Chapter 350 A crushing defeat

The rain finally stopped, and the sunlight shone through the clouds on everyone, but many people could no longer feel the warmth of the sunlight.

Garu ran desperately in the mud, his weapons thrown away, his helmet falling off, his body covered in mud and blood, he just wanted to get away from the hell behind him.
There were Mongolian fleeing soldiers everywhere around him, all over the mountains and plains, and everyone's eyes were filled with fear. They had completely lost their organization and they just wanted to escape from here quickly.
Because the Ming army behind them has begun to pursue
Garu rushed to the place where the horses were stored, quickly rode on a horse, then pulled two more horses and walked out. There were many people who did the same as him, and many people fought over the horses.

Some Mongolian leaders tried to organize the fleeing soldiers, but the battle just now had completely destroyed the morale of the Mongolian soldiers. No one was willing to obey orders. They just wanted to get as far away from the pursuers as possible.
"The new army will rest here, and the Datong army and cavalry will follow me to pursue the enemy!" Zhu Houzhao said quickly to Jiang Jiangong after he got on his BMW.

He wiped his wet eyes with his sleeve and pursed his lips tightly.

In the bloody battle just now, all 40,000 new troops were deployed and defeated 60,000 Mongols, but they also suffered heavy casualties, so they needed to rest.

The Datong Army and Cavalry, as the general reserve, did not participate in the battle and had already begun to pursue the Mongols.

Jiang Jiangong wanted to persuade Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao didn't give him a chance to persuade him and rushed out directly.
Jiang Bin and Jiang Jiangong exchanged glances, and everything was self-explanatory. In fact, the two had already discussed secretly before the battle without telling Zhu Houzhao. If the battle here went wrong, Jiang Bin would lead the cavalry to protect Zhu Houzhao and break out, while Jiang Jiangong would command the troops in the back to cover their retreat.

Fortunately, the battle was won and the plan was no longer necessary.

Jiang Bin nodded to Jiang Jiangong, then rode his horse to catch up with Zhu Houzhao.
Jiang Jiangong could only watch them leave. He was not very worried about Zhu Houzhao's safety because he could see that the Mongols had really collapsed this time. Many Mongols threw away their armor and weapons in order to run faster when they fled.
He believed that even if these defeated soldiers could be organized, they would hardly have any fighting power without weapons and armor.
The civilians entered the battlefield under the command of the doctors. Many of them were shocked by the cruelty of the battlefield. Many of them vomited all over the place, but they still had to complete their mission.

They first carried the wounded of the Ming army out of the battlefield, then collected the bodies of the Ming army and looked for the identity cards of the Ming army.

Doctors were providing emergency treatment to the wounded.

There were very few Mongolian wounded still alive on the battlefield, and no one was taking care of them for the time being.

Jiang Jiangong saw many soldiers of the new army crying and laughing, or cheering, but he did not stop them. He knew that these soldiers had been subjected to various strong stimulations in the brutal battle, and such catharsis could soothe their emotions. Military psychological counseling is a very complicated matter. Even the self-conscious revolutionary soldiers in the Napoleonic era would collapse inexplicably, and they were only in a state of marching, and the same troops could face the attack of a strong enemy the next day.

Jiang Jiangong has begun to realize the problems in this regard and he believes that relief and guidance should be effective.

"Khan! Let's retreat too." Barsborot said anxiously in Dayan Khan's ear.

He had already seen the Ming cavalry coming towards them.

Dayan Khan sat on his horse in a daze and did not give any response.

Barsbrot could only hold the reins of Dayan Khan's horse and take all the people he could gather and quickly flee to the north.
Zhu Houzhao led his cavalry and rushed straight towards Dayan Khan's team. He saw the golden sable hat that Dayan Khan was wearing through a telescope on the high platform, so he chased after him closely.
Although the weather cleared up, the road after the rain was not easy to walk on. Riding a horse was faster than walking. Zhu Houzhao led more than 5,000 cavalrymen, chasing Dayan Khan while constantly dispersing some of the Mongolian cavalrymen who had gathered. However, Dayan Khan still had nearly 20,000 cavalrymen gathered around him.
However, these 20,000 cavalrymen had lost their will to fight. Facing the pursuit of the Ming army, they just ran away blindly. No one was willing to turn around and fight.
The Ming cavalry did not dare to pursue too hard, fearing that they would be ambushed by the Mongols, so no major battle broke out between the two sides.
They chased them all the way like this, and on the seventh day, Dayan Khan's team escaped to a place called Shahukou on the border of Datong Town.

The reason they wanted to go to this place was because Shaohukou was a pass they had to break through when they went south. There was only a wooden fortress at this pass, and they had burned down the wooden fortress when they went south.
Once you pass Shaohukou, you will be out of the mountainous area of ​​Datong and outside is the vast Mongolian grassland.
But when they arrived at Shaohukou, they were horrified to find that there was a military camp in the ruins of Shaohukou. A Ming army was stationed at Shaohukou, blocking their way home.
Looking at the familiar plate armor styles on the Ming army, all the Mongols fell into deathly silence.
Stationed at this pass is a complete battalion of the New Army, which has a strength of more than 2900 people.

Ten thousand new troops and thirty thousand frontier troops from Xuanfu Town went to rescue Datong Town. However, before it rained, Zhu Houzhao issued a military order to transfer them to various checkpoints in Datong Town to block the Mongols' retreat route. Because there were many checkpoints in Datong Town, the 40,000-strong army was divided into scattered groups.

Also because Shaohukou was severely damaged, a complete new military camp was allocated to guard it.

Facing a fully equipped battalion of new troops, although there were only less than 3,000 people, the more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry had little fighting spirit. They organized several attacks on the pass, but after leaving behind 100 or 200 bodies, they were no longer willing to launch an attack.
After passing the checkpoint, they were home. After experiencing a series of fierce battles, they missed home even more. No one wanted to die in a place not far from home.
Barsbrot anxiously used various methods to boost the morale of the Mongolian army, but to little avail.

With enemies in front and pursuers behind, the soldiers had no will to fight. Balsboro had never encountered such a difficult situation in his life.
"Dad, what should we do?" Barsbrot said to Dayan Khan.

Dayan Khan has been immersed in his own world these days, turning a deaf ear to the outside world.
Facing his son's request for help, Dayan Khan woke up from his own world.
(End of this chapter)

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