Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 517 The Death of Meng Ge and the Fleeing Kublai Khan
"Oh! Nephew, do you mean that Kublai Khan did not run in the north direction?" Guyu turned his head, looked at Zhang Dingguan and asked.

"That's right! Uncle Guyu, Kublai Khan definitely did not run to the north. Think about it, what other forces are there in the north of the Jin Kingdom? He could only pull out an army of 10,000 people and run there, no Any effect is simply courting death.

There is no chance at all to go there. The only place he can run to is the west. Once he reaches the west, he can seek refuge in Batu and continue to resist your rule with the help of the power of the Golden Horde. He must have run west. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Do you want to deceive me with this little trick? What a joke, there is absolutely no way Kublai Khan could run to the east. Although the northern part of the Jin Kingdom has been managed by Kublai Khan for many years, that place is now Hulagu's territory.

In the past, Xu Liewu couldn't control it. That was because Brother Meng was behind Kublai Khan. But now that Meng Ge has completely fallen, as long as Kublai Khan dares to run over there, Hulagu will kill him.

Since Kublai Khan ran away, he would definitely be thinking about revenge. If he wanted revenge, his only chance was to go to the west, to Batu.

This time Guyuk Khan used a trick to trick Batu's eldest son, which must have offended Batu, so the two were already incompatible. Going to the west was the only chance, the only chance to fight against Guyuk.

Now in the entire Mongolia, only Batu in the west has the strength to fight against the Mongolian Great Khan and the Golden Horde. After these years of development, it has become stronger.

"Brother Meng, you've come this far and you still want to lie to me, come on!
Immediately set out ten thousand, no, twenty thousand cavalry.

Divide into twenty small teams, led by the head of a thousand households, and chase Kublai Khan towards the west for me. "Guiyou said.

The Tuolei family here has surrendered too many soldiers. Although they have surrendered, they still need some troops to guard them, so he cannot transfer too many troops.

Sending an army of 2 people into 20 lines to pursue was already the maximum limit. After all, Kublai Khan had cavalry under his command. If they were spread out any further, they might in turn be annihilated by the enemy.

"Uncle Guyou! My nephew also led a group of people to pursue him." Zhang Dingguan said.

"Okay! This is the grandson of Genghis Khan. Then take your troops and pursue him together!" Guyu nodded with great satisfaction, patted Zhang Dingguan on the shoulder and said.

"Guiyou, you evil thief, and you, you little beast of the Zhang Yong family, you kidnapped my sister, even if I turned into a ghost, I won't let you go." Brother Meng saw that his plot was seen through, Immediately he started to get mad. He looked at Guyu, Zhang Dingguan and others with gritted teeth.

"Brother Meng, if you don't rebel, you will still be my eldest brother in terms of seniority, and we may even be considered kin.

Isn’t it good to be a prince properly? Wouldn't it be nice to live a good life on the grassland, drink wine, eat meat and hunt every day? Why must you rebel? "Zhang Dingguan said.

To be honest, my wife cried for a long time when we sent troops to the grassland. Suddenly, she didn't expect that her two brothers would actually dare to rebel.

But the only thing Zhang Dingguan could agree to was to kill only Kublai Khan and Meng Ge, and he would protect the other descendants of the Tuo Lei family. After all, it was not the entire Tuo Lei family that made the mistake this time.

Kublai Khan and Meng Ge have repeatedly opposed their father and uncle Guyu. They are their mortal enemies, so they must not let them go. There is no room for negotiation on this matter.

Regarding this, Huchaduo also accepted it. She didn't have too much affection for these two brothers. As long as the rest of the Tuo Lei family was fine, it would be fine.

"Hmph! Your father killed my father. Doesn't this count as hatred? What a pity!

Father, among all the children, only Kublai Khan and I thought about avenging him, and the others. They are not worthy to be his children at all. "Meng Ge said.

"Don't talk nonsense. My father did not kill Tuo Lei at all. Tuo Lei died while he was sleeping. The cause of death was also found out clearly. It was just an accident. No one wants this." Zhang Dingguan said.

"Hmph! How old were you then? Were you there? Did you see everything? But I saw that my father was fine when he went to bed at night, but he died the next morning." Meng Ge said said.

"You are just blinded by hatred, I don't want to say anything more to you.

Brother Meng, you are my wife’s eldest brother, so this time I beg the Great Khan to give you the highest death method in Mongolia and leave you a whole body. "Zhang Dingguan said.

At this time, several Mongolian soldiers also found a cowhide bag. Brother Meng snorted without saying anything, turned around and lay down directly. Soon several Mongolian soldiers sealed the opening with a cowhide bag.

After the cowhide bag was sealed, Meng Ge inside immediately started struggling due to lack of oxygen. At this time, a dozen Mongolian cavalry also galloped over on horseback. After a burst of stampede, the cowhide bag became silent. Tuo Lei's eldest son died on the grassland, under the hooves of horses on the grassland.

"After all, he is also a descendant of my Golden Family. Although he is unkind, I cannot be unjust. He is already dead. Let's bury his body properly!" Guyu said.

These words immediately won the favor of the soldiers of the Tuolei family. All the hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands of households of the Tuolei family collectively saluted the Mongolian Khan Guiyou and put their hands on their chests to express their gratitude to the Khan. Bow and prostrate.

After executing Meng Ge, Guyu immediately sent out a large-scale pursuit force and began to pursue it along the west.

Kublai Khan's strategy and decision-making ability are still very strong. If he is allowed to go to the west, it will bring a very good enhancement to Batu, which is a troublesome matter.

"Brothers, come on quickly. If everyone discovers Kublai Khan's team, please inform everyone immediately. The Great Khan said that if anyone catches Kublai Khan with his own hands, he will be made a thousand households."

"Qianhu! Qianhu!"

Under the heavy reward, the Mongolian cavalry burst into unusually high emotions, waving their whips one by one, and began to run towards the west.

Zhang Dingguan and his team of 2,000 people also joined them and began to pursue the mission, heading all the way to the west.

Guyuk himself is sitting in Haraholin, the headquarters of Mongolia, commanding and arranging everything, and accepts the auspiciousness of all the thousands, thousands, and hundreds of Tuolei families, pardons their crimes, and shares it with some people who came out to surrender in advance. .

This rebellion only lasted a few months and was quickly suppressed. Kublai Khan and Meng Ge failed so quickly that it exceeded everyone's imagination.

Originally, many Mongolian clan kings thought that this war would last for several years and turn into a protracted tug-of-war. However, they did not expect that after a decisive battle, the military morale of the Tuolei family was actually shattered.

More than ten days later, another news came. On the grassland, the two clan kings of the Tolei family, Hulagu and Alibu, attacked with their own troops. The 40,000 people from the rear of Kublai Khan's army were attacked. The ragtag army that was put together was wiped out.

Most of the troops here are Koreans and Fusang people. They have no resistance at all against the Mongolian cavalry.

This miscellaneous army was completely killed. At the same time, Kublai Khan and Meng Ge were defeated and Kublai Khan fled. The news of Meng Ge's disappearance also spread to Mobei Mongolia.

After learning the news, the old lady of the Tuo Lei family also cried loudly and then committed suicide by taking poison. The death of her eldest son made this old mother completely heartbroken.

Before leaving, the old lady of the Tuo Lei family was still saying that she should not let her sons remember this hatred. Sometimes it is good to grow up healthy and safe.

In a small valley leading to the west, Kublai Khan and his men have lived here for more than ten days.

After breaking out of the encirclement that day, he did not evacuate quickly to the west, but ran further north, found a very secret valley, and then hid in it with his entire army.

After that, they set up tents and burned some cow dung to keep warm during the day. At night, when the whole army huddled together, they were absolutely not allowed to light a fire, even if they froze to death.

Kublai Khan knew clearly that if he retreated to the west as soon as he escaped from the battlefield, Guyuk would definitely send a large army to pursue him.

You can't run away in this situation, so if you want to evacuate safely, you have to ignore common sense.

Therefore, he did not run to the west, but headed towards the bitter cold land in the north, that barren land. After running wildly for a day and night with his army, Kublai Khan found a valley to hide.

During the day, they ate some dry food or ordered people to go hunting. At night, the entire army hid here to rest. At this time, everyone had been hiding here for more than ten days.

"Prince Kublai Khan! Last night, last night, several of our brothers froze to death." One of his personal guards came to Kublai Khan and said with a sad face.

For the past few days, people were freezing to death every night, even though they were all hugging each other to keep warm. During the day, a fire is also lit to heat the tent, but at night, there are still some brothers. He fell asleep and left.

"Hart! I don't want to do this, but there is no way. If we light a fire at night, if someone discovers it, we will be dead." Kublai Khan said.

"Your Highness, there are still about 400 of us, and dozens of them have frozen to death in the past few days. When are we going to leave this hellish place?" Kublai Khan's personal guard asked.

Their original plan was to flee to the west, but after arriving here, they had been hiding for nearly half a month, but Kublai Khan still had no intention of leaving.

Now that they have finished their dry food, there is less and less food to eat, and they have killed all the nearby prey. If they stay here any longer, they may not need enemies to fight them, and they will starve to death.

"The horses will eat grass every day. There is still grass here. You can also drink horse blood and hold on for a few more days." Kublai Khan said.

When his grandfather was commanding Mongolia, the most difficult period for the Mongols was during the siege. They even used horse blood to satisfy their hunger.

It's not time yet to go out. Guyu's pursuit team should not have stopped yet.

“Prince Kublai Khan, it’s okay for a few of us to take horse blood, but this is not a long-term solution!

If we want to go to the west, there will be no supplies! If we go to the West to ride horses from here, it will take five or six months at the fastest. What will we eat on the way? "The other guard under his hand said.

It was originally according to their plan. The dry food in hand should be enough to last for a while. As long as we run near the Chagatai Khanate, we will be fine.

They can buy some food, get some supplies, or hunt along the way to the west, but being trapped in this valley is really not a problem.

To leave this valley, they had to take a longer detour. Along the way, they could only make a living by hunting, as long as they couldn't find any. animals, then these hundreds of them will starve to death.

The consumption of what hundreds of people eat every day is quite huge.

"I know it's difficult for you brothers. Let's do this. If any of you are willing to follow me, then stay with me. Others who don't want to follow me can ride their own horses.

Return to your homeland! As long as you stay anonymous at home, the goal of the Mongol Khan is that I will not do anything to you. Kublai Khan said.

"Prince Kublai Khan! How can you say such a thing? We followed you here. We have stayed here for more than half a month, and we all believe in you." One of the guards under his command said.

"I know, so I can't let you take risks with me, follow me on a road of no return, and abandon your wives, children, sons, and even parents.

So I don’t need too many people around me. You can go home, go back. Don't stay here, otherwise more people will die as we move westward. Kublai Khan sighed and said.

The only ones who were truly loyal to him were a few hundred households, and some of the dead soldiers he had raised since childhood, but the others only followed because they were Kublai Khan's personal guards.

"Prince Kublai Khan, I will repay your kindness in the next life as a cow or a horse." A soldier kowtowed to Kublai Khan, then flattered himself and left without looking back.

Kublai Khan did not stop him in any way, nor did he let someone shoot a cold arrow to kill the leaving soldier, but allowed him to leave.

After the first person left, there were the second and third people. An hour later, there were only about ten people left around Kublai Khan.

These dozen people are the most loyal to Kublai Khan and the Tolei family.

"You guys pack your things, we'll leave here tonight." After all the people left, Kublai Khan extinguished the fire at his feet and said.

The reason why he let these soldiers go actually had two purposes. First, if their team of several hundred people left, there would be a lot of noise and it would definitely attract the attention of some people. Then they would definitely be sent by Guyuk. The incoming pursuers found out.

So breaking it up into parts, a team of more than a dozen people is the safest.

Second, it was not because of Kublai Khan's kindness that he let these soldiers go.

If these people leave, they can also attract some firepower for themselves. If everyone leaves, no one will know the route that Kublai Khan really wants to take.

Most of these people will run to the east, to their homeland, after they are caught.

He will definitely lead his pursuers to the valley where he is hiding, and then he can buy himself some time to escape.

These people can buy themselves some time to escape.

"Prince Kublai Khan, what are we going to eat along the way?"

"Each of us had a horse and a saber. When we met some herdsmen along the way, we killed their whole family directly, and then snatched their cattle and sheep so that we would have food on the road." Kublai Khan said. .

How could there be no food? Nowadays, the grasslands are full of Mongolian herdsmen grazing. If you are lucky, you can meet some every day. In order to keep their whereabouts secret, they will definitely kill people!
Kill the herdsmen, and the beef jerky, mutton jerky and other dried meats and milk lumps in their homes will become their army rations.

"Prince Kublai Khan, we'd better not kill anyone. If we kill too many people, it will inevitably attract Guyu's attention.

There are only about ten of us, and as long as two sheep come over, it will be enough for us to eat for a day.

If we kill too many herdsmen along the way and silence them, firstly, Changshengtian will blame us, and secondly, our whereabouts will be easily exposed. We have lived here for half a month.

We also hunted a lot of game, and their furs were preserved. We can use these furs as cargo and pretend to be a caravan.

If you need cattle or sheep on the road, you can exchange these fur goods with them. There is no need to kill unless you are recognized. "One of Kublai Khan's personal guards said.

It would be too cruel to kill herdsmen along the way and rob their cattle and sheep to move forward. And it is indeed easy for the pursuers to discover.

If they were just pretending to be ordinary businessmen, buying some cattle and sheep from herdsmen, or even stealing some cattle and sheep would not arouse any suspicion, and they had been hunting for the past half month. But he has accumulated a lot of fur goods.

"Hahaha! You are right, I was indeed wrong. You have a good idea. We will use these furs as goods and then pretend to be merchants. All of you are not allowed to call me prince anymore, but call me " Brother, we are all sworn brothers, does Anda understand?" Kublai Khan nodded and said.

"Understood, Prince Kublai Khan."

Kublai Khan's greatest advantage is that he listens to others' advice and is willing to listen to the opinions of his subordinates instead of his own words.

Soon the group set off. They put on some disguises, put away their sabers, and then put the furs that had been broken and saved these days on the horses as cargo.

Pretending to be a businessman going to the west to do fur business, he headed all the way to Batu's territory.

(End of this chapter)