The Ming cavalry surrounded the Tatar cavalry, and the Ming infantry quickly caught up and joined the encirclement and suppression.

By the time a few Han generals and several thousand infantrymen arrived, the two thousand Mongolian cavalry had been surrounded and killed, and only a few of them were left. As soon as they arrived, they delivered more goods to their door.

Zhang Shipeng, Qin Yiming and others, who were eager to kill, roared and continued to chop with their swords while they were victorious.

The Ming army took advantage of the victory to pursue them, and they were as powerful as a tiger.

On the contrary, the morale of these thousands of Han troops was low at this time, and they were as afraid of the enemy as tigers.

As soon as the battle began, many Han troops began to turn around and run away. Some even shouted while running, saying, "We are defeated, run quickly," etc., and their morale was low.

Soon, the thousands of Han troops began to flee completely.

The Ming army took advantage of the victory and pursued it all the way.

By the time Obai arrived with his cavalry, the Ming army had already killed the Tatar left-wing army and was completely defeated. Seeing that an elite Tatar force had arrived, Qin Liangyu ordered the troops to retreat.

All units gathered up their formation and rearranged themselves neatly.

Obai rushed to the battlefield. Facing the Ming army, which had just won a great victory and the whole army shouted long live, he did not dare to approach at all.

"withdraw!"

Ao Bai did not dare to underestimate the enemy. Han Dai and those two idiots killed thousands of cavalry in one go. This lesson was too profound.

With the thousands of people he has in hand, even if he charges forward, there will be no good results.

Ao Bai slowly retreated.

The entire Ming army cheered.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"My emperor protects me, God bless the Ming Dynasty!"

Qin Liangyu rode a horse and stood under the commander's banner. He watched the Qing army retreat in disgrace and let out a long breath.

She looked back at the sun and moon flag, and couldn't help shouting excitedly, "The sun and moon, mountains and rivers will always be there, the Ming Dynasty will always be there, and my emperor will live forever!"

The Ming army won a great victory and wiped out thousands of enemies.

The battlefield was swept calmly, and the heads of the Tatars were chopped off one by one with a sword.

For those wounded soldiers and prisoners, both Qin Liangyu and Zhang Shipeng only made a cutting motion.

No need to keep it.

Waste of food.

Some were beheaded, while others were stripped of their clothes and armor.

Others collect swords, guns, bows and arrows.

Others were not idle either, treating their own wounded and gathering back their fallen brothers.

There were also people who disemboweled the dead Tatar horses, skinned them, removed the flesh, cut the meat into large pieces, and carried them back to the city.

Chen Caifang stood at the top of the city with endless emotion.

Several masters also sighed again and again, "Does this mean we win?"

"Isn't it too easy to win?"

Yes, there must be at least 20,000 Tatars, and the Ming army only had 8,000 people outside the city, so the Tatars were defeated?

"It is estimated that at least three thousand people died."

"More than that, of the two thousand Mongolian cavalry at the beginning, how many of them escaped back? Almost the whole army was wiped out, and the four or five thousand cavalry who came up behind were almost half broken. The Tatars were injured this time, at least they were broken.

There were five thousand people.”

Everyone couldn't believe that the battle was fought like this.

Chen Caifang turned around and left,

"Where are you going, sir?"

"Congratulations to Wen Jinglue!"

The Qing army slowly retreated, and they retreated ten miles before stopping.

The morale of the whole army was low, and there was a gloomy mist.

"Beizi Tunqi, Gushan Ezhen Han Dai, were all lost in the army. There were also three staff leaders, two deputy generals, and five staff generals who were all killed in the battle. The remaining guerrillas, Du Si, Zuo Ling, etc....

We lost more than a dozen men and over 5,000 were killed or wounded in the battle..." When Li Guohan, Obai and other generals reported the results of the battle, they couldn't help but choked with tears and burst into tears.

Everyone was silent.

The battle was fought like this. It was blamed on Tunqi and Han Dai for underestimating the enemy. Li Guohan specifically told him before the battle that he would wait until the shield chariots and large shields were ready, then use the shield chariots to cover, the infantry to take the lead, and the cavalry to cover the flanks to defeat the enemy. As a result,

The two fools underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. They actually used light cavalry to charge the enemy's infantry formation, resulting in a huge defeat.

But both of them died, and both of them were members of the clan. Now the commander-in-chief, Li Guohan, could not escape the blame. Of course, they could not escape the responsibility either.

Ao Bai frowned, "Let's talk about what to do next. Yangping Pass and Hanzhong Fucheng have all been lost to the enemy. The Ming thieves are powerful, and Chencang Road has been cut off. I suggest that we immediately retreat to Guanzhong via Baoxie Road, and do it quickly.

, if it’s too late, we’re afraid that the Ming army will block Baogu’s entrance, and then we’ll be in trouble.”

The Shimen Plank Road at the entrance of Bao Valley is very dangerous. It is on the west bank of Bao River and is parallel to the river.

The Baoxie plank road with a total length of more than 400 miles leads directly to Meixian County in Guanzhong. The plank road is very dangerous. Holes are drilled along the cliffs of the valley, the trees are erected as pillars, wooden boards are laid on them, railings are installed, and the carriages and horses can be suspended in the air. The transportation capacity is good.

But if the Ming army captures the Bao Valley entrance first, or even directly burns down a section of the plank road at the entrance, then they will really be trapped here.

Li Guohan hesitated.

He was ordered to guard Hanzhong, but as a result, he was like this and evacuated like this. He couldn't explain it.

But Ao Bai doesn't care about this.

How Li Guohan explains that is his business, and if they hesitate any longer, they will most likely be outflanked by this elite Ming army, and eventually the entire army will be annihilated here.

This is extremely possible. The battle just now fully proved that they are much stronger than Zhang Xianzhong and others. Even after Obai entered the pass and went south for two battles, he had never encountered such a tough opponent.

Now they only have less than 20,000 tired troops left, and the Ming army took the opportunity to capture and suppress them. They don't even have a place to stay. If they stay here any longer, they will lose food and grass, and they will die alone.

He doesn't want to die here.

"I will lead the cavalry to the Shimen Plank Road now and guard the Baogu Pass. The commander can lead the rest of the troops and then withdraw."

"Let's go back to Guanzhong to meet up with Wu Sangui first."

Li Guohan hesitated, "We can't just leave like this. It will be difficult to come back after this retreat. How should we explain to the court? General Obai, take three thousand cavalry ahead and rush to the north of Baocheng Town immediately to control the city.

Then divide the troops to guard Baogukou.

As long as Baobao Town is still in our hands, we can still have a stronghold in Hanzhong, which we can advance, attack, retreat and defend."

He couldn't bear the consequences of losing Hanzhong, so he had no choice but to make this decision. Although doing so might result in being surrounded by the Ming army in Baocheng, and once the city was breached, the whole army might be annihilated, but Li Guohan still wanted to give it a try.
Chapter completed!