Black Flag Army

At this time, on the front battlefield, Hatu once again asked the new captain of the guard to lead the cavalry to launch a charge. This new captain was urgently promoted to replace Chichar. The two sides had been shooting at each other for several times. This time, the machine gunner in the guard was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet and died. The guards had few grenades left. Hatu's cavalry rushed into the position in an instant. The herdsmen were instantly reduced to lambs to be slaughtered, and the team was in chaos. Amid the shouts of killing, a cavalryman with red eyes rushed into the position alone and slashed at Xian Yuji in the trench. Xian Yuji had run out of bullets. She reacted quickly and narrowly avoided the fatal blow, but several strands of her hair had been cut off. While Xian Yuji avoided the attack, she shot at the enemy with a nozzle. The enemy was unable to react in time and was sprayed in the face and fell off the horse. Seeing the enemy fall off the horse, Xian Yuji quickly pulled out a dagger and rushed up, stabbing the enemy in the back several times and killing him. Although Xian Yuji escaped, Yuan Xiaobao on the same battlefield was not so lucky. A cavalryman cut his waist with a knife. Yuan Xiaobao endured the pain and shot the cavalryman to death, but another cavalryman rushed up immediately. After the warhorse stumbled, the cavalryman jumped on him. He had no time to bandage his wound and wrestled with the cavalryman. At this time, the casualties of the guards and villagers had reached the limit and the whole army was about to be wiped out.

At this extremely dangerous moment, there was a sudden gunshot behind Hatu, which made Hatu very panicked. He turned around and saw that more than a dozen of his own cavalrymen were suddenly shot and fell off their horses. He looked around and saw a large group of cavalrymen dressed as horse bandits rushing towards him, led by the leader of the Moxi horse bandit "Red Haired Ghost" Bagen. Bagen actually became Huter's ally, which Hatu never expected. Seeing that the opponent's cavalry had at least 300 cavalrymen, far more than himself, he felt panic and planned to retreat. After all, he did not send many troops here. Chichar, who was standing aside, also changed his mind when he saw Bagen's cavalry coming.

Hatu immediately called a messenger and asked him to send a retreat signal to the front team. When Hatu was talking to the messenger, something unexpected happened. A flash of blood passed by, and the messenger's head was suddenly separated from his body. Before Hatu could react, a bullet suddenly hit his horse's head. Hatu was immediately startled by the horse and fell to the ground. Then there was a loud gunshot, and Hatu's guards also screamed and fell near Hatu. When Hatu finally opened his eyes, he found Chichar staring at him, pointing a rifle at his head. There were more than a dozen cavalrymen behind Chichar also pointed their guns at Hatu, obviously betraying Hatu together.

Hatu didn't believe that Chichar dared to shoot him, so he yelled angrily: "Dog slave, are you trying to rebel?" and rushed towards Chichar. There was a gunshot and Hatu's head exploded.

Chichar held up a rifle with smoke coming out of the muzzle and shouted, "I have killed Hatu. If you want to live, surrender! The Second Prince will forgive you."

The remaining dozens of cavalrymen all surrendered. Bagen explained to Xian Yuji that the reason he was late was that the guide took him in the wrong direction, which delayed him, and he was willing to return half of the commission. Xian Yuji saw that he was sincere and did not seem to be bragging, so she did not ask him to return the commission.

At the end of the battle, there were less than fifty surviving village guards and Huter guards. But after this bloody baptism, most of these survivors later became officers of the Black Flag Army. Among them, Subuda even became a brigade commander, becoming the highest-ranking Mongolian officer.

That night, in the old living room of the Prince's Mansion in Erdenet City, a simple succession ceremony was held. Many officials and nobles of the palace attended. The high priest of Lamaism put the crown symbolizing the power of the Prince on Huter's head, and Xian Yuji became the princess. Of course, the price was also very high. Guo Jincai died in the fight with Tiexian, and Yuan Xiaobao also died due to serious injuries. The third prince also died. He was killed by the first battalion of the security regiment sent by Hatu. Because the subordinates of the third prince fought desperately, the first battalion of the security regiment also suffered heavy casualties. Even the commander Alibuhua was killed. After the remnants of the first battalion occupied Selenge Town, they were collecting spoils. Timur led the third battalion to kill. Because he was late to rescue the second prince, in order to atone for his crime, he made dumplings with the remnants of the first battalion. Timur explained to Xian Yuji that his action was opposed by the deputy battalion commander. After a gunfight, he killed the deputy battalion commander and his confidants, so he came out late.

The first thing Xian Yuji did after becoming a princess was to send half of the gold, silver and jade items looted from the old prince's mansion to Kulun, which was worth about 50,000 silver dollars, as a present to Ezhen Khan of Mongolia. The ruler and ministers of Kulun, who had been worried about lack of money, were ecstatic. A month later, Ezhen Khan sent an envoy to formally enthrone Huter as the King of Erdenet, and promoted him from prince to prince.

Three days later, one morning, two new graves were added on a high hill south of Erdenet. They were, of course, the graves of Yuan Xiaobao and Guo Jincai. Xian Yujie knelt in front of the graves and burst into tears. The grief that she had been suppressing for these days was finally released.

There were only two people behind her, Tang Qianhu and Hu Canglang. Tang Qianhu advised: "The dead cannot be resurrected, you should not be too sad, they sacrificed for the country, you have become a princess, and a princess with real power, if they know about it, they should be smiling in their graves."

Xian Yuji sobbed and said, "I am responsible for Guo Jincai's death. He was with me at the time. I saw the captain of the guards was injured and fell off his horse, so I asked him to command the guards to continue to resist. He died after he went there."

Tang Qianhu said, "The situation was very chaotic at the time. It was not necessarily safe to follow you. If the sniper's bullet had been fired a little lower, your head would have exploded. And if the saber of the cavalryman who rushed up at the end had been more accurate, your neck would have been broken. You have already escaped death twice."

Xian Yuji said, "There is also Yuan Xiaobao, he was a doctor, he should have stayed in the rear, not on the battlefield, but he rushed to the front line to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, he died, without a doctor, if we were seriously injured or seriously ill, we could only wait to die."

Hu Canglang said: "War is cruel. There is no such thing as front and rear. At the end of the battle, two cavalrymen bypassed the trench and rushed towards Huter. Huter just held his head and trembled, waiting to die. It was me who shot in time to knock down the two cavalrymen. The lack of doctors is temporary. When Beihai Hospital moves here, there will be plenty of doctors."

When Hu Canglang saw Xian Yuji in tears, he took out his handkerchief and was about to wipe her tears, but suddenly he realized that the captain of the guard, Subuda, and several maids were not far away. He stopped halfway with his hand, as Xian Yuji had already taken the handkerchief and wiped away her tears.

Xian Yuji said to Hu Canglang, "The palace steward Zhebie has returned from Kulun and has completed all the customs clearance procedures. You should go back and prepare now. You and Zhebie will return to Baotou in the afternoon and have Di Juzi and the others leave as soon as possible. This matter cannot be delayed."

Upon hearing this, Hu Canglang hurriedly said goodbye and said to Tang Qianhu, "After I leave, Team Leader Xian's safety will be in your hands."

Tang Qianhu said: "Don't worry about this. If anyone wants to hurt Team Leader Xian, they will definitely step over my dead body."

After Hu Canglang left, Xian Yujie waved and called Subuda over. Subuda was about thirty years old, a strong man with a red face.

Xian Yuji said to him, "I heard from the guards that you are leaving Erdenet?"

Subuda said, "Princess, I was very disappointed with the prince's cowardice. I had planned to go to another place after the battle of Bulgan. I didn't expect that the princess was so brave and wise on the battlefield, and she was so considerate of her subordinates that she turned the tables even when she was at a disadvantage. So I changed my mind and decided not to leave. I am willing to be the princess' most loyal servant, because I have never met a master as wise and brave as the princess."

Xian Yuji said: "You were very brave in the Battle of Bulgan. You fought to the death even after being wounded. People who have made contributions should be rewarded. This is my reward to you. The bonus will be paid separately."

Xian Yuji took out an exquisite golden-handled dagger from her bosom and handed it to Subuda. Subuda quickly knelt down, took it with both hands and said, "Thank you, Princess, for the reward!"

This golden-handled dagger was found by Xian Yuji in the old prince's mansion treasury. She was just offering it as a token of appreciation.

Subuda added: "I am very worried about one thing. After all, it is Huter who sits on the throne of the prince. If his opinion conflicts with yours in the future..."

Xian Yuji said: "Don't worry about this. At present, the Erdenet Security Corps is in the hands of Timur and Chichar. Timur's third battalion suffered almost no casualties this time. Chichar has incorporated the remnants of the first and second battalions, and there are more than 300 cavalry. These two people have been bribed by me and are only loyal to me. As long as we control the army, Huter is timid and cowardly and will not pose a threat to us. If he doesn't obey, I can replace him. Anyway, the old prince has eight sons and there is no shortage of heirs. In a few months, my eldest brother will bring thousands of troops here, and he will be even more unable to turn over."

Subuda said: "It turns out that the wise princess has already made preparations. I am relieved now."

Huter really had something against Xian Yuji. Xian Yuji returned to the Prince's Mansion in the city and saw Huter being intimate with a maid in the living room. When he found Xian Yuji coming back, he immediately let go of the maid and said to Xian Yuji: "Where have you been again? You are the princess now, how can you run around without my permission?"

Xian Yuji said coldly: "I went to the city to pay homage to the graves of Bian Bao and Bian Cai. They fought and shed blood for us and died heroically. Shouldn't we pay homage to them?"

Huter said nonchalantly, "They are just two slaves. Why take them so seriously? I won't talk about this matter anymore. I heard that the Beihai Company invited this time also brought an army of 3,000 Han people. How could you not tell me about such a big thing? What if they become the host?"

Xian Yuji said: "This army was established by my eldest brother, and they are absolutely loyal to him. Without the army, who will protect Beihai Company? With this army in Erdenet City, our strength will become unprecedentedly strong, and other Mongolian princes will no longer dare to bully us. If you are suspicious of everyone like you, how can we be strong? In the end, we will only be bullied by others."

Huter said: "I disagree. With so many Han troops here, doesn't it mean that your eldest brother has the final say? Erdenet must be a Mongolian who has the final say."

Xian Yuji asked, "Didn't you advocate the unification of Outer Mongolia and China at the Mengjiang Academy? How come you are now excluding the Han people? I am also a Han Chinese, why did you marry me?"

Huter said: "The unification I mentioned is nominal unification. Outer Mongolia is a special zone with a high degree of autonomy for the Mongolians. When we encounter financial difficulties, the Beiyang government provides financial and material support. When we encounter foreign invasions, the Beiyang government sends troops to help us resist. It is not all up to you Han people to decide. When I married you, I was attracted by your gentle beauty. I didn't expect that a woman like you would become so powerful. If you are so powerful, isn't your eldest brother even more powerful? If he comes, will I still have a way to survive?"

In 1919, when Outer Mongolia returned to China, the conditions for the return negotiated between the Outer Mongolian government and the Beiyang government were: the Mongolians would have a high degree of autonomy, and the Beiyang government would provide money, materials and troops to protect them.

Xian Yuji sneered, "You are dreaming. When you are in danger, you let the Han people take the lead and shed blood and sacrifice. When you are poor, you let the Han people provide money and materials to feed you, but you are unwilling to give up half of your power. Why? You guessed one thing right. My eldest brother is really ten times more powerful than me. So this matter is not up to you to agree or not. The three thousand Han troops must enter Erdenet. If you dare to make trouble, you will bear the consequences at your own risk."

Huter said angrily: "Aren't you afraid that I will divorce you? If I divorce you, you will no longer be the princess."

Xian Yuji smiled and said, "I'm not afraid. If you divorce me, I will still be the princess, but you will no longer be the prince. Don't forget that your father has eight sons. Although your eldest brother and third brother are dead, your fourth brother is already an adult. The Erdenet Security Corps is loyal to me. I can replace you and let your fourth brother take the throne. During the coronation ceremony, your fourth brother kept looking at me lustfully. I think he will be very happy to sit on this seat."

Huter was horrified and immediately gave in. He begged, "Please don't do this. I agree, I agree. You have the final say, okay?"

Xian Yuji said, "It would have been great if you had said this earlier! You have to force me to break up before I admit defeat. You can continue to be your Prince Xiaoyao, but you are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the city, and you are not allowed to restrict my freedom."

Huter said, "Okay! It's up to you!"

Xian Yuji said, "If you like the maidservant who was intimate with you just now, you can take her as your concubine."

Huter was surprised and said, "Really? Thank you!"

Due to Xian Yuji's dominance, Huter, although he became a prince, did not even have a concubine. Xian Yuji said, "I will be busier and busier in the future, and I will not be in the palace most of the time. It is reasonable for me to let you take concubines, but you can only take four concubines at most. It's not that I'm jealous, but the palace's finances can't afford it."

Huter said happily: "Four concubines are enough. My body can't handle more." When he thought about hugging four women on both sides, Huter was overjoyed and the unhappiness just now was thrown away.