"Your chief is dead. If you surrender, from now on, you only need to hand over 20% of the tribe's cattle and sheep; the rest will all belong to you..."
Seeing the panicked Xianbei soldiers, Tuolü's expression softened, and he loudly explained the policies of the Han Dynasty to them.
Upon hearing this, the panic on the soldiers' faces immediately vanished, replaced by joy.
Since their leader was dead and they had no one to serve, and with such good conditions, it would be foolish not to surrender.
Soon, the three hundred soldiers dismounted and submitted to Tuolü.
After entering the tribe, Tuolü first slaughtered Mo Huai's entire family, and then, as promised, distributed all the cattle and sheep that originally belonged to Mo Huai to the herders.
This action was enthusiastically supported by the people of the tribe, and the elderly people even hugged their own cattle and sheep and wept bitterly.
They had raised cattle and sheep their whole lives and never dared to dream that one day they would own their own. Now that the reality was right in front of them, it felt like a dream.
Chen Qing, along with his soldiers, conducted ideological education work among the herders in the tribe, making them understand the significance of the struggle.
In a short time, in addition to the original three hundred soldiers, other able-bodied men from the tribe also expressed their desire to join the Red Ribbon Army.
Tuolu and Chen Qing accepted all comers; these young men had all grown up on horseback and were excellent cavalrymen once they were on horseback.
The Red Ribbon Army's ranks suddenly increased to 1,500 men.
After ascertaining the situation of the Moqing tribe, Tuolü and his group decided to first target several medium-sized tribes in the surrounding area, and then make their move against Moqing once they had grown stronger.
After resting for two days and completing the tribal migration, Tuolü led his team onward.
While Tuolü was busy expanding his power, a war that would determine the ownership of the western grasslands was about to break out on the grasslands thousands of miles north of the Hexi Corridor.
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