Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 574 Entering the Wulia Sutai

The appearance of Liu Changshun interrupted the embarrassing scene before, but the news he brought made the jaws of the Mongolians drop in shock.The "general" who made all the Mongols regard him as the emperor's spokesperson on the grassland actually ran away?They have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!

At this time, both the old lama and Gongcourt turned their eyes to Wang Rong and the other five people, with both fear and regret in their hearts.If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have used anything to get off my horse. After that, the grassland would have a change of masters!
It has been 100 years since the "Duolun League"!Since then, Khalkha has set up a flag editor and officially included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. After the "Battle of Erdenizhao" 60 years ago, the Junggar Khanate begged for peace from the Qing court and retreated to the southern foot of the Altai Mountains.Since then, the Qing court established the post of "Dingbian Zuo Deputy General" to take over the military and political power of Khalkha Mongolia on behalf of the emperor.

Beginning in the 29th year of Qianlong, the Qing government rebuilt the city of Uliasutai after pacifying the Junggar Khanate.The old lama was just a young lama at that time, studying medicine in the Manjusri Temple in the city. He almost watched the magnificent city on the grassland being built day by day.

Such a strong castle, the general doesn't even want it?
In the afterglow of the setting sun, he walked up to Liu Changshun and asked, "Where did the imperial soldiers withdraw?"

"I heard that I went to Kobdo." Liu Changshun said to Gongcourt with a hoarse voice, "Master Gongcourt, all the shops in the trading city have been robbed, and there is not even enough food. My two Uncle fell ill again, so I came to you for help, I want to ask for some medicine from you, and I can borrow some food to go back."

Goncourt sighed insignificantly, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, you've been walking for a day, go get something to eat first, and we'll talk about anything else later."

At this time, a Bei Haijun standing behind Wang Rong came over and whispered: "Company commander, do you want to report to the detachment immediately?"

Wang Rong thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'll find a chance to ask that person for a while, and it won't be too late to leave tomorrow morning."

Just when everyone was disturbed by the accident, no one noticed that a woman quietly came out of a dark yurt, and then drove a few calves towards the river
The willow forest on the bank of the Uliasutai River was quiet, and there were a lot of withered and yellow leaves in the forest, which were spotted in the moonlight, like a flowered snake.A few lively calves walked towards the river bank through the path among the willows, and Siqin drove them behind.She kept looking melancholy in the direction of the yurt where Timur's family was located, but the surroundings were already dark and she couldn't see anything clearly.The hay stalks eaten by the old cow tripped over her feet by the side of the road, making her tattered skirts rustle.

Suddenly, a man's voice sounded behind Siqin: "Siqin, stop, stop, I'm Timur!"

"Ah!" Siqin was stunned. She hurriedly turned her head and saw a figure of a man under the moonlight.

Timur has been waiting in the willow forest for a long time. He heard from the villagers that Siqin would drive the calf to the river to drink water every day at dusk.The more he thought about it, the more he felt disturbed, and he slipped out while no one was looking.When he heard Si Qin's footsteps getting closer, his heart beat harder; when he vaguely saw Si Qin's figure, he still didn't dare to speak until he heard the other party's hoarse voice calling for a calf , Seeing that she was about to go away in a flash, she ran out from the dark.

"Siqin, don't be afraid, I'm Timur, Timur!"

However, when Timur caught up with her and was about to grab her hand, Siqin hid his hand behind his back and shouted sternly and coldly: "Stay away from me, don't come close to me! I am Gong Gu now. People from your family!"

Her words were so decisive and crisp, Timur seemed to be punched hard on the chest, and his figure involuntarily took two steps back.He vaguely saw Si Qin's haggard and pale face, and her eyes cast a frightening cold light on him!
"Siqin, do you want to live your whole life with someone like Goncourt? I'm doing it for you"

"Shut up! I don't listen to this!" After that, she turned around and left, which quickly turned into a trot.Seen from behind, her shoulders were shaking violently, obviously she was crying while running.

For a brief moment, Timur felt his heart break.
At this time, at Goncourt's house, the dinner for Company Commander Wang and others was about to begin. The freshly cooked whole lamb was placed in the center of the table like a mountain, and the well-polished meat knives were placed around it one by one.But before the dinner began, the old lama still had one trick to use.

An old man who was good at congratulatory speeches led a strong big horse, walked up to Company Commander Wang and the others under the light of the surrounding torches, and began to sing: "Its broad body is like the deep clouds on Mount Hang'ai; its galloping Its gait is like the rolling waves of the Sumeru Sea; its loud neigh that shakes the earth is like the sound of a beautiful conch. It has the shape of eight treasures gathered all over its body. Dedicate this magical horse to the holy Wang Rongda Ga!"

It’s not counted after the first person sings, there’s a second, third, and fourth
These people were recruited by the old lama. As the saying goes, "Dogs don't bite shit, and officials don't give gifts." He felt that these Bei Haijun would be satisfied.

Although it has been a few months since the Southward Detachment entered Mongolia, except for Bayan, no one else has seen this scene.Lianchang Wang smiled and listened, thinking that these people sang really well.However, the next scene made Wang Rong and the others immediately droop their faces.

When the old men finished singing, they all came forward with their horses, knelt down on the ground, and held the reins over their heads with both hands, which meant that they would dedicate the horses to several Beihai soldiers.Wang Rong and the other four hurriedly stepped forward to help the kneeling artists, then turned to Gongcourt and his son, and said with a cold face: "We don't have this set of rules in the Beihai Navy. Kneeling to the sky and kneeling to parents is enough!"

Goncourt and his son were a little stunned. They didn't understand what was wrong with them, so they apologized and said with a smile: "Xiaomin is ignorant and ignorant of current affairs. Don't blame Dariga, don't blame him!"

At this time, Bayan, who was acting as an interpreter, joked with an old herdsman: "Ebuge (grandfather), I can't bear to kneel down for you at such an age! I might as well kneel down for you. It's not worth the compensation."

After saying that, he knelt down with a puff, which frightened the herdsmen until their faces turned pale.The old man panicked and pulled Bayan, and kept muttering, "Master! Master! No way! My God, this is not bad! God will punish me!"

Bayan got up and said with a smile, "You kneel down to me at such an old age, why does God not care? Such an unfair God should be shot! From now on, everyone will be equal!"

After hearing this, all the shepherds present wanted to laugh, but for some reason, no one laughed.Goncourt on the side turned blue and white, smoothed things over and said, "Master Jun really knows how to tell jokes."

"I'm not a master. I used to be the same as all of you. I was also a poor man living in a private room full of holes. I ate my last meal and never finished my next meal."

Seeing Bayan's behavior, the surrounding herdsmen burst into laughter.

"You don't kneel when you see the master, what a stinky rule!" Gongguer slandered a few words, and then said to Wang Rong: "Don't blame Darika, I'd like you and all the military masters to accept this small gift. I dare say, In the entire Lama Banner, these are the best horses to ride."

Wang Rong said: "Thank you, but we have our own horses."

"Hey, this, this, Dariga is busy with business and always needs a spare horse. Don't be too polite, we always have to talk about our sincerity when you come here."

Wang Rong hated the father and son more and more. After thinking for a moment, he had an idea in his mind, so he said: "Master Gongcourt is hard to refuse, but we have discipline, and we can't just take things from the common people. That's how we should do it." Bar,"

He walked up to the herdsmen who sang just now and said: "I will give these horses to you for feeding for a while, and you can use them as you like during the feeding. Whoever leads the horse will belong to you. You will not disobey my orders, will you?"

All the people present now understood what Wang Rong meant, what kind of feeding, these horses belonged to those herdsmen!
The faces of Goncourt and his son changed immediately. They didn't expect that the North Navy would be so disrespectful to themselves.But after the gift is given out, how to deal with it is other people's business, and I can't say anything about it.

well!Flattering to the horse's hoof!What is this called!
Liu Changshun was gnawing on a piece of lamb leg bone, and stared at the scene outside through the gap in the private room door.He used to listen to "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" in his hometown in Shanxi. When the storyteller said that Yue's army "wouldn't demolish houses to death from freezing, and would not plunder to death from starvation", he just listened to it as a fun story. Such soldiers!

At this time, I heard the "Prince and Official" pull Mr. Goncourt aside and whispered a few words, and then heard Goncourt's surprised "Ah", and then looked at himself.Liu Changshun hurriedly shrank back, wondering if someone saw him peeping?
After a while, with the sound of footsteps approaching, the private door was opened. Wang Rong looked at Liu Changshun, whose mouth was covered with oil, and said with a smile, "Are you a shop assistant in Uliasutai City?"

"The villain is right! Please greet the master!" Liu Changshun was so frightened that he threw the bone in his hand to the ground and kowtowed.

"Get up!" Wang Rong stepped forward to help him up, and then said: "Come with me, I have something to ask you."

Seeing that Liu Changshun was trembling from fright, he comforted him, "Don't be afraid, I came to you to ask about the situation in Uliasutai City. Don't you want food? Explain the matter clearly, and wait for the troops to pass." If you enter the city in two days, we will distribute food to everyone, so you won’t be hungry.”

"Ah?!" Liu Changshun was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly bowed, saying "Thank you, master" incessantly.

When Wang Rong and the others took Liu Changshun away, the faces of Gongcourt and his son turned blue and then white under the light of the torch, and the whole sheep on the table in the private room was already cold, and the white grease covered the surface. .
When Siqin came back with the calf, the lively scene in Goncourt's house was gone, and the servants were all busy on tiptoe, not daring to breathe, for fear of being scolded by the master if they did something wrong.

At this time, Goncourt's eldest wife came out of the yurt, saw Siqin, and began to curse again: "What are you doing standing there like an idiot, mother fox? Didn't Abu make you two legs? You Bitch, as soon as Timur comes back, his shameful tail will be raised! Just let the male dog poke your heart! You worthless slut!"

"Go! Bring in the pot of water!"

Regarding this woman's insults, Siqin always kept silent and let it go.She went to the private room where the wooden bucket was placed, and filled the iron pot with water. Who knew that when she reached the door of the bag, something tripped under her feet, and with a bang, the iron pot fell to the ground, and the water was all spilled. .

Goncourt's eldest wife saw it, picked up a wooden stick and beat him facelessly.The so-called concubine is just an outside statement, and Siqin is the lowest slave in this family.After Goncourt got him, he lost interest within a few days.

Si Qin covered his head and fell on the ground, letting the other party vent his evil fire, and soon passed out.

"Stop!" Goncourt waited for a moment, then got up and snatched the stick from the woman's hand.The eldest wife bent her willow eyebrows, and said with a gun and a stick: "Heh~~ This is really a big change in the world, so you feel sorry for the mother fox?"

"Shut up!" Goncourt suddenly slapped the woman on the face, and shouted: "Say this and that, and cut off your tongue!"

"You!" The eldest wife went back to her bag, crying.

When Si Qin woke up, it was already late at night.Although the bag was lit with an oil lamp, it was still dark, and she soon found herself sleeping on a man's thick wrist.

"Are you awake?" Goncourt's voice was unusually gentle.

Siqin didn't answer, but stood up with great effort, and only then did she realize that she was in Goncourt's bag.She groped for a bowl of warm tea and drank it, then went back to the original place and lay down.She already guessed why the other party spoke so softly today.But it was precisely because of knowing that Siqin's heart fell even more into the abyss of pain!

She hid her head in the fur coat, and in the darkness, tears flowed from between her five fingers covering her eyes, moistening the carpet.

"Let me tell you something, Timur is back. Do you want to see him?" Goncourt's voice was full of schadenfreude, and he wanted to see Siqin's reaction.

He couldn't please Bei Haijun, so he decided to find a balance with a woman.Originally, he estimated that Siqin would react immediately after hearing the news; however, to his surprise, she didn't even move after hearing the news.

Seeing that the woman under him did not respond, Goncourt suddenly felt a wave of anger welling up in his heart.From dusk to sunset today, he didn't lose a single bit of face. It is estimated that by tomorrow, the herdsmen in the vicinity will know that the Beihai Navy severely slashed the face of Master Goncourt. It is too shameful!

Thinking of what Bayan said to the old herdsman's book, Goncourt's anger grew even higher.equality?Equal to those poor ghosts? !Equal to this woman? !

"Damn it! You're dreaming if you want to ride on my lord!" Goncourt cursed, then suddenly pulled out a riding whip made of cowhide from his waist, and whipped it at the woman on the ground.

Siqin didn't know what she did wrong again, she was like a sheep before being slaughtered, but she rolled around on the ground without making a sound.But the more she behaved, the more Goncourt became furious; he was tired with the whip, and then kicked again.

Suddenly, a kick hit Siqin's stomach, which immediately caused a burst of severe pain as if the intestines were ripped open.She couldn't bear it any longer, and screamed, her eyes went dark, and she lost consciousness immediately.

Seeing that the woman under him was still, Goncourt stepped on her head with his black riding boots, picked up the oil lamp and bent over to illuminate it. Then he shouted to the outside: "Bring her back to her place." Go to the yurt!"

Not long after, a maid came in, bent down to hug Siqin, suddenly withdrew her hand, and said in a panic: "Master, her lower body is full of blood!"

"Why are you afraid of bleeding from the wound? Take it away!"

"It's not bleeding from the wound. Look, there's too much bleeding, it's ticking down!"

At this time, the old lama was also awakened by the movement here, and immediately put on his clothes and came to ask what happened. Goncourt didn't speak at all, and poured himself a bowl of warm tea.

"My lord, she has had a miscarriage!" the maid screamed.

"Buddha bless!" As soon as the old lama heard that Siqin had a miscarriage, he hurriedly put his hands on his chest and walked away muttering.

Goncourt slapped the table and said angrily to the maid: "Take it away! Take it away! What does miscarriage matter to you?"

The north wind howling outside the package whimpered like a night wolf, and the grassland nights in autumn and winter were cold.After the maid took Siqin away, the blood dripped on the ground like a string, flowing from the front of the yurt to the dirty yurt where she lived
At dawn, Timur, who had hardly slept all night, was called out of the tent by the company commander.Wang Rong ordered him and three other soldiers to take the Han man named Liu Changshun back to Chubriya station immediately, and handed over a handwritten letter to the detachment leader.

The road of more than 100 miles can be reached in two days. When Huji and Mishilang learned that the Qing army had retreated, they were overjoyed and immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters for instructions.

Zhao Xin learned that the Qing army had withdrawn and the Han people in the city were still being looted, and they were about to fall into a situation of food shortage. He immediately ordered the southward detachment to immediately march to Uliasutai to occupy the Khalkha Mongolian grassland. The most important military fortress!
(End of this chapter)