In June, the temperature in the Ili River valley begins to rise, and the green of the mountains is particularly charming. In a dense forested mountain col, a dense wooden house was built. At the bottom of the col is a small stream, the cool water of which bubbles and makes a tinkling sound in the valley. Beside the creek, many Xibe women are washing clothes and children are playing, and this is the temporary residence of the Xibe chief. There are five such temporary sites in the Xibe area.

In the past few years, under the repeated sweeps of the Russian army, Xiushan Town was burned down by the Germans, and the Xibe Liberal People's Army suffered a heavy blow. There were about 15,000 Xibe people, but now there are less than 10,000, and all of them have fled to the mountains and forests to take refuge, living a dark life. The temporary settlement of the leader of the Xibe, with about 2,000 people. Shouguang, the former governor of Ili in the Qing court, and his daughter Yilan's family hid in this temporary settlement.

Yilan was washing clothes in Xibe clothes, her clothes had faded and patched, showing the hardships of the days. But Yilan's youthful and bright face still exudes alluring charm. Next to Yilan, there is a little boy about three years old who is playing in the water, and the little boy has a tiger head and tiger brain, very similar to Hao Bisheng. 4 years have passed, and Yilan misses her husband all the time, especially in the days when the Russian army is chasing, she misses her husband day and night, and looks forward to the imperial army coming back.

Due to the blockade of the Russian army, they do not know the news from the outside world, and there is no news from the imperial army, could it be that they lost the battle? But there is always news that the battle has been lost! Not to mention that Yilan is suffering, the entire Xibe people are suffering. Inside a wooden house on the hill. The leader of the Xibe tribe and Shouguang were chatting. The leader took a sip of tea and said: "It's been more than two months, and the Russian army hasn't come to sweep, so we finally stopped for two months." Said my men. For two months, no trace of Russian troops was found in this area, and it was difficult for them to withdraw. ”

Shouguang pondered for a while and said: "Suddenly there is no Russian army, this is very abnormal, it may be that the Russian army did it intentionally, the purpose is to lure us out of the mountains and catch them all, so we can't be fooled." "What you say makes sense, I'll send someone to investigate." Let's see what the Russians really want to do. Shouguang continued: "There is another possibility, that is, the imperial army has launched an attack, and the Russians naturally cannot take care of us." "If that's the case. We've finally made it through, and I hope the Imperial army will come over soon. ”

Xiushan Town has not been alive for a long time, and suddenly a group of people drove here, and it seemed that this desolate town had returned to its former hustle and bustle. The 6th Cavalry Division arrived here. The division commander dismounted with a heavy heart. Looking at the weeds, the broken walls and broken arms, the town was silent. "Report to the division commander, after the search, no one was found." "The Xibe people have suffered in the past few years, and when we come here, their hard days should be over. Time was pressing, and troops were immediately sent to find the Xibes. We need their help. The division commander said decisively.

By the stream, Ylang beat his clothes with a wooden stick. While muttering to himself: "There is no news as soon as you leave, I'm afraid you will forget our girls, this one has no conscience." "E-niang, E-niang, who is my Amma, I know his mother?" The little one asks innocently, childishly with a certain cuteness. "Your grandma is a negative man!" Yilan's nose was sour, and tears flowed out. "E-Niang, you're crying, I don't want Ama just E-Niang." The little guy is very sensible, and Yilan takes his son in his arms with pity.

Suddenly, there was a horn in front of him, and Yilan immediately stood up and said: "The Russian army is coming, sisters, don't panic, take your children and clothes and go up the mountain immediately." The horn continued to sound, and Yilan held his son and took his clothes to direct the sisters to go up the mountain, maybe such emergencies often happen, and Yilan seemed very calm. She calmly commanded her sisters to take refuge in the mountains, leaving Zuihou herself. Their figures were obscured by the dense forest, and a group of cavalry rode up.

"Report to the captain, someone here has just left to do laundry! Apparently it was the horn of the horn," a soldier shouted. Yilan was struggling to climb with her son in her arms, and suddenly she was stunned when she heard this familiar voice, she stopped and looked, and her chest suddenly pounded. Yilan put down his son and rubbed his eyes to look carefully, and couldn't help shouting: "It's the imperial army, the imperial army is coming!" The Imperial army is coming??????," Ylan's cry shook through the forest like a frightened lark.

At the entrance of Xiushan Town, the leader of Xibe, Shouguang, led everyone to the commander of the 6th Division. Shouguang took the lead and knelt down, and everyone knelt on the ground. Shouguang said with tears in his eyes: "The imperial army has finally looked forward to you, and our suffering is over." The Xibe leader expressed his feelings in Manchu, and he was also choked up. The commander of the 6th Division stepped forward and said, "Old man, please get up, everyone get up!" On behalf of Commander He of the Western Expeditionary Army, I would like to pay tribute to you! ”

"Folks, you have suffered, for several years you have fought against the Russian army, unyielding, admirable. At present, our western expeditionary army has launched an attack on the Ili River Valley, and soon we will drive the Russians out of this land. The Russians burned down your homeland. The Imperial Government will help you rebuild your homeland. The crowd cheered, hugging each other and jumping. The commander of the 6th Division told him that time was pressed to immediately attack and set up an ambush, and that the Xibe people needed to provide guidance.

"Sir, my husband's name is Hao Bisheng, and he is an officer of the Imperial Army, do you know him?" Ylang hugged the child and asked urgently. The division commander smiled: "This lady, we have hundreds of thousands of horses in the western expedition, and it is impossible for us to know each other, but I can help you inquire, so don't worry, Madame!" "The military situation was urgent, and soon the 6th Cavalry Division set out. Their task was to lay in ambush southeast of Zhaosu and strike at the Russian reinforcements dispatched by Zhaosu.

As soon as dawn came, the eastern cities of Zhaosu were opened, and the 60th Division of the Russian Army received Dzerzhinsky's order and immediately dispatched two brigades to reinforce Gongliu. Zhaosu is located in the southwest of Gongliu, and the distance between the two places is about 150 kilometers. If the march goes well, Russian reinforcements will be able to reach Gongliu in one day and one night. Because Gongliu hoarded a large amount of military supplies, the reinforcements of the Russian army were all lightly armed and did not have to carry a large number of supplies to delay the trip. The Russian army is advancing to the east, where did they think that death is waiting.

The ambush site of the 6th Division was about 70 kilometers away from Zhaosu, about the middle of Gongliu and Zhaosu, which was a hilly terrain with relatively flat terrain, which was very suitable for cavalry to charge and kill. In the distance, a group of scouts galloped over, "Report to the division commander, Zhaosu's Russian army has been dispatched, and all of them are lightly armed with two brigades." One of the captains excitedly. haha！ The commander is really clever, we did not run the wrong way. The division commander took out his pocket watch and glanced at it.

"The Russian army is advancing lightly, which shows that Gongliu is in crisis. Depending on the pace of the march of the Russian army, it will be here in two hours. Now I order that the 16th Cavalry Brigade break off on the west flank, that the 17th Cavalry Brigade attack from the south, and that the 18th Cavalry Brigade meet the attack on the east. All of them mounted their horses, and immediately launched a free attack after discovering the Russian army. "The troops quickly dispersed and began to outflank from three directions. The 6th Cavalry Division has always been responsible for the garrison of Amakusa, and this time it was honored to be put into the battlefield, and the morale of all the officers and men was as high as if they had been beaten with blood.

The Russian troops marched quickly, and they were preoccupied with Gongliu. Suddenly, the earth began to shake, and countless cavalry swords slashed fiercely. The Russian army did not have any ideological preparation and immediately became a mess. Without waiting for the commander to give an order, the Russian officers and soldiers spontaneously ran back, like a flock of frightened antelopes, eager to have two more legs. In the field, where there are no defensive positions, the infantry suddenly encounters the cavalry, and the end can only be killed and ravaged.

At first, the Russian army spontaneously resisted, but the impact speed of the cavalry was too fast, and the Russian army was crushed before it had time to deploy defenses, the Russian army collapsed, and there was no suspense in the battle. In this kind of one-sided battle, the greatest hope of the Russian officers and men is whether they can escape. However, how could the two legs of the Russian soldiers run over the four legs, and soon the Russian officers and soldiers lost their will to fight and began to surrender one after another, and the scene was unbearable to witness.

Due to the constraints of battlefield communications, it is impossible for the news of the ambush of Russian reinforcements to the command headquarters at the first time. At dusk that day, at the command of the Russian army in Yining, Dzerzhinsky put down the phone and was stunned. "General, what's going on?" "The reinforcements sent by Zhaosu were ambushed by the Chinese cavalry, and the whole army was annihilated." "How can there be Chinese cavalry in the south of Zhaosu, this is absolutely impossible!" The Chief of Staff of the Russian Army was horrified.

"Now I understand that the Chinese army has been fighting in Gongliu for half a month without progress, and it turned out to be a suspicious tactic, intended to drag down Gongliu's troops and eat my reinforcements. The ambush soldiers that appeared in the south must have come from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and we were deceived. Immediately order Gongliu's defenders to retreat! Dzerzhinsky was discouraged and collapsed in his chair, and all the personnel in the command were starved of oxygen to their brains and entered a state of confusion.

In Gongliu City, the commander of the Russian army division answered the phone, slammed the phone on the ground and roared: "Dzerzhinsky, you bastard let us retreat now, it is undoubtedly a death." I decided to live and die with Gong Liucheng. Whoever dares to take a step back will be shot. "The commander of the Russian army has a hideous face, red eyes, and murderous spirit. In the evening of the fierce battle, the Russian 71st Infantry Brigade, which had been reinforced, learned about the situation, and the brigade commander ordered the whole brigade to retreat without authorization.

The 71 Brigade broke away from the front without authorization, and the defense of the Russian army immediately collapsed. "Report to the general, the 71 Brigade retreated, the line collapsed." The Russian division commander closed his eyes in pain when he heard this, then pointed the gun at his temple and pulled the trigger without hesitation. The chief of staff hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, but it was too late. Looking at the body of the division commander, the chief of staff of the Russian army gave the order to retreat. The 32nd Cavalry Division of the Russian Army was responsible for protecting the safety of the rear of the Gongliu Russian Army, and naturally fought hard to rescue, but under the entanglement of the 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions, local battles broke out between the two sides. After the Russian 32nd Cavalry Division was attacked, it reluctantly retreated westward, and the 2nd Cavalry Division turned back to intercept the fleeing Russian troops.

On the morning of this day, Chief of Staff Lei Zhensheng reported: "Commander, Lin Xiong reports that the remnants of a division and a brigade of the Russian army defending Gongliu were completely annihilated by the 2nd Cavalry Division at 6 a.m. on the west side of Gongliu, within an area of about 20 kilometers. It is also reported that the 6th Cavalry Division completed its mission excellently, and two brigades of Russian reinforcements were completely annihilated. It's unimaginable that the commander uses his troops like a god, and his subordinates admire him. (To be continued......)

PS: Blow the horn of victory!