With the combat effectiveness of Beiyang, not to mention leaving a battalion, even if it is only the strength of a company, it is definitely not something that those rebels can deal with in the case of rejecting the city and defending it. So it is clear to anyone with a discerning eye that there is definitely a Russian involvement in this matter.

It's a pity that there is no evidence in Yuan Shikai's hands at all, the distance between Uriya Sutai and Kobdo and Kulun is more than 1,000 kilometers, and the distance between Kulun and Beijing is more than 1,000 kilometers, such a long distance, and there is not even a shadow of a person in most areas, it is almost impossible to pull a cable telegraph with a telephone pole.

As for the wireless telegraphy, Yuan Shikai has it, and it was all sent by Yan Shao, but there are only two, one in Beijing and one in Kulun. The connection between Uriya Sutai and Kobdo and Kulen is all about horses, and the final result can be imagined...

What's more, even if Yuan Shikai has evidence, does he dare to accuse the Russians?

In the end, he could only swallow his anger, and at the same time transfer the troops that were about to retreat to Zhangjiakou back to Outer Mongolia.

In the face of the returning Beiyang Army, the rebels in Outer Mongolia did not resist much, but retreated directly from Uriya Sutai and Kobdo. Let the people of Beiyang occupy these two cities, but as long as Beiyang has the intention of withdrawing troops, you can find those rebels outside the city ready to move.

Although the Beiyang Army in Outer Mongolia has also sent troops to encircle and suppress the rebels, no matter how powerful the people of Beiyang are on the grassland, it is impossible to be more familiar with the terrain here than the Mongolians who grew up here. It has always been the first time they have left the city with their front feet, and the messengers with their back feet have followed them out of the city.

Not surprisingly, although not everyone in Outer Mongolia is inclined to rebels. But...

Don't forget, the military discipline of Beiyang...

That's right, Beiyang is indeed one of the strongest armies in this era, but in terms of military discipline, I am afraid it will not be much stronger than the civilian army in the south. What's more, the place where they are now is still Outer Mongolia, a land where they can no longer tell who is the enemy and who is the friend. For people of this era, many people don't even understand what the state is, let alone let them unite ethnic minorities...

So as a matter of course. Ethnic Mongols in Outer Mongolia were harassed.

It's already light to grab something, some soldiers who have been holding back for months, and even women have grabbed it...

A few months down. Not to mention the Mongols who were already inclined to independence, even those who were originally 'good citizens' were on the opposite side, and this deepened the severity of the situation.

Wait until November or December, when the weather starts to get colder. Naturally, there is no way to talk about going out to encircle and suppress the rebels. Although the soldiers and horses of Beiyang are strong. I can only stay in two cities...

For the Beiyang officers and soldiers trapped in the two cities, even if they wanted to go out to encircle and suppress the rebels, they would wait for the weather to warm up. Otherwise, in the ice and snow, I'm afraid that their combat effectiveness won't even be able to exert one's strength...

The problem is that as the climate changes, so does the offensive and defensive situation on both sides.

Although relatively speaking, the harsh climate is also unfavorable for these rebels, they have been on the land since birth, and they have experienced this climate countless times before. It is always more adaptable than Beiyang, who came to this land for the first time.

Of course, the rebels did not choose to attack the city. Although the change in weather was in their favor, after the lesson of the last time, both Uriya Sutai and Kobdo had a regiment stationed in Beiyang, a regiment, more than 2,000 people, so many troops unless the Russians directly sent troops, otherwise it was almost impossible for the rebels to rely on their own words.

So in the end, they chose a very despicable, but very effective method...

After some consideration, the rebels who stayed in the steppe began to attack the convoys carrying supplies to the cities of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo as the climate cooled...

At the same time, in order to prevent Beiyang from receiving supplies from the ordinary herdsmen who stayed in the city, they also sent people into the city to contact these herdsmen, and asked them to leave the city with horses, cattle and sheep, etc., naturally, these were carried out before the rebels began to attack the supply convoy...

The cold climate has made the people of Beiyang become lazy, and they don't care about the movements of ordinary herdsmen, not to mention that since Beiyang has been stationed in two cities and constantly harassed the local herdsmen, there are almost every day that the herdsmen who can't stand it leave the city—————— anyway, they are nomads, as long as there is water and grass, they can survive anywhere...

However, the departure of a large number of herders eventually attracted the attention of the upper echelons, but by that time it was over, and there were not many inhabitants in Uriya Sutai and Kobdo. Some time ago, some of them were withdrawn under unbearable circumstances, and now they have withdrawn some of them with the bewitchment of the rebels, and by the time Beiyang found out that something was wrong, the two cities had become empty cities, and at this time, the news that the supply line was attacked also spread to the two cities...

In the endless steppe, all of a sudden loss of all supplies, what is the result? Even if you think about it on your knees, you can think of it...

Not only did the Beiyang Army in those two cities think about it, but even those who stayed in Kulun, so after the news of the attack on the supply line came out, the Kulen side quickly sent a number of additional teams to transport supplies...

It's just a supply line of more than 1,000 kilometers, and there are too many positions that can be attacked, not to mention such a long distance, the team responsible for transporting supplies can't always be vigilant, and the extremely harsh climate has increased the difficulty of supply delivery, as a result, the teams sent to Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, although most of them have been heavily protected, are either robbed in the middle, or have to go back halfway, and there are only one or two out of ten teams that can be delivered. Coupled with the harsh climate, the troops stationed in the two cities soon ran out of ammunition and food...

If this continues, I am afraid that there will be no need for any rebels to take the initiative to attack, and the garrisons of those two cities will have to surrender on their own initiative...

Fortunately, after the strength of Outer Mongolia reached five regiments, Yuan Shikai assigned the command of these five regiments to Cao Kun, the commander of the Third Division. And Cao Kun's subordinates have a very capable subordinate Wu Peifu...

In the original history, the Qing Emperor abdicated on February 12, 1912, and on the 29th. At the behest of Yuan Shikai, Cao Kun faked a mutiny in the Third Town, scaring away four envoys who welcomed Yuan Shikai's southward journey, and Wu Peifu accompanied him. In September, he was reappointed as the commander of the 3rd Artillery Regiment of the 6th Brigade (Zhang Hongkui) of the 3rd Division (Cao Kun) of the Central Army, stationed in Nanyuan.

This time, due to the affairs of Outer Mongolia, Wu Peifu did not serve as the head of the artillery regiment as in history, but followed Cao Kun to Outer Mongolia. Served as the commander of one of the infantry regiments.

The situation had already become very bad at this time, after all, after the weather turned cold, it was difficult for thousands of kilometers of supply lines to reach their destinations. What's more, there are people constantly disturbing along the way. But later Wu Peifu came up with a solution, a very simple, but very difficult way to operate...

That is to set up a bait to lure the rebels into taking the bait...

But before that. The first thing to do was to get in touch with the defenders at Uriya Sutai and Kobdo. It's like what the front line said. This is a very simple but very difficult method to operate, because anyone with a little military knowledge can think of this method, but if it is difficult...

Since everyone can think of a way, how to get the enemy to take the bait is the most difficult thing...

Cao Kun's biggest concern is what if the rebels don't take the bait? However, Wu Peifu reassured him.

"The rebels have been running out of ammunition for the defenders in Uriya Sutai and Kobdo for months, and this time we have sent so many supplies at once. Unless they're going to let the hard work of the past few months go to waste. We have to intercept the supplies we have transported..."This is the so-called conspiracy, which means that even if you only have a conspiracy here, you have to jump into it, because you can't afford to lose...

Before that, it is particularly important to get in touch with both places, because the most important thing for this strategy to be successful is to have the cooperation of both places.

So in the team that was later transported to the two places, according to Wu Peifu's suggestion, Cao Kun put two wireless telegraphs that had just been transferred from Beijing—————— since the situation of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo being lost and lost, Cao Kun felt that it was too disadvantageous to rely on the previous means of communication, and the radio was really easy to use, so he used Kulun's radio to send a telegram to Beijing, and the content of the telegram was also very simple, that is, let Yuan Shikai find a way to get two radios over, Send it to Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, so that at least there is no need to rely on the communication corps to deliver the message.

Regarding Cao Kun's proposal, Yuan Shikai also agreed very much.

Originally, because of the pacification of the rebellion in Outer Mongolia, Yuan Shikai had gained great prestige, and there was more and more domestic support for him, but suddenly, the news of the recovery of Uriya Sutai and Kobudo came out, and Yuan Shikai's reputation suddenly plummeted, and he was also blamed in public opinion.

However, because of this incident, he was more determined to solve the Outer Mongolia matter.

Then again, the radio does work, but he really doesn't have it. Because at this time, it is not like in the next few decades, and now the radio is still a relatively high-priced equipment, and the two units in Beijing and Kulun were sent by Yan Shao...

So when there was no other way, Yuan Shikai could only send a telegram to Yan Shao, hoping that Yan Shao could send two more units over.

As long as these two telegrams can be sent to Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, then in Outer Mongolia, at least the communication problem can be guaranteed that there will be no interruption.

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On the issue of Outer Mongolia, Yan Shao has already supported twenty or thirty million dollars, and since he has supported so much, he naturally doesn't mind supporting more. And the gains and losses of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo also stimulated Yan Shao a little, so without thinking about it at all, Yan Shao agreed to the request to send two radios to Beiyang—————— anyway, it is not a confidential thing, although this thing is made by the research institute, it can also be bought abroad...

After the two radios were delivered, Cao Kun sent teams to Uriya Sutai and Kobdo several times, and finally sent them into the city. With these two wireless telegraphs, the two places can be regarded as establishing contact with the outside world.

After the communication between them is guaranteed, the next step can be launched.

As the front line said, give the rebels a bait.

The bait is easy to find, and now that Uriya Sutai and Kobdo are short of supplies, I believe those rebels are also very clear, so the next thing is to convince them that the Beiyang Army in Kulen is ready to send a large number of supplies over...

In fact, those two places are really in need of supplies.

So although it was a play, Cao Kun still prepared a lot of supplies and made it look like he was going to send it to Uriya Sutai. And sent a whole battalion of troops to escort—————— in fact, in terms of escort troops, both Cao Kun and Wu Peifu had some headaches.

The rebels are not idiots, it is difficult to say whether people will suspect that this is a decoy, if the escort is small, the purpose will undoubtedly be exposed, but if there are too many, I am afraid that people will not dare to come up.

So a battalion, this figure is undoubtedly the most appropriate.

It can guarantee reasonableness, and it can make those rebels feel confident that they will destroy the supplies they are escorting...

After that, there was the quantity of supplies, and these rebels desperately attacked the supply lines in order to cut off the connection between Uriya Sutai and Kobdo from the outside world, so that the defenders inside fell into the predicament of running out of ammunition and food, and finally collapsed without a fight...

If the Beiyang people had sent supplies to the garrison in one go, and the garrison had been freed from this predicament, then the efforts of the rebels in the past few months would have been in vain.

If they could have allowed one or two supplies in the past, then such a large amount of money really couldn't pass once...

So although some people doubt that this will be a conspiracy of the Beiyang, if they don't want the hard work of the past few months to be in vain, then they absolutely can't let this supply team pass. Even if you can't rob all the supplies, at least let them go home.

After that, everything was as Wu Peifu expected, after learning the news of the team's departure, more than 2,000 rebels soon gathered, but just as they began to storm the supply team guarded by the escort officers and soldiers, the cavalry regiment sent by Yuan Shikai to Outer Mongolia suddenly appeared...

Along with the garrison that was supposed to be in Uriya Sutai...

This is also thanks to those rebels, if they hadn't gotten all the inhabitants of the city out of the city, the garrison of Uriya Sutai would not have come out of the city so easily.

The sudden appearance of the two armies, coupled with the sudden appearance of several Maxim heavy machine guns in the supply team, immediately inflicted heavy losses on the rebels. Although many rebels ran out in the chaos, these rebels still paid more than half of the casualties...

At this point, those rebels are completely wounded... (To be continued......)