Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1135 Return to the teacher
After entering the tent, Wu Sangui was sitting in the main seat, with one hand supporting his head and the other hand resting on the armrest, still with a little anger on his face. Wu Sanmei stepped forward and comforted him, "Brother, man's plans are not as good as God's plans. Dorgon was able to escape under such circumstances. It is probably because his time has not yet come to an end. However, the Jiannu has been destroyed. Dorgon has no territory and no soldiers now. If he escapes by chance, he will be alone. It is impossible for him to turn over. Moreover, this place is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many wild beasts in the forest. He may die in a few days. You don't have to worry about it."

"Having said that, I still feel like I haven't done my best until I see the person! This is such a good opportunity. If we can catch Dorgon, this achievement alone will be..." Wu Sangui clenched his fists and sighed, revealing a look of regret.

Dorgon's position in the Jiannu was very important, and he could even be said to be the first person in the Jiannu regime. After all, although Bumbutai and Fulin were the queen mother and the emperor respectively, the real power was actually controlled by the regent Dorgon.

From this point of view, Dorgon is an absolute "thief chieftain". If he could be killed or captured alive, the merit would be no less than the merit of taking Shengjing. With this merit, Wu Sangui's title could be promoted to the next level. Now he is only an earl. Although he was promoted from the second-class viscount to the first-class earl, the two earls of the Wu family are enough to play an important role among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. But if he can be promoted from earl to marquis, even the third-class marquis will be fine! In this way, the status of the Wu family among the nobles and generals of the Ming Dynasty will be even more extraordinary.

What a pity, what a pity, such a sure win in a battle turned out to be such a mistake, how could Wu Sangui be willing to accept this? He had been chasing Dorgon for the past few months, and finally got such an opportunity, and wanted to show off his achievements, but now he exposed his butt instead of his face, and Wu Sangui couldn't help getting angry when he thought of this.

Now Dorgon has run away, without a trace. Once he runs away, it will be very difficult to catch him.

Wu Sanmei was right. This place was vast and sparsely populated. There were either mountains or rivers within a radius of hundreds of miles, as well as dense primeval forests. How easy was it to find someone here? Although Wu Sangui had three thousand elite Guanning cavalry, these people scattered here were almost like a drop of water merging into the sea. It was impossible to find any trace of Dorgon.

"Brother, it has already happened. It is useless to say more. You should relax and don't get too upset."

"That's the only way..." Wu Sangui nodded, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Wu Sanmei: "By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Haha, I almost forgot." Wu Sanmei laughed, raised his hand and patted his forehead, then took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over: "Someone just sent it to me."

"Who sent it?"

"Someone sent by the Marshal."

Hearing that it was a letter from Wang Jinwu, Wu Sangui quickly reached out to take it, first looked at the sealing wax on it, and then made sure that there was no problem with the sealing wax, then opened it, took out the letter inside and read it carefully.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui remained silent, concentrating on what he was thinking. Wu Sanmei didn't know the content of the letter, so he didn't urge him and waited patiently by the side.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Sangui suddenly said to Wu Sanmei: "Go and pass on my order to have the troops prepare to march."

"Brother, what are you doing?" Wu Sanmei was stunned. He was about to ask Wu Sangui if he planned to continue tracking Dorgon's whereabouts. At this time, Wu Sangui waved his hand and said, "Prepare to return. Don't ask other questions. Go and pass the order."

"Yes!" Wu Sanmei responded quickly and then turned and left.

After Wu Sanmei left, Wu Sangui lowered his head to look at the letter in his hand again, sighed, and shook his head helplessly.

To be honest, Wu Sangui was very unwilling to not catch Dorgon. But the problem was that Dorgon had escaped and he didn't know where he had gone. How easy would it be to find his whereabouts in such a large territory?

Wang Jinwu's letter was to ask about Wu Sangui's situation and to tell him a few things.

The first thing is that Liaodong has been basically pacified. The remaining Jiannu troops and the Eight Banners and Jurchens in various places either surrendered to the Ming Dynasty or were crushed by the Ming army under the powerful military attack of the Ming Dynasty, including the cooperation of Hauge and others. The second thing is the court's policy towards Liaodong. According to the court's requirements, the Jurchens in Liaodong, including the Baoyi under the Jurchens, must all be moved from Liaodong, and they must keep their hair and change their clothes, change their names, and then gradually immigrate to various parts of the Ming Dynasty for resettlement. In this way, the problems left by the Jiannu in Liaodong will be completely solved.

As for the third thing, the Ming Dynasty will settle immigrants in Liaodong from the inland. In the next few years, the Ming Dynasty will successively migrate millions of immigrants to Liaodong. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has now officially established a province and a governor's office in Liaodong. The governor is Sun Chuanting, and the governor and governor are Li Xin. The former Shengjing of the Jiannu has also been changed back to Shenyang as the capital of Liaodong Province.

These three things are the entire follow-up arrangements of the Ming Dynasty for Liaodong. In addition to these, there are also other arrangements for the various tribes in Liaodong. A part of the Liao army will be transferred to other places for rotation, and Gao Jie, the general of Jizhou, will be transferred to Liaodong as the general. Wu Sangui's general of Shanhaiguan will be transferred to Liaobei as the general, responsible for the defense of the northeastern region of Liaodong, including Korea, and some garrisons will be sent to Korea to ensure the stability of Liaobei and Korea.

This time, Zu Dashou was awarded the title of third-class marquis. At the same time, he resigned from the post of Ningjin General and, in accordance with the imperial court's order, was transferred to the post of General Councilor and went to the capital to take up his post.

Apart from these, Wang Jinwu told Wu Sangui not to rush into the pursuit of Dorgon. Wang Jinwu also knew that it was not easy to find Dorgon after he ran to this place. It was difficult to do it with just Wu Sangui. Moreover, when Wang Jinwu wrote the letter, he did not know that Wu Sangui was sure to catch Dorgon at that time, but unfortunately something went wrong and failed. Wang Jinwu just wanted Wu Sangui to take steady steps. In his opinion, Dorgon could not make a comeback. As long as he continued to pursue him patiently, he would be able to catch him one day. There was no need to rush.

Moreover, the weather has turned colder now, and winter has arrived. The temperature in Liaodong has dropped a lot, and many places have begun to snow. Under such circumstances, the military operations of the three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry in the north are difficult, and the pressure of logistics is also great. If something goes wrong, these elite troops will be lost in the north, and the loss is too great.

So Wang Jinwu planned to let Wu Sangui come back first, and then go north after spending the winter in the south. It would not be too late to ask the Suolun tribe to cooperate in searching for Dorgon's whereabouts.

To be honest, Wu Sangui didn't want to go back like this. Although he had almost killed all the elite troops around Dorgon, the problem was that Dorgon ran away. Wu Sangui was very unwilling to fail at the last moment. But he also understood that Wang Jinwu's reminder was right. Winter was coming, and Wu Sangui, as a general of Liaodong, knew better than anyone how cold it was. What's more, their current location was nearly a thousand miles north of where they were originally.

By that time, there will be heavy snow and the entire area will be covered with white mountains and black waters. It will be difficult for local fishing and hunting people to survive, let alone his three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry?

Once something went wrong, the whole army could collapse under the force of nature. The Guanning Iron Cavalry was Wu Sangui's capital, built with the efforts and money of the Wu family since Sun Chengzong's military command in Liaodong. Without this powerful cavalry, how could Wu Sangui guarantee his position in the army?
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui shook his head helplessly, feeling it was a pity. At the same time, he decided to return to his division temporarily and wait until the next spring to lead his troops north to continue tracking Dorgon's whereabouts.

Besides, it was so cold that he could hardly survive with his soldiers and even with the logistical supplies, let alone Dorgon who was like a stray dog. What if Dorgon ran away? It was uncertain whether he could survive in this place for the next few months. This damn place was so cold that when it was the coldest, he had to use a wooden stick to knock while peeing. It was possible that when he came back next spring, he would only find Dorgon's frozen body. This was not impossible.

In this way, Wu Sangui rested in the garrison for two days. During these two days, he sent people to continue to pursue Dorgon's whereabouts, but unfortunately he still could not find Dorgon's trace. On the third day, Wu Sangui's army broke camp and retreated southward, leaving the area. When Wu Sangui retreated, Dorgon was hiding in an old forest north of the Nenjiang River with a dozen of his subordinates and beggars. They found a cave to hide and did not even dare to light a fire, for fear that the smoke and dust from the fire would be discovered by the Ming army. They could only rely on the few supplies on their bodies to survive.

"Your Highness, we can't go on like this. Two of our brothers can't bear it and have a fever. If this continues, we will all die here." Beile Nikan advised Dorgon. He was Chu Ying's third son and Dorgon's nephew.

Chu Ying was Nurhaci's eldest son. Logically, he should have been Nurhaci's successor. However, Chu Ying was cruel and capricious by nature. In addition, he had outstanding military achievements and was adopted by Nurhaci. He was arrogant and looked down on others, which offended many people, including his brothers.

In the 41st year of Wanli's reign, a large group of nobles of the Eight Banners, including Nurhaci's sons, attacked Chu Ying because they could not stand his oppression and humiliation. Eventually, Nurhaci abolished Chu Ying's position as heir and placed him under house arrest in order to appease the public anger. Soon after, Nurhaci executed Chu Ying. Since then, the era of Chu Ying has passed, and the era of the Four Great Beile has begun.

After Chu Ying died, because he had offended too many people during his lifetime, Chu Ying's sons did not have a good life in the Later Jin Dynasty at that time. Later, Huang Taiji ascended the throne and posthumously conferred the title of Beile on Chu Ying to show his magnanimity, and then treated his sons well.

Dorgon was Huang Taiji's confidant at that time. Based on Huang Taiji's instructions and his own selfishness, he took this opportunity to win over Nikan, so that Nikan would serve him. Over the years, Nikan was loyal to Dorgon, and Dorgon did not treat Nikan badly. After Nikan became the regent, he conferred him the title of Beile in the name of the emperor, which made Nikan even more loyal to Dorgon.

(End of this chapter)