As Qu Zhi's troops charged in, Yun Zheng knew that there was no suspense in this battle anymore.
The battlefield was littered with corpses.
However, the number of corpses from the Mongols and Zhenhe tribes was far greater.
At this time, the difference between complete armor and incomplete armor is fully demonstrated.
Many times, the soldiers of Dagan were only stabbed a few times, but they were not seriously injured because of the protection of their armor.
However, those enemy soldiers who were not protected by armor would be either killed or seriously injured as long as they were touched by the weapons of the Da Gan soldiers. Only a small number of people who were lucky might only be slightly injured.
The morale of the Mongols and Zhenhe tribes was already unstable, and the sudden attack by Qu Zhi's troops broke their last psychological defense line.
Soon, people from the Mongol and Zhenhe tribes began to surrender.
Anyway, even if the Dagan cavalry broke through their defense line, they would be attacking Beihuan’s rear, not their rear.
Saving your life is important!
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Seeing the Mongol and Zhenhe tribes surrendering one after another, many of the scattered Northern Huan cavalry also began to surrender.
The Beihuan people are not afraid of death.
Their psychological defenses had already been broken, and faced with this inevitable defeat, the desire to survive completely took over.
Seeing that people were constantly laying down their weapons, Yun Zheng immediately ordered those around him: "Everyone, shout to me: Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"yes!"
Everyone obeyed the order.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
“…”
Everyone protected Yun Zheng as he charged forward and roared loudly.
As the crowd roared, more and more soldiers joined in.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Soon, everyone's voices merged into a torrent, filling the entire battlefield.
Along with the voices of the crowd, more and more people began to surrender.
“Beep…beep…”
At this moment, a low and long horn sounded on the battlefield.
This is the clarion call for retreat.
As the retreat horn sounded, the Beihuan cavalry in the rear battlefield retreated like a tide.
Even the supervisory team led by Lian Budu retreated quickly.
However, some of the Beihuan cavalry sent to the flank by Jia Yao were unable to withdraw completely, and only a part of them took advantage of the chaos to retreat to the rear.
Looking at the madly retreating Beihuan cavalry, Yun Zheng couldn't help but feel hatred.
It turns out that he wanted them to consume each other with the Mongols and Zhenhe!
Still want to get away with it now?
You wish!
Yun Zheng's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he shouted at the messenger beside him: "Send a message to Qu Zhi to lead his troops to follow me to chase the defeated enemy army! Order Wang Qi and Huo Gu to quickly collect the surrendered enemy soldiers. Those who refuse to surrender will be killed!"
Even if the enemy wants to run away, we have to leave some corpses behind!
We can’t let the enemy get away with it!
With the mentality of "every profit counts", Yun Zheng quickly led his guards through the middle of the battlefield.
Upon receiving the order, Qu Zhi quickly gathered a group of people and started chasing after Yun Zheng.
Soon, Jia Yao, who was leading the retreating troops, received news from the people in the rear.
The enemy is catching up!
There are about four to five thousand people.
Only four or five thousand enemy troops?
A cold light suddenly flashed in Jia Yao's eyes.
Although some soldiers on the flanks did not withdraw and some were scattered, there were still at least 10,000 of them.
The enemy only has four or five thousand people. Why do we dare to chase and fight them?
Jia Yao's eyes and heart were filled with anger, he gritted his teeth and roared: "Order all troops to form a battle array immediately and prepare to meet the enemy!"
"Princess, no!"
Bu Du quickly stopped Jia Yao and said, "Look at our people. Do they still have morale? Look at their armor and weapons! If we start a battle now, we will be sending everyone to their deaths!"
On the battlefield, having more people does not necessarily mean you have an advantage!
They are now a mess!
Moreover, they are just scattered sand without complete armor!
Such an army can only fight a favorable battle, but cannot fight an unfavorable battle at all!
Even though their numbers were twice that of the enemy, they would basically be doomed to collapse if they fought against the powerful enemy.
Although Bu Du also wanted to fight the enemy to the death, he knew that there was no point in fighting now.
"I know!"
Jia Yao clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth, "But if we just keep running away like this and the enemy keeps chasing us, our losses will also be huge! But the enemy can almost achieve zero casualties..."
Running away all the time is not a solution at all.
There are so many of them that there will always be people who fall behind and be caught up by the enemy.
The most important thing is that they have to join up with the troops from the royal court!
They can't let the enemy follow them all the way to the royal court!
They must slow down the enemy's pursuit and buy time for the people of the royal court to relocate the royal court.
After listening to Jia Yao's words, Bu Du was speechless.
He knew the truth that Jia Yao said.
The royal court is the last fig leaf of Beihuan!
It is simply impossible for the royal court to migrate completely now.
Now the only thing we can do is to let the royal court staff move quickly with their valuables!
Take as much as you can take away.
Bu Du thought silently for a moment, then said resolutely: "I will lead these 1,000 elite soldiers to cover the retreat and buy time for everyone..."
Now, someone must be the last one to leave.
Only when the large army distances itself from the pursuers can it retreat safely.
If this group of highly motivated cavalrymen were allowed to keep chasing like this, they would probably be killed before they even reach the royal court, or they would be completely routed!
"no!"
Jia Yao refused without thinking.
After hesitating for a moment, Jia Yao said in a deep voice: "I will lead these 1,000 elite soldiers!"
"Princess, you can't go!"
Budu and Morigen spoke at the same time.
No matter what, it is impossible to let Princess Jiayao lead the army to cover their retreat!
"Listen to me!"
Jia Yao stopped the two of them and said, "We have been completely defeated along the way. This enemy force can now attack from the royal court and attack Guifang and Heasu's troops from both sides! In this case, we are likely to fail in the Moxi Corridor!"
"Now, we should consider surrendering and seeking peace!"
"I'll take some people to negotiate with them and try to hold them back!"
"You must rush to the royal court immediately and relocate the royal court!"
"Also, order Heasu's troops to preserve our own strength as much as possible and let Guifang fight to the death with Dagan..."
Hearing Jiayao's words, Morigen and Budu's hearts skipped a beat at the same time.
Surrender and seek peace?
Is this too early to say?
"Princess, we may not lose in the Western Desert Corridor!"
Bu Du said in a deep voice: "If the Western Desert Corridor wins, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory! It's too early to talk about surrendering now!"
"Yes, Princess!" Morigen said in a deep voice, "Once we surrender, we will be slaughtered by Dagan!"
Mo Rigen was not only unwilling, but also afraid that Jia Yao was deceiving them.
Jia Yao has completely lost confidence.
He was afraid that Jia Yao would pretend to negotiate with the enemy, but in fact he was going to cover their retreat with the determination to die.
“That’s enough!”
Jia Yao stopped the two of them and said, "I have made up my mind! That's it!"
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