After the battle, Yang Rui beckoned the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and count the losses of the battle, while Zhou Xinghan took a few soldiers and walked towards the position of the group of people who had just faced the enemy with the Russian army, but Luo Yue still did not come forward, because he didn't know whether this group of people was his friends or not, so it was better to keep a hand.

At this moment, several people also stood up from the opposite position, greeted them, and spread their hands, indicating that they were not holding weapons. Obviously, the other party saw Zhou Xinghan and others coming over to him, and knew that he wanted to communicate with him, and the battle just now had made them see the strength of the People's Army, not to mention that the other party seemed to be carrying artillery, so if they wanted to be unfavorable to themselves, they were powerless to resist at all, and after all, it was the other party who saved themselves just now, so it was better to take the initiative to come forward and talk to the other party.

After the two sides met, the other party first chattered for a while, but Zhou Xinghan was only confused, and he didn't know what to do. Russian two foreign languages, as well as most of China's local dialects, after crossing into this era, I also learned some Manchu, but I still can't understand what the other party says, I just feel that the tone is a bit like Manchu, but it is not the Manchu I learned in this era, just thinking about asking in Manchu, the other party suddenly changed his mouth to Chinese and said: "Thank you for saving all of us, but can you tell us, who are you?" Although the tone is a little stiff, it can also be understood.

Zhou Xinghan also breathed a sigh of relief, it was naturally good to be able to communicate in Chinese, but he didn't understand much, he only saved more than 100 of them, how could he say that he saved their entire tribe, and then look at the person who spoke, about 40 years old, middle-aged figure, with a slight beard, the clothes on his body were made of cloth and animal skin, and he was carrying a spear diagonally, which seemed to be 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 Taiorr tribe, I am the patriarch of the tribe, called Mu Zhehu, this time I went to Shuangchengzi to buy food items, and I plan to go back to the tribe, probably when I went out of the city, I was targeted by them, these damn hairs, if it weren't for you to save us, we would indeed be in danger." May I ask where did your Excellency come from?"

After Zhou Xinghan heard this, his heart immediately began to move, listening to Mu Zhehu's words, they should be the indigenous tribes in this area, and from the tone of voice, they obviously have no good impression of Russia, so they can have a good exchange with them, and maybe they can understand some useful information. Therefore, he said: "My surname is Zhou, my name is Zhou Xinghan, and we are from Guannei......"

Before he finished speaking, Mu Zhehu's expression was a little excited, and he said, "You are from Guannei, could it be that you are sent by the DPRK and the Central People......

Zhou Xinghan was stunned for a moment, this person was a little interesting, and when he heard about the pass, he thought of the Qing court, so he said: "This is a long way to say, it is not clear in one sentence or two, this is not the place to talk, let's leave here first, go a little farther and find a secluded place to talk in detail, lest there will be another Russian army." ”

When Mu Zhehu heard this, he 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 sheltered from the wind, let's go to that valley and talk in detail." ”

Zhou Xinghan nodded and said, "Okay, you have a lot of people and a lot of things, just take the first step, we will clean up the battlefield and we will follow immediately." ”

Mu Zhehu said: "Okay, I will leave two people to guide you and wait for you in the valley." As he spoke, he left the two young men beside him, then turned back to his queue and beckoned his people to leave for the road. It turned out that there were quite a few horses in their group, 6 or 70 horses, and each horse carried a lot of packages on its back, and it seemed that it was indeed a tribal purchasing team.

Zhou Xinghan came back and told Luo Yue and Yang Rui about the conversation between him and Mu Zhehu, and after Luo Yue heard it, he was really interested, and he could indeed have a good talk with this group, maybe it would be useful for attacking Vladivostok in the future. At this time, the battlefield was not cleaned up, and a total of 53 Russian soldiers were killed and wounded, and all the wounded were shot and killed, because now the KPA could not take prisoners and bury them in the snow, and the KPA did not suffer any casualties, not even a single wounded; 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 bodies of the Russian soldiers. Luo Yue decided to bring all these trophies, although the People's Army didn't need these things, but Mu Zhehu's group of people definitely wanted them, and they could take them out to be a favor when the time came.

So the People's Army also immediately got up and set off, under the guidance of the two young people, about 1 hour later, sure enough, they came to a valley, the mouth of the valley is only more than 20 meters wide, the inside is very wide, more than 100 meters wide, and the temperature in the valley is much warmer than outside, and the snow in many places has also been isolated, exposing plants and land, to it is indeed a good place to stop and rest. By this time some people had begun to build tents and dig pots, apparently intending to camp in the valley.

As soon as the People's Army entered the valley, someone immediately came to invite them, saying that the patriarch had invited them to have an interview, and this time, of course, Luo Yue could no longer hide, so he personally met and talked with Mu Zhehu.

It turns out that this Taiorr tribe has not been established for a long time, only more than 30 years, and was founded by Mu Zhehu's father, Mukulun, about 200 miles away from Shuangchengzi, that is, more than 100 kilometers. At present, there are about 1,600 members of the entire tribe, and the composition of the personnel is mainly composed of ethnic minorities in this area, such as the Hezhe, Dahaner, Oroqen, etc., and there are also a small number of Manchu, Han and Mongolian people. It is all because after the occupation of this region by Russia, in order to strengthen its rule, on the one hand, it increased immigration to these areas, and on the other hand, it also tried its best to suppress the original inhabitants of these areas, and some people had to flee their homes and find other places to settle down and form tribes. Now Mukulun has retired from old age and passed the position of patriarch to his son Mu Zhehu.

The survival of the tribe is mainly hunting and collecting medicinal materials, in addition to a small amount of cultivation and animal husbandry, although the winter in this area is cold, but the products are very rich, and the spring and autumn seasons of each year can also grow some food, the prey and collected medicinal materials are generally taken to Shuangchengzi or Boli and other cities to sell, and then buy back food and daily necessities, of course, there are caravans thrown into the tribe to buy these goods, and sell food and daily necessities, so the tribe can also survive.

Mu Zhehu and others came out this time, is to Shuangchengzi to buy food and daily necessities, because this year, the caravan still went to the tribe once in May, and the purchase price fell by nearly 3 percent than usual, and the grain sold rose by 5 percent, according to the caravan, it was Russia that was fighting, so it could not be at the usual price, but such a price was rejected by Mu Zhehu, and the caravan did not come back after leaving; in October, the tribe's grain stock was almost eaten, so he had to send a caravan with animal skins, Medicinal materials and other things went to Boli once, but this time the price dropped even lower, only the usual 4 percent, but the grain doubled, the tribe knew that the caravan did not lie to themselves, and the food purchased back was not enough to survive the winter, and now the surplus grain in the tribe has been less than 1 month, the patriarch Mu Zhehu had to personally lead the team, and then go to the city to buy some food back.

And the season at this time is not good, so the tribe chose to be closer to Shuangchengzi, but after buying grain, less than 50 miles away from Shuangchengzi, it was attacked by the Russian army, and the tribe often went to Boli or Shuangchengzi to sell and buy, although it will be difficult by the Russian army, but no Russian army will rob the caravan, I don't know why the Russian army will attack 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 will starve to death, which 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, because the war greatly affected the economy of the Russian Far East, and the price of goods soared, and the lack of materials led to a serious crisis in the survival of the Taior tribe.

Originally, although the Russian rule in the Far East was strict, it was often open to merchants, because the economic development of the city needed merchants, so it was not strict about caravans, at most it was just to set up a road card to collect tolls or something. However, due to the impact of the Russo-Japanese War, the survival of Russian soldiers in the rear has also been seriously affected, and the Russian troops in Boli, Shuangchengzi, Vladivostok and other places have not received military salaries for at least three months, and in some places have not been paid for five months, forcing many Russian soldiers to solve the problem of food and clothing by themselves, and robbing caravans is undoubtedly one of the biggest gains. As soon as the caravan of the Taiorr tribe entered Shuangchengzi, they were targeted by the Russian army, waiting for them on the road outside the city.

Although Luo Yue didn't know about the Russian army's robbery of the caravan, he could probably understand the cause of the crisis encountered by the Taior tribe, which must have been affected by the Russo-Japanese War, so he also explained it to Mu Zhehu, and Mu Zhehu obviously didn't know much about things outside, but after listening to Luo Yue's speech, he generally understood that it was Russia and Japan fighting on the Liaodong Peninsula, and he couldn't help but pat his thigh and said: " This Mao Zi is the worst, robbing our land, killing our people, driving us out of our hometown, I can't imagine that even Little Japan will bully us. Alas, I can't imagine that the outside has become like this, and what the court is doing. ”

Then he asked about the origin of Luo Yue and the 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 could even be said to be evil, so he also decided to tell him some truth. However, it is not easy to explain Mu Zhehu clearly, and Luo Yue also took a lot of words to make Mu Zhehu generally understand that they are Chinese who have returned from overseas. Now he is also an official of the imperial court, and this time he went to this area to investigate, and he was also ordered by the imperial court, and the imperial court intends to recover these lost territories.

Of course, Luo Yue's words are also half-truths and half-truths, because he knew that Mu Zhehu and others had been isolated from the world for too long, and they seemed to have some lingering feelings for the Qing court, and some things were not very convenient to say, so he pulled out the tiger skin of the Qing court.

Sure enough, after listening to Luo Yue's words, Mu Zhehu's expression was also quite excited, and he immediately invited Luo Yue and the others to the tribe. This also played into Luo Yue's heart, so the two sides immediately hit it off, and they decided to settle down.