When Yu Wentai's troops appeared, the situation on the battlefield had actually begun to reverse. Especially after Liu Yuan escaped from the battlefield under Shi Gandang's pursuit, the situation of the battle had begun to change.
When Shi Gandang returned with Liu Yuan's head, it became the last straw for Yuan Meng.
For a time, Yuan and Meng's morale plummeted, and they were directly overwhelmed by the Jin army, resulting in a complete defeat.
"Kill..."
The morale of the Jin army was so high that they beheaded countless people in pursuit of victory, while the Yuan army could hardly mount any resistance other than wailing and running for their lives.
However, when the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland peoples fight each other, a natural disadvantage is that the Central Plains dynasty is at a disadvantage. Even if they win, it will be difficult to kill too many of the opponent's effective forces. And if they lose, they will not be able to escape even if they want to.
Lose.
In any case, the Central Plains dynasty relied mainly on infantry, while the grassland peoples mainly relied on cavalry. The gap in the established mobility between the two sides resulted in this result.
Li Xiang occupied two of the three major horse-producing areas of the Han Dynasty. He defeated the Southern Huns and continued to take advantage of the grasslands. Whether it was military or commercial, he also saved enough money from the Qiang people.
With enough bargains, such a large cavalry army was established.
Nowadays, although it is cavalry versus cavalry, unlike the traditional battle between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland people, it is the main force of infantry versus the main force of cavalry, but they still can't control others running away after being disadvantaged!
I have to say that cavalry is really convenient for escaping!
Of course, when the grassland soldiers and horses began to flee in all directions, it meant that Dou Xian had completely won this battle, and it was time to harvest more fruits of victory.
If these grassland soldiers and horses do not run away, even if the opponent's morale has dropped the most, as long as the opponent is still resisting, if they want to eliminate the opponent, they will continue to cause casualties.
But as long as the opponent starts to flee, even if a considerable number of them will definitely escape, the pursuit battle will be much easier. If you chase a group of homeless dogs, even if there are casualties, they will definitely be minimal.
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Even in order to break Yuanmeng's resistance, Dou Xian took advantage of the situation and issued the slogan "Those who surrender will not be killed." After Yuanmeng soldiers saw the hope of survival, large numbers of soldiers began to surrender, especially those caught in the fighting.
Those Yuanmeng soldiers who could not easily escape were the main part of the surrender.
Who told the Yuanmeng troops to fight this time to be mainly herdsmen? Their fighting will is definitely far from being comparable to the regular Yuanmeng troops!
At this time, perhaps those Yuanmeng regular legions will continue to struggle, but if they are just ordinary herdsmen, with no hope of survival, they will naturally vote when they should!
As for what Dou Xian said about not killing those who surrender, who knows the final outcome?
Anyway, how can Dou Xian have the extra troops to guard these prisoners now? If he doesn't kill them, he can only release them. But if these people are released, maybe these grassland elites will still be used to fight against them in the future.
A fighting force.
As for killing, although there will be some hidden dangers, it is the lesser of two evils. No matter what the future results are and what impact it will have on the future, for Dou Xian, getting over the current hurdle is the best.
What’s important is that without the present, the future will be nonsense.
As for directly collecting the soldiers and horses of these nomadic peoples on the grasslands for their own use, like Huo Qubing did in history, it can only be said that this kind of operation is not something that anyone is qualified to do.
Huo Qubing's personal charisma is too strong, so those nomads are willing to obey. If he tried it with someone with a weaker personal charisma, I really think that anyone can catch a few prairie people and make the other party obey.
Are you obedient? Especially since they are still on the grassland and on someone else's home field, and they may encounter someone else's soldiers and horses again at any time.
Furthermore, when we came to someone else’s home field, not everyone among the surrounding nomadic herdsmen who had surrendered had such courage!
If they encounter nomadic soldiers and horses again in the future, once the part of the grassland herdsmen who have surrendered rebels, what will be their outcome? If you are not courageous enough, you dare to make such a decision!
At least, Dou Xian cannot compare with Huo Qubing in terms of personal charm and personal courage.
From ancient times to the present, there is only one Huo Qubing!
Strictly speaking, in history, the person who sealed the wolf and lived in Xu did not actually refer to Huo Qubing, but the person who sealed the wolf and lived in Xu was almost equated with Huo Qubing, which already explains the problem!
Therefore, Dou Xian's slogan of not killing those who surrender is actually just a slogan. These unlucky ghosts who believed in Dou Xian will really be nothing but ghosts in a short time.
Dou Xian did not have the courage to really surrender these grassland herders, nor did he have the courage to release these people again.
In the end, in the Battle of Dou and Liu, Yuan and Meng invested 45,000 troops, but 25,000 died or surrendered, and only the last 20,000 actually fled.
Not only that, Yuanmeng noble Liu Yuan and many of his sons perished in this battle. Liu Cong was the luckier one. He escaped last time and escaped this time.
Of course, the Jin army also paid a huge price for this. The casualty ratio reached a quarter of the entire army, and the number of casualties reached a full 5,000 people.
The main casualties were still concentrated on the battlefield where Dou Xian was located. After all, Dou Xian faced a siege with nearly three times the number of troops in the early stage, and persisted until A Shu took action, as well as the arrival of Yu Wentai. In the process
Among them, the number of casualties will definitely not be too few.
However, the results of this battle are still significant!
The direct results of this battle, including the enemies killed, are not that important. What is really important to them is the subsequent impact of this battle.
After defeating Liu Yuan's troops, even if reinforcements sent by Temujin arrive, they will still be able to fight.
And if they had not defeated Liu Yuan's troops, after Liu Yuan's troops and the reinforcements sent by Temujin arrived, would Dou Xian still have a chance based on the strength comparison between the two sides at that time?
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If that situation really evolved, Dou Xian would have thought about how to protect himself and fled back to Liangzhou instead of continuing to cause trouble in Yuanmeng!
After all, Yuan Meng has never been a loser, and the talents of Yuan Meng's generals can be ranked at the forefront among all the forces in the world.
Therefore, after this battle is won, what is really important is the subsequent strategic significance.
