The convoy drove slowly on the loess road, including trucks, armored vehicles, RVs that looked like buses, artillery vehicles, and two aluminum alloy tankers, each carrying 60 tons of diesel.
Such a convoy can only take wide main roads, and if it takes a dirt road, it must be a particularly compacted and smooth loess road. Soft loess roads are not acceptable, let alone dirt roads in the rainy season.
The convoy moved from Lao Liuzhuang to Pengjiazhai, more than 20 kilometers north. The road further north would be difficult to carry the heavy vehicles in the convoy.
Moreover, if you go further north, there is a river separating the two countries, and the wooden bridge across the river is not suitable for cars, let alone heavy vehicles.
The exploration in Heihuo County had yielded no results for more than ten days, but we were shocked to hear that in Songshan Road to the north, the cavalry division of Ma Quanyou from the northern border had quickly defeated the troops of the brigade commander An Benxi, and even An Benxi's head was cut off and hung on the flagpole in Songshan City for public display.
A thousand-man infantry battalion from the Tangyang Brigade came to Heihuo County. They originally wanted to enter Songshan Road from Heihuo County to support An Benxi, but they didn't expect that An Benxi had been beheaded before the reinforcements arrived.
An Dashun and An Benxi were good friends, and after obtaining Commissioner Zhang's permission, he dispatched an infantry battalion, but it was more or less just for show.
Moreover, when An Dashun and An Benxi exchanged telegrams at that time, neither side had expected the situation to deteriorate so quickly.
I just think that if part of the Tangyang Brigade symbolically enters Songshan Road, it will make the northern border armed forces cautious and they will not launch a rash attack.
Now, this infantry battalion had to change its plan. Since it was closer, it was transferred to Commissioner Zhang's camp.
Lu Ming assigned the task of protecting the exploration team to one of the companies of the infantry battalion. The convoy headed north and arrived at Pengjiazhai, not far from Songshan Road.
Because of the water source, Pengjiazhai and Lijiaying on the opposite side of the river are mortal enemies. Hundreds of years ago, armed fights often broke out between the two sides. Until now, the conflict between the two sides has turned into a bombardment of homemade guns and cannons. There is a fight almost every year, and people die every year. The hatred is growing.
Pengjiazhai on this side of the river belongs to Yanzhou Road and is now under the control of the Black Mountain Army. Lijiaying on the opposite bank belongs to Songshan Road, and the brigade commander is An Benxi.
This river is also the boundary river between Yanzhou Road and Songshan Road.
However, the former rulers of the two regions turned a blind eye to the fighting between the villagers of both sides. Even if they sent people down, they would only demand many benefits. The dispute between the two sides could not be resolved.
The wooden fence built in Pengjiazhai is like a fortress, with lookout posts and shooting holes.
The convoy stopped at the riverside near Pengjiazhai, and the clan leader Peng Zhengwang hurried to pay a visit to the general who led the troops.
For gentry like Peng Zhengwang, the changing flags on the city walls had nothing to do with them. They just had to pay the taxes that should be paid. Their biggest wish was that the later comers would not add more to the plunder.
Be it General Lu or Marshal An, these are meaningless names to him.
Lu Ming chatted with him briefly, and seeing that he had no idea what happened on Songshan Road across the river, he gave him a few words of encouragement and ended the conversation.
In the evening, the other three companies of the Tangyang Brigade Infantry Battalion arrived and set up camp nearby.
They had to walk from Lao Liuzhuang, which was more than 20 kilometers and took most of the day, which was considered good.
After all, An Dashun's Tangyang Brigade was a typical old-style warlord army. In the past, they could not even afford food and wages, and officers at all levels were accustomed to smoking opium.
Lu Ming lent money to An Dashun in the early days, and later on reformed his troops. Under strict orders, he expelled the opium soldiers and officers, and now it looks like a real military force.
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Inside the RV, Lu Ming looked at the map of Songshan Road on the coffee table.
The remaining troops of An Benxi, led by their trusted general An Benhe, hid in the mountains.
The rest of the plains, including several cities, fell into the hands of Ma Quanyou's troops in northern Xinjiang.
Ma Quanyou's troops are indeed worthy of their reputation. Their combat effectiveness and mobility are beyond reproach.
Of course, it is also because An Benxi’s troops are not much different from An Dashun’s Tangyang Brigade in the past, both of which are old-style armed forces.
Ma Quanyou, however, is a graduate of a military academy. His troops have strict military discipline. Ma Quanyou trains his soldiers extremely cruelly and has a strong brainwashing ability. They are like cruel killing machines. All the soldiers in Ma Quanyou's troops have a kind of fanaticism similar to religious sentiment and are fearless of death.
An Benhe, who led the remnants of An Benxi's troops to hide in the deep mountains and forests, was An Benxi's cousin. The two brothers had a very good relationship, and An Benhe was considered brave and good at fighting among the old-school generals. However, he was naturally no match for the armed forces like the fanatical religious soldiers, and was badly defeated and had to hide in the mountains.
At the same time, An Benhe sent a telegram to An Dashun, begging for help.
The telegram that Lu Ming sent to Northern Xinjiang in the name of Commissioner Zhang fell on deaf ears and received no response.
The situation in Songshan Road is now becoming clearer. Ma Quanyou's troops actually carried out a brutal massacre in Songshan Castle.
His troops followed an extremely barbaric and primitive logic of war. When they encountered a town that offered resistance, they would give the town one or several days to massacre the people after they had broken through it. The soldiers could arbitrarily annihilate, kill, and rob. This kind of motivation was also one of the important reasons why Ma Quanyou's soldiers fought so crazily.
Among their troops, abusing and killing prisoners was commonplace, and prisoners of war would usually die from brutal tortures, such as burning them to death, skinning them, chopping off their limbs, nailing their hands to trees and exposing them to the sun in extreme pain, etc. The methods used were extremely cruel.
These actions certainly made the enemies hate Ma Quanyou's troops extremely, but they also often made the enemy soldiers fearful and lose the courage to fight before they even started fighting. No one wanted to fight with them and they would just flee from afar.
I had heard of this kind of armed forces during the warlords' civil war in my previous life, but I never thought that there would be such an armed force in the northern region of this world.
Lu Ming looked at the mountainous area in the west of the Songshan Road map and pondered, "Call Anbenhe's troops back and tell them to hold their ground. They still have some food supplies, right? Food will be airdropped to them within three days. Don't worry about eating. Just wait for the order to counterattack."
"Yes!" Hong Ling, who was standing nearby, stood at attention and got out of the car and headed towards the communication vehicle.
Lu Ming shook his head. Why did he feel like he had really become the chairman? He relied on airdropping supplies to the remnants so that they could survive.
Looking to the side, Bai Shuixian was kneeling in front of the sofa and pouring tea for herself. She was wearing a pink embroidered blouse and a pearl white satin skirt. She had a pretty face as white as jade and a soft body. She was kneeling beside the coffee table, and her pair of cute little red embroidered shoes were faintly visible from under her skirt.
Lu Ming's heart warmed slightly, and his mind couldn't help but emerge the night a few days ago when she was... Wanwan Chenghuan's soul-stirring scene.
It was really intoxicating, as if all the heat from the past few days was released in one breath.
It's a pity for her. She couldn't get out of bed for two or three days, and now her walking posture is a little weird.
“Ah…” Bai Narcissus looked up and happened to see Lu Ming’s fiery gaze, and immediately became shy.
That night, she was in a state of extreme bliss and her mind was blank for most of the time. She didn't know what she shouted. She only knew that her flowers bloomed and withered several times, and she felt exhausted the next day.
But I seem to have a vague impression. I was frightened by his huge size at first, and then begged for mercy in extreme pleasure and exhaustion, shouting all kinds of things like ancestors, and even said that I now know what it feels like to be a woman... Although I wanted to try my best to please him, I didn't expect to be completely lost in the clouds. The guilt and shame of sorry for Ren Shuai soon disappeared, and I said all kinds of embarrassing words uncontrollably and entered the fairyland...
"Master, your humble concubine..." Seeing Lu Ming's gaze, Bai Narcissus was a little surprised, but more frightened. She wanted to say something about the redness and swelling there, but she couldn't. What's more, she was destined to be this man's plaything. Even if he liked her a little, it depended on this. If she didn't have this self-awareness, she was afraid that she would be given to someone else in the next moment. Therefore, how could she have the right to refuse her essential work
Lu Ming coughed and said, "You, don't worry about taking care of me. Just take a good rest for a few days."
Bai Shuixian was stunned. She didn't expect that he would consider her feelings. She was immediately filled with joy and said softly, "Thank you, Master." She added, "Pour tea and water for the Master. There is nothing to rest for."
Waving his hand, Lu Ming said, "Where are the sisters from the Kan family? Go and call them over. Songshan Road, it seems that there is a branch of the Kan family, and their business is quite big?"
"Yes!" Bai Narcissus stood up and slowly walked out.
Looking at her posture, Lu Ming rubbed his nose. Indeed, he was treating her like a toy and tossing her around without caring about her life or death. He was happy about it, but it seemed like he was torturing her quite a bit, which was not good after all.
He looked around again and saw that the other four of the Five Beauties of the Northern Territory felt very uncomfortable seeing him. It must be the aftereffect of that night. Given the current technical conditions, the sound insulation inside the RV was naturally not very good. Bai Narcissus cried almost the entire night and naturally they heard it clearly.
Thinking about it, feeling a little embarrassed, he picked up the tea and sipped it slowly.