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

Chapter 929 Retreat?
“I… I’m just talking… isn’t it enough to just talk…?” The man who offered to surrender was startled. The murderous look made him terrified, and he quickly explained.

But this sentence aroused Bomubogor's vigilance. Although only one person said this now, if the situation gets worse, there is no guarantee that more and more people will have this idea.

The Solon tribe had been struggling for so long, and the pressure on Bomubogor, the leader, was imaginable. Moreover, the Solon tribe was not one tribe, but three tribes in name, but in reality, the three tribes were divided into several small tribes.

Bomubogor, as the leader of the three Solon tribes, was elected by everyone. Although he had a high prestige and led his people to escape many military attacks by the Qing Dynasty on the Solon tribe, he was still unable to save the Solon tribe from the increasingly worse situation.

As someone said just now, the Solon tribe originally lived in the south, and their initial activity area was north of the Jianzhou Jurchens. However, due to the rise of Nurhaci, the survival of the Solon tribe became increasingly difficult. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he set his sights on the Solon tribe, and was determined to annex it. In order to compete with the Qing Dynasty, the Solon tribe lost countless warriors in the struggle over the years, and was forced to move northward by the other side, eventually arriving in Nurgan.

Now the Solon tribe was once again in danger, and the situation was more serious than the last time. If they could not repel Hauge's army, the fate of the Solon tribe could be imagined. In the face of such a situation, everyone had a self-preservation mentality. Even the leader of the Solon tribe, Bomubogor, could not stop the people below from thinking about it. Moreover, before the Ming Dynasty supported the Solon tribe, some people in the Solon tribe had proposed a similar idea of ​​surrender, but they were suppressed by Bomubogor. With the arrival of Ming Dynasty's assistance, the Solon tribe won another battle and repelled the Qing army, and this idea disappeared.

Now someone has once again expressed his willingness to surrender, which is not a good sign. Moreover, Bomubogor has no confidence in the next war. If Hauge really rushes all the way to Nurgan, I am afraid that more and more people will intend to surrender. By then, the people will be scattered and he, as the leader, will not be able to suppress them.

"No! We must make a decision as soon as possible. If more people have this idea, the tribe will be finished." Bomubogor thought so. He would never surrender, because he knew very well that if he surrendered, the Solon tribe would be gone. Why did Huang Taiji keep targeting the Solon tribe? Others didn't know, but didn't Bomubogor know?

If they surrender, the Sauron tribe will be directly annexed by Huang Taiji and will no longer have the ability to be independent. After that, all the Sauron warriors will become weapons in Huang Taiji's hands and will be dragged onto the battlefield to fight for the Qing Dynasty.

The result is that the Solon people will be enslaved by the Qing Dynasty forever, and will continue to bleed. In the future, the Solon people may die out completely, and there will be no Solon people in this world anymore. As the leader of the tribe, how could Bomuboguer let the tribe fall to such a state? If so, how could he be worthy of his ancestors and the people who trusted him?
"Someone just said to retreat to the north. This is also a solution." Bomubogor said.

"Chief!" As soon as he finished speaking, the person who opposed couldn't help but speak to dissuade him. But before he could finish the rest of the words, Bomubogor waved his hand and interrupted him, "The retreat to the north is temporary. The Hauge army is much stronger than us now. We can't defeat them head-on with our current strength. Even if we fight to the death and make them retreat, what about next year? What about the year after? Everyone knows how powerful the Qing Dynasty is. Can we, the Solon people, keep fighting like this?"

"I understand that retreating north is inappropriate, but it is impossible not to retreat north in the current situation. We should temporarily retreat north to avoid the sharp edge and preserve our strength for the future. This is the only way to save the tribe."

"But Chief, there's no way to survive in the north! It's so cold that it's hard to even find food."

"Yes! You are right. The north is indeed not a good place. Life there is difficult. It would be OK if there were only a few people, but it would be hard for so many of us to survive if we all retreated there. But don't forget, with the current savings of the tribe, it is no problem for us to retreat to the north and live there for a while."

"But what if the food is gone?"

"Haha, you guys, have you forgotten about the Ming Dynasty?" Bomubogor smiled and raised his hand, pointing to the south. "Now it's different from the past. In the past, we relied on the Qing Dynasty to compete, but now the Ming Dynasty has intervened in the war between the Solon tribe and the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will never let the Qing Dynasty annex our Solon tribe. The previous support is a clear example."

"We should retreat north temporarily, to a place further north. We, the Solon people, can stay in such a severe winter area, but the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty definitely cannot. Even if Haoge occupies Nurgan by then, what will happen? Will he stay in Nurgan and not leave?"

"I'm sure that when winter comes and heavy snow falls, Hauge will definitely withdraw his troops. After they leave, we can quietly return to Nurgan. When the flowers bloom next spring, the Ming fleet will be here. Since the Ming wants us to continue fighting the Qing, it will never give up on us. If we don't have food, we can ask the Ming for it. If we don't have supplies, we can ask the Ming. As long as the Ming doesn't want us to surrender to Huang Taiji, it will definitely give us. In this way, the survival of the tribe will not be a problem. If the Qing comes again in the future, we will fight if we can, and leave if we can't. As long as the Ming doesn't give up on us, the Qing will have no way to deal with us!"

"Yes!" Everyone's eyes lit up at the same time, and they all became more energetic. How could they forget about the Ming Dynasty? They used to fight alone, but now it is different. Since the Ming Dynasty contacted the Solon tribe, it not only brought a large amount of supplies to the Solon tribe, strengthened the Solon tribe's combat power, but also gave the Solon tribe the confidence to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has now conferred the title of Prince of Bomubogor Terlin on him. The Solon tribe is already a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Given the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards its vassals, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming Dynasty to abandon the Solon tribe. As long as the Solon tribe has the continuous support of the Ming Dynasty, Bomubogor has the confidence to continue dealing with the Qing Dynasty and maintain the independence of the Solon tribe.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty has now sent people, including a small-scale army, to the Solon tribe to assist the Solon tribe in fighting against the Qing Dynasty. As long as Bomubogor insists on fighting the Qing Dynasty, the Ming emperor will continue to support him. In this case, what does a temporary retreat to the north mean? Today's retreat is to return to Nurgan tomorrow. In the future, this place will still belong to the Solon people.

With Bomubogor's words, everyone suddenly became enlightened, and everyone's mood improved a lot. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that this was the best way at the moment, and they immediately expressed their acceptance of Bomubogor's arrangement.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Bomubogor immediately made a decision. He sent people to evacuate the ethnic minorities in Nurgan's old nest to the north first. At the same time, the troops left behind in Nurgan would provide cover to avoid fighting with Hauge.

Now the troops under Bomubogor continue to negotiate with Hauge, trying their best to buy time for retreating to the north. After all the ethnic groups in Nurgan have left, Bomubogor will lead his troops out of the battlefield, then head west and then return to the northeast to reunite with the tribe.

In addition, Bomubogor also needs to inform the Ming Dynasty. This is not difficult. Ming Dynasty already has people in the Solon tribe. They only need to tell them about these decisions. Another more important thing is to let Ming Dynasty know the Solon tribe's firm will not to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After the beginning of next spring, they should send the Solon tribe urgently needed food and other supplies as soon as possible. As long as they have these, the Solon tribe will never surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and will continue to fight with the Qing Dynasty and never surrender.

After the arrangements were made, the Solon tribe quickly took action. The envoys who rushed back to Nurgan brought Bomubogor's order to retreat north, and ordered the move of everything that could be moved. Everything that could not be moved should be destroyed, leaving nothing for Hauge.

At the same time, Bomubogor continued to lead his troops to harass Hauge, but Hauge was not moved at all. He still used part of his troops to cover the main force and continued to march north. In this way, four days passed in a flash, and Hauge's vanguard had arrived in the area near Nurgan, and was very close to Nurgan.

Just when Bomubogor thought that Hauge would advance quickly and completely occupy Nurgan, suddenly an incredible news came, leaving Bomubogor confused.

"What? Hauge retreated?" Bomubogor couldn't believe his ears when he heard the scout's report. How could this be possible? Hauge was so close to Nurgan, how could he retreat? Could this guy be plotting something? Was he trying to trick him by pretending to retreat?

That's right! That must be the case!
Bomubogor felt that this possibility was very high and he did not dare to take any risk. What if Hauge really tricked him and lured him, and his main force was caught by the other party as soon as it moved? Then even if the tribe had retreated to the north, the main force of the Solon tribe would be in trouble.

Once the most powerful army of the Solon tribe is gone, the Solon tribe will no longer have the possibility of competing with the Qing Dynasty, and the only option left for them is surrender.

To be on the safe side, Bomubogor did not act rashly. Instead, he took the initiative to distance himself from Hauge's army with his main force. At the same time, he sent out scouts to investigate and re-explore to make sure he understood Hauge's true actions.

But a few days later, news came one after another. As the news came together, Bomubogor was surprised to find that Hauge was really withdrawing his troops and it was not fake.

Hauge's retreat was very fast. In just less than three days, he had retreated two hundred miles, and he was still retreating along the route of advance. Two days later, Hauge's army had crossed the river and retreated all the way to the area of ​​Komu. Only then was Bomubogor certain that Hauge had indeed retreated. Although he did not know the reason for the other party's retreat, it was certain that the other party's retreat would not be false. Unfortunately, it was too late for Bomubogor to realize it. If he had been certain earlier that the other party had really retreated, Bomubogor could have found an opportunity to sneak attack Hauge and take advantage of him. But now Hauge ran away without looking back. He ran so resolutely and decisively that Bomubogor had no time to act. He could only watch Hauge leave.

(End of this chapter)