The clouds of war between Western Sichuan and the Qing court gradually dissipated, but new clouds of war have gathered on the plateau. However, compared with the war between Western Sichuan and the Qing court, which involved hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops, the war clouds on the plateau have
The battle is much smaller.
Although the weather was already very cold at the third company of the second battalion of the 10th Brigade, everyone was still busy. After discovering the traces of the horse bandits, Wang Yuze asked the officers and soldiers of the entire company to step up reinforcements. The military station of the third company,
It has sound defenses. Horses are set up around the military station, which is enough to resist the cavalry attack. At the same time, the heavy machine gun set up on the tower next to the gate is also a weapon against the cavalry. Once the horse bandits attack,
It was enough to make their heads bruise and bleed.
The reason why the soldiers of the third company continue to strengthen the fortifications is because they don't know how many people the incoming horse bandits will have. If there are only a few hundred people, the third company can completely handle it. But if there are as many as a thousand people
, then the third company can only wait for reinforcements!
"Awei, how is the situation now? Is there any news about the horse bandits?" Wang Yuze asked. There seems to be a touch of tension in the air now, and all the officers and soldiers of the third company have already taken action.
.
"No. We sent several teams of cavalry and searched hundreds of kilometers north of Gasanka, but we still found no trace of the horse bandits. They must not have gone south yet, otherwise, it would be impossible to escape our search. In order
In order to avoid losses, I did not let the search team continue to advance north. However, company commander, I estimate that the horse bandits will definitely attack in large numbers this time. Otherwise, it will take several days. They cannot stay in the north all the time.
Not going south!" Wang Wei said.
Wang Yuze nodded: "There is no other way now. We can only use troops to cover up the water and earth."
"Company Commander, with the defenses of the military station and our firepower, there will definitely be no problem in defending the military station. But what about the herdsmen outside the military station? Once we trap the military station, they will definitely be massacred by horse bandits." Wang Wei proposed.
problem.
"In this case, you send someone to notify the herdsmen and let them all enter the military station! Food, fodder, cattle and sheep should all be brought into the military station. Not a single cattle, sheep, or a grain of food can be left to the horse bandits!" Wang Yuze thought about it!
for a moment, and then said.
"Company commander, there are hundreds of people and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep! How can we have such a big place to stay?"
"Let them set up tents on the playground. In addition, we can buy some of the live cattle and sheep as extra meals for the soldiers. Anyway, this time the horse bandits are attacking, I don't know how long it will last. Let the herdsmen
If all the cattle and sheep are sent to the military station, at least we don't have to worry about food. As for the cost, I will report it to my superiors and my father!" Wang Yuze said. He had no choice but to make this decision. He couldn't just turn a blind eye.
Look at dozens of herdsmen being massacred by horse bandits!
"Okay." Wang Wei nodded.
"By the way, when letting herdsmen enter the military station, you must carefully screen them. Don't let horse bandits sneak in. Any herdsmen you don't know or new herdsmen must not let them enter the military station. Let them
Go to Leiwuqi in the south. Even if the herdsmen enter the military station, we have to arrange people to defend themselves. This time the horse bandits attack is not a trivial matter. We must be fully prepared. We must not make any mistakes.
It's a flaw!" Wang Yuze said. No matter how strong the fortress is, it can be broken from the inside. Although the military station is strong, it will be troublesome if horse bandits are mixed in.
"Yes, company commander, I will pay more attention!" Wang Wei nodded. As soon as he heard Wang Yuze raised this issue, he realized the seriousness of it. If there are really horse bandits sneaking into the herdsmen, entering
If it were a military depot, it would have disastrous consequences.
However, fortunately, there are only a few dozen families of herdsmen in Gasanka. They are very stable and there are basically no new herdsmen. The soldiers at the military station are also very familiar with them. It is impossible for the horse bandits to mix among them.
.In addition, the herdsmen also support the Western Sichuan regime very much, and the military depot is a place to protect them. Naturally, they will not do anything harmful to the military depot.
To the north of Gasanka is the eastward extension of Ta Nien Ta Weng Mountain. One hundred and fifty miles to the north is the territory of Qinghai. However, the ones who control Qinghai now are just the Ma Jiajun who have defected to the Qing court. Over the years
, the Ma Jiajun has always wanted to march south, occupy the plateau, and threaten Western Sichuan from the west. However, the strength of the Western Sichuan Army is not something that the Ma Jiajun can afford. Just the 10th Brigade and the 4th Brigade stationed in Kangding will make the Ma Jiajun
After suffering a lot, the Qing government hoped to maintain a peaceful situation with western Sichuan, and naturally did not want the Ma Jiajun to provoke a war. Therefore, the Ma Jiajun also restrained itself a lot.
However, Ma Jiajun did not let go, but chose another way to attack western Sichuan. For example, many of the horse bandits active on the plateau in recent years are shadows of Ma Jiajun, and many are even directly disguised as Ma Jiajun.
However, the Western Sichuan Army also severely suppressed these horse bandits, so that the Ma's Army did not take advantage at all, but suffered a lot of losses.
The Ma Jiajun originated from the Hehuang Revolutionary Uprising that broke out in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1863 (the third year of Tongzhi), influenced by the rebellion in Shaanxi and Ningxia, Ma Zhan'ao, the great imam of Monigou in Hezhou, Gansu, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. At this time, Ma Haiyan, the descendant of Qingma,
He joined the army and became an effective general in Ma Zhan'ao.
In 1872, Ma Zhan'ao and others defeated the Hunan Army in the first battle of Taizi Temple with "Black Tigers Eviscerating the Heart". After that, against all opinions, with the support of Ma Haiyan and Ma Qianling, they took advantage of the victory and asked for appeasement, and led the crowd to return to the imperial court. Later, the rebel army was incorporated by the imperial court.
, important leaders were awarded official titles. This incident laid the foundation for the rise of the horses in Hezhou.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the military strength of Hezhou's horses was the "Western Army" period, and it still continued the pattern when Ma Zhan'ao surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, that is, the Ma Zhan'ao sub-line (Zima Anliang) was the leader, and the Ma Haiyan sub-line (Zima Qi, Ma Lin) was under the control
) and Ma Qianling's descendants (sub-lines Ma Fulu, Ma Fuxiang).
It is Qingma who controls Qinghai now. Ma Haiyan, now 53 years old, was named the admiral of Qinghai by the Qing government and commanded the 36th Qingma Battalion with more than 30,000 cavalry. The entire Ma family army in Ningma also has more than 20,000 people.
The Hezhou Majia Army has more than 40,000 people, totaling more than 100,000 people.
Lugousha, north of Gasanka, is just a small village with dozens of families of Fanba herdsmen. But now, this small village has gathered thousands of people. The sound of people and horses making the whole small village seem...
It was very noisy. However, the original residents here were brutally tortured at the hands of these horse bandits. There were hundreds of people in the small village, and some young and middle-aged men were forced to collect fodder for the horse bandits. And those women, no matter how old they were,
They were still young, even minors, and they had become the tools of the horse bandits for their lustful pleasure. The fierce resistance of the Fanba men suddenly disappeared after the horse bandits beheaded more than a dozen people.
Although he was very angry in his heart, he still had no choice but to obey the orders of the horse bandits and watch helplessly as his wife and daughter were raped by the horse bandits.
In a yurt, several middle-aged horse bandits were gathering together to drink and have fun. In each of their arms, there was a Fanba woman. Although there was no stunning beauty in this small village, it was better than nothing.
"Haha! Come on, drink. Drink in big bowls, eat big chunks of meat, and play with women as much as you want. This is how we should live!" A rugged horse bandit with a beard on his face shouted loudly.
In his arms, he held a little girl from the Fanba tribe who was only about ten years old. The bandit held a wine bowl in one hand, and with the other hand, he kneaded the girl's clothes without caring about the girl.
of pain.
"That's right, Boss Ma is right! Now that the four of us are gathered together, whoever dares to mess with us on the whole plateau, it's time for us to have fun!" Another slightly thinner dark man agreed. He hugged
The one wearing it was a woman who, although somewhat ugly, had a very plump figure.
This group of horse bandits was not a group of people, but a gathering of four groups of horse bandits, and now they had gathered thousands of people.
PS: The first update is here, please give me a thumbs up!
{Piaotian Literature www.piaotian.net thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}