The appearance of Liu Changshun interrupted the somewhat embarrassing scene before, but the news he brought shocked the Mongolians present. The "great general" who was regarded by all Mongolians as the emperor's spokesman on the grassland actually ran away? They have tens of thousands of troops!
At this time, both the old lama and Gong Gur turned their attention to Wang Rong and the other five people, feeling both fear and regret in their hearts. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have made such a show of force. From now on, the grassland will have a different owner!
It has been a full hundred years since the "Duolun Alliance"! From then on, Khalkha established a banner and was officially included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. After the "Battle of Erdenizhao" sixty years ago, the Junggar Khanate begged for peace with the Qing Dynasty and retreated to the southern foot of the Altai Mountains. Since then, the Qing court established the position of "Deputy General of the Left Side of Dingbian" to take charge of the military and political power of Khalkha Mongolia on behalf of the emperor.
Beginning in the 29th year of Qianlong's reign, after the Qing Dynasty pacified the Junggar Khanate, it rebuilt Ulia Sutai City. The old lama was just a young lama at that time, studying medicine in the Wenshu Temple in the city. He almost watched the majestic city on the grassland being built day by day.
The general didn't want such a strong castle?
Under the setting sun, he walked up to Liu Changshun and asked: "Where have the imperial soldiers withdrawn?"
"I heard that I went to Khovd." Liu Changshun said to Gong Gour in a hoarse voice: "Master Gong Gour, all the shops in the trading city have been robbed, and there is not even enough food to eat. I am two My uncle fell ill again, so I came to you for help. I want to ask for some medicine and borrow some food from you."
Gong Gour sighed inconspicuously and said: "No hurry, no hurry, you have been walking for a day, go get something to eat first, and we will talk about anything later."
At this time, a Beihai navy man standing behind Wang Rong came over and whispered: "Company commander, do you think you should report to the detachment immediately?"
Wang Rong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'll find a chance to ask that person clearly later. It won't be too late to leave tomorrow morning."
Just when everyone was disturbed by the accident, no one noticed that a woman quietly walked out of a dark yurt, and then drove a few calves towards the river. .....
The willow forest on the bank of the Uliasutai River was quiet. The withered yellow leaves had fallen all over the forest, and they were speckled in the moonlight, like a flower-skinned snake. Several lively calves walked through the path in the willow forest and walked towards the river bank, with Siqin chasing them behind. She kept looking melancholy in the direction of the yurt where Timur's family was located, but the surroundings were already dark and she couldn't see anything clearly. The hay stalks on the roadside that had been eaten by the old cow tripped her feet and made her shabby clothes squeak.
Suddenly, a man's voice sounded behind Siqin: "Siqin, please stop, stop, I am Timur!"
"Ah!" Siqin was so frightened that she looked back quickly and saw a man's figure under the moonlight.
Timur has been waiting in the willow forest for a long time. He heard from the villagers that Siqin would drive calves to the river to drink water every day at dusk. The more he thought about it, the more troubled he became, so he slipped out while others were not paying attention. When he heard Siqin's footsteps getting closer and closer, his heart beat harder; when he vaguely saw Siqin's figure, he still didn't dare to speak until he heard the hoarse voice of the other party calling a calf. , seeing that she was about to go away in a flash, she ran out from the darkness.
"Siqin, don't be afraid, I am Timur, Timur!"
However, when Timur caught up with her and was about to hold her hand, Siqin hid his hand behind her back and shouted sternly and coldly: "Stay away from me, don't come close to me! I am Gong Gu now." People from your family!"
Her words were so decisive and straightforward, and Timur seemed to have been punched hard in the chest, and he took two steps back involuntarily. He vaguely saw Siqin's haggard and pale face, and her eyes cast a terrifying cold light on him!
"Siqin, do you want to live with someone like Gong Guur for the rest of your life? I did it for you..."
"Shut up! I won't listen to this!" After that, she turned around and walked away, which soon turned into a trot. Looking from behind, her shoulders were shaking violently, and she was obviously crying while running.
In this short moment, Timur felt his heart breaking...
At this time, at Gong Gur's house, the dinner party for Company Commander Wang and others was about to begin. The whole lamb that had just been cooked was placed like a mountain in the center of the table, and the brightly polished meat knives were placed around it. But before the dinner party started, the old lama had one more trick he didn't use.
An old man who was good at making congratulations led a strong horse, and under the light of the surrounding torches, he walked up to Company Commander Wang and his companions, and began to sing: "Its broad body is like the deep cloud sky on Hangai Mountain; its galloping Its gait is like the rolling waves of the Sumeru Sea; its loud neighing that shakes the earth is like the sound of the beautiful conch. Its whole body gathers the shape of eight treasures, dedicating this magical horse to the holy king Rongdari Ga!"
Not even after the first person has finished singing, there will be a second one, a third one, a fourth one...
These people were all sent by the old lama. As the saying goes, "Dogs don't bite those who poop, and officials don't beat and give gifts to those who poop."
", he felt that these Beihai navy would be satisfied.
Although it had been several months since the southbound detachment entered Mongolia, no one present except Bayan had ever seen this scene. Company Commander Wang listened with a smile and felt that these people sang really beautifully. However, the next scene made Wang Rong and others quickly droop.
When several old people finished singing, they all came forward with their horses, knelt down on the ground, and held the horse's reins above their heads with both hands.
It means that the horse is to be sacrificed to several Northern navy soldiers. Wang Rong and the other four people hurriedly stepped forward to help the kneeling artists, then turned to Gong Gour and his son, and said with a cold face: "We don't have this set of rules in the Beihai Navy. It's enough to kneel to the sky and kneel to your parents!"
Gong Guer and his son were a little stunned. They didn't understand where they were wrong, so they smiled and said, "The people are ignorant and don't know the current affairs. Don't blame Dariga, don't blame him!"
Bayan, who was acting as a translator at this time, joked with an old herdsman: "Ebuge (grandpa), I can't bear it when you kneel down to me at such an old age! Why don't I kneel down for you too?" It’s no longer an apology.”
After saying that, he knelt down, which frightened several herdsmen so much that their faces turned pale. The old man helped Bayan in a panic, and kept mumbling: "Master Jun! Master Jun! You can't do it! God, this is not bad! God will punish you!"
Bayan stood up and said with a smile: "You kneel down to me at such an old age, why doesn't God care? Such an unfair God should be shot! From now on, everyone in the world will be equal!"
After hearing this, all the shepherds present wanted to laugh, but for some reason, no one laughed. Gong Gur's face turned pale and blue at one time and he tried to smooth things over by saying, "Master Jun is really good at telling jokes."
"I'm not a master. I used to be just like all of you. I was also a poor man living in a private room full of holes. I didn't have enough to eat."
Seeing Bayan acting like this, the surrounding herdsmen suddenly burst out laughing.
"If you don't kneel before you, what a stinking rule!" Gong Guur cursed a few times, and then said to Wang Rong: "Dariga, don't blame me. Please accept this small gift from you and other military lords. I dare say, In the entire Lama Banner, these horses are the best riding horses."
Wang Rongdao: "Thank you, but we have our own horses."
"Hey, this, this, Dariga is busy with official duties and always needs a horse to ride on. You must be polite. When you come here, we always have to talk about our feelings." Biquku
Wang Rong was getting more and more disgusted with the father and son. He thought for a moment and already had an idea in his mind, so he said: "Master Goncourt's kindness is difficult to refuse, but we have discipline and cannot take the people's things casually. Then let's do it like this Bar,"
He walked up to the herdsmen who had just chanted and said: "I will temporarily give these horses to you to feed. You can use them as you like during the feeding period. Whichever of you leads which horse, that horse will be yours." You won’t disobey my orders, right?”
Everyone present now understood what Wang Rong meant. What about feeding? These horses all belong to those herdsmen!
The expressions of Gong Guer and his son suddenly changed. They did not expect that these Northern Navy soldiers would be so disrespectful to them. But once the gift is given, it's their business to deal with it, and it's not up to me to say anything.
well! The flattery is right on the horse's hooves! What is this!
Liu Changshun was gnawing on a mutton leg bone while looking intently at the scene outside through the gap in the private room door. He used to listen to "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" in his hometown in Shanxi. When the storyteller talked about the Yue family's army "frozen to death without tearing down their houses and starving to death without looting," he just listened to it as a fun story. Who knew that there were actually such things in the world? Such a soldier!
At this moment, I heard the "Prince Guan Ye" pull Master Goncourt aside and whisper a few words, and then heard Gongcourt say "Ah" in surprise, and then looked at him. Liu Changshun hurriedly retreated, wondering if someone had seen him peeping?
After a while, as footsteps approached, the door of the private room was opened. Wang Rong looked at Liu Changshun, who had oily lips on the edges, and said with a smile: "Are you a clerk at a store in Ulia Sutai City?"
"That's right, you villain! Say hello to me!" Liu Changshun was so frightened that he threw the bones in his hands to the ground and kowtowed.
"Get up!" Wang Rong stepped forward to help him up, and then said: "Come with me, I have something to ask you."
He saw Liu Changshun trembling with fear, so he comforted him: "Don't be afraid, I'm looking for you to ask about the situation in Uliasutai City. Don't you want food? Explain the matter clearly and wait for the troops to pass. When we enter the city in two days, we will distribute food to everyone, so you won’t be hungry.”
"Ah?!" Liu Changshun was stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
When they saw Wang Rong and others taking Liu Changshun away, the faces of Gong Guer and his son turned green and white under the light of the torch. The whole sheep on the table in the private room was already cold, with white grease covering the surface. ...
When Siqin came back with the calf, the lively scene in Goncourt's house was no longer there. The servants were all working quietly, not daring to breathe, for fear of being scolded by the master if they did something wrong.
At this time, Gong Gur's eldest wife came out of the yurt and when she saw Siqin, she started to curse again: "Female fox, what are you doing standing there like a fool?
Didn’t Abu make you two legs? You bitch, as soon as Timur comes back, your shy tail will be raised! Just let the male dog poke your heart out! Worthless slut! "
"Go! Get a pot of water and bring it in!"
In response to this woman's insults, Siqin always said nothing and let it go. She walked to the private room where the barrels were placed and filled the iron pot with water. Unexpectedly, when she walked to the door of the private room, something tripped under her feet. With a clang, the iron pot fell to the ground and all the water spilled. .
Gong Gour's eldest wife saw it, picked up a wooden stick and beat him shamelessly. The so-called concubine is just an outside term. Siqin is the lowest slave in this family. After Goncourt got him, he lost interest within a few days.
Siqin covered his head and lay on the ground, letting the other party vent his evil thoughts.
Fire, and soon fainted.
"Stop!" Gong Gour waited for a moment, then stood up and snatched the stick from the woman's hand. The eldest wife raised her eyebrows and said with a gun and a stick: "Ha~~ This is really a big change in the world. Now you feel sorry for the female fox?"
"Shut up!" Gong Gour suddenly slapped the woman on the face and shouted: "If you say this or that again, cut off your tongue!"
"You!" The eldest wife cried and went back to her bag.
When Siqin woke up, the night was already deep. Although there was an oil lamp lit in the bag, it was still dark, and she soon realized that she was sleeping on a man's thick wrist.
"Are you awake?" Gong Gur's voice was unusually gentle.
Siqin did not answer, but stood up with great effort. Only then did she realize that she was in the bag where Gong Guol lived. She fumbled and poured a bowl of warm tea, drank it, then went back to where she was and lay down. She had already guessed why the other party spoke so softly today. But precisely because of knowing this, Siqin's heart fell further and further into the abyss of pain!
She hid her head in her leather coat, and in the darkness, tears flowed from the fingers covering her eyes, moistening the carpet.
"Let me tell you something, Timur is back. Do you want to meet him?" Gong Gur's voice was full of gloating. He wanted to see Siqin's reaction.
After failing to get anything good from Bei Haijun, he decided to find a balance with women. Originally, he expected that Siqin would react immediately after hearing the news; however, contrary to his expectation, she didn't even move after hearing it.
Seeing that the woman under him had no reaction, Gong Gour suddenly felt a surge of anger welling up in his heart. From dusk to sunset today, he lost not a little bit of face. It is estimated that by tomorrow, the nearby herdsmen will know that the Beihai Navy has severely reduced Mr. Goncourt's face. It is so embarrassing!
Thinking of what Bayan said to the old herdsman, Gong Gur's anger grew even higher. equality? Are we equal to those poor people? ! Are you equal to this woman? !
"Damn it! You want to ride on my head, sir, you are dreaming!" Gong Gour cursed, suddenly pulled out a cowhide riding crop from his waist, and started whipping the woman on the ground.
Siqin didn't know what she had done wrong. She was like a sheep before being slaughtered, but she rolled around on the ground without saying a word. However, the more she behaved like this, the more furious Goncourt became; he tired her with the whip, and then kicked her with his feet.
Suddenly, a kick hit Siqin's belly, which immediately caused a sharp pain like an open bowel. She couldn't bear it any longer and screamed, her vision went dark and she immediately lost consciousness.
Seeing that the woman under him was motionless, Goncourt stepped on her head with his black riding boots, picked up the oil lamp and leaned over to shine a light. Then he shouted to the outside: "Carry her back to her Go to the yurt!”
Not long after, a maid came in. She bent down and was about to hug Siqin, but suddenly retracted her hand and said in a panic: "Master, her lower body is covered with blood!"
"What are you afraid of if the wound bleeds? Carry it away!"
"It's not bleeding from the wound. Look, there's too much bleeding. It's dripping down!"
At this time, the old lama was also awakened by the movement here, and immediately put on his clothes and came over to ask what happened. Gong Gour did not speak at all and poured himself a bowl of warm tea. biquku
"Master, she has had a miscarriage!" the maid screamed.
"Buddha bless you!" When the old lama heard that Siqin had a miscarriage, he quickly put his hands on his chest and muttered away.
Goncourt slapped the table and said angrily to the maid: "Take it away quickly! Pull it away! What does it have to do with you whether you have a miscarriage or not?"
The howling north wind outside the package whimpered like a night wolf, and the prairie nights in autumn and winter were cold. After the maid carried Siqin away, the blood drops on the ground were like a thin rope, flowing from the door to the dirty yurt where she lived...
At dawn, Timur, who had barely slept all night, was called out of the tent by the company commander. Wang Rong ordered him and three other soldiers to rush back to Chubuliya Station immediately with the Han man named Liu Changshun and hand a handwritten letter to the detachment leader.
The journey of more than a hundred miles can be reached in two days. When Huji and Mishilang learned that the Qing army had retreated, they were overjoyed and immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters for instructions.
Zhao Xin learned that the Qing army had withdrawn and the Han people in the city had been plundered and were about to be without food. He immediately ordered the southward detachment to march to Uliasutai and occupy this Khalkha Mongolian grassland. The most important military fortress!
