Duolun is an important place on the grassland, close business exchanges, initially here is mainly to do business with the area of Beijing and Tianjin, in the past two years, with the rapid development of the three eastern provinces, attracting a large number of materials to the northeast, Duolun is also an important transshipment base, gathered a large number of merchants.

Xu Shuzheng gave an order and caught hundreds of people, most of whom were merchants, as well as more than 20 Mongolian nobles and princes, and stood in a large area in the dark. Xiao Xu walked in front of these people, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Feng army is coming, everyone is rich, ordinary businessmen are 3,000 oceans, big businessmen are 10,000 oceans, princes and nobles are 50,000 oceans, for the time being, pay this money first, as military expenses, if it is not enough, further increase, in short, you must be ready to contribute financial resources, pay now!"

"Wishful thinking!" A short and fat young man suddenly stood up and said loudly: "You Han people are fighting, why do you want us to ask for money, this king will definitely not give you a son, and he will go to Beiyang to accuse you of extortion!" ”

"Yes, King De is right, we won't give you money, this is the grassland, we have thousands of warriors, if you dare to move a finger of us, just wait for these warriors to tear you apart!"

Xu Shuzheng playfully looked at the young man who jumped out of the lead, this guy was dressed luxuriously, he looked less than twenty years old, and there were not too many traces of wind and sun on his face, but he was white and tender, and he was used to being pampered at a glance.

Others called him King De, and Xu Shuzheng immediately knew who this guy was, he was Prince Demuchuk Dongrup, one of the most important and powerful princes in Inner Mongolia. Although he is not very old, I heard that a group of ambitious guys have gathered around him, and they are always stirring up relations between Han and Mongolia. The king also often said things that tried to be independent and self-governing.

The Beiyang government has always had no way to deal with this kind of powerful prince, so it can only try to win over and buy him, and has just granted him the power to take charge of the banner government. But this guy still jumped out and dared to argue with himself, which made Xu Shuzheng very dissatisfied.

"King De, Xu's words always count, if you don't pay the money, there is only a dead end, no one is an exception, including you, the noble prince!" Saying that, Xu Shuzheng approached King De. With a cold smile on his face: "You don't have to threaten Beiyang anymore, Premier Duan has stepped down, and Xu is a lonely ghost." But it's okay this way, but there is no burden, and you can let go of your hands and feet. If I kill you, maybe I can make some trouble for Zhang Tinglan. Why don't you say I'm happy? ”

Facing Xu Shuzheng. King De felt uncomfortable all over his body, and that feeling was like a yellow sheep being targeted by the steppe wolves, unable to advance or retreat, and he might lose his head at any time. Sweat was already soaked in sweat on his white fat face, and under Xu Shuzheng's forced gaze, he couldn't help but take a step back.

Xu Shuzheng waved his hand. Several soldiers rushed over with guns, and the bright bayonets were aimed at King De, and this guy saw this and was finally afraid. Hurriedly said: "Don't kill me, I'm willing to give money!" ”

After solving this guy, everyone else is not a problem, so they can only honestly hand over the money, a total of more than 100 people, Xu Shuzheng received more than 800,000 oceans. This money is not small, the troops he brought are only more than 10,000 people, and each person can get an average of eighty yuan, which is enough for them to sell their lives.

Xu Shuzheng finally showed a smile: "These are all distinguished guests, they all invited me to the barracks, give me good haode care, if there is something, they are indispensable to help!" ”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Xu said loudly again, and when King De and the others heard it, they dared to feel that this money was not a one-time thing, but they were treated as a bank vault, and they could take it at any time, who could stand it.

"Xu Shuzheng, you don't have to make an inch, if you come again, there will definitely be no good end for you!"

"King De, Xu has no good end for a long time, so you don't need to curse!" Xu Shuzheng turned his head to the soldiers and said: "There are the fattest cattle and sheep in King De's mansion, you all get them, so that you can treat everyone, even if it is a treat for the prince." ”

As soon as these soldiers heard that there was beef and mutton to eat, they immediately cheered again, and then they all went to loot, and King De gritted his teeth on the side, and the corners of his eyes were about to crack, but there was no way at all, so he could only honestly obey the arrangement. However, this guy is not willing to be manipulated, but constantly thinks of ways to deal with it, and he wants to make Xiao Xu pay the price of recklessness.

Xu Shuzheng didn't care what King De thought anymore, he sent down the military salary, and let these soldiers eat beef and mutton openly, and the morale of the army finally recovered a lot. Then he hurried up and dug fortifications around Duolun, wanting to fight to the death with the Feng army here!

Just when Xu Shuzheng hurriedly arranged, Sun Anhu commanded the Feng army and approached Duolun, and when he was less than 20 kilometers away from Duolun, Sun Anhu called his deputy Zhang Henian over.

"Lunar New Year, how do you think this battle should be fought?"

"Duolun is located in the grassland, although there are some hills around, it is not steep at all, this terrain has an absolute advantage over our side, as long as we can give full play to the advantage of firepower, we can definitely break Duolun's defense."

Sun Anhu also nodded, the first four brigades of the border guards were all Zhang Tinglan's henchmen, and they had to deal with Russian pressure, and they were often the first troops to change their equipment, and their firepower configuration was also the strongest. A brigade is equipped with 12 152-mm howitzers, 24 122-mm howitzers, and 24 76-mm mountain guns.

In addition, Fengjun copied the German MP18 submachine gun, and now it has produced results, the first batch of 3,000 units was produced, and Sun Anhu's subordinates were limited to equip a battalion for experiments. The soldiers were very fond of the new weapon of the submachine gun.

Especially in the offensive operations, the firepower is fierce and coherent is more important than accuracy, it can play a very haode suppressive role, light and flexible, easy to carry, after a period of training, the soldiers are in love with this weapon, Sun Anhu also wants to test the effectiveness in the actual combat, this attack on Duolun, just that Xu Shuzheng's subordinates practice their hands.

"Indeed, as long as we don't make mistakes, with Xu Shuzheng's remnants of the army, it will have no effect. However, the commander-in-chief meant to capture this guy alive, and when attacking, let the cavalry battalion go out, bypass Doren, and cut off their retreat, it is best to capture Xu Shuzheng alive. ”

Everything is almost arranged, the large force of the Feng army is rolling towards Duolun, the forward is quickly approaching the outer defense line, the Feng army quickly enters the battle state, the artillery position has been constructed, and the metal cannon body full of liliang feeling shows unparalleled might.

"Hurry up, aim for me, hit hard!"

Zhang Henian commanded the artillery, aimed the thick muzzle at the enemy, and with an order, more than a dozen artillery pieces opened fire together, instantly setting off a huge smoke of gunpowder on the position of the Chahar army, and the violent explosion instantly took away countless lives.

These Chahar troops are very poorly equipped, and they don't even have a few seven or five guns, and they are very precious in peacetime, and they are reluctant to fight at all, and they just take out a few fools in wartime. In the face of the heavy artillery of the Feng army, they were unable to fight at all, not only could they not fight, but they didn't even know how to dodge.

When they were building the trenches, they only dug a shallow trench, barely enough to cover their bodies, and there were no such things as cat ear holes. In addition, the worst thing is that their trenches are dug almost in a straight line, so that after a shell explodes, the lethality will be multiplied, and the surrounding soldiers will be affected, and a large number of people will die.

After less than ten minutes of shelling, the positions of the Chahar army were all engulfed in flames and smoke, mutilated limbs everywhere, wounded everywhere, groans of pain. They had never been subjected to such heavy shelling in their lives, and the violent explosion had already destroyed their hearing, and some soldiers had blood already flowing from their ears.

They could only see a large number of figures in the direction of the Feng army from a distance, which was rapidly approaching, and when these Feng troops were approaching, they placed a cannon barrel on the ground, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at them again, and soon the mortar shells like hail smashed over, compared to the huge power of the heavy artillery, the mortar was more terrifying than the rate of fire, at least ten shells could be fired in a minute, and the well-trained soldiers could even fire fifteen or twenty rounds.

The continuous shells fell mercilessly on their heads, more and more people died on the spot, a large number of corpses, the living people finally couldn't bear it, some guys screamed, threw the tattered rifles in their hands on the ground, and then turned around and ran, not caring about anything.

There was one who escaped, and there was a second, and soon a wave of escape was formed, and the outer positions did not withstand even a round of attacks, and were directly easily broken through by the Feng army. Seeing the rapid advance of the Feng army, Zhang Henian's face did not even have much joy, it really didn't take much effort to deal with this kind of miscellaneous troops, the only problem was how to end the battle as soon as possible.

"Brothers, follow me and take Duolun in one fell swoop!"

The soldiers tacitly lined up in battle formation, silently pressed towards Duolun, the speed was beyond imagination, Xu Shuzheng, Qu Tongfeng and others were still supervising the battle in the rear, they saw that Chahar's army was vulnerable and frantically defeated, and their eyes were red.

Xu Shuzheng raised his pistol and killed three deserters on the spot: "Resist me, don't run away, all deserters will be executed!" ”

At this time, the large forces of the Feng army had already pressed over, as if chasing a flock of sheep on the steppe, Chahar's troops no longer had the courage to turn back and resist, more and more people fell, and more people fled for their lives.

Even the troops in the rear were affected, and their morale dropped to freezing point in an instant, seeing this situation, Xu Shuzheng could only look up to the sky and sigh, he had no skills to return to the sky! (To be continued......)