The next morning, when the spearhead company was collecting the airdropped supplies, a cavalry unit holding white flags arrived from the northwest.
The tribe leader Yangtuo Luo came personally with his son, important tribal leaders, and others to ask for surrender.
As a result, Yang Tuola naturally met the military commander of the Northern Expedition, the commander of the Aoyue Brigade, Liao Sanshi, and the representative of the Governor-General of Xiangxi, Commissioner Li.
The sharp knife company followed Commissioner Li into the city.
In fact, Liao Sanshi was determined not to agree with Commissioner Li entering the city of Kori, but in the end he could not persuade Commissioner Li and had to give up. However, he deployed defenses on the periphery and was ready to attack the city of Kori at any time.
The city of Kori is a typical grassland wooden fortress, with most of the buildings being thatched houses, mud houses, felt tents, etc. However, the religious building, the Temple of Prayer in the center of the city is very magnificent. The continuous cluster of palaces formed by Yangtuo Luo Khan's snow-white felt tents is right next to the Temple of Prayer.
The sharp knife company was also arranged in a group of felt tents near the temple, occupying more than 20 felt tents. These were obviously felt tents of noble families. Several felt tents formed a courtyard. The felt tents were particularly large and had complete functional areas, such as warehouses, servants' rooms, etc.
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It was late at night and the sky was overcast and very dark today, but there were pillars of fire burning near the felt tents in the area where the sharp knife company lived, and sentries were patrolling back and forth.
There was bedding spread on a thick woolen blanket in the felt bag. Lu Ming was sitting cross-legged next to it. In front of him was a small desk with a kerosene lamp burning on it.
Lu Ming casually flipped through the erotic magazines on the table, which seemed to fit his rugged soldier persona very well, and the magazines were confiscated from Japanese soldiers.
However, what Lu Ming was thinking about was the so-called "surrender" of the Yangtuo Luo clan.
After "Commissioner Li" proposed to confiscate all gunpowder weapons including homemade earthen guns and cannons from the grassland herdsmen, it was obvious that Yangtuo Luo and other tribal elders were shocked.
According to the laws of the Principality, private individuals can own guns, but they need to undergo strict review before they can obtain a gun license.
However, the Principality has not yet started to confiscate illegal weapons in large quantities in the new territories it has absorbed, so it is possible that the Yang family is not aware of the problem.
I thought that even if I surrendered to the principality, it would be no different from before.
There is still time to mediate the lives of those 3,000 soldiers.
It is even possible that if the principality's troops suffered a serious setback in the heart of the grassland, they would immediately turn against the principality and cut off its retreat.
Naturally, they did not expect that the first condition proposed by the principality was to confiscate all gunpowder weapons of the tribal armed forces.
In the eyes of the Yang clan or any grassland tribe, they were turning into lambs to be slaughtered.
What will they do
While Lu Ming was pondering, a woman's voice came from outside: "Is Captain Wang asleep?" The voice was soft but firm. It was Ohyumiko.
"Not asleep yet!" Lu Ming responded.
Ma Chi Nur said something in a low voice outside, and the thick door curtain of the yurt was lifted. Oh Yumiko, wearing a snow-white medical uniform and with an outstanding temperament, walked in.
Compared with the common oval faces of Central Plains beauties, her face is slightly round, which is a common face shape of Japanese beauties. She has a kind of plump and gentle beauty, which is the kind of beauty that later generations often talk about as healing, the beauty of a beautiful girl next door, rather than the kind of beauty that is full of aggressiveness.
The yurt is similar to the Japanese houses in that people sleep on the floor. Ohyumiko took off her white shoes, walked around the quilt and came to Lu Ming, kneeling in front of the small table. She was straightforward, but seemed to have something on her mind and was hesitant to speak.
Lu Ming looked at her in surprise.
After a moment of silence, Ohyumiko sighed softly.
Lu Ming was helpless, "Doctor Meizi, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."
"I may have violated the discipline..." Oyumiko lowered her long eyelashes a little uneasily.
Oh? Lu Ming immediately became curious. This Yumiko must have come from a good family, so she could receive the best education and graduated from the best medical university in Japan. The man she married was less than 30 years old and was already the chief of staff of a division with the rank of major general. It was conceivable that this young couple was actually not at the level that children from ordinary families in Japan could reach.
Moreover, she was a typical fanatic influenced by Japanese nationalism, but at the same time she was very philanthropic and felt that she was carrying out a noble mission by joining the army.
Even though she now has to follow the people of Central China to fight, she also came to the grassland to rescue the slave herders. At the same time, she also has to endure the hardships in order to return home. In front of me, she has never been humble or arrogant, and she will argue with me about things she can't stand.
It was the first time that Lu Ming saw her in her current state. He was full of curiosity. "What did you do?"
"I took in a refugee. According to the laws here, she should be considered a runaway slave..." Ohyumiko raised her head, anger in her beautiful eyes, "But, that child is so pitiful. She is not even ten years old. Because her family sold cattle and sheep to merchants without a license, they were all arrested. Her father and several brothers were killed. She was also forced to be a slave of a slave owner and suffered all kinds of torture. Yesterday, she couldn't bear it anymore. Her legs were broken and no one cared. She escaped in the dark. During the day, I found her next to a stinky ditch. She was dying!" Looking at Lu Ming, tears gradually filled her eyes, "Can you not return her to them? Deputy Wang Lian said that we can't interfere in these things..."
Lu Ming shook his head: "How many of these people can we save?"
Ohyumiko's face turned pale, and she said in despair, "But..."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "What I mean is that in order to change the current situation of the prairie, we must use a war to overthrow the old order here and drive all the slave owners out of power!"
Ohyumiko was stunned and looked at Lu Ming with surprise. She naturally couldn't expect that this rough man could say such words.
Seeing her look, Lu Ming coughed and said, "I heard it from my superiors." He showed an expression of rubbing his hands with anticipation, "If you ask me, that's right. My bones are itching all over right now. The sooner I fight, the better!"
Ohyumiko's eyes revealed a look of relief that said "this is you", and she quickly asked, "That child?..."
Lu Ming asked: "Does she affect your work? Especially if a war breaks out? Does she need you to take care of her all the time?"
Ohyumiko said anxiously, "Ah, no, her injuries are actually external injuries, coupled with malnutrition. I have already put a splint on her broken leg. She just needs to heal slowly. There is no need for me or anyone else to take care of her!"
Lu Ming nodded: "Then you should just take him in. It would be best if the herdsmen saw him. If someone dares to come and ask for him, maybe we can go to war with them!"
Ohyumiko was overjoyed, but felt a little helpless after hearing the rest. This guy is definitely a warmonger.
"Thank you, thank you Captain Wang!" Ohyumiko suddenly put her hands on her knees, bowed deeply and formally, and said thank you in Japanese.
She also left with a happy face and a brisk step.
However, when she bent down to take off her white socks and put on her nurse's white lace-up shoes, she suddenly noticed Captain Wang's passionate eyes staring at her curves. Her heart trembled, and she turned around, bowed politely, and hurried away.
Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Ming scratched his head helplessly. This burly man's body seemed to have really expelled some of his dark desires and stored them here.
He is vaguely bloodthirsty, lustful, and addicted to smoking and drinking. He has the personality of a typical low-level soldier, with both obvious strengths and weaknesses.
And his own self is really becoming more and more like a fairy. He travels in the fairyland with Liuli, Hanzhu, Pamela and others. The feeling is completely different from before. However, the wonder of the fairyland is not something that ordinary people can experience. It is like a sublimation of the dimension of life.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming smiled bitterly. His life was really a mess. He felt like he had lived a miserable life. He was a little confused about who was the real him.