Chapter 1292 The Battle of Mongolia (6)
"Bit it? OK! OK!"
On the second day, Ortai, who was searching for Prince Yi on another road, learned that the other party had found the traces of the other party, and that his Mongolian cavalry vanguard had bitten Prince Yi's troops, Ortai, who was exhausted, finally smiled.
Immediately, Ortai decisively issued an order to pursue quickly, and according to where Prince Yi is now, he decisively divided his troops. Among them, the main force he led caught up with the vanguard cavalry as fast as possible, and the other route took a shortcut from the south to Prince Yi's route before blocking the other party's way.
"Prince, I'm afraid I'm chasing you too tight..." After the order was issued, Ortai's deputy general reminded him with some concern.
"It's just a dog that is stranded, what are you afraid of!" Ortai said disapprovingly: "The thing you have to worry about now is him, not me. The Thirteenth, the king of Lao, is very clear. Unless he blocks his way, he will never return to fight with me with all his strength."
Ortai knew very well that Prince Yi’s most urgent thing now is to escape from the Mongolian grassland and return to the Qing court, so Ortai concluded that Prince Yi would never dare to engage him in the grassland, because if this happens, Prince Yi would lose the possibility of escaping from the grassland.
Especially now, Ortai's troops have caught up with Prince Yi's footsteps, and the other party's trace has been controlled by Ortai. At this time, Prince Yi's desire to escape from the grassland was even more urgent, because he knew very well what would happen if Ortai cut off the retreat on the grassland.
Now, no Korqin tribe has ever been a scapegoat for Prince Yi. Although Prince Yi's troops are elite, they are exhausted from escaping all the way. There is no problem with the small tribe, but once they are surrounded by Mongolian tribes, the result can be imagined.
In addition, it was not only the Mongolian coalition forces of Ortai that were pursuing Prince Yi, but also the Ming army was also in the pursuit. Although the Ming Dynasty sent only a cavalry division, it was far inferior to the Mongolian coalition forces in terms of number, and even Prince Yi was inferior to that of Prince Yi.
But don’t forget that the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty is not ordinary cavalry. Although these cavalry are not as good as Mongolian cavalry in terms of cavalry, and are slightly inferior to the Eight Banners, they cannot stop the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty!
The three-eyed muskets equipped by the Ming cavalry are not the stupid and heavy thing that the previous Ming Dynasty had. The new three-eyed muskets are far more powerful than before, and in addition to their lightweight shape, they carry defense. Each cavalry is equipped with two. After the ammunition is installed, it can be used directly. It can be said to be the killer weapon of the Ming cavalry.
After annihilated the main force of the Korqin tribe in one fell swoop, Dong Dashan left only one division of troops to clean and gather the battlefield. The main force joined forces with the Mongolian coalition in Ortai to directly pursue the fleeing Prince Yi's tribe and the unknown Nomonerhetu.
Compared with the latter, whether it is Dong Dashan or Ortai, it pays more attention to Prince Yi's tribe. After the destruction of Korqin, there were not many people left by Nuomon Erhetu's side. Without the tribe and Korqin's iron cavalry, Nuomon Erhetu is now a phoenix with a hairy phoenix that is worse than a chicken.
Even if he could escape from heaven, he would never have the power to return to heaven. What is the use of a prince of Korqin who lost all of it? What's more, in the vast grassland, whether Nomonerhetu could survive these people is a question.
On the contrary, Prince Yi is different. Once he is allowed to escape back to the Qing court, the consequences will be very serious. In addition, Prince Yi is not only brave and good at fighting, but also insidious and cunning. He easily killed Nomone Erhetu and the entire Korqin. How could such a great enemy allow him to leave Mongolia easily?
Dong Dashan must keep Prince Yi and his troops in Mongolia. Ortai thought so. In the previous battle, Ortai suffered a lot of losses. Although it was not completely damaged, it was still quite painful.
Fortunately, Dong Dashan sent troops in time, he did not let himself fight against the coalition forces of Korqin and Prince Yi lose both ways. Ortai was a little grateful for this.
But then again, the reason why Dong Dashan sent troops at that time was not to want to help Ortai. He originally planned to take advantage of this war to consume the power of various Mongolian troops, including Ortai, so that the Ming Dynasty could strengthen its influence in Mongolia.
However, Dong Dashan also knew in his heart that he needed a degree to do so, and this degree must be grasped well.
In this situation, Dong Dashan could not use such a battle to completely resolve the Mongolian issue, unless he could ensure that the Mongolian coalition in Ortai and the coalition in Korqin and Prince Yi could fight to the extent of heavy losses of both sides. However, such a result is simply impossible. No one would face such a situation. Once the losses exceed the ability to bear, the war will inevitably stagnate.
And if it reaches this level, the mentality and position of both sides of the war will also begin to change. Ortai is not a fool, unless the Ming Dynasty had a battle and completely eliminated the ability of the coalition forces of various Mongolian troops, including Korqin and Prince Yi's troops, otherwise it would never have done this.
Therefore, when the war situation reached a certain level, Dong Dashan could stop and send troops to support the Mongolian coalition forces in Ortai in time. In this way, the Ming Dynasty could use this battle to consume the power of various Mongolian troops, solve the problem of Korqin, and then encircle and suppress Prince Yi's troops.
But even Dong Dashan didn't expect that the first two were done, but the last one had not yet been done yet. Prince Yi actually ran away from the battlefield at the most intense time and tricked Korqin.
After the war, Prince Yi had already run away with his elite troops. Dong Dashan and Ortai could only discuss and send some cavalry to pursue and search for the other party's whereabouts. The main force had to wait until they gathered again before chasing Prince Yi.
Ortai was also extremely eager to encircle and suppress Prince Yi. Since he had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and was completely separated from the previous Manchu Qing Dynasty, Prince Yi's tribe must be eliminated.
The Qing court is now in the northwest and is connected to the Mongolian grasslands. Ortai does not want to let the tiger go back to the mountain, thus leaving itself a terrible opponent in the future.
Now is the best opportunity. Once you can encircle Prince Yi's tribe on the grassland, you will not only destroy an opponent, but also make your Mongolian famous, thus making up for the losses in the previous battle.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty also had to keep Prince Yi. After Dong Dashan planned for so long, would he watch Prince Yi run away? The answer is naturally impossible.
After grabbing Prince Yi's tail, Ortai issued an order to pursue and sent a scout to contact the Ming cavalry who were searching for enemy tracks in his north and told the other party the news.
Chapter completed!