The Mongolian army hurriedly crossed the river, and in the dark night, various units fled across the wilderness. Nearly 40,000 troops lost their organization and ran everywhere.
During the daytime battle, the strength of the Qi army made the Mongolian soldiers fearful.
In the previous battle between Meng and Qi, after the Mongolian army was defeated by the Qi army, most of the Mongolian soldiers were unconvinced and believed that the Qi army was able to win because of conspiracies and cunning skills, not real ability.
Today's battle, a head-on confrontation, completely convinced the Mongolian soldiers.
Even the Mongolian soldiers, who were best at frontal field combat, failed to defeat the Qi army, which made everyone feel frightened.
At this time, the Mongolian army was fleeing in the wild. The Mongolian generals tried to gather their troops, but with little success.
If it were daytime, the defeated Mongolian army might still be able to find its general by sight and slowly assemble under the chaotic organizational situation.
It was dark night now, and it was hard to see even one's fingers. The Mongolian soldiers were worried about being overtaken by the Qi army, so they ran forward desperately for fear of falling behind.
In this battle, the 100,000 Mongolian troops suffered losses of more than 60,000. All the Mongolian infantry were stationed on the south bank. The cavalry army also suffered tens of thousands losses. Only less than 40,000 people waded across the Nanyi River to escape.
The 40,000 horse army seemed to be a lot, but after running away and scattered in the vast land of Youzhou, it was not enough.
At this time, Wokuotai was riding a horse, surrounded by his subordinates, and walked for an unknown distance. He did not stop to take a breath until dawn.
After fighting hard for half a day during the day and running all night at night, the Mongolian cavalry was tired and hungry, and their horses could no longer run.
Wo Kuotai rolled off his horse and sat on the ground dejectedly. He looked around and saw that there were less than a thousand people following him, and he felt ashamed and angry.
However, Ogedei was the Mongol Khan and the successor of Temujin after all, and he had a very good psychological quality.
Although he is not as optimistic as Prime Minister Cao, who suffered a disastrous defeat and was still in the mood to laugh, he will not blame others because of this failure.
"Where are you going?" After running around all night, Wo Kuotai had calmed down.
Yang Weizhong looked around, but there was no reference at all. He could only estimate in his mind: "Khan, we should have passed Zhuozhou and are almost at Daxing Prefecture."
When Wokuotai heard that he was far away from Baozhou, he felt relieved. He took the kettle handed over by his subordinates, took a sip of water, gathered his thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "Rest for half an hour, and then we will go to Jinzhongdu. "
After hearing this, Yang Weizhong was shocked and said, "Great Khan, the army has dispersed now. Many generals took their defeated troops and ran directly to the northwest, from Zijingguan to Datong. There are still some who ran in front of us, and they have probably already We left Youzhou from Juyong Pass. Now when we go to Jinzhongdu, we can't gather many soldiers and horses at all. What if the Qi army follows us and surrounds us in the city? "
Wo Kuotai had a dark face and was speechless for a moment.
Jinzhongdu is a big city. After the Mongols captured it, they also destroyed the city walls.
To defend such a big city, there are not more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and even the city walls are not enough.
If Wokuotai enters the city, there will definitely not be enough troops to defend the city, and the Qi army is good at attacking the city. The Mongolian army entering the city is like rats scurrying around and entering a cage by themselves.
Wo Kuotai's face was dark, and he was extremely unwilling to do so. "Are you going to give up on Hebei just like this?"
Although the Mongolian army was defeated this time, in Wo Kuotai's opinion, as long as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were preserved, there would still be a chance to turn defeat into victory.
If he escapes from Hebei, surrenders Youzhou, and Zhao Tai retreats to control Hebei, the Qi army can rely on Yanshan and Taihang Mountains, with only a few second-line troops to guard against the Mongolian army in Hedong and beyond the Great Wall, and send the main force to the line of the Yellow River.
Yang Weizhong sighed, but before he could persuade him, Meng Jun, who had just sat down and hadn't rested for a while, suddenly got up again.
An experienced Mongolian army lay on the ground and listened for a moment, then stood up and shouted, "Great Khan, a large group of cavalry is chasing us."
Wokuotai was agitated. The cavalry chasing him might be the Mongolian troops, or they might be the Qi army's cavalry.
Wokuotai didn't dare to gamble, so he immediately got on his horse quickly and galloped away to the north.
Shi Tianze felt that he was very unlucky, very unlucky.
In this battle between Meng and Qi, he originally did not need to participate. He only needed to provide food and fodder in the rear. However, after analysis, he believed that Mongolia would destroy Qi in this battle. He felt that he could not let go of such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so he led thousands of his men to Elite, took the initiative to run to Langshan, hoping to gain credit.
Unexpectedly, he did not get the credit, but he caught up with Zhao Tai and fought against the Mongolian army.
After this battle, the thousands of soldiers and horses he brought were disposed of on the front line.
After the Mongolian army was defeated, Shi Tianze decisively fled on horseback. His speed was faster than Wokuotai.
Because he was familiar with the roads, he ran to Daxing City at dawn and immediately summoned the entire city's young men to prepare to defend Daxing.
Shi Tianze judged that after Wokuotai was defeated, most of them would flee to Daxing and wait for the Western Expedition to launch an attack from the Central Plains.
At this time, Shi Tianze was standing at the top of the city. Not long after, he saw nearly a thousand cavalry running in the distance. He quickly greeted, "It's the Great Khan. Open the city gate quickly to welcome the Great Khan into the city."
Shi Tianze felt a little excited when he saw Wo Kuotai coming.
There is an old saying among the Han people that there is no greater achievement than rescuing a driver.
Wo Kuotai suffered such a disastrous defeat, and he seized the opportunity to welcome Wo Kuotai into the city to avoid being chased by the Qi army. Wo Kuotai would definitely be grateful to him afterwards.
Thinking of this, Shi Tianze felt that he was about to become rich.
He was a little excited in his heart. He hurried down the tower and came to greet him outside the city. The scene in front of him made Shi Tianze dumbfounded.
Wokuotai didn't want to give up on Hebei, but he knew that Yang Weizhong was right.
At this time, once he entered the city and was surrounded by the Qi army, he would have a narrow escape.
Wokuotai did not dare to risk his own life to see if he could hold on and the Western Expedition came to help him. So when he saw Daxing City, he led his subordinates to gallop north and fled towards Juyong Pass.
Shi Tianze, who was coming out of the city to greet him, saw this scene and his eyes instantly glazed over.
After a while, a gust of cool wind blew by, blowing up a few bleak leaves. Shi Tianze came back to his senses, pointed at Wo Kuotai's decisive back, "Da, Da Khan, are you just running away like this?"
When the generals around me saw this, they couldn't help but be horrified, "Wanhu, what should we do now?"
Shi Tianze estimated that there must be a pursuing Qi army behind Wo Kuotai. He said in a panic: "Quick, withdraw from Daxing immediately."
The Mongolian soldiers at the city gate dispersed in an instant.
If the Qi army launches a pursuit, it will definitely give priority to controlling Youzhou, Hedong, and the passes outside the Great Wall.
If the Qi army is allowed to close the door and the Mongolian army on the border of Youzhou wants to escape, it will be too late.
Thinking of this, Shi Tianze hurried back to the city. Before he could pack up his belongings, he led his subordinates and escaped from Daxing City.
He had infantry under his command, so he expected that the Qi army would pursue Wo Kuotai closely, and they did not dare to follow Wo Kuotai to Juyongguan, but ran eastward towards Jizhou.
