After the Anmeng army entered Mongolia, the princes of Kulun suddenly panicked. They did not expect that the central government would really send troops, and they began to worry about losing their current status and property.
They just waited and watched, and now they have openly declared that the Zasak Tuhan tribe obeys the orders of the Republic of China government.
The Northwest Army did not encounter much resistance in Mongolia. Hangda Dorji ordered the Mongolian army to shrink to the surroundings of Kulun.
Lin Jianfan and his first division did not go to Kulun. After entering Mengdi, they made a big bend and headed straight for Uliasutai along the southern foot of Hangai Mountain, which is rich in water and grass.
In Lin Shuo's plan, there was no intention to restore Cullen.
If the troops march into Kulun now, there is a real possibility of a fight with the angry old man. Lin Shuo has to admit that even if he can invest hundreds of thousands of troops now, he is still no match for the Russians. With the advantage of the Far East Railway, Tsar Nicholas
II can gather more than 300,000 troops on the Mongolian border within two months, and its logistical support capabilities are far better than those of China.
His purpose was to protect Khovd from being divided.
Cullen's matter should be left to the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to resolve.
After a month and a half of arduous march, the army arrived at Ulyasutai.
The Russian consul in Ulyasutai, Kosovoz, led a group of Cossack cavalry to block the city gate.
"You can't enter the city!" Russian Consul Kosovoz bravely stopped in front of Lin Jianfan's horse. He hated those useless Mongolian soldiers. He had already abandoned the city and fled before he saw the shadow of the government troops, so he had no choice but to go into battle.
"Who are you?" Lin Jianfan squinted at the old general in front of him. The old general was dusty with work and his hair was gray. He looked very much like the old Huang Zhong in front of "Dingjun Mountain". "Go away, believe it or not, my subordinates will treat you as
The horse bandits chopped it down!"
"You can't do this. I am the consul in Ukraine, and diplomats have diplomatic immunity!"
"Consul? Why didn't I hear about it?"
Kosovo quickly took out the documents from his body, and there was indeed a certificate issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.
"Oh, so you are really the Russian consul stationed in the Republic of China. There really is a consulate here." Lin Jianfan suddenly changed his expression, "Mother Seri, why are you, a consul, leading troops to block the city gates when you have nothing to do? Why don't you do diplomacy?
To be a general? Come on, let me take down their guns! Damn it, Selin, when will it be your turn to show your strength in the Chinese territory?"
In July 1911, Lin Jianfan led his troops to restore Ulyasutai, and the Russian consul in Ukraine was detained. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called to inquire and received Lin Shuo's reply: The border guards were afraid that the Mongols would harm the Russian consul and cause trouble to the border guards.
This caused disputes and negotiations, so troops were sent to protect the consul closely. If the consul wanted to return to Russia, the border guards guaranteed to send troops to escort him safely to Ili.
You can send troops to "escort" Sanduo, and I can also "protect" you. Tit-for-tat, we owe nothing to each other.
Just when the border guards recaptured Ulyasutai, a fierce battle was going on below Khovd City.
Jebzundamba sent personnel to Khovd to persuade him to surrender and instigate rebellion.
The ancestors of the Durbot tribe who were stationed in the Kobdo area were the "San Ce Ling" who quelled the rebellion of the Junggar tribe and submitted to the Qing Dynasty. After witnessing the tragic situation of the Junggar tribesmen being massacred by the Qing army due to the rebellion, the old Ce Ling decided to
He left behind a legacy that the Dulbert people should never rebel against the central government.
The legacy left by "Lao Ce Ling" worked. Cullen's envoy was unlucky. When he incited a rebellion, he was kidnapped by the prince's people and handed over to Pu Run, the counselor of Kobdo. Pu Run was furious and ordered that this person be imprisoned.
The messenger beheaded and chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs.
When the Russians saw that they could not persuade him to surrender, they ordered Jebzundamba to send troops to attack Khovd together with Dambitzancan's army.
Khovd originally had more than 300 defense troops, but Pu Run borrowed more than 1,000 people from the princes of Dulbert. Together with the armed Han merchants, he only had less than 2,000 people.
In mid-June, the Black Lama Danbi Chancan led more than 3,000 people to attack Khovd.
Pu Run, the former counselor of Kobudo in the Qing Dynasty, personally went into battle. The result was far beyond the expectations of Jebzundamba and Danbizancan. Under the leadership of Bo Run, the army and civilians of Kobudo were one to ten, unstoppable, and the Mongolian army that attacked the city returned in defeat.
, was chased by Pu Run and his troops, and beheaded hundreds of people.
Under the control of Tsarist Russia, Jebzundamba and Danbizancan mobilized thousands of additional reinforcements, including a hundred troops led by Taoke Taohu, known as the "No. 1 Mongolian Bandit".
Many people surrounded Kobdo, but they did not fight.
Khovd, with a population of more than 3,000, suddenly became a dead city that was sitting on nothing.
The food in the city was decreasing day by day, but the uneasiness of the three thousand people was increasing day by day. By mid-July, many people had begun to slaughter their livestock: cattle and sheep.
Jiang Shaowu sent a battalion of militia cavalry led by Xu Bin and fell into the city. However, the arrival of the first batch of reinforcements strengthened the belief of Khovd soldiers and civilians in defending the city. At least the motherland has not forgotten them.
On July 21, the Russians sent an artillery team to bring four mountain cannons, and the Mongolian rebels became energetic again.
Dan Bizhancan stood on horseback in front of the queue and shouted. Behind him were four cannons, with their dark muzzles facing the Yingxiang Gate in the east of the city.
"Brothers Dulbert who are guarding the city, we are all descendants of Changshengtian. Those Han people who only know how to do tricks divided us into Monan, Mobei and East and West Mongolia. Our goal is to build a strong and unified Mongolian people.
Let’s restore the country to its former glory during the Genghis Khan period. Why do we have to kill each other for these insidious Han people! Let’s turn our guns now, kill all those Han people, and drive them out of the Mongolian grasslands!”
Danbizancan's hoarse voice echoed on the grassland, and every word was heart-breaking. At least half of the defenders in Khovd City were Mongolians. He was shaking the morale of the troops in the city.
At this time, Chen Yuanhou, who was standing not far from Pu Run, suddenly shouted in Mongolian: "I only know that this is Chinese land. You Buryats are willing to be the lackeys of the Russians. Don't drag us Du
Albert, Turghut, Heshuote and Ulianghai. Brother Khalkha
Brothers, why do you come here to rob the pasture of our Dulbert people? This is the pasture given to us by the God of Immortality. The cattle and sheep you left at home are not being grazed, and groups of wolves are pounced on them. Go back to your pasture as soon as possible.
, the lower reaches of the Selenga River, the Onen River, and the Kherlen River.
This is your home! When the Great Khan Obasi led the Turks to travel thousands of miles and marched all the way, they escaped from the brutal Russian rule and returned to the embrace of the motherland. We can no longer follow the Buryat lackeys.
Brutal and greedy Russians, you want to fight with the Buryats
We can't control whether we become slaves to the Russians, but don't try to influence us. This is our pasture! And you, a Buryat lackey, drive away the Russians from Erkou City if you have the ability.
The Yiboerhai Sea is your pasture, as well as Nizhny Uginsk!"
Danbizhancan's face turned red and white. Although he had been living in Mongolia for more than ten years under the assignment of the Russians, Chen Yuanhou still judged from his accent that he was a Buryat, and he directly pointed at Buryat in his shouting.
The Achilles heel of the Riats.
All Mongols, including the Khalkhas, look down on the Buryats because they have become the lackeys of the Russians, and many of them can no longer even speak Mongolian!
Pu Run, who was supervising the battle on the top of the city, cheered loudly. At this time, he did not look like a frail scholar, but seemed to have the aura of a general who had experienced the battlefield.
The angry Danbizancan ordered artillery to bombard the city. Although it had little effect on the thick Khovd wall, it still caused great damage to the defenders.
Just when Pu Run was about to despair, the cavalry regiment led by Wang Jiaju finally arrived.
Wang Jiaju knew that he had no time to rest, so he waved his hand and the four battalions of cavalry spread out in a square formation, slowly crossed the Khovd River and pressed towards the Mongolian brigade.
The distance between the cavalry of both sides was getting closer and closer, and the untrained Mongolian soldiers began to shoot randomly.
Wang Jiaju smiled, these Mongolians may be good riders, but they are still far from real cavalry!
At a distance of 200 meters, "Pull the sword!" Wang Jiaju shouted. One thousand six hundred riders held swords in their hands. The horses began to trot forward and accelerate. The shining sabers flashed in the sun with a frightening look.
Cold light.
"Kill!" 50 meters, for a war horse that has already mentioned extreme speed, it is just a blink of an eye.
The Mongolian horsemen waved their sabers wildly, while the rigorously trained Northwest Army cavalry always pushed the sabers forward like a precise lawnmower.
Taoshi Taohu narrowed his eyes. He already knew that the Mongolian soldiers under Dan Bizhancan were no match for the opponent. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, the most important thing for a cavalry charge was to maintain a good formation, holding the saber high like this.
Chopping and killing indiscriminately will not have much effect.
He and his men received rigorous military training in the Cossack cavalry.
The Chinese onslaught must be stopped!
Tao Shi Tao Hu let out a strange scream and led his men into the battlefield.
In a head-to-head contest, no one can take advantage of it!
In one charge, Taoshtaohu lost half of his men.
Hu Dequan, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion, finally realized that he had a hard nut to crack. In the charge just now, he lost more than 70 men, more than the opponent.
"Okay, come again!" Hu Dequan shouted and took the lead in turning the horse's head.
After penetrating the enemy formation in one breath, nearly half of his battalion had been lost, and there were only about fifty people left in Toshtaohu on the opposite side.
The two horses were staggered, and Hu De was knocked off his horse by Tao Shitaohu. Before the leader of the Mongolian bandits could rejoice, a sharp saber had penetrated his side. The horses' hooves were frantic, and Tao Shitaohu saw his intestines coming out of the opening.
It flowed out of my stomach.
The herdsmen who had just formed an army collapsed completely and fled in all directions, screaming.
Pu Run also led his troops out of the city to help in the battle. The northwest army took advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, and blood flowed for ten miles.
Wang Jiaju took a short rest, and the cavalry regiment and the Khovd garrison left the city overnight.
Dan Bizhancan did not expect that the Chinese would launch a night attack. In his impression, the Chinese only knew how to hide inside the city walls and had no idea what it meant to take the initiative.
The unsuspecting Mongolian rebels suffered heavy casualties. This large army composed of herdsmen immediately collapsed in all directions. Danbizancan fled back to Kulun with only more than 500 remaining soldiers, and never dared to attack the city of Khovd again.
In the Battle of Khovd, the cavalry regiment killed 1,500 enemies and captured more than 2,000 of them. Blood flowed on both sides of the Khovd River. However, the cavalry regiment itself also suffered heavy losses. One battalion commander and three company commanders were killed, and they were seriously injured.
A battalion commander, almost all of the more than 2,000 people in the regiment survived, more than 500 were killed, and more than half were killed or injured.
A week later, Lin Jianfan led the 7th and 9th brigades of the Northwest Frontier Army and the 2nd Cavalry Brigade to Khovd, and Simon's situation finally stabilized.
After the battle in Kobdo, the Mongolian army lost nearly half of its troops, and two Russian infantrymen with more than 3,000 troops stationed in Kulun to "maintain order." There was a great danger of war breaking out between China and Russia.