Chapter 604: Bandit Suppression

The causes of banditry in Inner Mongolia are complicated. Since the Qianlong period, refugees who have been bankrupt in the Inner Mongolia have been coming to the Mongolian area outside the Guan to choose land for farming. They have made outstanding contributions to the local development and construction. However, at the same time, the living space of the local middle and lower class aborigines has been squeezed.

Coupled with the deliberate suppression of the Qing court, the extra dispatch of nobles from various banners to repay the debts owed by the court aroused strong dissatisfaction among the local Mongolians, which led to continuous uprisings by the herdsmen at the bottom and spread to a wide range, leaving Tao Ke Tao Hu, Ga Legends such as Damerin are still sung on the grasslands.

The uprising of these low-level herdsmen may be a last resort, but Tsarist Russia also saw an opportunity. They provided arms and other help to intensify the chaos, trying to reap benefits from it. The future division of Outer Mongolia has an inexplicable relationship with these uprisings.

Shen Long was quite sympathetic to what happened to these low-level herdsmen, but Shen Long couldn't accept the consequences for them, so it became imperative to eliminate banditry.

On the road from Yuanbao Town to Guoerluosiqian Banner, Sun Liechen introduced the difficulties of suppressing bandits to Shen Long and others, "There are three difficulties in suppressing bandits. First, there are many grasses and mosquitoes on the grasslands. Even in summer, you have to wrap your head with cloth, otherwise, it will be difficult to move an inch, and there are too many wolves, and the runners (sentries) sent out are often eaten by wolves."

"Secondly, those horse bandits are one man with two horses. They are good at equestrian skills and have good marksmanship. They often run away after hitting, and we can't catch up. Thirdly, the local herdsmen are all their people. If they tip off the news, it will be even harder to find them.”

"We don't have that many cavalry, so it's really troublesome." Guo Songling frowned upon hearing this. The enemy's mobility is stronger than his own, and his intelligence collection ability is better. As for guns and ammunition, they have the old man's assistance, and they must be better than himself , such an enemy is indeed not easy to deal with.

Zhang Zuolin adopted the strategy of sending people to infiltrate the horse bandits, obtain their traces, and then send troops to encircle and suppress them. After many failures, he finally cleared up the bandits and drove Tao Ketaohu to the territory of Tsarist Russia.

However, Shen Long felt that this method was too time-consuming. We can have cheaters. No matter how these horse bandits run, they can't escape his eyes. "Don't worry about mosquitoes. Medicinal ingredients, when the time comes, just sprinkle some potion by your side."

With Shen Long's current medical skills, it is easy to prepare some medicine that can repel mosquitoes, "Oh, by the way, Zhanao, do you think this kind of medicine is sold in the grassland? This business can't be done?"

Zhan'ao is Sun Liechen's word. After hearing this, he immediately replied, "If it can really repel mosquitoes, those Mongolian people will definitely rush to ask for it. We just went in to suppress the bandits, but they stay on the grassland every day!"

"Since this is the case, then we may use this medicine to divide those herdsmen,

Horse bandits can get news from them, can we also get news from them? "Guo Songling drew inferences from one instance.

When he arrived at the place, Shen Long was not in a hurry to march, so he took his men to station on the edge of the nearby county town, and while adjusting the mosquito repellent potion, he trained the army and collected information; After making all the preparations, we led the troops into the grassland.

All the way to open the road with potions, won the favor of the local herdsmen, reduced their resistance, and then based on the situation detected from the sky, quickly locked the location of the local horse bandit leader, surrounded and wiped him out. The horse bandits who have been in trouble for a long time are completely solved.

In the south, Lao Geda hadn't opened yet. Compared with the two, Xu Shichang valued Shen Long more, and added a group of manpower and guns to him, so that he could continue to work hard and continue to clear the surrounding horse bandits.

After the first time, Shen Long did not personally lead the troops to fight. He was responsible for analyzing intelligence, reviewing the battle plans reported by Guo Songling, Sun Liechen, and Zhu Chuanwu, and assigning tasks to them according to the information.

To deal with these horse bandits, Shen Long didn't just suppress them, but also appease them when they really couldn't make it through, and deal with the local greedy nobles, so that those poor herdsmen could have a way out.

If you met old Maozi or little Japanese, as long as they didn't do too much evil, Shen Long surrounded them and sent people to subdue them. These people are good at riding, and they are good materials for forming a cavalry army.

However, as long as he is involved with Lao Maozi, Shen Long is absolutely unambiguous. Even if he captures a prisoner, he will be dragged out to shoot a target. Keeping such a person can only become a disaster.

After staying on the grassland for a whole year, the horse bandits in the north were basically wiped out by Shen Long through division, suppression, and suppression. Occasionally, he even went south to help Zhang Zuolin, which made the old lump very embarrassing.

As a result, Shen Long accumulated meritorious service and was promoted to the commander of the Heilongjiang Patrol Battalion, and his subordinates expanded to five battalions with more than 2,000 people. This is not a small number in today's Northeast.

After being promoted, Sun Liechen, Guo Songling and others came to congratulate him one after another, but Shen Long didn't care at all. The Qing court only had three or two years, so what's the use of being a big official? Only the barrel of the gun under the hand is real.

During the process of suppressing the bandits, Shen Long seemed to have discovered that Guo Songling and Zhu Chuanwu were spreading the ideas of the revolutionary party in the army. They discussed raising the flag, and we can also be a veteran of 1911, right?

If this identity is useless, it is really useless. Many Xinhai veterans will not have much influence in the future, but sometimes it can be of great use. As long as you have this identity, you can speak louder in the future, and many things will be easier. too much.

By the time of the Chinese New Year in 1908, the banditry on the northeast frontier subsided earlier than in history. Shen Long and Zhang Zuolin returned to Fengtian to accept the award. Shen Long declined Xu Shichang's invitation to stay in Fengtian and insisted on returning to Heilongjiang.

However, with his current official position, the small Yuanbao Town could no longer accommodate him. Xu Shichang arranged for him to be stationed in Harbin to be responsible for cleaning up the banditry in Heilongjiang.

So Shen Long returned to Heilongjiang with his troops, settled down in Harbin, and then brought Zhu Chuanwu back to Yuanbao Town, Sanjiangkou, intending to take Zhu Kaishan and Zhu Chuanjie and let the family reunite in Harbin.

He plans to open a new map ahead of schedule, and now his status is very different from when he was in Yuanbao Town. He can break free a little bit and engage in bigger things, such as the Shanhe Coal Mine in Jiazigou, such as building his own factory.