After the battle, Yang Rui called the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and check the losses of the battle results. Zhou Xinghan and several soldiers walked towards the positions of the group of people who had just faced the Russian army. Luo Yue still did not come forward because he didn't know whether this group of people was his friends, so it would be better to keep one.

At this moment, a few people stood up from the opposite position, met him, spread his hands, and signaled that he was not holding a weapon. Obviously, the other party saw Zhou Xinghan and others coming to him, and knew that they were going to communicate with him. The battle just now had already made them see the power of the People's Army, not to mention that the other party seemed to be carrying artillery, so if they were to be unfavorable to them, they would be powerless to resist. And after all, the other party saved him just now, so it would be better to take the initiative to talk to the other party.

After the two sides met, the other party first talked for a while, but Zhou Xinghan was confused and confused. As a Marine soldier in the old time and space, Zhou Xinghan had a good education and knew two foreign languages ​​in English and Russian, as well as most of the local dialects in China. After traveling to this era, he also learned some Manchu language, but he still couldn't understand what the other party said. He felt that his tone was a bit like Manchu language, but it was not the Manchu language he had learned in this era. Just as he was thinking of asking in Manchu language, the other party suddenly changed his mouth and said in Chinese: "Thank you for saving all of us, but can you tell us who are you?" Although the tone was a bit stiff, he could understand it.

Zhou Xinghan also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better to be able to communicate in Chinese, but he didn't understand this very much. He only saved more than a hundred of them, but why did he say that he saved their entire tribe? Looking at the person who was speaking, he was about 40 years old, had a middle-aged figure, a little beard, his clothes were spliced ​​with cloth and animal skin, and he was carrying a long spear on his back, looking like a leader, so he also said in Chinese: "Who are you? Why did you fight with the Russian army?"

The man said, "We are the Taier tribe. I am the patriarch of the tribe, named Mu Zhehu. This time I went to Shuangchengzi to buy food and food, and planned to go back to the tribe. Maybe they were targeted by them when they left the city. If you weren't for your rescue, we would be in danger. Where did your surname and name come from?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xinghan immediately began to move his heart. Listening to Mu Zhehu's words, they should have the indigenous tribes in this area. From their tone, they obviously have no good feelings for Russia. They can communicate with them well, and maybe they can understand some useful situations. Therefore, they said: "My surname is Zhou and my name is Zhou Xinghan. We came from within the pass..."

Before he finished speaking, Mu Zhehu's expression was quite excited and said, "Is it from Guan? Could it be that you were sent by the court..."

Zhou Xinghan was stunned for a moment. This man was quite interesting. When he heard Guan Nei thought of the Qing court, he said, "This is a long way to say it, not a word or sentence. This is not a place to speak. Let's leave here first, go farther and find a remote place before talking in detail, so as not to see another Russian army."

After hearing this, Mu Zhehu also felt that Zhou Xinghan's words made sense, so he said, "Okay, there is a small valley 30 miles ahead, which is not only hidden, but also shelter from the wind. Let's go to that valley to talk in detail."

Zhou Xinghan nodded and said, "Okay, you have many people and many things, so let's take the lead. Once we have packed up the battlefield, we will follow us immediately."

Mu Zhehu said, "Okay, I'll leave two people to guide you and wait for you in the valley." As he said that, he left two young people around him, then turned back to his own queue and called on his tribe to move on. It turned out that there were a lot of horses in their group, with a total of 6 or 70 horses, and each horse was carrying a lot of packages on its back. It seemed that it was indeed a procurement team of a tribe.

Zhou Xinghan came back and told Luo Yue and Yang Rui about his conversation with Mu Zhehu. After Luo Yue heard this, he was really interested and could have a good talk with this group of people. Maybe it would be useful for the future attack on Vladivostok. At this time, the battlefield was not cleaned up, and a total of 53 Russian soldiers were shot and injured, and all the injured were shot and killed, because the People's Army could not be captured now, and then buried in the snow. No one in the People's Army was injured, and there was not even one injured. In addition, a total of 42 rifles, 45 bayonets, two pistols, more than 3,000 bullets, and hundreds of gold and silver coins were found from the Russian soldiers. Luo Yue decided to bring all these spoils with him. Although the People's Army did not need these things, Mu Zhehu's group of people would definitely want them, and they could take them out to make a favor.

So the People's Army immediately stood up and set off. After about an hour, the two young men came to a valley. The entrance of the valley was only more than 20 meters wide, and the inside was very wide, more than 100 meters wide. Moreover, the temperature in the valley was much warmer than outside. The snow in many places had been separated, revealing plants and land, which was indeed a good place to stay and rest. At this time, someone had started to build tents and dig soil to set up pots, obviously planning to camp in the valley.

As soon as the People's Army entered the valley, someone came to invite him, saying that the patriarch invited them to have an interview. However, Luo Yue could not hide any more this time, so he met with Mu Zhehu in person.

It turned out that the Taier tribe was not established for a long time, only more than 30 years. It was founded by Muzhehu's father Mukulun. It was about 200 miles away from Shuangchengzi, which is more than 100 kilometers. Now there are about 1,600 members of the entire tribe, and the structure is mainly ethnic minorities in this area, such as Hezhe, Dahaner, Oroqen, etc., and there are also a small number of Manchu, Han and Mongolian people. After Russia occupied this area, in order to strengthen its rule, on the one hand, it increased immigration to these areas, and on the other hand, it also tried hard to suppress the indigenous residents of these areas. Some people had to escape from their homes, find another place to settle down and form a tribe. Now Muzhehu has retired in old age and passed the position of the patriarch to his son Muzhehu.

The survival of tribes is mainly hunting and collecting medicinal materials, and also conducts a small amount of farming and animal husbandry. Although the winter in this area is cold, the products are very abundant. In addition, some grain can be grown every spring and autumn. The prey and collecting medicinal materials are generally sold and bought in cities such as Shuangchengzi or Boli, and then they buy food and daily necessities. Of course, caravans throw them into the tribe to purchase these goods and sell grain and daily necessities, so the tribe can survive.

Mu Zhehu and others went out to Shuangchengzi to buy food and daily necessities. Because the caravans had been to the tribe once in May this year, and the purchase price dropped by nearly 30% compared to usual, while the food sold increased by 50%. According to the caravans, Russia was fighting, so they could not follow the usual price. However, this price was rejected by Mu Zhehu, and the caravans did not come again after leaving. In October, the tribe's grain stocks were almost eaten, so they had to send a caravan to Boli with animal skins, medicinal materials and other items. As a result, the price dropped even lower this time, only 40% of the usual price, but the grain doubled. Only then did the tribe realize that the caravan did not deceive themselves, and the food they bought was not enough to survive the winter. Now the surplus grain in the tribe has been less than a month, so the patriarch Mu Zhehu had to lead the team himself and go to the city to buy some food back.

The season was not good at this time, so the tribe chose the closer Shuangchengzi. However, after buying grain, they were attacked by the Russian army less than 50 miles away from Shuangchengzi. In the past, the tribes often went to Boli or Shuangchengzi to buy. Although they would be troubled by the Russian army, no Russian army would rob the caravan. I wonder why the Russian army attacked the caravan this time. If this batch of grain cannot be transported back to the tribe, then almost half of the people in the tribe would starve to death. This is what Mu Zhehu said, because the People's Army saved the entire tribe.

In fact, the reason for this situation was due to the Russo-Japanese War, which greatly affected the economy of Russia's Far East, soared prices and lack of materials, which led to the survival of the Taier tribe in a serious crisis.

Although Russia's rule in the Far East was harsh, it was often open to merchants. Because the economic development of cities requires merchants, it was not demanding on caravans. At most, it was just a road checkpoint to collect some tolls. However, due to the influence of the Russo-Japanese War, the survival of Russian soldiers in the rear was also seriously affected. The Russian troops in Boli, Shuangchengzi, Vladivostok and other places had not received military pay for at least three months. In some places, they even did not pay for 5 months, forcing many Russian soldiers to solve the problem of food and clothing by themselves. Robbing caravans is undoubtedly the one that gained the most. As soon as the caravans of the Taier tribe entered Shuangchengzi, they were targeted by the Russian army and were waiting for them on the road outside the city. If they had not happened to meet the People's Army, they would have been in danger.

Although Luo Yue did not know about the Russian army robbed the caravan, he could probably understand the cause of the crisis encountered by the Taier tribe. This must have been affected by the Russo-Japanese War, so he explained to Mu Zhehu. Mu Zhehu obviously didn't know much about the outside world, but after listening to Luo Yue's speech, he generally understood that it was Russia and Japan fighting on the Liaodong Peninsula. He couldn't help but pat his thighs and said, "This Russian is the worst. Take our land, kill our people, and drive us out of our hometown. I didn't expect that even the little Japanese would bully us. Alas, I didn't expect that the outside world was in such chaos, so what was the court doing."

Then he asked about the origin of Luo Yue and others. Luo Yue thought about it and felt that from Mu Zhehu's words just now, he obviously had no good impression of Russia, and it could be said that Zeng Wei was even Zeng Wei, so he decided to tell him some truth. However, it was not easy to explain to Mu Zhehu clearly. Luo Yue also took a lot of talk to make Mu Zhehu understand a little bit. They were Chinese who returned from overseas. Now they are also appointed officials of the court. This time they went to this area for investigation, and the court was ordered by the court to recover these lost territories.

Of course, Luo Yue's words were also half true and half false, because he knew that Mu Zhehu and others were isolated from the world for too long, and they seemed to have some feelings for the Qing court, so some words were not very convenient to say, so he brought up the tiger skin of the Qing court.
Chapter completed!