Tuoli's escape also shaken his bodyguards.
The guards cavalry fled with Tuoli one after another, without even bothering to intercept Su Yong. They were killed by Su Yong and dispersed the blockade. So Su Yong led the commando to pursue the fleeing Tuoli fiercely.
In order to escape, Tuoli ordered the guards who were following him to shoot Su Yong with arrows. Su Yong ordered the pursuing Ming soldiers to join him in firing arrows with crossbows to fight back.
The Ming army's counterattack was significantly more efficient, causing huge casualties to the cavalry around Tuo Li. They all fell off their horses and died, unable to continue to resist.
At the critical moment, Tuoli's close confidant Hao Ke led a cavalry to catch up and got entangled with Su Yong's pursuing troops.
The two sides charged and shot at each other. The brave and fearless cavalry led the cavalry to fight against the Ming army's arrow rain, delaying the Ming army's pursuit.
Su Yong was extremely angry. He roared and swung his knife forward to attack Hao Ke. Hao Ke fought with Su Yong without fear. However, the steel knife in his hand broke after a few blows. Su Yong slashed down with the knife with red eyes, killing Hao Ke on the spot. Behead him, turning him into a headless corpse.
Hao Ke died, and the troops who came to stop him were quickly defeated by the Ming army. However, taking this opportunity, Tuo Li, who was fleeing, had already run far away. Su Yong was greatly annoyed and continued the pursuit unwillingly. He led the pursuit while pursuing The soldiers fired arrows in an attempt to intercept.
But in the end, there was no way to intercept Tuoli's escort team, which only had a few dozen people left.
They chased while changing horses. After chasing for more than half an hour, they were exhausted and the sky turned dark. If they continued deeper, they might lose their direction and cause unnecessary losses. They really couldn't continue the chase.
So Su Yong could only reluctantly give up the pursuit and led his men back to the battlefield to look for the Ming army.
It was already evening when Su Yong returned to the main force, and it was completely dark at that time. It was only thanks to the torches lit by the main force and the temporary beacon tower that he found the direction and successfully returned to the team without getting lost.
Looking at Han Jinggui and Xin Qiji's expectant eyes, Su Yong was like a defeated rooster, lowering his head helplessly.
"I didn't catch up. I was about to catch up. A group of cavalry came out from the side and stopped me. Although I wiped them out, the guy from Tuoli also ran far away. After chasing for more than half an hour, I didn't catch up. , the horse power has been exhausted, and if we continue to chase, the horse will die of exhaustion."
Han Jinggui and Xin Qiji looked at each other and could only shake their heads helplessly, accepting the result.
"It doesn't matter, we won, it was a complete victory. We almost wiped out all the Klei cavalry and captured many prisoners. We have a successful launch. We can report the good news to His Majesty and take credit for the army! Hahahahaha! "
Han Jinggui laughed loudly and patted Su Yong heavily on the shoulder.
Only then did Su Yong realize that they had won the battle. Just now, he had been immersed in the frustration and annoyance of the unsuccessful pursuit, almost forgetting that they had achieved a glorious victory.
According to the current initial statistics, this group of approximately 40,000 Kled cavalrymen was basically wiped out.
Because the Klie cavalry did not believe in evil and faced each other head-on, they suffered a large number of casualties. Therefore, at least 10,000 of them were killed by the Ming army, and more than 20,000 were captured. It is estimated that only a few thousand fled.
The Ming army won the first battle, a complete victory, and their morale was high. They held a barbecue party that night to celebrate their victory, and then camped on the spot to rest. The entire army had a good sleep, and got up early the next morning to continue cleaning the battlefield and reorganizing the army.
In fact, there were still some pursuit troops who did not return last night, such as Zhong Xuemin's pursuit team and Wang Gu's cavalry who had enough energy to watch the battle until the end.
Zhong Xuemin returned to the team at 3:00 the next morning, bringing back more than 1,000 prisoners, more than 5,000 horses, and more than 1,000 heads, which was a great harvest.
The Wanggu cavalry led by Wu Ge successfully returned to the team at early noon, bringing back more than 300 heads, more than 1,000 captives, and more than 10,000 horses. The harvest was quite large.
In this way, the calculation of the entire victory will be clear.
In yesterday's battle, including the results of Wang Gu's cavalry, the Ming army killed more than 13,000 Kled cavalry and captured 23,000. In total, they annihilated more than 36,000 Kled cavalry. , directly annihilating its main force.
The total number of escaped Kled Cavalry was less than four thousand, and it was still unknown whether they could successfully return to their home base.
Such a result can convince the public even if the entire army is wiped out.
Other seizures were even more generous. The Ming army captured more than 60,000 war horses, 130,000 cattle and sheep accompanying the Klie cavalry, and countless military supplies such as steel knives, bows and crossbows, and marching tents.
The Ming army originally carried a considerable amount of logistics supplies. After capturing the supplies of the Kled Cavalry, it doubled the amount of supplies.
"The tribes on the grassland say they are poor and backward in terms of supplies, but they are extremely rich in livestock. How can these things be sold in the Central Plains for tens of millions of dollars, which is enough for us to repair the Yellow River for a while? Who says Are they poor?
Let’s just say that in yesterday’s battle, the Krei cavalry had at least 100,000 horses, and countless cattle and sheep accompanying them. We only captured a part of them. It seems that they not only want to fight us, but they are also preparing to take advantage of the situation after defeating us. Go south and plunder the Central Plains. "
Xin Qiji looked at the mountains of seizures and said with a smile: "What a pity, they lost, these things are all ours! Hahahahaha!"
Xin Qiji laughed heartily, and Han Jinggui also laughed heartily.
"This battle was really hearty. No matter how strong the Kled tribe is, it will never be as strong as before after this battle. It will live up to His Majesty's trust!"
"Hahahahaha, don't get too happy yet. It's just one battle, and there will be more to come. I don't know what the situation is like with the Qiyan Department, and I don't know if the Tatar people are reliable. We still have to fight here. Continue deep into the territory of the Kled tribe."
Xin Qiji pointed to the north: "After this battle, on this vast grassland, our Ming Kingdom speaks loudly. The Ming Kingdom says one, but the tribes dare not say two. The Ming Kingdom says go east, but the tribes dare not go west! If it were not so, , this battle is equivalent to not being fought!”
"That's right! That's it!"
Han Jinggui was also aroused with great ambition.
He believed that winning one battle was not enough. He had to continue to fight, continue to attack, continue to go north, chase the poor bandits fiercely, beat up the drowned dogs, and destroy Kled's lair, so that Kled had no chance to regain his strength and take revenge on the Ming Dynasty.
The best thing is to make Kled cease to exist and do all we can to exterminate him. If we can do this, this battle will be considered a true victory.
Of course, Wuge had nothing to object to. It was certainly a good thing for him that Kled was finished, and he also got a promise that whatever his men captured would belong to his Wanggu tribe. How much he could capture was up to him. ability.
Wuge was very happy. At the same time, he began to feel awe of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming army.
He believed that the Ming State was very strong because it could destroy the Jin State, but he also did not think that the Ming State could be strong enough to defeat the Ke Lie tribe.
The Kelie tribe is a well-known and powerful tribe on the grassland. It has a large population and strong fighting power. The tribe is very tough and is the overlord on the grassland.
In this battle, the Klie tribe indeed put up fierce resistance and launched a tenacious struggle, which resulted in the death of nearly a thousand people and more injuries to the Ming army.
But overall, the Kelie tribe was defeated by the Ming army and their fighting spirit that was not afraid of death. They were not as durable and tenacious as the Ming army, and they were ultimately defeated.
This makes Wu Ge feel scared.
