On July 9, a cavalry company serving as the vanguard of the Northern Navy Cavalry Regiment arrived near the Boronor Station, 210 miles north of Kulun.

When the red flag with white five-pointed stars appeared on the hills on the east side of the Boro River, more than a hundred Northern Navy cavalry wearing dark green camouflage uniforms, rain cloaks, rifles on their shoulders, and sabers cross-body on their saddles.

There were more than 300 Mongolian cavalry stationed at the Boronor Station. They were no longer postmen, but cavalry under the command of Sangzedorji, the king of Zazakdoro. These archers from the Chechen Khan Banner did not know much about the Northern Navy and were even more disdainful of the Northern Navy's cavalry.

When the leader of the team learned from the sentry that more than 100 people had arrived in the Northern Navy, he immediately made a decision to "disobey the ancestors" and wanted to teach these ignorant North Navy pirates.

"Kill the North Sea Pirates! Only 30% of the captured Ma Benguan, and the rest will be returned to you!"

The mounts of the Northern Navy cavalry mainly come from the capture of the battle against Tsarist Russia, that is, the Kabakin horse with a shoulder height of 1.45 meters to 1.55 meters. This is a mountain horse from the North Caucasus. It has a strong body, developed muscles, strong durability, and has a unique ability to find a way out in mist and darkness.

As for the famous Don hippo in another time and space... Sorry, it has not been cultivated yet!

The Northern Navy led the company commander Boke of the Third Company of the First Battalion of the Cavalry. This was a Daur. After the battle between the Qing army in Heilongjiang City in the 53rd year of Qianlong, Boke, who was left in Heilongjiang City due to injuries, resolutely surrendered to the Northern Navy after being treated by the Northern Navy.

When Bok saw the Mongolian cavalry at Boronor Station from his telescope, he showed a sneer on his lips, and then he immediately issued an order: "Machine gun is ready!"

The firepower of the individual cavalry companies of the Northern Navy is quite strong. Each company is equipped with two to three 7.62 mm caliber PKM general machine guns, one platoon and one platoon. Ordinary cavalry is one man and two horses, while the machine gun team is two horses, two of which are specifically responsible for carrying ammunition boxes and spare parts. The ammunition box with a capacity of one hundred rounds weighs 3.9 kilograms, and two horses can carry up to 12 ammunition boxes, chain loaders, spare barrels and other related parts. The purpose of this is to ensure that small cavalry units have enough firepower to break through when they are besieged.

By the way, using this thing to deal with the Mongolian cavalry surrounding the two wings was a bit unfair. So Boke lost interest in watching. He just ordered his platoon leader to capture a few prisoners, and then focused on studying the map.

After the machine gunner in charge of the left wing entered the simple shooting position, he searched for the target with a scope for a long time, and finally set the target on a guy more than 500 meters away. There was no way, the guy was so eye-catching that guy was wearing all over the Mongolian cavalry, at least a third-rank official.

There was a lynx hair as thick as a thumb on the top of the helmet, and a vermilion helmet tassel hanging in circles below. There was also a shiny silver-plated cloud dragon on the front and back beams under the helmet cover plate. The armor on the guy's body was even more fancy, with a python embroidered on his chest and shoulder pads, and the silver-plated cloud dragon was also inlaid on the shoulder pads.

OK, it's you!

When the short shooting sound of "dadada" sounded, the Mongolian cavalry who had already climbed up the hill did not know what was going on, but the war horses under their crotch were far more alert than people. They had realized that they were in a death trap, so they used roars and restlessness to remind their master to retreat.

However, these Mongolian cavalry had never been to the battlefield and rarely used muskets, so they had no idea what machine gun shooting meant, and they thought the Northern Navy was setting firecrackers to scare them.

Since the defeat of Amursana in the 22nd year of Qianlong, no large-scale military operations have occurred in Khalkha Mongolia. The generation who went to the battlefield either grew old or died, while the younger generation of Mongolians have forgotten what blood and fire are.

With the two machine guns shooting in an orderly manner and the subsequent rifle shooting, the more than 20 Mongolian soldiers attacking in front suddenly discovered where were their partners behind them?

Twenty minutes later, when the cavalry finished cleaning the battlefield and slowly arrived at the Boronor Station five miles away with a dozen dejected prisoners, the dozens of Mongolian soldiers who stayed here had already run away, and they didn't even care about setting fires.

"I don't accept it! You are using magic, what kind of good guys are you? If you have the ability to compete with me for wrestling, come on! Come on!"

After the captured Mongolian leader of the white-flag banner of Wendurgan recovered from his death, he never stopped talking, but the Northern Navy outside the thatched house ignored him, which made Wendurgan even more angry.

What is this? It's so frustrating! There was a crackling sound, and even the enemy had not even reached the front eighty steps, he suffered heavy casualties and wounded people. The assistant leader also died in battle, and then they were all captured alive by others.

After Wendurgan's spit was dry, the dilapidated door was opened. Because the hut was very dark, the prisoners in the room did not see the appearance of the man walking in. The man pointed his finger at Wendurgan and two other Mongolian soldiers, and spoke in a very familiar Mongolian saying, "You, you, and you, get up and follow me!"

As expected, the person who came took them to be interrogated. When he saw the cavalry company commander Bok, Wendurgan looked at the other party's face that looked like a Mongolian, blurted out: "Are you a Mongolian?"

"Daur people." Bok tilted his lips and continued to scold without waiting for the other party to distinguish, "You were just yelling, right? You are not honest when you become a prisoner! Save your energy, let me tell you the truth. Among us, you can pick out any one to deal with you!"

After he said that, he signaled his men to feed the glass of water to Wendurgan and the other two. After the three of them finished drinking, he said, "Tell me, what is the situation in Kulun now?"

Wendurgan still couldn't swallow that breath. He wiped his chin with his tied hands and said proudly: "Look, you are a man, you are a man, if you fight me one-on-one, I will tell you everything I know if you win!"

"Hahaha~~" Boke laughed loudly, and stood up suddenly and said, "Let him loose!"

Half an hour later, Wendurgan, who was thrown into a blue nose and swollen face, laying up to the sky in the yard of the inn, and no longer had the strength; the cavalry company commander Boke, who stood with his hips, also had blue and purple on his face, and he was panting. Such a scene made all those who watched the fun secretly smack their tongues.

After a while, Wendurgan finally sat up and said sadly: "I lost. Ask whatever you want."

At nine o'clock that night, the cavalry regiment's large teams and baggage teams arrived at the Boronor Station one after another. The first thing the regiment commander Samusu and deputy regiment commander Bayan did after arriving was to send a report to the Eastern Front Command, and then listen to Boke's report.

These two are definitely an anomaly in the Northern Navy. Both of them were originally garrisoned Eight Banners soldiers from Hunchun.

In the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, Zhao Xin and his friends fought with the Qing Dynasty for the first time and captured thirteen prisoners, Samusu and Bayan were one of them. These people first worked for two years, pickling fish, logging wood, and purging gold. Although it was hard, Zhao Xin never treated harshly on food and clothing, so the thirteen prisoners were all grateful.

After the Northern Navy conquered Hunchun for the first time in the 51st year of Qianlong's reign, the families of thirteen prisoners were taken to Beihai Town. Since then, they joined the Northern Navy and began to work tirelessly to Zhao Xin.

By the beginning of the 52nd year of Qianlong, the Northern Navy began to form cavalry units. With his extraordinary cavalry skills and loyalty to Zhao Xin, Samusu and Bayan stood out from the group of soldiers and became the company commanders of the two earliest cavalry companies. Later, they followed Zhao Xin to attack Tsarist Russia and were promoted to battalion commander and regiment commander.

"How many enemies does Kulun have?" As soon as he entered the house, Samusu opened his mouth and asked.

Bok said: "According to the captives' instructions, all 23 flags and 40 sect leaders of the Chechen Khan tribe arrived, with a total of more than 6,000 people. There were 20 flags and 52 sect leaders of the Tushetu Khan tribe, half of which were 52 sect leaders, about 3,000 people. There are almost 10,000 people. Now they are all stationed in Zhaomodo, southeast of Kulun."

The young staff under Samusu were listening while marking the map. Zhaomodo was close to the Kent Ridge in the north, with a thousand-foot cliff, a hilly east, and a Tula River west. Considering that most of the Khalkha Mongol soldiers were cavalry, they were likely to set up formations along the river and guard the mountain pass of the Kent Ridge at the same time.

“Is the situation reliable?”

Bok then reported on his single-handed fight with Wendurgan. When Bok heard that Bok threw the other party and couldn't get up, Samusu and Bayan couldn't help laughing.

After laughing for a while, Samusu's face became serious and he said in a deep voice: "Before going south, the command center organized a meeting of leaders of various regiments. The leaders specifically talked about the great victory of Zhaomodo a hundred years ago. It seems that the Khalkha Mongols wanted to learn from Kangxi, relying on the mountain to fight us condescendingly."

Boke asked curiously: "Zhaomodo's victory? Who will follow whom?"

Samusu pointed to the map with one hand on his back and explained: "One hundred years ago, Kangxi led the army of 100,000 people and 30,000 troops from Galdan to fight there. It was said to be 100,000, but in fact it was only 50,000."

Bayan looked at the map and thought for a moment, "It seems that the enemy wants to lead us to Zhaomodo, use the mountains and dense forests there to set up ambushes and surround them on three sides."

Saminus saw through the intentions of the Khalkha Mongols and couldn't help but say proudly: "They want to lead me over, but I'm not fooled."

He immediately said to the staff: "Send a report to the command center. From tomorrow, our headquarters will no longer arrange for alternate advances. The whole regiment will act together to occupy Kuyitai. I want to see if I leave Kulun and don't fight, and see who is anxious first."

Since becoming the vanguard, the cavalry regiments have basically moved forward alternately in companies. Each company's journey every day aims to capture two posts at most; if the distance between the two posts exceeds 100 miles, only one post is occupied. At night, the group of people and baggage teams behind arrive one after another, and then the next company that is raising energy repeats the above rhythm again the next day.

The reason for this is mainly related to the supply of rations for war horses; in addition, this is also the reason why Zhao Xin has never dared to expand the scale of cavalry even though he had seized a large number of war horses from the Russian and Qing armies before.

By the way, war horses are half the life of cavalry, and those who say they let war horses eat weeds can wash and sleep.

Horses can eat grass, but they must be in non-combat time. Return to the pasture to eat high-quality forage, such as alfalfa. As for the nutritional value of wild grass, it is very low, and some are poisonous. If a war horse eats wild grass, it will become thinner and thinner as it eats, and it will not run fast on the battlefield, and eventually its resistance will decrease, making it easy to get sick.

During the march, if the war horses are made to feed grass, it will need to eat more than 12 hours a day. You should know that the horse is different from cattle and sheep. The horse has a small stomach and relies on a rectum to operate. Therefore, you often see horses eating regardless of darkness or daytime. They rarely have time to spare; when they are free, they take a nap, stand and sleep for a while, and start eating when they wake up, and keep stuffing things into their mouths all day.

In fact, when cavalry marching and fighting, they have to use the maneuverability of cavalry to quickly intersperse during the day, and only have time to feed horses at night. The problem is that soldiers cannot let horses go out to eat grass at night... What should the enemy attacks themselves? Find horses in the dark? Therefore, during the marching and fighting, the horses must eat the same food as soldiers, and the salary is much higher; sometimes soldiers even have to ensure the food for the horses when they are hungry. Only in this way can they maintain combat effectiveness.

In the Northern Navy, the ration requirements for cavalry troops during wartime were twice as high as those of soldiers; the daily food standard for all war horses was 20 kilograms of refined grain - including bean flour, egg white (if the egg is not enough, the egg white is replaced) and wheat flour. According to the calculation of one person and two horses, the cavalry regiment had more than two thousand people, and the daily ration for more than 4,000 war horses was more than 40 tons.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When a large-scale cavalry unit marching and fighting, once the logistics supply is cut off and the war horses are starved, the force of the troops will immediately decrease; even if they ignore the life and death of the horses, they can only carry for one day at most, and the war horses will be completely depressed on the third day.

Just like ordinary people keep pets, cavalry loves their horses more than pets. Who is willing to let their horses work hard for a day and then get rid of them?

Not to mention the Northern Hai Army, even the Qing Dynasty would not do this. So if Samusu sent someone to Zhaomodo to reconnaissance now, he would see tens of thousands of horses eating grass on the grassland and eating constantly.

One hour after the telegram was sent out, the Eastern Front Command replied: "Agree with your plan. I will also surround Kulun City without hitting me, remember!!!"

After reading the telegram, Samusu handed the message to Deputy Commander Bayan and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief's order is too timely! To be honest, I am impatient to serve the group of lamas in Kulun City!"

At the same time, in the city of Kulun 210 miles away, thousands of lama monks from Khalkhagazak were gathering in their own "Emac" to perform rituals. The princes and princes of Zazak who led their troops here from all over the country had already participated in the event during the day.

The monks' move was held at the request of Song Yun, the Minister of Service of Kulun, to hold a 21-day "Protecting the Country and Rescuing Disasters". It is now the fifth day.

The so-called "Emac" is a fixed institution under the Dzebuzundanba Hutuktu, which is set up for Lama monks who come to Kulun to study in various places. It is the center of the entire Khalkha religious activities. There are thirty, all located in Kulun's monastery in Kulun City. In order to prevent mixing with the secular population, the interior of each Emac is separated by a fence, led by Kazar, and supervised and managed by Gusgui Lama.

Now that Dzebzundanba Hutuktu has gone to the Rehe River, the management of the entire temple Kulun falls on Donil Lama Damchalabuga and Lobusandarga.

There were six lama flags in the Khalkha Mongol in the Qing Dynasty, which were the exclusive territory of the monks, and were managed by the six major Hutuktu Lamas. Among them, the territory of Zhebuzundanba was the largest, and only in his territory was the position of the Qing court that was appointed by the Qing court, similar to the chief and deputy prime minister.

The former is in charge of government affairs, while the latter is in charge of religion, and sometimes intersects with power and goes hand in hand. This can be seen from the official positions they officially granted to the Qing court.

The former is "in charge of the disciples of the Lama of Fujiao Anmin, and handles the affairs of Kulun, Erdeni Shangzhutba", abbreviated as "Shangzhutba". The latter is "in charge of the scriptures of the Tzebuzundanba Hutuktu, and the affairs of the Prime Minister's Monks", abbreviated as "Khenbu Nomen Khan".

At present, the Northern Navy is getting closer and closer to Kulun. Although the two Ministers of Kulun Service, Manchu and Mongolia, both advised Donil Lama Damchalabuga and Lobusandarga to lead monks to evacuate and go to the old place on the shore of Kusugur Lake, thousands of monks were studying in the city, and there were tens of thousands of temples, slaves, cattle, sheep and horses. If they really wanted to evacuate in a hurry, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

So after two days of discussion, Donil Lama Damchalabuga and Lobusandarga finally decided to send a secret envoy to contact the North Navy.

The two lamas were also responsible for this negotiation task, Shangzhutba and Khenbu Nomen Khan, who gave them a maximum of 500,000 stones of corn and 5,000 sheep, or corresponding gold and silver. In short, it is to spend money to eliminate disasters. Even if it is a fraud by the Northern Navy, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the monks and internal property of the "Monkulun" in the "Monkulun".

The problem is that martial law is everywhere in Kulun City, and idle people and other ministers cannot get out of the order without service. After finally spending money to bribe the soldiers guarding outside Kulun Temple, they quietly left the city. It was July 10th.
Chapter completed!