After Tang Tong's army reached the Jianjiang River, they camped along the river, across the river from the city where Dorgun was located. Tang Tong asked his men to prepare tools for crossing the river, and sent out some small teams to sweep the surrounding Jiannu tribes. For those who refused to surrender, Tang Tong had no choice but to kill the men of those tribes. For those who were willing to surrender, Tang Tong recruited the thirteen-year-old boys among them into the logistics team and let them serve as coolies, while the women were kept under centralized supervision. Tang Tong would give some food to any honest and hardworking men, and let the men deliver it to their families personally.
Those who tried to cheat would have their people starve to death. As a result, none of the Jiannu people dared to cheat, and they all worked very hard. After ten days or so, they built several pontoon bridges and hundreds of small boats. Dorgun on the other side of the Songxi River could only watch these pontoon bridges being built and could do nothing.
Dorgun also sent troops to destroy the pontoon bridge, but under the artillery fire of Tang Tong and his men, they could not get out of the city at all. After several rounds of artillery fire, the soldiers who came out from other gates were basically left with no one standing. When the pontoon bridge closed with the opposite bank, Dorgun sent out the death squad to make a last effort, but Tang Tong's men on the hundreds of small boats fired rows of gunfire at Dorgun, and no matter how hard they struggled, it was of no use.
The breech-loading rifles in the hands of Tang Tong's regular army had a much longer range than the bows and arrows in the hands of the Jiannu people, which was also the reason why the Jiannu people were wiped out every time but could not hurt Tang Tong's men. After 10,000 of Tang Tong's vanguard soldiers crossed the Songjiang River, Tang Tong's personal guards supported Tang Tong across the river.
This time, Tang Tong was accompanied by Dayuer and Hailanzhu. Although the army of this era was not allowed to bring women in the army, those generals who brought women in the army were violating military regulations. However, there were female soldiers in the army under Tang Tong. The female military regiment soldiers and female medical soldiers in the army were regular soldiers in the logistics team. There was also a logistics team that learned from the Japanese and was composed of women. They were not soldiers. They were the comfort group captured by various countries. Since the army under Tang Tong was far away from home, in order to reduce the anxiety of these soldiers, Tang Tong set up a comfort group in the army.
Dayuer and Hailanzhu served as staff officers in the army, so it was not a violation of military regulations for Tang Tong to bring them with him. As for Tang Tong recruiting female soldiers in the army, although many people did not understand, the officers of the regular army under Tang Tong all graduated from schools, and generally had no resistance to the rules set by Tang Tong. They were much more open-minded than people of this era. Of course, this degree of openness was far behind that of later generations, and they just accepted the appearance of female soldiers in the army in their hearts.
At this time, Dorgun was still young and strong. Although Tang Tong, who was under the general's flag, was far away from him, he could still make out his face clearly, especially Dayuer who was riding beside Tang Tong. When Dorgun saw Dayuer riding with Tang Tong, it was as if a sledgehammer hit Dorgun's heart hard.
Although Dorgun no longer had any illusions about Dayuer, he still felt sad when he saw Dayuer with another man. Especially for a man like Dorgun, the feeling of humiliation was much stronger than that of ordinary people. Dorgun could not even say that he loved Dayuer. He only had a strong sense of possession, especially since Dayuer was something Dorgun considered his own and now was taken away by someone else. The anger and humiliation made Dorgun's eyes burn with a raging fire, but this fire could only burn his own heart.
Dayuer also looked at Dorgun on the top of the city wall. This person, whom she had known since childhood, had now become a beast trapped in a cage. The world was unpredictable. Thinking back to how powerful the Jiannu were in the past, and as the daughter of the Khorchin tribe leader, she had to deal with the Jiannu princes and grandchildren for the benefit of her tribe. At that time, she was only thirteen years old, and was taken into the palace by Huang Taiji, who was much older than her and as fat as a pig.
The man she was with now, Prince Tang, was really a weird person. In his words, she was still a little girl at the age of thirteen. The fat Huang Taiji who was as fat as a pig was worse than a beast in the mouth of Prince Tang. He could even lay his hands on a little girl of thirteen at that time. Although Prince Tang's argument was a bit weird, it made people feel very warm when they heard it. Dayuer was a little delusional, and there was a hint of pity in her eyes when she looked at Dorgun.
Although sisters love to be coquettish, and Dorgun is also very good-looking, with a heroic spirit, Dayuer knew what a hero was in this world as early as she was thirteen years old. When Huang Taiji led the Jiannu cavalry to defeat the Mongols, when Huang Taiji led the Jiannu cavalry to defeat the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, although Huang Taiji was old enough to be her own father-in-law, and although that Huang Taiji was as fat as a pig, he was still worthy of the title of hero.
Later, this Prince Tang appeared. Huang Taiji, who was worthy of the title of hero, was defeated again and again at the hands of this Prince Tang. In Dayuer's eyes, this Prince Tang who had captured her was the real hero, while Dorgun never behaved like a hero. Although many people praised him as a warrior when he was a child, a warrior can only be a warrior, not a hero in Dayuer's eyes, let alone Dayuer who only worshipped heroes.
Dayuer's eyes were fixed on Tang Tong. Tang Tong, who was wearing a new general's uniform, looked particularly heroic in Dayuer's eyes. His eyes, which were originally ordinary, also seemed to shine with wisdom. Tang Tong did not notice Dayuer's gaze at this time. He was always looking at the great devil in history standing on the top of the city.
It was this great evildoer, Wu Dorgun, and the great traitor, Wu Sangui, who caused the deaths of tens of millions of Han civilians. They led the executioners, both big and small, to slaughter Han civilians in one city and village after another, and created such heinous events in history as the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading.
Tang Tong sighed softly, as if a long-suffering injustice had been redressed. After this sigh, a feeling of relief welled up in his heart. Dayu'er was a little confused when she heard Tang Tong's sigh, and couldn't help asking, "Prince, what's wrong with you? Why are you sighing for no reason?"
When Dayuer heard Tang Tong sigh, she thought that Tang Tong had admired a talent like Dorgun, so she took the opportunity to ask what Tang Tong's attitude towards Dorgun was, so that she could decide whether to persuade Dorgun to surrender.
"Haha, it's nothing. I was just expressing my feelings just now. This Dorgun is an absolute tyrant. If such a person were allowed to gain power, I don't know how many people would be killed. So, no matter what, this Dorgun must die. He has committed too many sins. It's time for him to pay for the lives of those innocent souls who died unjustly." Tang Tong smiled. Although he did not tell Dayuer what he was thinking, he still told Dayuer his decision.
Dayuer didn't understand why Tang Tong said that Duoer had committed too many sins, but Dayuer was a smart woman and would not bother with Tang Tong's reasons. It was enough for her to know Tang Tong's decision. Tang Tong allowed women like them to work, and also allowed Dayuer and Hailanzhu to give him advice, but he would never let Dayuer influence his decision.
So Dayu'er smiled very obediently, and Tang Tong said: "Your Highness, I would like to congratulate you in advance. Once Dor is dead, the entire Northeast Province will be yours."
"Okay, I know you are sincerely helping me this time. After this child is born, I will also let you have a few children. Yu'er, don't blame me for being partial. Most of my ministers and generals are from the Ming Dynasty. Among my descendants, they will definitely support the children of Han women. You are a very talented woman. This is why I like you, but because of this, I don't want any chaos to happen in the future. As long as you are more obedient, I will let all the people on the grassland live a good life, and let your children live a good life too, do you know?" Tang Tong would not tell his true feelings to Dayu'er before, but during this period of time, Dayu'er was very sincere in giving advice and running around for Tang Tong, so Tang Tong sincerely accepted her and took this opportunity to tell Dayu'er what he meant.
Tang Tong had no children for a long time, but not long ago, Liu Rushi finally became pregnant with Tang Tong's child. This made Tang Tong relieved and also made those under Tang Tong very happy. For a business of Tang Tong's scale, the most important thing is the issue of offspring. If Tang Tong has no offspring, it will be a big hidden danger for the Tang family army. As long as Liu Rushi can give birth to a child, even if it is a girl, it will be an extra backbone for the Tang family army.
Dayuer had known Tang Tong's thoughts for a long time, but she still felt a little uncomfortable when she heard Tang Tong say it. For a long time, the Han people have always been superior to others in this world. Not to mention that the Han people have the idea of great Han righteousness, even people of other ethnic groups feel that they are inferior to the Han people in their hearts. This era is not like some Chinese in later generations who regard foreigners as gods.
Dayuer glanced at Tang Tong and saw that Tang Tong looked at her with gentle eyes. She couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. She thought, no matter what, her future children will be Han Chinese. The prince is still young now, and the empire he will conquer in the future will not be smaller than that of her ancestor, Jigme Khan. No matter how small the fiefdom he gives to her children, it will probably be bigger than that of the Later Jin Dynasty. As long as her children have a good fiefdom, it will be an exceptionally good result for her.
As Tang Tong and Dayu'er were talking, Dorgun, standing on the city wall, finally calmed down his anger. He looked up at the floating bridge behind Tang Tong and the others, and saw the things being transported there. Dorgun's face suddenly lost all color. (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in for more chapters. Support the author, support!)
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