xu Lanzhou, who drove away the original overseer Bi Guifang, who mutiny, took charge of Heilongjiang.
After Bao Guiqing entered Heilongjiang, he was almost one-sided to Zhang Zuolin, in a sense, Bao Guiqing's return to obedience is an indispensable factor for Zhang Zuolin to unify the three eastern provinces, therefore, Zhang Zuolin attaches great importance to it, in his previous life, he successively served as the overseer of Heilongjiang and Jilin, and after Zhang obtained the leading power of the Beijing government, he served as the commander of the 6th Army, which can be described as a powerful moment.
However, Bao did not seem to be in cahoots with Zhang Zuo, and when he was in Binjiang, he even took the initiative to send a telegram, so that Wu Xiaoliang could rest assured that he would be able to deal with the illegal forces that went abroad to fight, and he would severely punish him for trying to deal with the illegal forces that went abroad to fight, and sent a coordinator to wait in Hulan in order to help Wu Xiaoliang coordinate the supply and passage along the way.
In Heilongjiang, the Suidong Army really did not encounter a series of dangerous situations in Jilin, a day and a night later, the special train arrived in Hulun, Wu Xiaoliang suddenly changed his plan, decided not to go to Manchuria, but to get off here, the troops crossed the Wuershun River, from the Chechen Khan's Khulun, Bailutai and other places directly into Kulun, because on the way the enemy repeatedly took the lead, so he decided to suddenly change the direction of travel, so as to catch the enemy off guard.
In fact, Wu Xiaoliang's sudden decision prevented the Second Division of the Suidong Army from a devastating blow, and on the way to Manchuria, a group of bandits had already prepared a great gift for him, but unfortunately before they could send it, they received the news of the fall of several important places one after another.
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The first snow in the Mongolian steppe began at the end of October, the road along the river from Krurun to Chulenkel was muddy after the snow melted, Wu Xiaoliang and 3,000 soldiers of the 2nd Division of the Suidong Army, marched in it with difficulty, the goal of this day's march was to reach Chulenkel, the local Mongolian tribes in Krutai did not resist Wu Xiaoliang's squadron, they did not think that they had been invaded, on the contrary, they have been complaining about supporting their independence of a certain force, They complained that the bandit-like people had robbed their horses, cattle and sheep, and even the women who had not been killed.
Here, Wu Xiaoliang did not get the news he wanted, Xu Shuzheng's whereabouts are still unknown, and his army only guessed from the words of the local herdsmen that it had been torn apart by a fatal blow, but fortunately there was at least one thing for sure, that is, Xu Shuzheng himself was not killed or captured, he should still be waiting for opportunities and reinforcements somewhere in the grassland, Wu Xiaoliang prayed, hoping that he could hold out longer.
A local guide confided in him more news on the way.
"Many of your Chinese officials are trapped in Kulen, they should not be executed, but the situation is also very miserable, the group that defeated your squadron is led by a White Russian Cossack officer named Semenov, and he also has a subordinate who is as cruel as a wolf, his name is Engean, I have personally seen the tragic situation of the corpses of Chinese soldiers who were executed by him, and those Cossacks gave him the nickname of Bloody Baron,"
"Will we meet them on this road?"
"There is no certainty, it is snowing today, I don't think they will march in the snow, at least we are safe today."
The guide obviously misunderstood Wu Xiaoliang's meaning, thinking that he was frightened by those cruel Cossacks and didn't want to meet them, but in fact, on the contrary, Wu Xiaoliang wanted to give these remnants of the Tsarist White Bandit Army a thunderous blow on the way, so as to kill the morale of this gang of miscellaneous people, and also give a bad breath to the previously defeated squadron.
"Where can we find these people."
After listening to Wu Xiaoliang's questioning, the guide stared at him in disbelief, and he opened his mouth for a while, and it took a long time to react, it turned out that the Chinese general was not afraid but wanted to take the initiative to provoke the devil, thinking of this involuntarily fought a cold war.
But the pride of a Mongol warrior dared to do so, so that he did not refuse this terrible suggestion, but compared it on the map spread out by Wu Xiaoliang.
"Warriors, if you want to find the traces of those devils, you have to climb north over the Kent Mountains, and then cross the River of Distress to find their lair in the mountains and forests to the north." After the guide finished speaking, he felt that the explanation was not enough, so he continued to add:
"The snow is about to close the mountain, and then the entire steppe will be covered with snow, Semyonov should not go south this winter, he just robbed the sheep of the Chechen Khan a month ago, if he goes south, the Chechen Khan will definitely not let him go, but after this winter, after the Cossacks gather more people, the Mongolian warriors may not be able to defeat them"
The guide's words not only told Wu Xiaoliang that Semenov would not pose a threat to him during the year, but also implied that this guy had reinforcements behind him, so don't take risks lightly, and he offended the Chechen Khan, so it is also a good choice to find a helper if he has to go.
But then, the guide was disappointed, and the young Chinese general didn't seem to understand his hints at all, and he was stunned by a single sentence.
"Very good, then find him and destroy him before the snow covers the mountain."
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