At this time, within the Shuofang Army, soldiers who managed to escape trickled back into their own tents, some tending to their wounds and others reorganizing.
Morale was utterly defeated throughout the army.
For this battle, Mei Fei felt confident of victory, which is why he led twenty thousand Shuofang soldiers into war.
The casualties who confronted the enemy head-on in battle approached three thousand men.
And the five thousand cavalry who took a detour for a surprise attack from the north against the Tujue, none returned alive.
Plus those who were scattered along the way and captured.
In the end, the soldiers who returned to the Shuofang Army's main camp number less than six thousand by now.
Although more soldiers continued to return, everyone knew it was unlikely that the returning count would exceed ten thousand.
One battle, over half the troops lost!
This was a disastrous defeat.
