Episode 9: If the enemy is the Taliban, starting from the 9th, Qing troops from all over the country will come one after another to submit to them, some of them are from the north and some are from the south

Those in southern Xinjiang are afraid of the Soviet army, and they are afraid that they will get a Ming passport when they come over, and then they will be caught by the Soviets and sent to Siberia to do hard labor, so they will not let go of a shot, and they will be chased by the Soviet army all the way east, and they will come to northern Xinjiang from the Tianshan Pass on the side of Turpan and Dihua

Most of the Qing troops in northern Xinjiang issued a statement of submission to the Ming Dynasty after the Ming army occupied Beijing, mainly because of the original Qing army garrison in Changji area, and some officers and soldiers in the Tacheng area were mainly Han and Hui people, and they were very identified with the Central Plains culture and the Central Plains regime, so just like the Qing army in the east, it was easy to surrender to the Ming army

Xiang Xiaoqiang did not let them disband, but recruited and trained them on the spot to supplement their own strength defects, these Qing troops are all third-rate troops, long-term practice of "reclamation", similar to the "production and construction corps", combat effectiveness is extremely poor, lack of weapons, lax discipline, almost can't tell whether it is a peasant or a soldier, fighting is definitely not the opponent of the gang of bandits in Erdun Mutu, but Xiang Xiaoqiang is still like a rag picker, as long as it is a soldier, he will collect it, and then train from scratch like engaging in military training

According to his thoughts, although these soldiers are a little worse off in battle, but guarding the place where they have been defeated and maintaining law and order, it should not be a big problem that they can't do the work of the imperial army, and the work of the puppet army can always be done? In his words, "Even a piece of toilet paper has its use"

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In the past two days, Xiang Xiaoqiang has been busy planning battles with the people of the division headquarters, and the work of receiving the Qing army has been handed over to the fourteen grids, and the task of the fourteen grids has also been heavy, and now she is not only responsible for the contact with the rear, responsible for the intelligence collection of the enemy army, but also responsible for the reorganization and reorganization of the Qing army from all walks of life, but also to screen and judge that the spies sent by Erdun Mutu to mix in, which must be the most important thing to guard against now, is that Erdun Mutu sent a whole army to mix in, and when the time comes, it will be unimaginable

Fortunately, she is also the best at doing this kind of intelligence thing, and she herself is a minority, or the former Qing Gege, for all ethnic minorities Qing soldiers, there is a strong appeal The relationship between the Manchu Qing and Mongolia is particularly close, almost "Manchu and Mongolian family", "Manchu and Mongolian are not divided" from Nurhachi, Huang Taiji time, the upper class of Manchu and Mongolia frequently intermarried, and now every Manchu royal family has a part of the blood of the Mongolian people, so that in addition to the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, the young lady of the Mongolian prince is also called "Gege" The signboard of the 14 grids can not only win over the Manchu officers and soldiers, but also win over many Mongolian officers and soldiers, of course, not to mention the Han Hui people

It's a pity that Fourteen Gege can't even speak Manchu, let alone Mongolian, when talking to Mongolian Qing officers and soldiers, if the other party can't speak Chinese, then he needs a translator, which is a pity for Xiang Xiaoqiang

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The Changji region belongs to the south of northern Xinjiang, and is the most Han and Hui in northern Xinjiang, with the highest degree of sinicization, and it is far away from the Altay region, the old nest of Erdun Mutu, and there is a large desert in the middle, so although Erdun Mutu announced the establishment of the "Ili Empire" and the territory includes the entire northern Xinjiang, in fact, what he actually controls, that is, the Altay region in the north, and the Tacheng region in the northwest, of which the Tacheng area is also a place where the sinicization is very deep, and the control of Erdun Mutu is far less strong than that of Altay

Erdun Mutu's army is very capable of fighting, as a gang is already unprecedentedly strong, but as a "national army", it is still too weak, so when he was a bandit and looted the town, he could crisscross the entire northern Xinjiang, no one can be defeated, but now that he has "built the country", he has to defend his own town, and the troops are far from enough, so he can only huddle in the area of Altay and Tacheng

On the evening of the 10th, in the big tent, Fourteen Gege was introducing the latest information, listening intently to Xiaoqiang and the staff officers of the division headquarters in the night, and in the distance there were bursts of Dongbula, guitar, harmonica music, soldiers' laughter, and sheep's "bleating" sounds

In this soothing background sound, Fourteen Gege smiled and said to everyone under the flickering light bulb powered by the tank battery:

“…… However, after Erdun Mutu announced the "founding of the country and becoming the emperor", the number of people who supported him began to increase rapidly, and among the new soldiers who came to him, the Han and Hui people were the majority, and the Kazakhs and Mongols not only did not increase, but lost some of the concepts that may be Han Hui people, and the consciousness of 'from the dragon' and 'support' was relatively strong, at this time, it was the Kazakhs and Mongolians who were the most pragmatic, and felt that since you had set up such a powerful enemy, then following you would not have good results. So there are quite a few ...... who left on their own."

At this point, there was a commotion outside, and many people were shouting in panic for Fourteen Gege to stop, and turned to the entrance of the tent in confusion

"Boom !!"

There was a loud bang, and everyone was pushed to the ground by a huge force, and even the tent collapsed and pressed on everyone

It was pitch black in front of me, and all I could hear was a scream

Xiang Xiaoqiang struggled to prop himself up, gasping for breath, making sure that he was not injured, and immediately remembered the fourteen grids, and immediately shouted:

"Ah Fang! Fang! Are you okay? Fang! Squeak! ”

"I'm okay"

Hearing the calm voice of Fourteen Gege, Xiang Xiaoqiang sweated profusely, panting heavily, he tried to climb out of the tent, and shouted again:

"Righteousness! Yi! How are you guys? It's okay? ”

The division commander Gao Dayi also replied in the dark:

"My subordinates are fine, don't worry!"

The other staff officers also replied one after another, and they all sounded fine

Xiang Xiaoqiang got out of the tent in embarrassment, staggered to his feet, and was immediately supported by several soldiers, he threw it away, pointed to the tent and shouted:

"I'm fine, save them! Lift it up, it's all down there! Fast! Fast! ”

A group of soldiers worked with all their hands to clean up the collapsed tent and pull the people inside out one by one

The surroundings were already in chaos, the figure ran in the dark, the ambulance honked its horn from far and near, stopped next to it, and immediately jumped down a few military doctors, carrying a stretcher to Xiaoqiang, only thinking about fourteen grids in his heart, but he knew that he was the commander, and he couldn't seem so "heavy and light friends", fortunately, he knew that fourteen grids were fine, but he hadn't climbed out yet, and he could calm down

Xiang Xiaoqiang turned around, and then saw a terrible scene:

Twenty or thirty meters away, a tank was burning, and there was a big pit below, several soldiers were shouting, and they kept pouring water on the tank, and by the light of the tank's fire, they saw that the ground within a radius of one or twenty meters around was covered with broken arms and stumps, and at least a dozen people were lying there, and there were so many wounded soldiers, lying on the ground and wailing

Ambulances and military doctors are constantly pouring in from all directions to join in the treatment

Xiang Xiaoqiang covered his head, looked at the sky, and looked at all this again, as if he was stupid

What's going on? The tank exploded? Which fool fiddled with the tank and exploded? How can a good tank explode? Who drank too much and roasted a whole lamb on a tank?

At this time, there was a burst of "Her Royal Highness Princess!" behind him. Your Highness the Princess! Xiang Xiaoqiang turned his head and saw that the fourteen grids had also been dragged out

He hurriedly rushed over and hugged him, and saw that Fourteen Gege's body was clean and clean, without blood, and because there was grass under the tent, there was not even a bit of dirt on his body

Xiang Xiaoqiang was completely relieved, hugged her, patted her back, and comforted her

And Fourteen Gege struggled softly, and whispered:

"You leave me alone, I'm fine, you hurry up and see what's important...... What's going on with this explosion? Blockade of the scene ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was reminded by her, immediately let go of her, slapped her twice, and ordered:

"Someone! Immediately cordon off the scene, within a radius of 100 meters, no one is allowed to move except for the military doctor! Until the cause of the explosion is clarified! ”

At the sound of an order, whistles sounded, and within a few minutes of the gendarmerie directly under the division headquarters being assembled, the scene of the explosion was cordoned off

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Xiang Xiaoqiang, Fourteen Gege, and the division headquarters were all moved to another wooden house, and at this time, many witnesses to the explosion were also investigated by the military police, and the cause of the explosion was quickly clarified

Just now, when the division headquarters was holding a meeting in the tent, a vendor led a camel around the division headquarters, selling wine and food to the soldiers, and when he got closer and closer to the division headquarters, he was stopped by the military police standing guard and did not let him go any further. Hold him and prevent him from leaving, preparing to forcibly search

At this time, the merchant suddenly pushed one of the gendarmes to the ground, and then jumped on the camel, and ran wildly, and many soldiers saw it, and no one expected that the camel could run so fast

Another soldier drew his pistol and chased after him, ordering him to stop, probably undecided, just as the vendor rode his camel at a nearby tank and exploded

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As soon as Xiang Xiaoqiang heard this familiar attack method, he immediately blurted out:

"Suicide bombing! These guys are good at it! Damn, that bandit leader can have such a person! ”

However, the surrounding circle of officers, including the fourteen grids, all looked at each other, as if they still didn't understand

"But......," said Gao Dayi, hesitantly, "why did the bomb go off?" ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned:

"What misfire?"

高大义 says:

"He was obviously sent by Erdun Mutu to assassinate the lord, but since he has decided to escape, the bomb has exploded......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang interrupted him and said:

"It's not a bomb that has gone off at all, he doesn't have to kill me, he can't assassinate me alone, you don't need so much explosives, you look at the big hole in the ground, you look at the brothers around you, he obviously has a whole camel explosives...... Let me tell you, this kind of person just doesn't want to die, when he came, he didn't plan to come back alive to up, it's best to up, if he can't up, I will blow up as many of our brothers as possible, and hit our morale, you see that his target is very appropriate, not only can blow up a tank, but also use the cannonballs and gasoline in the tank to enhance the power, and the brothers next to the tank are often the most! ”

The screams outside were incessant, and they came one after another

Xiang Xiaoqiang pushed open the window, pointed outside, and roared:

"See? That's what he wants! And now he succeeded! ”

Everyone is still looking at each other, and they don't seem to understand, there are still people who are willing to use themselves as bombs and engage in this kind of "desperate one is enough, desperate two to earn one"! If he feels cornered, he doesn't have to die! Why can't you cast it? Why can't you think about it like that?

Xiang Xiaoqiang paced angrily, pointed at them and shouted:

"You don't understand, do you? You guys don't understand at this time, right? …… I tell you, I don't understand either...... Those guys aren't fucking normal, don't try to understand him...... All I know is that once the other side starts fighting us in the Taliban way, we will be unlucky! Damn, our bad luck days are yet to come! ”

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That night, all the officers of the division headquarters worked overtime to formulate a battle plan, trying to give the enemy the greatest damage in the shortest time, and made up their combat determination to Xiaoqiang: to launch a military operation, raid the city of Altay, the old nest of Erdun Mutu, and carry out a "decapitation operation" to try to kill him

The war must be short, peaceful, and unprocrastinated, and if it drags on, it will fall into a quagmire

The staff officers were making a battle plan, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was fighting at the other end of the room, and he had a vague premonition that this could no longer be solved by virtue of weapon superiority

While he was applying for more funds from the rear to buy food to feed the surrendered Qing soldiers, he urged the rear to quickly let the civilian system enter the northwest, and he knew that in such an area with complex ethnic composition, if the Ming army wanted to rely on a small number of troops to completely annihilate the enemy, it must get the support of the local people, otherwise, the enemy would be reduced to pieces and fight guerrilla warfare with you all day long like the Taliban, and then a division like himself would not be able to resist

Now the Ming army can rely on the advantage of weapons to fight him on the frontal battlefield and win a few battles, but if you want to conquer the northern frontier with just one division, after all, you still have to win the hearts and minds of the people, and you must let the local people get the benefits from the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, so that they can taste the sweetness of the identity of "Ming citizens", and at that time, even if Erdun Mutu wants to fight guerrilla like the Taliban, it will not last long, as long as the people do not support him, he will not be able to fight this guerrilla, because the most important thing is to fight guerrillas, It has to be able to hide among the common people