Chapter 1294 The Battle of Mongolia (8)
Fourteen days after Prince Yi entered the depths of the Mongolian grasslands.
Prince Yi now looks embarrassed, and there are only less than 3,000 troops left by him. It is nowhere to be found when he escapes from the Mongolian grassland and returns to the Qing court.
These days, Prince Yi has been spending his life constantly running away, and since the Mongols chased him, his life has become increasingly sad.
Originally, Prince Yi wanted to use division of troops to stop the Mongols from chasing, so as to get out of him, but he never expected Ortai to chase so tightly. Not only that, even the Ming army chased him, and the entire grassland instantly became the hunting ground for the Ming army and the Mongolian coalition forces. Prince Yi, who was the great Qing Dynasty, was the prey that the other party wanted to hunt.
For a moment, enemies from all directions rushed towards Prince Yi's location, intending to annihilate his troops in one fell swoop. Faced with this situation, Prince Yi could only continue to divide his troops and use the tactic of breaking his tail to survive to delay the encirclement and suppression of the opponent, so that he could gain valuable time.
Ideals are beautiful, but reality is skinny.
Although the repeated divisions gave Prince Yi a precious breathing time, they also continuously weakened the strength of his troops. In addition, the Ming army and Mongolian coalition appeared one after another, which made him exhausted and could not completely break away from the other party's tracking.
What's even more terrible is that the news on the grassland spread too quickly. The news that Prince Yi fled to Mongolia and directly destroyed a small Mongolian tribe on the way quickly spread throughout the grassland. For a time, all the Mongolians regarded Prince Yi's tribe as their enemy. Countless ordinary Mongolian herders did not move Prince Yi with their families and their families to move Prince Yi forward. At the same time, they spontaneously organized young and strong men to strangle Prince Yi together with the Mongolian coalition forces.
Faced with such a situation, Prince Yi has no time to regret it now. His only wish is to run out of the grassland as soon as possible. As long as he runs to the territory controlled by the Qing army, all the nightmare will end.
Unfortunately, it is harder for Prince Yi to escape from the Mongolian grassland than climbing to the sky. In order to avoid tracking, he had to give up his original plan and take a detour on the grassland. Although doing so could avoid the enemy intercepted in front of him, it also caused trouble for Prince Yi to return to the Qing court. According to the original plan, he only needed half a month to reach the west, but now such a detour would take at least seven or eight days to go.
In addition, Prince Yi no longer rushes to divide his troops. After several divisions, he has few troops in his hands. The last three thousand people are the elite among Prince Yi's elite. If they were not allowed to fight against the upcoming pursuers, it would not even be possible to run out of the grassland.
"Master, take a rest." The slave next to him handed a water bag to Prince Yi. Prince Yi silently took it and took it and took a sip.
A bitter and unpleasant smell almost made Prince Yi spit out in a disgusting mouthful, but in the end he still held it back.
"What is the current situation of supply?" Prince Yi asked.
"It's okay to have dry food, but there's not much water." The slave replied cautiously.
Prince Yi did not make a sound. Although there is no shortage of water on the grassland, water sources that can be directly consumed are still valuable.
If Prince Yi was not in this situation, it would not be a problem to find a suitable water source for replenishment, but now he is exhausted and has time to stop and find a water source? Unless he is lucky enough to pass by a suitable water source.
Therefore, the drinking water they carried was all supplied several days ago. After escaping these days, the drinking water contained in the water bag has changed its flavor. This kind of water can be barely drunk for the time being, but drinking too much is definitely not good for people. If the disease in the army caused by drinking water, it will be a big problem.
As for dry food, this is not a big problem. The cattle and sheep in the small tribes that were destroyed before have long been made into jerky meat. Although these jerky meats are unpalatable, they can still be used.
Thinking of this, Prince Yi ordered: "Is there any horse milk wine in the army? Is it still available? Don't drink this water for the time being. First, use horse milk wine to pour it, and then replenish it when the water source is found."
"Yeah!" The slave responded quickly, and soon all the remaining horse milk wine in the army was distributed. Although there were not many things, at most three people were a bag, emergency relief should be enough.
After a little rest, the horses were restored to their strength. On the grassland, horses were the most important resource. Without these Prince Ma Yi, he would definitely not be able to run out, let alone the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces that were avoiding tracking.
Looking at the sky, Prince Yi ordered the entire army to continue moving forward. The elite Eight Banners turned over and the horses were silently, and no one spoke.
At this time, they all knew the current situation and understood that if they could not get rid of the tracking, everyone would stay in the grassland forever.
In order to survive, there is no need for everything else now. The only way is to continue walking and continue to go west. As long as you escape from heaven, everything will be over.
That night, Prince Yi's tribe temporarily rested in a place. In order to avoid being discovered, they did not even dare to have a fire, in the dark, people and horses formed a circle and depended on each other to sleep soundly.
Fortunately, it’s not winter now, otherwise all these people would freeze to death after a storm. But even so, the night on the grassland is still very cold, and the long night is extremely difficult.
Prince Yi couldn't sleep at all. He put on his clothes and hugged his knees with his hands, and looked up at the brilliant starry sky.
How beautiful the starry sky on the grassland is. The whole sky is shining with countless stars. The Milky Way cuts through the sky. When you look up, you can feel the greatness of the universe and its own insignificance.
At this time, Prince Yi recalled the past and when he followed Kangxi to the grassland.
Prince Yi was still a young man at that time, and the Qing Dynasty was still extremely powerful at that time. His father Kangxi was called Enhe Amu Gulang Khan by various tribes on the grassland. This title is similar to Tian Khan in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
In order to meet Kangxi, Taiji, the princes of those tribes, came from all over the Mongolian grasslands and crawled at Kangxi's feet with the most noble etiquette. Prince Yi, as a prince, had experienced this scene personally. At that time, he was full of curiosity and new joy, but he felt that all this was natural.
And now, Kangxi is dead, the Qing Dynasty is destroyed, and the country is ruined.
In Prince Yi's mind, everything from these years ago seemed to be in front of him, but in fact everything was different, and everything was only left in memory.
Thinking of this, Prince Yi sighed, and it felt like something was blocking his chest, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable. He subconsciously took the horse milk wine placed next to him, intending to drink a sip of wine to relieve the sorrow in his heart, and at the same time used the wine to dispel the cold in the night.
But when his fingers just touched the water bag containing the milk wine, he suddenly stopped.
Prince Yi was stunned for a moment, then he immediately turned over and lay on the ground. He pressed his left ear against the ground, and then jumped up in horror after a moment.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Mongols are coming! Ming army is coming! Hurry! Hurry!"
Chapter completed!