Zhao Xin and the beautiful woman were inspecting the whole way, while Liu Sheng and Fan Tong had to continue the next military operations.

The importance of occupying Kulun City lies in its symbolic significance, but the actual significance is not very great. Liu Sheng did not move the command center to the office of the Minister of Service, but set it up at the Tula River Station forty miles south of Kulun. He was annoyed when he saw the towering temple buildings, and the lamas in red clothes made him feel even more ache. So he was too lazy to contact these people, and all the negotiations were left to Fan Tong and two staff officers to deal with.

The large Northern Navy stayed outside Kulun City for eight days, mainly cleaning the battlefield and burying the bodies. The funeral ceremonies of the Mongolians advocated nature and did not pay attention to luxury. Generally, deep burials were left without traces. This did not damage the grassland vegetation and did not affect grazing. According to the instructions of the prisoners of war captured, the bodies of Tushetu Khan's tribe and Chechen Khan's tribe were buried separately; and all messy things such as flags were burned.

Considering the customs of the Mongolians, Fan Tong and Zhangqibuldoji negotiated and communicated, and invited more than 100 lamas from Danbadarji Temple to recite scriptures and salvation to the Mongolian cavalry who died in battle. Because it took seven days, Fan Tong specially took 100 kilograms of tea bricks and 100 blue cotton cloth from the logistics as the fee for inviting the lamas.

The Northern Navy's move was a big surprise for the Mongolian herders. When the ceremony was the second day, herders in groups of three or three walked out of Kulun City and came to the place where the corpse was buried to worship. Seeing this, Fan Tong ingeniously set up ten large pots near the ceremony venue and boiled rye porridge with tea; anyone who wanted to drink it would be fine, it was free!

Good guy, the people in Kulun City were all sensational, and they went out to the city to drink porridge in groups. When the sixth day of the salvation ceremony was held, many herders came even from more than 100 miles away. Fan Tongyi saw it and hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhang Jingxuan, who was in charge of logistics coordination, asking him to transport 200 tons of grain from Chiktu.

After the end of the Battle of Tula River, the Northern Navy captured more than 500 prisoners. Except for the wounded, they needed to be sent to field hospitals for treatment, more than 200 people would decide where they would go after receiving an education. For these Mongolian archers who were ignorant of their big words, the principle of being open is useless, and it is more important to be practical.

When the prisoners were nervous and drank the rich butter tea and gnawed two rye cakes, the Mongolian soldiers in the North Navy appeared. They wanted to tell the prisoners three things, and they couldn't remember them even if they had too much.

The Mongolian soldier who was speaking was not old, and he was only in his early twenties. He was holding a loud speaker and his voice was so loud that the prisoners' ears were buzzing.

"As long as we stand on the side of the sinful Qing court and the Northern Navy, we will eliminate them mercilessly! All those who do not become enemies of us are good brothers!"

"In the future, the various departments under Beihai Town will no longer recruit Ding Qiang to send servants, nor will there be slaves. Everyone, including the prince Taiji Lama, will be equal regardless of the high or low!"

When a group of prisoners heard this in a daze, they all showed a disapproving expression on their faces. They are all equal? ​​Stop joking! Who doesn’t know that the prince Taiji and the great lama are both natural nobles, and they are those who are humble to the dust.

At this time, a Mongolian soldier from the North Navy standing opposite saw the captives' expressions, then raised the loudspeaker in his hands and asked loudly: "What? Don't you believe it?"

No one among the prisoners said, who dared not believe this? If you talk nonsense, your life would be in vain.

At this time, the soldier covered his heart with his right hand and said, "My name was Haninohai before. He used to graze the Buddha in Qingning Temple. He was a slave without a surname! But now, I have a surname, Yun, and Yunyan!"

The prisoners sitting below all raised their heads in surprise and looked at Yunyan. They did not expect that the Northern Hai Army would even collect slaves and give him the surname to open an account. This was a great blessing.

Haninohai means "black dog". Like the Han people, Mongolians who lack medical treatment will also give their children a bad name so that ghosts and gods will ignore them and exchange them for peace. However, black dogs are not. His family has been slaves to grazing the lamas since his grandfather's generation, so they are not worthy of a good name.

The surname "Yun" was raised by Liu Sheng. This guy used to have a classmate named Yun, who was a Mongolian, so he used it. And then, many Mongolian soldiers in the North Navy all had surnames Yun. But Liu Sheng didn't know that the Yun surname of the Mongolians actually came from Tumote Left Banner. The surname Yun was not random, it was all for reasons.

In 1578, Altan Khan named Sonamcuo, a living Buddha of the Gelug Sect, "Da Lai Three Lifes", and later he was reincarnated at Altan Khan's home and named it Yundan Gyatso; thus, some of Altan Khan's descendants began to name the word "yun". By the Qing Dynasty, as the degree of sinicization of the Tumote region deepened, the word Yun gradually evolved into a surname.

By the way, after Liu Sheng did this, the Yun-submitted Mongols in the entire Mongolian region were divided into two branches - Beiyun and Nanyun. The Yun-submitted Mongols in the south were all descendants of Altan Khan, who regarded themselves as descendants of the Golden Family, but most of them became ordinary people; and many people in Beiyun served in the army and became the backbone of guarding Khalkha Mongolia and Siberia.

At this time, I heard a prisoner say disdainfully: "Thut~~ it's just paying the self-repeated expenses. When I save enough money, I can still find Taiji butler to redeem my self and open an account."

It turns out that this person is also a slave. Although the slave class in Mongolian society in the Qing Dynasty was not large, it was relatively solid and always struggled at the bottom of the society. These people were called "Bohanle" in Mongolian language, and there were several sources: one was those who violated the law and were detained as slaves; the other was those who went bankrupt in economics and sold as slaves; the third was those who had no household registration in this banner.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although the law at this time allows slaves to pay a considerable amount of redemption fees to become civilians, the problem is that they are all poor, so who can pay for money? So the slaves continued to work hard for the banner owners and lamas to survive from generation to generation.

Yunyan couldn't help laughing and said, "You are still a slave after opening an account!"

The captain was furious and was about to stand up when he was pulled by his companions on both sides.

"What's wrong? I think I'm embarrassed to say it wrong? Ask me, how many of the people around you are free people? The banner owner said, "Do you dare to say no? If you ask you to work hard, you have to work hard. If you ask you to work hard, do you dare not go?"

"Do you dare to eat a bite of meat when you raise cattle and sheep yourself?! The foal born by the mare is raised with great strength, so why should we give it to the princes and Taijis as mounts? Throughout the year, we rely on the goat's milk and dry milk to fill our stomachs, and rely on the wool that the men gave us to exchange for salt and tea. This is a life that only free people can have. We slaves even have to rely on their grace to find a wife! Why? Because of poverty, because of hunger, we can't bear to steal a bite of food? Or because of losing two sheep?!"

"I..." The prisoner lowered his head in frustration and helplessness. He had never thought of such a problem. Yes, why?

A prisoner in his forties said, "It has been like this for thousands of years on the grassland. What's the use of that? Read the Buddha's name well and offer more offerings to the Buddha, so that you can become a good fetus in your next life and never live such a hard life."

Yunyan stared at the other party and said, "Reincarnation? Do you deserve it in this life?"

Seeing the prisoners silent, he immediately said astonishingly: "To be honest, Beihai Town has no redeem fees, nor has it slaves, everyone is a free citizen! Even if we are our commander-in-chief, with thousands of troops, every day, food and clothing are no different from that of me, a big soldier!"

Buzz~~ Now many prisoners couldn't sit still and started to chatter. Yunyan walked to the prisoner who was trying to challenge him just now, and asked in a kind tone: "Brother, what are your name?"

"My name is Xiri Goulige..." The other party's voice was very low, but it still caused a chuckle from the prisoners around him. His name means "yellow paparazzi".

Yunyan said: "Stay here and follow us."

Xi Rigoulige shook his head and said, "My mother is over fifty..."

"The only one in the family?"

"There is another younger brother, five years younger than me."

"Then it's not enough. Stay here for two months to do miscellaneous work, and don't even mention the three meals a day. I'll give you fifty kilograms of flour a month as wages, and I can also give you clothes. If I can do it until winter begins, I'll give you a sheep."

Xi Rigoulige looked at Yunyan in a daze, with an incredible expression on his face, and the prisoners around him were also stunned. He paused three times a day, gave clothes, returned fifty kilograms of flour a month to the leader, and did miscellaneous work. How could such a good thing happen in the world?

A prisoner pinched his thigh hard, and the pain that came showed that this was definitely not a dream.

"How is it? Do you do it?" Yunyan patted Xi Goulige's shoulder.

A prisoner behind Xi Rigoulige said, "Brother Yun, are you talking about it true? Don't we have to help you fight?"

"Haha, do you think we need you to help with the war?"

"Uh..." The captain was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled awkwardly again.

Xi Rigoulige finally nodded slowly with hesitation and said in a deep voice: "Then I'll do it."

"Count me."

"And I."

Therefore, the North Navy, who was responsible for propaganda, even the standard of severance payment was not mentioned. More than 200 prisoners had become members of the North Navy Logistics Department. They would be dispersed and placed, mainly responsible for carving the horses that pulled carts, and some were responsible for helping the herdsmen to buy sheep and cattle, helping the cooking soldiers of various departments to carry water and chop firewood, etc.

On July 26, the 12th Regiment, which served as the vanguard, set off south first and marched towards the Burcook Station sixty miles away, followed by 15 armored vehicles, a cavalry battalion and corresponding logistics teams. The subsequent troops will all set off before the end of July, and at that time, only one garrison battalion will be left here in Kulun.

There is still 900 miles from Tulahe Station to the key node connecting Ulyasutai and Inner Mongolia. According to the speed of the troops 60 miles a day, it takes more than ten days to arrive.

After arriving at each station along the way, the vanguard will first carry out horse feeding, repairing and other work, and then wait for the logistics team to arrive the next day and restock and set off again. At this time, the logistics team will have to busy renovating the station, building warehouses, fortifications, and setting up radio stations to welcome the arrival of the brigade of troops behind.

Liu Sheng considered it very clearly. The most important thing at the moment is not the speed of the marching, but to ensure the safety of traffic lines, firmly control every station, and make steady progress.

You should know that the station line is not only for military purposes, but also for commercial routes. As long as you block Sailwusutai and isolate the Shanxi merchants from the 400-mile Gobi Desert, Beihai Town will control the commercial and goods passages leading to the west and north. When autumn comes, whether it is the Tushetu Khan tribe, the Chechen Khan tribe, or the Sanyinnuoyan or even the Tannuwulianghai, they will turn into grasshoppers on hot pans, going to Kulun or Chaktu and Beihai Town to prepare for winter supplies.

Now let’s talk about the “South Detachment” on the Western Front.

After sailing from Chiyan City on July 5, after six days of sailing, the first thing they had to face was the Russian castle of Amuhabai Shang, which was also the first large military fortress of Tsarist Russia on the Yenisei River. Amuhabai Shang was the name of the Qing court, and the Tsarist Russians called it "Abakan".

Since all ships from the lower reaches of the Yenisei River have to pass by the castle, if nothing unexpected happens, the "South Detachment" must capture here to avoid even the retreat being raided.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although the Russians built the castle tall and majestic and were closely guarded, the wooden materials could not withstand the bombing of North Navy artillery shells. After the five-gate mortars mounted on the flatbed had fired more than fifty shells in succession, the Russian troops stationed in the castle and the recruited men were already killed and injured. Before the ground troops could launch an attack, the local garrison commander had already fired a white flag and surrendered from the city.

In order not to waste time, Hu Ji, who led the "South Detachment", notified Abakan's garrison commander and chief executive, ordering them to go to Chiyan City before the end of July to handle the surrender and wait for the local garrison commander to take over, otherwise what awaits them will be the bombing of the North Navy again.

After that, the "South Detachment" set out again and removed several Russian strongholds along the way one by one. When they passed through the canyon of the Sayan Mountains and arrived in Kemukmuchik with difficulty, it was already the end of July.

The sudden appearance of the Northern Navy in the Tanu Ulianghai area stunned the Mongols who were grazing here. They thought it was the Rakshasa people who had attacked. Since most of the arrows from the Tanu Ulianghai were summoned to Ulyasutai, the Northern Navy passed the border and could not see Mongolian cavalry for hundreds of miles except for the few Karen outposts along the way.

When the fleet headed eastward, crossed Wengun Mountain and entered the territory of the Sarajik Wulianghai Banner, the Mongols finally reacted. More than 3,000 cavalry composed of temporary herders, led by various Zasak Taiji people, surrounded from all directions.

The problem is that it is the precipitation season now. As the Wakemu River, which is the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, has many tributaries and abundant water, and the Northern Navy's plungers have no problem sailing; the most terrible thing is that the Khalkha Mongols had no big ships except a small number of small fishing boats. The Mongolian cavalry who arrived one after another started driving small boats and even gathered on both sides of the river to shoot arrows at the fleet, but the bullets fired from the ship quickly ran away in a hurry, and the fishing boats were sunk by rockets, which made the Taiji, the leader, jumped straight into anger.

However, when the fleet followed the Barji River and crossed the Tripo Lake five miles, it could no longer move forward. Huji immediately ordered the troops to abandon the ship and landed on the shore. Under the guidance of the guide, he marched towards Bayanbulak at a rapid march speed.

At this time, the Mongol cavalry chasing behind them were only two days away. The 20,000 troops sent by the Qing Dynasty from Ulya Sutai to take the Western Front of the Chaktu Army to plagiarize the North Navy's rear route had just completed the assembly and was advancing towards Bayanbulak.
Chapter completed!