Siqinjima said: "Okay, I'll tell you what your troops lack, Lin Shuai, maybe in your heart, the Mongolian and Han people are like a family, but you have to admit that Mongolia is a place for the Mongols, not a place for the Han people." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "You are right, although there are Han people in Mongolia, most of them are still Mongolians. ”

Siqinjima said: "Send troops to fight in other people's places, if you want to achieve victory, you must get the support of the locals, the famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty Ma Yuan conquered Jiaozhi, it is because his subordinates use the method of Huairou, attack the heart first, so the rebellion is peaceful, I believe this truth Lin Shuai you must understand, so Lin Shuai your troops are most lacking, is the support of ordinary Mongolian herdsmen." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "She still knows about Ma Yuan? Ma Yuan is the protagonist in the story of the horse leather shroud, this girl is really extraordinary, definitely not like an ordinary slave girl. So he asked, "How did you know this?" ”

Siqinjima replied, "I also read some books, but then my family fell into the middle of the road, and I ended up here. ”

Lin Yuan sighed in his heart: "It seems that this girl must have been the daughter of a big family before, but now she has become a female slave who is not clothed, and I am afraid that it is difficult for others to understand the pain." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "What you said is right, the support of the people is indeed what I lack, but I will get the support of the people on the way." ”

"That's where I can help you, I grew up here and know exactly what the herders want, and a lot of them are poor, and if you can give them something they want, they'll support you," said Siqinjima. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "I understand this truth, and I also know what the herdsmen lack in Ludao, because of the backward textile technology, the herdsmen lack cloth to make clothes; And the herdsmen don't have medicine, so if we send these things to the herdsmen, are we worried that we won't get their support? ”

Siqinjima said: "Lin Shuai, you are really far-sighted, I admire it very much, but do you know how to send the fabric to make clothes?" How can medicine be delivered to herders? ”

Lin Yuan said: "Is there still a lot of knowledge in this? Wouldn't we just give it to them? ”

Siqinjima smiled confidently and said, "I can tell you, it won't work to send it like this, I'll tell you how you should send it, if you think what I said makes sense, let me follow your troops, okay?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Okay, then you can talk about it, how should these things be sent?" ”

Siqinjima said: "There are no tailors in the Mongolian herdsmen who are as dexterous as the Han people, so even if you give them fabric, the clothes they make are not good-looking and durable. ”

"There are also herbs, the use of herbs comes from the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, but there are very few people in Mongolian herdsmen who understand Chinese medicine, so they don't use those herbs at all, so even if you give them herbs, they won't use them, if you can prepare the medicine for any disease and send it to the herdsmen, they will definitely be grateful, think there are many more such things, how about it? Can you bring us with you? ”

Lin Yuan had never thought about these things, but now when he heard Siqin Jima say it, he suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, so Lin Yuan said: "Very good, I left you, and those companions of yours, if there are also those who want to join the army, they can go with us." ”

Siqinjima went back happily, and at this time Li Changlin walked out, and as soon as Lin Yuan saw him, he immediately asked, "What about the materials we prepared in advance?" ”

Li Changlin said: "It's all hidden in the firm." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Very good, we don't need these materials yet, but we still have follow-up troops, and they will take over these materials one after another." ”

Li Changlin said: "Please rest assured Lin Shuai, we will definitely take care of the things you give us for safekeeping." ”

Lin Yuan nodded, and said, "Do you have any clothes and herbs here?" Prepare some for me, clothes should be ready, herbs should be well matched, and the specific diseases should be written on the medicine bag. ”

Li Changlin said: "Lin Shuai, we have clothes, but there is no medicine for this good one, if you want to use it, I will find someone to match it for you now." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Then as soon as possible, we will leave tomorrow morning, please match me as much as possible." ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he came to the station outside the city, at this time the soldiers had already got off the car, but there were still a group of people staying in the car, the night on the grassland was extremely cool, and the people in the city heard that Lin Yuan's troops were coming, and they came out to send good food to the soldiers. Lin Yuan held a meeting for the officers above the battalion level, emphasizing that the rapid march would begin early tomorrow morning, and that they would enter Outer Mongolia the next day, so they should be vigilant.

The next day, September 15, 1896, at four o'clock in the morning, Lin Yuan ordered his troops to set off in silence and march towards Kulen.

The vehicle drove away from the sparse forest grassland of Inner Mongolia and entered the meadow grassland of Outer Mongolia, where the grass is very high, usually 70 to 80 centimeters, and the herders often graze their cattle here, and by 11 o'clock at noon, the convoy had reached the vicinity of the Ulan Toro Sea, which is nearly 300 kilometers away from Yilin.

Lin Yuan saw from the aerial map that he left the rich and abundant meadow grassland and entered the desert steppe zone, where the main body is a desert, and there will be a relatively large oasis in the desert where the underground water source is abundant.

Before entering the desert, Lin Yuan ordered the troops to rest for three hours, although the person was sitting in the car, but he was very tired, even if he sat comfortably for a long time, he would feel tired, let alone sit in a narrow car; There are also trucks that need to be refueled, and large tankers move through the convoy to refuel the cars.

Lin Yuan got out of the car, first went to see the women and the Mongolian cavalry who came to serve as guides, Lin Yuan just walked to their car, he saw Siqinjima kneeling on the side of the car and crying, Zaheer stood aside and looked at her with concern, Lin Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”

Zaheer said, "I wonder what's wrong with the road? As soon as she got into the moving thing she started to feel bad, and then she started throwing up, and now that she had stopped, she was finally better, and I didn't understand why she was crying for anything. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Girl, if you feel uncomfortable, you will cry, I have seen a lot of this kind of thing." Lin Yuan said to Zaheer: "You go to the medical soldier and ask for a box of motion sickness medicine, and give it to her when you leave again." ”

Zaheer nodded and trotted all the way away, and at this moment, Lin Yuan suddenly received a message from the commander of the reconnaissance company in front: "A group of people, fifty-five, are approaching us!" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "What are they doing?" ”

The commander of the reconnaissance company said: "Disheveled, I think it is a refugee. ”

Lin Yuan said, "Bring them over to see me immediately." ”

Ten minutes later, the commander of the reconnaissance company sent a message anxiously: "Report to Lin Shuai, something happened to us here." ”