Xu Hanfeng has long heard of this. Over the years, the struggle between the enemy and us for the Mongols has become increasingly fierce, and we must control the Mongols in our hands regardless of everything and prevent them from being dispersed to the other party. It is inevitable that as the dominant forces of one side, the Han and Manchus have adopted high-pressure control policies against the Mongols, such as hostages. The difference is that the empire has better resources, while the Manchus are closer to the Mongols than the Han people.

"This is very simple. I promise you that you can let your sons have a way out, but do you want to tell me what they did?" Xu Hanfeng was so generous that he agreed first and then asked the reason.

At this time, Manggudai had no reason to conceal it. As the Borkigit clan and the Korchin family, the Borkigit clan, Manggudai's family married Manchus for generations. Although his status was not high and he could not marry a royal woman, Manggudai's wife was also the daughter of the powerful people of the Eight Banners. Their two sons were also. With such a close identity as him, they simply did not have to send their wives, children, and children to Helin as hostages, but only let their sons go to the Qing court to serve alternately. After a few years, both sons were valued in the Qing court. At this time, the eldest son was in Helin, and the second son was desperate to go to Helin to report the news after receiving the news that the Western Route Army vanguard had crossed the Hanhai.

"Why didn't you stop your second son from reporting the news?" Xu Hanfeng asked.

Manggudai said: "To be honest, I am in my twilight years. My two sons are in their prime, and the Manchus are supporting me behind my back. The real power has already fallen into the hands of my sons. If I had received the news yesterday, I showed any disloyalty to the Manchus, maybe Tarsu would have to seize power.

I am a person who knows the current affairs. If you want to save the tribe, you should surrender to the new dynasty. If you do this, you have to kill my son to ensure that there is no danger. But I don’t want to kill my son, nor do I want to lose the tribe.”

"You are a honest person and have not concealed from me. It's great. Now I will send troops to your tribe. In order to avoid causing trouble to your relatives in Helin, and in order to save your sons' lives, I can make people illusion of robbery." Xu Hanfeng was considerate.

"Thank you for your accomplishment." After thanking Mangudai, he was ready to lead the way himself.

When Xu Hanfeng saw him go out, he waved to Agui and said, "You have a thousand elite troops in your headquarters, right?"

Agui stood with his hands crossed, Zheng Keyou said, "Very good, you take your headquarters with Manggudai to control the situation in his tribe, and I will lead the spirit cavalry to go around."

Agui knew that this was Xu Hanfeng's concern that Manggudai was playing tricks, so he led the army into the trap, so he immediately agreed.

Under the leadership of Manggudai, the elite cavalry led by Agui avoided the patrol whistle cavalry and rushed directly into the tribe, controlling most of the population and cattle and sheep, and only a few people escaped. Aguiyan ordered everyone not to rob, but just concentrating the strong men in the tribe and disarmed them. With Manggudai on the side, the progress went very smoothly, and Xu Hanfeng, who was walking around, did not find anything wrong.

After Xu Hanfeng led his team into the tribe, he saw only a little sign of riot. The eyes of the herdsmen and slaves were still filled with fear, while the tribe's poverty was beyond Xu Hanfeng's expectations. The ragged herdsmen were trembling in the cold wind.

Manggudai said carefully: "General, please go to my tent, it is quite warm, and my family will take good care of you."

Looking in the direction Mangudai pointed, more than a dozen people were under the cavalry knife, both men and women, all of them were Manggudai's family, a young son, two unmarried daughters and his grandsons.

"It's a Han dog!" Several women shouted loudly. One of the older women ran to Manggudai and pointed at Manggudai's nose in Manchu language and cursed. Xu Hanfeng could understand some Manchu language, but he was not proficient. He could always tell that the woman was Manggudai's wife. Manggudai was a cowardly and shameless person who was greedy for wealth and betrayed his tribe to the Han people.

And these excited women are naturally Manchu women, and the wives of Mangudai and his sons.

"Madam, you don't have to worry about your safety and the children. We will not kill anyone here." Seeing that the woman was about to hit Manggudai, Xu Hanfeng blocked her hand with the hilt of the knife and reminded him in Mongolian.

Out of Xu Hanfeng's expectation, Manggudai's wife could master Chinese proficiently. She picked up Manggudai's youngest son and said in a plain tone: "Han General, you are a generous person, you can forgive your enemies. I am very grateful to you, but Manggudai is a coward. He betrayed his wife and son and used their lives and freedom to exchange for wealth and glory. Even animals would not do this. Even tiger poisons do not eat their children!

Sooner or later, our emperor will come with my brothers and nephews, dismantle Mangudai, throw his flesh into the desert and let the crows peck him! Let him go to the eighteen levels of hell and never be reborn."

"Your Manchurian emperors will go to the eighteen levels of hell. They are fools and cowards. They can't tell the situation at all. Early and late, the army of the Heavenly Dynasty will catch them and kill them one by one!" Manggudai was also very embarrassed and cursed.

"Haha, Mangudai, you are a beast, as a husband, you betray your wife, as a father, you put your children in danger, as a slave, you are not loyal to your master, how do you deserve to be my husband, how do you deserve to raise the son I gave birth to you......" The woman shouted at the top of her lungs, and at the end, she raised her young son high and smashed it hard on the ground.

Xu Hanfeng stood aside and looked at the scene in surprise. He was quick-witted and kicked the grass ball beside the woman. The child fell on the grass ball and cried loudly. Manggudai quickly picked up his son and touched it from head to toe. He felt a little relieved when he found that it was nothing.

"You evil woman, a damn Manchurian woman..." Manggudai pulled out a knife and slashed at his wife, and was once again stopped by Xu Hanfeng. He never expected that he would see such a situation of killing each other.

"Okay, tie up these Manchu women and find a few powerful women to take care of them. Mangudai, send someone to take care of your children and grandchildren. Come and pack up all the available items in the tribe immediately and return to the camp." Xu Hanfeng ordered.

When he returned to the camp, a tent had been set up and a stove had been laid. Xu Hanfeng entered the tent, and the stew in the pot was already rolling. He pointed to a sheepskin mat and said, "Manggudai, sit down and eat something. You don't have to hate your wife. She is Manchu, unlike us. At least your youngest son is fine, right? Maybe after a while, she will accept it. Even if she really can't accept it, you can......"

"General, on the way back, she... bit her tongue and committed suicide." Manggudai wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and whispered.

"Is that so? That's really a pity." Xu Hanfeng was a little sad when he heard the news. He sighed and said, "Drink some bars, maybe you will feel better. Manggudai, if you lose your wife, I will not let you lose your son again."

Manggudai took the wine pot and took a few sips: "Thank you for your kindness, General, how do you plan to place my tribe?"

When moving the tribe to the camp, Manggudai felt like sheep entering the wolves, especially the women of the tribe, who were worried. Although the military discipline of the new dynasty was strict and nothing bad happened, Manggudai was still a little worried and hoped to know what fate was.

Xu Hanfeng said: "I was about to tell you about this. My army is just a vanguard. There are still 100,000 troops arriving within a month. The food, grass and feed required by the army needs to be supplied by the city. The more than 400 tents in your tribe were nothing, but there are still more than 20,000 cattle, sheep and horses. That is really a big problem. This place is almost a barren land."

Manggudai asked: "Does I need to lead my tribe to move to the south of the desert?"

"That's true, but not all." Xu Hanfeng said. He took out a military order and placed it in front of Manggudai. Manggudai was literate. After reading it, he found that this was a conscript order, which would recruit all non-essential supplies from his tribe, including livestock, vehicles, felt tents, forage and utensils. According to the conscript order, all supplies will be paid at a discount, and some of them can be exchanged one-to-one in Monan, such as cattle, sheep and animals.

"My people have counted it. Your tribe has a total population of 2,000, 24,000 cattle, sheep, horses, and a small number of camels. The total discount is 40,000 taels. This is part of the cash. You can accept it. In the shortage, the officials in the Appeasement Zone of Guihua City will replenish you or give you the same number of livestock." Xu Hanfeng opened the box next to him, and it was full of silver dollars, which was as large as three thousand.

When Manggudai heard about the call, he was opposed in his heart. He thought it was a disguised forced levy, but after careful consideration, it was not the case. The army only requisitioned the tribe's livestock and materials, and did not requisition private gold and silver property. Although the most important property of herders is livestock, the difference is that this is the real requisition.

"Where is that person?" Manggudai asked again.

Xu Hanfeng said: "The soldiers of your tribe are familiar with the nearby terrain, but given your control over the tribe's people, I suggest leaving behind thirty to fifty people you trust, and moving the rest to the south of the desert. Fortunately, my baggage team will also go south in the near future. Their empty vehicles can carry all people. Although the space is not large, they are better at blocking the wind and warming. They can also take care of each other along the way, and food, drinking and water are provided by them."

Manggudai nodded slightly, and he was full of sincerity. He did not regard his tribe's people as coolies, nor did he force the women in the tribe to be military prostitutes.

"Don't worry, General, I will explain it clearly to the people of the tribe, and I will personally lead people to stay before serving the army." Manggudai patted his shriveled chest and said, "Although Manggudai is not a warrior, I am familiar with every grass and every tree nearby."

Xu Hanfeng certainly welcomed the service of Manggudai. Although the imperial intelligence department invested a lot of resources in the land in Mobei, a local person who was familiar with the environment was still very precious.

With the assistance of Manggudai, Xu Hanfeng sent elite cavalry to sweep seven tribes of all sizes within 200 miles of surrounding area. These tribes were only 200 tents, and most were only 800 tents. They were guard tribes placed on the frontier by the Qing court. However, the deep snow also made the army's combat difficult, especially for the tribes northward. The generals of the vanguard army were often willing to ride camels, dismount and attack in the field of battle, and were not willing to drag horses in the knee-high snow.

Each defeated tribe was a huge fortune. The soldiers drove camels and sled to various tribes, dragging all the cattle and sheep tents from each tribe, especially the cattle and sheep. After they were dragged back to the camp, they picked out a small number of livestock that could be used as breeding animals, and the rest were slaughtered, and meat and bones were piled up, and then salted from the second batch of baggage teams were not as lucky as Manggudai, who took the initiative to surrender, was so lucky. The males in the tribe were locked as coolies, digging trenches in the camp, and women and children were sent to the south of the desert in batches, and were organized into the official slave flag assistants to serve.

At the same time, the Qing court, who was far away in Helin, had already received news that the imperial army had arrived in Wengjinhe, but the news sent from the front line that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and mules and horses, all the Manchu and Mongolian powerful people expressed their doubts. They did not think that there were so many people in the snow and ice that could cross the vast sea.

"Stop talking, you frogs in the well!" Sony walked in, and a silence made everyone stop shouting. Two soldiers followed behind Sony, holding a guy with broken legs, looking at his clothes, he was the vassal soldiers in the appeasement zone.

A large bag of things was thrown in front of the vassal soldiers, and Sony said, "Your Majesty, this is a scout caught from the front line. After asking him, everyone will know."

"Sony, what are those?" Xuanye asked, looking at the big bag of things.

Sony said: "This is the idiot's equipment, it's all here."

Xuanye walked to the pile of things and suddenly smelled the fragrance. It turned out to be from a half-open iron box. He picked it up and saw that it was a nearly transparent oil inside, with a strong fragrance, so he asked, "What is this?"

"Anti-freeze cream." The soldiers of the vassal have already taken the punishment, so in order to save their lives, they will naturally have questions and answers.

Xuanye looked at the vassal soldier carefully and found that although his face was rough, there was no gap in the soldiers who were frozen in winter. When he looked at his hands, the same was true. He dug a piece and applied it to his face. It felt very smooth and delicate. No wonder this guy was not frostbite.

Xuanye looked at the others, and there were spare clothes, a thick wool windbreaker, sheepskin knee pads, and thick wool gloves and cotton hats. When he looked at the clothes of the soldiers, there was a thick cotton robe on the outside, a cotton jacket on the inside, and a sweater on the inside, which was light and warm. He opened a roll and thought it was a mat, but found that there was a mouth that seemed to be a pocket.

"This is a sleeping bag, the sheepskin on the outside, the cashmere tweed inside, and the duck down is filled in the middle. When you rest at night, you can put grass on the bottom, drill in, and get a hole in it, and it won't be cold."

"Not only do people have sleeping bags, but even the horses are covered with cowhide and sheepskin. This guy has three horses, and each horse is covered with cowhide and keeps warm, and it also eats the best feed." Sony shouted angrily.

Xuanye's heart tightened: "Is it only scouts, or does it have it for everyone?"
Chapter completed!