After Zu Dashou left, Wang Yongji recalled something.
He wondered: Is Tengqite, the leader of the East Sunid Mongols, still alive? After all, Tengqite had secretly pledged allegiance to the Great Ming. Even if it were a ruse, the man had yet to do anything detrimental to the Great Ming thus far. This meant that they could attempt to establish contact with him and, if possible, throw the situation on the grasslands into chaos.
On the afternoon of the eleventh day of the sixth lunar month, as Zu Dashou arrived at the Capital, Li Dingguo—who had ventured into the grasslands—returned to the edge of the Great Wall. The reason for the withdrawal was not a defeat in battle, but rather the failure to locate the enemy.
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