Chapter 34: Asking Mukden for help
"Humble Sun Liechen, I've seen my lord!"
Sun Liechen's two thick eyebrows were raised, like two blades, the beard on his lips was thick and black, and the whole person was not smiling, looking a little old-fashioned and serious.
"Sun Guan is very polite, in addition to Sun Guan in Taonan, there is also a battalion in Wang Guan, where did he go?"
Qin Yu sat on the top and looked at Sun Liechen, one of the most powerful generals in history. Sun Liechen is the commander of the garrison camp in Taonan, and originally had little intersection with Qin Yu, but Qin Yu also came to Taonan, and his official position was higher than that of Sun Liechen, so Sun Liechen naturally wanted to come over to pay a visit.
"Your Excellency, Wang Guan has not recovered from his serious injuries, and there is no way to ask your lord for guilt at the moment." Sun Liechen said.
"There are many Mongolian bandits, and it is understandable that your two battalions are invincible, I will send troops to attack Taonan Fucheng after a while, Sun Guandao and Mongolian bandits have fought many times, and I know more about the enemy than me, and I also ask Sun Guandai to give me some guidance to avoid making mistakes when I attack Fucheng later."
Qin Yu said sincerely, although the current official position is higher than Sun Liechen, but Sun Liechen is not his subordinate, if Qin Yu is commanding, Sun Liechen will just turn around and leave, and Qin Yu can't help it. Even if he fought in Taonan Fucheng, Sun Liechen had every right not to obey Qin Yu's command.
"The bandit who captured the city of Taonan Mansion is Bai Yin Da Lai, with more than 1,200 troops under his command, and he is extremely brave in battle, but Bai Yin Da Rong often harasses the people, robs the rich merchants and people, is cold and unscrupulous, and his reputation is getting worse and worse, as long as the troops are enough, the adults will definitely be able to defeat this thief."
Sun Liechen recounted in detail some of the actions of Baiyin Dalai in capturing the city of Taonan, including several battles with Baiyin Dalai's subordinates. and some of the ways in which the bandits operated. Sun Liechen did not attend a regular military academy, and even some martial arts halls in the northeast did not enter, but he was very detailed about the process of fighting with the Mongolian bandits. Qin Yu couldn't help but value this wild general.
Qin Yu set up his headquarters in Heishui Town, and began to recruit troops on a large scale, the strength of the four battalions in Qin Yu's hands was only a little over a thousand, if the establishment was filled, it could reach nearly two thousand people, and the troops in Bai Yin Dalai's hands were more than Qin Yu at this time, and there were more cavalry, if he directly sent troops to attack Taonan Fu City, Qin Yu was still afraid that Bai Yin Da would send troops to attack his old slaughter. Although the city defense of Taonan Mansion City is not very good, for Qin Yu, whose heavy firepower is equal to zero, if he wants to storm it, he can't even think about it without two or three times the number of troops.
"My lord, how is the situation on the Taonan side?" When Tian Helin finished dealing with the affairs on the Benxi side and hurried to Heishui Town, he could already see a large number of military camps and soldiers patrolling around Heishui Town.
"It's not good, except for a decent battle when I first arrived, the patrol team suffered a few small losses when it encountered Mongolian bandits, and the main force has not yet clashed, and I can't attack Fucheng with this amount of strength in my hand. For the time being, I can only freeze like this. Qin Yu sighed, "It seems that this time the suppression of bandits is definitely not as smooth as when I was in Benxi, I only have a thousand people in my hands now, and it is more than enough for self-protection, but if I want to recapture Taonan Mansion City, my strength is not enough for the time being." ”
"Since the troops are not enough, why don't you ask for help from Fengtian City?" Tian Helin's eyes turned and said, "The art of war is cloudy, ten and then turn it, five and attack it, double and divide, at the moment, the strength of the Lord is not obviously superior to the bandits, and it is also justified to ask the Governor for help." ”
Qin Yu thought for a while and nodded, "Well, it makes sense, if you want the horse to run, you naturally have to let the horse eat grass." Then you can help me write a letter for help, write to the nearest place and send a telegram to Mukden City. ”
It is said that the contact method of the Qing army is still very backward now, that is, the new army, the radio station is not popular, and to send a telegram at least you have to run to Changchun a little closer, which is also five or six hundred miles away, and it is more than a thousand miles to Fengtian City, I don't know when the whole telegraph will be possible, Qin Yu touched his chin a little obscenely, but he gave up after thinking about it, even if he gave the Taiwan newspaper machine to Qin Yu, Qin Yu couldn't play it, most of the soldiers under his hands didn't know a basket of big characters, and it was more difficult than cutting off his head.
"But you can't hang yourself from a tree, Junko."
"What does the second young master command?" Zhang Shun stepped forward and said.
"You pick a few clever locals, explore the situation over there in Taonan Mansion City, and whether there are other Mongolian bandits near Taonan Mansion City, everything will be clear, and when it is really time to start fighting, it can be destroyed." Qin Yu said, when he was in Gaizhou before, Qin Yu always sent Zhang Shun to find out the bottom of it first, and then prescribed the right medicine, Zhang Shun's ability to lead the soldiers was not as good as Yang Xing and others, but he was very good at doing this kind of work, and this arrangement could be regarded as making the best use of it.
"Yes, Second Young Master." Zhang Shun nodded with a smile, very satisfied with this errand.
"By the way, Brother Xuguang, there's one more thing you have to worry about." Qin Yu remembered one more thing.
"Your Excellency, please command."
"There are a lot of people on the grassland who know how to play horses, we are now going to fight against the Mongolian bandits, and we can't do it without horses, otherwise even if we defeat Taonanfu City, Bai Yin Dalai can also run to the grassland to drill in one go, and then there will be no ghost shadows. You recruit some veterans from the local area to serve me as military horses, and then buy a large number of horses to serve as military horses, the more the better. You added this in your telegram to Mukden for help. ”
Buying a horse costs money, and of course Qin Yu will not pay for this money himself. The surplus value of the dynasty can be squeezed into a few cents. It would be great if a cavalry unit could be formed with the funds of the imperial court.
"Don't worry, as long as you have money, this is easy to do." Tian Helin said with a smile, there are people who can raise horses everywhere, and there is no shortage of horses on the grassland, so this task is certainly not difficult.
The first snow of 1907 came a little earlier than usual. It was only the end of October, and the cold wind was swishing in the Great Northeast, and snow foam was floating, which was not big, but it was easy to cover the line of sight, and with Qin Yu's extraordinary eyesight, he couldn't see far.
At this time, the soldiers each wore a dogskin hat on their heads. Dog fur hat is just a general term, there are also fox skin, mink as a hat. But the specifications are about the same. The long braids are tied behind the hat, which is very unaccustomed.
At this time in the Northeast, from the dignitaries to the Li people, the dogskin hat is definitely the first cold-proof artifact on the head, and Qin Yusao wrapped a white mink hat and wore it warmly on his head.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
In addition to the soldiers in charge of guarding, a large number of veterans, as well as seven or eight hundred soldiers recruited one after another, in the light snow and the howling north wind, one by one soldiers with guns and standard stabbing forward.
A little north of Heishui Town, Qin Yu had accumulated a large amount of forage for the horses to spend the winter.
"At present, the situation in the grassland has been eroded, and if the governor does not send troops over, I don't know how bad the situation will be." Tian Helin and Qin Yu stood on the ground that had been covered with a thin layer of snow, looking at the soldiers who were training.
"The disease of scabies, don't look at the total number of Mongolian bandits now there are four or five thousand, once the imperial court exerts its strength, these isolated and helpless Mongolian bandits will be exterminated sooner or later." Now is not the era of cold weapons, the vast and sparsely populated Mongolia does not have the conditions to go out independently at this time, and if the later generations did not rely on such a strong reinforcement as the Soviet Union, how could they have split from the territory of the Republic of China. The current Tsarist Russia is nowhere near as strong as the Soviet Union.
"There's movement over there, Lord Doge?" Tian Helin asked.
"Not only is it a movement, it is simply a big deal, more than half of the patrol troops of Long Province, Jilin, and Fengtian Province will be transferred next year to exterminate the Mongolian bandits in one fell swoop. Our telegram for help, the reinforcements are coming, but they are all here to fight for food. Qin Yu said with a smile, he paid so much money to bribe Wang Huaiqing, so that Qin Yu also had a very good understanding of the situation in Fengtian City, and by next year, Zhang Zuolin, Wu Junsheng, Feng Delin, and Ma Longtan These patrol troops will send people and horses to the north to jointly recruit and suppress Mongolian bandits with the patrol troops of Jihei and Hei provinces.
"If you don't think about it, please punish me." Tian Helin said impressively.
"It doesn't matter, the bandits occupy the right time and place, and there are many people, if there are no reinforcements, I can't beat them, since they are all here, let's work harder later." Qin Yu didn't care, it was difficult for a good woman to be urged without rice, although he had the experience of later generations, which made Qin Yu's ability to train soldiers beyond this era, but attacking Taonanfu City was a tough battle, Bai Yin Dacheng had more troops than him, and there was no artillery, the city gate was very well defended, and he couldn't even steal the city, and forcibly attacking the city was tantamount to joking with the lives of soldiers. The soldiers in his hand were trained by Qin Yu with great difficulty, so he was naturally reluctant to do this loss-making business, since he couldn't exterminate the bandits alone, Zhang Zuolin and they had no choice but to come.
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