The clouds of war between western Sichuan and the Qing court gradually dissipated, but new clouds of war reunited on the plateau. It's just that compared with the war of hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops between western Sichuan and the Qing court, the battle on the plateau is much smaller.

At the station of the 3rd Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Brigade, although the weather was already very cold, everyone was still busy. After discovering the traces of the horse bandits, Wang Yuze asked the officers and soldiers of the whole company to step up the reinforcement of the fortifications. The 3rd Company's military station itself was well fortified. Horses were erected on all sides of the station, enough to resist the cavalry. At the same time, the heavy machine guns erected on the towers next to the gate were also a sharp weapon against the cavalry. Once the bandits attacked, it would be enough to break their heads and bleed.

Now the soldiers of the third company continue to strengthen the fortifications entirely because they do not know how many horse bandits will be attacking. If it were only a few hundred people, the third company would have been able to cope with it. But if there are as many as a thousand, then the third company can only wait for help!

"Ah Wei, how is the situation now? Is there any news of horse bandits? Wang Yuze asked. There seems to be a little more tension in the air now, and all the officers and men of the third company have already taken action.

"Nope. We sent several teams of cavalry and searched hundreds of kilometers north of Gasanka, but no trace of the horse bandits was found. They must not have made their way south yet, otherwise they would not have escaped our search. In order to avoid losses, I did not let the search party continue north. However, company commander, I estimate that this time the horse bandits will definitely attack in a big way. Otherwise, it's been going to be days. They can't stay in the north and not go south! Wang Wei said.

Wang Yuze nodded: "There is no other way now, but to cover the water and earth with soldiers." ”

"Company commander, with the fortifications of the station and our firepower, there will definitely be no problem in holding the station. But what about the herdsmen outside the station? If we get trapped in the station, they will surely be slaughtered by the bandits. Wang Wei asked questions.

"In this case, send someone to inform the herdsmen and let them all enter the station! Grain, forage, cattle and sheep were all pulled into the barracks, and not a single cow, sheep, or grain could be left for the horse bandits! Wang Yuze thought for a moment, and then said.

"Company commander, that's hundreds of people, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep! How can we have such a large place to settle? ”

"Let them pitch a tent on the playground. In addition, we can buy some of the live cattle and sheep as a meal for the soldiers. Anyway, this time the horse bandits are coming, I don't know how long it will last, if the herdsmen's cattle and sheep are all in the station, at least we don't have to worry about food. As for the cost, I will report it to my superiors and my father! Wang Yuze said. He had no choice but to make a decision. You can't watch dozens of herdsmen being slaughtered by horse bandits!

"Okay." Wang Wei nodded.

"By the way, when you let the herdsmen enter the station, you have to screen them carefully. Don't let the bandits get in. Unknown herdsmen, or newcomers, must not be allowed to enter the military station, and let them go to the southern part of the country. Even if the herdsmen entered the station, we had to arrange for people to defend themselves. This time the horse bandits are coming, it is not trivial, we must be completely prepared, and we must not make any mistakes! Wang Yuze said. No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be breached from within. Although the station is strong, if it is mixed in with horse bandits, it will be troublesome.

"Yes, company commander, I'll pay more attention!" Wang Wei nodded, as soon as he heard Wang Yuze raise this question, he also realized the strictness of it. If there were indeed horse bandits who had infiltrated the herders and entered the barracks, it would have disastrous consequences.

Fortunately, however, there are only a few dozen herders in Gasanka. And it's very fixed, and there are basically no new herders. The soldiers at the station were also very familiar with them, and it was impossible for the horse bandits to mix in them. In addition, the herdsmen are also very supportive of the western Sichuan regime, and the military station is a place to protect them, so they will naturally not do anything harmful to the military station.

To the north of Gasanka is the extension of the Ta Nianta Weng Mountain to the east, and one hundred and fifty miles to the north belongs to the boundary of Qinghai. It's just that it is the Ma Jiajun who has taken refuge in the Qing court who is now controlling Qinghai. Over the years, Ma Jiajun has always wanted to advance south, occupy the plateau, and threaten western Sichuan from the west. It's just that the Western Sichuan Army is not something that Ma Jiajun can afford to provoke. The 10th Brigade alone and the 4th Brigade stationed in Kangding made Ma Jiajun suffer. Then, the Qing court hoped to maintain a peaceful situation with western Sichuan, and naturally did not want Ma Jiajun to provoke a war. Therefore, Ma Jiajun has also converged a lot.

It's just that Ma Jiajun didn't let go, but chose another way to attack western Sichuan. For example, many of the horse bandits who have been active on the plateau over the years are the shadow of Ma Jiajun, and even many of them are directly pretended to be Ma Jiajun. It's just that the western Sichuan army also took severe measures to suppress these horse bandits, so that the Ma Jiajun did not take advantage of the slightest, but lost a lot of troops.

Ma Jiajun originated from the Hehuang ** Uprising that broke out at the end of the Qing Dynasty. In 6 years (three years of Tongzhi), affected by the ** uprising in Shaanxi and Ningxia, Ma Zhanao, the great imam of Monigou in Hezhou, Gansu Province, raised troops against the Qing Dynasty.

In 72 years, Ma Zhanao and other princes of the temple defeated the Hunan army in the first battle of the "black tiger digging out the heart", and then overcame the public opinion, with the support of Ma Haiyan and Ma Qianling, he won and begged for appeasement, and led the people to surrender to the imperial court. Subsequently, the rebel army was absorbed by the imperial court, and important leaders were given official titles. This event laid the foundation for the rise of Hezhou Zhuma.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the military strength of Hezhou Zhuma was the period of the "Western Army", which still continued the pattern of Ma Zhanao's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, that is, led by Ma Zhanao's sub-line (Zima Anliang), and governed the Ma Haiyan sub-line (Zi Ma Qi, Ma Lin) and Ma Qianling (Zi Ma Fulu, Ma Fuxiang).

Now it is Qingma who controls Qinghai, Ma Haiyan, who is now 5 years old, was named the governor of Qinghai by the Qing court, commanding the 36th battalion of Qingma and more than 30,000 cavalry. There are more than 20,000 people in the entire Ma family army, Ningma and more than 40,000 people in Hezhou, totaling more than 100,000 people.

Lugousha, north of Gasanka, is just a small village with dozens of families of the Tibetan Ba herdsmen. But now, the small village is home to thousands of people. The neighing of people and horses made the whole small village seem very noisy. It's just that the aborigines here, under the hands of these horse bandits, have been brutally poisoned. There were hundreds of people in the small village, and some young men were forced to collect forage for the bandits. And those women, whether they are old or young, even if they are minors, have become the tools of the horse bandits' lewd pleasures. The fierce resistance of the Ba men disappeared after the horse bandits cut off more than a dozen heads. Although he was very resentful in his heart, he still had to obey the orders of the horse bandits, and watched his wife and daughter being attacked by the horse bandits.

In a yurt, several middle-aged horse bandits are gathering to drink and have fun. In everyone's arms, there is a woman of the Baba tribe, although there is nothing stunning in this small village, but it is better than nothing.

"Haha! Come, drink. Drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat in a big piece, and playing with women wantonly, this is the life we should live! A bearded, rugged horse bandit shouted loudly. In his arms, he held a little girl of the Baba tribe who was only about ten years old, and the horse bandit was holding a wine bowl in one hand and kneading it in the girl's clothes with the other hand, not caring about the girl's pain.

"That's right, Boss Ma is right! Now that we are gathered together, whoever dares to provoke us in the entire plateau will naturally be the time for us to enjoy! Another slightly skinny swarthy man chimed in. He was hugging a woman who was a little difficult to look at, but with a very plump figure.

This group of horse bandits was not a group of people, but was formed by the gathering of four horse bandits, which gathered the scale of thousands of people.

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