Chapter 320: After the Defeat

After Totok Buhua and Ye led his troops to leave, Liu Juntao continued to lead his troops to garrison Juyong Pass.

After the inventory, in the Battle of Juyongguan, Liu Juntao's officers and soldiers lost a total of 765 people, basically all of whom were soldiers from the main barracks and strange barracks of Yanzhou Prefecture, and a small number of them were soldiers from the left battalion of the Yushan Town Guard.

At the same time, in this battle, the Ming army soldiers killed a total of more than 6,500 Warat soldiers and horses, not counting the corpses taken away by the Warat army when they retreated, as well as the wounded Warat soldiers.

If these numbers are counted, in the battle of Juyongguan, Liu Juntao's troops must have killed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, even more than 10,000!

According to Liu Juntao's estimate, at this time, the number of troops under the command of Tokhova and Yexian is only about 180,000 at best!

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Juntao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after this battle, Wara's vitality was greatly injured, and it was estimated that under the pursuit of Shi Heng's department, he would lose a lot of troops, and it was estimated that he would not be able to slow down without a few years of effort.

And Liu Juntao also happened to use the time of the past few years to develop his power, and at the same time enter the court as soon as possible, which is the most critical thing in the future.

At the same time, Tokhtobu and Ye first led their troops to retreat westward, and the generals of the accompanying troops were disappointed, and the morale of the army was even lower, and even some soldiers from the marginal tribes began to flee from the battle.

In this regard, Totoku Buhua and also punished him severely on the one hand, and fled for his life on the other hand, after all, there were still 100,000 Ming troops behind the army who were chasing after him.

"It's Bauhinia Pass ahead, what should we do? Now there are Xiongguan in front and chasing soldiers in the back, how is it good? ”

Tokh Buhua said anxiously.

At first, he was a lot calmer, and said: "Great Khan, the only way to do this is to send light cavalry to raid Bauhinia Pass!" Not long after the Bauhinia Pass was recovered by the Ming army, the defenders did not have many troops, so they should be able to take it. ”

Totobuhua nodded, and this is the only way to do it.

So, the two sent the general Alazhiyuan to lead 3,000 troops to raid Bauhinia Pass.

After that, Tokhok Buhua and Ye first saw that the army was demoralized and physically exhausted, and was worried that if they fled for their lives, the army would fall apart sooner or later, so in desperation, he ordered a large camp in the mountains between Gu'an and Bazhou, preparing to rest for a day before continuing his journey.

After all, in the battle of Juyongguan, the first department and the detachment of the flower department lost about 30,000 troops, although most of the corpses of the dead soldiers and horses have been taken away with the army, but the morale of the army has been greatly hit, and continue to rest at this time.

In addition, according to the news from Tanma, the 100,000 Ming army led by Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, was still two or three days away from here, so Totokh Buhua and Yexian also thought that if the army only rested for one day, it should not be a big problem.

After the camp was set up, he hastily arranged some ambushes and went back to the big tent to rest.

That night, the 170,000 Warat army had already fallen asleep, although he had also mobilized 10,000 troops to ambush around the camp, but the 10,000 ambush soldiers were also sleepy at this time, and most of them slept on the spot, and no one was on guard at all.

Suddenly, a loud noise came, and then countless torches appeared in the east of the Warat camp, and Shi Heng, the right governor, led 10,000 Ming army iron cavalry as the vanguard, roaring and rushing towards the Warat camp.

At the same time, the elite of the 30,000 Ming army also followed, marching rapidly three miles away, and was killing at full speed.

Although Shi Heng was cunning, he could be regarded as a fierce general, and at this time, he led 10,000 Ming army iron cavalry to charge and fight fiercely, and directly scattered the 10,000 ambush soldiers outside the Wara camp.

Not only did these Warat ambushes not play a role in stopping the Ming army, but they fled in panic and rushed to their own camp, which immediately threw the entire Warat camp into chaos!

Shi Heng was overjoyed when he saw this, and led 10,000 Ming army iron cavalry to rush into the Wara camp, and galloped wildly in the camp.

At this time, the Great Khan of Warat Tokhov and the Taishi also came out under the protection of their own soldiers and began to gather troops and horses to prepare for a counterattack.

The originally panicked Warat soldiers saw the banner of the Great Khan and the banner of Yexian in the firelight, and only then did they feel a little relieved and began to assemble quickly.

After a while, Tokhok Buhua and Ye first gathered tens of thousands of troops and launched a counterattack against Shi Heng's subordinates.

However, these tens of thousands of Warat troops were all hastily promoted, and there was no formation to speak of, and even many Warat soldiers did not even have weapons, but just lined up in the crowd to fill up.

How much can such an army have?

Therefore, Shi Heng fearlessly led 10,000 Ming army iron cavalry to rush up, and fought with tens of thousands of Warat troops, and the entire Warat camp suddenly shook the sky and was so lively!

The two of them understood that the situation in this battle was critical, and the Ming army was prepared, so they had to retreat as soon as possible.

So, the two continued to assemble a large army, and an hour later, the two gathered an army of 100,000 and began to blow the horn and press on Shi Heng's department.

After an hour of fighting, although Shi Heng's soldiers killed and wounded many Warat soldiers and horses, they themselves also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.

It was not until the follow-up 30,000 Ming infantry arrived that a stalemate was formed with the tens of thousands of Wara army, and the two sides did not give in to each other, and there was a stalemate for a while.

Suddenly, Shi Hengwang saw that Totokh Buhua and also led his troops to press up, so he laughed and ordered the withdrawal of the army, after all, he had already earned enough money in this battle, and at the cost of two or three thousand people, at least more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed, and he had to accept it when he saw it!

As a result, after Shi Heng led thousands of Ming troops to break their iron cavalry, 30,000 Ming infantry quickly retreated, and the army quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

Seeing this, Tokhtobu and also did not pursue, but immediately led his troops to evacuate the camp and rushed towards Bauhinia Pass overnight.

At noon the next day, the two led more than 150,000 troops to the Bauhinia Pass, at this time the general Arazhiyuan had led his troops to capture the city, and after the two sides converged, they went all the way north without stopping, and directly withdrew to the prairie.

At this point, the battle to defend Beijing is completely over!

At this time, Liu Juntao's headquarters had already converged with the 6,000 reinforcements at Juyong Pass, so he immediately replenished all the recruits to the battalions.

Originally, Liu Juntao was worried that the fierce battle with the Warat army would continue, so he ordered 6,000 recruits to go north as quickly as possible, but now it seems that these 6,000 soldiers have run in vain.

During this period, Liu Juntao also continued to receive news from the Investigation Department.

In the battle of Tumubao and the subsequent defense of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty was defeated first and then won, and half of the 300,000 iron cavalry of Wara was lost, but the Ming Dynasty also lost more than 500,000 troops, and even the orthodox emperor was captured by Wara, which can be described as a tragic victory!

Within two days, the Ministry of War sent a commendation, Liu Juntao was promoted from the general of Yanzhou Mansion to the chief officer of Yanzhou Mansion for his merits, and the generals under his command were also promoted one after another.

However, for the reward and seizure of the imperial court, Liu Juntao did not have much joy in his heart.

In fact, for Liu Juntao, the capture of the orthodox emperor is not a great disaster, but the loss of the Wuxun group in the Ming Dynasty is the biggest disaster!

In this catastrophe, more than 50 people, including Zhang Fu, the old minister of the Four Dynasties, the horse Jingyuan, Kuang Ye, the former secretary of the military department, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department, Ding Ming, Wang Yonghe, and cabinet members Cao Ding and Zhang Yi were all killed, countless generals died on the battlefield, and the 500,000 elite troops left by Ming Chengzu were all wiped out, and the three most elite battalions were also destroyed!

In the defeat of Tumubao, not only the Ming Wuxun Group suffered a devastating blow, but also the research and development of arms and weapons of the Ming Dynasty was greatly hindered.

With the Ming Dynasty founding warrior group and the Jingnan meritorious group almost wiped out in the Tumubao Incident, the future Ming Emperor could only use the eunuchs of the inner court to check and balance the civil official group to implement his own will and the will of the whole country, resulting in the separation of civil and military ministers and monarchs, and the country's situation deteriorated, which intensified the speed of the civil and official group to seize power.

Ten days later, Liu Juntao received the order to withdraw the troops from the military department, so he led the army to pick up Gao Ran and other soldiers who had cultivated in Beijing, and then led his troops all the way south and returned to Yushan Town with the reward money and food issued by the military department.

When Liu Juntao led the army to appear outside Yushan Town, Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui, Guo Muying and others, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly burst into tears, and the surrounding people and Haoqiang were even more joyful!