Dorgun had escaped, and no matter how hard he tried, half of the effort was wasted. This made Liu Chi regretful. What made him regret even more was that he didn't know how to explain to Prince Tang, because Liu Chi knew in his heart that even if the tens of thousands of other Jiannu people escaped, as long as Dorgun was captured, it would be enough. But now Dorgun had escaped, leaving behind a huge hidden danger.
Liu Chi was furious and ordered all the surrendered people to be killed. Although there was no rule in Tang Tong's army that prisoners were not allowed to be killed, prisoners were generally not killed. Liu Chi was also very annoyed this time. Such a great achievement slipped away from his hands, so Liu Chi naturally had to find a place to vent his anger.
After Liu Chi killed the captives, he sent a few people to report to Tang Tong, and then divided his men into three teams to chase Dorgun and his men from the direction they escaped. Although Dorgun and his men were short of supplies in the Mobei grassland, they would definitely reveal their whereabouts in order to get supplies. After all, they were a team of nearly a thousand people and were not that good at hiding their tracks.
In fact, they had no supplies when they arrived at this place, but Liu Chi and his men had obtained a lot of horses and horse meat from the Jiannu people along the way, which was far more abundant than the food provided by Dorgun and his men. This was the decision Liu Chi made after considering for a while. Of course, on the third day, Liu Chi finally found clues about Dorgun and his men in a destroyed small tribe.
However, after Tang Tong and his troops met up with the Mongols, he realized that he had underestimated the enemy and had allowed Dorgon to carve out a way out in such a short time. The Mongolian cavalry and the Guanning Iron Cavalry of that era were very powerful in killing poor civilians, but they did not have much real combat power. Otherwise, the Mongols with nearly one million archers would not have been defeated by the Jiannu with only tens of thousands of people. The Guanning Iron Cavalry, which had a history of 200,000 people, would not have been defeated by the Jiannu.
Tang Tong reflected on himself and realized that he had become too complacent recently. A few days later, the man under Liu Chi sent a letter. Tang Tong saw that there were only a thousand people left in Dorgun's army, so he felt relieved. No matter how powerful Dorgun was, with such a small number of people, he could only be a group of bandits in Mobei.
The subsequent work was to restore the construction work in the Northeast. Tang Tong was very concerned about Amin, who had already surrendered to him.
Ertai did not treat them badly. He made Amin and Manggurtai the mayor and deputy governor respectively, which was equivalent to the position of deputy governor. The population of Northeast China was sparse, and the workload of restoration and construction was not very large. Tang Tong turned his attention to opening up the southern territory of the Mongolian grassland and establishing direct contact with the team led by Yan.
Tang Tong no longer took Dorgun lightly and offered a reward: anyone who could capture Dorgun alive would be rewarded with ten taels of silver and a first-class duke title. If it were someone else, they might not be happy with it, but although Tang Tong was only a prince, in the eyes of those Mongols, he was no different from an emperor. Such a high reward made many Mongolian tribal leaders bring their men to hunt down Dorgun and his men.
However, there were also many Mongolian tribes far away from the Northeast who did not take Tang Tong seriously. They did not know how powerful Tang Tong was and only wanted to close the door and establish themselves as kings. However, Tang Tong had already divided the Mongolian grasslands into twenty areas and promised these areas to those Mongolians who surrendered to Tang Tong first. Among these people, except for the Khorchin people who got their own actual benefits, the others only got empty promises. Tang Tong's goal was to hope that these people would conquer those tribes that did not surrender to Tang Tong for the promised empty benefits.
On the one hand, these Mongolian tribal leaders ran to capture Dorgun for the reward, and on the other hand, they ran for the territory promised by Tang Tong. With the support of Tang Tong, these people became bolder and soon the entire Mongolian grassland was in turmoil with wars. Some small Mongolian tribes either joined a large tribe or came to the areas occupied by Tang Tong in the south, because all the Mongolian tribes in the south had been conquered by Tang Tong, and at this time, it was the only safe place on the Mongolian grassland.
Although Dorgun was very cunning, his life was getting worse and worse, and he had completely degenerated into a bandit on the grassland. Several times he encountered Liu Chi and his men, but Dorgun was very quick to seize the opportunity and each time he was able to escape. However, his men were getting fewer and fewer, and later there were only about 200 people following Dorgun.
With the arrival of the Mongols who were fighting for the Jin Dynasty, Dorgun's life became even more anxious. Although some tribes refused to surrender to Tang Tong, no one dared to take Dorgun and his men in, because that would lead to full revenge from Liu Chi and his men. Once, a Mongolian tribe relied on its 20,000 combatants and did not take Liu Chi and his men seriously, and temporarily let Dorgun and his men rest. As a result, when Liu Chi and his men arrived the next day, the tribe suffered a severe blow, and almost all the men were slaughtered. From then on, even if someone wanted to help Dorgun and his men, they had to think twice.
After the battle between Liu Chi and his men, the Mongols who didn't know who Prince Tang was began to understand who he was. Coupled with the propaganda on the grassland by the Mongols who came to capture Dorgun, those who didn't know who Prince Tang was understood one thing even more: Prince Tang was not to be messed with. The army under his command was simply a heavenly soldier and general. They could destroy the extremely powerful Jiannu people at will. Smart people knew that if they continued to help the Dorgun who was roaming around, their own tribe would be doomed. Not to mention the troops chasing Dorgun, just the artillery that was rumored was no one could resist.
Dorgun has survived all the way. The handsome man he used to be has now completely changed. He no longer has a trace of his former vigor and vitality. He is like a wounded wolf on the grassland. He looks at the world with fear in his eyes all day long. Even when he is sleeping, he will wake up from a nightmare at any time.
For example, when Liu Chi and his men tried to kill him before, Dorgun was able to escape with ease. But with the arrival of the Mongols who came for the bounty, a huge net was spread across the grassland. The space Dorgun could escape to became smaller and smaller, and there were fewer and fewer places where he could grab supplies. In addition, the number of Dorgun's men was decreasing. Even if he encountered a tribe, Dorgun and his men were less and less able to rob those tribes and grab the supplies they needed to survive.
On the way to death, due to the lack of medical care and medicine, some of Dorgun's men were not treated after being injured in the battle. In addition, due to the continuous high-intensity escape journey, many people were dragged to death by illness and pain. Even Dorgun himself was tortured by this kind of escape life and lost the courage to escape again.
As if they knew their doom was approaching, when Dorgun fled to the Tula River area, there were only 82 people left and they finally stopped fleeing. They had not eaten for two days, and their horses had no strength to run any further. A dozen of them fell over when they saw the water in the Tula River and were about to drink it.
"Great Khan... I don't have the strength to walk anymore. You guys go..." One of Dorgun's men struggled to get up from the overturned horse, and looked at Dorgun with the sorrow of a dying man in his eyes.
"Karhan, you are a rare warrior in our Later Jin Kingdom. Cheer up. We have overcome so many difficulties before. What else can't we conquer?" Dorgun cheered up and wanted to give his men some encouragement, but he was exhausted at this time. How convincing could his words be?
At this point, Dorgun could no longer call himself "I" in front of these subordinates. He was now just a stray dog. Compared with those horse thieves and bandits, Dorgun was no better. These people were extremely loyal to him because they had followed him until today. What else could Dorgun say?
“Khan… I’m sorry… I really can’t hold on any longer…” The man named Kaerhan finally couldn’t support his body anymore and sat down on the ground with a pale face that was exhausted.
As if affected by the Karkhan, several more horses fell down. These people were in a hurry to escape and did not take into account the horsepower. They had no supplies and when they arrived at this place, they had already reached the limit of these people and horses.
"Is it all over... Hehe... Is it all over... I am the true emperor... Heaven will never destroy me like this..." Dorgun muttered, his eyes drifting to the sky. At the end of his sight, a dark mass, darker than a dark cloud, moved towards him. (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author, support!)
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