China's territory looks like a rooster and is imposing, but in history, our territory was much larger than it is today, and many countries that are unfamiliar to us today were once our territory. I believe that many people have the mistake of treating Inner Mongolia as Mongolia, although Mongolia is a country, but in history it is indeed our territory, but soon after being recovered by a general, everything became a disaster.
Mongolia was originally china's territory, but at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the national strength was weak, and it was left to be slaughtered, and the Western powers arbitrarily divided up china's land, and Outer Mongolia was thus divided. At that time, Tsarist Russia persuaded the people of Outer Mongolia to practice autonomy and get rid of the jurisdiction of the Qing government, although Tsarist Russia adopted preaching and did not attack, but their behavior was still bad, and their intentions were obvious, they just wanted to turn Outer Mongolia into their own territory and let themselves gain control.
The division of Outer Mongolia became more and more serious, and the Qing government's protective forces were weak, so Outer Mongolia easily separated from China and began to practice autonomy. Although Tsarist Russia succeeded, Outer Mongolia returned to the embrace of the motherland for a period of time, although the time was short, but it was also of great significance in history. The hero who recovered Outer Mongolia was Xu Shuzheng, who did not use any force and took only 22 days to recover Outer Mongolia, but now it is forgotten.
Xu Shuzheng's failure to use troops was inseparable from the situation at that time, after the abolition of the imperial system of the Qing Dynasty, warlords arose, and the Beiyang warlords were divided into two major departments, namely, the direct family that advocated force and the Anhui family that advocated peace. When the northwest problems were frequent, the state council decided to let Xu Shuzheng, the best candidate, solve the northwest problem, and Xu Shuzheng, who was entrusted with this task, gladly went to the northwest.
It is not easy to recover Outer Mongolia, and it is not simple not to use force. Xu Shuzheng felt that the recovery of Outer Mongolia should not rely solely on force, but should calmly analyze the situation in Outer Mongolia and solve the problem of the division of Outer Mongolia from within. In his analysis, Xu Shuzheng felt that there were two main powers in the ruling level of Outer Mongolia, the princes and nobles and lamas, if you start from the princes and nobles, it is certainly not easy, but the mystery of the lama is easier to negotiate.
Sure enough, Xu Shuzheng relied on his ingenuity to convince the lama in his dealings with the lama, and with the joint efforts of the lama group and Xu Shuzheng, Outer Mongolia returned to the embrace of the motherland. However, it is a pity that in the second year of the recovery of Outer Mongolia, the Anhui clan failed, and Outer Mongolia once again took the opportunity to be autonomous, and Xu Shuzheng was also forgotten by the world, which is a pity.