Chapter 268 Cullen City

In the north of the land of China, there is a vast and mountainous Mongolian plateau, where there is a vast and fertile soil. This fertile soil composed of mountains and deserts, grasslands, lakes and springs is China's Outer Mongolia. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the Xiongnu in the north, although this plateau has been grazing The tribe has repeatedly rebelled, but this is really China's territory from beginning to end.

When spring came, the warm tropical wind blowing from the Pacific Ocean landed on the Mongolian plateau in the hinterland of Asia, driving the cold Siberian air covering the plateau back to the Arctic Ocean, during the moon after the snow melted. The withered yellow grassland instantly put on a layer of green clothes, and the birds that went south for winter also returned to their homes in the north in the direction of the warm wind. At this time, the Mongolian grassland seemed to be full of vitality.

The spring and summer of the Mongolian prairie are short. Compared with the short spring and summer, the severe winter is the longest. At the beginning of August of each year, when the first cold wind from the Arctic Ocean collides with the warm wind of the Pacific Ocean, the autumn of Mongolia comes. For the herdsmen on the grassland, they must seize the time and let While storing fertilizer, cattle and sheep also need to cut grass. After the first snowfall in less than three months, they must be prepared before winter comes.

On the yellowed grassland of the Mongolian plateau, the herdsmen drove their cattle and sheep and put them on the grassland, so that the cattle and sheep could store enough fat oil to survive the winter. The men rode the low Mongolian pony and gallop freely on the grassland, while the women made milk and ghee. The merchants who came seized the time of autumn fertilizer to trade with the herdsmen.

Although the whole Mongolian grassland is preparing for the coming winter at this time, the living Buddha palace in the center of Cullen City is still shrouded in a haze. The oil lamp that has not been extinguished for hundreds of years in the living Buddha palace emits dim lights, and the dim lights and the palace has always been shrouded in a strange air.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the night covers the Cullen Living Buddha House. The panicked cry of the birds returning late swims between the halls and pavilions, making the quiet Ganning Temple look gloomy. Zhebuzun Damba sat cross-legged, and his heart was so arrogant that he was extremely flustered that he didn't even care about the lamp. The room was dark, and under the faint starlight, only the figure of Zhebu Damba sitting could be vaguely seen.

Naren Gaowa gently pushed the door in, quietly turned on the light, brought a pot of milk tea to Zhebuzun Damba, and then stood quietly beside him. Zhebu Zun Damba looked at Neng Gaowa silently, and after a long time, he asked:

"The princes of the south have attached the matter to Nanjing one after another. Have you heard about it?

Ningaowa nodded gently. Na Ren Gaowa is the Russian woman who "does its heart with fox charm" in the mouth of the court many times. "The female disciple gave birth to a little Buddha, and the Russians also offered a woman to the living Buddha, taboo her as a wet nurse, thinking that it was a means to contact the living Buddha." After this woman came to Cullen ten years ago, she had a far greater influence on Jebzumba than others.

Nareng Gaowa nodded. After the capital was captured by the Guangfu army, the flags of Inner Mongolia successively obeyed the central government, and had already spread to Kulun and the whole Mongolian ministries with the business names of those Jin people.

"It is expected that the Horqin flag alliance fell in Nanjing. Two months ago, after the Han anti-Russian army was stationed in the fifth regiment, as for other Inner Mongolia flag alliances, after Shaanxi's rebellion, Jing Yue Xiufang took office as the Inner Mongolia commissioner, that is, he led a 3,000-person cavalry brigade through Shaanxi. Sui persuaded the flags of Inner Mongolia to return to Nanjing by means of making friends, horse racing and worship, and Nanjing appointed these princes as princes. I'm going to hand over Park Shou to Jing Yuexiu, who returned to Suicheng. At the same time, I will show it to Nanjing and obey the ruling axe order.

The cunning Ren Gaowa deliberately frowned and thought for a long time before asking.

"Nanjing wants to carry out a new policy in Mengdi. Although Nanjing has been awarded the title of princes and princes, Jing Yuexiu has only been in office for only one month. First, in the name of "the whole country is the only one to restore the army", he will be relieved of the soldiers of the princes, only a team of the guarding the government, and set up a river to set up a border reclamation bureau, which divided into six million mu of land. The Xuntian land was awarded the soldiers of the Han army, and Nanjing has an order to pass through the whole army. After the restoration of the whole country, retired soldiers can get 20 mu of land, and 300,000 soldiers can be placed in this place alone! If the Buddha returns to him again, I'm afraid the future will be bad!"

"If you can't, what can you do? The merchants brought the news that the 21st Division of the Guangfu Army has been stationed in Zhangjiakou and can go to Kulun at any time. At that time, I'm afraid... Therefore, I want to obey the order of the ruling axe and ask Nanjing to follow the old system and send a member to the warehouse office.

"Does it possible for the Buddha to agree with Nanjing?"

Narangowa's rhetorical question again only made Zhebu Zun Damba Live Buddha shake his head and sighed:

"I don't know, but from the current situation, Nanjing may not agree."

"Then aren't you in vain?"

"What else can I do? I can't send troops to intercept the Han army! The Han army can have millions of troops"

At this time, Zhebu Damba's face was full of depression, and it seemed that he was at the end of the road.

As soon as Na Ren Gaowa saw that the time had come, she persuaded according to her mission when she came to Mongolia, "Buddha, the Chinese say that all roads go to Yanjing!" You have many countermeasures!"

Zebu Zun Damba seemed to see a glimmer of life and asked eagerly:

"What countermeasures do you have?"

"Buddha, even if Nanjing agrees to your request, you can be safe this time, but who can guarantee you; you will never engage in a new policy in Mongolia in the future, so this is not a long-term plan.

"If Nanjing does not agree to your request, you will have to be enslaved by them! - "So, speaking of which, you will always be held in the palm of others!

"Buddha. You are the reincarnation of Buddha. You were born to rule Mongolia. In the past, you had to be at the mercy of the officials of the Qing Dynasty, but now why do you have to be at the mercy of Chinese officials?

Zebu Zun Damba sat with his eyes closed for a long time and said:

"What you said is reasonable. But now is no longer the time for Genghis Khan to sweep thousands of troops. The Mongols can't resist the guns of the Han people!"

Naren Gaowa was ecstatic and said strangely:

"Buddha, I think you forgot Mr. Schshmarev's words again, didn't you?"

Zebu Zun Damba woke up and gritted his teeth and nodded:

"Yes! Yes! Russia is my loyal friend!

Zebuzdamba stood up and walked around the house.

"It's time to have a showdown with them! Tomorrow, I will inform the princes such as Behangda Dorji, Chakdul Zabu and Stick Busulun to come to Kulun and discuss the major events of reading with them..."

In the morning, as usual, Park Shou, the minister of the Cullen office, got up.

In the past three months, his mood has been complicated. First, the whole country was reversed, and then the capital was defeated. The emperor was martyred and the empress dowager was captured in Jiangning for trial. The demise of the Qing Dynasty made him, the minister appointed by the Qing Dynasty, always in a kind of anxiety, panic and confusion.

Now Park Shou looks much thinner than before, and he looks sad and pale. He couldn't forget that when the capital was besieged and he took the imperial edict to visit Jebu Zundamba and asked to send troops to the king of Qin, they refused. Those lamas and princes were not willing to send troops at all. In their opinion, this was an opportunity for Mongolia to get rid of the imperial court.

After the fall of the capital, the frustration, difficulty and embarrassment of the office under the jurisdiction of Park Shou made him live like a year. There were only 200 riders around him, and now the 200 flag riders have not escaped without being able to pay their pay, because they did not know where they fled and fled to the south. They must be sent to the prisoner of war camp and facing north. That's the Russian world. What can you do if you escape there?

Recently, Kulun Jinshang has been persuading him to go to Nanjing and announce the restoration of Mongolia. Although he knows that this can keep his family from hard labor in the prisoner-of-war camp, he can't cross the threshold of being a "loyal minister" in his heart.

While Park Shou was meditating, the servant of the office just brought up the breakfast. In order to stabilize the hearts of all the officials and servants of the office, Park Shou, who had no appetite, had to pretend to sit calmly at the table and eat tastelessly. The food in the office was getting worse day by day. In the past month, let alone the pay of the office staff. Feng, even opening fire has become a problem. If it hadn't been for the friendship between Pingsu and those Jin merchants and borrowed some silver from the merchants, he would have been afraid that the office would have been broken.

At this moment, the doorman of the office hurried to report.

"Your Excellency, the shopkeeper of Dasheng Kui Kulun's meeting with you."

When he heard that it was the shopkeeper of Dasheng Kui Kulun, Park Shoulian ordered.

"Please hurry up!"

In the nearly five months after the rebellion from the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, the silver office was cut off and borrowed money in Cullen City. First, I borrowed 50,000 yuan from the living Buddha, but the silver was broken before March, after the capital was rebellious, and then borrowed silver from the merchant, and the merchant was also rejected. When the mountains and rivers were exhausted, it was still the big Shengkui library. Manager Duan of the Lunhao promised to borrow 20,000 yuan from the office every month. For Duan Lzhuang, who has just been promoted to the head of the Dasheng Kulun, Park Shou naturally appreciates his righteous actions.

Before he went out to greet him, Duan Lizhuang had already entered the courtyard of the office. Seeing Pu Shou facing him, Duan Lizhuang was about to kneel on the ground. Park Shou hurriedly helped him to avoid this gift.

"Brother Jingzhai, you can't do such a big gift again in the future. Renshan is just a minister of the subjugated country. It really can't afford such a big gift!"

Without too much politeness, Duan Luzhuang's face was full of urgency. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, he said in a low voice.

"Your excellency, the big thing is not good!"

With that, Duan Lizhuang lay in Pu Shou's ear and revealed the eyeliner report in the Living Buddha Palace to Pu Shou. In Pu Shou's surprise, Duan Lizhuang had knelt down.

"Steal half a day's leisure!"

For Chen Moran, this may be just a dream. Originally, he wanted to stay with his wife and daughter at home in Shanghai for a few days, but it was just a fantasy. However, after a long rest in Shanghai, he was "forced" to take his wife and daughter to the Zhenhai, which was maintained by the way to Ma'anshan, and returned to Nanjing.

Press the cigarette butt into the ashtray, turn it gently, and the cigarette butt is extinguished. Then Chen Moran looked at Niu Yongjian and Jiang Fangzhen in front of him, with a smile on his face.

There is a trace of excitement on New Yongjian's face. As a soldier, he has always been eager to leave the army headquarters and lead troops to the front line to fight, especially after his friends and classmates are on the front line.

But in the end, he still stayed in the army. He knew that he needed him to stay in the army. Nanjing was the center of the center and the command of the world, but it can be said that the members were mixed in the army and the staff. The responsibility of the two marching orders ordered the national restoration army and the volunteer army outside the customs, and with the "Huangpuization" of the restoration army, The graduates of Lu Shi were promoted to the General Staff, and the Guangfu Army was controlled by a large group of young Huangpu officers.

Jiang Fangzhen did not hear about political affairs and only asked about the military, so he could take charge of the staff as the general, but there was someone in the army department. The most suitable candidate was New Yongjian, who graduated from Lu Shi, because he unconditionally obeyed the rule.

Now, the governor intends to let him go to Beiping as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Command, responsible for the 18 divisions in the north and the defense of the northern region. It is inevitable that he has some expectations for this. A few hours ago, he was ordered to go to Zhenjiang to board the Zhenhai and have a long talk with the governor for nearly two hours. Now he only The first thing you need to do is to wait for the appointment.

"Governing, according to your order, the volunteer army has stopped marching to Harbin and appropriately shrunk the defense line!"

At this time, Jiang Fangzhen reported another thing.

"D because Japan refused to amend the tariff agreement and raised the threat of war, China had to suspend all cooperation with Japan!"

Chen Moran shrugged his shoulders helplessly. From beginning to end, he was not ready to abide by the agreement reached on the book island. The previous compliance was only out of strategic needs. As for now, of course, I have to kick myself aside.

"Reaware of international credibility, people brazenly refuse to hold negotiations with China on the new tariff treaty, and even intend to threaten by force. In order to prevent the problem from being unburned, I am ready to set up a Northern Command to be responsible for the defense of North China!"

The ruling words did not surprise Jiang Baili. In fact, during the tariff incident, the staff proposed to form a northern headquarters. Compared with Beijing and Shanghai, it is obviously not appropriate for North China to rely only on one coordination headquarters.

"It is necessary to set up the Northern Command to command 18 divisions in Hebei, Shandong and Shanxi provinces. North China connects with the Northeast. Although there are nine divisions of volunteers in the northeast, there is a lack of defense and attack. The Northern Command is set up in North China, which can be used as a support force in the Northeast. However, it can be pulled to the Northeast battlefield.

Looking at New Yongjian, Chen Moran smiled.

"Tisheng, the defense of the north depends on you!"

"Please rest assured that you will not bear the responsibility of defending the land!"

When New Yongjian got up to answer, Jiang Fangzhen couldn't help but be surprised. Originally, in his mind, he preferred Songpo to be the commander of the Northern Command, but he was in power... Thinking about Songpo's experience in recent months, Jiang Fangzhen couldn't help but feel depressed.

"Hundred Miles,"

Although the strange color between Jiang Baili's eyes only flashed by, it did not dodge Chen Moran's eyes.

"It is a military need for Tisheng to go to Beiping. It is also a military need to transfer Songpo back to Nanjing. The position of Minister of the Army makes the end of the air hanging, and the investigation team will go abroad. At present, there is a domestic call to start a referendum to prepare for the founding of the country. Therefore, the candidate for the Minister of the Army must be selected as soon as possible. After thinking about it, many Only Songpo is the most suitable candidate.

Listening to the words of the rule, Jiang Fangzhen did not show any strange look.

"Tisheng, your trip to the north this time is to coordinate the volunteer army in the northeast, responsible for the defense of the north, and then... Mongolia!"

He spit out these two words faintly. Chen Moran pulled a map from the table. This is a map of Mongolia, but it is not a military-level map.

"Now, except for the northeast, there is only Mongolia left in all of China. The matter of the northeast can be temporarily put aside, but Mongolia can't afford to delay. Recently, Zhebudamba and others have frequently contacted the Russian envoy in Kulun, Pokotilov. Although Russia is now deep in the quagmire of the Russian war, Russia I don't want to be involved in Mongolian affairs under such circumstances, but once Mongolia announced its reading ability! I'm afraid that the Russians will still be involved! Yesterday, Jing Yuexiu sent a secret telegram. Duan Luzhuang of the Dasheng Kui Kulun got the news from the Living Buddha Palace. Jebu Zun Damba has secretly summoned the four princes to discuss the matter of reading in Kulun. Now it's time to wait for me!"

When Chen Moran lit a cigarette and exhaled a cigarette, both Jiang Fangzhen and New Yongjian were surprised. They did not expect the collapse of the situation in Mongolia. Just two weeks ago, Jing Yuexiu also sent a telegram saying that he was discussing with Outer Mongolia about the annexation.

"For us, the top priority now is to immediately march into Cullen, completely give up the way of negotiation, and force Chebzundamba to give up the heart of reading by force!"

And Chen Moran took a sip of tea without showing a look, and then narrowed his eyes.

"In a word, Tisheng, you will go out to Beiping this afternoon, go by land, and take a train or military vehicle along the way, which is faster than passing by sea. I have selected the troops in Mongolia for you. Kobayashi's first riding division is good, and I think the second riding division is not bad. If there is resistance in Mengdi, and the riding first riding division can level the northwest with a saber, you can use the knife of the second riding division to flatten that place for me!"

Chen Moran continues to drink tea. Sometimes people really don't have psychological pressure when doing something, just like now there is not only no pressure between words, but also a little relaxed.

"In power, Zhebuzun Damba is the leader of Mongolian politics and religion. If he uses force rashly, he may arouse the disgust of the Mongolian people. Although the world is recovered by force, it is inevitable that it will be unstable!"

Jiang Fangzhen expressed his worries after thinking for a moment. This is also the reason why he has not entered Mongolia so far. It is not that the restoration army is unable to recover Mongolia, but considering the long-term stability of Mongolia, and now he is in power to pacify Mongolia with swords and soldiers.

"There is no need to worry about this. Now [***] the lama is about to arrive in Lanzhou, and he will go to Nanjing. [***] The lama's influence in the Mongolian land is not inferior to that of Zhebuzun Damba. He can be entrusted to the Mongolian land to preach the scriptures to collect the people. If after the recovery of Outer Mongolia, the eighth generation of Zhebuzun Damba has a split, then..."

The cigarette with his fingers suddenly broke in Chen Moran's hand, and his eyes were cold.

"At that time, I will look for the reincarnated spirit child again. After the golden bottle of Yonghe Palace, I will be entrusted with the ninth Zhebu Damba."

When he said this, a person came out of Chen Muran's mind. There was a talented Duanfang. The boy Duanfang gave himself a solution to the trouble. The boy was still a little useful except for buttoning the shit basin.

(to be continued)