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    The clouds of war between western Sichuan and the Qing court gradually dissipated, but new clouds of war have gathered on the plateau.  However, compared to the war between Western Sichuan and the Qing court involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops, the battle on the plateau was much smaller.

    Although the weather is very cold at the third company of the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Brigade, everyone is still busy.  After discovering the traces of the horse bandits, Wang Yuze asked the officers and soldiers of the entire company to step up the reinforcement of the fortifications.  The third company's military station itself has sound fortifications.  Anti-horses were set up around the military station, which was enough to resist the cavalry attack.  At the same time, the heavy machine gun set up on the tower next to the gate is also a weapon against the cavalry.  Once the horse bandits attack, it will be enough to make their heads bruised and bloody.

    The reason why the soldiers of the third company continue to reinforce the fortifications is because they don¡¯t know how many horse bandits will be coming.  If there are only a few hundred people, the third company can completely handle it.  But if there are thousands of people, then the third company will have no choice but to wait for reinforcements!

    "Awei, how is the situation now? Is there any news about the horse bandits?" Wang Yuze asked.  There seemed to be a touch of tension in the air now, and all the officers and soldiers of the third company had already taken action.

    "No. We sent out several teams of cavalry and searched hundreds of kilometers north of Gasanka, but no trace of the horse bandits was found. They must not have gone south yet, otherwise, it would be impossible to escape our search. In order  To avoid losses, I did not let the search team continue to advance north. However, company commander, I estimate that the horse bandits will definitely attack in large numbers this time. Otherwise, it will take several days. They cannot stay north all the time.  Not going south!" Wang Wei said.

    Wang Yuze nodded: "There is no other way now. We can only use troops to cover up the water and earth."

    "Company Commander, with the defenses of the military station and our firepower, there will definitely be no problem in defending the military station. But what about the herdsmen outside the military station? Once we trap the military station, they will definitely be massacred by horse bandits." Wang Wei proposed  problem.

    "In this case, you send someone to notify the herdsmen and let them all enter the military station! Food, fodder, cattle and sheep should all be brought into the military station. Not a single cattle, sheep, or a grain of food can be left to the horse bandits!" Wang Yuze thought about it  for a moment, and then said.

    "Company Commander, there are hundreds of people and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep! How can we have such a big place to stay?"

    "Let them set up tents on the playground. In addition, we can buy some of the live cattle and sheep as extra meals for the soldiers. Anyway, this time the horse bandits are attacking, I don't know how long it will last. Let the herdsmen  If all the cattle and sheep are sent to the military station, at least we don't have to worry about food. As for the cost, I will report it to my superiors and my father!" Wang Yuze said.  He had no choice but to make this last resort.  You can't just watch dozens of herdsmen being massacred by horse bandits!

    "Okay." Wang Wei nodded.

    "By the way, when letting herdsmen enter the military station, you must carefully screen them. Don't let horse bandits sneak in. Any herdsmen you don't know or new herdsmen must not let them enter the military station. Let them  Go to Leiwuqi in the south. Even if the herdsmen enter the military station, we have to arrange people to defend. This time the horse bandits attack is not a trivial matter. We must be fully prepared. We must not make any mistakes.  What a mistake!" Wang Yuze said.  No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be broken from the inside.  Although the military station is strong, it will be troublesome if horse bandits mix in.

    "Yes, company commander, I will pay more attention!" Wang Wei nodded. As soon as he heard Wang Yuze raised this issue, he realized the seriousness of it.  If horse bandits really blend into the herdsmen and enter the military station, it will bring disastrous consequences.

    Fortunately, there are only a few dozen families of herdsmen in Gasanka.  And it is very stable, with basically no new herders arriving.  The soldiers at the military station are also very familiar with them. It is impossible for the horse bandits to mix among them.  In addition, the herdsmen also support the Western Sichuan regime very much, and the military depot is a place to protect them. Naturally, they will not do anything harmful to the military depot.

    To the north of Gasanka is the eastward extension of Tha Nien Tha Weng Mountain. One hundred and fifty miles to the north is the boundary of Qinghai.  It's just that the people who control Qinghai now are the Ma Jiajun who have defected to the Qing court.  Over the years, the Ma Jiajun has always wanted to move south, occupy the plateau, and threaten western Sichuan from the west.  However, the strength of the Western Sichuan Army is not something that Ma Jiajun can afford to offend.  Just the 10th Brigade and the 4th Brigade stationed in Kangding caused Ma Jiajun to suffer a lot.  Afterwards, the Qing court hoped to maintain a peaceful situation with western Sichuan, and naturally did not want the Ma Jiajun to provoke a war.  Therefore, Ma Jiajun also restrained himself a lot.

    However, Ma Jiajun did not let go, but chose another way to attack western Sichuan.  For example, over the years,?Many of the horse bandits on the plateau have shadows of the Ma Jiajun, and many are even directly disguised as Ma Jiajun people.  However, the Western Sichuan Army also severely suppressed these horse bandits, so that the Ma's Army did not take advantage at all, but suffered a lot of losses.

    The Ma Jiajun originated from the Hehuang rebellion that broke out in the late Qing Dynasty.  In 1863 (the third year of Tongzhi), influenced by the revolutionary uprisings in Shaanxi and Ningxia, Ma Zhan'ao, the great imam of Monigou in Hezhou, Gansu, launched an army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Ma Haiyan, an ancestor of Qingma, joined the army at this time and became Ma Zhan'ao's effective general.

    In 1872, Ma Zhan'ao and others defeated the Hunan Army in the first battle of Taizi Temple with "black tigers tearing out the heart". After that, against all opinions, with the support of Ma Haiyan and Ma Qianling, they took advantage of the victory and asked for appeasement, and led the people to surrender to the imperial court.  Later, the rebel army was incorporated by the imperial court, and the important leaders were given official titles.  This incident laid the foundation for the rise of the horses in Hezhou.

    At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the military strength of the horses in Hezhou was the "Western Army" period, which still continued the pattern when Ma Zhan'ao surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, that is, the Ma Zhan'ao sub-line (Zi Ma Anliang) was the leader, and the Ma Haiyan sub-line (Zi Ma Qi, Ma Lin) was under the control  ) and Ma Qianling's sub-lineage (sub-ma Fulu, Ma Fuxiang).

    It is Qingma who controls Qinghai now. Ma Haiyan, now 53 years old, was named admiral of Qinghai by the Qing government and commanded the 36th Qingma Battalion and more than 30,000 cavalry.  The entire Ma Jiajun in Ningma has more than 20,000 people, and the Hezhou Ma Jiajun has more than 40,000 people, totaling more than 100,000 people.

    Lugosha, north of Gasangka, is just a small village with dozens of families of Fanba herdsmen.  But now, this small village has gathered thousands of people.  The shouts of people and horses made the whole small village seem very noisy.  However, the original residents here were brutally tortured at the hands of these horse bandits.  There are hundreds of people in the small village, and some young and middle-aged people are forced to collect fodder for the horse bandits.  And those women, whether they are older or younger, even underage, have become the tools of the horse bandits for their pleasure.  The fierce resistance of the Fanba men suddenly disappeared after the horse bandits beheaded more than a dozen people.  Although he was very angry in his heart, he still had no choice but to obey the orders of the horse bandits and watched helplessly as his wife and daughter were raped by the horse bandits.

    In a yurt, several middle-aged horse bandits were gathering together to drink and have fun.  In everyone's arms, there is a Fanba girl. Although there is no stunning beauty in this small village, it is better than nothing.

    "Haha! Come on, drink. Drink in big bowls, eat big chunks of meat, and play with women as much as you want. This is the life we ??should live!" A horse bandit with a beard and several rough hair shouted loudly  .  In his arms, he held a little girl from the Fanba tribe who was only about ten years old. The bandit held a wine bowl in one hand, and with the other hand, he kneaded the girl's clothes without caring about the girl's clothes.  pain.

    "That's right, Boss Ma is right! Now that the four of us are gathered together, whoever dares to mess with us on the whole plateau, it's time for us to have fun!" Another slightly thinner, dark man agreed.  He was holding a woman in his arms. Although she was a bit ugly, she had a very plump figure.

    This group of horse bandits is not a group of people, but a gathering of four groups of horse bandits, which has gathered thousands of people.

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