Chapter 37: Troops Deployed in Outer Mongolia (First Place on the Charts)

  Railway is the foundation of industrial development, and one of the main reasons why China's industry cannot develop rapidly is also related to the underdevelopment of railway transportation.

  In order to expand the scale of industry, there must be sufficient raw materials extracted and also have good transportation facilities.

  The advent of railways can solve this problem.

  As long as enough railways are built, the resources of various provinces in China can be exploited, and the labor force of 400 million people can also be fully mobilized.

  And if industry is concentrated only in a few provinces in East China, then the labor force that can be mobilized will also be limited to the labor force of these few provinces in East China. Moreover, when a large number of people in a certain region turn into industrial population, it will inevitably put huge pressure on agriculture.

  Railways allowed factories to be built in inland provinces, mobilizing the labor force of inland provinces and relying on the rich agricultural resources of inland provinces for development.

  The originally planned railway to Shanxi was revised again, and it is expected to be extended from Taiyuan to Inner Mongolia. This is Jiangsu's preparation for intervening in Russia after World War I.

  The Yangtze River does not allow a powerful red bear to rise next to China, so it must be prepared early.

  Of course, at this time Jiang Yu successfully obtained a large loan and naturally had to fulfill his promise. After a round of consultations, Jiang Yu sent the Third Division and two production brigades to Inner Mongolia to suppress the rebellion of Mongolian princes.

  This army was renamed as the Xun Meng Army.

  In terms of personnel, Jiang Yu sent Zhao Zheng away. He had studied in Germany and got to know Jiang Yu during his study period. This time he was sent by Jiang Yu to Inner Mongolia. Jiang Yu's order to him was only two words - Suppress!

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  On the eve of the Xinhai Revolution, Tsarist Russia began to instigate a small number of anti-feudal lords and living Buddhas who had been bought by it to plot a rebellion. In July 1911, Prince Khanddorji gathered four khans in Khüree to secretly discuss Outer Mongolian "independence". The traitors dispatched a "delegation" to Russia, exchanging recognition of Russian protection for military support from Tsarist Russia. After the Xinhai Revolution, Tsarist Russia believed that the time had come and, under the pretext of protecting its consulate, increased its garrison, provided large quantities of military equipment, and directed this Outer Mongolian "independence", attempting to use "independence" as a starting point to achieve the ultimate goal of annexation.

  By May 1912, the insurgent army, with the cooperation of Russian troops, controlled all of Outer Mongolia and began to attack Inner Mongolia.

  At this time, Yuan Shikai had to continue to send troops to Mongolia, but it was difficult to change the passive situation for the time being. Zhao Reng led the "Border Defense Army" to rush to Inner Mongolia, making Yuan Shikai overjoyed.

  Telegraphed nationwide to commend Jiang Yu.

  At this time, Yuan Shikai obtained loans and ammunition from Jiangsu, and the strength of his Beiyang Army gradually increased, so he began to actively eliminate local warlords.

  Of course, a big warlord like Jiang Yu would not dare to touch him, but the small warlords were not polite. Under Yuan Shikai's butcher knife, Yuan Shikai quickly controlled Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, and under Jiang Yu's instigation, he sent troops into Northeast China. The Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin, facing the pressure of the Beiyang Army, had to show a docile attitude towards Yuan Shikai.

  Jiang Yu then controlled Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, while also having a high degree of penetration in Zhejiang.

  In addition, Huadong Chamber of Commerce began to flourish on the territory of Yuan Shikai, and wherever Yuan Shikai's territory expanded, Huadong Chamber of Commerce followed.

  Moreover, in the Yangtze River Basin, the Huadong Guild was very powerful because Jiangyu was the Grand Coordinator of the Yangtze River.

  The benefits of having troops in hand gradually emerged, and the warlords of various provinces along the Yangtze River had to give face to Jiang Yu, the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy.

  If they don't let his East China Chamber of Commerce have a good time, Jiang Yu won't let them have a good time either.

  Isn't it easy to deal with you?

  You bandit!

  You're smuggling!

  One by one, the nonexistent chamber pots are taken away, and you can't argue your way out of it.

  The administrative personnel trained by the Two Huai Administrative School established by Jiang Yu are also increasing, and these administrative personnel were appointed by Jiang Yu to serve as administrative officials in various provinces along the Yangtze River.

  Those governors faced a list of appointments and those silver coins, all directly approved.

  If you don't approve it, you'll offend someone; if you do approve it, you can still get some silver.

  Jiang Jueyuan was able to expand into Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan through such means, and warlords like Li Yuanhong, Tang Jiyao and Li Liejun all feared him.

  This is a man who dares to challenge the Beiyang Army and fight on two fronts in the north and south!

  Moreover, they have borrowed so much silver from foreigners now, and with the power to patrol the Yangtze River, they are even more unbearable.

  Besides agreeing with these lists of appointments, one can get a lot of silver, and it's no different from selling official positions.

  A county official can sell for 10,000 silver coins!

  Moreover, after these county officials take office, they will also provide relief and assistance to the people, which seems to be very beneficial to them.

  However, in private, ordinary people thanked not the governors of these provinces, but rather Jiang Jieshi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Yangtze River, because this was how local governments were promoting it.

  Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces are gradually falling under the control of Jiangyu, although at present it seems that the finances are still in the hands of the provincial governments of these three provinces, and local county governments have not undergone any reforms.

  But with these three provinces and local counties all being controlled by Jiang Yu, he can cut off the financial income of these governors at any time and carry out agricultural reforms in the local areas.

  It was equivalent to taking down these three provinces without bloodshed.

  During this period, the Xiang Army was also busy and launched large-scale suppression campaigns in Shandong and the Yangtze River Basin, especially in the seriously bandit-infested areas of Shandong and Hunan.

  Thanks to the joint efforts of the Revival Army and the people, they achieved extremely brilliant results in clearing out bandits. In several months, they eliminated over a hundred gangs, killed more than 3,000 bandits, and captured over 8,000 bandits.

  The captured bandits were all taken away to dig coal mines and used as free labor.

  The bandits in Shandong Province basically didn't dare to show up again, those who hadn't been eliminated all hid, and the people of Shandong also established a militia system, forming a large network with the garrison troops to eliminate bandits, basically the banditry in Shandong had been put down.

  In a place like Xiangxi, Hunan, the Fuxing Army was fighting bandits at this time, and Hunan is too big, with mountains everywhere, so it's not easy to eradicate bandits.

  But in the face of those stubborn bandits, the Revival Army even dispatched special forces to carry out a purge, showing its determination to eradicate them.

  The entire Revival Army seems to have a strong interest in capturing people, including the Xiang Mengjun who had just gone to Outer Mongolia for battle. After taking the train into Shanxi, they switched to cars and marched quickly, arriving in Chahar Province in less than half a month.

  He then led the Mongol army with Chahar as its rear base and launched an attack on Outer Mongolia.

  In the vast grasslands, it's not easy to find the Outer Mongolian rebel army, but the Mongolian settlements are easy to find, and there must be rebels there.

  Zhao Zong immediately targeted Xue Rengui and sent someone to scout in the direction of Xue Rengui.

  Reconnaissance revealed that the main force of the Mongol rebels was not in Selenginsk, but there were about 50,000 Mongols concentrated in Selenginsk.

  Two days later, the Qing army marched on the grasslands under cover of night and launched a surprise attack on Selenginsk at dawn, quickly breaching its defenses.

  Three days later, Zhao Zong ordered Jiang Yu to forcibly relocate the Mongols of Xerxes to Shanxi and turn them from herders into workers.

  Obviously workers were easier to control than scattered herders.

  Moreover, as workers, they can create more labor value for Jiangyu. These herdsmen do not have any special industrial production skills and can only engage in work with high labor intensity but low pay, all of which are personal gains.

  Some Han Chinese who settled in Mongolia were allowed to return their farmland to grassland and helped them establish pastures, protecting the prairie ecological environment.

  This year, many Han people are opening up pits on the grasslands, but they have largely destroyed a large number of pastures. However, Outer Mongolia has fewer such cases, and Inner Mongolia's Jiangsu and Sichuan provinces are not yet under control.

  Two agricultural reclamation brigades are about to get busy in Selous, where they will build a large ranch.

  The rebel army that had already occupied the whole of Outer Mongolia immediately turned its attention to Xer Us, and with Russian support, an 8,000-strong force began a counterattack against Xer Us.

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