Song Biao led the team to count materials and personnel in the village. Hu Dalin had already led the Fourth Infantry Squadron to Balichuan. Balichuan is located northwest of Niujiabao. It is a large village with a radius of eight miles and about 1,800 villages.
The land is surrounded by mountains, and there are five ravine roads that can be accessed. The most northwest ravine road leads directly to Sanyuanpu. After Sanyuanpu, it is Liuhe County. The most northeastern ravine road of Balichuan is called Xianrengou, which leads directly to Heigou.
village.
This Immortal Valley is very secretive. There is a section of road in the middle that is a cave. This Immortal Cave is more than 100 meters long. Even locals find it difficult to figure out the specific location.
In order to avoid the eyes, ears and eyes of the Japanese army, Hu Dalin went from Xianrengou to Balichuan.
After Hu Dalin had settled down and found a small village as a resting place, Song Biao personally took Zhao Tingzhu's team over to check it out the next day, and along the way began to transport supplies and grain in batches to the place called Tieshan Village.
small place.
While Song Biao was leading the team to make preparations, Lao Jintou and Xue Changqing were recruiting other caravans in Hunjiang County under the banner of Huichun Caravan, buying a batch of horsepower and flatbed trucks, and trying their best to scrape together 200 horsepower.
The large convoy also secretly headed from Xianrengou to Tieshantun to rendezvous.
Everything else was easy to handle, except that it was very difficult to cross the Immortal Cave. The carriages had to be carried by manpower, and the food had to be carried by people.
Song Biao calculated the time very carefully. He had to set off within three days. He could not recruit enough horsepower at the moment. In addition, he had to carry a batch of arms supplies and tents with the team. In the end, he only transported 850 dans of grain.
, just think of it as a way to explore the city of Shenyang first.
Because time was so tight, late that night, which was New Year's Day according to the Christian era, more than 480 Niujiabao brothers followed Xue Changqing and Lao Jintou after having a sumptuous dinner in Tieshantun.
The leading caravan headed west along Malugouzi.
In a hurry, Song Biao took the first step to go to the battle of Heigoutai. Before leaving, he went to find the wounded Russian soldiers, but they were not willing to take this opportunity to return to the army, and would rather stay.
Niujiabao continues to "recuperate".
The night was as black as ink, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. Old Jintou, who was in charge of leading the cavalry, couldn't see clearly. Xue Changqing and his two apprentices were holding lanterns in front. There were as few lanterns as possible along the road, close to the crowd of 700 people.
The Malaysian team only lit forty lanterns, and everyone's feet were covered in darkness. One foot was high and the other was low, and they groped forward along the bumpy road along the ravine.
Song Biao walked in front of the team, leading his own black horse and carrying his Zero-3 rifle. The rest of the items he needed were also on his horse's back, weighing more than two hundred kilograms. He was destined to be heavy on the road.
Most of them have to rely on their legs to walk.
His horse is a young and strong horse selected by Lao Jintou. It is black and shiny, has first-class coat color, first-class leg strength, and a very docile temperament, which is suitable for him who has just learned how to ride a horse.
Next to Song Biao, Li Fugui was holding a lantern. There were more than thirty people nearby who were brothers of the guard post, including Li Dayun, Li Dahan and others. Everyone followed Song Biao closely and protected him in the center.
Zhao Tingzhu's first infantry squadron was in the front, Hu Dalin's fourth team was in the middle, and Zhang Yahu's third team was in the rear. Because there was no time, Song Biao finally gave up his plan to set off in two separate missions, leaving Hu Dalin and Zhang Yahu's two teams to retreat.
The squadron set off together.
If you include Lao Jintou and dozens of brothers from the logistics team, Song Biao suddenly took away more than 500 brothers from Niujiabao in the dark of night, leaving only Yang Tiesheng with the strength of a squadron to guard Niujiapu alone.
Fort, it was indeed a very big risk.
Even if Yang Tiesheng still has the newly formed Nandian Village Squadron and a patrol squadron of more than 400 people, and everyone has a gun, it is really hard to say how much actual combat effectiveness they will have.
Song Biao was actually worried that he had made a mistake in his bet, so he took a large number of silver yuan and rubles with him. If Niujiapu was unfortunately lost, the 40,000 tons of grain would become cheaper for others, and he would have to find another way to find a new one.
The village is over.
The night is so familiar that Song Biao relied on the light of the lantern in Li Fugui's hand to walk in the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, holding his big black horse, thinking about many things in his heart, he hoped
You can get a better reward for your risk this time.
The late night in the Northeast is so lonely and cold. Walking at night is really a bad choice. Everyone has been prepared for it. Everyone wears thick clothes. The ears of dog-skin hats are pulled down to protect their cheeks. Many people who are used to running on the road wear
Wear gloves.
Malukou is a large, thin and long ditch, winding and winding. The widest part is only a hundred meters. In many places, it is almost a few meters wide, and it is fourteen miles long. It is not a caravan who is familiar with the road.
Basically can't find a clue.
From time to time, Song Biao could hear a whimpering sound coming from the nearby mountains and forests, causing a rush of birds and beasts. If he encountered a group of roe deer or red deer, it would be even more joyful.
No matter how happy you are, it is better to meet a Siberian tiger.
Regardless of the large number of people, if a Siberian tiger lurks in a corner and suddenly jumps out and snatches away a person, hundreds of people going into battle together will not be able to catch up based on the terrain and mountains.
To be more joyful than encountering a Siberian tiger is to take the wrong road. This place in the Northeast is full of ravines, one ravine leading to eight ravines. Taking the wrong road is the most common thing. The most experienced person on this road is Lao Guo
It is generally accepted that Xue Changqing is the first, and Xue Changqing is second.
Old Guo Tou's injury hadn't healed yet, so he stayed in the village to help Yang Tiesheng look after his home and nursery, and did some making suggestions.
As for how to take this road, Lao Guotou, Xue Changqing, and Lao Jintou discussed it in front of Song Biao. They didn't even draw a map, they just talked in their mouths like a heavenly book.
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Song Biao didn't think about it at all anyway, so he just followed Xue Changqing and Zhang Yahu.
The fourteen-mile road is not long, nor is it short. I didn’t cross the South Fork of Malukou until it was getting dark that night. From the South Fork, I walked across the ice to the North Hulutao. In order to prevent the news from leaking out
, we all hurried forward together, passed Beihuludengzi and entered Naozhigou before daybreak.
After taking a short rest at noon, we continued on our way over the mountains and rested in a place called Xinjia Village in the evening. The Malaysian team of more than 700 people was unprecedented in the Northeast. There was only one inn in the village, which could not accommodate so many people.
Lao Xintou from Good Place was very enthusiastic and invited Song Biao and others to stay in their large courtyard.
From then on, the journey was generally like this. I rushed during the day and found a place to stay in Dadianzi at night. Because the team along the way was too large, I occasionally encountered one or two groups of bandits nearby, and I could only watch them pass by.
Starting on the day before New Year's Day, Xue Changqing found a balance between safety and shortcuts along the way, basically taking the easier route. After passing Sanyuanpu, he took the shortcut of Erdaogou, which saved him thirty miles of distance.
I was very lucky along the way. I didn’t encounter any snowy weather. I stayed at the points instructed by Lao Guotou along the way. It was very safe and I had acquaintances to take care of me. Not only did I arrive in Fushun County at noon on January 18th,
, and also recruited a group of new brothers along the road, including refugees from various places, young people from the villages along the road, and bandits from the nearby mountains and forests. Seeing that their battle was strong, they brought their brothers over to join them.
After passing Fushun County, they settled in Wujiabao on the south bank of the Hun River.
Horse caravans generally do not enter the city because they have to pay taxes to enter the city, so Wujiabao on the south bank of Fushun County has become the most lively gathering place for merchants in the surrounding area. Xue Changqing took the horse caravan to a place called Wujiatun in the north of Wujiabao.
The village chief was named Wu Rongshan. He also served as a soldier in the Huai Army in his early years and was a close friend of Xue Changqing.
Arriving early is worse than arriving by chance. When we arrived at Wujiatun at noon, we were about to settle down our brothers. Wu Rongshan was about to deliver grain and beans to the first Russian cavalry regiment stationed nearby. Song Biao was also in a hurry, and even had lunch. Without eating, he took Xue Changqing, Zhao Tingzhu and a dozen other brothers to follow Wu Rongshan's cavalry to the Russian Army Headquarters.
This Russian cavalry regiment was stationed in the Huangjiagou area east of Wujiatun, one mile away. Because a lot of grain and beans had to be transported, more than ten horse-drawn carriages were needed along the way.
Wu Rongshan was an old man. He took the lead in driving a carriage, and the villagers in the village followed him. Xue Changqing also did a favor and brought some brothers from the Huichun Horse Gang to help carry some burlap bags.
A dozen brothers rode on the carriage and staggered all the way to the Russian Army headquarters camp.
Song Biao was sitting in the car eating a piece of thick flour cake, looking up at the clear blue sky. After seventeen days of long journey, he finally arrived at Fengtian Mansion before the Battle of Heigoutai broke out, but
He himself doesn't know how it will develop in the future.
The brothers are quite optimistic. They always feel that as long as they establish a relationship with the Russians, the 40,000 tons of grain in their warehouse can be transported to Fengtian Mansion and sold at a good price, and they will be able to enjoy a good life from now on.
During the hurried journey, the brothers didn't even have time to rest for a night in Wujiatun and have a hot meal. During the ten most strenuous days, the brothers followed Song Biao and slept in the mountains, chewing snow and eating cakes to last them to Fushun County.
I have lost a lot of weight.
It's really a blessing.
Song Biao also hoped that the brothers' hard work would be worth it.
As they approached the Russian military camp, several groups of Russian patrol cavalry appeared nearby. Their military uniforms were very distinctive and completely different from the uniforms of the East Siberian Infantry Regiment that Song Biao had seen in Hunjiang before.
If you have a special hobby for military uniforms, the Russian military uniforms from the Tsarist Russia era must be the best collection subject. There are all kinds of military uniforms, and there are more than a dozen different military uniforms for the Cossack cavalry alone.
The military uniforms of the cavalry in front of me are very special. They wear an open-breasted gray woolen coat with a red waistcoat. There are sixteen traditional bullet pouches sewn on the chest of the coat. Not only the waistcoat is red, but also the top of the fur tube hat.
Red, this seems to be a regional characteristic.
All of them wear fur hats tilted sideways, which is obviously an important symbol of the Cossack cavalry, and is also the most obvious appearance difference between the Cossack cavalry and the Russian Guards Cavalry Regiment, Molli Morse Cavalry Regiment, etc.
Because under the special banner issued by the Russian army, the Russian soldiers at the sentry posts and patrols along the road did not stop the cavalry and allowed the cavalry to enter the warehouse station of the Russian military camp headquarters.
This Russian army must have been stationed in this area for several months. They occupied more than half of the houses in Huangjiagou Village, and occupied several acres of land in the surrounding fields to build dozens of simple stables.
Judging from the size of their camp, it should be roughly a full cavalry regiment.
Wujiatun is not the only one delivering supplies at the warehouse station. Several other surrounding villages also have horse teams selling grain and horse feed. There are also merchants transporting tea, salt, oil, etc., and more than a dozen Russian soldiers are here.
Under the command of the quartermaster, the goods are counted one by one.
Song Biao and his group were still far away, so he jumped off the carriage and walked to Wu Rongshan, the leader of the cavalry.
Wu Rongshan was sitting patiently on the carriage smoking a dry cigarette. When he saw Song Biao, he took the initiative to say hello: "Oh, brother Biao, I'm afraid I have to wait for a while. It is said that they are going to the front line, and other villages are also
We've brought food and fodder over here, but we're late and may have to wait a while. Don't worry, how about... take a few puffs?"
Saying this, he handed the tobacco pipe in his hand to Song Biao and laughed happily.
This man is in his forties, has a swarthy complexion, wears a black coarse cloth jacket, a roe deer leather vest, and a fluffy dog skin hat. When he smiles, his eyes shine, and his mouth is full of yellow and white teeth. At first glance, he looks like a tall man.
A shrewd old rich farmer.
According to Xue Changqing, this man was very righteous and well-known in the surrounding villages. He had many brothers who worshiped him. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, he organized a regiment training team of more than a thousand people in the Wujiabao area and followed the Qing army in Lushun.
After fighting in a battle and his team was dispersed by the Japanese army, he continued to return to the village to farm. He had dozens of acres of land at home, and he could be considered a rich farmer in the Northeast.
Song Biao took out a pack of Japanese cigarettes from his pocket, gave one to Wu Rongshan, and asked: "Did the Russians offer a very high price, and everyone was so enthusiastic about selling food to them?"
Wu Rongshan took the foreign cigarettes from Song Biao with a smirk, but whispered: "Their price is a ridiculous bullshit price, but what should we do? Even if we lose our rations, we have to sell it to them. If they buy
If you don’t have food, then just start looting. Haven’t Wujiabao and Huangjiagou been looted? We have to sell his grandma’s, and we’ll suffer some losses from house to house! Besides, everything we sell is
It's old grain, old sorghum rice mixed with soybean paste, which won't kill anyone. With so much grain piled together, who knows which package we are selling?"
Song Biao chuckled. At first glance, he felt that this old guy Wu Rongshan was also full of bad ideas.
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