On July 9, a cavalry company serving as the vanguard of the Northern Marine Cavalry Regiment arrived near the Boronor Station, 210 miles north of Cullen.
When the red flag with the white five-pointed star appeared on the hills on the east side of the Boluo River, people emerged immediately behind them, wearing dark green camouflage uniforms, rainproof cloaks, and rifles on their shoulders. A Northern Navy cavalryman with a saber slung across his saddle.
There are more than 300 Mongolian cavalry stationed at Boronortai Station. They are no longer post soldiers, but cavalry under the command of Sangzhai Dorji, King of Zasakdoro County. These archers from the Chechen Khan Banner did not understand the Northern Navy, and they even looked down upon the cavalry of the Northern Navy.
When the leader of the team learned from the sentinel that more than a hundred people from the Northern Navy had arrived, he immediately made a decision to "disobey his ancestors" and wanted to teach this group of Northern pirates who knew nothing about the world.
"Kill the Northern Pirates! Only 30% of the captured Ma Bengui will be taken, and the rest will be yours!"
The mounts of the Northern Navy cavalry are mainly derived from the Kabat Jin horses captured in the battle with Tsarist Russia, that is, the shoulder height is 1.45 meters to 1.55 meters. This is a mountain horse from the North Caucasus. It has a strong body, well-muscled body, strong endurance, and a unique ability to find its way out in mist and darkness.
As for the famous Don hippopotamus in another time and space... I'm sorry, it hasn't been cultivated yet!
The Northern Navy leader was Bock, the commander of the third company of the first battalion of the cavalry. This is a Daur man. After the battle between the Qing army and the Russian army in Heilongjiang City in the 53rd year of Qianlong's reign, Bock was injured and was left in Heilongjiang City. After being rescued by the Northern Navy, he was out of danger. He resolutely defected to the Northern Navy.
When Bock saw from the telescope that the Mongolian cavalry from the Boronor station was starting to move out, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he immediately issued an order: "Ready the machine gun!"
The firepower of a single cavalry company of the Northern Navy is quite powerful. Each company is equipped with two to three 7.62 mm caliber PKM general-purpose machine guns, one for each platoon. The ordinary cavalry consists of one man and two horses, while the machine gun crew consists of two men and six horses, two of which are responsible for carrying ammunition boxes and spare parts. An ammunition box with a capacity of one hundred rounds weighs 3.9 kilograms. Two horses can carry up to 12 full ammunition boxes, as well as chain loaders, spare barrels and other related parts. The purpose of this is to ensure that the small cavalry force has enough firepower to break out when it is besieged.
It is said that using this thing to deal with the Mongolian cavalry that is outflanking from both sides is really a bit invincible. So Bock was no longer interested in watching. He just ordered his platoon leader to capture a few prisoners, and then concentrated on studying the map.
After the machine gunner in charge of the left wing entered a simple shooting position, he used the scope to search for targets for a long time, and finally set his first target on a guy more than 500 meters away. There was no way, that guy's outfit was too eye-catching among the Mongolian cavalry, at least he was a third-rank officer.
There is a lynx hair as thick as a thumb standing on the top of this man's helmet, and below it is a vermilion tassel hanging in a circle; on the front and rear beams under the helmet's treasure cover, there is also a shining silver-plated cloud dragon. . The armor on that guy's body is even more fancy. There are pythons embroidered on the chest and shoulder guards, and the shoulder guards are also inlaid with silver-plated cloud dragons.
Okay, it’s you!
When the short firing sound of "da da da" sounded, the Mongolian cavalry who had already climbed up the hillside did not know what was happening, but the horses under their crotches were far more alert than people. They had already realized that they were in a death trap. So he used roars and restlessness to remind his master to retreat.
However, these Mongolian cavalry had never been on the battlefield and rarely used muskets, so they had no idea what machine gun shooting meant, and thought the Northern Navy was setting off firecrackers to scare them.
Since the defeat of Amursana in the 22nd year of Qianlong's reign, there has been no large-scale military action in Khalkha Mongolia. The generation that went to the battlefield has either grown old or passed away, while the younger generation of Mongolians has forgotten what blood and fire are.
With the staggered shooting of two machine guns, and the subsequent firing of rifles, the two dozen Mongolian soldiers attacking in the front suddenly discovered where were their partners behind them?
Twenty minutes later, when the cavalry finished cleaning the battlefield and escorted a dozen dejected prisoners to the Boronor platform five miles away, there were no traces of the dozens of Mongolian soldiers who had stayed here and had run away long ago. No, they didn't even bother to set fire to it.
"I don't accept it! You are using sorcery. What kind of heroes are you? If you have the ability to compete with me in wrestling, come on! Come on!"
The captured Mongolian leader with a white flag urged Wendurgan to talk non-stop after he calmed down. However, no one from the Northern Navy outside the thatched house paid any attention to him, which made Wendulgan even more angry.
what is this? It’s so frustrating! There was a loud crackle of ping-ping-pong-pong, and before the enemy could even get eighty steps closer, he suffered heavy casualties on his side. The leader also died in the battle, and then those of them who were alive were captured alive.
After Wen Duer's spit had dried up, the dilapidated house door was opened. Because it was very dark inside the thatched house, the prisoners in the house did not see clearly the appearance of the man who walked in. They saw the man pointing at Wendurgan and the other two Mongolian soldiers and speaking in a very familiar Mongolian dialect. : "You, you, and you, get up and follow me!"
As expected, the person who came was to take them for interrogation. When he saw Bock, the commander of the cavalry company, Wendurgan looked at the man's Mongolian face and blurted out: "Are you a Mongolian?"
"People from Daur." Bock curled his lips and continued to reprimand without waiting for the other party to recognize: "You were the one who kept shouting just now, right? You are not honest when you become a prisoner! Save your energy, to tell you the truth, among us, no matter what Whichever one you choose is more than enough to deal with you!”
After he finished speaking, he motioned to his men to get a glass of water and feed it to Wen Duergan and the three of them. After the three of them finished drinking, he said, "Tell me, what's going on with Cullen now?"
Wen Duer still couldn't swallow that breath. He wiped his chin with his tied hands and said proudly: "See, you are also a man. Challenge me to a duel. If you win, I will tell you everything I know!"
"Hahaha~~" Bock laughed loudly, stood up suddenly and said: "Untie him!"
Half an hour later, Wendulgan, whose nose and face were bruised and swollen after being thrown, was lying on his back in the yard of the inn, with no strength left; the cavalry company commander Bock, who was standing with his arms akimbo, also had bruises on his face and was panting. Such a scene made everyone watching the excitement secretly sigh.
After a while, Wen Duergan finally sat up and said sadly: "I lost, you can ask whatever you want."
At nine o'clock that night, large groups of cavalry regiments and baggage teams arrived at Boronor Station one after another. The first thing that regiment commander Samusu and deputy commander Bayan did after arriving was to send a report to the Eastern Front Command, and then listen to Bock's report.
These two are definitely anomalies in the Beihai Navy. Both of them were originally garrisoned Eight Banners soldiers from Hunchun.
In the forty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, Zhao Xin and others fought against the Manchus for the first time and captured thirteen prisoners, Samusu and Bayan being one of them. These people first worked for two years, including pickling fish, logging, and gold mining. Although it was hard work, Zhao Xin never treated him harshly in food, clothing, and clothes. For this reason, the thirteen captives were grateful.
After the Northern Navy captured Hunchun for the first time in the 51st year of Qianlong's reign, the families of the thirteen captives were all taken to Beihai Town. From then on, they joined the Northern Navy and began to work for Zhao Xin wholeheartedly.
At the beginning of the 52nd year of Qianlong's reign, the Northern Navy began to form a cavalry unit. With their excellent riding skills and loyalty to Zhao Xin, Samusu and Bayan stood out from the crowd and became the first two cavalry companies. Company commander. Later, he followed Zhao Xin to fight against Tsarist Russia, and was promoted to battalion commander and regimental commander.
"How many enemies does Cullen have?" Samusu asked as soon as he entered the room.
Bock said: "According to the prisoners' accounts, all 23 banners and 40 chiefs of the Chechen Khan tribe have arrived, totaling more than 6,000 people. Half of the 20 banners and 52 chiefs of the Tushetu Khan tribe have arrived, roughly There are more than 3,000 people. Almost 10,000 people. Right now they are all stationed in Zhaomodo, southeast of Kulun."
Samusu's young staff officer listened and marked on the map. Zhaomodo is adjacent to the Kent Ridge to the north, with thousands of cliffs standing on it, hills to the east, and the Tula River to the west. Considering that most of the Khalkha Mongolian soldiers are cavalry, it is very likely that they will set up formations along the river and guard the pass of the Kent Ridge.
"Is the situation reliable?"
Bock then reported on his duel with the Mongolian Wendur. When Bock threw the opponent so hard that he couldn't get up in the end, Samusu and Bayan couldn't help laughing.
After laughing for a while, Samusu's face became serious and he said in a deep voice: "Before going south, the headquarters organized a meeting of the chief officers of each regiment. The chiefs specifically talked about the Zhaomod victory a hundred years ago. It seems that Kaer The Khamon people want to imitate Kangxi and rely on the mountains to fight us from a high position."
Bock asked curiously: "Zhao Mo Dajie? Who is following whom?"
Samusu put one hand behind his back and pointed at the map and explained: "A hundred years ago, Kangxi's imperial commander personally went on an expedition and led a hundred thousand people to fight there with Galdan's 30,000 troops. It was said to be one hundred thousand, Only fifty thousand actually.”
Bayan looked at the map and thought for a moment and said: "It seems that the enemy wants to lure us to Zhaomodo, use the mountains and dense forests there to set up an ambush, and surround us on three sides."
Samusu saw through the intentions of the Khalkha Mongols and couldn't help but said proudly: "They wanted to lure me over, but I was not fooled."
He immediately said to his staff: "Send a report to the headquarters. Starting from tomorrow, our troops will no longer arrange to advance alternately. The whole regiment will act together to occupy Kuyitai. I want to see who can go first without fighting Cullen." in a hurry."
Since the cavalry regiment served as the vanguard, due to the pressure on logistical supplies, it has basically advanced alternately in company units. Each company's daily raiding goal is to capture at most two inns; if the distance between the two inns exceeds 100 miles, only one will be captured. In the evening, the following large groups of troops and baggage trains arrived one after another, and then the next company recharged its batteries and repeated the above rhythm the next day.
The reason for this is mainly related to the ration supply of the war horses; in addition, this is also the reason why Zhao Xin has never dared to expand the size of the cavalry despite having captured a large number of war horses from the Russian and Qing armies.
Let me say in advance that war horses are half the life of a cavalryman. Those who say that war horses eat weeds can just go to sleep.
Horses can eat grass, but it must be during non-combat times and they must return to the pasture to eat high-quality forage, such as alfalfa. As for weeds, their nutritional value is very low, and some are even poisonous. If you let a war horse eat weeds, it will become thinner and thinner as it eats. It will not be able to run fast on the battlefield. Eventually, its resistance will decrease and it will easily get sick.
During the march, if the war horse is allowed to eat grass as its main food, it will need to eat for more than 12 hours a day. You must know that horses are different from cattle and sheep. The horse's stomach is very small and relies on a rectum to function. So we often see horses eating no matter day or day. They rarely have any free time. When they are free, they take a nap, stand there and sleep for a while, and start eating when they wake up. They keep putting food into their mouths all day long. Stuff something.
In fact, when the cavalry marches to fight, they must use the mobility of the cavalry to move quickly during the day. Only at night do they have time to feed the horses. The problem is that it is impossible for soldiers to let their horses go out to graze at night... What will you do if the enemy makes a sneak attack? Looking for a horse in the dark? Therefore, during the march and fighting, the war horses had to eat the same food as the soldiers, and the pay was much higher; even sometimes the soldiers were hungry and had to ensure the war horses' rations. Only in this way can combat effectiveness be maintained.
In the North Navy, the wartime ration requirements for cavalry horses are twice as high as those for soldiers; the daily food standard for all horses is 20 kilograms of refined grains - including soybean flour, egg whites (if the eggs are not enough, protein powder will be replaced) and wheat flour . Calculated based on one person and two horses, the cavalry regiment has more than 2,000 people and the daily ration of more than 4,000 horses is more than 40 tons.
When a large-scale cavalry unit is marching and fighting, once the logistical supplies are cut off and the horses starve, the unit's mobility will immediately decrease; even if the horse's life and death are ignored, it can only carry it for one day at most, and the horses will all wilted on the third day. .
Just like ordinary people keeping pets, cavalrymen love their horses more than pets. Who is willing to let his horse work hard all day and then die?
Not to mention the Northern Navy, even the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not do this. So if Samusu sends someone to reconnoiter Zhaomodo now, he will see tens of thousands of horses grazing on the pasture, constantly eating.
It is said that an hour after the telegram was sent, the Eastern Front Command called back: "I agree with your plan. We will also besiege the city of Kulun but not attack it. Remember!!!"
Samusu read the telegram, handed it to the deputy commander Bayan, and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief's order came at the right time! To be honest, I can't wait for the group of lamas in Kulun City! "
At the same time, in the city of Kulun, 210 miles away, thousands of lamas and monks from Zasak, Khalkha, were gathering in their own "Aimaq" to perform rituals. Those who led troops from various places gathered The princes of Zasak who arrived here had already participated in the activities during the day.
The monks took this action at the request of Songyun, the Minister of Cullen Affairs, to conduct a twenty-one-day "Dharma Assembly to protect the country and eliminate disasters", which is now on its fifth day.
The so-called "Aimaq" is a fixed institution set up by Jebzundamba Hutuktu for lamas and monks from all over the country who come to study in Kulun. It is the center of religious activities in Khalkha, with a total of thirty , all located in Culunli, a monastery in Culun City. In order to prevent mixing with the secular population, the interiors of each Aimaq are separated by fences, led by the Garzha chief, and supervised and managed by Gesgui Lama.
Now Jebtsundamba Khutuktu has gone to Rehe, so the management of the entire monastery Kulen falls on the shoulders of Dornier Lama Damchara Bujia and Lobu Sundargya.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were a total of six lama banners in Khalkha Mongolia, which were the exclusive territories of monks and were managed by the six Hutuktu Lamas. Among them, Jebtsundamba's territory was the largest, and only in his territory, there were positions similar to the prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the Qing court.
The former is in charge of government affairs, and the latter is in charge of religion. Sometimes they overlap with each other, and their power goes hand in hand. This can be seen from their official positions granted by the Qing court.
The former is "the Erdeni Shangzhuoteba who is in charge of educating and Anminzhebzundamba Lama's disciples and handling the Kulun affairs", referred to as "Shangzhuoteba". The latter is "Khenpo Nomon Khan who is in charge of the Jebtsundamba Hutuktu Sutra Altar and the prime minister's monk affairs", referred to as "Khenpo Nomon Khan".
Now the Northern Navy is getting closer and closer to Kulun. Although the two Kulun ministers from Manchuria and Mongolia have advised Dornier Lama Damchara Bujia and Lobu Sundargya to lead the monks to evacuate and go to their hometown on the shores of Lake Kusugur. Thousands of monks were studying in the city, as well as tens of thousands of temple servants, slaves, cattle, sheep and horses. If we had to evacuate hastily, it would definitely be a heavy loss.
So after two days of discussion between Donil Lama Damcharab Gyal and Lob Sundar Gyal, they finally decided to send a secret envoy to contact the Northern Navy.
The two lamas responsible for this negotiation task, Shangdrotepa and Khenpo Nomen Khan, gave them a negotiation limit of 500,000 stones of corn and 5,000 sheep, or the corresponding gold and silver. In short, we spent money to eliminate disasters. Even if we were blackmailed by the Northern Navy, we still had to ensure the safety of the monks and internal property of "Temple Kulun".
The problem is that the entire city of Culun is currently under martial law, and the idlers cannot leave without a warrant from the minister. After finally spending money to bribe the soldiers on duty outside the monastery of Culun, and quietly leaving the city, the time has come to July 10th. .
At this time, the Northern Navy cavalry force was already on its way to Kuyitai Station, and Fan Tong and Liu Sheng also met up at Tashaertai Station and set off together. The large force was only 280 miles away from Kulun City.
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