From Khabarovsk to Chahantoro Sea, it spans more than 2,800 kilometers from east to west. Not to mention ancient times, Zhao Xin traveled non-stop on modern transportation from another time and space. By the time he appeared on the west bank of the Tes River at the end of the 18th century, 48 hours had passed.
As soon as Zhao Xin's figure appeared from the other side of the river, the people from the "Southbound Detachment" reconnaissance company who had been waiting here for a long time discovered him and quickly informed the headquarters.
The battle at Chahantuoluohai has ended for six days. Due to insufficient ammunition, the "Southern Detachment" has not continued to pursue southward these days, but has begun the process of transforming prisoners non-stop.
Among the more than 1,700 prisoners, most of them were archers from the Zhasak Tuhan tribe and the Sanyinnuoyan tribe living west of Hangai Mountain. They lacked understanding of the Northern Navy and had many doubts. When they were dispatched in batches on the first day to dig holes to bury the bodies, each one of them kowtowed in fear and begged for mercy, thinking that the North Navy would take them to a secluded place to kill them; especially the Eight Banners Mongolia and the like.
However, when the day passed, the prisoners found that the North Navy neither hit nor insulted them. In addition to searching them for weapons, they turned a blind eye to their personal belongings. In addition, they also treated the injured prisoners. Gradually settled down. Although they were given only one meal a day, the porridge mixed with dried meat was really delicious.
Regarding the custody of the prisoners, Mishilang just asked people to surround them with ropes and wooden stakes in an empty field. In addition, they could light a few bonfires to keep warm at night.
Even though all the prisoners were scared to death, few of them dared to escape. First of all, the North Navy's fire cannons hit far and were frighteningly accurate. On the first day, a desperate Mongolian leader of the Eight Banners ran more than 200 steps away, but was shot down and his body was dragged away. Come back. In addition, there is no village or store in Chahantuoluohai. Because of the bloody battle that night, many wolves were attracted to the surrounding area. If you escape at night, you will be killed by wolves if you don't get beaten to death.
After cleaning the battlefield and burying all the corpses, Huji and Mishiran started educating the prisoners without stopping. Just like Liu Sheng's side, the southward detachment also asked Buryat Mongolian soldiers to come forward for individual conversations, collective education, and talk about the Northern Navy's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners; in addition, there was a screening and examination of the Eight Banners Mongolians and ordinary archers. The difference Imprisoned to prevent these people from inciting among the prisoners.
After arriving at the headquarters, Zhao Xin did not talk to Huji or Mishirang immediately. Instead, he first went to the graves of the soldiers who died in the battle to pay homage, and then went to visit the wounded soldiers.
The sudden appearance of the boss of the Northern Navy caused a huge sensation in the "Southern Detachment". When Zhao Xin came out of the wounded tent, hundreds of soldiers were already standing outside, all looking at "His Royal Highness King Zhao" with eager eyes.
Zhao Xin walked up to the soldiers closest to him, lowered his head and asked, "Which company are you from?"
"First Battalion and Second Company..." Several soldiers raised their hands in a panic and saluted, and then said their names.
"Tell me about the battle that night." Zhao Xin waved his hand and motioned for several soldiers to sit down. He himself found a wooden stake and put it under his buttocks.
After listening to a soldier named Li Yougui briefly describe the battle he experienced, Zhao Xin asked: "Squad leader Li, how many people are there in your squad?"
"There are only four of us left," Li Yougui licked his dry lips, pointed at the other three people around him and said, "The machine gunner, the ammunition hand, he is a rifleman."
Zhao Xin looked at Li Yougui's face and body with an aggressive look. Because the other party's demeanor had a sense of coercion, Li Yougui, who was already a little nervous, couldn't help but shrink his neck.
It was at this time that Li Yougui also looked at Zhao Xin. He remembered that in the trenches of Yaksa a few years ago, he heard the soul of the Northern Navy speaking to the entire army through a loudspeaker. He did not see the appearance at the time, but the voice was filled with indignation and loudness. It has left an impression in his mind that has not been erased to this day.
Li Yougui felt that he and King Zhao knew each other. He was particularly happy that the other party already knew his name. Most of the dullness and melancholy of the past few days had disappeared. He and his companions sat in front of Zhao Xin, completely like a child, with a satisfied smile on his acne-stricken face.
"Are you from Henan?"
"Yes, we are all from Zhangde Mansion."
Zhao Xin nodded with a smile, and then asked another soldier squatting on the ground more than two meters away from him: "What about you? Tell me too."
"I have to say that this battle was not a pleasant one. I defended my position every day, waiting for the enemy to attack. There were too few cannons, not enough machine guns, and we didn't even bring barbed wire this time. At night, tens of thousands of people went there risking their lives. Charge on the battlefield! We are almost out of bullets. If we hadn’t thrown a few big ones, I would be scared just thinking about it..."
Zhao Xin frowned involuntarily as he listened. He crossed his hands together and flicked his thumbs against each other.
After asking another soldier, Zhao Xin stretched out his cross-legged legs and stood up. He looked at the young faces in front of him and said loudly: "You guys fought well in this battle! Eight hundred people fought against each other. Twenty thousand, and we won the battle! Some of the troops sacrificed. You feel sad, and so do I. But it is precisely because of your courage to face the powerful enemy and never retreat that we have laid the foundation for our next step in liberating the entire territory of Khalkha! On behalf of the 1.2 million people in Beihai Town, I salute you!"
After that, he raised his hand and saluted all the soldiers present, and hundreds of people present also saluted Zhao Xin in unison, and then began to shout "Long live".
Zhao Xin brought a lot of supplies this time, including ammunition and oil, as well as some grain, meat and vegetables. So in the evening, the "Southbound Detachment" happily held a tooth ceremony.
However, in the headquarters tent, Zhao Xin changed his amiable attitude in front of the soldiers and reprimanded Huji and Mishirang, in order to suppress the pride caused by the narrow victory.
"Who gave you the courage to fight a positional battle with 800 people against 20,000 people?! Why don't you dare to cross the river and attack their camp? Does it make sense to insist on holding on to these two hills? !”
Huji whispered: "We were afraid that they would fight against Kyaktu, so..."
Zhao Xin said solemnly: "I have already made arrangements for Kyaktu to guard against the Manchu and Qing forces! What did I tell you two before setting off? You are going to go out lightly, disturbing the enemy first, and fighting with the Qing army. On the top, what should we do if we run out of ammunition and food? Soldiers are not afraid of death, but as commanders, if they are proud and underestimate the enemy, and cannot see their own weaknesses, their blood will be wasted! What does it cost for the Qing Dynasty to recruit a soldier? Let's How long does it take for the Beihai Navy to recruit a soldier, and how much effort does it take?! These soldiers are all literate, and I will be of great use if they retire. Let them fight with the Qing army on the bayonet, do you think you two are stupid!"
This is the first time that Mi Shilang has seen Zhao Xin angry. He is like a wild child who got into trouble. He lowered his head and said: "My lord, you are right! I request punishment."
Hu Ji also lowered his head and said: "Sir, I was wrong, please punish me!"
Zhao Xin finished the training and said in a slightly calmer tone: "How is the transformation of the prisoners going?"
Huji said: "There are more than seventy Mongolians who heard about the treatment we gave them and were willing to follow suit. As for the dozen Eight Banners officers, most of them were stubborn. I had them locked up alone in Karen's warehouse. inside."
"We must respect the living habits of the Mongolians." Zhao Xin sighed and continued: "These Mongolians have been controlled by the Qing Dynasty for many years. The concept of 'orthodoxy' is very strong. It is not exciting or insulting. Just turning enemies into friends is not enough. Turning into friends is not enough." You are the best for me. If those officers are like you said, I will let them go in two days."
"Let go?"
"The purpose of release is to divide and dismantle the enemy. We should give preferential treatment to the ordinary archers, mainly the sick and wounded prisoners, carry out reformatory education, and teach them more about the exploitative nature of the princes and lamas. This is called struggle and struggle. Combined. I heard all prisoners were given a meal?”
"yes."
"Nonsense, the sick and wounded prisoners must be fed." Zhao Xin paused for a moment, thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, take me to see those Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers."
In a small warehouse in the courtyard of Chahantoro Sea Station, a dozen Mongolian Zhengbai Banner officers who had suffered minor injuries had their hands and feet tied, and they were strung together with ropes behind them.
When the door was opened, by the light and shadow of the bonfire outside, these officers saw an extremely tall man standing outside the door. However, due to the light problem, they could not see his face clearly.
A soldier from the reconnaissance company turned on the flashlight in his hand and looked at the prisoners' heads and faces one by one for Zhao Xin to see. I saw that the heads and bodies of the prisoners were almost all wrapped in thick gauze. One of them was lying on the ground, his left eye was wrapped under the gauze, his right eye was tightly closed, and he was breathing heavily from his nostrils, as if breathing. As if it was difficult, the mouth kept opening, closing, closing and opening.
"How is this man's injury?" Zhao Xin asked Hu Ji softly.
Hu Ji pressed Zhao Xin's ear and whispered: "The medical soldier checked and said the injury is not serious!"
"Find him a door panel to cushion, and give him a blanket."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the room said coldly: "Stop being so pretentious, kill me if you can!"
Zhao Xin raised his hand to stop the soldier next to him who was opening his mouth to scold, and said loudly: "Isn't it easy to die? One bullet is enough! But we won't do that! I won't even kill Fukang'an, how about you? What does one count for?"
His words caused agitation among the Eight Banners officers in the room. They all stared at Zhao Xin's figure, trying to figure out who he was.
"Your injuries are not serious. We will heal you so that you will not die!" Zhao Xin paused and then said: "If you are willing to go back, we will let you go back after your injuries are healed!"
What! Is there such a good thing? Everyone in the room looked at Zhao Xin in disbelief.
A Mongolian leader of the Eight Banners seemed to have grasped the straw for survival. He struggled and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Zhao Xin and said: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! I am already over seventy years old..."
Zhao Xin asked the soldiers to shine their flashlights on the Mongolian officer to illuminate his face more clearly, and then said decisively: "Whether you still miss the corrupt court or not, the Northern Navy will dominate the world sooner or later! Now you We have all become prisoners, and we do not regard you as enemies. But you must think clearly that there is no way out in confronting the North Navy! You cannot deceive us either!"
After that, Zhao Xin said to Hu Ji: "Let them explain clearly the situation of Ulyasutai and Khovd, and the strength of the Qing army in the south. Once they have explained clearly, let them go back, and give each of them a horse and three days' training." Dry food and ten silver coins.”
Afterwards, Zhao Xin, Hu Ji, Mi Shilang and others had dinner together, and then summoned battalion commanders and staff officers from various departments to come over for a meeting to lay out the subsequent strategy. Zhao Xin means to fight steadily. There is no need to rush to attack Uliasutai for the time being. Instead, he will convert prisoners and expand his influence in the Left Front Banner, Left Back Later Banner and Left Left Left Banner of the Zasak Tuhan tribe, allowing more The herdsmen and archers served the Northern Navy.
After the meeting ended, he held his tight forehead and considered all aspects of the situation one by one in his mind.
Liu Sheng and the others were still on their way to Serwusutai. The intelligence they had previously obtained from Naqitai showed that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had dispatched a total of hundreds of thousands of troops this time, led by Agui, a great scholar of economics and strategy.
In addition, Fukang'an, who had been stationed in Jilin, suddenly quietly went north to Hulunbuer last month. The Qing army in Qiqihar was also quietly mobilizing westward. It seemed that the target was either Kulun or Kyaktu.
Come on, no matter how many people come, you will be disappointed! In fact, when he first arrived in Khabarovsk, he had already ordered the 15th new regiment of the Northern Navy to rush to Kyaktu. Now a large group of people had already passed Yaksa by boat. As for Heilongjiang City, he also made preparations for emergencies. In addition to the original garrison camp, he transferred two more battalions from Khabarovsk and Fuldan City.
Now, Zhao Xin's entire strategic layout for the Qing Dynasty has begun to take shape. Just like playing Go, it is at a critical moment to grab the "corner position".
Some people in the Qing court guessed that they were half right. After conquering Outer Mongolia, they would indeed march into Urumqi and Ili in order to prevent the Manchus from escaping westward to Xinjiang. But after that, what he wants is not Beijing, but Shandong and Jiangnan. A large population is his goal.
With the new immigrants from Shandong as supplementary troops, the earliest batch of soldiers from the Northern Navy who enlisted in the army will be reorganized and retired. Zhao Xin's goal is at least 10,000 people. With these people who are literate and have received many years of ideological education from Beihai Town, the first batch of cadres to go south will be formed. At least the entire Jiaodong can be completely controlled from top to bottom.
Yes, from the beginning, Zhao Xin's idea of building an army was not only to have soldiers who could hold guns, but also to use the army as a melting pot and a university to cultivate talents for industrialization and administrative teams. That's why he got angry at Huji and Mishirang, thinking that fighting with bayonets was a huge waste.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xin suddenly thought of Xu Dayong, who was sent to Beijing City with a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He didn't know if that guy had arrived.
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