After the Ming army captured Ulan-Ude, all the materials that Russia had hoarded in Ulan-Ude fell into the hands of the Ming army. These materials not only had weapons and armaments, but also had enough for the Ming army and the Mongolians to eat a large amount of food for two years.

Ulan Ude was originally a major Russian town in the Far East. After the Ming army and Mongolian cavalry attacked the northern desert, the Russian Far East Governor's Office not only shrank its troops to avoid the Ming army's front and fought for a long time, but also stepped up the stockpiling of materials from Ulan Ude.

Now, this large number of supplies have all become the spoils of the Ming army. With these supplies, the Ming army does not have to worry about logistics issues in Ulan-Ude, which also makes Yang Xu extremely happy.

Yang Xu adopted two policies for the captured Russians.

Among them, the ordinary people in the city, including missionaries, Yang Xu insisted on making things difficult for them. On the contrary, he directly distributed some supplies to each person and ordered them to leave Ulan-Ude within three days.

Since this is the case with the Ming army, the practice of massacre of cities is generally impossible. Besides, these ordinary people are of no use in Ulan-Ude. To drive them away can make room for the Ming army and Mongolian cavalry to station here. Secondly, after Ulan-Ude takes over, the Ming army will ensure absolute control here. If these people remain here, it will be a hidden danger.

As for where to drive them, of course, it is Irkutsk, the capital of the west bank of Lake Baikal. It is not too far from Ulan-Ude. If you walk fast, it will only take ten days to go. Siberia has just had the first snowfall. These ten days are enough for these people to arrive at Irkutsk before the real cold comes.

These tens of thousands of people went to Irkutsk, which not only reduced the pressure on material and public security for the Ming army in Ulan-Ude, but also brought some trouble to Irkutsk. Of course, Yang Xu was happy to see such a best-of-border approach.

Yang Xu was not so "kind" in the captured Russian soldiers. The so-called kindness to the enemy is cruelty to himself.

As the commander, Yang Xu is not a living Bodhisattva. He is a soldier who came out of the mountain of blood corpses. These prisoners must not be released, but it is even more impossible to keep them for nothing. In Yang Xu's eyes, these prisoners are the best laborers. The walls of Ulan-Ude were seriously damaged in the siege of the cave. These prisoners were just used to let them do some work in building the city wall. At the same time, the severe winter came soon. The houses in the city and the wood for burning fire in winter were seriously insufficient. These prisoners could go outside the city to cut down trees, collect materials to build residences, etc.

Yang Xu handed over the work of managing prisoners directly to the Mongols. At this time, due to weather reasons, Ortai's main cavalry had already begun to move south, but the Mongolian cavalry that joined forces with the Ming army was still there. Since there was no war for the time being, it was the most appropriate choice to let these Mongols manage prisoners. Moreover, the Mongols' attitude towards prisoners has never been so "friendly". This kind of dirty work can be said to be the best choice for the Mongols to do.

As for the outcome of the prisoners, Yang Xu couldn't control it. All he had to see was the result. The Mongolians naturally decided on how the Mongolians did. However, Yang Xu told the Mongolians that the use of prisoners must meet the premise of the Ming army and the Mongolians spending the winter safely in Ulan-Ude, and the Mongolians let the Mongolians take care of the others.

"Master, what should I do with the leader of Ulan Ude?"

When Yang Xu finished explaining this with the Mongols, the deputy general on the side reminded him, which reminded Yang Xu of the unlucky guy Gregory.

It was actually a bit too bad to say that Gregory was a bad guy, but it was actually not bad to say that he was lucky. When this guy was patrolling the city defense, he happened to encounter the Ming army's siege tactics, and he was as if he was blown up. Gregory's adjutant was not lucky and was directly hit by a splashed stone. His entire head was flattened. Gregory fainted after fainting after waking up, he had become a prisoner of war for the Ming army.

Fortunately, Gregory was stunned by the city, which caused the Russian soldiers in the city to lose command in the subsequent resistance, which made the Ming army so easy to take Ulan-Ude.

Now, Gregory, the major general of the Russian Empire, and the former supreme commander of Ulan Ude, are squatting in the prisoner-of-war camp.

"Pick a few people out of the prisoners to take care of Gregory. After all, they are also generals. As a general, they still need necessary treatment. By the way, add an extra potato every day to save money. In the future, I said that I did not treat him preferentially in the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Xu thought about it and said this. As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter broke out in the room.

Taking Ulan-Ude, the Ming army quickly repaired the city wall. Although it was impossible to restore it as before, at least it could not make the city wall no longer a gap.

Besides, the Ming army attacked Ulan Ude in the east to attack. Now that Ulan Ude has taken over, the Ming army no longer needs to consider the threat from the east, because the valleys and large areas in the east have become the control of the Ming army, and Russia's main forces are all in the west.

Of course, in order to ensure safety, Yang Xu still set up fortresses at both ends of the valley. These fortresses originally existed in Russia, but were removed one by one by Yang Xu. Now it can be repaired and used, which can further ensure the city defense of Ulan-Ude.

More than ten days later, the damaged city wall was basically restored, and fortress areas in the city and outside the east were built one after another. At this time, the truly cold weather in Siberia also came. With the heavy snow of goose feathers for three consecutive days, the temperature dropped sharply.

In the house, the firewood was burning in the fireplace. Compared with the weather dripping water outside, the temperature in the house can be said to be as warm as spring. Yang Xu was drinking milk tea, flipping through documents, and recording on a map.

Due to the arrival of severe winter, it is impossible to continue fighting. Next, both the Ming army and the Russian side have a window period of four or five months. During this time, the two sides will confront each other east and west with Lake Baikal until after the spring begins next year.

After taking a sip of milk tea, Yang Xu stood up and walked around the room. He felt a little frustrated and came to the door. He pushed open the biting cold wind outside the door, swept the snowflakes and came to his face.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Xu looked at the Ulan Wude, which had turned completely white, and then looked at the gray sky that was still snowing. Yang Xu couldn't help feeling a little lucky at this moment.
Chapter completed!