Starting from the 9th, Qing troops from all over the country came to submit one after another. Some of them were from northern Xinjiang, and some were from southern Xinjiang.
Those in southern Xinjiang came here because they were afraid of the Soviet army. They were afraid that if they were about to get Ming Dynasty passports, and if they were caught by the Soviets and sent to Siberia to do hard labor, they would be unlucky for eight lifetimes. So they generally refused to let go.
, used the ability of rat scurrying and was chased by the Soviet army and fled eastward, from Turpan and the Tianshan Pass in Dihua to Northern Xinjiang.
Most of the Qing troops in northern Xinjiang issued a declaration of surrender to the Ming Dynasty after the Ming army occupied Beijing. They were mainly the original Qing troops stationed in the Changji area. There were also some troops in the Tacheng area. The officers and soldiers were mainly
The Han and Hui people recognized the Central Plains culture and the Central Plains regime very much, so just like the Qing army in the east, they easily surrendered to the Ming army.
Xiang Xiaoqiang did not let them disband, but instead recruited and trained them on the spot to make up for the shortcomings of his own troops. These Qing troops were third-rate troops who had been practicing "reclamation" for a long time, similar to the "Production and Construction Corps", and had extremely poor combat effectiveness.
,lack of weapons,
Discipline was so lax that it was almost impossible to tell whether they were farmers or soldiers. When it came to fighting, they were definitely no match for Erdunmutu's gang of gangsters. But Xiang Xiaoqiang was still like a rag-picker, accepting soldiers as long as they were there, and then
Just like military training, start from scratch.
According to his opinion, although these soldiers were a little weak in fighting, they should not be a big problem in guarding the captured areas and maintaining law and order. If they can't do the work of the imperial army, they can do the work of the puppet army, right? In his words
Said, "Even a piece of toilet paper has its use."
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In the past two days, Xiang Xiaoqiang was busy planning the battle with the people at the division headquarters, and the work of receiving the surrendered Qing troops was all handed over to Shi Shi Ge Ge. Shi Shi Ge Ge's tasks also became heavier. Now she not only has to be responsible for contacting the rear,
Responsible for collecting intelligence on enemy forces, and also responsible for conducting
The reorganization of the surrendered Qing army. During the reorganization, screening and judgment must be carried out. It is definitely inevitable that Erdenmutu will send spies to sneak in. What needs to be guarded most now is that Erdenmutu will send a whole army to sneak in.
, when the time comes when the inside should be combined with the outside, it would be unthinkable.
Fortunately, she is also the best at doing this kind of intelligence work. In addition, she is a minority herself, and she was a member of the former Qing Dynasty. She has a strong appeal to the Qing soldiers from all ethnic groups. The relationship between the Manchus and the Mongols
They are very close, almost like "Manchu and Mongolian family", "Manchu and Mongolian are indistinguishable". From the time of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, the upper-level Manchu and Mongolian people communicated frequently with each other.
Marriage, now every Manchu and Qing royal family has part of Mongolian blood flowing in their bodies, so that in addition to the Manchu Banner and the Mongolian Banner, the young lady of the Mongolian prince is also called "Gege". The sign of the Fourteenth Gege not only
By winning over Manchu officers and soldiers, we can also win over many Mongolian officers and soldiers. Of course, it goes without saying that there are Han and Hui people.
It's a pity that Shi Shigege can't even speak Manchu, let alone Mongolian. When talking to Mongolian Qing officers and soldiers, if the other party doesn't speak Chinese, they need an interpreter. This is something Xiang Xiaoqiang regrets.
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The Changji area belongs to the southern part of Northern Xinjiang. It has the largest number of Han and Hui ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang, and has the highest degree of Chineseization. It is also far away from the Altay region, the hometown of Erdun Mutu, and is separated by a large desert. So Erdun Mutu
Although the establishment of the "Ili Empire" was announced,
", the territory includes the entire northern Xinjiang. In fact, what he actually controls is the Altay region in the north and the Tacheng area in the northwest. Among them, the Tacheng area is also a place with deep Chineseization, and Erdenmutu's
The control is far less powerful than Altay.
Erden Mutu's army is very capable of fighting. As a bandit, it is already unprecedentedly powerful. However, as a "national army", it is still too weak. So when he was a bandit and looted towns before, he could control the whole country.
In the northern Xinjiang, no one can defeat us. But now that we have "founded the country" and have to defend our own towns, our troops are far from enough. We can only huddle in the Altay and Tacheng areas.
On the evening of the 10th, in the big tent, Shi Shigege was introducing the latest intelligence, listening attentively to Xiaoqiang and the staff of the division. In the night, the sound of drums, guitars, harmonicas, and soldiers could be heard in the distance.
They laughed and chatted, and the sheep bleated.
In this soothing background sound, Fourteen Gege smiled and said to everyone under the flickering light bulb powered by the tank battery:
"...However, after Erdenmutu announced that he would 'found the country and proclaim himself emperor', the number of people who supported him began to increase rapidly. Moreover, among the new soldiers who came to join him, the majority were Han Chinese and Hui people. Not only did the Kazakhs and Mongolians not
increased, but lost some. It may be that the Han people returned to the concept of
, the consciousness of "following the dragon" and "supporting the establishment" is relatively strong. At this time, the nomads such as the Kazakhs and Mongolians are the most practical. They feel that since you have established such a powerful enemy, there will be no trouble following you.
Good results, so many people left on their own..."
At this point, there was a commotion outside, and many people were shouting in panic. Fourteen stopped and turned to the entrance of the tent in confusion.
"boom!!!"
There was a loud noise, and everyone was pushed to the ground by a huge force. Even the tent collapsed and fell on everyone.
Everything was pitch black before his eyes, and all he could hear was a group of screams.
Xiang Xiaoqiang struggled to push himself up, panting, making sure he was not injured. He immediately remembered the Fourteenth Princess and shouted:
"Afang! Afang! Are you okay? Afang! Squeak quickly!"
"I'm fine."
Hearing the calm voice of Shi Shigege, Xiang Xiaoqiang broke out in sweat and gasped. While trying to climb out of the tent, he shouted again:
"Dayi! Dayi! How are you? Are you okay?"
Teacher Gao Dayi also replied in the darkness:
"My subordinate is fine, sir, don't worry!"
Several other staff officers also responded one after another, and they all sounded fine.
Xiang Xiaoqiang got out of the tent in embarrassment, staggered to his feet, and was immediately supported by several soldiers. He threw it away, pointed at the tent and yelled:
"I'm fine, save them quickly! Open it quickly, they're all underneath! Hurry! Hurry!"
A group of soldiers scrambled to clean the collapsed tent and pull out the people inside one by one.
The surroundings were already in chaos, with figures running in the darkness. The ambulance honked its horn from far away and stopped next to it. Several military doctors jumped out immediately, carrying a stretcher. Xiang Xiaoqiang only thought about the fourteenth grid. But he
Knowing that he was the commander-in-chief, he could not appear to be so "valuing sex over friends." Fortunately, he knew that Fourteen Gege was fine, but he had not yet climbed out, so he could calm down.
Turning around to Xiaoqiang, he saw a terrifying scene:
Twenty or thirty meters away, a tank was burning blazingly, with a big pit underneath. Several soldiers shouted and kept pouring water on the tank. Through the firelight of the tank, I could see that the ground around a radius of ten or twenty meters was covered with puddles.
They had broken arms and limbs. At least a dozen people were lying there, and there were so many injured soldiers lying on the ground wailing.
Ambulances and military doctors continued to pour in from all directions to join in the treatment.
Xiang Xiaoqiang covered his head, looked at the sky, and looked at all this as if he was stupid.
What happened? The tank exploded? What fool caused the tank to explode? How could a perfectly good tank explode? Did someone drink too much and roast a whole lamb on the tank?
At this time, there was a shout of "Your Highness the Princess! Your Highness the Princess!" behind him. Xiang Xiaoqiang turned around and saw that Fourteenth Gege had also been pulled out.
He quickly rushed over, hugged him and took a look. He saw that Shi Shigege was clean with no blood on him, and because there was grass under the tent, there was not even a speck of dirt on his body.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was completely relieved, hugged her, patted her back and comforted her.
And Fourteen Gege struggled gently and whispered:
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine, hurry up and go see what's important... What's going on with this explosion? Seal the scene..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was reminded by her and immediately let go of her, slapped her twice and ordered:
"Here comes someone! Seal the scene immediately. Within a radius of 100 meters, no one except military doctors is allowed to move! Until the cause of the explosion is found out!"
With an order, whistles sounded, and the gendarmerie directly under the division headquarters gathered. Within a few minutes, the explosion site was sealed off.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang, Fourteenth Gege, and the division headquarters were all moved to another wooden house. At this time, many witnesses of the explosion were also investigated by the military police, and the cause of the explosion was quickly figured out.
Just now when the division headquarters was having a meeting in a tent, a vendor led a camel around the division headquarters, selling wine and food to the soldiers. As he got closer and closer to the division headquarters, he was stopped by the military police on guard.
Don't let him go this way anymore. Unexpectedly, the vendor was unwilling to let him go and insisted on passing.
Come, the food and wine said to be specially brought to Mr. Xiang must be handed over to Mr. Xiang personally. This aroused the suspicion of the military police, who wanted to inspect his things. But the vendor became excited again and refused to allow inspection.
The gendarme was already alert and held him back, preparing to search him forcefully.
At this time, the vendor suddenly pushed a gendarme to the ground, then jumped on the camel and started running wildly. Many soldiers saw it at that time, and no one thought that a camel could run so fast.
Another soldier drew his pistol and chased after him, ordering him to stop. He was probably undecided whether to shoot. At that moment, the vendor rode a camel and rushed towards a nearby tank, which then exploded.
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When Xiang Xiaoqiang heard this familiar attack method, he immediately blurted out:
"Suicide bomb attacks! What these people are good at! Damn it, the bandit leader actually has such people under his command!"
However, the surrounding officers, including Fourteen Gege, all looked at each other, as if they still didn't understand.
"But..." Gao Dayi said hesitantly, "Why did the bomb go off?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned:
"What happened?"
Gao Dayi said:
"He was obviously sent by Erdenmutu to assassinate you. But now that he has decided to escape, the bomb exploded..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang interrupted him and said:
"It wasn't a bomb misfire at all. He didn't necessarily have to kill me when he came. To assassinate me alone doesn't require so much explosives. Look at the big hole in the ground and the wounded and wounded brothers around him. He obviously packed a whole camel of explosives.
...I tell you, this kind of person just doesn’t want his life. He didn’t fight him when he came.
It's best to come back alive. If you can blow me up, it's best. If not, I'll kill as many of our brothers as possible to weaken our morale. You see, he chose his target very appropriately. Not only can he blow up a tank, but he can also
Use the shells and gasoline in the tank to increase its power, and there are often the most brothers next to the tank!"
The screams outside were endless, coming one after another.
Xiang Xiaoqiang opened the window, pointed outside, and roared:
"See? This is what he wanted! Now he succeeded!"
Everyone was still looking at each other, as if they didn't understand that there were still people who were willing to use themselves as bombs and engage in this kind of thing of "fighting one person to make a living, fighting two to earn one"! If he feels that he has no other way out, he doesn't have to die! Come over and submit.
Why not? Why can’t you think about it so hard?
Xiang Xiaoqiang paced angrily, pointed at them and shouted:
"You don't understand, right? You don't understand at this time, right?... Let me tell you, I don't understand either... Those people are not fucking normal people, don't try to understand them...
All I know is that once the other side starts fighting us in the Taliban’s way, we will be in trouble! Damn it, our bad days are still to come!”
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That night, all the officers of the division worked overtime to formulate a combat plan, striving to inflict maximum damage on the enemy in the shortest time. Xiang Xiaoqiang made the decision to launch a military operation, raid Altay City, Erdenmutu's home base, and conduct a "decapitation"
Action" and strive to kill him himself.
The war must be short and quick, and cannot be delayed. Once it is delayed, it will fall into a quagmire.
The staff were formulating a battle plan, while Xiang Xiaoqiang was fighting at night at the other end of the room. He had a vague hunch that this problem might not be solved by relying on the superiority of weapons.
While he was applying for more funds from the rear to buy food to feed the surrendered Qing soldiers, he also urged the rear to quickly allow the civil service system to enter the northwest. He knew that in such a region with complex ethnic composition, the Ming army wanted to rely on fewer
If you want to completely wipe out the enemy with your own strength, you must get the support of the local people. Otherwise, if the enemy breaks into pieces and fights guerrillas with you all day long like the Taliban, then a division like yours will not be able to withstand it.
Now the Ming army can rely on its weapon superiority to win several battles on the frontal battlefield, but if it wants to conquer northern Xinjiang with a mere division, it still has to win the hearts and minds of the people. And to win the hearts of the people, it must win the hearts of the local people as quickly as possible.
The benefits from the Ming Dynasty allowed them to taste the "Da Ming Dynasty"
The sweetness of his identity as a citizen. At that time, even if Erden Mutu wants to fight guerrillas like the Taliban, he will not be able to sustain it for long. As long as the people do not support him, he will not be able to fight guerrillas. Because fighting guerrillas is the most important thing.
Yes, it must be able to be hidden among the common people.