This old man is Muzhehu's father Mukulun, the old patriarch of the Taier tribe.

After meeting Luo Yue, Mukulun was kinder, and then said to Mu Zhehu: "You go and deal with the aftermath. I have something to say to Luo Junmen alone." He turned to Luo Yue and said, "Luo Junmen can have a separate conversation with me, the old man!"

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay, I'm happy."

Seeing that both of them said this, Mu Zhehu didn't say anything else. He told Luo Yue and Mu Kulun and left with his children. Mu Kulun and Luo Yue walked side by side for a while, and there was no one else within more than 10 meters around. Luo Yue said: "Does there anything that the old man wants to tell me?"

Mukulun nodded, looked at Luo Yue, and said, "Luo Junmen is really appointed by the court. Have you come here?"

Luo Yue was slightly stunned and looked at Mukulun. Seeing that his eyes were bright and he seemed to have some meaning, he also moved his heart and said, "Do you have any doubts about us?"

Mukulun laughed and said, "Please be honest. If Luo Junmen was sent by the imperial court, how could he not have braids without having a childish hair? I don't believe that the Western Affairs Council has even cut off his braids."

Luo Yue nodded. The old man understood much more than Mu Zhehu, so he said: "It seems that the old man knows a lot about the matter inside the pass. I heard from the patriarch that the old man was born in martial arts, but I'm afraid he is not an ordinary general."

Mukulun said: "I don't hide it from Luo Junmen that when we settled here, Ah Hu was only 12 years old, and when I resigned, Ah Hu was less than 10 years old, so Ah Hu didn't know much about my past. 30 years ago, I was the governor of Heilongjiang."

Luo Yue was also surprised. He had been in this era for five years. He had a good understanding of the Qing court's official system, because it was military official position. The chief was a large official position in the Qing court's military officer sequence, and it was the only official position of the Manchu military generals. In the early days of the Qing court's official position, the chief was named Gushan Ezhen in Chinese, and was the highest military and political chief of each banner among the Eight Banners. He was in charge of the household registration, land, house, education, patrol system, military equipment, selection of official positions, exercises and training, etc. The eight banners were divided into Manchu, Mongolian, and Han banners, so there were 24 people in total.

However, after the Qing court entered the pass, all the affairs of all major and small in the Eight Banners had been carefully divided and arranged. The power of the Dutong was gradually emptied and was not in charge of the affairs of each banner, and it was not limited to the chiefs of each banner. From modern times, the Dutong gradually became a military position with the garrison general and the admiral, but it was still a higher position in the Qing court. Moreover, Mukulun was a Manchu, so he was even more powerful. But why did he abandon his official position and come to this wilderness to be a clan leader?

It turned out that Mukulun was indeed the number one figure in the Qing court in the past. Not only did he personally serve as the governor of Heilongjiang, but he was also from the Yellow Banner. He made great contributions in the Battle of Jaxa. Therefore, he was named the title of General of the Hereditary Supplementary State and has been stationed in the Northeast for generations. Due to the harsh climate in the Northeast and there were always some small conflicts and fights on the border, Mukulun's family has always maintained the martial arts before the Manchus entered the pass, and did not become the Eight Banners children who were holding cages and stolen birds. After the Opium War, Russia invaded heavily from the pass, Mukulun followed his grandfather and his father had fought with the Russian army.

However, the Qing court was incompetent and signed the [Beijing Treaty] with Russia one after another and the [Yuanhui Treaty] ceded a large amount of territory. After Mukulun became the governor of Heilongjiang, he wrote to the court many times, demanding that the court recover the ceded land. If it were a Han minister, the Qing court would have removed Mukulun long ago. However, since Mukulun was a Manchu, the Qing court only demoted Mukulun to the commander to show punishment. However, Mukulun was not a child of the Eight Banners. Not only was he disappointed with the Qing court, but he also gave up his official position in anger. He took some old subordinates and his tribes across the Ussuri River and established his own tribe in Russia.

Russia is vigorously immigrating to the Far East and suppressing local residents. Therefore, a large number of people of all ethnic groups escaped from big cities and were accepted by Mukulun's tribe. In addition, Mukulun was a senior official after all, and led his subordinates to build strong walls and build city defenses. Finally, he survived strongly in this area and has developed to this area to become the largest tribe in this area.

Mukulun passed the position of patriarch to his son Muzhehu six years ago, and was not in charge of affairs in the clan. However, Mukulun was still very concerned about the affairs of the Qing court. Whenever a caravan came to the tribe, Mukulun would ask them about the major events that happened in the Qing court. Therefore, Mukulun basically knew about the Sino-French wars that occurred after Mukulun abandoned his official position, the Sino-French war, the Sino-French war, the reform of the 1895, the Gengzi national reform, the return of overseas Chinese, etc., and of course, he knew only the superficial phenomena, but he didn't know much about the inside story. It turned out that when he just resigned, Mukulun still had some hope for the Qing court, believing that the court would reorganize it after a wise emperor, but what happened later also made Mukulun almost completely disappointed with the Qing court.

After listening to Mukulun’s speech, Luo Yue was quite impressed by the old man. Although he was a man of a man, he still retained some blood. After thinking about it, he said, “Since the old man knows these things, he should have heard of us.”

Mukulun nodded and said, "Of course I've heard of it."

Luo Yue said: "In fact, it is true that we want to recover lost land, but it is not the order of the court, but our own intention. This action has nothing to do with the court, it is completely an action that we decide to plan."

After all, Mukulun was also a high-ranking official, and he suddenly understood what Luo Yue meant, that is, overseas Chinese were actually not under the jurisdiction of the court. He was a little strange when he heard about overseas Chinese. Why did overseas Chinese have such great abilities to obey the court? If it was in other dynasties, it could be explained by the same Chinese lineage. However, the Qing court was a country established by the Manchus, and overseas Chinese were Han people and descendants of the previous dynasties. Why should they be loyal to the Qing court? After hearing what Luo Yue said, he suddenly realized that this was reasonable. If it were before Mukulun resigned, of course, he would disagree with overseas Chinese and even hostile, but first, he was older and could see it openly; secondly, he was completely disappointed with the Qing court, so he did not think anything was wrong.

Mukulun was silent for a long time before saying, "Luo Junmen came to our tribe this time, I think it must be something else."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Yes, this time we are investigating the geographical situation of this area. Since you are residents living in this area, you want to be very familiar with the terrain here. Therefore, we hope that when we send troops to fight here, you can help us. As a guide or form a team to help us fight against the Russian army. Of course, we will not let you go to battle with the Russian army, but will help us transport food, grass and supplies, guard the rear area, maintain local order, etc. In addition, we hope that you can persuade other tribes to help us fight against Russia."

Mukulun smiled and said, "You have quite a lot of requests."

Luo Yue also smiled and said, "These requests are all voluntary. We will never force them. If the old man and the patriarch think that the risk of helping us is too great, we only have the tribe to rest for one night and leave early tomorrow morning, and we will never implicate the tribe."

Mukulun said: "Luo Junmen is too harsh. You have saved our tribe twice. We will help you no matter how you do it. Besides, although you are not under the jurisdiction of the court, you are finally Han Chinese. There are many Han people in our tribe. Therefore, as long as you come here and serve as guides, we are responsible for being a guide. However, other matters are of great importance, and we need to negotiate to reply to Luo Junmen. Please wait for a day or two."

Luo Yue said: "This is also human nature. But we can only wait for one day at most, and we must leave the morning after tomorrow."

Mukulun said: "Okay, a day is enough."

While they were talking, the tribes had cleaned up the battlefield. In this battle, a total of 215 bandits were killed and 73 were captured. The Taier tribe, along with the battle two days ago, killed a total of 52 people and injured 89 people. However, such casualties were very rare. Although the bandits' attacks were repelled from the first two times, more than 100 people died in the battle, and there were still no casualties in the People's Army.

According to the captured bandits' argument, the body of Heifengsha was found among the killed bandits. This time, Heifengsha brought more than 600 people to attack the Taier tribe. Not only did nearly half of the casualties in this battle, but even the leader was killed. It can be said that he was seriously injured in his vitality, and it was very likely that he would collapse completely. Therefore, the threat from the tribe can basically be considered completely lifted.

In addition, there were a lot of materials from the bandits seized. Since the bandits were preparing for a protracted war, they brought enough food to support for more than 10 days. Unexpectedly, they were beaten on the third day, and most of the food was left, so they naturally became the spoils of the tribe. In addition, 63 rifles, more than 1,500 bullets, more than 200 swords, guns and weapons, 41 horses, and 34 dead horses, which could be used as food.

For the Taier tribe, the harvest was quite abundant, and every tribe knew that the victory was achieved this time was entirely due to the combat effectiveness of the People's Army. All the spoils, including the weapons and materials seized by the Russian army the last time, were not taken, and all gave them to the tribe. Therefore, the entire tribe was grateful to the People's Army. After cleaning up the battlefield, he enthusiastically welcomed the People's Army into the tribe and packed up a few rooms for the People's Army to live in.
Chapter completed!